ATP Weekly: Estoril Preview - Ruud, ADF, Arnaldi withdraw as Pellegrino crashes out in qualifying

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Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whatever time it is in the world, wherever you are tuning in from. Wherever you are tuning in from, do let me know in the live chat, as we look forward to the upcoming week on the ATP Tour, and more specifically, the Estoril Open, which is getting underway, or at least the main draw is getting underway today. We have had, of course, some qualifiers, which I'm sharing with you on the screen. Losses as well there for a couple of the Portuguese players, including Silva, Locha, and De Rosso, Castro, all going out. Dominguez, too, in the first round of qualifying, but don't get giddy as you see these players who have won, because this is just the first round of qualifying, which included, of course, last year's finalist Pellegrino, and Pedro Martinez is also a bit of a clay dog obviously would be amongst the favorites. But when we look at the second round of qualifying, Martinez came through against Skatov, but Pellegrino, probably the biggest sort of faller, if you like, in terms of pedigree on the surface, had a good tournament in Rome this year, but as well as of course making the final last year when it was a challenger, it has now been boosted back up to the 250 status, which will be in this kind of curious post-Wimbledon clay court swing. I remember talking to one of the big wigs at the Estoril Open in 2023, and they were lamenting the fact that they were in the first week of the clay court season, just basically the week after Miami. And I was like, you know, this is a pretty good week. Yes, you're going to have one or two people that drop out because they go deep in Miami. But it's also the beginning of the clay court season. It's a fun time. And I think how much they would yearn for that slot once again. Nevertheless, I guess I'd be happy to be up to the 250 status, having dropped down to the challenger status last year. But I'm sure they would seek an April or May spot on the calendar in future. But that is for another day. Let's get into the draw. So Pedro Martinez does qualify as does the, as does Bueno and does Tara Daniel, as well as the Brazilian Luz who came through in straight sets against Tabour. You're seeing all of these scores on the screen. Let's get into the draw itself, the main draw. The top four seeds of Rublev, Tabillo, Blox and Darderi get automatic buys through to the next round. So the first match on our hit list is going to be Jan Choinsky against Jesper de Jong. De Jong, of course, beating Zhao Fonseca last year. Well, in fact, this is like the Zhao Fonseca derby, because if memory serves me correctly, Choinsky beat Fonseca two years ago and de Jong beat him last year. So yes, Choinsky, of course, the British player who's made a top 100 breakthrough, I believe, in recent weeks and is in excellent form, despite being British and despite being a very tall guy, maybe not with the best movement in the world. It is clay where he does tend to get his best results. But de Jong is such a wily character. And if de Jong performs at his best, I see Jesper coming through. Let's have a quick look at though, Jesper de Jong's recent results. Last week, he was in the Nordea Open where he won his first round match against Gaubas before going out in the round of 16 Before that, we had de Jong playing at Wimbledon where he made the second round before losing to the aforementioned Jalfond Secker. But that of course was on the grass in London. So yeah, that's where his situation is at. He also played a challenger in Parma just before Wimbledon, which we went out in the first round to Jetta. But yes, listen, back to my point. If he performs at his absolute best, I think he wins. But will he perform at his absolute best?