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2017 Sparkassen Open
The 2017 Sparkassen Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Braunschweig, Germany between 10 and 15 July 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 3 July 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Daniel Altmaier * Yannick Maden * Louis Wessels * Horacio Zeballos The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Viktor Galović * Cedrik-Marcel Stebe The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicola Kuhn * Axel Michon * Gonçalo Oliveira * George von Massow Champions Singles * Nicola Kuhn def. Viktor Galović 2–6, 7–5, 4–2 ret. Doubles * Julian Knowle / Igor Zelenay def. Kevin Krawietz / Gero Kretschmer 6–3, 7–6(7–3). External linksOfficial Website {{2017 ATP Challenger Tour 2017 ATP Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
