Vandeweghe, Mannarino Lead Fields at Co-ed Libema Open on Grass; Previews
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CoCo Vandeweghe goes for a third grasscourt title in the Netherlands while Adrian Mannarino heads a challenged men’s field at the newly-sponsored Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
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Gilles Muller defends his title from last year in the men’s field, which includes a resurgent Bernard Tomic who made it through the qualifying on his best surface.
LIBEMA OPEN
‘S-HERGOTENBOSCH, Netherlands; surface: grass
Women’s Seeds: CoCo Vandeweghe, Elise Mertens, Kiki Bertens, Anett Kontaveit, Zhang Shuai, Alison Van Uytvanck, Aleksandra Krunic, Aryna Sabalenka
Women’s Floaters: Alison Riske, Belinda Bencic, Marketa Vondrousova, Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Women’s Notes:
Vandeweghe the lone Top 15 player in the field…
(8) Sabalenka starts against last year’s teenage Wimbledon quarterfinalist Vondrousova, and (3) Bertens against last year’s runner-up Vikhlyantseva…
Wildcards were awarded to Dutchwoman Richel Hogenkamp and Bibiane Schoofs, and Russian Anna Kalinskaya…
Pulling from the tournament field were Sabine Lisicki and Lesia Tsurenko…
Kontaveit beat Vikhlyantseva in last year’s final…
Former champions in the field are Kontaveit (2017) and Vandeweghe (2016,’14)…
Men’s Seeds: Adrian Mannarino, Richard Gasquet, Gilles Muller, Fernando Verdasco, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Robin Haase, Yuichi Sugita, Andreas Seppi
Men’s Floaters: Ivo Karlovic, (Q) Bernard Tomic
Men’s Notes:
Yikes, no Top 25 players in the draw…
The Top 4 seeds receive opening-round byes…
The top-seeded Mannarino starts against the winner of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Jeremy Chardy…Interesting starts include (6) Haase vs. Dr. Ivo, and (Q) Tomic on his best surface vs. Marcos Baghdatis…
Wildcards went to Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, American Mackenzie McDonald and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas…
Three Aussies qualified: Tomic, Alex Bolt and Max Purcell…
Pulling out of the tournament were Andy Murray, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ryan Harrison, Filip Krajinovic, Karen Khachanov, Lu Yen-hsun and Tennys Sandgren…
Muller is the lone former champion in the field, in last year’s final beating Karlovic in two tiebreaks.
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