PETE ZIEBRON
Pete & Jared Pine discussed the following last night on Passing Shots on the ProTenn Radio Network:
BARCELONA
Nadal wins 9th crown in Barcelona & 2nd consecutive title on clay
Aside from the Final vs. Nishikori & 2nd set vs. Fognini, Nadal not threatened at all
Anything else from Barcelona?
BUCHAREST
Verdasco tops a spirited Pouille in the final
Pouille with wins over Karlovic & Delbonis
Anything else from Romania?
THIS WEEK - 3 250's
Snowy MUNICH
Monfils - OUT AGAIN - ............................
del Potro wins first match on clay in a very long time - wins again today - Kohly next in a REAL test
Florian Mayer back in action - needed to Qualify - in Germany of all places (Kohly in 2nd round)
Zverev - Rosol - interesting 2nd round match - Zverev wins in straights
Zverev - Goffin tomorrow
Kovalik loses to Sijsling in qualies - gets LL - beats Sijsling in 2nd round in MD
Estoril
Coric vs Kyrgios in 3rd round (1st meeting) Coric 11-11 in '16 & Kyrgios is 14-4
Almagro & Mathieu into 2nd round - Almagro advances & plays L Mayer next
Paire - GGL in 3rd round
Istanbul
Tomic again a #1 seed - consecutive weeks! LOSES 1st match yet again (had 1st round BYES)
Dimitrov vs. Vesely on 2nd round
Challenger last week
SAVANNAH
Fratangelo d Donaldson - wins RG WC
Donaldson d Harrison, G Melzer & Young
Fratangelo d Tiafoe, Kudla, Donaldson
TALLAHASSEE - this week
Young d Escobedo - will play Tiafoe (playing now)
Tipsarevic back in action this week - wins 1st match at Ostrava Challenger - LOST today