Nadal Goes for 12 Years Between Titles at ATP China Open in Beijing
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CHINA OPEN
BEIJING, China; surface: hard
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Seeds: Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov, Pablo Carreno Busta, Roberto Bautista Agut, John Isner, Tomas Berdych, Nick Kyrgios
Floaters: Lucas Pouille, Damir Dzumhur, Juan Martin del Potro, Mischa Zverev, Jared Donaldson, Jack Sock
Notes:
Tough starts for (1) Nadal vs. Pouille who he is 1-1 career against, (3) Dimitrov vs. the streaking Dzumhur (winner to likely meet Del Potro), and (7) Berdych vs. the streaking Donaldson (winner to likely meet Sock)…
Wildcards went to Del Potro and China’s Wu Di and Zhang Ze…
The all-star cast withdrawing from the event included David Ferrer, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga…
Murray, currently sidelined with injury, beat Dimitrov in last year’s final…
Can Nadal win and go 12 years between China Open tournament titles? That’s got to be an ATP record…
Djokovic, currently injured, has won the China Open six times and four years in a row from 2015-12…
Former champions in the field are Berdych (2011) and Nadal (2005).
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