Daily News #ATPUMAG • #31atpumag • OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ATP TOURNAMENT• No5 • 24.07.2021. Daily News ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, JULY 24TH 2021 STADION GORAN IVANIŠEVIĆ 18:00 followed by Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Tomislav Brkić (BIH) Daniel Altmaier (GER) Nikola Ćaćić (SRB) vs. Fernando Romboli (BRA) not before 20:00 David Vega Hernandez (ESP) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs. Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 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 A. RAMOS-VINOLAS [1] 62 61 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 F. KRAJINOVIC [3] 64 62 11 WC DEN RUNE, Holger Vitus Nodskov R. ALBOT 12 MDA ALBOT, Radu 16 63 62 C. ALCARAZ [7] 76(3) 26 61 13 LL ARG OLIVO, Renzo A. MARTIN 14 SVK MARTIN, Andrej 16 62 76(1) C. ALCARAZ [7] 63 61 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 R. GASQUET [4] 63 76(7) 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 D. ALTMAIER 46 61 75 27 Q GER ALTMAIER, Daniel D. ALTMAIER 28 FRA MOUTET, Corentin 57 61 00 Ret'd D. ALTMAIER 62 64 29 ESP ZAPATA MIRALLES, Bernabe B. ZAPATA MIRALLES 30 URU CUEVAS, Pablo 46 62 64 D. LAJOVIC [2] 75 64 31 BYE D. LAJOVIC [2] 32 2 SRB LAJOVIC, Dusan ATP, Inc. © Copyright 2014 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 Rafael Nadal 2003. 17 years 4 GASQUET,THE YOUNGESTRichard SEMIFINALISTS54 QUARTER-FINALIST OF€ 14,000 UMAG45 5 BEDENE, Aljaz 56 SECOND ROUND € 9,000 20 Carlos Alcaraz RETIREMENTS/WALKOVERS2021. 18 years 6 AlthoughMUNAR, Jaume only 18 years old, Spaniard66 FIRST ROUND Carlos Alcaraz is €not 5,415 the youn0 C. Moutet- - 7 ALCARAZ, Carlos 72 FOLLOW LIVE SCORING AT Goran Ivanišević 1990. 18 years 8 gestMAGER, participant Gianluca in the semifinalists73 in Umag.www.ATPTour.com Primacy is held by his Alberto Martin 1997. 18 years LAST DIRECT ACCEPTANCE Dzumhur, Damir 126 ATP SUPERVISOR(S) Gerry Armstrong compatriot Rafael Nadal. Novak Đoković 2006. 19 years 2 „ATP Croatia Open, which after more than 30 years still manages organize in these challenging and complex, pande- mic conditions and finally realize such a big event, simply tells us that the most important sport event in Croatia has reached the world level of well-orga- nized sports events. Umag tournament reputation in the world of tennis speaks best about quality, as well as the fact that much bigger and more famous tennis events in the world, due to those chall- enging times, simply could not keep up with the times and many challenges. This year, new hopes in world tennis are appearing at the Umag tournament, and it is generally known that tennis players love this tournament and the great atmosphere around the tourna- ment. The special feature of ATP Umag is that it is an event that has a strong tourist and lifestyle dimension and is one of the most important gatherings of business and social elite. During the tournament you can taste the best that Istria as one of the best gourmet desti- nations in Europe Has to offer. Putting it all together in one place is called an event I have to be at!“ Denis Ivosevic MET THE AMAZING VIRGINS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN The production of olive oil in Istria began several thousands of years ago. Brijuni, Barbariga, and Poreč have since antiquity been famous as locations with ancient oil mills and workshops for the production of amphorae that were used to transport olive oil. Some of the most well-known indigenous vari- eties of olives are the Buža, Istrian Bjelica, Oblica, Črnica, Rošinjola, Buža Puntoža, and many others. Today, Istria produces one of the most esteemed and top olive oils in the world, all thanks to its perfect taste, fragrance, and colour. This is corroborated by the Flos Olei – the most comprehensive guide to the world’s best extra virgin olive oils, which pronounced Istria as this year’s best olive region in the world. Whether on your skin, hair, Photo: Maja Danica Pečanić / CNTB or taste buds – Istrian olives will give you a royal treatment! 3 Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag Daily NewsCITY, 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 T. BRKIC N. CACIC [1] 3 CZE JEBAVY, Roman 62 62 CZE VESELY, Jiri R. JEBAVY J. VESELY TABERNER, Carlos 4 ESP 75 63 ESP ZAPATA MIRALLES, Bernabe T. BRKIC N. CACIC [1] VEN MARTINEZ, Luis David 61 62 5 4 NZL SITAK, Artem I. SABANOV M. SABANOV 6 CRO SABANOV, Ivan 36 76(1) 10-6 CRO SABANOV, Matej I. SABANOV M. SABANOV 7 ITA CARUSO, Salvatore 75 60 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 R. ALBOT P. MARTINEZ 11 ITA CECCHINATO, Marco 64 61 ITA TRAVAGLIA, Stefano M. CECCHINATO S. TRAVAGLIA BRA MATOS, Rafael 75 64 12 3 BLR VASILEVSKI, Andrei F. ROMBOLI D. VEGA HERNANDEZ ESP LOPEZ, Marc 46 76(8) 10-7 13 PR ESP MUNAR, Jaume F. ROMBOLI D. VEGA HERNANDEZ 14 BRA ROMBOLI, Fernando 75 46 10-5 ESP VEGA HERNANDEZ, David F. ROMBOLI D. VEGA HERNANDEZ CRO KALENDER, Admir 36 75 16-14 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 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 YOUR CITY BREAK EXPERIENCE 4 COLUMN BY GORAN IVANIŠEVIĆ TOMISLAV POLJAK, TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR THE TOURNAMENT WE WATCH THE STAR IS GREAT BEING BORN We always complain about The lineup of players who came It may sound pretentious, but On the other side of the draw, we something, but I said at the by Friday is such that it almost we can say: a star is born! Carlos lost the second seed, because the beginning and I stand by it now: doesn’t matter who will play in the Alcaraz reached the second Umag Daniel Altmaier fairy tale we have a great tournament this semifinals and finals. I invite once semifinal of the ATP tournaments goes on. In all previous matches, year as well. Although we are in the again those who are able to come in his career, after a fantastic he lost the first set and made Olympic Games season and some and see the matches live, they will match. We expected such a a turnaround, and now he has other tournaments are played now not regret it. great duel, and we won, and I passed in two sets. The current as well, and we had bad luck with think that the Umag audience defender, Dušan Lajović, could After the matches ended on the cancellation of great players will quickly fall in love with the not be competitive, because he is Thursday night, we talked internally such as Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo young Spaniard. He is becoming hindered by the blister he fought about “Turbo Friday,” precisely Musetti and Jannik Sinner, there a real tennis star before our eyes. with in Hamburg last week as because of so many great players is no room for complaints about well. It was visible that he was who are nearing the final. When Filip Krajinović played a great the quality of participants or the suffering on the court. you see that the first seed and second set, taking advantage of quality of tennis. such a great tennis player as Albert the somewhat slower entry of the Altmaier will not be an easy Umag always goes that way, there Ramos-Vinolas could not play at opponent into that section, but ride for Richard Gasquet, who is a special story. And I am very the stadium, but played at the the way Carlos played the third passed Damir Džumhur.