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Chat thread: 2019 Barcelona ATP 500.

Round	Nadal	Zverev (OUT)
1st	Bye
2nd	Mayer
3rd	Pouille (15)
Quarter	Tsitsipas (5)
Semis	Thiem (3)
Final	Zverev (2) Nishikori (4)

What Nadal Has Not Done On Clay.

Rafael Nadal, who is pursuing his 12th title at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell this week, has accomplished virtually everything a player can on clay in his career. But at 32, there are some still things Nadal has not done.

The Spaniard still has not lost consecutive matches on the surface. At all levels, Nadal has dropped just 45 clay-court matches. In the 44 matches that have come after those defeats, he has lost a combined six sets. The Spaniard won 30 sets in those matches by a margin of 6-0 or 6-1.

In 2011, Novak Djokovic defeated Nadal in the final of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. And in the Spaniard’s next match, John Isner took a two-sets-to-one lead at Roland Garros before the lefty battled back to advance and eventually win the title. That was the closest Nadal ever came to losing back-to-back clay-court matches.

Nadal will look to keep it that way on Wednesday when the top seed faces Argentine Leonardo Mayerin his opening match in Barcelona. Nadal owns a 5-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head series lead against the World No. 63, winning 13 of 14 sets in their rivalry.

In other action, #NextGenATP Canadian stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will both open their campaigns. Auger-Aliassime begins play on Pista Rafa Nadal against Tunisian Malek Jaziri.

Felix, the 16th seed, is making his debut at the ATP 500 event. Shapovalov, who reached the semi-finals in Madrid on clay last year, opens against Houston champion Cristian Garin.

Wild card and former World No. 3 David Ferrer, competing in Barcelona for the last time, will try to spring an upset against 15th seed Lucas Pouille. Ferrer cruised past German Mischa Zverev in 65 minutes on Tuesday.

Also in action are Monte-Carlo champion Fabio Fognini, Monte-Carlo semi-finalist Daniil Medvedev and sixth seed Karen Khachanov.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/what-nadal-has-not-done-on-clay-barcelona-2019

This is the most beautiful country in the world, according to travelers. Your village?

Take in the lochs, villages and glens of this breathtaking northern destination

Every country has its own unique sort of beauty, and just because a country isn’t one of the most popular destinations doesn’t mean it’s not a complete gem. This is evident in Rough Guides’ most recent edition of their annual list, compiled based on reader votes, ranking the most beautiful countries in the world — and the nation at the top is none other than Scotland.

The northernmost of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom, Scotland’s domination of the list shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s ever been there. Stunning castles and quaint villages like something out of a fairy tale, relatively untouched beaches and gorgeous lochs characterize this gorgeous nation. There’s also plenty of things to do, from discovering ancient history to tasting Scotch whisky to taking on the great opportunities for exploring by car, by bike or on foot. With so much to do and so much to see, it’s no wonder Scotland was voted the most beautiful country in the world.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/this-is-the-most-beautiful-country-in-the-world-according-to-travelers/ss-BBVFklS?li=BBnb7Kz

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23 April 2019, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Tennis: WTA-Tour - Porsche Grand Prix Stuttgart, single, women, 1st round, Tsurenko (Ukraine) - Siegemund (Germany). Laura Siegemund in action. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

23 April 2019, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Tennis: WTA-Tour - Porsche Grand Prix Stuttgart, single, women, 1st round, Tsurenko (Ukraine) - Siegemund (Germany). Laura Siegemund rejoices after the victory. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

dpatop - 23 April 2019, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Tennis: WTA-Tour - Porsche Grand Prix Stuttgart, singles, women, 1st round, Sorribes Tormo (Spain) - Petkovic (Germany.) Andrea Petkovic serves. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

23 April 2019, Baden-Wã¼rttemberg, Stuttgart: Tennis: WTA-Tour - Porsche Grand Prix Stuttgart, Individual, Women. Naomi Osaka from Japan attends a press conference. The tennis world's first ranked player continues to keep a low profile about the reasons for the separation from her German coach Bajin. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

23 April 2019, Baden-Wã¼rttemberg, Stuttgart: Tennis: WTA-Tour - Porsche Grand Prix Stuttgart, Individual, Women. Naomi Osaka from Japan attends a press conference. The tennis world's first ranked player continues to keep a low profile about the reasons for the separation from her German coach Bajin. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 23: Nicolas Jarry of Chile celebrates victory over Alexander Zverev of Germany in their Mens round of 32 match during day two of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell at Real Club De Tenis Barcelona on April 23, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

STUTTGART, GERMANY - APRIL 23: Simona Halep of Romania talks to the media during day 2 of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Porsche-Arena on April 23, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 23: Grigor Dimitrov attends the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019 at Real Club de Tennis de Barcelona on April 23, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 23: Lucrecia Perez Saez attends the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019 at Real Club de Tennis de Barcelona on April 23, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 23: Cristina Cubero (L) and Elsa Anka (R) takes a selfie during the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019 at Real Club de Tennis de Barcelona on April 23, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

Gimelstob gets probation, community service over assault case.

Former US tennis player and current ATP Tour board member Justin Gimelstob has been sentenced to three years probation and 60 hours of community labor by a court in Los Angeles following assault charges.

Gimelstob, 41, was sentenced on Monday after pleading no contest to felony battery charges following an incident in October last year.

Gimelstob was accused of attacking former friend Randall Kaplan while the venture capitalist, his wife and their two-year-old daughter were trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Kaplan had sought a restraining order against Gimelstob following the attack, alleging the former tennis star struck him more than 50 times while threatening to kill him.

Gimelstob was also ordered to undergo 52 weeks of anger management classes.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Gimelstob had threatened him before the attack because of his friendship with the tennis official's estranged wife.

Gimelstob had earlier vowed to fight the charges against him, stating in December he would present "the true and complete facts concerning this matter", claiming Kaplan had a history of "toxic interference" in his life.

However, Gimelstob backed down during Monday's court hearing, accepting responsibility for the assault and stating there "is no place for physical violence in society."

Kaplan, meanwhile, said in a statement read to the court that the attack had left him "badly bruised and in a tremendous amount of physical pain" and that he had "never been so scared in my life."

His wife, Madison Kaplan, said the trauma of witnessing her husband being assaulted had contributed to a miscarriage she suffered shortly afterwards.

https://sports.yahoo.com/gimelstob-gets-probation-community-over-assault-case-204946702--ten.html

Photos: Mirka.

Information on Mirka Federer you think you know.

Age: 41.

Height: 1.74 m (5 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in).

Career prize money: US$ 260,832.

Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Slovak-born Swiss former professional tennis player.

She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 76 on 10 September 2001 and a doubles ranking of No. 215 on 24 August 1998.

She retired from the game in 2002 due to a persistent foot injury.

Born in Bojnice (Slovakia), Miroslava emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old.

In 1987, when she was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. Mirka met Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson (Don't you find this 'generosity' from Martina a little 'fishy?). 

Her best Grand Slam performance was in 2001, when she reached the third round of the US Open.

Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2001)
French Open	1R (1999, 2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	3R (2001)

25 Things to do in Barcelona, Spain.

 

 

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BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Kei Nishikori of Japan and Rafael Nadal of Spain attend the Photo Opportunity event ahead of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell at Palau de La Musica Catalana on April 22, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Carlos Moya attends the fans during Open Banc Sabadell 2019 on April 22, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Albert Costa looks on during Open Banc Sabadell 2019 on April 22, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Sandra Gago attends the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2019 at Real Club de Tennis on April 22, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by fotopress/Getty Images)

STUTTGART, GERMANY - APRIL 22: Angelique Kerber of Germany talks to the media during day 1 of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Porsche-Arena on April 22, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Simona Halep of Romania during the Fed Cup semi-final between France and Romania on April 21, 2019 in Rouen, France. (Photo by Dave Winter/Icon Sport via Getty Images)

France captain Julien Benneteau during the Fed Cup semi-final between France and Romania on April 21, 2019 in Rouen, France. (Photo by Dave Winter/Icon Sport via Getty Images)

Romania fan during the Fed Cup semi-final between France and Romania on April 21, 2019 in Rouen, France. (Photo by Dave Winter/Icon Sport via Getty Images)

(L-R) Kristina Mladenovic of France and Caroline Garcia of France during the Fed Cup semi-final between France and Romania on April 21, 2019 in Rouen, France. (Photo by Dave Winter/Icon Sport via Getty Images)

Statistics: Barcelona Open.

Titles by country

#	Country	ST	SF	DT	DF	TT	TF	Total
1	Spain	24	24	16	28	40	52	92
2	Australia	6	6	22	14	28	20	48
3	United States	6	5	19	13	25	18	43
4	Sweden	8	6	11	3	19	9	28
5	Argentina	2	8	6	11	8	19	27
6	Brazil	1	0	4	9	5	9	14
7	Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic	3	0	7	3	10	3	13
8	South Africa	0	0	0	10	0	10	10
9	Italy	0	2	3	4	3	6	9
10	Poland	0	0	3	5	3	5	8
14	Chile	1	1	3	2	4	3	7
14	Netherlands	1	0	5	1	6	1	7
14	Romania	2	1	3	1	5	2	7
14	Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia	0	1	5	1	5	2	7
16	Canada	0	0	4	2	4	2	6
16	Germany	0	2	1	3	1	5	6
19	Austria	2	2	1	0	3	2	5
19	Ecuador	2	0	2	1	4	1	5
19	India	0	1	2	2	2	3	5
23	Bahamas	0	0	2	2	2	2	4
23	France	1	0	1	2	2	2	4
23	Mexico	0	1	2	1	2	2	4
23	Russia	1	1	2	0	3	1	4
25	Great Britain	0	0	1	2	1	2	3
25	Japan	2	1	0	0	2	1	3
28	Croatia	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
28	Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
28	Uruguay	0	0	0	2	0	2	2
37	Colombia	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
37	Denmark	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
37	Finland	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
37	Morocco	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
37	Paraguay	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
37	Peru	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
37	Slovakia	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
37	Switzerland	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
37	Ukraine	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

Legend

ST=Singles Titles / SF=Singles Finals / DT=Doubles Titles / DF=Doubles Finals / TT=Total Titles / TF=Total Finals / (Seniors not included)

Winner of most singles titles

•  Rafael Nadal: 11 (2005–2009, 2011–2013 and 2016–2018)

Winner of most doubles titles

•  Roy Emerson: 7 (1959, 1960 and 1962 w/Fraser; 1963 w/Santana; 1964 w/Fletcher; 1965 w/Krishnan; and 1966 w/Stolle)

Doubles teams winners of most titles

•  Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser: 3 (1959, 1960 and 1962)
•  Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson: 3 (1981–1983)
•  Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan: 3 (2003, 2008 and 2016)

Winners of both singles and doubles titles in the same year

•  Vic Seixas: 1953
•  Tony Trabert: 1954
•  Neale Fraser: 1959
•  Roy Emerson: 1963 and 1964
•  Manuel Orantes: 1969 and 1970
•  Ilie Năstase: 1973 and 1974
•  Björn Borg: 1975
•  Ivan Lendl: 1980
•  Andrés Gómez: 1990

Most years played

•  Feliciano López: 19 (1998, 2001–2012 and 2014–2019)

Withdrawals: 2019 Barcelona.

•  Chung Hyeon → replaced by  Nicolás Jarry
•  Alex de Minaur → replaced by  Mischa Zverev

Points and prize money: 2019 Barcelona.

Round	Points	Prize Money
	Winner	500	€503,015
	Finals	300	€253,000
	SF	180	€128,000
	Quarter Finals	90	€67,000
	Round 16	45	€33,580
	Round 32	20	€17,685
	R48	0	€9,920
	Qualifier	10
	Qualifier 3	0
	Qualifier 2	4	€3,735
	Qualifier 1	0	€1,865