Daily News #ATPUMAG • #31atpumag • OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ATP TOURNAMENT• No3 • 22.07.2021. DUJE AJDUKOVIĆ GAVE A LOT OF HEADACHE TO THE TOP-SEEDED PLAYER Duje Ajduković, a 20-year-old Croatian tennis player for whom this the game that were far more valuable in quality than the current year's Plava Laguna Croatia Open was the first ATP tournament in 275th place on the ATP list and that could be a good signpost his career, did not make it to the quarterfinals on Wednesday, but for further progress of his career.' he showed to the big stage how good he is. The top seed of the tournament and the 43rd player in the world, the Spaniard Albert “It was a good match, I played well, there were moments Ramos-Vinolas, won with 7:5, 6:4, but only after a great fight and of technical errors, but for the most part I am satisfied,” excellent tennis. Ajduković (pictured) had several moments in (continued on p. 6) Daily News ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, JULY 22ND 2021. STADION GORAN IVANIŠEVIĆ GRANDSTAND COURT 1 16:30 16:30 17:30 Filip Krajinović (SRB) vs. Fernando Romboli (BRA) Ivan Sabanov (CRO) Radu Albot (MDA) David Vega Hernandez (ESP) vs. Matej Sabanov (CRO) vs. Admir Kalender (CRO) Damir Džumhur (BIH) not before 19:00 Mili Poljičak (CRO) Antonio Šančić (CRO) Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) vs. Dušan Lajović (SRB) not before 18:00 followed by Gianluca Mager (ITA) vs. Radu Albot (MDA) followed by Daniel Altmaier (GER) Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs. Andrej Martin (SVK) vs. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) followed by Stefano Travaglia (ITA) Tomislav Brkić (BIH) Nikola Ćaćić (SRB) vs. Roman Jebavy (CZE) Jiri VeselyPlava (CZE) 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 SINGLES 1 1 ESP RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert A. RAMOS-VINOLAS [1] 2 BYE A. RAMOS-VINOLAS [1] 75 64 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 S. TRAVAGLIA 64 63 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 D. DZUMHUR 63 61 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 R. GASQUET [4] 76(4) 64 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 times which we live in are changing unpredictably and we are facing many challenges, but I am extremely glad that some tra- ditions remain. Tennis spectacle ATP Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag holds a special place among them, which has been supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports for many years. ATP Plava Laguna is an extremely important sport event, but also social event, for Croatia, and especially for Umag and Istria, because it promotes our country in the world with excep- tional quality and is an additional motive for tourists to come to Umag. This year we have espe- cially recognized the event as a place to meet people and find entertainment that will be held with high security and epidemi- ological measures, and therefore I congratulate the organizers on the top organization in these challenging circumstances. I wish all the competitors a lot of success, but also a pleasant stay in our country, to which, I believe, they will gladly return.” Nikolina Brnjac, PhD, Minister of Tourism and Sports: Author of the photo: Robert Gašpert/Adria Luxury Society 3 Daily News 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 T. BRKIC N. CACIC [1] CRO AJDUKOVIC, Duje 64 36 10-8 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 R. ALBOT P. MARTINEZ 10 GER BEGEMANN, Andre 64 76(5) 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 F. ROMBOLI D. VEGA HERNANDEZ 14 BRA ROMBOLI, Fernando 75 46 10-5 ESP VEGA HERNANDEZ, David CRO KALENDER, Admir 15 WC CRO POLJICAK, Mili A. KALENDER M. POLJICAK URU CUEVAS, Pablo 63 64 16 2 FRA MARTIN, Fabrice ATP Tour © Copyright 2014 SEEDED TEAMS RANK PRIZE MONEY (PER TEAM) POINTS ALTERNATES/LUCKY LOSERS RETIREMENTS/WALKOVERS 4 1 BRKIC, Tomislav / CACIC, Nikola 101 WINNER € 15,360 250 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 WE SAW AGAIN HOW MUCH KALENDER AND POLJIČAK THE WILD CARDS MEAN WERE SENSATIONAL Duje Ajduković had a great premiere point out how much chances the I think it's time to start my review 2018 winner Marco Cecchinato. I at the ATP tournaments and it will be tournament actually gives our tennis of the day with couples and a don't remember the last time I saw an interesting topic for a few more players. No way to make an accurate sensational performance by young someone “sell” as many drop shots days, but there is something else calculation, but more than 80% of Croatian players Admir Kalender and as he played in a match at this level. important that must be mentioned. the invitations in the last few seasons Milija Poljička. The guys opened the He taught his rival a lesson in tennis. Invitations! They are very important have gone to our players. And that's program on Wednesday, played I leave Duje Ajduković for the end, when you have a tournament and okay, that's how it should be. I don’t an amazing match and achieved a guy who showed everyone what even more important when you have know why we question such practice, their first ATP victories, defeating his future could be like. He has someone to give them to. And we it’s the only way it should work. Some the other qualifiers, Fabrice Martin given so much trouble to Albert have players who have justified re- invitations should also go to a player and Pablo Cuevas, who once won Ramos-Vinolas, a tennis player ceiving them: Duje came to the first who is not “yours,” for one reason or Roland Garros in doubles. who is certainly among the top ten victory of his career in ATP tourna- another, but that must be a very good Although Kalender did not lag players in the world in terms of the ments, playing a phenomenal match. reason. For example, the Dane Rune behind, Poljičak played great match, percentage of wins on clay courts this It's a great experience for him to see had the opportunity to play in Umag showing why he is one of the most season. With the speed of his ball, he that he can play against the “big guys.” this year, but he is one of the most talented Croatian players! Already brought him into very uncomfortable This is very important to him. talented players in the world and if on Thursday, a new match awaits situations. He played fast and he comes back to us in a few more Nobody expected Admir Kalender them, in the same place at the same attractive game, which the audience years when he is a real star and when and Mili Poljiček to knock out the time, and maybe the outcome will at Stella Maris knew how to reward.