{"id":45163,"date":"2023-04-13T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45163"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:26:06","slug":"sarasota-open-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45163","title":{"rendered":"Sarasota Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45178 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2887-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>2023 is the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=86750\">Sarasota<\/a> Open, a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=45174\">ATP Challengers<\/a> Tour\u00a0held at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=87896\">Payne Park<\/a>, April 9-16, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2023_Sarasota_Open\">2023<\/a>; with $128,000 prize money.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotaopen.com\/\">title sponsor<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-11.17.53-AM.png\">Elizabeth Moore<\/a>, a prominent local philanthropist with passion for tennis. The ticket prices increase as the tourney gets deeper, and are groups into a few categories. Re-entry is allowed.<\/p>\n<p>~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47683\">2026<\/a> @ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=47684\">IMG<\/a><br \/>\n~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46760\">2025<\/a> @ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=46761\">Sarasota Sports Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#SarasotaOpen #2023 #PaynePark\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yT_CQ86YBe4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><sub>The box office, bathroom &#8211; definitely better than porta potty, and the center court: the poles are eyesore.\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2662-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2662-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2666-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2666-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2821-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2821-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Open itself, goes back to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarasota_Open\">2008<\/a>, had been held at various locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Longboat Key Club <sup>2009-14\u00a0<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Lakewood Ranch <sup>2015-6\u00a0<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>United Tennis Center <sup>2008, 2017<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Laurel Oak Country Club <sup>2018-9\u00a0<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>not held in 2020-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ticket prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$237 Fifth Third Bank Row<\/li>\n<li>$159 5\/3 Bank Champagne Table<\/li>\n<li>$159 VIP Champagne Table<\/li>\n<li>$169 Club Reserved<\/li>\n<li>$64 Reserved<\/li>\n<li>$54 general admission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because of rain delay from previous day &#8211; Wednesday, we watched more matches than we anticipated. Court 5 is their center court, named after Nick Bollettieri (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Bollettieri\">1931<\/a>-2022). One side is general admission and the other side is the lounge with tables and chairs. Both sides have tent. The poles that support the tent are unsightly, unnecessary evil I guess. Court 7 and 8 are used as well, and we sit right there with the line person &#8211; perks of the small and intimate tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2851-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2851-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The center court has an announcer or commentator<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2878.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2878-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2671-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2671-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2692-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-45169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2692-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The matches<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Zhang Zhizhen (&#x1f1e8;&#x1f1f3; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhang_Zhizhen\">1996<\/a>-) <sup>def <\/sup>Alex Rybakov (&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Rybakov\">1997<\/a>-) <sup>delay; to Q<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Tristan Boyer (&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Rybakov\">1997<\/a>-) <sup>def<\/sup> Jack Sock (&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Sock\">1992<\/a>-) <sup>delay;<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Enzo Couacaud (&#x1f1eb;&#x1f1f7; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enzo_Couacaud\">1995<\/a>-) <sup>def<\/sup> Zhang<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Elahi Gal\u00e1n\/Galan (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Elahi_Gal%C3%A1n\">1996<\/a>-) <sup>won<\/sup> T Boyer<sup>\u00a0retired <\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Genaro Alberto Olivieri <sup>def<\/sup> Bjorn Fratangelo (&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bjorn_Fratangelo\">1993<\/a>-)<\/li>\n<li>Gullermo Duran &amp; Guido Andreozzi <sup>def<\/sup> Robert Galloway (&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Galloway_(tennis)\">1992<\/a>-) &amp; Miguel Angel Reyes-Vareia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Zhang Zhizhen\u00a0<sup>def <\/sup>Alex Rybakov 6-4, 7-6, delay match from Wednesday. Zhang advanced to the quarter final<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#tennis #Zhangzhizhen def #AlexRybakov #SarasotaOpen\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfLjor97dSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tristan Boyer \u00a0<sup>def<\/sup> Jack Sock, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, also a delay match from yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#TristanBoyer \u00a0def #JackSock,  #SarasotaOpen #PaynePark\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NG5rkC_wWeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Enzo Couacaud (&#x1f1eb;&#x1f1f7; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enzo_Couacaud\">1995<\/a>-) <sup>def<\/sup> Zhang, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday, April 13<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#EnzoCouacaud def #ZhangZhiZhen @ #SarasotaOpen #PaynePark\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/frJ0jCS5UaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Elahi Gal\u00e1n\/Galan <sup>won <\/sup>Tristan Boyer 6-4, 3-0. Gal\u00e1n\/Galan is the defending champ. Boyer beat out Jack Sock from previous day&#8217;s match and this is his second match of the day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#DanielGal\u00e1n won #TristanBoyer retired #SarasotaOpen #PaynePark\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NRTbihAmh50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Genaro Alberto Olivieri <sup>def<\/sup> Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3, 3-6, 6-7. Fratangelo behaved pretty badly at the end, smashing his racket to the ground many times &#8230; oh well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#GenaroAlbertoOlivieri def #BjornFratangelo #sarasotaOpen #PaynePark\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SOA9fdHNQxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gullermo Duran &amp; Guido Andreozzi <sup>def<\/sup> Robert Galloway &amp; Miguel Angel Reyes-Vareia 7-6, 5-7, 1-6. The last few points Galloway played, played badly and at the conclusion of the match, he throw his racket. A female fan or staff retrieved it from the next court.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gullermo Duran &amp; Guido Andreozzi def Robert Galloway &amp; Miguel Angel Reyes Vareia\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VCc3vrL00to?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 is the second Sarasota Open, a part of ATP Challengers Tour\u00a0held at Payne Park, April 9-16, 2023; with $128,000 prize money. This year, the title sponsor is Elizabeth Moore, a prominent local philanthropist with passion for tennis. The ticket prices increase as the tourney gets deeper, and are groups into a few categories. Re-entry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennis-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}