Thomaz Bellucci, the 2012 finalist, knocked out wild card Cem Ilkel 7-5, 6-1 in 86 minutes at the VTB Kremlin Cup on Monday and will next face eighth seed Andrey Kuznetsov or Guido Pella in the second round in Moscow.

Czech Lukas Rosol defeated Austrian Gerald Melzer 7-5, 6-2 to move into the second round. Rosol will next face Stephane Robert or Marcel Granollers. The Spaniard started his doubles campaign on the right note. Playing with Pablo Carreno Busta, the top seeds hung on to beat Indians Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 6-4, 4-6, 10-4.

Roberto Bautista Agut, runner-up in Moscow for the past two years, leads the ATP World Tour 250 tournament, having just lost to Andy Murray in the Shanghai Rolex Masters final. Bautista Agut is currently No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Race To London, 865 points behind No. 8-placed Dominic Thiem (3,205) in the battle to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The season-ending tournament will be held 13-20 November at The O2 in London.

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What’s the best way to celebrate being a new ambassador for Maui Jim? How about mixing up a drink in a coconut! Monday in Antwerp, David Goffin’s smoothie skills were put to the test during a media event to announce him as a new ambassador for the sunglass brand. 

At the Maui Jim Flying Jimmy booth near the European Open Practice Court, Goffin, who is No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Race To London, made the quintessential Maui Jim smoothie: mango, yoghurt, honey, lime, ginger and chia seeds on top with a violet flower served in a fresh coconut! The Belgian later picked out some new shades and gifted some to the journalists in attendance.

I am delighted to belong to the @OfficialMauiJim family and see the world in a different way ? #MauiJim pic.twitter.com/ewQfcVy2CL

— David Goffin (@David__Goffin) October 17, 2016

The top seed in Antwerp this week, Goffin awaits the winner of Tommy Robredo and Florian Mayer in the second round.

Italian Andreas Seppi kicked off the inaugural European Open in Antwerp on Monday with a 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-3 upset against eighth seed Federico Delbonis. The 32-year-old Seppi will next face Robin Haase, who beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-2.

Seppi will look to turn around his season in Belgium this week. He has fallen to No. 100 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, his lowest ranking since 9 July, 2007 when he was No. 111.

Spaniard Inigo Cervantes set up a second-round contest with Frenchman Richard Gasquet after outlasting 36-year-old German qualifier Michael Berrer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in one hour and 32 minutes. The third-seeded Gasquet is going for his second ATP World Tour title of the season. He beat Mathieu in February for the Montpellier title.

Home favourite David Goffin, Belgium’s No. 1, leads the Antwerp field. Goffin has posted a 10-3 record since the US Open, including a semi-final run in Metz, a finalist showing in Tokyo and a last eight appearance at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. If the 25 year old wins his home tournament on Sunday, he’ll rise to No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Race To London. The top eight at the end of the season will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held 13-20 November at The O2 in London.

Who’s Close To Goffin? View The Emirates ATP Race To London Standings

The focus for qualification to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals now shifts to the three-week European indoor circuit, beginning today at the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the If Stockholm Open and the European Open in Antwerp. Seven players in the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Race To London are in action, with three singles spots left up for grabs at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The season finale will be held at The O2 in London from 13-20 November.

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Gael Monfils will step up his bid to qualify for the first time at this week’s If Stockholm Open, where he competes alongside Grigor Dimitrov, Ivo Karlovic and #NextGen’s Alexander Zverev. Monfils, the next in line to qualify, is currently No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Race To London with 3,625 points. He is 325 points ahead of seventh-placed Rafael Nadal (3,300) and has a 420-point advantage over eighth-placed Dominic Thiem.

David Goffin rose one spot to 11th position on 2,645 points, after reaching the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarter-finals, and this week competes at the inaugural European Open in Antwerp, alongside David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet, Pablo Cuevas and Gilles Simon.

Roberto Bautista Agut, one of five players within 1,000 points of Thiem, moved up four spots to No. 13 in the Emirates ATP Race To London on 2,340 points after he reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in Shanghai (l. to Murray). The Spaniard, a two-time ATP World Tour titlist this year, headlines this week’s VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow, where he reached the 2014 and 2015 finals (l. to Cilic both times).

Five-time champion Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori have already qualified for next month’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. By winning Shanghai, Murray closed the gap between himself and World No. 1 Djokovic to 915 points in the Emirates ATP Race To London. The season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals could play a pivotal role in deciding who finishes as year-end No. 1.

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Four of the Top 16 teams in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London are in action led by No. 1 Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who are the top seeds in Antwerp. The French duo (7,075) lead Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares by just five points (7.070) as both teams battle to become the year-end No. 1 team.

Fifth-placed Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo (4,130 points) secured their fourth straight qualification on Saturday, leaving three places up for grabs. Henri Kontinen and John Peers boosted their qualification chances by reaching the Shanghai final (l. to Isner-Sock), rising one spot to No. 7 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London on 3,310 points, 630 points ahead of ninth-placed Jean Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, last year’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champions and 2015 No. 1 team.

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Following the completion of its investigation into Nick Kyrgios’ second round match last week at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the ATP has announced that Kyrgios has been found to have committed the player major offense ‘Conduct Contrary to the Integrity of the Game.’

The offense means that Kyrgios receives an additional fine of US$ 25,000, and is suspended from ATP tournaments for eight tournament weeks, effective from today, Monday 17 October, 2016, through to Sunday 15 January, 2017.

However, the suspension will be reduced to three tournament weeks upon agreement that the player enters a plan of care under the direction of a Sports Psychologist, or an equivalent plan approved by ATP, meaning Kyrgios could regain eligibility to compete on the ATP World Tour or Challenger Tour from Monday 7 November, 2016.

Kyrgios had already been fined a total of US$ 16,500 for breaches of the ATP Code of Conduct by the ATP Supervisors on-site in Shanghai. He received the on-site maximum fine of US$ 10,000 for violations of the Best Efforts provision in the Code, as well as a US$ 5,000 fine for Verbal Abuse of a Spectator, and a US$ 1,500 fine for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

Today’s announcement completes the ATP’s investigation into this matter which, following the conclusion of the on-site process, included further review of the match, as well as comments made during Kyrgios’ post-match press conference.

A LOOK BACK

Monterrey Open (Monterrey, Mexico): Fifth seed and American #NextGen star Ernesto Escobedo continued his outstanding second half of 2016 by winning his second ATP Challenger Tour title, defeating fellow American and third seed Denis Kudla, 6-4, 6-4. Ernesto is the 14th #NextGen winner of the year and only the second (joining Frances Tiafoe) to win multiple titles.

Escobedo was ranked outside the Top 500 of the Emirates ATP Rankings when he competed last year in Monterrey, but is now projected to move up to No. 129 on Monday.

Tashkent Challenger (Tashkent, Uzbekistan): Fifth seed Konstantin Kravchuk of Russia won the biggest title of his career by defeating seventh seed and local favourite Denis Istomin, 7-5, 6-4. Kravchuk has reached five Challenger finals this year (2-3) and earned his third career Challenger title with the win. The 31 year old will well surpass his career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 93 on Monday.

Morocco Tennis Tour (Casablanca, Morocco): In a battle of teenagers, qualifier Maxime Janvier won his first Challenger title by defeating World No. 1 junior Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, 6-4, 6-0. Having never reached a Challenger quarter-final prior to this week, the 19-year-old Janvier won seven matches in eight days as a qualifier. He is the ninth teenager to win a Challenger this year and the eighth player outside the Top 300 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, equaling last year’s total.

Tsitsipas was competing in his second straight Challenger final in Morocco, having also finished as runner-up last week in Mohammedia.

Vietnam Open (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam): Fourth seed Jordan Thompson of Australia saved a match point to complete an improbable comeback over sixth seed Go Soeda of Japan tand win his third Challenger title of the year, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1. Thompson trailed 3-5 in the second set. He won his first Challenger this February in Cherbourg, France, then repeated the feat in April in Anning, China.

Copa Fila (Buenos Aires, Argentina): In an all-Argentine final, fifth seed Renzo Olivo saved two match points in the second set and went on to defeat seventh seed Leonardo Mayer in a thrilling contest, 2-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(3). Olivo won his first Challenger title last month in Santos, Brazil. Argentina now holds 16 ATP Challenger Tour titles won by nine players throughout 2016, more than any other country.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Kravchuk: “I worked hard all week and the week before [at the ATP World Tour event] in Beijing. That tournament gave me a boost for this win. I beat good guys there and it built my confidence. I’m happy that I’ve reached the Top 80 and I can finish this season earlier and rest before 2017, to work even harder. A new chapter will start in my career and I’m looking forward to it.”

A LOOK AHEAD

There are four Challengers on the calendar this week, with the $125,000 event in Brest, France, taking top billing. The tournaments returns for the 16^th year and features plenty of illustrious champions including Roger Federer and Cedric Pioline. Local favourite Jeremy Chardy is the top seed and Lukas Lacko of Slovakia is the second seed. #NextGen star Halys looks for another big run this week, while Janvier and Tsitsipas aim to continue their form from Casablanca.

The $125,000 Challenger in Ningbo, China, is back for the fourth year. Aussie John Millman is the top seed and two-time Ningbo champion Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei is the second seed. Thompson and Soeda look for another big run in Asia as the third and fifth seeds, while #NextGen stars Hyeon Chung of Korea and American Stefan Kozlov are the sixth and seventh seeds.

The $50,000 event in Las Vegas, Nevada, returns for the second year. Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic is the top seed and American #NextGen star Frances Tiafoe is the second seed. Fifth seed Darian King of Barbados aims for his fourth Challenger title of the year, while sixth seed Kudla and #NextGen player Escobedo also look to continue their form from Monterrey.

Lastly, the $50,000 Challenger in Santiago, Chile, is back for the second year. Last year’s runner-up Horacio Zeballos of Argentina is the top seed, while Thiago Monteiro of Brazil is the second seed. Olivo and Mayer hope to keep up their form from Buenos Aires as the third and seventh seeds, respectively, while defending champion Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil is the fourth seed.

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