congrats to seppi and his fans.
Hewitt pretty much choked in the end. it is really that simple.
seppi hung in there and he went for his shots. Hewitt got tight and it cost him.
Rafa desperately needs match practice. One set against Tomic and now who knows how many sets will Kokkinakkis be able to physically endure in the 108F heat forecast for Thursday.
Monfils was hitting the ball pretty well yesterday, Rafa will be in a world of hurt in R3 if he doesn't find his game until then.
he will just have to get in a few extra practice sessions and keep getting acclimated to the conditions.
it looks like these courts are playing slightly faster.
he has to get 2 things right: the backhand and the return.
KEY MATCHES - WEDNESDAY, 15 JANUARY 2014
Singles - Second Round
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs. [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs. [3] David Ferrer (ESP)
[7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Kenny De Schepper (FRA)
[8] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Alejandro Falla (COL)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)[9]
[14] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Florian Mayer (GER)
[15] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
[17] Tommy Robredo (ESP) vs. Julien Benneteau (FRA)
[19] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. Dominic Thiem (AUT)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs. [20] Jerzy Janowicz (POL)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs. [23] Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs. [28] Vasek Pospisil (CAN)
[29] Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
[30] Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) vs. Denis Istomin (UZB)
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs. [32] Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Doubles - First Round
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Andre Sa (BRA) vs. [2] Alexander Peya (AUT)/Bruno Soares (BRA)
[6] Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Marc Lopez (ESP) vs. Samuel Groth (AUS)/John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
Benjamin Becker (GER)/Daniel Brands (GER) vs. Daniel Nestor (CAN)[8]/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[8]
[9] Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)/Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs. Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)/Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs. [10] Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)/Horia Tecau (ROU)
[12] Treat Huey (PHI)/Dominic Inglot (GBR) vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL)/Robert Farah (COL)
[14] Lukasz Kubot (POL)/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) vs. Federico Delbonis (ARG)/Albert Ramos (ESP)
Oliver Marach (AUT)/Florin Mergea (ROU) vs. [16] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)/Scott Lipsky (USA)
ryan Harrison is 0-20 against top 10 players.
Leonardo mayer is 0-13.
stan is also not doing well against the top 10 players. he has to try to fix that this year. I don't know his stats against top 10 players.
it might be something like 1-15.
robredo removes julien beneteau from the facilities in 4 sets.
nole running through opposition like knife through water.
it is 6-2, 6-3, 5-3 sam querrey.
I don't see how gulbis can come back from this deficit.
it is looking like a straights sets deal for querrey at the current rate.
And so it was.
Gulbis was out of control.
Spraying balls everywhere.
He's like a wild horse.
poor gulbis. he just cant seem to string a few wins together
spartan stan is probably going to abuse falla today. he leads 4-1 already in the first set.
i haven't watched any matches so far and it looks like i am not going to catch any action until the semis.......i will be out for a one week holiday starting this saturday and won't be able to check anything apart from scores on my mobile.......i will miss a lot of action.......you guys don't take your eyes off wawrinka - djokovic and nadal - del potro contests should they happen because they are going to be blockbusters.......
what up general shanks.
Spartan Stan has a poor record against top 10 but he is making some progress. this could be the slam where he makes the final.
we will just have to see. he won Chennai without losing a set.
by the way have you had a chance to check the Rafael nadal center here. it is starting to take shape.
rafa fans will enjoy it as there is plenty of engaging content there. we will continue to add and build for the future.
Yay!
Hopefully, Rafa will come on at a decent run.
The Oz tests not only the players' endurance, but spectators too, with the brutal heat and programming.