ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
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ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
Monday morning....:
8.30, no more AO matches...
Sigh...
Deep breath....
February the first...
Another deep breath!
That's better!
Montpellier, indoor hard
Order of play
http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2016/375/op.pdf
Sofia, indoor hard
Order of play:
http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2016/7434/op.pdf
Quito, outdoor clay
Order of play:
http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2016/7161/op.pdf
8.30, no more AO matches...
Sigh...
Deep breath....
February the first...
Another deep breath!
That's better!
Montpellier, indoor hard
Order of play
http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2016/375/op.pdf
Sofia, indoor hard
Order of play:
http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2016/7434/op.pdf
Quito, outdoor clay
Order of play:
http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2016/7161/op.pdf
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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Re: ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
Match of the day:
Gulbis-Halys (the new Frenchie that gave Djokovic a good match in R2 of Oz open)
Gulbis-Halys (the new Frenchie that gave Djokovic a good match in R2 of Oz open)
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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Re: ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
Here's the current ranking, Federer not that far behind Murray.
Included players' age stat.
1 Novak Djokovic 28.7 SRB 16790
2 Andy Murray 28.7 GBR1 8945
3 Roger Federer 34.4 SUI1 8795
4 Stan Wawrinka 30.8 SUI2 6325
5 Rafael Nadal 29.6 ESP1 4880
6 David Ferrer 33.8 ESP2 4325
Included players' age stat.
1 Novak Djokovic 28.7 SRB 16790
2 Andy Murray 28.7 GBR1 8945
3 Roger Federer 34.4 SUI1 8795
4 Stan Wawrinka 30.8 SUI2 6325
5 Rafael Nadal 29.6 ESP1 4880
6 David Ferrer 33.8 ESP2 4325
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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Re: ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
Berrer beat Doric in two sets yesterday...
Match of the day...ooo-la-laaaa! 6pm
Gulbis-Gasquet
Match of the day...ooo-la-laaaa! 6pm
Gulbis-Gasquet
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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Re: ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
noleisthebest wrote:Match of the day:
Gulbis-Halys (the new Frenchie that gave Djokovic a good match in R2 of Oz open)
Enjoyable match between the 2. Gulbis won out slightly on consistency(!). Halys needs to improve his shot selection, but imho he has a lot of room for improvement because his fundamentals look solid which is a good thing. What a pity, one of them had to lose. Would have liked to see more of Halys.
Coric is stagnating for now. I can't see much improvement and he gets rightly spanked by guys like Berrer. That second set could have been even more one-sided. Coric fought off BPs in another service game of his. Average ROS (nothing like young Djokovic there, did he have even one BP? Not in the time I saw the match anyway.) and prone to bad service games, looks uncomfortable on offense.
Disappointed by Chung's loss, but I don't know what happened there. He is 0-3 now in ATP level indoor matches.
Good thing to have such tournaments where the winner isn't preordained. My interest in the AO reached an all-time low this year, culminating in yet another Murrovic final.
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Yo Bro! (AL)
Good to see someone following tennis outside slams...
Lots of quality talent coming through, so the future is not that bleak.
I just hope that this superfitness craze does not turn into epidemic.
(though Coric and Zverev are definitely on that path).
My only consolation is that it's not easy to reach and maintain Djokovic's and Murray's level of fitness (although I am sure Tenez will try to reassure me there...)...you really have to be almost supernaturally dedicated, driven and focused...as well as being able to afford the team to worry about your body etc...not many can watch every morsel and subject their bodies to such levels of torture for so long.
I don't think it's even worth it...
The gap is quite big as we could see in Nole-Nishi match.
But at least long rallies have gone out of fashion, which is why even Nadal has done the unthinkable and moved closer to baseline.
Still, the game is even more physical now with hard hitting...just crazy!
Good to see someone following tennis outside slams...
Lots of quality talent coming through, so the future is not that bleak.
I just hope that this superfitness craze does not turn into epidemic.
(though Coric and Zverev are definitely on that path).
My only consolation is that it's not easy to reach and maintain Djokovic's and Murray's level of fitness (although I am sure Tenez will try to reassure me there...)...you really have to be almost supernaturally dedicated, driven and focused...as well as being able to afford the team to worry about your body etc...not many can watch every morsel and subject their bodies to such levels of torture for so long.
I don't think it's even worth it...
The gap is quite big as we could see in Nole-Nishi match.
But at least long rallies have gone out of fashion, which is why even Nadal has done the unthinkable and moved closer to baseline.
Still, the game is even more physical now with hard hitting...just crazy!
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Gulbis-Gasquet looking so last century in Montpellier...
Pure baseline tennis, metres behind the basline, long rallies, hard court but like clay..
Haven't seen Gulbis for ages!
Still belting his FH the same odd/old way.
Hard to believe he was pushing Djokovic in the RG SF two years ago...
Pure baseline tennis, metres behind the basline, long rallies, hard court but like clay..
Haven't seen Gulbis for ages!
Still belting his FH the same odd/old way.
Hard to believe he was pushing Djokovic in the RG SF two years ago...
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It's weird seeing Gasquet "Djoko-ing" Gulbis.
Poor Earnie....
Poor Earnie....
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I would like to see a Rublev-Zverev match soon.
Same age, Rubi 6cm shorter (192).
Both Russian, Zverev brought up in Germany.
Rubi born and bred in Moscow.
Zverev, though emotional is controlled...and he plays like that, too.
Big serve, but the rest is same as Murray - counterpunching amd running down a lot of balls with his long legs and arms.
He is no Little Dragon!
Stil...just won a TB against Cilic.
Why do attackers take longer to break through!!!
Same age, Rubi 6cm shorter (192).
Both Russian, Zverev brought up in Germany.
Rubi born and bred in Moscow.
Zverev, though emotional is controlled...and he plays like that, too.
Big serve, but the rest is same as Murray - counterpunching amd running down a lot of balls with his long legs and arms.
He is no Little Dragon!
Stil...just won a TB against Cilic.
Why do attackers take longer to break through!!!
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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Re: ATP 250: Montpellier, Sofia, Quito
Is rublev or Chung playing this week?
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Rubi isn't.
Chung lost to Copil yesterday in straights. I didn't see it, but was surprised with the score.
I saw Copil in Roehampton, he is Rubi's doubles mate, a Romanian. Nothing special.
We both sat at the same table in the garden outside the restaurant...he was eating his really basic pasta meal, I recognised him and asked him how he was going - he said he lost...and that was the end of that conversation...
Chung lost to Copil yesterday in straights. I didn't see it, but was surprised with the score.
I saw Copil in Roehampton, he is Rubi's doubles mate, a Romanian. Nothing special.
We both sat at the same table in the garden outside the restaurant...he was eating his really basic pasta meal, I recognised him and asked him how he was going - he said he lost...and that was the end of that conversation...
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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He's got a monster serve copil. Big hitter but nada special.
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That's weird...cause Chung usually is very good at returning.
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Wow, so Zverev beat Cilic in two TBs.
Not surprised, Cilic looked nervous while I watched, he couldn't hit through Zverev.
He brings everything back and covers the court with ease being lanky.
Playing Berrer tomorrow, and Berrer beat Coric.
Richie looked very fit today -he is playing Baghdatis next..who I always think is older than he is...incl Gasquet, but isn't.
I don't know why I always think he's Fed's and Hewitt's generation...must be that 20th century game he plays...
Not surprised, Cilic looked nervous while I watched, he couldn't hit through Zverev.
He brings everything back and covers the court with ease being lanky.
Playing Berrer tomorrow, and Berrer beat Coric.
Richie looked very fit today -he is playing Baghdatis next..who I always think is older than he is...incl Gasquet, but isn't.
I don't know why I always think he's Fed's and Hewitt's generation...must be that 20th century game he plays...
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That was a cool match between Brown and Simon.
Brown was bombing 2nd serves at 228 kmph...so much tennis skill & a brilliant showman.
Simon looked a bit flat but had his moments, too.
Great tennis and a welcome break from all that spin...
Brown was bombing 2nd serves at 228 kmph...so much tennis skill & a brilliant showman.
Simon looked a bit flat but had his moments, too.
Great tennis and a welcome break from all that spin...
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I need to catch up with those players ...I have not watched much tennis recently.
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I haven't seen much either, but caught a few sets of Gasquet, Brown...
Zverev-Cilic was a reminder of times to come.
For some reason AO just didn't touch me.
There was very little exciting tennis with lot of shiny muscles glistening in the sun.
Players looked strained, suffering and not enjoying themselves.
Zverev-Cilic was a reminder of times to come.
For some reason AO just didn't touch me.
There was very little exciting tennis with lot of shiny muscles glistening in the sun.
Players looked strained, suffering and not enjoying themselves.
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Match of the Day:
Gasquet-Baghdatis (a question: who is older of the two?)
Brown-Belmans (the Belgian who did well against GB in Davis Cup)
Gasquet-Baghdatis (a question: who is older of the two?)
Brown-Belmans (the Belgian who did well against GB in Davis Cup)
noleisthebest- Posts : 27907
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I think gasquet might be older.....I m checking now.
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Wrong! It's Bghda. Older by exactly a year and a day!
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I was surprised to see the dates, too, except I thought Baggy was older..about 34.Tenez wrote:Wrong! It's Bghda. Older by exactly a year and a day!
To me he plays same game/era as Hewitt and HP Mathieu etc...maybe that's why...was never able to "look" younger with his tennis.
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Baghy was 19 when he took a set of 23yo federer at the USO. Baghy was known for his monstrous FH at the time. Nowadays he is almost see as a weaponless player.
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I never remembered Baggy as a FH monster, just a good all-round quality light-weight player, for some strange reason he reminds me of Jelena Jankovic.
Anyway, his match with Richie about to start.
Anyway, his match with Richie about to start.
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I know what you mean...nothing is as it used to be any more.Tenez wrote:Baghy was 19 when he took a set of 23yo federer at the USO. Baghy was known for his monstrous FH at the time. Nowadays he is almost see as a weaponless player.
The era of "organic" tennis is finished.
For me it happened when Robredo beat Fed in USO 2013.
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noleisthebest wrote:I know what you mean...nothing is as it used to be any more.Tenez wrote:Baghy was 19 when he took a set of 23yo federer at the USO. Baghy was known for his monstrous FH at the time. Nowadays he is almost see as a weaponless player.
The era of "organic" tennis is finished.
For me it happened when Robredo beat Fed in USO 2013.
That was really down to Fed's bad back.
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Yes, but for me it stayed as the end of the 90" frame.Tenez wrote:noleisthebest wrote:I know what you mean...nothing is as it used to be any more.Tenez wrote:Baghy was 19 when he took a set of 23yo federer at the USO. Baghy was known for his monstrous FH at the time. Nowadays he is almost see as a weaponless player.
The era of "organic" tennis is finished.
For me it happened when Robredo beat Fed in USO 2013.
That was really down to Fed's bad back.
Now, everyone is playing with 100" more or less. That's why the court has shrunk.
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Cool to see Baggy win the whole game by playing S&V tennis.
If he can do it, what is stopping everyone else?
If he can do it, what is stopping everyone else?
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He did. Maybe he wouldn't have lost if he'd s&v-ed not just in that one game.
So why didn't he?
So why didn't he?
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Match of the day:
Gasquet-Brown
Gasquet-Brown
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Is Nadal going to defend his South America points this year?
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tough first round for Chung in Rotterdam....Garcia-Lopez.
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I think he is playing there next few weeks.Tenez wrote:Is Nadal going to defend his South America points this year?
This is going to be a tough year for his humble ego.
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He should be able to handle him unless he is injured.Tenez wrote:tough first round for Chung in Rotterdam....Garcia-Lopez.
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GL is a very good player, able to bother baseliners...let's see.
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Zverev has more potential than Coric.
Once he piles some muscles on, he'll be hard to hit past.
Doing well against an in-form PH Mathieu.
Once he piles some muscles on, he'll be hard to hit past.
Doing well against an in-form PH Mathieu.
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That was a nice little set/match between PHM & Zverev. Esp PHM's clean hitting.
Two different eras, but a good contest. Zverev already a good competitor, similar to Coric.
We do have quite an interesting wave of young players coming...I really don't fear for popularity of tennis.
I've had enough of current stalemate.
And now match of the day: Richie-Brown.
Should be fun!
Two different eras, but a good contest. Zverev already a good competitor, similar to Coric.
We do have quite an interesting wave of young players coming...I really don't fear for popularity of tennis.
I've had enough of current stalemate.
And now match of the day: Richie-Brown.
Should be fun!
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Brown has an amazingly quick serving arm...similar to Dolgo.
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Brown burning the air with his laser fast flat shots...so relaxed!
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Brown playing GOAT tennis!
First set 6:1 (three breaks) - and no, there is nothing wrong with Gasquet - he is reduced to a spectator.
First set 6:1 (three breaks) - and no, there is nothing wrong with Gasquet - he is reduced to a spectator.
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Richie gets broken at the beginning of 2nd set...and smashes his racquet, I don't remember him ever showing any frustration...but Dustin is rocking and rolling.
Superb tennis!
Superb tennis!
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I've cursed Brown.
Looks like he has run out of magic dust.
Looks like he has run out of magic dust.
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Gasquet and Agut are the winners of the week.
Good to see PHM coming back in the top 100....at 34! after so many injuries.
I was listening to Paire saying he was fed up with tennis. His body constantly hurting. "getting on a tennis court pisses me off. I just want to play football with friends...."
Good to see PHM coming back in the top 100....at 34! after so many injuries.
I was listening to Paire saying he was fed up with tennis. His body constantly hurting. "getting on a tennis court pisses me off. I just want to play football with friends...."
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I don't blame him.
In fact, that's why I like him...he does not compromise...there is a point beyond which it's not worth pushing mind and body.
He is in tune with his soul.
What Djokovic and Murray are doing is too much.
Nole's ambition and current focus in particular are unbelievable.
In fact, that's why I like him...he does not compromise...there is a point beyond which it's not worth pushing mind and body.
He is in tune with his soul.
What Djokovic and Murray are doing is too much.
Nole's ambition and current focus in particular are unbelievable.
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noleisthebest wrote:I don't blame him.
In fact, that's why I like him...he does not compromise...there is a point beyond which it's not worth pushing mind and body.
He is in tune with his soul.
What Djokovic and Murray are doing is too much.
Nole's ambition and current focus in particular are unbelievable.
His fitness is so good, it takes much less strain on everything else.
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