Chengdu Open 2019 - China - ATP 250

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DATE: September 23-29, 2019
SURFACE: Hard
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $1,096,575
FIELD SIZE: 28
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Bernard Tomic

Seeds:

1. John Isner
2. Felix Auger-Aliassime
3. Benoit Paire
4. Grigor Dimitrov
5. Dusan Lajovic
6. Taylor Fritz
7. Kyle Edmund
8. Denis Shapovalov

About the tournament:

The Chengdu Open, which debuted in 2016, joins Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai as Chinese hosts during the ATP World Tour's Asian swing. The venue in Chengdu boasts a modern facility with a centre court capacity of 6,000, two additional show courts with 2,000 seats each, and a total of 20 hard courts and 12 indoor courts.

About Chengdu:

Chengdu is the capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province. Chengdu's history dates back to at least the 4th century B.C., when it served as capital for the Shu Kingdom. Artifacts from that dynasty are the focus of the Jinsha Site Museum. The city is also home to the famous Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, a conservation center where visitors can view endangered giant pandas in a natural habitat.

Tourism Guide:

 

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The Draw:

 

[Fiero425]

IDK how "rickety" John is supposed to fly halfway around the world at his age and prevail even in a 2nd round match! :whistle:

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

kyle edmund lost early again, then lost his coach as well.

prob not the ideal start of the week for him i'd wager.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

giant panda breeding and tennis. it's all happening over there.

 

[don_fabio]

Can't believe Bernard Tomic is a defending champion here. It doesn't sound right to me.

 

[tented]

Can't believe Bernard Tomic is a defending champion here. It doesn't sound right to me.

Yeah, it took me by surprise, too, when I created the thread. “Tomic? Really?”

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Shapo has a great chance to win this thing. Hope he can play well against Busta. Looks like a tougher semi, easier final situation.

 

[tented]

Shapo has a great chance to win this thing. Hope he can play well against Busta. Looks like a tougher semi, easier final situation.

I agree.

 

[Moxie]

Don't know much about this Bublik. Has anyone seen him play? I looked him up. He's 22, 6'6", mostly been playing challengers, but lost in the final to Isner on grass at Newport this years. Seems to like the grass.

 

[don_fabio]

Don't know much about this Bublik. Has anyone seen him play? I looked him up. He's 22, 6'6", mostly been playing challengers, but lost in the final to Isner on grass at Newport this years. Seems to like the grass.

Some think Kyrgios is his favorite player due to often use of underarm serve and various trick shots. He seems to enjoy on court way more than Nick. A guy has a huge serve, but can also double fault due to risk he takes. He plays high risk tennis in general, but does whatever he feels like doing, kind of like Nick, tries to be unpredictable. I am sure we are going to see more of him in future and not only on small events. He gave a hard time to Thiem this year in RG, should have taken that match to 5th set, think he had 5:2 lead in the 4th.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

denis the tenis is in the sf ?. maybe a debut atp title is on the horizon.

 

[herios]

Denis fails once again to make his first ATP final, when he actually was the highest ranked left among the last 4 in the SF.
He lost to PCB in straight sets.
Bublik makes his first final by beating Harris.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

ho hum, at least denis won more than one match in a row at this tourney.

big wow on stilts.

 

[herios]

ho hum, at least denis won more than one match in a row at this tourney.

big wow on stilts.

He did pretty well at the USO, I was expecting more from him here too.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Bublik took the 1st set TB

 

[herios]

Bublik took the 1st set TB

True. And if Bublik wins, that would be the most surprising.

 

[Carol]

And Carreño wins! enough with the Russians :whistle:

 

[herios]

Congrats to Pablo. What is interesting, he came up into the top 100 on a string of victories on clay in the challenger tour, and now he has 3 titles on HC and only 1 on dirt.