Update Chennai Open 2016

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he 2016 Chennai Open, which starts on Monday at SDAT stadium, marks the beginning of the ATP tour as it promises to be full of entertainment with some top class players of the circuit set to showcase their skills in Chennai.

Some big names from the world of tennis such as Stan Wawrinka, who has won the Chennai Open three times in the past, Giles Muller, Kevin Anderson, Benoit Paire will make the 2016 Chennai Open a glittering affair in the singles arena. India will be represented by Somdev Devvarman and Ramkumar Ramanathan.






However, India, who have always produced some quality doubles players, will depend on Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi as they partner Marcel Granollers and Giles Muller respectively in the doubles competition.

The top seed in the doubles arena has been handed to the pairing of Rajeev Ram and Raven Klaasen, while Wawrinka, who has received a bye in the first round, is the top seed in the singles competition. Anderson is seeded second.

Anderson, who loves tennis fans in India, is happy to play in Chennai.

"Although it is my first ATP event in India, I have played in the country during 2014. My wife and I had a blast in India the first time; the people are wonderful, the tennis fans are some of the best, and the food is excellent. I'm really excited to be playing in the Aircel Chennai Open," Chennai Open official website quoted Anderson as saying.

Anderson, who is one of the favourites to win the first ATP title of the season, will have to play some consistent tennis and could face Wawrinka in the final. If the dream final between Anderson and Wawrinka shapes up, the former will not be afraid of the Swiss ace, who has a 4-4 win loss record against the South Africa player.

Chennai Open 2016 schedule

Singles players (seeded):

  1. Stan Wawrinka
  2. Kevin Anderson
  3. Benoit Paire
  4. Roberto Agut
  5. Guillermo Garcia Lopez
  6. Giles Muller
  7. Vasek Pospisil
  8. Borna Coric
Doubles players (seeded)

1.Rajeev Ram and Raven Klaasen

2. Leander Paes and Marcel Granollers

3. Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin

4. Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak

Date – 4-10 January 2016

Venue - SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai

TV Listings – Star Sports 4 and Star Sports 4HD (India)

Time – 5pm onwards

Chennai Open 2016 schedule: Top Players, Fixtures, Venue, TV listings, date and time
 
Technoglitch

Technoglitch

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Late on Sunday evening, a silver-haired Argentine gentleman scuttled between two of the outside courts here at the SDAT Stadium, a beady eye on qualifying, a leather-bound notebook in hand.

The writing was in code and therefore unreadable. But whatever Mariano Monachesi’s scouting report contained — for Nicolas Almagro’s eyes only — it is unlikely to have been: “Take the first set but play your sloppiest when it really counts in the next two.”

That, unfortunately, was what Almagro did in the opening match of this year’s Chennai Open on Monday. Ante Pavic, a 26-year-old Croatian who came through qualifying, made him pay, pinching a tight three-setter 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(1).

Pavic later called it the biggest win of his career — Almagro, after all, was ranked as high as No.9 in 2011 — and he deserves great credit for never considering defeat.

Almagro, at 6ft and 84 kg, gave up five inches and 12 kilos to his opponent, but his was the superior heft of stroke. Timing is un-coachable — certain players seem better able to transfer their energy to the ball at just the right instant. Almagro is one of them: he served in excess of 200 kmph and hit with greater penetration, all this without appearing to muscle the ball.

One break, in the sixth game, was all Almagro needed for the first set. But Pavic, ranked 376 places below Almagro at 449, refused to go away. He threw in several serve-and-volley set-plays and scrambled incredibly well for a big man.

In the 12th game of both the second and third sets, he had a look at breaking the Almagro serve. He capitalised on the first opportunity, but couldn’t quite manage the second. Pavic decided then that he would make the play in the tie-break.

Chennai Open 2016: Pavic bounces back to surprise Almagro - The Hindu
 
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