Erste Bank Open 500

[Kirijax]

Name: Erste Bank Open
Category: ATP World Tour 500
Place: Vienna, Austria
Date: 19.10.2015-25.10.2015
Draw Size: S-28 D-16
Surface: Indoor Hard
Defending Champion: Andy Murray

Tournament Central

Draws:
Singles / Doubles

Seeds:
No. 1 David Ferrer (8)
No. 2 Kevin Anderson (11) Lost to Jognson in the Quarterfinals.
No. 3 John Isner (13) Lost to Gulbis in the 2nd round.
No. 4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) Lost to Rosol in the 2nd round.
No. 5 Dominic Thiem (19) Lost to Janowicz in the 1st round.
No. 6 Gael Monfils (20)
No. 7 Ivo Karlovic (21) Lost to Gulbis in the Quarterfinals.
No. 8 Fabio Fognini (22) Lost to Ferrer in the Quarterfinals.

 

[Kirijax]

Monday's Results!

Round 1
I Karlovic (CRO) (7) bt A Seppi (ITA) 7-6(5), 6-3
L Rosol (CZE) bt Y Sugita (JPN) 6-4, 7-6(2)
E Gulbis (LAT) bt L Miedler (AUT) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
R Stepanek (CZE) bt D Novak (AUT) 6-4, 6-3
J Vesely (CZE) bt G Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 6-3

 

[herios]

Good win by Steve Johnson today over Dolgopolov

 

[tented]

Tuesday's Results:

(3) John Isner DEFEATS (Q) Kenny De Schepper — 7-6(4), 7-6(5)
(6) Gael Monfils DEFEATS Thomaz Bellucci — 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4
Steve Johnson DEFEATS Alexandr Dolgopolov — 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Paolo Lorenzi DEFEATS Rajeev Ram — 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-4
Sergiy Stakhovsky DEFEATS (Q) Jan-Lennard Struff — 6-4, 6-4
Jerzy Janowicz DEFEATS (5) Thiem -- 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
(1) David Ferrer DEFEATS Albert Ramos-Vinolas -- 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

 

[herios]

Home town boy, Dominic Thiem suffers a disappointing loss to Jerzy.
:cry

 

[Kirijax]

Home town boy, Dominic Thiem suffers a disappointing loss to Jerzy.
:cry

That is disappointing. He shouldn't be losing to the likes of Jerzy any more. Summer looked promising, has taken a few steps back since.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Monday's Results!

Round 1
I Karlovic (CRO) (7) bt A Seppi (ITA) 7-6(5), 6-3
L Rosol (CZE) bt Y Sugita (JPN) 6-4, 7-6(2)
E Gulbis (LAT) bt L Miedler (AUT) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
R Stepanek (CZE) bt D Novak (AUT) 6-4, 6-3
J Vesely (CZE) bt G Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 6-3

Glad that finally Novak lost. That too D. Novak.

 

[isabelle]

Tsonga / Haas today

 

[nehmeth]

Home town boy, Dominic Thiem suffers a disappointing loss to Jerzy.
:cry

That is disappointing. He shouldn't be losing to the likes of Jerzy any more. Summer looked promising, has taken a few steps back since.

Must have been the bad hair. :speechless:

He's young; the sudden success and expectation, the new found celebrity and flow of cash... can tend to be a distraction.

 

[herios]

Ernie Gulbis, who due to his miserable year has dropped out of the top 100, just upset third seed John Isner in 3 sets.

 

[tented]

Wednesday's Results:

Ernests Gulbis DEFEATS (3) John Isner — 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
(4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga DEFEATS (WC) Tommy Haas — 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4
(2) Kevin Anderson DEFEATS Andreas Haider-Maurer — 6-4, 7-5
(8) Fabio Fognini DEFEATS Paul-Henri Mathieu — 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
(7) Ivo Karlovic DEFEATS Sergiy Stakhovsky -- 6-4, 7-5

 

[Kirijax]

Come on Isner. :cover Dropping out of the Top 20 for good next year maybe.

 

[tented]

Come on Isner. :cover Dropping out of the Top 20 for good next year maybe.

We can only hope. :devil

 

[Kirijax]

Come on Isner. :cover Dropping out of the Top 20 for good next year maybe.

We can only hope. :devil

Ha. But who will take up the star-spangled banner? Maybe Sock will be the next Anderson.

This is where American tennis is. We are not looking for the next Sampras. We are looking for the next player who just might be able to sniff the Top Ten. :cover

 

[tented]

Come on Isner. :cover Dropping out of the Top 20 for good next year maybe.

We can only hope. :devil

Ha. But who will take up the star-spangled banner? Maybe Sock will be the next Anderson.

This is where American tennis is. We are not looking for the next Sampras. We are looking for the next player who just might be able to sniff the Top Ten. :cover

I would prefer Sock over Isner. Or just about anyone from the US over Isner.

It's not personal, either. I just don't like what Big Man Tennis represents. I imagine Isner, Karlovic, Anderson, and so on are nice guys in person, but I'd rather eat sawdust than watch them play tennis.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Do you like your sawdust gluten free or not?

 

[Kirijax]

Do you like your sawdust gluten free or not?

GSM, stop it. You made me guffaw outloud and now my Japanese co-workers are looking at me like "crazy American." :snicker

 

[Front242]

Sock is good to watch. My favourite American player in recent years before that was Mardy Fish. He had a great aggressive all court game and could really take it to anyone on any given day. The guy barely played a match in 2 years and lost to Murray last time they played 6-4 7-6. Imagine if he was actually match tough and on tour properly before that. A real shame what happened to him and definitely left a void out there for American tennis. I always liked the sheer brutality of Blake's forehand in his prime years too. His forehand was incredible.

 

[isabelle]

The Fog beat Stepanek

 

[herios]

JW Tsonga is upset by Rosol. Seems he is not comfortable to stay in the top 10, he wants to get out a.s.a.p.
:snicker