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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: Clay Death Date: March 19, 2014, 11:23 pm
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order of play for tomorrow is here sports fans:
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: Clay Death Date: March 20, 2014, 7:17 pm
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big day is here at last: andy and Federer will be in action
tomorrow:
here is the order of play:
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: masterclass Date: March 21, 2014, 4:14 am
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Lleyton Hewitt notches 600th ATP tour singles victory!
[img]
HTML http://www.tennisnow.com/Files/lleyton-hewitt-600-wins-miami-2014-0320.aspx[/img]
Congratulations to Rusty - Lleyton Hewitt, his team and
supporters!
A fighter by any definition of the word, he has overcome many
injuries, surgeries, time away from the game, has a beautiful
wife (Bec) and 3 children (Mia 8, Cruz 5, and Ava 3), and still
loves the game. Less than two years ago he was #233 in the
world, trying to recover from another surgery, and has recently
risen to be back in the top 40 players in the world. The two
time major winner, including a prestigious Wimbledon triumph,
defeated Robin Haase to capture his 600th tour singles win,
joining Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as the only active
players to have reached the mark.
Not blessed with great height at a generous 5' 11" (180cm), his
speed and agility around the court, along with one of the best
return of serve in the game, not to mention his passing shots
and perhaps one of the best lobbers of all time, and his fiery,
never-say-die temperament propelled him to the position of the
youngest male #1 player in the world ever, a position he held
for 80 weeks, 4th on the active list, behind Federer, Nadal, and
Djokovic. Many criticized Hewitt for lacking the big weapons,
serves, ground-strokes, but with his tenacious spirit, all he
did was win. A controversial figure at times, especially as a
hot-headed youngster, he has been the spirited leader of his
Davis Cup team, contributions including two Cup wins and two
finals. Unfortunately, starting in 2005, he started to endure a
series of injuries, almost yearly, which eventually knocked him
out of the top 10 in the game.
He is next scheduled to play Rafael Nadal on Saturday. Best of
luck to both.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: Clay Death Date: March 21, 2014, 7:56 am
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that should be a good battle general masterclass. these two are
going to fill the stands.
does anybody know how the courts are playing in Miami? have the
players made any remarks about the speed of the courts?
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: masterclass Date: March 21, 2014, 10:55 am
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General, Miami has typically been rated the slowest conditions
on tour for hard courts. Balls fly through the air slower due
to ever present humidity, compared to Indian Wells dry desert
air. Courts don't have quite as high a bounce as Indian Wells
normally does, but it's not low bouncing by any means.
But I did hear that the new layer of paint they put on this year
may not be as gritty as in the past, which might help make
things a bit faster this year. But I haven't had a chance to
see any matches or get word from any players thus far, so I
can't confirm yet.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: thetruth Date: March 21, 2014, 12:25 pm
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[quote author=masterclass link=topic=691.msg12378#msg12378
date=1395393248]
Lleyton Hewitt notches 600th ATP tour singles victory!
[img]
HTML http://www.tennisnow.com/Files/lleyton-hewitt-600-wins-miami-2014-0320.aspx[/img]
Congratulations to Rusty - Lleyton Hewitt, his team and
supporters!
A fighter by any definition of the word, he has overcome many
injuries, surgeries, time away from the game, has a beautiful
wife (Bec) and 3 children (Mia 8, Cruz 5, and Ava 3), and still
loves the game. Less than two years ago he was #233 in the
world, trying to recover from another surgery, and has recently
risen to be back in the top 40 players in the world. The two
time major winner, including a prestigious Wimbledon triumph,
defeated Robin Haase to capture his 600th tour singles win,
joining Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as the only active
players to have reached the mark.
Not blessed with great height at a generous 5' 11" (180cm), his
speed and agility around the court, along with one of the best
return of serve in the game, not to mention his passing shots
and perhaps one of the best lobbers of all time, and his fiery,
never-say-die temperament propelled him to the position of the
youngest male #1 player in the world ever, a position he held
for 80 weeks, 4th on the active list, behind Federer, Nadal, and
Djokovic. Many criticized Hewitt for lacking the big weapons,
serves, ground-strokes, but with his tenacious spirit, all he
did was win. A controversial figure at times, especially as a
hot-headed youngster, he has been the spirited leader of his
Davis Cup team, contributions including two Cup wins and two
finals. Unfortunately, starting in 2005, he started to endure a
series of injuries, almost yearly, which eventually knocked him
out of the top 10 in the game.
He is next scheduled to play Rafael Nadal on Saturday. Best of
luck to both.
Respectfully,
masterclass
[/quote]
I love Hewitt. I have been a fan of his since the beginning.
There is nothing that I like more than a warrior. A player who
goes out there and gives his best for himself and the fans every
time gets high marks in my book. It is amazing how he has
persevered for so long despite his setbacks.
They were saying during the broadcast, with one of his
surgeries, the foot I think, nine doctors told him he would
never play again, but Lleyton went to a tenth doctor who said it
could be done.
I also like that it's always been about the game for him. He
hasn't minded being 233 or in the forties, it's all about the
love of the game.
Lleyton is awesome, and can never be discounted.
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: Clay Death Date: March 21, 2014, 7:06 pm
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I have the order of play for tomorrow sports fans:
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: masterclass Date: March 22, 2014, 12:23 pm
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In the first matches of the day, #3 Stan the Man Wawrinka beat
#99 Daniel Gimeno-Traver in 3 sets. He steamrolled him in the
1st set 6-0, appeared to take his foot off the pedal and lose
focus in the second and DGT was good enough to take full
advantage, winning the set 6-3, and push it to a decider. Stan
seemed to get his focus back, broke DGT right away in his first
service game of the 3rd set, and was very strong on his own
serve thereafter. Stan broke DGT for the second time in the set
to end the match, 6-3.
In the other match, #43 in the world, Edouard Roger-Vasselin
delivered a straight sets upset win over the #26 Marin Cilic,
6-2, 7-6(5). After a fairly good start to the year, winning 2
ATP 250 titles in Zagreb and Delray Beach and a final in the
Rotterdam 500, Cilic has come back to earth and just didn't seem
to have it today. He served poorly and returned even worse.
Credit to ERV for playing well and taking it to Cilic though.
Next up, Robert vs. Berdych, Isner vs. Young, and Janowicz vs.
Bautista-Agut. The late and feature match of the day is Nadal
vs. Hewitt.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: Clay Death Date: March 23, 2014, 7:49 am
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here is the order of play for today. andy and roger will be in
action.
HTML http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403
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Re: Sony Open Tennis 2014 : 3/19/14
By: Clay Death Date: March 23, 2014, 3:29 pm
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good wins for Andy and Federer.
Gasquet marches on too as he gets by Anderson.
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