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#Post#: 11667--------------------------------------------------
Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Clay Death Date: March 9, 2014, 5:55 pm
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del potro knew he had that wrist issue. I wonder why he chose to
play both singles and doubles to begin with.
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Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Clay Death Date: March 9, 2014, 5:56 pm
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order of play for Monday:
looks like Federer has double duty: both singles and doubles.
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=404
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Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Clay Death Date: March 9, 2014, 9:04 pm
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Roberto bautista agut's upset of the #4 seed is simply massive.
the Spanish warriors just keep coming.
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Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: masterclass Date: March 10, 2014, 8:24 am
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Agreed general hercules, and the upsets continue with a
vengeance in the bottom half of the draw with Novak as the chief
beneficiary in his QF where a guaranteed unseeded player will be
on one side of the net.
Bet on the clay court retrieving type players or players that
love a high bounce - balls are bouncing high on the IW "blue
clay" as usual in the desert sun.
Attacking players are having to risk too much and are spraying
unforced errors left, right, into the net and over the baseline
in an effort to win a point instead of playing not to lose a
point. Only chance for these kind of players is if an unlikely
desert cold front storm arrives that drops the temps like it did
a couple of years ago.
#6 Del Potro withdrew.
Bautista-Agut beat #4 Berdych
Benneteau beat #9 Tsonga
Thiem beat #21 Gilles Simon
Lu beat #22 Kohlschreiber
Kukushkin beat #25 Pospisil
Nieminen beat #26 F. Mayer
Gonzalez beat #31 Dodig
So who is left in the Djokovic half of the draw?
#8 Gasquet now heads the 3rd quarter (formerly #4 Berdych's),
and he will play #30 Verdasco next. I wouldn't count Verdasco
out.
The winner of that match will play the winner of unseeded Lu and
#12 John Isner. Isner should take that, he loves the high
bounce into his 6'9" frame, and his kick second serve bites and
takes off like a rocket on the gritty court.
In the other 1/8, #15 Dimitrov and #20 Gulbis will face off and
the winner of that match will play one of the unseeded players,
Nieminen or Bautista-Agut.
In Djokovic's quarter, the top 1/8 will showcase 4 unseeded
players. Lopez vs Kukuskin and Thiem vs. Benneteau.
Djokovic's 1/8th will have #16 Robredo vs. the in-form #24 Cilic
and the winner will play the winner of unseeded Gonzalez vs.
Djokovic.
I would like to see Isner vs Dimitrov in the 3rd QF.
Djokovic's 4th round vs Robredo or Cilic will likely be his
toughest match of the tournament till the semifinals.
Much like at the AO, I think the winner of the depleted bottom
half will half the best chance to win the tournament.
The top half guys will be fighting hard just to make the final
and the last man standing will probably be out of gas.
But you never know. The top half could open up for a player and
it might get easier.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Clay Death Date: March 10, 2014, 10:30 am
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Rafa continues to struggle with lower back issues. this may open
up some opportunities for others as the tournament progresses.
I have a feeling that Federer is quite capable of making a deep
run here. I think he will run down Stan in the quarters.
top 1/2 could see a surprise. Nole may not be the one to make
the final. we will just have to see. Isner has lost some of his
edge that he displayed 2 years back but he could be coming
around.
Cilic may be playing the best tennis of his career. And then
there is Dynamitrov. His stock is definitely on the rise.
#Post#: 11726--------------------------------------------------
Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Emma Date: March 10, 2014, 1:19 pm
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[quote author=Clay Death link=topic=646.msg11667#msg11667
date=1394405728]
del potro knew he had that wrist issue. I wonder why he chose to
play both singles and doubles to begin with.
[/quote]
He must have entered much earlier and decided to wait until the
very last minute to pull out. He must have wanted to see how his
wrist was feeling at that point of time.
#Post#: 11728--------------------------------------------------
Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Emma Date: March 10, 2014, 1:28 pm
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[quote author=Clay Death link=topic=646.msg11678#msg11678
date=1394417065]
Roberto bautista agut's upset of the #4 seed is simply massive.
the Spanish warriors just keep coming.
[/quote]
You like your Spanish warriors so much that you were even
pulling Andujar over Andy the other week. I am sure you like
Andy but I am also sure you don't like him over your 'spanish
warriors'. lol
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Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: thetruth Date: March 10, 2014, 5:31 pm
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[quote author=masterclass link=topic=646.msg11717#msg11717
date=1394457860]
Agreed general hercules, and the upsets continue with a
vengeance in the bottom half of the draw with Novak as the chief
beneficiary in his QF where a guaranteed unseeded player will be
on one side of the net.
Bet on the clay court retrieving type players or players that
love a high bounce - balls are bouncing high on the IW "blue
clay" as usual in the desert sun.
Attacking players are having to risk too much and are spraying
unforced errors left, right, into the net and over the baseline
in an effort to win a point instead of playing not to lose a
point. Only chance for these kind of players is if an unlikely
desert cold front storm arrives that drops the temps like it did
a couple of years ago.
#6 Del Potro withdrew.
Bautista-Agut beat #4 Berdych
Benneteau beat #9 Tsonga
Thiem beat #21 Gilles Simon
Lu beat #22 Kohlschreiber
Kukushkin beat #25 Pospisil
Nieminen beat #26 F. Mayer
Gonzalez beat #31 Dodig
So who is left in the Djokovic half of the draw?
#8 Gasquet now heads the 3rd quarter (formerly #4 Berdych's),
and he will play #30 Verdasco next. I wouldn't count Verdasco
out.
The winner of that match will play the winner of unseeded Lu and
#12 John Isner. Isner should take that, he loves the high
bounce into his 6'9" frame, and his kick second serve bites and
takes off like a rocket on the gritty court.
In the other 1/8, #15 Dimitrov and #20 Gulbis will face off and
the winner of that match will play one of the unseeded players,
Nieminen or Bautista-Agut.
In Djokovic's quarter, the top 1/8 will showcase 4 unseeded
players. Lopez vs Kukuskin and Thiem vs. Benneteau.
Djokovic's 1/8th will have #16 Robredo vs. the in-form #24 Cilic
and the winner will play the winner of unseeded Gonzalez vs.
Djokovic.
I would like to see Isner vs Dimitrov in the 3rd QF.
Djokovic's 4th round vs Robredo or Cilic will likely be his
toughest match of the tournament till the semifinals.
Much like at the AO, I think the winner of the depleted bottom
half will half the best chance to win the tournament.
The top half guys will be fighting hard just to make the final
and the last man standing will probably be out of gas.
But you never know. The top half could open up for a player and
it might get easier.
Respectfully,
masterclass
[/quote]
Good stuff, masterclass. That list of who's gone is scary.
This has been a tournament riddled with upsets.
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Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Mr.Tee Date: March 10, 2014, 10:29 pm
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Rafa played like crap for a second match in a row and deservedly
lost this time. Happy for Alex, one of my favorite players.
Now I am wondering if he is going to go to Miami and win some
points back. Monte Carlo starts on April 13 which is 34 days
from now. If he chooses to play Miami and let's say reaches the
Final, he will have less than 2 weeks before Monte Carlo.
Interesting decision coming up in the next couple of days.
#Post#: 11787--------------------------------------------------
Re: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Men's Main Draw Post #1)
By: Clay Death Date: March 11, 2014, 12:15 am
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I am afraid its is going to be an early exit in Miami also at
this current rate.
I know what he said in his interview: he is full of shit.
he said his back is ok but that the problem was the backhand the
forehand. bullshit.
the problem is the bloody back. it is keeping from doing his
thing out there on the court.
the guy can barely serve at the moment. the hard courts are not
really helping right now with the back issue that wont go away.
that back should have healed and gotten stronger by know. that
is my biggest worry.
I don't really give a damn about indian wells and Miami masters
titles for him right now.
my worry is the back, the clay season, and RG. he really cant
afford to falter on clay.
he nearly lost to andujar and should have in Rio. he was not
playing well at all.
rafa and his camp need to make some quick adjustments now to
minimize the damage and get healthy fast. that means getting off
the hard courts ASAP.
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