Men's Side - Matches Ups, Upsets?
Patrick Kehoe
sets though likely.
Cilic (if he beats Meyer) vs. Soderling is a monster tilt in the
making... a lot of big serving and hitting in this one!
Slight edge to Soderling whose found his mojo all of a sudden.
Murray vs. Berdych... Berdman hitting the cover off the ball right
now... Murray's defense and variety to be tested to the limit here...
I like Berdych in 4.
Youzhny, if he gets past Lenin :) then he's in the mix with Tsonga,
who has been on and off all tournament... playing some very odd sets,
even those he wins... edge to Tsonga in 4 sets.
Possible Top Quaters:
Federer-Soderling
Berdych-Tsonga
Soderling will be looking to put Fed on ice FINALLY... and the 'O'
will have to go some time... Is Soderling about to become Pete's
newest name on his Christmas Card list?
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Still a lot of places to be decided... quick projection here:
Roddick-Ferrer: Is there an upset for Roddick possible against Ferrer?
Might Ferrer be burnt out a bit? If it stays dry could be... I'm
taking Ferrer...
Ferrero-Djokovic... not sure JCF will get there but I like Djokovic to
come through and finally start showing some quality later in a
tournament??? Is Joker the upset special victim waiting to happen? Or
is it Ferrer?
Koli-Verdasco will meet Dolgopolov-Almagro winner... those two matches
might well decide if Nadal can go on to win the tournament... because
a solid challenger is going to have to come from this grouping of 4
players... Is Dolgo ready to make a big time move in world tennis???
Lubicic to get through to face Nadal... man, we have seen this one
before... too many times...
Ferrer-Djokovic
Dolgopolov-Nadal
The top side of the bottom half is tough to call... Nadal looks like a
lock in the other side... only Lubo having a career day stands in his
way...
P
Manuel aka Xax
> Federer vs Wawrinka... Stan playing well but Fed looks OK here... 4
> sets though likely.
>
> Cilic (if he beats Meyer) vs. Soderling is a monster tilt in the
> making... a lot of big serving and hitting in this one!
> Slight edge to Soderling whose found his mojo all of a sudden.
Yep, Cilic needed 5 sets to get rid of Meyer.
Robin found his mojo not all of a sweden (if you allow me this one!),
but clearly out of the RG stadium. He really seems to like the place.
I like both, can't root for one more than the other.
Yet Söderling seems a more "logical" choice.
> Murray vs. Berdych... Berdman hitting the cover off the ball right
> now... Murray's defense and variety to be tested to the limit here...
> I like Berdych in 4.
I can't pick either.
Murray impressed me so far, I wasn't expecting him to play that good
on clay.
Berdych has trashed most of what he faced so far...
Should be a highly interesting match, if Berdych keeps his brain cool,
otherwise I bet Murray will confortably win.
Murray possibly a more "logical" choice.
> Youzhny, if he gets past Lenin :) then he's in the mix with Tsonga,
> who has been on and off all tournament... playing some very odd sets,
> even those he wins... edge to Tsonga in 4 sets.
I want Tsonga to win, no matter if it's vs Mika or Viktor.
If Viktor's girlfriend hasn't changed, I'd like to see him facing JoW,
if he brings her to the stadium.
She is... Sunčica Travica
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3677/fhm104853suncicanaslovngf5.jpg
> Possible Top Quaters:
> Federer-Soderling
> Berdych-Tsonga
>
> Soderling will be looking to put Fed on ice FINALLY... and the 'O'
> will have to go some time... Is Soderling about to become Pete's
> newest name on his Christmas Card list?
Are you trying to upset whisper? :-)
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>
> Still a lot of places to be decided... quick projection here:
>
> Roddick-Ferrer: Is there an upset for Roddick possible against Ferrer?
> Might Ferrer be burnt out a bit? If it stays dry could be... I'm
> taking Ferrer...
Ferrer as well, even if I really like to see Andy going deep at the
FO.
David looks a bit too solid on clay.
> Ferrero-Djokovic... not sure JCF will get there but I like Djokovic to
> come through and finally start showing some quality later in a
> tournament??? Is Joker the upset special victim waiting to happen? Or
> is it Ferrer?
Let's hope JCF will make to this round.
I'd like to see him playing Djokovic: I am wondering how much JCF can
trouble Novak.
> Koli-Verdasco will meet Dolgopolov-Almagro winner... those two matches
> might well decide if Nadal can go on to win the tournament... because
> a solid challenger is going to have to come from this grouping of 4
> players... Is Dolgo ready to make a big time move in world tennis???
I enjoyed watching Dolgo. Won't be easy to beat Almagro, yet...
Amlagro might be tired more than Dolgo.
Verdasco had a set off today... And Koli used to play well against
lefty spaniard, despite loosing most of them!
> Lubicic to get through to face Nadal... man, we have seen this one
> before... too many times...
Nadal will have his usual Hewitt training (4x in 5 years!), given
Hewitt had a 5 setter today.
> Ferrer-Djokovic
> Dolgopolov-Nadal
>
> The top side of the bottom half is tough to call... Nadal looks like a
> lock in the other side... only Lubo having a career day stands in his
> way...
>
> P
Few words about the Rezai / Petrova match:
extraordinary!
both had multiple match points (all of them on the Petrova'serve,
iirc), and the match was stopped because of low light, seven games
each!
Sakari Lund
<xam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I want Tsonga to win, no matter if it's vs Mika or Viktor.
>If Viktor's girlfriend hasn't changed, I'd like to see him facing JoW,
>if he brings her to the stadium.
>She is... Sun?ica Travica
>http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3677/fhm104853suncicanaslovngf5.jpg
Will she be dressed like that in the stadium?
Manuel aka Xax
> On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:49:16 -0700 (PDT), Manuel aka Xax
>
> >I want Tsonga to win, no matter if it's vs Mika or Viktor.
> >If Viktor's girlfriend hasn't changed, I'd like to see him facing JoW,
> >if he brings her to the stadium.
> >She is... Sun?ica Travica
> >http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3677/fhm104853suncicanaslovngf5.jpg
>
> Will she be dressed like that in the stadium?
would be a riot, I guess!
Viktor has "captured" the most beatiful grilfriend I've ever seen for
a tennisman.
I remembered having seen a really nice of the couple, I google few
seconds to find it, but failed.
Among the pics found, I picked this... anyone wondering why? :-)
Vari L. Cinicke
You are a jealous underwear model? :)
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Cheers,
vc
topspin
One notable thing about the men's draw so far, and assuming Youznhy
wins, is the way the seeding has been proven. Like the women used to
be accused of...
Sao Paulo Swallow
> Federer vs Wawrinka... Stan playing well but Fed looks OK here... 4
> sets though likely.
>
> Cilic (if he beats Meyer) vs. Soderling is a monster tilt in the
> making... a lot of big serving and hitting in this one!
> Slight edge to Soderling whose found his mojo all of a sudden.
>
I'd love to see Cilic beat Soderling. I really like Cilic but he's too
unpredictable to reliably root for. I didn't see the match, but the
scoreline says he had his hands full with Mayer.
Vari L. Cinicke
Yes, so far only Monfils and Gonzalez have been big scalps allowing
Wawrinka and probably Almagro from outside the Top 16 to be in the R16.
And they are the 19th and 20th seeds.
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Cheers,
vc
Patrick Kehoe
> On 28 May, 18:47, Patrick Kehoe <pke...@telus.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Federer vs Wawrinka... Stan playing well but Fed looks OK here... 4
> > sets though likely.
>
> > Cilic (if he beats Meyer) vs. Soderling is a monster tilt in the
> > making... a lot of big serving and hitting in this one!
> > Slight edge to Soderling whose found his mojo all of a sudden.
>
> > Murray vs. Berdych... Berdman hitting the cover off the ball right
> > now... Murray's defense and variety to be tested to the limit here...
> > I like Berdych in 4.
>
> > Youzhny, if he gets past Lenin :) then he's in the mix with Tsonga,
> > who has been on and off all tournament... playing some very odd sets,
> > even those he wins... edge to Tsonga in 4 sets.
>
> > Possible Top Quaters:
> > Federer-Soderling
> > Berdych-Tsonga
>
> > Soderling will be looking to put Fed on ice FINALLY... and the 'O'
> > will have to go some time... Is Soderling about to become Pete's
> > newest name on his Christmas Card list?
>
>
> > Still a lot of places to be decided... quick projection here:
>
> > Roddick-Ferrer: Is there an upset for Roddick possible against Ferrer?
> > Might Ferrer be burnt out a bit? If it stays dry could be... I'm
> > taking Ferrer...
>
> > Ferrero-Djokovic... not sure JCF will get there but I like Djokovic to
> > come through and finally start showing some quality later in a
> > tournament??? Is Joker the upset special victim waiting to happen? Or
> > is it Ferrer?
>
> > Koli-Verdasco will meet Dolgopolov-Almagro winner... those two matches
> > might well decide if Nadal can go on to win the tournament... because
> > a solid challenger is going to have to come from this grouping of 4
> > players... Is Dolgo ready to make a big time move in world tennis???
>
> > Lubicic to get through to face Nadal... man, we have seen this one
> > before... too many times...
>
> > Ferrer-Djokovic
> > Dolgopolov-Nadal
>
> > The top side of the bottom half is tough to call... Nadal looks like a
> > lock in the other side... only Lubo having a career day stands in his
> > way...
>
> > P
>
> One notable thing about the men's draw so far, and assuming Youznhy
> wins, is the way the seeding has been proven. Like the women used to
>
> - Show quoted text -
++ You have to think there's a big upset somewhere in there... or the
level of a Verdasco losing :))
Some of those straight clean lines to inevitable match ups have to hit
a rough road, you would think... how about Roddick taking out Ferrer?
He looking really good, for him on clay this time around... from what
I have seen of him... I haven't seen Berdych play yet, but the scores
are getting/trending impressive/ly... will SOMEONE give Rafa a game,
before a final (or in the final) :))))
P
Patrick Kehoe
wrote:
++ Ya, I totally hear you... I would love to see Cilic start to put
together something defining/some big runs... he's got the game... but
he gets into these runs when he can't hit the court/sprays the ball,
just enough, to lose sets and subsequently he empties the tank early
in these slams... that's got to get straightened out... sort of like
Djokovic, without all of the melodramatics...
P
Superdave
wrote:
Rafa is protected by the magic knee fairy.
Vari L. Cinicke
> wins, is the way the seeding has been proven. Like the women used to
> be accused of...
Hope you are happy now. Qualifier Gabashvili crushed #6 seed Roddick in
straight sets hitting 58 winners to Roddick's 14 winners, a ratio of
more than 4 to 1.
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Cheers,
vc
ahonkan
Is Melzer-Ferrer the next upset in the making?
Melzer up 64 60 and on serve at 55.
Vari L. Cinicke
> On 29 May, 17:34, "Vari L. Cinicke"<variesn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5/28/2010 6:19 PM, topspin wrote:
>>
>>> One notable thing about the men's draw so far, and assuming Youznhy
>>> wins, is the way the seeding has been proven. Like the women used to
>>> be accused of...
>>
>> Hope you are happy now. Qualifier Gabashvili crushed #6 seed Roddick in
>> straight sets hitting 58 winners to Roddick's 14 winners, a ratio of
>> more than 4 to 1.
>>
>
> Melzer up 64 60 and on serve at 55.
Yes. I think this is a much bigger upset than the Roddick result.
Ferrer came in having won more matches on clay this year than anyone else.
Melzer took him apart with an well executed attacking game plan.
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Cheers,
vc
Sakari Lund
<pke...@telus.net> wrote:
>Some of those straight clean lines to inevitable match ups have to hit
>a rough road, you would think... how about Roddick taking out Ferrer?
How about both going out before they would have met? Roddick is
notmuch of a surprise, he always loses around this stage at the
latest. Maybe a bit surprising that he lost so easily to Gabashvili.
But Ferrer going out is a big surprise.
Vari L. Cinicke
Melzer was spot on. I caught some of the match and good attacking tennis
from Melzer had Ferrer reeling. Ferrer doesn't have a big serve to pull
him out of tough spots and had no way to counter Melzer's attacks.
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Cheers,
vc