Cricketics Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Guys, so Chennai Open is history and bere is a new begining to our only Indian ATP event. The tournament will now be played in Pune starting January 1st. The line up this year looks amazing Check the names. US Open finalist along with the former US Open Champion Marin Cilic will be two of the top seeds. Here is the list of all the overseas players who are coming. Along with Cilic and Anderson, we are going to also get Giles Simon, Bautista Agut and the giant Ivo Karlovic. This is a brilliant time for Indian tennis. Our youngsters Sumit Nagal, Yuki Bhambr are looking in fine touch. Sumit Nagal in oarticular just beat Yuki who is a top 100 player himself and beat Monfils recently. That along with another younngster Ramkumar make up a great trio of three top India mens tennis players who are all top 75 caliber. So this will be good tournament where lot of Indians might get a wildcard. kumar713 and RobKniff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Thats a great lineup Hope Cilic gets back to business soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Disappointed that chennai open is no more Was planning to go this year actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 hour ago, kumar713 said: Disappointed that chennai open is no more Was planning to go this year actually I know it is disappointing for people over there, but we got to do what we got to do to improve and attract more people to ATP Indian tournaments. I hope this is astart of a big era. Lets hope. The line up isn’t bad at all. kumar713 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Wawrinka always turned up in Chennai if my memory serves me correct, why doesn't he come to India these days ? Line up isn't that great as it was in Chennai in the past years (Cilic is no Nadal/Stan) but it is tough when you have Doha ($$$) and Brisbane (same country : AO) taking place at the same time. Hope the Indians do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumar713 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) On 12/8/2017 at 12:24 AM, Gollum said: Wawrinka always turned up in Chennai if my memory serves me correct, why doesn't he come to India these days ? Line up isn't that great as it was in Chennai in the past years (Cilic is no Nadal/Stan) but it is tough when you have Doha ($$$) and Brisbane (same country : AO) taking place at the same time. Hope the Indians do well. Stan is injured. Not sure he will play any tournaments before AO. This lineup is not bad. Edited December 10, 2017 by kumar713 RobKniff and Cricketics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 12/7/2017 at 1:39 PM, Gollum said: Wawrinka always turned up in Chennai if my memory serves me correct, why doesn't he come to India these days ? Line up isn't that great as it was in Chennai in the past years (Cilic is no Nadal/Stan) but it is tough when you have Doha ($$$) and Brisbane (same country : AO) taking place at the same time. Hope the Indians do well. Yes, he skipped this time. Last year he skipped because of injury. However the list is still good with Cilic coming and Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 11/24/2017 at 8:37 PM, Cricketics said: so Chennai Open is history its the same tournament re-branded. There was a good run in Chennai..highlight must be getting Rafael nadal as top seen in 2008. And Somdev playing the final..good run off to bigger and better now..best of luck Maharashtra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 53 minutes ago, Vilander said: its the same tournament re-branded. There was a good run in Chennai..highlight must be getting Rafael nadal as top seen in 2008. And Somdev playing the final..good run off to bigger and better now..best of luck Maharashtra. Good thing is that the Chennai Open location will continue to have the challenger tournament. It hosted one this year few weeks after Maharashtra Open. Challenger tournaments are really important and lot of Indian players can play and earn cheap important points and play against top 100 ATP level players. We need more such Challengers in India. kumar713 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Brilliant Indian wells going on. Djokovic has just dropped the first set and India’s Bhambri after playing two games to qualify into the main draw is now a set up against world no. 12 Lucas Pouille. Looking forward to this coming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Bhambri upsets world number 12 Lucas Pouille. Great result for him and Indians. Hard work payin of. This guy is brilliant. Well done Yuki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Bhambri vs Querrey going on. After getting broken early and down 0-2, Bhambri broke back twice and is ahead 4-3 in the first set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 3/13/2018 at 7:56 PM, Cricketics said: Bhambri vs Querrey going on. After getting broken early and down 0-2, Bhambri broke back twice and is ahead 4-3 in the first set. Watched the Bhambri match against Querrey on TV, he has to improve his serve to get some free points, otherwise every point for him is a battle. But I like his groundstrokes and movement. He always had a great backhand, but in the last two years his Forehand has become very strong. We will be at the Miami open this weekend. Hope to see him there, most likely in the second round against Sock. I wish it was someone else, as this match most likely will be in the Stadium. If scheduled in any other courts or even in the Grandstand, we can have a closer look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 25 minutes ago, eternalhope said: Watched the Bhambri match against Querrey on TV, he has to improve his serve to get some free points, otherwise every point for him is a battle. But I like his groundstrokes and movement. He always had a great backhand, but in the last two years his Forehand has become very strong. We will be at the Miami open this weekend. Hope to see him there, most likely in the second round against Sock. I wish it was someone else, as this match most likely will be in the Stadium. If scheduled in any other courts or even in the Grandstand, we can have a closer look. Bhambri beat Sock in juniors not once but numerous times, just like he did beat Lucas Puille earlier in his career and whom he beat again in Indian wells last week, so I am sure playing against Sock will bring Bhambri some good old memory and confidence. But Bhambri first has a tough first round against Mirza Basic whom he has lost to earlier. Mirza Basic has had some good top 100 wins but then also lost some games to much lower ranked opponents. Basic is one of those guys who is unpredictable on his day. Also Bhambri was supposed to play Delbonis but Delbonis retired out of the tournament so Basic got the Lucky loser spot. Bhambri I fee will beat Jack Sock if he can beat Basic. If he beats both Basic and Sock, he might meet last week Indian Wells Semi finalist - Borna Coric in the third round. Exciting draw dor bBhambri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Cricketics said: Bhambri beat Sock in juniors not once but numerous times, just like he did beat Lucas Puille earlier in his career and whom he beat again in Indian wells last week, so I am sure playing against Sock will bring Bhambri some good old memory and confidence. But Bhambri first has a tough first round against Mirza Basic whom he has lost to earlier. Mirza Basic has had some good top 100 wins but then also lost some games to much lower ranked opponents. Basic is one of those guys who is unpredictable on his day. Also Bhambri was supposed to play Delbonis but Delbonis retired out of the tournament so Basic got the Lucky loser spot. Bhambri I fee will beat Jack Sock if he can beat Basic. If he beats both Basic and Sock, he might meet last week Indian Wells Semi finalist - Borna Coric in the third round. Exciting draw dor bBhambri I am not talking whether Bhambri will beat Sock or not. Actually I have a feeling with the terrible form Sock is in and how well Yuki is playing he has a very good chance. I was talking about where the match is going to staged, I am hoping for a non-stadium match as then we will be able to see the match from close. If in the stadium, with our tickets, we will be watching from a good 70 meters away. But with Sock being the marquee Home player, usually they give him the show courts. Edited March 21, 2018 by eternalhope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, eternalhope said: I am not talking whether Bhambri will beat Sock or not. Actually I have a feeling with the terrible form Sock is in and how well Yuki is playing he has a very good chance. I was talking about where the match is going to staged, I am hoping for a non-stadium match as then we will be able to see the match from close. If in the stadium, with our tickets, we will be watching from a good 70 meters away. But with Sock being the marquee Home player, usually they give him the show courts. I think Ladies in Miami get preference for the main stadium usually and with Federer, Djoker, Wawrinka all here, they will take up mostly other main stadium games. Querrey too might get preference more than Sock in the stadium since he did well last week and Del Potro, just my guess. So you will be able to watch up close the Sock vs Bhambri game on outer court hopefully. Lets hope Bhambri wins first round tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 36 minutes ago, Cricketics said: I think Ladies in Miami get preference for the main stadium usually and with Federer, Djoker, Wawrinka all here, they will take up mostly other main stadium games. Querrey too might get preference more than Sock in the stadium since he did well last week and Del Potro, just my guess. So you will be able to watch up close the Sock vs Bhambri game on outer court hopefully. Lets hope Bhambri wins first round tomorrow. Hope what you say happens. Praying for a Bhambri first round win. RobKniff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 3:52 PM, Cricketics said: I think Ladies in Miami get preference for the main stadium usually and with Federer, Djoker, Wawrinka all here, they will take up mostly other main stadium games. Querrey too might get preference more than Sock in the stadium since he did well last week and Del Potro, just my guess. So you will be able to watch up close the Sock vs Bhambri game on outer court hopefully. Lets hope Bhambri wins first round tomorrow. Bhambri just won his first round. Played really good. Watched the match live. Cricketics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 49 minutes ago, eternalhope said: Bhambri just won his first round. Played really good. Watched the match live. Ya man, get ready. Bhambri goes into game against Jack Sock having won 3 games in 4 days. As long as he remains fit, he should beat Sock as Bhambri has more confidence right now than Sock. I just hope he stays injury free. Most likely the game will be day after tomorrow since in ATP 1000 tournament like this one, earlier rounds allow one day rest usually. Schedule for tomorrow will be updated soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Cricketics said: Ya man, get ready. Bhambri goes into game against Jack Sock having won 3 games in 4 days. As long as he remains fit, he should beat Sock as Bhambri has more confidence right now than Sock. I just hope he stays injury free. Most likely the game will be day after tomorrow since in ATP 1000 tournament like this one, earlier rounds allow one day rest usually. Schedule for tomorrow will be updated soon. I will be there Friday and Saturday. bhambri will be playing Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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