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Tennis Atlantic 2015 ATP Draw Challenge Week 7 (Rio, Marseille, Delray Beach)

Posted by Admin on February 16, 2015
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Tennis Atlantic 2015 ATP Draw Challenge Week 7 (Rio, Marseille, Delray Beach)
Staff, Tennis Atlantic

Another 500 pointer is at stake this week with Rio, and 250 points each are up for grabs in Marseille and Delray.

Rio (draw)

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Steen Kirby’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Nadal vs. Berlocq, Montanes vs. Almagro, Fognini vs. Andujar, Schwartzman vs. Lajovic, Mayer vs. Souza, Ramos vs. Robredo, Giraldo vs. Nieminen, de Bakker vs. Ferrer
Quarterfinals: Nadal vs. Almagro, Fognini vs. Lajovic, Mayer vs. Robredo, Giraldo vs. Ferrer
Semifinals: Nadal vs. Lajovic, Mayer vs. Ferrer
Final: Nadal vs. Ferrer
Champion: Nadal

Courtney Massey’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Nadal vs. Berlocq, Montanes vs. Almagro, Vesely vs. Lorenzi, Schwartzman vs. Klizan, Mayer vs. Souza, Haider-Maurer vs. Robredo, Monaco vs. Nieminen, Clezar vs. Ferrer
Quarterfinals: Nadal vs. Almagro, Vesely vs. Schwartzman, Mayer vs. Robredo, Monaco vs. Ferrer
Semifinals: Nadal vs. Vesely, Robredo vs. Ferrer
Final: Nadal vs. Robredo
Champion: Nadal

Chris de Waard’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Nadal vs. Berlocq, Gonzalez vs. Almagro, Vesely vs. Andujar, Schwartzman vs. Klizan, Mayer vs. Souza, Ramos vs. Ymer, Giraldo vs. Cecchinato, de Bakker vs. Ferrer
Quarterfinals: Nadal vs. Almagro, Vesely vs. Schwartzman, Mayer vs. Ramos, Giraldo vs. Ferrer
Semifinals: Nadal vs. Vesely, Mayer vs. Ferrer
Final: Nadal vs. Ferrer
Champion: Ferrer

Jeff McMillan’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Nadal vs. Berlocq, Gonzalez vs. Almagro, Fognini vs. Lorenzi, Delbonis vs. Klizan, Mayer vs. Souza, Ramos vs. Robredo, Giraldo vs. Nieminen, Clezar vs. Ferrer
Quarterfinals: Nadal vs. Almagro, Fognini vs. Klizan, Mayer vs. Robredo, Giraldo vs. Ferrer
Semifinals: Nadal vs. Fognini, Robredo vs. Ferrer
Final: Nadal vs. Ferrer
Champion: Ferrer

Niall Clarke’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Nadal vs. Berlocq, Montanes vs. Almagro, Vesely vs. Andujar, Schwartzman vs. Klizan, Mayer vs. Souza, Ramos vs. Robredo, Giraldo vs. Nieminen, de Bakker vs. Ferrer
Quarterfinals: Nadal vs. Almagro, Vesely vs. Klizan, Souza vs. Robredo, Giraldo vs. Ferrer
Semifinals: Nadal vs. Klizan, Robredo vs. Ferrer
Final: Klizan vs. Ferrer
Champion: Klizan

A variety of possible champions this week, but general consensus is on Rafael Nadal or David Ferrer winning the title, with a variety of semifinalists possible

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Marseille (draw)

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Steen Kirby’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Raonic vs. Bolelli, Kuznetsov vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Pospisil, Sousa vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Istomin, Chardy vs. Gulbis, Stakhovsky vs. Struff, Mathieu vs. Wawrinka
Quarterfinals: Raonic vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Chardy, Struff vs. Wawrinka
Semifinals: Raonic vs. Bautista Agut, Simon vs. Wawrinka
Final: Raonic vs. Simon
Champion: Raonic

Courtney Massey’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Raonic vs. Vanni, Golubev vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Pospisil, Thiem vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Coric, Chardy vs. Gulbis, Stakhovsky vs. Qualifier, Paire vs. Wawrinka
Quarterfinals: Raonic vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Thiem, Simon vs. Gulbis, Stakhovsky vs. Wawrinka
Semifinals: Raonic vs. Bautista Agut, Simon vs. Wawrinka
Final: Raonic vs. Wawrinka
Champion: Wawrinka

Chris de Waard’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Raonic vs. Bolelli, Kuznetsov vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Pospisil, Thiem vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Coric, Chardy vs. Gulbis, Stakhovsky vs. Struff, Paire vs. Wawrinka
Quarterfinals: Raonic vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Chardy, Stakhovsky vs. Wawrinka
Semifinals: Raonic vs. Bautista Agut, Simon vs. Wawrinka
Final: Raonic vs. Simon
Champion: Raonic

Jeff McMillan’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Raonic vs. Bolelli, Golubev vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Pospisil, Thiem vs. Goffin, Simon vs. Istomin, Chardy vs. Gulbis, Stakhovsky vs. Qualifier, Paire vs. Wawrinka
Quarterfinals: Raonic vs. Monfils, Pospisil vs. Goffin, Simon vs. Gulbis, Qualifier vs. Wawrinka
Semifinals: Monfils vs. Goffin, Simon vs. Wawrinka
Final: Monfils vs. Simon
Champion: Simon

Niall Clarke’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Raonic vs. Bolelli, Golubev vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Pospisil, Thiem vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Istomin, Chardy vs. Gulbis, Stakhovsky vs. Struff, Paire vs. Wawrinka
Quarterfinals: Raonic vs. Monfils, Bautista Agut vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Chardy, Stakhovsky vs. Paire
Semifinals: Monfils vs. Janowicz, Simon vs. Paire
Final: Monfils vs. Simon
Champion: Simon

Gilles Simon, or Milos Raonic are picked as champions this week, Gael Monfils is also expected to do well, and opinions are mixed on how Stan Wawrinka will fare after winning Rotterdam.

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Delray Beach (draw)

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Steen Kirby’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Anderson vs. Groth, Kudla vs. Mannarino, Brown vs. Qualifier, Sela vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Young, Smyczek vs. Dolgopolov, Troicki vs. Tomic, Sijsling vs. Isner
Quarterfinals: Anderson vs. Kudla, Brown vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Smyczek, Troicki vs. Isner
Semifinals: Anderson vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Troicki
Final: Anderson vs. Troicki
Champion: Troicki

Courtney Massey’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Anderson vs. Lu, Kudla vs. Mannarino, Karlovic vs. Qualifier, Rublev vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Dodig, Smyczek vs. Gabashvili, Troicki vs. Jaziri, Sijsling vs. Isner
Quarterfinals: Anderson vs. Kudla, Karlovic vs. Johnson, Dodig vs. Smyczek, Troicki vs. Isner
Semifinals: Anderson vs. Karlovic, Smyczek vs. Troicki
Final: Karlovic vs. Smyczek
Champion: Karlovic

Chris de Waard’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Anderson vs. Groth, Kudla vs. Mannarino, Brown vs. Krajnovic, Rublev vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Dodig, Smyczek vs. Dolgopolov, Troicki vs. Tomic, Qualifier vs. Isner
Quarterfinals: Anderson vs. Mannarino, Brown vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Smyczek, Troicki vs. Isner
Semifinals: Anderson vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Troicki
Final: Anderson vs. Troicki
Champion: Troicki

Jeff McMillan’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Anderson vs. Groth, Lacko vs. Mannarino, Brown vs. Qualifier, Rublev vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Young, Smyczek vs. Dolgopolov, Troicki vs. Tomic, Qualifier vs. Isner
Quarterfinals: Anderson vs. Mannarino, Brown vs. Johnson, Young vs. Smyczek, Tomic vs. Isner
Semifinals: Anderson vs. Johnson, Young vs. Isner
Final: Johnson vs. Isner
Champion: Isner

Niall Clarke’s predictions

Round 2 Matches: Anderson vs. Groth, Kudla vs. Mannarino, Karlovic vs. Qualifier, Rublev vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Young, Smyczek vs. Gabashvili, Troicki vs. Tomic, Qualifier vs. Isner
Quarterfinals: Anderson vs. Kudla, Karlovic vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Smyczek, Troicki vs. Isner
Semifinals: Anderson vs. Johnson, Querrey vs. Isner
Final: Anderson vs. Isner
Champion: Isner

Troicki or Isner are the favorites seemingly in this very open field, Jeff has believes in American Steve Johnson to reach his maiden ATP final, while Courtney is backing the unseeded Tim Smyczek to do the same.

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Week 6 standings

Rotterdam
1: Courtney (122 points) (+500 points overall)
2: Niall (114 points) (+300 points)
3: Steen (78 points) (+180 points)
4: Jeff (66 points) (+180 points)
5: Chris (58 points) (+90 points)

Courtney wins thanks to having Wawrinka as champ, and Niall did slightly poorer earlier in the tournament, though he also correctly predicted Wawrinka, and credit to both of them for a good showing in the highest point value tournament this week.

Memphis
1: Chris (104 points) (+250 points)
2: Niall (102 points) (+150 points)
3: Courtney (102 points) (+90 points)
4: Jeff (100 points) (+90 points)
5: Steen (94 points) (+45 points)

Everyone had Nishikori as champion this week and thus the point values were all closely clustered, Chris was most accurate early on though and takes the title.

Sao Paulo
1: Steen (56 points)  (+250 points)
2: Chris (54 points) (+150 points)
3: Courtney (50 points) (+90 points)
4: Jeff (28 points) (+90 points)
5: Niall (16 points) (+45 points)

Steen had Pablo Cuevas, the champion, in the final, which was enough to get him the title with this unpredictable tournament.

Overall standings (after week 6)

1: Steen: 3795 ranking points (+475 points overall)
2: Courtney: 2415 points (+680 points overall)
3: Chris: 2270 points (+490 points overall)
4: Jeff: 2200 points (+360 points overall)
5: Niall: 1850 points (+495 points overall)

Courtney experiences a big rise to second place, and Chris jumps ahead of Jeff, with Steen still in the outright lead and Niall bringing up the pack.

 

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