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PuppetSlave
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It's pretty funny coincidence that Verdasco and Raonic will have a rematch straight away in the very next tournament they are in.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Great effort by raonic after playing 5 3 setters and playing back to back weeks.
Roddick is the worst player to watch.
Roddick is the worst player to watch.
PuppetSlave
Member
Amazing way to finish the match.
Roddicks winning point
Raonic is ranked 37 now I think. I heard he going to Acapulco next for his 8 straight week of tennis. I wonder how long he can keep this up.
Roddicks winning point
Raonic is ranked 37 now I think. I heard he going to Acapulco next for his 8 straight week of tennis. I wonder how long he can keep this up.
perfectchaos007
Member
Rafa=FedKilla said:
...aaaaand Roddick wins the tournament beating your boy Del Potro in route.
U MAD?
If he does go, he may be the only player that shows up. Another 14 people dead in Alcapulco today as a result of drug cartels. Who in their right mind would play?PuppetSlave said:
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Missed the match, but DEL POTRO IS BACK.
RE: Dubai finals - Djokovic is definitely the man to beat this year on HC. As much as I love Fedbot, I'm glad Djoko is finally proving himself as a TRUE world number 3 and a REAL contender for number 1. It looks like Fed might have improved the way he deals with Nadal but the strategy doesn't seem to work on 2011 Djoko.
Hope some fireworks happen at IW.
Hope some fireworks happen at IW.
Indian Wells live coverage started today.
UPSETS
Devvarman def. Baghdatis 7-5, 6-0
Malisse def. Tsonga 7-6(6)-7-5
Karlovic def. Ferrer 7-6(3), 6-3
del Potro def. Ljubicic 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 (I guess I consider it an upset since Ivan was the defending champion)
Safina def. Hantuchova 7-6(2), 6-4
And the biggest upset of them all:
Donald Young def. Andy Murray 7-6(4), 6-3
I only saw a few points in the tiebreak (I was about to head out) but I'm really surprised. Murray has sunk to a new low. I didn't think too much of the loss to Baghdatis in Rotterdam but THIS makes it 3 straight losses for him.
Maybe he DOES need to take a break.
UPSETS
Devvarman def. Baghdatis 7-5, 6-0
Malisse def. Tsonga 7-6(6)-7-5
Karlovic def. Ferrer 7-6(3), 6-3
del Potro def. Ljubicic 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 (I guess I consider it an upset since Ivan was the defending champion)
Safina def. Hantuchova 7-6(2), 6-4
And the biggest upset of them all:
Donald Young def. Andy Murray 7-6(4), 6-3
I only saw a few points in the tiebreak (I was about to head out) but I'm really surprised. Murray has sunk to a new low. I didn't think too much of the loss to Baghdatis in Rotterdam but THIS makes it 3 straight losses for him.
Maybe he DOES need to take a break.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Del Potro beating Ljubo ain't an upset brah.
BigJonsson
Member
Raonic won again 
He gets Federer if they both win their next match
He gets Federer if they both win their next match
More upsets:
Kohlschreiber beat Soderling. Soderling gave a laughable performance after blowing 5 set points (with many of them on his serve)
Querrey took out Verdasco 7-5, 6-4
And I cannot believe that Safina beat Stosur. Both were wobbly in the match but I was sure that Stosur would have come out on top.
Kohlschreiber beat Soderling. Soderling gave a laughable performance after blowing 5 set points (with many of them on his serve)
Querrey took out Verdasco 7-5, 6-4
And I cannot believe that Safina beat Stosur. Both were wobbly in the match but I was sure that Stosur would have come out on top.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
If Djokovic ruins another Federer-Nadal final I'll be so pissed.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
Eljay said:
Last time they played in a final Federer won. And this is hard court, Fed is ahead 4-3 in their head-to-heads.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
The Del Potro is upon us. The experts said he would not be in this position today. Nadull be66er watch out this clay season.
First, it was great to see Del Potro doing well again. Looks like he still has to work on his fitness a bit, and become mentally stronger/more confident, but that *should* come with time.
Nadal looked good today, too, although the serve's still off.
Federer looked horrid, IMO. OK, he looked OK in the second, but even then his lead seemed tenuous the entire set. In the third, he utterly collapsed. Sad.
Nole looked OK to me. Hardly invincible. In fact, Fed had him rattled at the end of the second, start of the third.
As such, it'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. I have a feeling Nadal is going to take it in 3, but I could see it ending any which way, to be honest (Nadal in 2, Nole in 2, Nole in 3).
Moving from the men to the ladies: Sharapova was absolutely horrible last night. She's becoming unwatchable.
Nadal looked good today, too, although the serve's still off.
Federer looked horrid, IMO. OK, he looked OK in the second, but even then his lead seemed tenuous the entire set. In the third, he utterly collapsed. Sad.
Nole looked OK to me. Hardly invincible. In fact, Fed had him rattled at the end of the second, start of the third.
As such, it'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. I have a feeling Nadal is going to take it in 3, but I could see it ending any which way, to be honest (Nadal in 2, Nole in 2, Nole in 3).
Moving from the men to the ladies: Sharapova was absolutely horrible last night. She's becoming unwatchable.
Ranking news:
-Djokovic replaces Federer at No. 2, Nadal still No. 1
-Ljubicic drops 22 spots (from No. 16 to No. 38) after failing to defend his Indian Wells title (falling in the 2nd round to del Potro)
-del Potro continues his ranking surge and lands just outside the top 50; he jumps 39 spots all the way to No. 51
-Karlovic jumps 86 spots to No. 153 after reaching the Indian Wells quarter-finals (falling to Nadal). Honestly, I had no idea that he was that far down in the rankings
-Djokovic replaces Federer at No. 2, Nadal still No. 1
-Ljubicic drops 22 spots (from No. 16 to No. 38) after failing to defend his Indian Wells title (falling in the 2nd round to del Potro)
-del Potro continues his ranking surge and lands just outside the top 50; he jumps 39 spots all the way to No. 51
-Karlovic jumps 86 spots to No. 153 after reaching the Indian Wells quarter-finals (falling to Nadal). Honestly, I had no idea that he was that far down in the rankings
Duki said:
I'm certainly not mad that he's playing great tennis ATM. Although he's hardly my favorite male player, I think he's got great skills and I'm glad to see someone other than Nadal and Federer winning everything.
I do think people should wait to see how he does at the French and Wimbledon before they get too excited about his current run, though. He's only been to the SF twice in six French Opens, for instance, and twice in six Wimbledons.
Also, as well as he played in yesterday's final, Nadal's serving was horrific in the second and third sets. Granted, that's partially Nadal's own fault, as he kept going for big serve after big serve, even though he couldn't get one in to save his life. Was that due to the Djoker's returning, or was it due to nerves or something else?
You know who I really want to see play Djoko? That Canadian kid (can't remember his name, sorry). I think both Djoko and Nadal would handle him at this point, but he's clearly going to be a contender this year on the hard courts (and likely at Wimbledon, too).
perfectchaos007
Member
d+pad said:
Raonic.
But Ryan Harrison beat him so I guess thats good to see there's potentially an American hopeful lingering too. I think the ceiling is higher for Raonic though