MEN’S ATP TENNIS RESULTS FROM MOSCOW , STOCKHOLM , VIENNA & BASEL & VALENCIA DRAWS

Written by: Staff on 19th October 2014

MEN'S ATP TENNIS RESULTS FROM MOSCOW , STOCKHOLM , VIENNA & BASEL & VALENCIA DRAWS

epa04452708 Marin Cilic of Croatia in action against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan during their semi-final match at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, 18 October 2014. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV |

PRO TOUR NEWS – MEN

TIDBITS

* Cilic earns fourth title of 2014 at Moscow

* Berdych deals another blow to Dimitrov’s London chances

* Murray beats Ferrer to take #8 Race spot

TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS

Moscow

Singles – Final: (2) M Cilic def. (5) R Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4

Marin Cilic of Croatia kisses his trophy after winning against Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain in the final match for the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, 19 October 2014. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

This was pretty straightforward: Marin Cilic broke once in the middle of the first set, and again at the beginning of the second, and he was never broken. It’s his fourth title of the year — twice as many as he had ever won before even if you ignore the fact that one of them was the U. S. Open.

The bad news? It doesn’t make any difference. #8 he came in; #8 he remains. He picks up a few points, but really, he doesn’t need more 250 point events. Top Ten players rarely do. The good news, of course, is that he can only add points at Paris, and only add at London; he will very likely end the year higher than where he is now.

Roberto Bautista Agut rises to a career high #14, and he’s 400 points behind #13, so he probably can’t go higher this year. But he made it that high despite starting the year with a low ranking. Next year, he’ll be ranked — and seeded — much higher. A top ten spot seems perfectly possible.

Doubles – Final: Cermak/Vesely def. (2) Groth/Guccione 7-6(7-2) 7-5

Talk about an odd couple of a team — Frantisek Cermak is 37, Jiri Vesely 21. (Vesely even said, “I have been watching [my countryman Cermak] since I was a small kid.”) Cermak came here with thirty doubles titles, Vesely with no ATP titles of any kind. For Vesely, of course, it’s a big breakthrough. For Cermak, it’s… another title. His second this year, meaning that in addition to 31 in his career, he has won at least two in one year nine times. It will be interesting to see if Vesely — who has shown himself a promising singles player — will play enough doubles to ever achieve that feat.

Stockholm

Singles – Final: (1) T Berdych def. (2) G Dimitrov 5-7 6-4 6-4

This took two hours and twenty minutes, and in all that time, there were only five breaks. But Tomas Berdych — who had 13 aces — won 75% of first serve points, and 60% of second serve points, and how do you beat a guy who is serving like that?

Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in action against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov during their final match for the Stockholm Open tennis tournament in Stockholm, Sweden, 19 October 2014. EPA/JONAS EKSTROMER SWEDEN OUT

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria returns a shot to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their final match for the Stockholm Open tennis tournament in Stockholm, Sweden, 19 October 2014. EPA/JONAS EKSTROMER SWEDEN OUT

It is career title #10 for Berdych. It is also his second title of the year, following Rotterdam; this is only the second time in his career that he has won two titles in a season — the other time being 2012. Interestingly, in that year as in this, both of his titles came on indoor hardcourt. Indeed, five of his ten career titles have been on indoor courts (the other was Paris 2005, which was on carpet).

Rankings-wise, he didn’t earn much — he added only 100 points. But that’s enough to move him past Kei Nishikori into the #6 ranking. He remains lower in the Race — only #7 — but at least he strengthens his grip on that spot. He isn’t guaranteed a London spot yet, but it looks quite likely.

Not so for Grigor Dimitrov. He’s still at #11 in the Race, meaning that he is still in the running, but he has a long way to go, and he earned almost nothing that mattered here. He falls from #10 to #11 in the rankings, having failed to defend his title, and he’ll probably have to do something substantial at Paris to qualify for London.

Doubles – Final: (3) Butorac/Klaasen def. Huey/Sock 6-4 6-3

It’s hard to believe — Butorac/Klaasen came here #9 in the ATP Race, but they had only one title, at Memphis. It would seem that they like indoor hardcourts!

It’s an interesting win, because Jack Sock is half of the team Pospisil/Sock that Butorac and Klaasen are chasing in the Race. This will take Butorac/Klaasen past Pospisil/Sock, but the latter pair have the Wimbledon title and have been much better on a per-tournament basis when they have played. So it’s not clear that this will help Butorac/Klaasen much even though they will rise to #8. Still, it’s title #16 for Butorac, and #5 for Klaasen; if they don’t make it to London, at least they have lots of trophies to console them.

Vienna

Singles – Final: (2) A Murray (WC) def. (1) D Ferrer (WC) 5-7 6-2 7-5

We have to wonder if perhaps David Ferrer ran out of gas here. Just as when he played Philipp Kohlschreiber, Ferrer here was pitted against someone who played the same tenacious defense as the Spaniard himself. The Kohlschreiber match had lasted two hours and 26 minutes. This one lasted two hours and 41 minutes. There were twelve breaks. Wouldn’t you have worn out at the end? Murray came back from 5-3 down in the last set to win the last four games.

It’s bad timing for Ferrer, though, with his Valencia title about to come off. Ferrer is still #5 in the rankings, but he’s likely to fall several spots next week. And he remains below the London qualification cutoff.

Andy Murray will still need more to get to London, too, but since he won and Dimitrov lost in Stockholm, his chances of being at least an alternate look pretty good. He is up to #10 in the rankings — and #8 in the Race. And he wins his thirtieth career title. It’s his second of 2014, meaning that he has now won at least two titles every year for eight years straight.

Andy Murray of Great Britain returns the ball to David Ferrer of Spain during their final match of the Erste Bank Open ATP tennis tournament in Vienna, Austria, 19 October 2014. EPA/GEORG HOCHMUTH

Doubles – Final: Melzer/Petzschner def. Begemann/Knowle 7-6(8-6) 4-6 10-7

Talk about a long time coming! The last time Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner won a title together was the 2011 U. S. Open. In fact, that’s the last time either one of them won a doubles title (although Melzer has a couple of singles titles since). It’s doubles title #13 for Melzer, #6 for Petzschner (all with Melzer). Definitely a team that is better than the sum of its parts. It really does seem as if their layoff was good for them; they seem nicely recharged. Petzschner commented, “This is like a new beginning. My breakthrough [his one singles title] came here in Vienna six years ago. To be back here after one and a half years away from the tour feels like a revival. Winning a trophy again together with my best friend really is like a dream. I also want to thank Tournament Director Herwig Straka who gave us the wild card. We wouldn’t be here without him.”

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Basel (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro

Valencia (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Mikhail Youzhny

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Paris (1000/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of October 19, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11510

2..(2) Federer…………9080

1..(1) Djokovic……….11510

2..(2) Federer…………9080

3..(3) Nadal…………..8105

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5385

5..(5) Ferrer………….4585

6..(7) Berdych…………4425

7..(6) Nishikori……….4355

8..(8) Cilic…………..4105

9..(9) Raonic………….3930

10.(11) Murray………….3795

11.(10) Dimitrov………..3645

12.(12) Tsonga………….2660

13.(13) Gulbis………….2465

14.(16) Bautista Agut……2065

15.(14) Lopez…………..2060

16.(15) Isner…………..1970

17.(17) Anderson………..1875

18.(18) Simon…………..1810

19.(19) Fognini…………1790

20.(20) Monfils…………1735

21.(21) Robredo…………1715

22.(22) Gasquet…………1485

23.(23) Kohlschreiber……1460

24.(24) Dolgopolov………1455

25.(25) Mayer…………..1404

26.(26) Benneteau……….1375

27.(27) Youzhny…………1350

28.(28) Goffin………….1278

29.(29) Del Potro……….1265

30.(31) Rosol…………..1245

DRAWS

Moscow — Week of October 12, 2014

WINNER: Marin Cilic

……………..QF…………….SF………….F

1 Raonic………Berankis(Q)

5 Bautista Agut..(5)Bautista Agut..Bautista Agut..Bautista

3 Gulbis………(3)Gulbis………Gulbis

8 Seppi……….(8)Seppi

7 Youzhny……..(7)Youzhny

4 Fognini……..Kukushkin………Kukushkin

6 Robredo……..(6)Robredo

2 Cilic……….(2)Cilic……….Cilic……….Cilic

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Raonic…………lost 2R (Berankis)

2 Cilic………….WON TOURNAMENT

3 Gulbis…………lost SF (Bautista Agut)

4 Fognini………..lost 2R (Kukushkin)

5 Bautista Agut…..lost F (Cilic)

6 Robredo………..lost QF (Cilic)

7 Youzhny………..lost QF (Kukushkin)

8 Seppi………….lost QF (Gulbis)

Stockholm — Week of October 12, 2014

WINNER: Tomas Berdych

……………QF………….SF………..F

1 Berdych……(1)Berdych…..Berdych……Berdych

8 Sousa……..Copil(Q)

4 Dolgopolov…Mannarino

5 L Mayer……Bachinger(Q)…Bachinger

7 Verdasco…..(7)Verdasco

3 Anderson…..Tomic……….Tomic

6 Chardy…….Sock

2 Dimitrov…..(2)Dimitrov….Dimitrov…..Dimitrov

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Berdych……..WON TOURNAMENT

2 Dimitrov…….lost F (Berdych)

3 Anderson…….lost 2R (Tomic)

4 Dolgopolov…..lost 2R (Mannarino)

5 L Mayer……..lost 2R (Bachinger)

6 Chardy………lost 2R (Sock)

7 Verdasco…….lost QF (Tomic)

8 Sousa……….lost 1R (Copil)

Vienna — Week of October 12, 2014

WINNER: Andy Murray

………………QF……………..SF…………F

1 Ferrer (WC)…..(1)Ferrer(WC)……Ferrer……..Ferrer

6 Karlovic……..(6)Karlovic

4 Kohlschreiber…(4)Kohlschreiber…Kohlschreiber

8 Thiem………..Becker

5 Rosol………..Troicki(Q)………Troicki

3 Lopez………..Bellucci

7 Garcia-Lopez….Struff

2 Murray (WC)…..(2)Murray(WC)……Murray……..Murray

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Ferrer (WC)…..lost F (Murray)

2 Murray (WC)…..WON TOURNAMENT

3 Lopez………..lost 2R (Bellucci)

4 Kohlschreiber…lost SF (Ferrer)

5 Rosol………..lost 2R (Troicki)

6 Karlovic……..lost QF (Ferrer)

7 Garcia-Lopez….lost 1R (Struff)

8 Thiem………..lost 1R (Haase)

Basel — Week of October 19, 2014

1 Federer

Muller

Janowicz

Istomin

Nieminen

Pospisil

A Zverev (WC)

5 Dimitrov

3 Wawrinka

Kukushkin

Qualifier

Becker

Qualifier

Delbonis

Rosol

8 Karlovic

7 Goffin

Thiem

Dodig

Chiudinelli (WC)

Berlocq

Young

Johnson

4 Raonic

6 Gulbis

Coric (WC)

Golubev

Gabashvili

Qualifier

Roger-Vasselin

Qualifier

2 Nadal

Valencia — Week of October 19, 2014

1 Ferrer

Seppi

Verdasco

L Mayer

Qualifier

Youzhny

Giraldo

6 Bautista Agut

3 Murray (WC)

Melzer

Qualifier

Fognini

Kozlov (WC)

Klizan

Kohlschreiber

7 Anderson

8 Simon

Dolgopolov

Chardy

Qualifier

Granollers

Carreno Busta (WC)

Qualifier

4 Lopez

5 Isner

Robredo

Garcia-Lopez

Lajovic

Sousa

Andujar

2 Berdych (WC)

SCORES

SUNDAY

Moscow

Singles – Final

(2) M Cilic def. (5) R Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4

Doubles – Final

Cermak/Vesely def. (2) Groth/Guccione 7-6(7-2) 7-5

Stockholm

Singles – Final

(1) T Berdych def. (2) G Dimitrov 5-7 6-4 6-4

Doubles – Final

(3) Butorac/Klaasen def. Huey/Sock 6-4 6-3

Vienna

Singles – Final

(2) (WC) A Murray def. (1) (WC) D Ferrer 5-7 6-2 7-5

Doubles – Final

(WC) Melzer/Petzschner def. Begemann/Knowle 7-6(8-6) 4-6 10-7

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CONTENT VIA Bob LARSON TENNIS NEWS.

Topics: Andy Murray, Atp, Basel, David Ferrer, GRIGOR DIMITROV, Marin Cilic, Moscow, Roberto Bautista Agut, Stockholm, Tennis Results, Tomas Berdych, Valencia, Vienna

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