by ti-amieTournament: Rothesay International Location: Eastbourne, Great Britain Dates: June 26 - July 01 2023 Tier: ATP 250 Surface: Grass Prize Money: €723,655 Total Financial Commitment: €791,545
Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Taylor Fritz 8 8
2 Tommy Paul 16 17
3 Alex de Minaur 18 19
4 Francisco Cerundolo 20 23
5 Grigor Dimitrov 26 29
6 Yoshihito Nishioka 27 33
7 Nicolas Jarry 30 35
8 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 32 49
Botic van de Zandschulp 34 31
Miomir Kecmanovic 39 37
Maxime Cressy 40 44
Lorenzo Sonego 41 48
Emil Ruusuvuori 42 46
Sebastian Baez 43 42
J.J. Wolf 46 50
Jack Draper 49 55
Brandon Nakashima 54 45
Mikael Ymer 62 56
Yibing Wu 64 54
(WC)
(WC)
(WC)
(SE)
(SE)
(Q)
(Q)
1 Richard Gasquet 55 52
2 Zhizhen Zhang 56 71
3 Arthur Fils 66 63
4 Mackenzie McDonald 68 59
5 Luca Van Assche 69 82
6 Nuno Borges 73 80
7 Marco Cecchinato 79 72
8 Marc-Andrea Huesler 82 84
Daniel Elahi Galan 83 91
Marton Fucsovics 86 83
Aleksandar Vukic 91 97
Alexandre Muller 96 101
Diego Schwartzman 106 95
Borna Gojo 111 104
(WC)
(WC)
Alternates
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Juan Manuel Cerundolo 109 105
2 Thanasi Kokkinakis 88 108
3 James Duckworth 107 110
4 Taro Daniel 104 112
5 Aleksandar Kovacevic 119 114
6 Liam Broady 151 140
7 Jan Choinski 170 177
8 Ryan Peniston 201 192
9 Zachary Svajda 215 227
10 Dane Sweeny 232 236
11 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 233 237
12 Nicolas Mejia 247 238
13 Li Tu 245 248
14 Michael Geerts 243 253
15 Christian Harrison 1075 260 (PR)
16 Steven Diez 268 267
17 Daniel Masur 283 274
18 James McCabe 273 280
19 Benjamin Hassan 295 284
20 Elmar Ejupovic 298 287
by ti-amieTournament: Rothesay International Location: Eastbourne, Great Britain Dates: June 26 - July 1, 2023 Level: WTA 500 Total Financial Commitment: $780,637 Surface: Grass
(WC) Liam Broady VS (LL) Jan Choinski Not Before 12:30 PM
(LL) Petra Martic VS (WC) Katie Boulter Followed By
Bernarda Pera VS (5) Coco Gauff Not Before 4:00 Pm
Zhizhen Zhang VS (7) Lorenzo Sonego
Court 1 Starts At 11:00 Am
(Q) Jasmine Paolini VS (4) Ons Jabeur Not Before 12:30 Pm
Mikael Ymer VS (9) Botic van de Zandschulp Followed By
(Q) Daniel Elahi Galan VS Maxime Cressy Not Before 4:00 PM (3) Jessica Pegula VS Qinwen Zheng Followed By
Luisa Stefani/Zhaoxuan Yang VS (WC) Harriet Dart/Heather Watson
Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am
Marco Cecchinato VS Mackenzie McDonald Not Before 12:30 PM (7) Petra Kvitova VS Jelena Ostapenko Followed By
(Q) Madison Brengle VS (2) WC Caroline Garcia Followed By (10) Barbora Krejcikova VS (Q) Xiyu Wang Followed By
Robert Galloway/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela VS Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury
Court 4 Starts At 11:00 Am
Marie Bouzkova VS (8) Beatriz Haddad Maia Followed By
Camila Giorgi VS Anastasia Potapova Followed By
Hao-Ching Chan/Latisha Chan VS (2) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez Followed By
Caroline Dolehide/Shuai Zhang VS (OSE) Marie Bouzkova/Sara Sorribes Tormo Followed By
(WC) Tereza Martincova/Barbora Strycova VS (OSE) Gabriela Dabrowski/Daria Saville Followed By (3) Desirae Krawczyk/Demi Schuurs VS Asia Muhammad/Giuliana Olmos
Court 5 Starts At 11:00 Am
Gonzalo Escobar/Aleksandr Nedovyesov VS Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlan Followed By
Matthew Ebden/John-Patrick Smith VS Nicolas Barrientos/Juan Sebastian Cabal Followed By
Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS Francisco Cerundolo/Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Followed By
Romain Arneodo/Sam Weissborn VS Lloyd Glasspool/Nicolas Mahut
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by ashkor87 Interesting encounter next- coco vs Pegula...I would bet on Coco, since it is grass..interesting, though .I think Pegula won the only other time they have met...
by ti-amieThursday, June 29, 2023 Day 6
Centre Court Starts At 11:00 Am
(4) Francisco Cerundolo VS Zhizhen Zhang Not Before 12:30 PM (3) Jessica Pegula VS (5) Coco Gauff Followed By (9) Daria Kasatkina VS (2) Caroline Garcia Not Before 4:00 Pm
J.J. Wolf VS (2) Tommy Paul
Court 1 Starts At 11:00 Am
Madison Keys VS (LL) Petra Martic Not Before 12:30 Pm
Mackenzie McDonald VS Mikael Ymer Followed By (8) Miomir Kecmanovic VS Gregoire Barrere Not Before 4:00 PM
Jelena Ostapenko VS Camila Giorgi
Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am
Luisa Stefani/Zhaoxuan Yang VS (2) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez Not Before 12:30 Pm (1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS Matthew Ebden/John-Patrick Smith Followed By (4) Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicVS (2) Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury
by ashkor87 Coco's movement on grass is spell-binding - long time since I have seen anyone move so fast and so easily.. a big asset on the grass - now, if only she can fix that forehand...
by ashkor87
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:47 pm
Interesting encounter next- coco vs Pegula...I would bet on Coco, since it is grass..interesting, though .I think Pegula won the only other time they have met...
the prediction on the tennis site is 58.5% gauff - roughly correct, I would say. Analytics is sometimes not too way off..
by ponchi101 They were correct, and the score was not even close.
That last part surprised me.
by ti-amie Both Alona and Caroline Garcia retired today after dropping first sets. Giorgi and Kasatkina go to the next round.
by ti-amieFriday, June 30, 2023 Day 7
Centre Court Starts At 11:00 Am
Madison Keys VS (5) Coco Gauff Followed By
Camila Giorgi VS (9) Daria Kasatkina Not Before 2:00 Pm
Mackenzie McDonald VS (4) Francisco Cerundolo Followed By
Gregoire Barrere VS (2) Tommy Paul
Court 1 Starts At 2:00 Pm
F (1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (4) Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic
TBA
SF
(4) Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko VS (2) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez
by ashkor87 Gauff vs Keys! yet another intriguing matchup.. on grass, Coco's movement and defense should prevail over Keys' power...
by ashkor87
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:50 am
Gauff vs Keys! yet another intriguing matchup.. on grass, Coco's movement and defense should prevail over Keys' power...contrary to popular supposition including her erstwhile coach Davenport) I dont think Keys' game is made for grass..
by ponchi101 Keys' game is suitable for everything. When the balls are landing in.
it is that sooner or later she can't keep the balls in. But her strokes are so excellent.
by ashkor87 Yes but she doesn't always get in position..footwork isn't world-class, to say the least
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:20 pm
They were correct, and the score was not even close.
That last part surprised me.
didnt surprise me at all.. Pegula is simply another of those somewhat over-rated players.. it is not that Coco is a Wimbledon champion, it is just that there is nothing that great about Pegula's game! But of course, most people here would disagree - that is fine.. I hope it is ok with people on this site if I say what I think.
No disrespect intednded to Pegula - she is a very good, solid Tier 2 player, just that she is not a Tier 1 player or even close (which Kvitova, Ostapenko, Jabeur are).. I repeat what I said earlier on another board - Pegula is comparable to Bencic, only slightly inferior to her. Alexandrova is better. Again, my estimate, people should not feel affronted.
by JTContinental I'm not affronted, but I don't think anything that you wrote above is true, except about Kvitova being top tier
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JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:46 am
I'm not affronted, but I don't think anything that you wrote above is true, except about Kvitova being top tier
Ok, good, let us agree to disagree..and let the results speak.
by ashkor87 good win for Keys over Gauff, unexpected.. but she is a former champion here, after all..
by ashkor87 Swiatek withdraws due to illness! what IS this virus going around and laying tennis players low?
by ponchi101 See you at the Bad Homburg topic...
by ponchi101 Eubanks finishes his third straight match in a TB. First final.
Keep going
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:24 pm
Eubanks finishes his third straight match in a TB. First final.
Keep going
What a nice result - win or lose - first tour final & he will crack the top 50 in the rankings.
by nelslus Eubanks apparently also saved and lost multiple match points before finally pulling this match out. I found this out from viewing some highlights from YouTube. LOL, I had rooted for Shelton to beat Eubanks. But, very happy for Eubanks with his recent excellent results.
by jazzyg Harris had three matches points at 0-40 before the tiebreak and two match points in the tiebreak, but the latter two came on Eubanks' serve. On the first one, his backhand passing shot hit the tape. If it had gone over, Eubanks was there but would have needed to execute a tough volley.
by ti-amieSaturday, July 01, 2023 Day 8
Centre Court Starts At 11:00 Am / TBF 6/2 5/7 2/5
SF
Mackenzie McDonald VS (4) Francisco Cerundolo
F Not Before 12:30 Pm
Madison Keys VS (9) Daria Kasatkina
Not Before 2:30 Pm
F
Mackenzie McDonald Or Francisco Cerundolo VS Gregoire Barrere Or Tommy Paul Followed By (3) Desirae Krawczyk/Demi Schuurs VS (2) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez
Court 1 Starts At 11:00 Am
SF
Gregoire Barrere VS (2) Tommy Paul
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for those who cannot see the tennis channel etc... please look at what happens at 3-3 in the second set as a sample.. what I have been saying.. Coco doesnt give herself room on the forehand, and drops the ball short, which Keys pounces on and kills. It is not the UFEs to worry about, it is these short balls - lollipops, that lets the opponent hit a winner.. she needs to fix that.
by meganfernandez Woke up to Madison leading a set and 5-2, but Kasatkina up 30-love in that game. Figured I had time to fire up my laptop and catch the end to see Madison win the title. She promptly lost four games. She managed to break to take the set to a tiebreak, though.
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meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:59 pm
Woke up to Madison leading a set and 5-2, but Kasatkina up 30-love in that game. Figured I had time to fire up my laptop and catch the end to see Madison win the title. She promptly lost four games. She managed to break to take the set to a tiebreak, though.
Madison won a 31-shot rally on her 5th or 6th match point.
by ponchi101 31-shot rally, in grass.
How times have changed.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:06 pm
31-shot rally, in grass.
How times have changed.
Very good point. No one even thought about chipping and charging. But they were both playing it safe. It was like 14-13 in the TB.
Also, how many times has Keys been able to hit 15 shots without making an error? Most of the rally was BH to BH. She finally got a few FHs and took control of it with a crosscourt put-away.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:06 pm
31-shot rally, in grass.
How times have changed.
Very good point. No one even thought about chipping and charging. But they were both playing it safe. It was like 14-13 in the TB.
Also, how many times has Keys been able to hit 15 shots without making an error? Most of the rally was BH to BH. She finally got a few FHs and took control of it with a crosscourt put-away.
That. This is the reason I think she has never won a big one. Her strokes are so beautiful but her margin of error is almost not there. When the ball lands in, it is a gorgeous stroke. But she can also miss a shot by feet.
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:06 pm
31-shot rally, in grass.
How times have changed.
Very good point. No one even thought about chipping and charging. But they were both playing it safe. It was like 14-13 in the TB.
Also, how many times has Keys been able to hit 15 shots without making an error? Most of the rally was BH to BH. She finally got a few FHs and took control of it with a crosscourt put-away.
That. This is the reason I think she has never won a big one. Her strokes are so beautiful but her margin of error is almost not there. When the ball lands in, it is a gorgeous stroke. But she can also miss a shot by feet.
Yeah, and I don't know if she's not patient enough or loses concentration or tightens up when she has the open court. She should be a Slam winner by now.
by jazzyg Keys is better on hard courts than grass, where the lower bounce hurts her at times and her lack of athleticism compared to other elite players hurts her (although her movement is underrated when she's healthy), but I agree she should already be a Slam winner. I don't see it happening at Wimbledon, but it's still possible on hard courts if she can stay healthy for any period of time and get the confidence of winning matches consistently.
She was the best player at the 2017 U.S. Open, but Stephens played an incredible match in the final and Keys panicked as a result. She hasn't come close since then, but there is still time.
by ponchi101 If Lindsey could win slams with that movement, Maddie can win them too. I see both of them as so similar.
Agree on the grass issue, though. I say she should be a truly dominant force on hard courts, where she can get a good grip under her feet.
by skatingfan She's 28 - the window is closing.
by ponchi101 I don't think it is about age. That is one of two things that I don't think can be taught: CONTROL and POWER come with the genetics. You can work a lot on them, and get better, but there is a ceiling.
See Laconte, Henri. He just could not reign in that power to the centimeter.
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:26 pm
I don't think it is about age. That is one of two things that I don't think can be taught: CONTROL and POWER come with the genetics. You can work a lot on them, and get better, but there is a ceiling.
See Laconte, Henri. He just could not reign in that power to the centimeter.
I just meant that very few people over the age of 28 win a major for the first time.
by ashkor87 Agree about Keys being better on hard courts but I was not at all surprised Sloane beat her .defense matters a lot on fast courts, and Keys is weak in that area..on a slower court, keys has the power to blow even Sloane away but on a fast court, movement matters more..
