Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal, ATP 250

[britbox]

Yeah, Daniel fighting back... giving a decent account of himself. Good match.

 

[britbox]

Carreno Busta flips the match on it's head.

 

[Billie]

So the quarters are set, first meeting between the young guns, should be interesting.

Friday, April 29, 2016
Day 7
Estadio Millennium Starts at 1:00 pm
QF (3) Benoit Paire VS (5) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Not Before 2:55 pm
QF (1) Gilles Simon VS (8) Pablo Carreno Busta
Not Before 6:00 pm
QF (7) Leonardo Mayer VS Nicolas Almagro
Not Before 7:00 pm
QF (6) Borna Coric VS (2) Nick Kyrgios

 

[Moxie]

I don't think any of those matches is a gimme. But the mouth-watering one is Coric v. Kyrgios. It is a test of the youngsters. Kyrgios has more fire-power, but Coric is the studier. If I were laying money, I'd put it on Nick, but who knows?

 

[Billie]

I agree with you Moxie. I would put money on Nick as well although I can't remember any results on clay for him. Maybe he doesn't like clay at all?

 

[Moxie]

A memorable one for Nick was beating Roger in Madrid a couple of years ago. OK, it's not the most "clay" of clay, but that was a big scalp.

 

[britbox]

Birthday surprises for Nick.

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Quarter Final Results

(8) Pablo Carreno Busta DEFEATS (1) Gilles Simon 6/3 6/4
(2) Nick Kyrgios DEFEATS (6) Borna Coric 6/4 6/4
(3) Benoit Paire DEFEATS (5) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7/6(2) 6/2
Nicolas Almagro DEFEATS (7) Leonardo Mayer 6/4 7/6(5)

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Estoril Semi Final

v

(3) Benoit Paire v (8) Pablo Carreño Busta

H2H: Paire leads 3-2

2014 US Open R64 Hard Pablo Carreno Busta Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3
2013 Stockholm R16 Hard Benoit Paire Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4 6-4
2011 Como Challenger SF Clay Pablo Carreno Busta Benoit Paire 6-4 7-6(2)
2011 Barcelona R64 Clay Benoit Paire Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2
2010 Spain F14 Futures SF Clay Benoit Paire Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-4

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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[britbox]

Estoril Semi Final

v

(2) Nick Kyrgios v Nicolas Almagro

H2H: First Meeting
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[britbox]

 

[Billie]

Ben vs Nick would be nice in the final.

 

[Moxie]

Both are rather had to call. But if Kyrgios wins this title, he'll be a really dangerous floater of the rest of the clay season. The rest are rather "meh."

 

[herios]

SF ended in upsets. Benoit was upset by Pablo Carreno-Busta who will play his first ATP final.
Almagro rediscovered his old form and took out Nick.
By the way, Nick was defending a final showing here, so he even drops in ranking below Benoit.
So an all Spanish final, Pablo vs. Nico

 

[Moxie]

Carreño Busta is showing more game than I thought he had this year. Almagro has bigger weapons, though. If I had to put money, I'd put it on Nico. He's a bit of a head case, but this is a final. Does Pablo have any titles?

 

[britbox]

SF ended in upsets. Benoit was upset by Pablo Carreno-Busta who will play his first ATP final.
Almagro rediscovered his old form and took out Nick.
By the way, Nick was defending a final showing here, so he even drops in ranking below Benoit.
So an all Spanish final, Pablo vs. Nico

Very surprised Almagro took out Nick.

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Semi Final Results

Almagro d. Kyrgios 6-3, 7-5

Carreno Busta d. Paire 6-3 6-3