Grigor Dimitrov (Nitto ATP World Tour Finals, London 2017)
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Latest ATP & WTA Results, Schedules, Quick Hits | 26 April 2018

By Britwatch Team

  • ATP Barcelona
  • ATP Budapest
  • WTA Stuttgart
  • WTA Istanbul
Latest Tennis Results – Full main draw singles results from ATP and WTA tournaments this week, plus our quick hits of the day’s action.

 

ATP Barcelona Tournament Results & Quick Hits

  • Grigor Dimitrov has survived these past two weeks with some gutsy play, this time saving two match points against Malek Jaziri to secure his spot in the quarter-finals.
  • Meanwhile third seed Dominic Thiem also booked his spot in the last eight.
  • Rafael Nadal predictably came through comfortably and the drama was left to David Goffin who had to come from a set down to book his spot in the last eight.
ATP Barcelona €2,794,220 R3 26-Apr
D Thiem [3] (AUT) 76(5) 62 J Kovalik [LL] (SVK)
M Klizan [Q] (SVK) 61 64 F Lopez [12] (ESP)
S Tsitsipas (GRE) 64 75 A Ramos-Vinolas [10] (ESP)
G Dimitrov [2] (BUL) 75 36 76(8) M Jaziri (TUN)
P Carreno Busta [5] (ESP) 62 46 76(6) A Mannarino [11] (FRA)
R Nadal [1] (ESP) 61 63 G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
D Goffin [4] (BEL) 26 76(2) 60 K Khachanov [16] (RUS)
R Bautista Agut [8] (ESP) 64 61 P Andujar [LL] (ESP)

 

ORDER OF PLAY – Friday, 27 April 2018

PISTA RAFA NADAL Matches Start At: 12:30 pm

Stefanos TSITSIPAS (GRE) vs Dominic THIEM (AUT) [3]

followed by

Pablo CARRENO BUSTA (ESP) [5] vs Grigor DIMITROV (BUL) [2]

followed by

Rafael NADAL (ESP) [1] vs [Q] Martin KLIZAN (SVK)

followed by

David GOFFIN (BEL) [4] vs Roberto BAUTISTA AGUT (ESP) [8]

 

PISTA 1 Matches Start At: 2:00 pm

Aisam-Ul-Haq QURESHI (PAK)/Jean-Julien ROJER (NED) vs [LL] Nicolas JARRY (CHI)/Guido PELLA (ARG)

followed by

Victoria JIMENEZ (ESP) vs Naroa ARANZABAL (ESP)

followed by

Emma SANCHEZ (ESP) vs Ariana GEERLINGS (ESP)

 

PISTA 2 Matches Start At: 12:30 pm

Luis UTRILLA (ESP) vs Gerard CAMPANA (ESP) [2]

followed by

Antonio PRAT (ESP) vs Daniel MERIDA (ESP) [3]

followed by

Iker GAZTAMBIDE (ESP) [4] vs Sergio TINTORE (ESP)

followed by

Carlos GUERRERO (ESP) [1] vs Alex PADRO (ESP)

 

ATP Budapest Tournament Results & Quick Hits

  • Aussie John Millman pulled out the upset by quelling top seed and defending champion Lucas Pouille in straight sets to reach an ATP World Tour Final for the first time since 2016, when he reached the semi-finals in Winston-Salem.
ATP Budapest €561,345 R2 26-Apr
A Seppi [8] (ITA) 61 62 M Youzhny (RUS)
N Basilashvili (GEO) 62 64 D Shapovalov [4] (CAN)
Y Maden [LL] (GER) 61 63 M Marterer (GER)
J Millman (AUS) 63 64 L Pouille [1] (FRA)

 

ORDER OF PLAY – Friday, 27 April 2018

CENTER COURT Matches Start At: 11:00 am        

Jan-Lennard STRUFF (GER) [7] vs [LL] Marco CECCHINATO (ITA)

followed by

Andreas SEPPI (ITA) [8] vs Nikoloz BASILASHVILI (GEO)

followed by

[Q] Lorenzo SONEGO (ITA) vs Aljaz BEDENE (SLO) [5]

Not Before 4:30 pm

John MILLMAN (AUS) vs [LL] Yannick MADEN (GER)

 

COURT 1 Matches Start At: Not Before 1:00 pm

After Suitable Rest

Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED)/Andres MOLTENI (ARG) [4] vs Ben MCLACHLAN (JPN)/Jan-Lennard STRUFF (GER) [2]

 

WTA Stuttgart Tournament Results & Quick Hits

  • And then there were none as the last two former champions, Angelique Kerber and Laura Siegemund left.
  • Kerber was left broken down by a right thigh injury, while Siegemund, who only returned to the tour in March was outgunned by Coco Vandeweghe
  • Elina Svitolina eased through following the retirement of qualifier Marketa Vondrousova.
  • Garbiñe Muguruza made it a hat-trick of withdrawals on her opener, after what had been a competitive set against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
WTA Stuttgart $816,000 R2 26-Apr
J Ostapenko [4] (LAT) 63 60 Z Diyas [Q] (KAZ)
Ka Pliskova [5] (CZE) 76(4) 63 V Kudermetova [Q] (RUS)
C Vandeweghe [WC] (USA) 64 46 63 L Siegemund [WC] (GER)
C Garcia [6] (FRA) 61 36 75 M Kostyuk (UKR) [Q]
E Svitolina [3] (UKR) 26 61 32 RET M Vondrousova (CZE) [Q]
A Kontaveit (EST) 60 20 RET A Kerber (GER)
A Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 75 RET G Muguruza [2] (ESP)

 

ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, 27 APRIL 2018

CENTER COURT Starting at: 1:30 pm   

Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] vs [WC] CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA)

followed by

Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [3] vs Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [6]

Not Before 6:30 pm

Anett KONTAVEIT (EST) vs Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS)

Not Before 8:30 pm

Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [5] vs Jelena OSTAPENKO (LAT) [4]

 

COURT 1 Starting at: Not Before 4:00 pm    

Possible court change

Andreja KLEPAC (SLO)/María José MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP) [1] vs Bethanie MATTEK-SANDS (USA) CoCo VANDEWEGHE (USA)

 

WTA Istanbul Tournament Results & Quick Hits

WTA Istanbul  $250,000 R2 26-Apr
A Rus [Q] (NED) 26 63 60 D Kovinic [Q] (MNE)
M Sakkari (GRE) 63 61 A Krunic (SRB)
P Hercog (SLO) 62 11 RET K Bondarenko (UKR)
C Wozniacki [1] (DEN) 57 63 63 S Errani (ITA)
D Vekic (CRO) 61 62 A Tomljanovic (AUS)

 

ORDER OF PLAY – FRIDAY, 27 APRIL 2018

CENTER Starting at: 12:30 pm

Maria SAKKARI (GRE) vs [Q] Arantxa RUS (NED)

followed by

Polona HERCOG (SLO) vs Svetlana KUZNETSOVA (RUS) [2]

Not Before 5:00 pm

Caroline WOZNIACKI (DEN) [1] vs Pauline PARMENTIER (FRA)

Not Before 7:00 pm

Donna VEKIC (CRO) vs Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU) [7]

 

COURT 1 Starting at: 12:30 pm

Xenia KNOLL (SUI)/Anna SMITH (GBR) [3] vs Nicola GEUER (GER)/Priscilla HON (AUS)

followed by

Natela DZALAMIDZE (RUS)/Anna KALINSKAYA (RUS) vs Chen LIANG (CHN) Shuai ZHANG (CHN)

 

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