Tennis - ATP World Tour 2016

The waiting is almost over, the new ATP season is just about to kick off! We'll have three ATP 250 tournaments in the first week, here are the details:

Aircel Chennai Open - Chennai, India

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $482,085

Seeded players

1 S. Wawrinka (winner in 2015, 2014 and 2011)

2 K. Anderson

3 B. Paire

4 R. Bautista Agut

5 G. Garcia-Lopez

6 G. Muller

7 V. Pospisil

8 B. Coric

Qatar ExxonMobil Open - Doha, Qatar

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $1,283,855

Seeded players

1 N. Djokovic

2 R. Nadal (winner in 2014)

3 T. Berdych

4 D. Ferrer (winner in 2015)

5 F. Lopez

6 A. Seppi

7 J. Chardy

8 L. Mayer

Brisbane International presented by Suncorp - Brisbane, Australia

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $461,330

Seeded players

1 R. Federer (winner in 2015)

2 K. Nishikori

3 M. Cilic

4 M. Raonic

5 G. Simon

6 D. Goffin

7 B. Tomic

8 D. Thiem

Finally, the new season has started. I was like a fish out of water. :D

Opening day matches from Brisbane and the odds at Sportingbet:

Dimitrov, G v Simon, G

1.833 - 1.909

Kudla, D v Smith, J

1.50 - 2.50

Chung, H v Groth, S

1.666 - 2.20

Good luck!

Today's matches from Doha and Chennai and the odds at Betway:

ATP Chennai

John Millman - Evgeny Donskoy

1.57 - 2.37

Nicolas Almagro - Ante Pavic

1.40 - 2.87

Borna Coric - Marcel Granollers

1.40 - 2.87

ATP Doha

Jeremy Chardy - Mubarak Shannan Zayid

1.010 - 15.00

Marco Cecchinato - Damir Dzumhur

2.37 - 1.57

Kyle Edmund - Martin Klizan

1.72 - 2.10

Novak Djokovic - Dustin Brown

1.010 - 15.00

Robin Haase - Aslan Karatsev

1.53 - 2.50

Daniel Munoz-de la Nava - Feliciano Lopez

4.50 - 1.20

Marsel Ilhan - Andrey Kuznetsov

2.50 - 1.50

Good luck!

Dimitrov kicked off his year with a good win over Simon in Brisbane.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - First Round

G. Dimitrov (BUL) d [5] G. Simon (FRA) 63 76(10)

[Q] T. Kamke (GER) d [WC] B. Mitchell (AUS) 62 64

H. Chung (KOR) d S. Groth (AUS) 76( 8 ) 64

D. Kudla (USA) d [WC] J. Smith (AUS) 46 63 62

No toruble for Djokovic on his first match in Doha but Feliciano Lopez was unable to pull through. Borna Coric qualified in Chennai.

ATP Doha

Singles - First Round

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] D. Brown (GER) 62 62

D. Muñoz de la Nava (ESP) d [5] F. Lopez (ESP) 36 76(4) 75

[7] J. Chardy (FRA) d [WC] M. Zayid (QAT) 61 61

D. Dzumhur (BIH) d M. Cecchinato (ITA) 64 62

[Q] K. Edmund (GBR) d M. Klizan (SVK) 62 63

A. Kuznetsov (RUS) d [WC] M. Ilhan (TUR) 62 64

R. Haase (NED) d [Q] A. Karatsev (RUS) 57 61 75

ATP Chennai

Singles - First Round

[8] B. Coric (CRO) d M. Granollers (ESP) 76(5) 26 64

[Q] A. Pavic (CRO) d N. Almagro (ESP) 36 75 76(1)

J. Millman (AUS) d E. Donskoy (RUS) 67(5) 64 76(6) - saved 2 M.P.

Tonight's matches in Brisbane and the odds at Big Bet World:

Goffin, David 1.30 - Bellucci, Thomaz 3.55

Troicki, Viktor 2.10 - Johnson, Steve 1.70

Duckworth, James 3.20 - Thiem, Dominic 1.35

Dodig, Ivan 1.06 - Anderson, Oliver 8.75

Stepanek, Radek 2.00 - Lajovic, Dusan 1.80

Nishioka, Yoshihito 1.60 - Pouille, Lucas 2.25

Istomin, Denis 1.70 - Kukushkin, Mikhail 2.10

Tomic, Bernard 1.22 - Mahut, Nicolas 4.15

Good luck!

Today's matches in Doha and Chennai and the odds at Big Bet World:

ATP Doha

Andujar, Pablo 2.15 - Lorenzi, Paolo 1.65

Berdych, Tomas 1.09 - Stakhovsky, Sergiy 7.00

Gabashvili, Teimuraz 1.90 - Bolelli, Simone 1.90

Ramos, Albert 1.95 - Mathieu, Paul-Henri 1.80

Marchenko, Illya 9.25 - Ferrer, David 1.05

Becker, Benjamin 2.45 - Mayer, Leonardo 1.55

Seppi, Andreas 1.60 - Berankis, Ricardas 2.35

Carreno-Busta, Pablo 12.50 - Nadal, Rafael 1.02

Verdasco, Fernando 1.35 - Jaziri, Malek 3.05

ATP Chennai

Daniel, Taro 2.50 - Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo 1.50

Rublev, Andrey 1.70 - Devvarman, Somdev 2.10

Giraldo, Santiago 2.75 - Rosol, Lukas 1.45

Ram, Rajeev 1.75 - Krajicek, Austin 2.05

Ramanathan, Ramkumar 1.95 - Gimeno-Traver, Daniel 1.80

Khachanov, Karen 3.20 - Muller, Gilles 1.35

Vanni, Luca 2.25 - Struff, Jan-Lennard 1.65

Pospisil, Vasek 1.45 - Bedene, Aljaz 2.65

Fabbiano, Thomas 1.50 - Kovalik, Jozef 2.50

Good luck!

Fairly predictable results in Brisbane today, although I had expected Lajovic to do a bit more against veteran Stepanek.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - First Round

[6] D. Goffin (BEL) d T. Bellucci (BRA) 64 64

[7] B. Tomic (AUS) d N. Mahut (FRA) 64 63

[8] D. Thiem (AUT) d [WC] J. Duckworth (AUS) 36 64 63

V. Troicki (SRB) d S. Johnson (USA) 76(3) 61

L. Pouille (FRA) d [Q] Y. Nishioka (JPN) 46 63 75

[Q] I. Dodig (CRO) d [Q] O. Anderson (AUS) 63 62

[PR] R. Stepanek (CZE) d D. Lajovic (SRB) 60 63

M. Kukushkin (KAZ) d D. Istomin (UZB) 62 75

A few unexpected outcomes today in Chennai, Bedene knocked out seventh seed Pospisil while Gimeno Traver was thrashed by local player Ramanathan.

ATP Chennai

Singles - First Round

[5] G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d T. Daniel (JPN) 46 75 62

[6] G. Muller (LUX) d [WC] K. Khachanov (RUS) 67(3) 76(4) 62

A. Bedene (GBR) d [7] V. Pospisil (CAN) 75 76(6)

[WC] A. Rublev (RUS) d [Q] S. Devvarman (IND) 63 36 63

L. Rosol (CZE) d S. Giraldo (COL) 63 64

[Q] T. Fabbiano (ITA) d [Q] J. Kovalik (SVK) 16 63 64

A. Krajicek (USA) d R. Ram (USA) 67(0) 64 64

L. Vanni (ITA) d J. Struff (GER) 64 76(5)

[WC] R. Ramanathan (IND) d D. Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 62 60

Nadal fought back after dropping the first set against Carreno Busta, Ferrer did the opposite as he lost to Marchenko after having taken the first set. Sixth seed Seppi also crashed out in the first round.

ATP Doha

Singles - First Round

[2] R. Nadal (ESP) d P. Carreno Busta (ESP) 67(5) 63 61

[3] T. Berdych (CZE) d S. Stakhovsky (UKR) 75 64

I. Marchenko (UKR) d [4] D. Ferrer (ESP) 67( 8 ) 63 62

R. Berankis (LTU) d [6] A. Seppi (ITA) 36 61 64

[8] L. Mayer (ARG) d [Q] B. Becker (GER) 61 62

F. Verdasco (ESP) d [WC] M. Jaziri (TUN) 76(4) 76(4)

P. Andujar (ESP) d P. Lorenzi (ITA) 64 06 64

P. Mathieu (FRA) d A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 63 46 76(7) - saved 1 M.P.

T. Gabashvili (RUS) d S. Bolelli (ITA) 46 64 61

Upcoming matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Brisbane

Denis Kudla [uSA] vs  Dominic Thiem [AUT]

2.95 - 1.37

Mikhail Kukushkin [KAZ] vs  Kei Nishikori [JPN]

5.45 - 1.13

Marin Cilic [CRO] vs  Hyeon Chung [KOR]

1.31 - 3.30

Bernard Tomic [AUS] vs  Radek Stepanek [CZE]

1.27 - 3.60

ATP Chennai

Borna Coric [CRO] vs  Austin Krajicek [uSA]

1.27 - 3.60

Ante Pavic [CRO] vs  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez [ESP]

3.10 - 1.35

Stan Wawrinka [sUI] vs  Andrey Rublev [RUS]

1.07 - 7.50

John Millman [AUS] vs  Roberto Bautista-Agut [ESP]

3.65 - 1.26

ATP Doha

Robin Haase [NED] vs  Rafael Nadal [ESP]

9.75 - 1.05

Tomas Berdych [CZE] vs  Damir Dzumhur [bIH]

1.03 - 13.50

Teymuraz Gabashvili [RUS] vs  Illya Marchenko [uKR]

1.71 - 2.10

Pablo Andujar [ESP] vs  Leonardo Mayer [ARG]

3.55 - 1.28

Jeremy Chardy [FRA] vs  Paul Henri Mathieu [FRA]

1.46 - 2.65

Kyle Edmund [GBR] vs  Daniel Munoz-De La Nava [ESP]

1.28 - 3.50

Ricardas Berankis [LTU] vs  Andrey Kuznetsov [RUS]

1.80 - 1.95

Good luck!

It just started new season and already we have some strange results.When I say this I primarily mean the defeat Ferrer of Marchenko in the 1st round of the tournament  in Doha.

This year will be very interesting.

No surprises today in Brisbane, the favourites pulled through but Tomic had a bit more work to do than he would have wanted against Stepanek.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - Second Round

[2] K. Nishikori (JPN) d M. Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 64

[3] M. Cilic (CRO) d H. Chung (KOR) 75 76(3)

[7] B. Tomic (AUS) d [PR] R. Stepanek (CZE) 76(6) 46 76(4)

[8] D. Thiem (AUT) d D. Kudla (USA) 63 62

No surprises today in Chennai either, the four match favourites pulled through in straight sets.

ATP Chennai

Singles - Second Round

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d [WC] A. Rublev (RUS) 63 62

[4] R. Bautista Agut (ESP) d J. Millman (AUS) 64 61

[5] G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [Q] A. Pavic (CRO) 76(5) 61

[8] B. Coric (CRO) d A. Krajicek (USA) 62 75

Today's results from Doha, with Djokovic, Nadal and Berdych pulling through easily:

ATP Doha

Singles - Second Round

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d F. Verdasco (ESP) 62 62

[2] R. Nadal (ESP) d R. Haase (NED) 63 62

[3] T. Berdych (CZE) d D. Dzumhur (BIH) 60 64

[7] J. Chardy (FRA) d P. Mathieu (FRA) 62 64

[8] L. Mayer (ARG) d P. Andujar (ESP) 62 64

[Q] K. Edmund (GBR) d D. Muñoz de la Nava (ESP) 57 63 76(3)

I. Marchenko (UKR) d T. Gabashvili (RUS) 64 62

A. Kuznetsov (RUS) d R. Berankis (LTU) 76(6) 61

Upcoming matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Brisbane

David Goffin [bEL] vs  Lucas Pouille [FRA]

1.14 - 5.15

Ivan Dodig [CRO] vs  Milos Raonic [CAN]

3.85 - 1.24

Viktor Troicki [sRB] vs  Grigor Dimitrov [bUL]

3.20 - 1.35

Roger Federer [sUI] vs  Tobias Kamke [GER]

1.001 - 24.50

ATP Chennai

Benoit Paire [FRA] vs  Lukas Rosol [CZE]

1.52 - 2.45

Thomas Fabbiano [iTA] vs  Gilles Muller [LUX]

4.55 - 1.18

Aljas Bedene [GBR] vs  Luca Vanni [iTA]

1.40 - 2.85

Ramkumar Ramanathan [iND] vs  Alexander Kudryavtsev [RUS]

1.74 - 2.05

ATP Doha

Andrey Kuznetsov [RUS] vs  Rafael Nadal [ESP]

13.25 - 1.01

Jeremy Chardy [FRA] vs  Illya Marchenko [uKR]

1.47 - 2.60

Novak Djokovic [sRB] vs  Leonardo Mayer [ARG]

1.01 - 19.25

Tomas Berdych [CZE] vs  Kyle Edmund [GBR]

1.10 - 6.45

Good luck!

Easy one for Federer today in Brisbane, Raonic had a tougher time against Dodig while Pouille pulled off the upset against Goffin.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - Second Round

[1] R. Federer (SUI) d [Q] T. Kamke (GER) 62 61

[4] M. Raonic (CAN) d [Q] I. Dodig (CRO) 67(2) 61 64

L. Pouille (FRA) d [6] D. Goffin (BEL) 76(5) 46 63

G. Dimitrov (BUL) d V. Troicki (SRB) 57 76(6) 62

Big surprise in Chennai as Muller was defeated in the second round, while local boy Romanathan continues to impress.

ATP Chennai

Singles - Second Round

[3] B. Paire (FRA) d L. Rosol (CZE) 75 75

[Q] T. Fabbiano (ITA) d [6] G. Muller (LUX) 64 75

A. Bedene (GBR) d L. Vanni (ITA) 57 63 64

[WC] R. Ramanathan (IND) d [LL] A. Kudryavtsev (RUS) 36 64 64

Djokovic, Nadal and Berdych advance to the last four in Doha, along with the surprising Ukrainian Marchenko.

ATP Doha

Singles - Quarter-finals

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [8] L. Mayer (ARG) 63 75

[2] R. Nadal (ESP) d A. Kuznetsov (RUS) 63 57 64

[3] T. Berdych (CZE) d [Q] K. Edmund (GBR) 63 62

I. Marchenko (UKR) d [7] J. Chardy (FRA) 63 76(3)

Upcoming matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Brisbane

Lucas Pouille [FRA] vs  Milos Raonic [CAN]

4.65 - 1.17

Bernard Tomic [AUS] vs  Kei Nishikori [JPN]

3.25 - 1.32

Marin Cilic [CRO] vs  Dominic Thiem [AUT]

1.40 - 2.95

Roger Federer [sUI] vs  Grigor Dimitrov [bUL]

1.18 - 5.00

ATP Chennai

Stan Wawrinka [sUI] vs  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez [ESP]

1.17 - 4.75

Benoit Paire [FR] vs  Thomas Fabbiano [iTA]

1.19 - 4.70

Aljas Bedene [GBR] vs  Ramkumar Ramanathan [iND]

1.16 - 5.10

Borna Coric [CRO] vs  Roberto Bautista-Agut [ESP]

2.95 - 1.38

ATP Doha

Illya Marchenko [uKR] vs  Rafael Nadal [ESP]

9.00 - 1.06

Novak Djokovic [sRB] vs  Tomas Berdych [CZE]

1.05 - 9.50

Good luck!

I'm watching the Federer - Dimitrov match, and it is really high quality. But the Dimitrov lost the focus in his service game and Federer is a break up in the third. Really good match.

Federer had a tough one against Dimitrov but eventually prevailed, Nishikori and Cilic were not so lucky.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - Quarter-finals

[1] R. Federer (SUI) d G. Dimitrov (BUL) 64 67(4) 64

[7] B. Tomic (AUS) d [2] K. Nishikori (JPN) 63 16 63

[8] D. Thiem (AUT) d [3] M. Cilic (CRO) 26 76(4) 64

[4] M. Raonic (CAN) d L. Pouille (FRA) 64 64

Coric surprisingly reaches the semi-finals in Chennai, Bedene ended Ramanathan's dream while Wawrinka and Paire enjoyed straight sets wins.

ATP Chennai

Singles - Quarter-finals

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d [5] G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 64

[3] B. Paire (FRA) d [Q] T. Fabbiano (ITA) 64 75

[8] B. Coric (CRO) d [4] R. Bautista Agut (ESP) 36 64 76(1)

A. Bedene (GBR) d [WC] R. Ramanathan (IND) 67(5) 64 63

Djokovic will take on Nadal in the Doha final, both won their semi-finals without dropping a set.

ATP Doha

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [3] T. Berdych (CZE) 63 76(3)

[2] R. Nadal (ESP) d I. Marchenko (UKR) 63 64

I'm watching the Federer - Dimitrov match, and it is really high quality. But the Dimitrov lost the focus in his service game and Federer is a break up in the third. Really good match.

Hopefully this season will be a better one For Grigor Dimitrov, great talent but I think still not developed all the potential he has.Seems like he is always in a close encounters with Nadal and Federer but loosing probably 95% of those matches, not sure that he ever beat one of them and that's unbelievable when we know how close  almost every single match against those opponents was.

Saturday's matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Brisbane

Milos Raonic [CAN] vs  Bernard Tomic [AUS]

1.52 - 2.50

Roger Federer [sUI] vs  Dominic Thiem [AUT]

1.08 - 7.50

ATP Chennai

Stan Wawrinka [sUI] vs  Benoit Paire [FRA]

1.22 - 4.25

Borna Coric [CRO] vs  Aljas Bedene [GBR]

1.55 - 2.45

ATP Doha

Novak Djokovic [sRB] vs  Rafael Nadal [ESP]

1.18 - 4.80

Good luck!

No surprises in the Brisbane semi-finals, Federer will face Raonic in the final.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] R. Federer (SUI) d [8] D. Thiem (AUT) 61 64

[4] M. Raonic (CAN) d [7] B. Tomic (AUS) 76(5) 76(5)

Djokovic really hammered Nadal in the Doha final, he grabbed his first title of the year and the 60th ATP tour title of his career. Djokovic now finally leads Nadal in the Head-to-Head record, it's 24-23 now.

ATP Doha

Singles - Final

[1] N. Djokovic (SRB) d [2] R. Nadal (ESP) 61 62

What a brutal game by Novak Djokovic.This is unbelievable.If he continue with this game i think nobody can upset him and specially on Grand Slams.

Wawrinka will defend his Chennai title against Coric.

ATP Chennai

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d [3] B. Paire (FRA) 63 64

[8] B. Coric (CRO) d A. Bedene (GBR) 76(5) 67(5) 63

Finals coming up in Brisbane and Chennai, here are the odds at NetBet:

ATP Brisbane

Roger Federer [sUI] vs  Milos Raonic [CAN]

1.31- 3.55

ATP Chennai

Stan Wawrinka [sUI] vs  Borna Coric [CRO]

1.15 - 5.45

Good luck!

Pretty big surprise in Brisbane as Milos Raonic won the rematch of last year's final to capture his eighth ATP title.

ATP Brisbane

Singles - Final

[4] M. Raonic (CAN) d [1] R. Federer (SUI) 64 64

Stan Wawrinka grabbed his fourth Chennai title after a straight sets victory in the final. This was the 11th tour-level title for Wawrinka and the first ever final for teenager Coric.

ATP Chennai

Singles - Final

[1] S. Wawrinka (SUI) d [8] B. Coric (CRO) 63 75

Two tournaments coming up before the Australian Open, here are the details:

ASB Classic - Auckland, New Zealand

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $520,070

Seeded players

1 D. Ferrer

2 J. Tsonga

3 J. Isner

4 K. Anderson

5 B. Paire

6 F. Fognini

7 I. Karlovic

8 R. Bautista Agut

Apia International Sydney - Sydney Australia

Surface: Outdoor Hard

Total Financial Commitment: $461,330

Seeded players

1 B. Tomic

2 D. Thiem

3 V. Troicki

4 G. Dimitrov

5 A. Seppi

6 J. Chardy

7 L. Mayer

8 A. Dolgopolov

Upcoming matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Sydney

Denis Istomin [uZB] vs  Andreas Seppi [iTA]

2.05 - 1.74

Alexander Sarkissian [uSA] vs  Simone Bolelli [iTA]

3.15 - 1.33

Jordan Thompson [AUS] vs  Martin Klizan [sVK]

2.35 - 1.57

Pablo Cuevas [uRU] vs  Maximilian Marterer [GER]

1.50 - 2.50

John Millman [AUS] vs  Tommy Robredo [ESP]

1.74 - 2.05

ATP Auckland

Donald Young [uSA] vs  Finn Tearney [NZL]

1.09 - 6.55

Robin Haase [NED] vs  Pablo Andujar [ESP]

1.45 - 2.65

Steve Johnson [uSA] vs  Matthew Barton [AUS]

1.18 - 4.60

Thiemo de Bakker [NED] vs  Albert Ramos-Vinolas [ESP]

1.95 - 1.83

Victor Estrella Burgos [DOM] vs  Jack Sock [uSA]

6.55 - 1.09

Vasek Pospisil [CAN] vs  Ivo Karlovic [CRO]

1.86 - 1.86

Good luck!

I watched all semi-finals and finals this weekend. It was very entertaining. Djokovic's form is at a very impressive level, really looks unplayable.

I was a bit surprised that Federer lost. He was off that day, but all kudos to Raonic who is playing well.

Coric again showed a huge potential. He had no chance against Wawrinka, but in all other matches he showed an amazing fighting spirit. Good for him.

Both tournaments this week look promising.

Day one results from Sydney and Auckland:

ATP Sydney

Singles - First Round

[5] A. Seppi (ITA) d D. Istomin (UZB) 64 46 62

[WC] J. Thompson (AUS) d M. Klizan (SVK) 62 40 ret. (left shoulder)

T. Robredo (ESP) d [WC] J. Millman (AUS) 76(3) 63

[Q] A. Sarkissian (USA) d S. Bolelli (ITA) 62 76(5)

P. Cuevas (URU) d [Q] M. Marterer (GER) 64 64

ATP Auckland

Singles - First Round

V. Pospisil (CAN) d [7] I. Karlovic (CRO) 76(4) 75

[Q] M. Barton (AUS) d S. Johnson (USA) 63 36 63

[Q] R. Haase (NED) d P. Andujar (ESP) 64 61

J. Sock (USA) d V. Estrella Burgos (DOM) 60 64

D. Young (USA) d [WC] F. Tearney (NZL) 62 63

[Q] T. de Bakker (NED) d A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 63 64

I watched all semi-finals and finals this weekend. It was very entertaining. Djokovic's form is at a very impressive level, really looks unplayable.

Obviously you've had a busy weekend there Markotik :)

I think the most impressive thing about Djokovic's form is that he's able to maintain this highest level of play for  months really, not just one or two tournaments, and this is incredible I think.

Monday night's matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Sydney

Teymuraz Gabashvili [RUS] vs  Leonardo Mayer [ARG]

2.80 - 1.41

Nicolas Mahut [FRA] vs  Adrian Mannarino [FRA]

2.15 - 1.66

Aleksandr Dolgopolov [uKR] vs  Thomaz Bellucci [bRA]

1.41 - 2.80

Jeremy Chardy [FRA] vs  Mikhail Kukushkin [KAZ]

1.74 - 2.05

Inigo Cervantes [ESP] vs  James Duckworth [AUS]

2.30 - 1.58

Borna Coric [CRO] vs  Gilles Muller [LUX]

2.20 - 1.62

Samuel Groth [AUS] vs  Federico Delbonis [ARG]

1.26 - 3.65

ATP Auckland

Philipp Kohlschreiber [GER] vs  Benjamin Becker [GER]

1.25 - 3.70

Fabio Fognini [iTA] vs  Joao Sousa [POR]

1.86 - 2.00

Aljas Bedene [GBR] vs  Sam Querrey [uSA]

2.10 - 1.71

Lukas Rosol [CZE] vs  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez [ESP]

2.05 - 1.74

Roberto Bautista-Agut [ESP] vs  Jiri Vesely [CZE]

1.39 - 2.90

Michael Venus [NZL] vs  Benoit Paire [FRA]

6.10 - 1.12

Good luck!

I watched all semi-finals and finals this weekend. It was very entertaining. Djokovic's form is at a very impressive level, really looks unplayable.

Obviously you've had a busy weekend there Markotik :)

I think the most impressive thing about Djokovic's form is that he's able to maintain this highest level of play for  months really, not just one or two tournaments, and this is incredible I think.

I apologize for this digression from the main topic. :)

Watching all those matches wasn't too much. I used to stay up all night if needed. LOL

 

Watching all those matches wasn't too much. I used to stay up all night if needed. LOL

Yeah, me too :) I had countless sleepless nights watching the Australian Open (among others). Now I guess I'm a bit too old and busy for that...  :)

Today's results from Auckland, I bet Querrey's match was quite a thriller before Bedene pulled out. 

ATP Auckland

Singles - First Round

[5] B. Paire (FRA) d [WC] M. Venus (NZL) 64 76(4)

[6] F. Fognini (ITA) d J. Sousa (POR) 64 26 76(3)

[8] R. Bautista Agut (ESP) d J. Vesely (CZE) 63 75

L. Rosol (CZE) d G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 76(5) 64

S. Querrey (USA) d A. Bedene (GBR) 67(5) 76(10) 21 ret. (leg) - saved 5 M.P.

P. Kohlschreiber (GER) d [Q] B. Becker (GER) 76 (8 ) 63

Today's results from Sydney, tough defeat for young Borna Coric:

ATP Sydney

Singles - First Round

[6] J. Chardy (FRA) d [Q] M. Kukushkin (KAZ) 62 63

T. Gabashvili (RUS) d [7] L. Mayer (ARG) 64 63

[8] A. Dolgopolov (UKR) d T. Bellucci (BRA) 61 64

F. Delbonis (ARG) d S. Groth (AUS) 76(4) 76(5)

[Q] N. Mahut (FRA) d A. Mannarino (FRA) 64 75

[WC] J. Duckworth (AUS) d [LL] I. Cervantes (ESP) 63 62

G. Muller (LUX) d B. Coric (CRO) 61 64

Tonight's matches and the odds at NetBet:

ATP Sydney

Pablo Cuevas [uRU] vs  Grigor Dimitrov [bUL]

4.80 - 1.16

Nicolas Mahut [FRA] vs  Andreas Seppi [iTA]

2.40 - 1.55

Gilles Muller [LUX] vs  Dominic Thiem [AUT]

2.05 - 1.71

Federico Delbonis [ARG] vs  Teymuraz Gabashvili [RUS]

3.20 - 1.33

Aleksandr Dolgopolov [uKR] vs  Alexander Sarkissian [uSA]

1.10 - 6.20

Jeremy Chardy [FRA] vs  James Duckworth [AUS]

1.34 - 3.10

Viktor Troicki [sRB] vs  Tommy Robredo [ESP]

1.68 - 2.10

Bernard Tomic [AUS] vs  Jordan Thompson [AUS]

1.07 - 7.25

ATP Auckland

Kevin Anderson [RSA] vs  Robin Haase [NED]

1.37 - 3.00

David Ferrer [ESP] vs  Matthew Barton [AUS]

1.04 - 11.25

Roberto Bautista-Agut [ESP] vs  Donald Young [uSA]

1.25 - 3.75

Jack Sock [uSA] vs  Vasek Pospisil [CAN]

1.62 - 2.20

Lukas Rosol [CZE] vs  Benoit Paire [FR]

2.00 - 1.76

Fabio Fognini [iTA] vs  Thiemo de Bakker [NED]

1.57 - 2.30

Sam Querrey [uSA] vs  John Isner [uSA]

2.40 - 1.54

Philipp Kohlschreiber [GER] vs  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [FRA]

2.25 - 1.64

Good luck!

Today's results from Auckland, Ferrer and Tsonga breezed through the second round:

ATP Auckland

Singles - Second Round

[1] [WC] D. Ferrer (ESP) d [Q] M. Barton (AUS) 62 64

[2] J. Tsonga (FRA) d P. Kohlschreiber (GER) 63 64

[3] J. Isner (USA) d S. Querrey (USA) 76( 8 ) 67(4) 64

[4] K. Anderson (RSA) d [Q] R. Haase (NED) 76( 8 ) 76(5)

L. Rosol (CZE) d [5] B. Paire (FRA) 64 76(5)

[6] F. Fognini (ITA) d [Q] T. de Bakker (NED) 61 61

[8] R. Bautista Agut (ESP) d D. Young (USA) 64 76(3)

J. Sock (USA) d V. Pospisil (CAN) 62 64

Dominic Thiem had to retire in Sydney, Tomic and Troicki eased through the second round.

ATP Sydney

Singles - Second Round

[1] B. Tomic (AUS) d [WC] J. Thompson (AUS) 62 62

G. Muller (LUX) d [2] D. Thiem (AUT) 76(2) 22 ret. (blisters)

[3] V. Troicki (SRB) d T. Robredo (ESP) 61 64

[4] G. Dimitrov (BUL) d P. Cuevas (URU) 76(2) 64

[Q] N. Mahut (FRA) d [5] A. Seppi (ITA) 63 16 63

[6] J. Chardy (FRA) d [WC] J. Duckworth (AUS) 76(5) 64

[8] A. Dolgopolov (UKR) d [Q] A. Sarkissian (USA) 76(6) 62

T. Gabashvili (RUS) d F. Delbonis (ARG) 63 63

Quarter-finals coming up, here are the odds at NetBet:

ATP Sydney

Aleksandr Dolgopolov [uKR] vs  Grigor Dimitrov [bUL]

2.85 - 1.40

Jeremy Chardy [FRA] vs  Gilles Muller [LUX]

2.05 - 1.74

Viktor Troicki [sRB] vs  Nicolas Mahut [FRA]

1.33 - 3.20

Bernard Tomic [AUS] vs  Teymuraz Gabashvili [RUS]

1.25 - 3.75

ATP Auckland

Kevin Anderson [RSA] vs  Jack Sock [uSA]

2.10 - 1.68

David Ferrer [ESP] vs  Lukas Rosol [CZE]

1.16 - 4.80

Roberto Bautista-Agut [ESP] vs  John Isner [uSA]

2.20 - 1.62

Fabio Fognini [iTA] vs  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [FRA]

3.30 - 1.33

Good luck!

All ATP matches had been suspended. It's been raining petty much the whole day there, and it looks like even WTA matches will be suspended too.

All ATP matches had been suspended. It's been raining petty much the whole day there, and it looks like even WTA matches will be suspended too.

Yeah, just watching Simona Halep's match in Sydney and it got stopped now. But it might be completed today if the rain stops (hopefully).