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Great to see.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
HHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEES BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCKKKK
Yeah, just a lackadaisical and pathetic effort. Gues he just wanted an appearance fee.
Diprosalic
Banned
the world needs a bit more Del Potro.
Why not?
Nothing wrong with Delpo. There's just nothing special in his game that makes me miss him when he's not there.
WTA Dubai top seeds
(1) Halep❌
(2) Muguruza❌
(3) Suarez Navarro❌
(4) Kvitova❌
(5) Bencic❌
(6) Pliskova❌
(7) Vinci❌
(8) Kuznetsova❌
No seeded player won a match. Has that ever happened before?
First time first round
Let him into your heart brah
Delpo won again tonight, plays Chardy next. Looks like he got wildcards for Acapulco and Indian Wells.
She is in the finals at Dubai though...slow,boring,loby,precision shots gets you there once in a while I guess...(well its her 19th final I just heard so its more then once in a while lol)
Dominic Thiem just won against Ferrer on clay, and very convincingly so. He defeated Nadal last week too (and won the tournament after that, which is kind of difficult if we look at the stats). Now he needs to bring this kind of form on M1000 and Slams and he'll be in the top 10 soon.
Wow 6-3 6-2. Impressive.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
DelRay Beach has been a showcase for awful tennis all week. Smyczek blew that match multiple times to Querrey.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
DelPo into the semifinal of DelRay!!!! Serve and forehand look good, still tentative and anxious with his backhand though. What bravery.
It's quite astonishing how fast Thiem, Kyrgios and Zverev mature on the tour.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Rajeev Ram just thrashed Dimitrov in the semis of DelRay Beach.
He's having a decent year so far seems like. So two Americans stand in the way of DelPo grabbing the title then.
Kotetsu534
Member
Nadal rolls in a couple of ~120kmph second serves and gets broken by Cuevas early in the 2nd set after scraping through the first. He has so little belief in his shots and seems to get nervous very easily now (a bad double fault at 6-5 in the first set TB like against Verdasco). He'll probably get through this but he's a shadow of his former self.
Simply Sami
Member
Nadal is done. Can't win the South American clay court tournaments where there are very little top players in them. He has no chance of winning any European clay court. Maybe Barcelona depending on who is playing there.
But tonight just summed up Nadal in the last 12 months. Choked on big points. Just hitting the ball back in play and hoping for the best. No real intent to his shots. His serve is awful.
Needs to get a new coach fast.
But tonight just summed up Nadal in the last 12 months. Choked on big points. Just hitting the ball back in play and hoping for the best. No real intent to his shots. His serve is awful.
Needs to get a new coach fast.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
It's understandable for DelPo. He had a valiant effort. I hope he can build confidence on that two hander. You can sense the tension in it.
Oh, definitely agree. I think he did pretty well all things considered. Taking out Chardy is pretty solid for his first tourney back. He should be happy with how things went. And yeah I hope he can work that out.
I would've like to see Delpo against Dimitrov, another time I guess...
Nadal loss looks like a lot of his losses lately : he just looses the battles he used to win almost every time in his prime. He still has time before the clay season but it's not encouraging. Props to Cuevas for winning decisive points. Thiem lost too but I think he had good results overall these past two weeks. Could be a danger on clay this spring (and maybe before that).
And Kyrgios is playing great tennis in Marseilles right now. He destroyed Gasquet and Berdych without much effort. Enormous serve and good tactical play.
Nadal loss looks like a lot of his losses lately : he just looses the battles he used to win almost every time in his prime. He still has time before the clay season but it's not encouraging. Props to Cuevas for winning decisive points. Thiem lost too but I think he had good results overall these past two weeks. Could be a danger on clay this spring (and maybe before that).
And Kyrgios is playing great tennis in Marseilles right now. He destroyed Gasquet and Berdych without much effort. Enormous serve and good tactical play.
For the few Del Potro lovers here : Top10 reasons why everybody loves him.
lol nice. He really is a likable guy.
perfectchaos007
Member
Qatar already off to a crazy start.
Australian Open Champ Kerber lost 2nd round to Zhang 7-5, 6-1
Bencic and Halep also lost 2nd round.
Is Halep's nose still bothering her?
Australian Open Champ Kerber lost 2nd round to Zhang 7-5, 6-1
Bencic and Halep also lost 2nd round.
Is Halep's nose still bothering her?
perfectchaos007
Member
Ryan Harrison hasn't played well since Acapulco last year when he made the semi finals.
He qualified in Acapulco this year and just upset Cilic in the first round. Maybe Ryan should just play all of his tournaments in Mexico
He qualified in Acapulco this year and just upset Cilic in the first round. Maybe Ryan should just play all of his tournaments in Mexico
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Cilic had to fly halfway sound the world in one day, so I figured we would lose.
Delpo contemplating life after that challenge. Throwing on shoe outside the stadium and the other one in the crowd with the guy actually going after it ;p
I feel so bad for him for his injuries which makes me wonder even more, how did his wrist injury even happen? Does he rotate his left wrist that much during the backhands or was it something else?
Well maybe that's just something that happened because he plays a lot. We recreational players can suffer injuries by playing once or twice a week, imagine playing at a higher intensity pretty much every day. The body sometimes just calls for a time-out, and if it's the wrist, like Delpo, you can't really strengthen it with muscular work. Once the injury is there, it must be very difficult to get rid of it.
Kotetsu534
Member
Wrists are pretty much the worst injury for tennis players - there's no way to play without aggravating it, so it often means surgery. The way Del Potro plays using extreme grips and absolutely belting the ball probably means his wrists get put under more stress than most, too.
I read this article (in German) about wrist injuries a few days ago. According to the article all professional players with wrist injuries in recent years had a two-handed backhand and 75% of wrist injuries were to the less dominant hand. The dominant hand is used for all shots so its wrist can adapt and strengthen, but the less dominant hand is only used for one shot resulting in unilateral stress for the wrist. More extreme grips and more topspin increase the problem.
Solution: Graf backhand
The fan of Del Potro, he say YES!
Good thing he didn't get a cough, it gets really pesky at this time of the year.
Kotetsu534
Member
One of the best matches I've ever seen, no exaggeration. Over 100 net points and so many magnificent passes and stop volleys. Shame Vinci had to walk away beaten.
Yeah I just saw what WTA posted on twitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B76v1XZZjSo
Will have to download this one.
Will have to download this one.