Year Round The Tennis Thread

[Atobe the king]

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I dislike davis cup...so skewed . Some countries like serbia only have 2-3 good players. SUI only has Federer and Wawrinka and sometimes federer doesnt even play. Spain has so many good players they can not have Nadal or Ferrer and still do well lol.

 

[goldb]

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Yes, from the very few matches I've seen over the years, Wawrinka is more active than Federer. The top players( top 4 mainly) aren't often featured. I know Nadal plays quite often though.

Oh have you guys read about Murray signing his new management deal and now it ties in with this IPL-type event? I'd heard about it a very long time back but it seems to have come up again recently with this new deal.

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Monte Carlo Masters begins today(14th April) until 21st April. Djokovic, Murray and Nadal will all be there and Federer is not featuring; I don't think he plays this one very much. Nadal will be aiming to lift the trophy for a 9th successive time. Are we betting against him?

 

[FrostyMouse]

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You're right, Bob. I don't recall the last time Fed played at Monte Carlo.

Even two years ago, Djokovic couldn't win here. He beat Nadal in the next two clay Masters, but not this one.

 

[goldb]

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Yeah I thought so, because I was trying to think back to previous years and couldn't remember his participation. I recall that; Nadal won on the back of seven straight defeats to Djokovic or something like that.

I'm going to go for Nadal in this tournament, if only marginally. He's got the upper hand experience of winning this tournament and is on the back of quite a few successes, but always Djokovic will not be letting this go without a massive fight.

 

[Atobe the king]

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Djoker skipped Monte Carlo in 2011, which is incidentally the last time Federer played it iirc (losing to Melzer!). Its not mandatory i believe. Djoker struggling all week and then puts on a good match today. How about Grigor Dimitrov though...6-2 in the second set over Nadal at Monte Carlo of all places lol.

 

[goldb]

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I really thought Djoko would lose his opening match after conceding the first set and not playing particularly well in that( from what little I saw), but he came through it. We've lost Berdych, Gasquet, Murray and Del Potro; all in straight sets if I recall.

Oh wow, I didn't see Nadal's results! I knew he won but 2-6? jeez....

 

[Atobe the king]

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Lol that's like...the 7th set Nadal has lost at monte carlo since 05..ridiculous. Djoker rolled his ankle during davis cup and i think it's sort of bothering him. Nadal Tsonga should hopefully be good tomorrow haha

 

[goldb]

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Only 7 in years? That's nothing short of incredile.

That is the semis highlight. I expect Djokovic to have an easier time with his match againt Fognini.

 

[Atobe the king]

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Hahahhahahha. The CC season, and the french open just got really interesting....Djoker beat Nadal on clay for the 3rd time..and this time at Monte Carlo aka Nadals marquee event. That's a huge psychological blow, and a boost for Djokovic since the last time they played he lost.

 

[FrostyMouse]

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A big win for Djoker over Nadal in the Finals of Monte Carlo. 6-2 7-6 (1).

 

[goldb]

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Hahahhahahha. The CC season, and the french open just got really interesting....Djoker beat Nadal on clay for the 3rd time..and this time at Monte Carlo aka Nadals marquee event. That's a huge psychological blow, and a boost for Djokovic since the last time they played he lost.

Exactly, this is his favourite event. The defeat made worse by that and the fact that it was straight sets, not even a struggle or extensive final set; like Djokovic just came and took it from him without much of a fight. Definitely a huge blow has been dealt to Nadal here.

He can hope to regain some belief in the Barcelona Open which he plays at tomorrow, but Ferrer is also at this one and will surely be looking for revenge.

 

[Atobe the king]

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I don't picture Ferrer beating Nadal at Barcelona but anything can happen so hopefully its a fun event

 

[goldb]

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I don't picture Ferrer beating Nadal at Barcelona but anything can happen so hopefully its a fun event

True, I doubt Nadal would be so rocked as to lose 2 events like this in a row; except losing against Djokovic but he isn't here. But anything is possible though, can you imagine the ensuing speculations if he loses here?

 

[Atobe the king]

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If he loses his career as clay emperor is pretty much done lol.

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Ferrer ousted in round 1, what a shock lol

 

[goldb]

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LOL saw that earlier on. Nadal must be dancing in his locker room; one less competitor to face.

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Madrid Masters starts tomorrow and is running until 12th May ( immediately followed by the Rome Masters). The top 4 are all present and have all won this event previous; with Federer being the defending champion. Del Potro is out with a virus.

I think I'll go for Djokovic for this one, to follow up on the previous tournament win. And you guys?

Also in other news, the Chief of ATP has died from Motor Neurone Disease.

 

[Atobe the king]

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Djoker got this. Sad for the chief

 

[FrostyMouse]

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Yeah, Djoker's my pick here. Unfortunate about the ATP Chief. I wish his family well in their time of grief.

 

[goldb]

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Djokovic lost in 3 sets to Dimitrov in the 2nd round of the Madrid Masters. So, who're routing for now?

 

[FrostyMouse]

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I'm going to say Murray, actually.

 

[Atobe the king]

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Wow, Dimitrov...so proud ;;. After he took Nadal to 3 in Monte Carlo i thought maybe he'd make this a close match but to win. Such a dramatic match haha. Nadal will win most likely. Murray is /not/ beating Nadal on clay lol.