CAMELOT FANTASIES

It was a loaded Tuesday in Miami with 13 of the top 16 seeds competing in the round of 16.

The big upsets came from two players outside the top 16, who are obviously playing better than their ranking/seeding. 

As Camelot's own General Hercules first predicted, #22 Alexandr Dolgopolov played very well to oust the reigning Australian Open champion, #3 Stan Wawrinka in 3 sets.  He was able to overcome any physical difficulties he had during the previous match and played at a high level when he needed it, while Stan still looks slightly undercooked from lack of recent match play, and perhaps still a bit hung over from his first major title.

Meanwhile, also as Camelot's Lady TT predicted, #20 Kei Nishikori was able to fight past #4 David Ferrer in a very closely contested match at the end.  Either of them could have won it in a ultra-close tiebreaker where Kei fought off no less than 4 match points from Ferrer to finally snatch the tiebreaker 11-9 and the match.  In my opinion, Kei was quite fatigued in the second set, and part of the 3rd, and he wisely saved energy in the last 3 or 4 Ferrer service games where he didn't win a point.  In the latter stages of the tiebreaker, it was Ferrer who was looking the more tired, and whether from disappointment over not being able to convert his match points, or exhaustion, or a combination of both, looked on his last legs and Nishikori was able to outlast "The Wall", which is a difficult feat.

The rest of the matches were pretty true to form, all in straight sets, with no winner losing more than 8 games (Djokovic, Berdych won in identical 6-3, 7-5 scorelines), and the fastest match of the day from Roger Federer winning 6-1, 6-2 over Gasquet in just 49 minutes.

As anyone can plainly see, come to Camelot to get the most informed posters' opinions on the planet.  Obviously, nobody can predict with 100% certainty, but more often than not, we have people that are spot on with their brave predictions.

Quarter finals to come.  General Hercules will have the schedule up soon for the next round of upset predictions.

Respectfully,
masterclass