Daily News #ATPUMAG • #31atpumag • OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ATP TOURNAMENT• No2 • 21.07.2021. ALCARAZ'S TURNAROUND, AJDUKOVIĆ'S DEBUT Excellent tennis on the second day of the main tournament at it is understandable that his performance in Umag was the 31st Plava Laguna Croatia Open, and some of the youngest awaited with great interest. He lost the first set 3:6, but participants in the tournament have the most reasons to be then won 10 of the next 12 games and calmly brought the satisfied. First of all, 20-year-old Duje Ajduković from Split, match to an end for the final 3:6, 6:2, 6:2. Behind him who came to his first victory in the first appearance at ATP are several great results, especially notable considering tournaments, and 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who his age: at the age of 17 he was a semifinalist at the ATP won a place in the eight finals with a turnaround against tournament in Marbella, and recently as an 18-year-old Frenchman Pouille in his premiere performance in Umag. qualifier he reached the third round at Roland Garros, becoming the youngest participant in the sixteenth final at Alcaraz is often heard to be “the greatest hope of that tournament since Ukrainian Andrei Medvedev in 1992. Spanish tennis since the young days of Rafael Nadal,” so (continued on p. 7) Daily News ORDER OF PLAY – WEDNESDAY, JULY 21st 2021. STADION GORAN IVANIŠEVIĆ GRANDSTAND COURT 1 16:30 16:00 16:30 Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) vs. Admir Kalender (CRO) Marc LOPEZ (ESP) Richard Gasquet (FRA) Mili Poljičak (CRO) vs. Jaume Munar (ESP) vs. Pablo Cuevas (URU) Fernando Romboli (BRA) Not before 19:00 Fabrice Martin (FRA) David Vega Hernandez (ESP) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs. Duje Ajduković (CRO) not before 18:00 followed by Carlos Taberner (ESP) vs. Radu Albot (MDA) followed by Stefano Travaglia (ITA) Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs. Andre Begemann (GER) Damir Džumhur (BIH) followed by Igor Zelenay (SVK) Tomislav Brkić (BIH) Nikola Ćaćić (SRB) vs. followed by Duje Ajduković (CRO) Ivan Sabanov (CRO) Frane Ninčević (CRO) Matej Sabanov (CRO) vs. Plava Laguna CroatiaDamir Open Džumhur (BIH) Umag Antonio Šančić (CRO) CITY, COUNTRY TOURNAMENT DATES SURFACE TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT Umag, Croatia 19-25 July 2021 Red Clay € 481,270 STATUS NAT MAIN DRAW SINGLES 1 1 ESP RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert A. RAMOS-VINOLAS [1] 2 BYE 3 Q ARG COLLARINI, Andrea D. AJDUKOVIC 4 WC CRO AJDUKOVIC, Duje 63 62 5 ESP TABERNER, Carlos C. TABERNER 6 WC CRO SERDARUSIC, Nino 62 62 7 ITA TRAVAGLIA, Stefano S. TRAVAGLIA 8 6 ESP MUNAR, Jaume 63 76(1) 9 3 SRB KRAJINOVIC, Filip F. KRAJINOVIC [3] 10 BYE 11 WC DEN RUNE, Holger Vitus Nodskov R. ALBOT 12 MDA ALBOT, Radu 16 63 62 13 LL ARG OLIVO, Renzo A. MARTIN 14 SVK MARTIN, Andrej 16 62 76(1) 15 FRA POUILLE, Lucas C. ALCARAZ [7] 16 7 ESP ALCARAZ, Carlos 36 62 62 17 5 SLO BEDENE, Aljaz M. CECCHINATO 18 ITA CECCHINATO, Marco 61 64 19 BIH DZUMHUR, Damir D. DZUMHUR 20 Q SVK HORANSKY, Filip 64 63 21 Q ITA GIANNESSI, Alessandro A. GIANNESSI 22 CZE VESELY, Jiri 76(4) 75 23 BYE R. GASQUET [4] 24 4 FRA GASQUET, Richard 25 8 ITA MAGER, Gianluca G. MAGER [8] 26 ESP MARTINEZ, Pedro 06 63 63 27 Q GER ALTMAIER, Daniel D. ALTMAIER 28 FRA MOUTET, Corentin 57 61 00 Ret'd 29 ESP ZAPATA MIRALLES, Bernabe B. ZAPATA MIRALLES 30 URU CUEVAS, Pablo 46 62 64 31 BYE D. LAJOVIC [2] 32 2 SRB LAJOVIC, Dusan ATP, Inc. © Copyright 2014 2 SEEDED PLAYERS RANK PRIZE MONEY POINTS ALTERNATES / LUCKY LOSERS WITHDRAWALS 1 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert 41 WINNER € 41,145 250 R. Olivo (LL) S. Caruso (Groin Strain) 2 LAJOVIC, Dusan 43 FINALIST € 29,500 150 3 KRAJINOVIC, Filip 44 SEMI-FINALIST € 21,000 90 4 GASQUET, Richard 54 QUARTER-FINALIST € 14,000 45 5 BEDENE, Aljaz 56 SECOND ROUND € 9,000 20 RETIREMENTS/WALKOVERS 6 MUNAR, Jaume 66 FIRST ROUND € 5,415 0 C. Moutet - 7 ALCARAZ, Carlos 72 FOLLOW LIVE SCORING AT 8 MAGER, Gianluca 73 www.ATPTour.com LAST DIRECT ACCEPTANCE Dzumhur, Damir 126 ATP SUPERVISOR(S) Gerry Armstrong „The most prestigious tennis spectacle in Croatia, ATP Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag, continues this year, which is invaluable for our city. As the mayor of Umag, I am extremely proud and pleased that Umag continues with the tournament, which indicates that our city is slowly but surely returning to the game. ATP Croatia Open promotes Umag around the world, raises the quality of sports in Umag - the city of sport - and greatly affects tourist traffic, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign guests, making our city in July one of the most desirable destinations on the Adriatic. Finally, one of the most important ingredients of this successful ‘recipe’ is the fact that Umag and ATP have been simultaneously developing and growing for three decades, and are an increasingly beautiful destination, and an increasingly attractive event tailored to all citizens and visitors.” Vili Basanesse, Mayor of the City of Umag 3 Daily News Plava Laguna creates unforgettable family holidays in Istria, Croatia. POREČ · UMAG · RIJEKA Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag CITY, COUNTRY TOURNAMENT DATES SURFACE TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT Umag, Croatia 19-25 July 2021 Red Clay € 481,270 STATUS NAT. MAIN DRAW DOUBLES BIH BRKIC, Tomislav 1 1 SRB CACIC, Nikola CRO AJDUKOVIC, Duje 2 WC CRO NINCEVIC, Frane 3 CZE JEBAVY, Roman CZE VESELY, Jiri R. JEBAVY J. VESELY TABERNER, Carlos 4 ESP 75 63 ESP ZAPATA MIRALLES, Bernabe VEN MARTINEZ, Luis David 5 4 NZL SITAK, Artem I. SABANOV M. SABANOV 6 CRO SABANOV, Ivan 36 76(1) 10-6 CRO SABANOV, Matej 7 ITA CARUSO, Salvatore ITA MAGER, Gianluca D. DZUMHUR A. SANCIC 8 BIH DZUMHUR, Damir 67(6) 62 10-6 CRO SANCIC, Antonio 9 MDA ALBOT, Radu ESP MARTINEZ, Pedro 10 GER BEGEMANN, Andre SVK ZELENAY, Igor 11 ITA CECCHINATO, Marco ITA TRAVAGLIA, Stefano M. CECCHINATO S. TRAVAGLIA BRA MATOS, Rafael 75 64 12 3 BLR VASILEVSKI, Andrei ESP LOPEZ, Marc 13 PR ESP MUNAR, Jaume 14 BRA ROMBOLI, Fernando ESP VEGA HERNANDEZ, David CRO KALENDER, Admir 15 WC CRO POLJICAK, Mili URU CUEVAS, Pablo 16 2 FRA MARTIN, Fabrice ATP Tour © Copyright 2014 SEEDED TEAMS RANK PRIZE MONEY (PER TEAM) POINTS ALTERNATES/LUCKY LOSERS RETIREMENTS/WALKOVERS 1 BRKIC, Tomislav / CACIC, Nikola 101 WINNER € 15,360 250 4 2 CUEVAS, Pablo / MARTIN, Fabrice 165 FINALIST € 11,000 150 3 MATOS, Rafael / VASILEVSKI, Andrei 165 SEMI-FINALIST € 7,250 90 4 MARTINEZ, Luis David / SITAK, Artem 195 QUARTER-FINALIST € 4,710 45 WITHDRAWALS FOLLOW LIVE SCORING AT www.ATPTour.com FIRST ROUND € 2,760 0 LAST DIRECT ACCEPTANCE: Adv 285 ATP SUPERVISOR(S) Gerry Armstrong KOLUMNA GORANA IVANIŠEVIĆA TOMISLAV POLJAK, DIREKTOR TURNIRA AN EXPERIENCE FOR THIS IS WHAT SEVERAL LIFETIMES INVITATIONS ARE FOR! The first two days of the main accepted into a big family, then you I think we watched one of the match, he was as aggressive as tournament of the Plava Laguna see that you have done something best matches in Umag in the he usualy is, and his “rockets” Croatia Open are behind us, with tennis in your life and that you last few years on Tuesday. What were landing in the right places, many more great matches are to have given it something big. And Carlos Alcaraz and Lucas Pouille enough that Collarini could not follow, but they still ask me for then, after so many years, for the played, and especially in the first keep up with that pace. impressions from Newport and first time, I was proud of myself. set that eventually went to the Duje is now going to Ramos- entering the Tennis Hall of Fame. Frenchman, was great. Later, Well, now… Of course, during Vinolas and that is our main Somehow it seems to me that we Pouille’s performance fell a bit, my career, there were all kinds of match of the day on Wednesday, have achieved a good connection but the Spaniard also showed “crazy stuff” that I did, I don't hide starting not before 7 p.m. Ramos in that, and maybe it is not bad at in the best way why we were from it. Today at the conference asked me “who is this guy, does all that I fulfill my role of the Umag so excited about his arrival this I was asked to pick one that was he play well?” I don’t know if tournament ambassador in this year, and in the seasons ahead. I not talked much about, so I will he was worried or just wanted manner as well. I played here in think he showed all the splendor share it here as well. It was at the to find out something more the final of the premiere edition, of his talent, the fighting spirit tournament in Hamburg in 1998, that way, but I’m sure it will in recent years I have been actively that adorns him, and the tennis and waited for a match in the be interesting. And will Duje involved in the organization was at an incredible level. From quarterfinals against Felix Mantilla. have enough concentration to and promotion, so I am glad to aggression, through creativity to It was at the end of the schedule, I defeat the player who is among experience this together. physical abilities that are already had nothing to do, and since there the three main favorites in such great, and he is only 18 years old.