Pic of the Day: Pico Celebrating in Hamburg

Pic of the Day: Pico Celebrating in Hamburg

I´m sorry Pico... I love you but this one was just too good for this...

Here it is the pic of the day...

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Monaco wins Hamburg title, reaches top 10

Monaco wins Hamburg title, reaches top 10

Juan Monaco beat Tommy Haas 7-5, 6-4 to win the German Tennis Championships.

After this win, Pico will reach the top 10 when the rankings are released Monday.

Monaco was in his second final in two weeks. He lost to Janko Tipsarevic in Stuttgart one week ago. He has six career titles, all on clay.

Haas was bidding to win his second title at home. Last month, Haas beat Roger Federer to win in Halle.

"It's amazing [to break the Top 10], it's a dream come true," declared Monaco. "I will always remember this great week because it's very important for me and my team. It was a big goal we had pre-season when we were practising very hard."

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Haas vs Monaco in Hamburg 2012 final

Haas vs Monaco in Hamburg 2012 final

Juan Monaco will meet Tommy Haas at the German Tennis Championships final tomorrow.

Pico upset Nicolas Almagro 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 while Haas defeated Marin Cilic 7-6, 6-0.

"I’m very happy with the way I played today," said Monaco. "I played a great match to beat Almagro, the top seed and a Top 10 player. I’m very happy about that and getting through to the final."

Monaco reached his second final in two weeks. He was runner-up in Stuttgart and is seeking his third clay-court title of the season.

Haas dropped only five points on serve in the second set. He's looking for his second title of the year after beating Roger Federer on grass in Halle last month.

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Almagro and Monaco reach quarterfinals in Hamburg

Almagro and Monaco reach quarterfinals in Hamburg

Nicolas Almagro and Juan Monaco reached the quarter-finals at the bet-at-home Open - German Tennis Championships 2012.

Almagro scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over Nikolay Davydenko and will next meet Philipp Kohlschreiber.

“It’s going to be a tough one, but now I have nothing to lose,” said Kohlschreiber. “So far I’ve reached my best result here in Hamburg, and I’m very happy about it.”

Kohlschreiber beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 6-2 in 83 minutes.

“I think it was a rough start,” he said. “I made too many unforced errors and he started pretty well. I raised my level, which I’m very happy about, and at the end I think it was very comfortable.”

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Tennis Schedule: Hamburg, Atlanta and Gstaad | Thursday, July 19, 2012

Tennis Schedule: Hamburg, Atlanta and Gstaad | Thursday, July 19, 2012

bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships
ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany
16-22 July 2012

Centre Court Start 11:45 am

[3] Juan Monaco (ARG) vs [Q] Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP)
Not Before 2:30 PM
Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs [WC] Julian Reister (GER)
Not Before 6:30 PM
[1] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

M1 Start 11:00 am
Paul Worner (GER) vs Mikael Torpegaard (DEN)
Jelle Sels (NED) vs [2] Maximilian Marterer (GER)
Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) vs Johannes Harteis (GER)
[1] Daniel Masur (GER) vs Jeroen Vanneste (BEL)

M3 Start 1:00 pm
David Marrero (ESP)/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs [2] Alexander Peya (AUT)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
[Alt] Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)/Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) vs Robin Haase (NED)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
[1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/Gilles Simon (FRA)

BB&T Atlanta Open
ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A.
16-22 July 2012

Stadium Court Start 1:00 pm
James Blake (USA) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)
Gilles Muller (LUX) vs [2] Mardy Fish (USA)
[WC] Steve Johnson (USA) vs [WC] Jack Sock (USA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] John Isner (USA) vs [Q] Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs [WC] Kevin King (USA)/Ignacio Taboada (USA)

Grandstand Court Start 1:00 pm
Raven Klaasen (RSA)/Donald Young (USA) vs [2] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/Scott Lipsky (USA)
Not Before 2:00 PM
[1] Colin Fleming (GBR)/Ross Hutchins (GBR) vs Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[3] Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)/Ryan Harrison (USA)
Xavier Malisse (BEL)/Michael Russell (USA) vs [4] Jamie Delgado (GBR)/Ken Skupski (GBR)

Court 3 Start 2:00 pm
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA)/Rik De Voest (RSA)


Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad
ATP World Tour 250
Gstaad, Switzerland
16-22 July 2012

Centre Court Start 11:00 am

Lukasz Kubot (POL) vs [2] Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Not Before 12:30 PM
[Q] Jan Hernych (CZE) vs [7] Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [Q] Dustin Brown (GER)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[1] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs [Q] Martin Fischer (AUT)

Court1 Not Before 3:30 PM
[1] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Marc Lopez (ESP) vs Michal Mertinak (SVK)/Frank Moser (GER)
Not Before 5:30 PM
Robert Farah (COL)/Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Adrian Ungur (ROU)/Filippo Volandri (ITA)

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Hamburg, Gstaad and Atlanta Results | Wednesday July 18th 2012

Hamburg, Gstaad and Atlanta Results | Wednesday July 18th 2012

bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships
ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany
16-22 July 2012

Third Round
A Ramos defeats L Rosol 76(8) 46 63
(4) M Cilic defeats F Delbonis 63 62
(7) F Mayer defeats R Haase 62 61
T Haas defeats (2) G Simon 46 63 64
J Chardy / G Simon defeats C Kas / V Troicki 61 57 10-4

First Round
(1) M Bhupathi / R Bopanna defeats B Soares / A Waske 63 76(4)
(2) A Peya / N Zimonjic defeats T Kamke / J Reister 64 61
D Marrero / F Verdasco defeats J Murray / A Sa 64 57 10-7
R Dutra Silva / D Munoz-De La Nava defeats M Fyrstenberg / P Kohlschreiber 76(2) 64

QuarterFinal
(4) J Erlich / A Ram defeats P Andujar / F Fognini 63 61

Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad
ATP World Tour 250
Gstaad, Switzerland
16-22 July 2012

First Round
(7) S Giraldo defeats H Laaksonen 62 62

Second Round
(5) F Lopez defeats J Hajek 67(3) 61 64
P Mathieu defeats (3) S Wawrinka 76(3) 76(8)
T Bellucci defeats (4) M Youzhny 46 62 64
E Gulbis defeats B Paire 57 76(3) 64

Doubles
First Round
(1) M Granollers / M Lopez defeats B Kavcic / I Zelenay 63 63
R Farah / S Giraldo defeats J Brunstrom / D Norman 46 64 10-8

QuarterFinal
(2) I Dodig / M Melo defeats S Stakhovsky / M Youzhny 63 63
T Bellucci / M Kohlmann defeats (3) P Hanley / J Knowle 16 63 10-5

BB&T Atlanta Open
ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A.
16-22 July 2012

[4] A Roddick d N Mahut 7-6(4), 6-3
M Russell d [5] K Anderson 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
[8] G Soeda d I Kunitsyn 6-1, 7-5
[3] K Nishikori d [Q] R Berankis 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-4

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Photo: Pico cleans up the court to practice

Photo: Pico cleans up the court to practice

This is what I called a very dedicated tennis player... Juan Monaco helps to clean up the court to be able to practice in Hamburg...

"Preparing the court before practice... And tomorrow, match against Dani Muñoz de la Nava. Hugs to everyone!" He said on Facebook.

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Hamburg, Atlanta and Gstaad Order of Play | Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Hamburg, Atlanta and Gstaad Order of Play | Wednesday, July 18, 2012

bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships
ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany
16-22 July 2012

Centre Court Start 12:00 noon
Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs Albert Ramos (ESP)
Not Before 2:30 PM
[WC] Tommy Haas (GER) vs [2] Gilles Simon (FRA)
[7] Florian Mayer (GER) vs Robin Haase (NED)
Not Before 6:30 PM
Federico Delbonis (ARG) vs [4] Marin Cilic (CRO)

M1 Start 12:00 noon
[1] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)Rohan Bopanna (IND) vs Bruno Soares (BRA)/Alexander Waske (GER)
[Alt] Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)/Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) vs Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
[WC] Tobias Kamke (GER)/Julian Reister (GER) vs [2] Alexander Peya (AUT)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Not Before 4:00 PM
Jeremy Chardy (FRA)/Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Christopher Kas (GER)/Viktor Troicki (SRB)

M3 Start 1:00 pm
Jamie Murray (GBR)/Andre Sa (BRA) vs David Marrero (ESP)/Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Pablo Andujar (ESP)/Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs [4] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/Andy Ram (ISR)

BB&T Atlanta Open
ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A.
16-22 July 2012

Stadium Court Start 4:00 pm
Michael Russell (USA) vs [5] Kevin Anderson (RSA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[4] Andy Roddick (USA) vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[Q] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) vs [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN)


Grandstand Court Start 4:00 pm
[8] Go Soeda (JPN) vs Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
[3] Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs Matthew Ebden (AUS)/Ryan Harrison (USA)
Raven Klaasen (RSA)/Donald Young (USA) vs Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/Scott Lipsky (USA)
Not Before 9:00 PM
Colin Ebelthite (AUS)/Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs [WC] Kevin King (USA)/Ignacio Taboada (USA)
Court 3 Start 7:00 pm
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)/Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA)/Rik De Voest (RSA)


Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad
ATP World Tour 250
Gstaad, Switzerland
16-22 July 2012

Centre Court Start 11:00 am

[5] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs [SE] Jan Hajek (CZE)
Not Before 12:30 PM
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) vs [4] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
[WC] Henri Laaksonen (SUI) vs [7] Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[3] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Court1 Start 12:00 noon
[1] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Marc Lopez (ESP) vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO)/Igor Zelenay (SVK)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Benoit Paire (FRA)
Not Before 3:30 PM
[3] Paul Hanley (AUS)/Julian Knowle (AUT) vs Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/Michael Kohlmann (GER)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)/Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs [2] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Not Before 5:30 PM
Johan Brunstrom (SWE)/Dick Norman (BEL) vs Robert Farah (COL)/Santiago Giraldo (COL)

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Atlanta, Hamburg and Gstaad Order of Play | Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Atlanta, Hamburg and Gstaad Order of Play | Tuesday, July 17, 2012

bet-at-home Open - German Tennis Championships 2012
Hamburg, Germany - 16.07.2012-22.07.2012
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: €900,000

Centre Court Start 11:00 am

[7] Florian Mayer (GER) vs [Q] Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
[3] Juan Monaco (ARG)vs Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER)
Not Before 2:30 PM
[WC] Tommy Haas (GER) vs Martin Klizan (SVK)
Bjorn Phau (GER) vs [6] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Not Before 6:30 PM
[1] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) vs Tobias Kamke (GER)

M1 Start 11:00 am
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Albert Montanes (ESP)
[8] Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs Lukas Rosol (CZE)
[WC] Julian Reister (GER) vs [5] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Robin Haase (NED)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) vs Juan Monaco (ARG)/Eduardo Schwank (ARG)

M3 Start 11:00 am
Carlos Berlocq (ARG)/Frantisek Cermak (CZE) vs [4] Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/Andy Ram (ISR)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Albert Ramos (ESP)
Not Before 2:30 PM
Flavio Cipolla (ITA) vs [4] Marin Cilic (CRO)
[Q] Marsel Ilhan (TUR) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA)

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Tennis Results: Monday July 16th | Atlanta, Hamburg and Gstaad

Tennis Results: Monday July 16th | Atlanta, Hamburg and Gstaad

bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships
ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany
16-22 July 2012

(2) G Simon defeats C Berlocq 46 76(5) 61
F Delbonis defeats T Robredo 57 60 61
R Haase defeats M Bachinger 64 62
N Davydenko defeats J Nieminen 57 64 60
D Munoz-De La Nava defeats R Ramirez Hidalgo 16 64 63

Doubles
P Andujar / F Fognini defeats R Kern / K Krawietz 61 64


BB&T Atlanta Open
ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A.
16-22 July 2012

QRF (2) R Berankis defeats (5) R De Voest 67(4) 76(5) 63
QRF (3) S Bubka defeats (6) T Smyczek 63 64
QRF (7) A Kuznetsov defeats (4) R Mello 61 36 64
QRF (1) R Bemelmans defeats (8) R Hocevar 62 62


Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad
ATP World Tour 250
Gstaad, Switzerland
16-22 July 2012

P Mathieu defeats I Andreev 63 76(4)
B Paire defeats (8) B Tomic 60 64
J Hernych defeats M Viola 63 26 63
M Fischer defeats S Ehrat 62 64

Doubles
T Bellucci / M Kohlmann defeats J Cerretani / E Roger-Vasselin 63 57 10-7
A Ungur / F Volandri defeats (4) D Brown / M Elgin 57 76(4) 10-3

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Tennis Schedule: Monday July 16th | Atlanta, Hamburg and Gstaad

Tennis Schedule: Monday July 16th | Atlanta, Hamburg and Gstaad

BB&T Atlanta Open
ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A.
16-22 July 2012

Matches Start At: 1:00 pm

STADIUM COURT
Ricardas BERANKIS (LTU) vs Rik DE VOEST (RSA) - Qualifying Final
Not Before 4:00 PM
[WC] Jack SOCK (USA) vs Alex BOGOMOLOV JR. (RUS) [7]
Not Before 7:00 PM
[WC] Steve JOHNSON (USA) vs Donald YOUNG (USA)
Igor KUNITSYN (RUS) vs [WC] Brian BAKER (USA)

GRANDSTAND COURT
Sergei BUBKA (UKR) vs Tim SMYCZEK (USA) - Qualifying Final
Not Before 4:00 PM
Gilles MULLER (LUX) vs Marinko MATOSEVIC (AUS)
Paolo LORENZI (ITA) vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [5]
Paul CAPDEVILLE (CHI) vs Nicolas MAHUT (FRA)

COURT 3
Ruben BEMELMANS (BEL) vs Ricardo HOCEVAR (BRA) -Qualifying Final
Ricardo MELLO (BRA) vs Alex KUZNETSOV (USA) - Qualifying Final
Xavier MALISSE (BEL)/Michael RUSSELL (USA) vs John Paul FRUTTERO (USA)/Dmitry TURSUNOV (RUS)
Olivier CHARROIN (FRA)/Adil SHAMASDIN (CAN) vs Jamie DELGADO (GBR)/Ken SKUPSKI (GBR) [4]

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Hamburg bet-at-home Open 2012 Qualy Draw

bet-at-home Open 2012 Qualy Draw

[1] Dutra da Silva vs Gojowczyk
Vagnozzi vs Muñoz-De La Nava [5]

[2] Zeballos vs Struff
Meffert vs Gabashvilli [8]

[3] Delbonis vs Heliovaara
Knittel vs Schwank [6]

[4] Gil vs Ilhan
Krawietz vs Giannessi [7]

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Gilles Simon wins German Open 2011 Title

Gilles Simon wins German Open 2011 Title

Gilles Simon beat Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to win the bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships 2011 in Hamburg.

Simon earned €230,000 and 500 ATP Ranking points, which will move him up to World No. 11.

The French broke Almagro in the 5th game and never look back to clinch the first set. The Spaniard recover in the second set and raced to a 3-0 lead and had points for a double break.

Almagro was unable to convert and Simon seized the initiative to mount a comeback, reeling off four straight games to lead by a break at 4-3.

Almagro stopped the run of games against him by breaking to level at 4-4, and forced a deciding set as he claimed the next two games.

Simon did not let the disappointment linger and broke decisively at the start of the third set before going on claim the hard-fought victory in two hours and 38 minutes.


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Videos: ATP Hamburg Saturday Highlights and Interviews with Almagro and Simon

Videos: ATP Hamburg Saturday Highlights and Interviews with Almagro and Simon

Watch highlights of Saturday's semi-final action at the German Tennis Championships, featuring wins for Gilles Simon and Nicolas Almagro.

Plus interviews with both players....

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Tennis Schedule: Atlanta and Hamburg Final Sunday July 24th 2011

Tennis Schedule: Atlanta and Hamburg Final Sunday July 24th 2011

ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany (+2 hours GMT)
18-24 July, 2011 Surface: Clay

CENTRE COURT start 11:45 am
[4] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs [3] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT)

Not Before 2:00 PM
[5] G Simon (FRA) vs [3] N Almagro (ESP)

ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A. (-4 hours GMT)
18-24 July, 2011 Surface: Hard

STADIUM COURT start 12:30 pm
M Bachinger (GER) / F Moser (GER) vs A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / M Ebden (AUS)
Not Before 3:00 PM
[1] M Fish (USA) vs [3] J Isner (USA)

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Tennis Results: Atlanta and Hamburg Saturday July 23rd 2011

Tennis Results: Atlanta and Hamburg Saturday July 23rd 2011

ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany (+2 hours GMT)
18-24 July, 2011 Surface: Clay

Singles – Semi-finals
[3] N Almagro (ESP) d [8] F Verdasco (ESP) 64 61
[5] G Simon (FRA) d [4] M Youzhny (RUS) 36 63 61

Doubles – Semi-final
[3] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT) d [WC] A Beck (GER) / C Kas (GER) 76(3) 64

ATP World Tour 250
Atlanta, U.S.A. (-4 hours GMT)
18-24 July, 2011 Surface: Hard

Singles – Semi-finals
[1] M Fish (USA) d R Harrison (USA) 62 64
[3] J Isner (USA) d G Muller (LUX) 75 67(3) 61

Doubles – Semi-finals
M Bachinger (GER) / F Moser (GER) d [4] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) 64 16 10-8
A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / M Ebden (AUS) d R Berankis (LTU) / X Malisse (BEL) 61 76(3)

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Simon advanced to German Open 2011 final

Simon advanced to German Open 2011 final

Gilles Simon beat Mikhail Youzhny 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in just over two hours to reach the final at the bet-at-home Open - German Tennis Championships 2011 in Hamburg.

Youzhny clinched the first set in 49 minutes. He won 20 of his 32 service points and converted two of seven break point opportunities.

Simon took a 2-0 lead in the second set, but Youzhny won the next two games.
The World No. 17 was broken to love at 3-3 and lost the next six games, which gave Simon an invitation to advance to his fifth clay-court final (3-2 record overall). Youzhny won 12 points in the deciding set.


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Video: 2011 Hamburg Friday Highlights

Video: 2011 Hamburg Friday Highlights

Watch highlights from Friday at the German Tennis Championships, featuring quarter-finals win for Nicolas Almagro, Gilles Simon, Mikhail Youzhny and Fernando Verdasco.

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Videos: ATP Hamburg Friday Interviews with Verdasco, Almagro, Simon and Youznhy

Videos: ATP Hamburg Friday Interviews with Verdasco, Almagro, Simon and Youznhy

Check out what Fernando Verdasco, Gilles Simon, Nicolas Almagro and Mikhail Youznhy said during their interviews on Friday at the German Open 2011....

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Watch ATP Hamburg Semifinals Online Video Streaming

Watch ATP Hamburg 2011 Online Free Video Streaming

Saturday July 23rd 2011

Day 6 - Semi Finals :: ATP World Tour 500 - bet-at-home Open German Tennis :: Hamburg, Germany

07:00 ET to 12:00 ET
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