PETE ZIEBRON
Outline for tonight's Passing Shots show with Jared Pine on the ProTenn Radio Network:
LAST WEEK: Cuevas wins Rio 500, Kyrgios wins first title, Querrey wins first title since 2012
(ALL 3 Champs unseeded - did ANYONE correctly select an unseeded Champ in Jared's survey in 2015???)
RIO
Pablo Cuevas joins Martin Klizan as ATP 500 Champion in 2016
#45 Cuevas d. #71 Guido Pella in the final
2015 ATP 500 Champs
Wawrinka 2x
Ferrer 3x
Federer 3x
Nishikori 2x
Murray
Nadal
Djokovic
2016 ATP 500 Champs
Klizan
Cuevas
Cuevas d Nadal in SF after dropping 1st set
Cuevas as Thiem has done - d. Nadal in SF, then WON next match!
Nadal discussion...............................
Thiem 3 & 2 over Ferrer before losing to Pella in SF (exhaustion playing B2B weeks?)
Anything else from Rio?
Marseille
Nick Kyrgios: 49 ACES & 1 DF in QF, SF & F (Gasquet, Berdych & Cilic)
Paire d Wawrinka in QF
Zverev continues to play well - l to Berdych in 3 (5-7 in 3rd)
Anything else from Marseille?
Delray Beach (formerly Las Vegas, formerly Scottsdale, formerly Tennis Channel Open)
Sam Querrey d Rajeev Ram in Final
Querrey halts del Potro in SF 7-5 7-5
del Potro rebounded after first 2 matches to thrash Chardy before also competing well vs. Querrey
Ram now sitting at career high after reaching final - IMPRESSIVE SF win over Dimitrov
Anything else from Delray?
THIS WEEK
2 ATP 500s in Dubai & Acapulco, also 250 in Sao Paulo
Dubai
Kyrgios v Berdych highlights today's QFs - winner gets Stan or Kohly winner - IMPRESSIVE QFs in bottom half
Djokovic back in action, drops 6 games total in first 2 matches
Baghdatis with a pair of nice wins (Troicki & Pospisil)
Anything else from Dubai?
Acapulco
Querrey vs. Fritz
Querrey continues fine form, d. Nishikori
Fritz rebounds from R1 loss last week - d. Chardy & VEB to reach QF
Harrison d. Cilic in R1
Dolgopolov d. Ferrer - plays Haase in QF
Dimitrov vs. Thiem winner gets Query or Fritz
Anything else from Acapulco?
Sao Paulo
Paire #1 seed - world #22 - also a WC
Cuevas in action as #3 seed
Pella WD - had 1st round match scheduled at 12 noon the day after rain delayed Rio final - would not have been able to get there
ONLY thru 1 round in Brazil thus far
Thiago Montiero, world #278, who d Tsonga in Rio & played well vs. Cuevas, d. Almagro in R1
Montiero d. Harrison & Nishioka in Houston quails last year, also d. Pella in quails in Buenos Aires last year
Montiero could get Cuevas in next match if they both win today
Anything else from Brazil?
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