Talk About Tennis 2.0

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, 27 APRIL 2025

Manolo Santana Stadium - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs [28] Elise Mertens (BEL)

Not before 1 p.m.
ATP - [1] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs [28] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

Not before 3 p.m.
ATP - [9] Daniil Medvedev vs [Q] Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG)

Not before 8 p.m.
WTA - [10] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs [17] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
ATP - [23] Sebastian Korda (USA) vs [14] Casper Ruud (NOR)

Arantxa Sanchez Stadium - start 11 a.m.

ATP - Alexander Bublik (KAZ) vs [7] Andrey Rublev

Not before 1 p.m.
WTA - Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs [6] Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
WTA - [3] Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)

Not before 7 p.m.
ATP - [12] Ben Shelton (USA) vs [22] Jakub Mensik (CZE)

Not before 9:30 p.m.
WTA - [21] Ekaterina Alexandrova vs [14] Daria Kasatkina (AUS)

Stadium 3 - start 11 a.m.

ATP - [31] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
WTA - [32] Sofia Kenin (USA) vs Anastasia Potapova
WTA - Rebeka Masarova (SUI) vs Peyton Stearns (USA)
ATP - [3] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)
ATP - [20] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs Francisco Comesana (ARG)

Court 4 - start 11 a.m.

WTA - Veronika Kudermetova vs [24] Marta Kostyuk (UKR)

Not before 12:30 p.m.
WTA - Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Laura Siegemund (GER) vs [5] Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider

Not before 2:00 p.m.
WTA - Linda Noskova (CZE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) vs Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Cristina Bucsa (ESP) or [6] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva
ATP - [5] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs TBD
ATP - TBD vs Sander Gille (BEL) / Jan Zielinski (POL)

Court 5 - start 11 a.m.

ATP - Ariel Behar (URU) / Joran Vliegen (BEL) vs [6] Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Michael Venus (NZL)

Not before 12:30 p.m.
WTA - Storm Hunter (AUS) / Ellen Perez (AUS) vs Coco Gauff (USA) / Robin Montgomery (USA)

Followed By
ATP - After Suitable Rest - Flavio Cobolli (ITA) / Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs Sadio Doumbia (FRA) / Fabien Reboul (FRA)

Followed By
ATP - After Suitable Rest - Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) / Albano Olivetti (FRA) vs [WC] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) / Frances Tiafoe (USA)
WTA - [1] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) or Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Anna Kalinskaya vs Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Eri Hozumi (JPN)

Court 6 - start 12 p.m.

WTA - [3] Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Yifan Xu (CHN)

Not before 2 p.m.
ATP - TBD vs Tomas Machac (CZE) / Tommy Paul (USA)
WTA - Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (BEL) vs [2] Sara Errani (ITA) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
WTA - [8] Sofia Kenin (USA) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) vs Madison Keys (USA) / Maria Sakkari (GRE) or Magda Linette (POL) / Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)

Doubles Draw – ATP

M. Arevalo (1)/M. Pavic (1) vs R. Matos/M. Melo
J. Murray/R. Ram vs H. Nys/E. Roger-Vasselin
F. Cobolli/L. Musetti vs S. Doumbia/F. Reboul
A. Behar/J. Vliegen vs N. Mektic (6)/M. Venus (6)

S. Bolelli (4)/A. Vavassori (4) vs J. Salisbury/N. Skupski
C. Harrison/E. King vs M. Ebden/J. Peers
T. Arribage/F. Cerundolo vs M. Gonzalez/A. Molteni
R. Bopanna/B. Shelton vs N. Lammons (8)/J. Withrow (8)

Alternate vs S. Gille\J. Zielinski
Alternate vs T. Machac/T. Paul
A. Goransson/S. Verbeek vs J. Mensik/A. Pavlasek
R. Arneodo (WC)/M. Guinard (WC) vs K. Krawietz (3)/T. Puetz (3)

M. Granollers (5)/H. Zeballos (5) vs Alternate
G. Mpetshi Perricard/A. Olivetti vs A. Davidovich Fokina (WC)/F. Tiafoe (WC)
I. Dodig/S. Korda vs A. Erler/C. Frantzen
Y. Bhambri/R. Galloway vs H. Heliovaara (2)/H. Patten (2)

how many times is Mertens going to run into the wall called Sabalenka?! poor thing, she has no weapons to beat Sabalenka with.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 27, 2025 2:25 am how many times is Mertens going to run into the wall called Sabalenka?! poor thing, she has no weapons to beat Sabalenka with.

Sabalenka had to struggle .. wonder why..

I don't expect much from Pegula on clay but..Uchijima?!

ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 28 APRIL 2025

Manolo Santana Stadium - start 11 a.m.

ATP - [15] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [Q] Jacob Fearnley (GBR)

Not Before 1 p.m.
WTA - [13] Diana Shnaider vs [2] Iga Swiatek (POL)

Not Before 4 p.m.
WTA - [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Peyton Stearns (USA)

Not Before 8 p.m.
ATP - [17] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [10] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)

Not Before 9 p.m.
WTA - [17] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs Maria Sakkari (GRE)

Arantxa Sanchez Stadium - start 11 a.m.

WTA - Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)
ATP - Cameron Norrie (GBR) vs [LL] Gabriel Diallo (CAN)
ATP - [16] Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Alexandre Muller (FRA)

Not Before 7 p.m.
WTA - Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) vs [21] Ekaterina Alexandrova
ATP - [6] Alex de Minaur (AUS) vs [29] Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

Stadium 3 - start 11 a.m.

WTA - [7] Mirra Andreeva vs Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR)

Not Before 1:30 p.m.
WTA - [5] Madison Keys (USA) vs [19] Donna Vekic (CRO)

Not Before 3 p.m.
WTA - [24] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) vs Anastasia Potapova
ATP - [24] Karen Khachanov vs [11] Tommy Paul (USA)
ATP - [5] Jack Draper (GBR) vs [30] Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

Court 4 - start 11 a.m.

ATP - Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
ATP - [4] Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) vs Joe Salisbury (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR)

Not Before 2 p.m.
ATP - Theo Arribage (FRA) / Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Andres Molteni (ARG)
ATP - Jamie Murray (GBR) / Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
ATP - Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Robert Galloway (USA) vs [2] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR)

Court 5 - start 11 a.m.

WTA - Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Anna Kalinskaya vs Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Eri Hozumi (JPN)
ATP - [WC] Romain Arneodo (MON) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) vs [3] Kevin Krawietz (GER) / Tim Puetz (GER)

Not Before 2 p.m.
ATP - Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Ben Shelton (USA) vs [8] Nathaniel Lammons (USA) / Jackson Withrow (USA)
ATP - [1] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) vs Rafael Matos (BRA) / Marcelo Melo (BRA)

Court 6 - start 12 p.m.

ATP - Christian Harrison (USA) / Evan King (USA) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS) / John Peers (AUS)

Not Before 2 p.m.
ATP - Andre Goransson (SWE) / Sem Verbeek (NED) vs Jakub Mensik (CZE) / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) ATP - Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Sebastian Korda (USA) vs Alexander Erler (AUT) / Constantin Frantzen (GER)

love to watch Kasatkina moving on clay.. she seems to jut float.. Alexandrova getting really good at changing direction, especially on her backhand - very useful on clay, even more than on hard.. reminds me of Bencic, Hingis.. very surprised at how well she is doing on clay.. she will do even better on grass, she always does. Look for her to go deep at Wimbledon...

DeMinaur is going to win this tournament (I hope)

when will people learn NOT to drop-shot Coco? She is so quick, it is pure suicide.. Bencic discovered that today.. coaching error.

coco versus andreeva next.. nice matchup. It will tell us a lot about Andreeva - does she have the class? Probably yes. Coco played very well against Bencic today.. I assume she did not give away too many points with dfs.. she will need to play tight against Andreeva.. They are both quick, great defence, actually a lot like each other.

No backup power for such an event is a sheer embarrassment... I have backup power in my small apartment.

I have never been to a European country with anything like backup power. Nor does any city in the USA/Canada.
Backup power is for places where you expect the power to be unreliable. Not even Colombia has a culture of backup power, and they were a war-torn country for a long time.

No, backup power is for places where having uninterrupted power is important. There are no places where power is guaranteed.

Well, it is just a tennis tournament. Not a hospital.