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2016 Lima Challenger
The 2016 Lima Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the tenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Lima, Peru between October 24 and October 30, 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 17, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Nicolás Álvarez (tennis), Nicolás Álvarez * Gastão Elias * Nicolás Jarry * Juan Pablo Varillas The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andrea Collarini * Facundo Mena * Hans Podlipnik * João Pedro Sorgi The following players entered as lucky losers: * Michael Linzer * Juan Ignacio Londero Champions Singles * Christian Garín def. Guido Andreozzi, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3). Doubles * Sergio Galdós / Leonardo Mayer def. Ariel Behar / Gonzalo Lama, 6–2, 7–6(9–7). External linksOfficial Website {{2016 ATP Challenger Tou ... [...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 is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other construction aggregate, aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. The only Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament that uses clay courts is the French Open. Clay courts come in the more common #Red clay, red clay (known in France as ''terre battue''), which is actually crushed brick, and the slightly harder #Green clay, green clay, which is actually crushed metabasalt. Although slightly less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, clay requires much maintenance: the surface must be watered and rolled regularly to preserve texture and flatness, and brushed carefully before and during each match. Early history Clay courts, although now commonly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
