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2018 Lisboa Belém Open
The 2018 Lisboa Belém Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal between 14 and 20 May 2018. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 7 May 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Tiago Cação * Taro Daniel * Fred Gil * João Monteiro The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alejandro Davidovich Fokina * Joris De Loore * Edoardo Eremin * Juan Pablo Ficovich The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Federico Gaio Champions Singles * Tommy Robredo def. Christian Garín 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. Doubles * Marcelo Arévalo / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela def. Tomasz Bednarek / Hunter Reese 6–3, 3–6, [10–1]. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisboa Belem Open, 2018 2018 ATP Challenger Tour, Lisboa Belém Open Lisboa ... [...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] |
