Tokyo Open ATP 500

[isabelle]

Wawrinka / Ito
Becker / Nieminen
Q / Golubev
Sock / Dolgopolov

Nishikori / Dodig
Soeda / Young
Q / Chardy
Thiem / Anderson

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Tsonga / Q
Daniel / Istomin
Roger Vasselin / Melzer
Tomic / Raonic

Bautista Agut / Simon
Delbonis / Muller
Q / Johnson
Granollers / Ferrer

 

[Riotbeard]

Kieran, who you got. I am saying Kei takes it. That is for the #5 in challenge

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Finally, a couple of 500 pointers with some major names playing.
I am hoping for a Canadian harvest here.

 

[pavlik89]

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[pavlik89]

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[kskate2]

Ferrer went out yesterday. Stan 1.0 shows up and drops the opening set to Ito 5-7

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

how did stan lose this ? was he playing with a tabletennis racquet ?, top2 seeds out already.

 

[Kieran]

Stan is fizzling out, and has been, for a while. Can't see him making a huge charge to finish the year, either...

 

[Front242]

Stan is fizzling out, and has been, for a while. Can't see him making a huge charge to finish the year, either...

He's totally inconsistent all year but he played a local player there today which doesn't help if you're that inconsistent. He's already qualified for the WTF though so we'll have to suffer through more annoying looks to his box with him moping around.

 

[Kieran]

Stan is fizzling out, and has been, for a while. Can't see him making a huge charge to finish the year, either...

He's totally inconsistent all year but he played a local player there today which doesn't help if you're that inconsistent. He's already qualified for the WTF though so we'll have to suffer through more annoying looks to his box with him moping around.

I think he'll start shoving on weight. He'll be fat as Elvis when he gets to Oz again...

 

[Front242]

Stan is fizzling out, and has been, for a while. Can't see him making a huge charge to finish the year, either...

He's totally inconsistent all year but he played a local player there today which doesn't help if you're that inconsistent. He's already qualified for the WTF though so we'll have to suffer through more annoying looks to his box with him moping around.

I think he'll start shoving on weight. He'll be fat as Elvis when he gets to Oz again...

Probably lol. He always has a puffy looking face anyway.

 

[isabelle]

how did stan lose this ? was he playing with a tabletennis racquet ?, top2 seeds out already.

Hope he'll play like that in Lille.....if Ito beat him so I guess any Froggie can do it too ??

 

[herios]

Tsonga is also eliminated by Przysiezny, ranked 142 in tight 3 sets. The seeds are not faring well at this event. Land of opportunities.

 

[kskate2]

I also see the Donald won a match in straights. Definitely the land of opportunity. There were 3 retirements today:
Nieminen to Becker
ERV to Melzer
RBA to Simon

 

[TsarMatt]

The Nard Dog loses, but at least he gave an effort.

 

[herios]

The Nard Dog loses, but at least he gave an effort.

Dolgopolov has an excuse, he is just back from a surgery, after months of absence.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This is massacre. 5 of the top 8 seeds are already gone and the first round is not even
finished.

Only Kei, Milos and Anderson left.

Kei takes this trophy.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Yeah, whats going on.
Mass exit by seeds!

Kai will have to get past Milos before he gets trophy, me likes to see.

 

[tented]

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Center Court — Start 11:00 A.M.

Steve Johnson (USA) v Marcel Granollers (ESP)

[4] Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Ivan Dodig (CRO)

Gilles Simon (FRA) v Gilles Muller (LUX)

[WC] Tatsuma Ito (JPN) v Benjamin Becker (GER)

[1] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) v Gilles Simon (FRA) / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

Not Before 6:00 P.M.

[WC] Tatsuma Ito (JPN) / Go Soeda (JPN) v Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Leander Paes (IND)

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Court 1 — Start 12:00 noon

[4] Eric Butorac (USA) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) v Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Florin Mergea (ROU)

Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Jack Sock (USA)

Not Before 4:00 P.M.

Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) v [2] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)

 

[pavlik89]

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