ATP, WTA Tours move to Europe

Attention is focused this week on Europe as the tennis tours roll on, with year end finals in sight.

WTA 

• the VTB Kremlin Cup, in Moscow, Russia, on Hard, TPsurface - Premier category 
• the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, on Hard, Deco Turf (on wood) - International category 

ATP 

• the VTB Kremlin Cup, in Moscow, Russia, on Hard, TPsurface - ATP 250 category 
• the European Open, in Antwerp, Belgium, on Hard, Greenset - ATP 250 category 
• the Intrum Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden, on Hard, Greenset - ATP 250 category

Moscow

WTA

• Simona Halep is the top seed, world number one, and all the eight  seeds are in the top 21.  The top four seeds have first round byes

Opening round results to date

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-4
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 6-4
• Anett Kontaveit (8) defeated wildcard Anastasia Potapova 2-6 6-3 7-5
• Anastasija Sevastova (5) defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 4-6 7-5 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina (6) defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-4 7-6(1)

ATP 

• Marco Cecchinato is the top seed, world ranked 19, and all the seven seeds are in the top 50 - seventh seed Jeremy Chardy was a late withdrawal, replaced by lucky loser Ricardas Berankis.  The top four seeds have first round byes.

Opening round results to date 

• Adrian Mannarino defeated wildcard Evgeny Karlovskiy 3-6 6-4 7-6(4)
• Qualifier Lukas Rosol defeated Matteo Berrettini 6-3 4-6 6-4
• Aljaz Bedene defeated Laslo Djere 5-7 6-4 7-6(2)

ATP Antwerp 

• Kyle Edmund is the top seed, world ranked 15, and all the eight seeds are in the top 50.  The top four seeds have first round byes.

Opening round results to date 

• Jiri Vesely defeated Jaume Munar 6-4 6-4
• Feliciano Lopez defeated wildcard Frances Tiafoe (7) 6-4 7-6(5)
• Vasek Pospisil defeated Leonardo Mayer 6-3 7-5
• Mackenzie McDonald defeated Nicolas Jarry 6-1 7-6(8)

ATP Stockholm 

• John Isner is the top seed, world ranked 10, and all the eight seeds are in the top 30.  The top four seeds have first round byes.

Opening round results to date 

• Denis Kudla defeated Guillermo Garcia-López 6-2 7-5
• Wildcard Elias Ymer defeated Maximilian Marterer 4-6 7-5 7-5

WTA Luxembourg 

• Julia Goerges is the top seed, world ranked 9, and the seven top seeds are in the top 50.  Fourth seed Camila Giorgi was a late withdrawal - Kirsten Flipkens was moved to her place in the draw and given a seeding (9).

Opening round results to date 

• Anna Blinkova defeated Tatjana Maria 6-2 7-5
• Donna Vekic (6) defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-0 6-1
• Pauline Parmentier (8) defeated Viktorija Golubic 7-6(8) 6-2
• Vera Lapko defeated Carina Witthoeft 6-4 5-7 6-4