Moscow 250

[herios]

Seeds:

1.R. Gasquet
2.A. Seppi
3. J. Tipsarevic
4. A. Dolgopolov
5. D. Istomin
6.H. Zeballos
7. J. Sousa
8. A. Mannarino

 

[Moxie]

A link to the draw is here.

 

[herios]

I know El Dude likes to spot the up and comers.
Ramos was upset today by a 17y old with a lady name Karen Khachanov ranked 808.

 

[isabelle]

Where is Misha ? And Kolay ? They don't play there ?

 

[Moxie]

Of note, Donskoy d. Baghdatis in 3.

 

[askh]

Go Donskoy!

 

[herios]

So, Karen Khachanov (17) does it again, taking out Janko Tipsy this time around. Second top 100 scalp for the young Russian in a row. He is now 3-1 at ATP Tour level, because he also won a match earlier this year in St. Petersburg, defeating Hanescu.
He is listed at 6'6", which means he could grow further.

 

[Murat B.]

Good to see a 17 year old winning matches. Tipsy is a big scalp, regardless of his form this year.

 

[Moxie]

Good to see a 17 year old winning matches. Tipsy is a big scalp, regardless of his form this year.

Agreed. He gets Karlovic next, and if the serve doesn't intimidate him to much, that could go either way. In any case, he should move up a couple hundred points in the rankings. (I see he's 34-12 on the year in juniors.) If anyone gets to watch him play, do let us know how he looks. Exciting to have a teenager on the horizon.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

So, Karen Khachanov (17) does it again, taking out Janko Tipsy this time around. Second top 100 scalp for the young Russian in a row. He is now 3-1 at ATP Tour level, because he also won a match earlier this year in St. Petersburg, defeating Hanescu.
He is listed at 6'6", which means he could grow further.

6ft 6ins ?..he's a really tall girl is Karen :s

 

[herios]

ATP hungry for new blood, picks up the story right away:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2013/10/42/Moscow-Khachanov-Feature.aspx

 

[herios]

KK end of match with Janko:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHpujNt_tQ4

 

[herios]

Dolgopolov was upset yesterday by Kukushkin 6-4, 6-4

 

[isabelle]

Hope Richie can win this. allez Richie !!

 

[herios]

Kukushkin - Seppi 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
Gasquet- Karlovic 6-4, 7-5

 

[Murat B.]

Some serious tennis is being played between Kukushkin and Gasquet. Gasquest leads 5-4 in the second after losing the first.Kukushkin hitting some huge forehands.

 

[Murat B.]

...and that forehand letting him down in the last game.Gasquet takes the second set.

 

[Moxie]

Congratulations, Richie!

 

[herios]

Richie gets it:clap

This was an extremely hard fought match just by looking at the scoreboard. Kukushkin was a break up in the third and at 4-3 and the following game took forever, with many deuces. In t nd Gasquet broke back and managed to in the next 2 games.
He passes Tsonga with this win for the WTF, therefore JWT is in trouble.
The final slots will be decided in Paris, on the finish line.

 

[isabelle]

Hope Richie can qualify for London, he really deserves it