ATP Masters 1000: Indian Wells

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:Trying not to laugh here.

No No.. please let yourself out. The world is laughing at you. You too can join in.. 

How's India going ROTLA ?

Its doing fine here, thanks for asking kimmi. And nice weather in my city Bangalore, spring season with lots of yellow and pink flowers on trees this time around.

I hope you are doing good too.

Thanks, yes I'm doing well, weather in London is slowly improving and getting warmer.

ROTLA....don't believe him. he even gets it wrong talking about the weather. In London It was nice and warm tlll today...but now today it was cold and rainy.

summerblues wrote:Odd turn of events.  Kyrgios gets hurt while breaking Dimi's serve for 4:5.  He then plays a bad service game and gets broken right back while serving for the match.  6:5 to Dimi now.

Can Kyrgios recover?

Very unfortunate...saw that. I don;t think Kyrgios woudl have lost that game had he been fit. However Dimi may have lost that point at 15/40 on his serve cause he saw Kyr fall off. ..yet Kyr had another BP.

Very strange and sad end to that match. But clearly Kyr has much more potential than Dimi....I was impressed by Kyr's BH...better than the memory I had of it in Melbourne.

Stan heading out early again

Stan was not the Man today.

Tenez wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:Trying not to laugh here.

No No.. please let yourself out. The world is laughing at you. You too can join in.. 

How's India going ROTLA ?

Its doing fine here, thanks for asking kimmi. And nice weather in my city Bangalore, spring season with lots of yellow and pink flowers on trees this time around.

I hope you are doing good too.

Thanks, yes I'm doing well, weather in London is slowly improving and getting warmer.

ROTLA....don't believe him. he even gets it wrong talking about the weather. In London It was nice and warm tlll today...but now today it was cold and rainy.

I was talking about the general trend Tenez, this weekend has been a bit chilly

Schortman is a good player!...giving Fed some trouble.

Yes, he can play.  Still, Fed should win easily.

Just woke up in time

Fed did not time the ball too  well as often teh case in the first rounds..and probably due to Schwartz taking the ball early and flat...but he seemed fresh and moving well.

Fed looks like he's meaning business in IW and enjoying himself.

Tenez wrote:Fed did not time the ball too  well as often teh case in the first rounds..and probably due to Schwartz taking the ball early and flat...but he seemed fresh and moving well.

I only got to see the last few games, he was very loose and enjoyed playing, it was good to see him like that.

Interesting stat...Fed covering 15% more gound than his opponent.

Tenez wrote:Fed did not time the ball too  well as often teh case in the first rounds..and probably due to Schwartz taking the ball early and flat...but he seemed fresh and moving well.

Schwarzman is a nice player, very quick on his feet.
Seppi next.

Seppi for Fed? Should be interesting.

Tenez wrote:Seppi for Fed? Should be interesting.

I still can't believe that match....
hopefully we'll see a fresh and supple Fed.

Just saw the scores...Stan and Gasquet out.
I didn't expect either to lose today...Stan was a little rusty, still enjoyed watching him play, going for the shots.
Opening draw for Fed nicely now.

Match of the Day:

Mannarino-Gulbis
Tomic-Ferrer
Nishikori-Verdasco
Djokovic-Ramos
Murray-Kholschreiber
Monaco-Kokkinakis (the "other", mushroom hair Aussie)

Federer:

"'I'm moving well, which is key on this surface because the easy shots and easy points are not going to happen so easily here like they maybe do in Dubai or Australia or the indoor season. (read: IW is slower than blue clay) I was successful playing on my terms. There are certain things I can do better, but for a first round it's a good start.''

Nadal:

"I moved myself a little bit quicker tonight than what I was doing one month ago. I was able to defend some points well, to have some good passing shots, have some winners, some good shots down the line with my forehand. That always gives me a lot of confidence.''

As I said the other day, it's just a matter of time before Nadal gets his wheels aligned and going.
With the stress-free draws rolled out for him in every tournament, is there any doubt he'll be ready for RG..

Tenez wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

Kim Jong-Un wrote:Trying not to laugh here.

No No.. please let yourself out. The world is laughing at you. You too can join in.. 

How's India going ROTLA ?

Its doing fine here, thanks for asking kimmi. And nice weather in my city Bangalore, spring season with lots of yellow and pink flowers on trees this time around.

I hope you are doing good too.

Thanks, yes I'm doing well, weather in London is slowly improving and getting warmer.

ROTLA....don't believe him. he even gets it wrong talking about the weather. In London It was nice and warm tlll today...but now today it was cold and rainy.

I love the rain!

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:I know what it is Dimi is missing: he simply doesn't go down line, esp not with his FH.
Just these endless, routine CC ones.
Short angles...that's the latest craze!

Very true. Well pointed.

Not many players do.
Could that be the line that separates wheat from the chaff?

Stan lost, but at least he lost in style.
He is so dangerous as he goes down the line all the time both on BH and FH.
I felt sorry for him last night, he couldn't put the ball away past Haase who was just playing safest possible percentage tennis.

I hope the Swiss can produce a few more good players soon.

Just saw Nadal playing Young tomorrow.

That could be an interesting one, providing Young comes out to play.

Tenez wrote:

summerblues wrote:Odd turn of events.  Kyrgios gets hurt while breaking Dimi's serve for 4:5.  He then plays a bad service game and gets broken right back while serving for the match.  6:5 to Dimi now.

Can Kyrgios recover?

Very unfortunate...saw that. I don;t think Kyrgios woudl have lost that game had he been fit. However Dimi may have lost that point at 15/40 on his serve cause he saw Kyr fall off. ..yet Kyr had another BP.

Very strange and sad end to that match. But clearly Kyr has much more potential than Dimi....I was impressed by Kyr's BH...better than the memory I had of it in Melbourne.

I really like his attitude.
He has a big game, weapons...just hope his body holds together as he seems to be injury prone.
I was annoyed with him losing to Raonic in Wimbledon after beating Nadal last summer.

He is only a year and a bit older than Coric, would be nice if they could develop a rivalry.

noleisthebest wrote:Just saw the scores...Stan and Gasquet out.
I didn't expect either to lose today...Stan was a little rusty, still enjoyed watching him play, going for the shots.
Opening draw for Fed nicely now.

I believe Gasquet was injured..again.

Tomic playing well...easy power, great hands, reads the opponent like an open book....
If only he had guts...he could be devastating!

...Ferrer out in two comfortable sets, had quite few BPs but could not grind Tomic who made him look very 1D most of the time.

Sharapova is the dirtiest player among women by far.
There's no way I'd shake hands with her after the match.
Doesn't say much about Dimi even if he is with her for Nike's PR duties...they are joined by true love....for money!

Australian tennis is going to be pretty strong in a few years' time - Kyrgios, Kokkinakis and Tomic all looking good right now.

At last I get the chance to see Nole!
If I remember correctly from a few Wimbledons ago, Ramos has a nice BHDTL.

Wow, Nole gets broken from 40-15 up after he double faults on the BP.

Nole making cheap errors, not yet focused enough.

LOL, Ramos-Vinolas gifts the break back with an UE and three DFs. Time to go to bed.

What a weird set that was...

I knew Nole had foot problem before the match, but didn't expect it to cause him so much distraction.

Very average tennis from both, in fact, only saw one nice FHDTL from Nole.

Funny and cute to hear all the birds chirping  at 5 am...

Nole stoically soldiering through...the foot clearly affecting him.

Larry and his zombie granddaughter ooops girlfriend still together...it must be love!

Though not my type, Feli Lopez is quite handsome, plays a lovely game of tennis, gentlemen on court...so why is it that he doesn't have the x factor?

he may have the X factor..but without the W(in) factor...not many will notice.

noleisthebest wrote:...Ferrer out in two comfortable sets, had quite few BPs but could not grind Tomic who made him look very 1D most of the time.

This puts Coric's loss in perspective...

Tenez wrote:he may have the X factor..but without the W(in) factor...not many will notice.

Well that confirms my view that Nadal's x factor is manufactured.
Kim & millions love him only because he is winning.

Which opens up a theme on why people love winners, as winning is such an unnatural state of man.

There is a woman in my club and on club nights all she does is ask people:"Did you win?"
So I asked her why she dies it and she said: "It's nice, makes me feel good".
Forget that she regularly cheats on line calls and moonballs all the time.

I agree, winning in life is nice, it's a happy drug, gives you that temporary feeling of not being dragged down, chained by laws of life, but that feeling just like drugs is artificial.

There is lot of truth in that line from Kipling's IF, which says ine meeds to treat both wins and losses as imposters.

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
 And treat those two impostors just the same."

Some good matches today:

Federer-Seppi, expecting a straight set cruise from Fed
Nadal-Young, playing in day conditions so hugely disfavouring Young
Berdych-Johnson, I can see an upset here
Dolgo-Raonic, last time the played Dolgo destroyed Raonic's serve taking it on from inside the baseline...can he do it again?
Robredo-Dimitrov, two fit SBH grinders, will be interesting

noleisthebest wrote:

Tenez wrote:he may have the X factor..but without the W(in) factor...not many will notice.

Well that confirms my view that Nadal's x factor is manufactured.
Kim & millions love him only because he is winning.

There is more to it otherwise Djoko or Fed woudl have the X factor...but they don't. Federer has a wow factor..but not X. The good news is that as many people prefer the wow factor than teh x one.

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
 And treat those two impostors just the same."

True but one needs to taste both to understand it.

noleisthebest wrote:
Kim & millions love him only because he is winning.

I don't assume as to why you support Djokovic, so it would be appreciated if the courtesy was returned in my direction.
For the record, I would support Nadal even if he plummets down the rankings.

Kim Jong-Un wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:
Kim & millions love him only because he is winning.

I don't assume as to why you support Djokovic, so it would be appreciated if the courtesy was returned in my direction.
For the record, I would support Nadal even if he plummets down the rankings.

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ie I would like it if you also didn't assume why I support Nadal.

Tenez wrote:

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
 And treat those two impostors just the same."

True but one needs to taste both to understand it.

Most people I know have been through both (in relative terms) but don't treat them the same.
It takes humility, and that seems to be a rare commodity these days.

There is a Serbian saying that goes stg like this:

In victory - do not get carried away, in loss - do not degrade yourself.

Nadal: A lot of stadiums are difficult to imagine a tournament away from Grand Slams improving that much, so just can say thanks to all the organization, everybody who makes possible that, to create an event like this. Especially to Larry Ellison. It's great to have him on our tour supporting our sport.
It's amazing all the things that's happening here. I think the crowd is one of the highest crowds on the world.
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everything is said here....I bet Carlos won't be referring Nadal!

Sock playing his socks off against Agut.
Go Socky!!!

Caught the last game of Gillou-Berrer, good tennis from Simon, fery promising for Nadal.
I must say, not very hopeful for Young...looks like it's windy

Sock through!
Should be playing Fed tomorrow.

Nadal-Young starting.

Can he do it?

Btw, is it just me or is everyone starting to wear shorter shorts?
You can see more than just the usual leg

Wow!
Did anyone see that overhead botch from Nadal?

I can't believe he missed it...and it was on BP for Young.
He did it to other players so many times.

These super slow slow-motions are brilliant!