Author Topic: Monte Carlo Masters: 4/13/2014 (Stan Wawrinka takes the title! ) (Read 5584 times)

Clay Death · « **Reply #45 on:** April 14, 2014, 05:50:05 pm »

order of play for tomorrow is out.

Tsonga and Berdych will be in action.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=410

thetruth · « **Reply #46 on:** April 15, 2014, 10:16:23 am »

Saw the Tsonga match. Looked good for awhile, but ended with a whimper.

I'm hoping to see Berdych, but they haven't been showing him much lately.

Clay Death · « **Reply #47 on:** April 15, 2014, 12:43:55 pm »

I have the order of play for tomorrow. top guns will be in action tomorrow.

Rafa, Roger, Wawrinka, and the like will get their campaigns going.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=410

Clay Death · « **Reply #48 on:** April 16, 2014, 10:31:02 am »

easy wins for roger and wawrinka today.

Rafa encountered some difficulty in the first set but finished in straights.

so we are off to races.

thetruth · « **Reply #49 on:** April 16, 2014, 11:17:18 am »

Yes we are, and what this Carreno-Busta? I've read about him for awhile. He's a #62 in the rankings and playing Monfils very well. Great court sense and composure.

3-all in the second after Monfil gave back the break.

Clay Death · « **Reply #50 on:** April 16, 2014, 10:59:42 pm »

Carenno Busta is good lady TT. tomorrow he will try his hand against nole. should be a grea match.

here is the order of play:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=410

thetruth · « **Reply #51 on:** April 16, 2014, 11:29:44 pm »

Quote from: Clay Death on April 16, 2014, 10:59:42 pm

Carenno Busta is good lady TT. tomorrow he will try his hand against nole. should be a grea match.

here is the order of play:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=410

Carrena-Busta has been getting decent press. Wouldn't it be funny if a reincarnation occurred in the near future? The media is touting Dmitrov and here comes this Spanish upstart. That would be hilarious, more deja vu!

Clay Death · « **Reply #52 on:** April 17, 2014, 08:15:20 am »

speaking of Dynamitrov (a term coined by general Javier) is out of there.

and how about Tsonga. he took apart fognini 6-0 in the deciding frame.

here are the rest of the scores:

http://www.tennisexplorer.com/live/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_3058

Federer has the first set 6-4 against rosol.

Emma · « **Reply #53 on:** April 17, 2014, 09:48:42 am »

Well, Busta is no show here as Nole has dismissed him 0 and 1. He managed one game somehow.

What happened to Wawrinak vs Almagro match? I am not seeing any results but it says on ATP Wawrinka defeats Almagro?

Emma · « **Reply #54 on:** April 17, 2014, 09:56:07 am »

Oh it was a walkover.

Last time Ferrer won a match vs Nadal on clay was back in 2004 and that was his only win so far.

Federer vs Tsonga looks interesting and Tsonga just demolished Foginin in the 3rd 6-0, but still, I feel Federer might just be in wounded mood since he got beaten by Tsonga in straight sets just last year at RG. So he might just give his all to win tomorrow's match.

Emma · « **Reply #55 on:** April 17, 2014, 01:12:19 pm »

So Rafa and Wafa are about 1 match away from the clash. Rafa must be waiting for this since AO. Won't be too surprised if Wafa goes out to Raonic to be honest if he's not ready, but let's see how big a ball he has for the upcoming war. Well, we should probably look at Norman and see what he comes up with so that will be the main doctor's order right there. I take it if Stan doesn't feel enough confident he'll tank his next match.

Worth noticing that these two have played 5 times on clay so far and of late, Stan the man didn't even come close but then again, he went into AO final without winning a match against Nadal. Just goes to show how anything is possible and subject to change at any point of time.

But of course, Nadal is still the King of clay. It's not going to be easy by any means - should they meet.

masterclass · « **Reply #56 on:** April 17, 2014, 01:45:10 pm »

In what should have been the best battle of the day, Fognini demolished himself, which has been known to happen too often. He had a 1 set lead playing pretty well, and Tsonga was so-so, and at 3-3 in the second Fabio had 6 break points, including a 15-40 advantage, but then made a few errors, along with Tsonga hanging in there with some good play, and finally Tsonga took the nearly 10 minute game.

So now at 3-4, Fognini serving, at game point, served what looked like a winning serve, but it was called out by the line judge. The umpire corrected the call, but said to replay the point. Fognini was not happy to have to serve again, but did so, and Tsonga took the point, and broke an upset Fognini for 5-3 and served out the set at love. Fognini called for the supervisor and asked that the line judge who called the out serve be removed. The supervisor did not want to at first, and Fognini was obviously incensed. Eventually, the line judge was removed, though I don't know exactly when, it was sometime into the 3rd set.

At any rate, in the 3rd and final set, Fognini had evidently decided his match was done and lost about 20 of the next 21 points, in full tank mode, he was barely moving to any shot away from him. Fognini won 0 games, and a total of 4 of the 28 points in the final set. Fans booed him off the court, and some announcer though he should be fined for not trying.

Fognini has a lot of talent, but sometimes his mind goes AWOL and his coach is left with a big headache after face slapping himself repeatedly.

GGL, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez played very well, great defense, getting a lot of balls back, and just wore down and out-steadied Berdych who by the end looked quite frustrated. This was undoubtedly the upset of the day based on their seeding, but after GGL beat the in-form Dolgopolov, it was not that surprising.

The other top players played well, including Ferrer, who was too good for Dimitrov, who played way too defensively, similar to Gasquet.

Respectfully,
masterclass

thetruth · « **Reply #57 on:** April 17, 2014, 04:00:26 pm »

Quote from: Clay Death on April 17, 2014, 08:15:20 am

speaking of Dynamitrov (a term coined by general Javier) is out of there.

and how about Tsonga. he took apart fognini 6-0 in the deciding frame.

here are the rest of the scores:

http://www.tennisexplorer.com/live/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_3058

Federer has the first set 6-4 against rosol.

I was only half watching that match because I had too much to. I saw Fognini win the first set and Tsonga start coming back in the second. When I came back they were talking about the Fog having a meltdown. Must have been bad.

thetruth · « **Reply #58 on:** April 17, 2014, 04:05:44 pm »

Quote from: Emma on April 17, 2014, 01:12:19 pm

So Rafa and Wafa are about 1 match away from the clash. Rafa must be waiting for this since AO. Won't be too surprised if Wafa goes out to Raonic to be honest if he's not ready, but let's see how big a ball he has for the upcoming war. Well, we should probably look at Norman and see what he comes up with so that will be the main doctor's order right there. I take it if Stan doesn't feel enough confident he'll tank his next match.

Worth noticing that these two have played 5 times on clay so far and of late, Stan the man didn't even come close but then again, he went into AO final without winning a match against Nadal. Just goes to show how anything is possible and subject to change at any point of time.

But of course, Nadal is still the King of clay. It's not going to be easy by any means - should they meet.

Really" I'd be shocked if Raonic beat Stan. Milos just doesn't seem quite ready for primetime. Too much pressure for him, I thihk.

thetruth · « **Reply #59 on:** April 17, 2014, 04:08:51 pm »

Quote from: masterclass on April 17, 2014, 01:45:10 pm

In what should have been the best battle of the day, Fognini demolished himself, which has been known to happen too often. He had a 1 set lead playing pretty well, and Tsonga was so-so, and at 3-3 in the second Fabio had 6 break points, including a 15-40 advantage, but then made a few errors, along with Tsonga hanging in there with some good play, and finally Tsonga took the nearly 10 minute game.

So now at 3-4, Fognini serving, at 40-30, served what looked like a game winning serve, but it was called out by the line judge. The umpire corrected the call, but said to replay the point. Fognini was not happy to have to serve again, but did so, and Tsonga took the point, brought it to deuce and then eventually broke an upset Fognini for 5-3 and served out the set. Fognini called for the supervisor and asked that the line judge who called the out serve be removed. The supervisor did not want to at first, but eventually the line judge was removed, though I don't know exactly when.

At any rate, in the final set, Fognini had evidently decided his match was done and lost about 20 of the next 21 points, in full tank mode, he was barely moving to any shot away from him. Fognini won 0 games, and a total of 4 of the 28 points in the final set. Fans booed him off the court, and some announcer though he should be fined for not trying.

Fognini has a lot of talent, but sometimes his mind goes AWOL and his coach is left with a big headache after face slapping himself repeatedly.

GGL, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez played very well, great defense, getting a lot of balls back, and just wore down and out-steadied Berdych who by the end looked quite frustrated. This was undoubtedly the upset of the day based on their seeding, but after GGL beat the in-form Dolgopolov, it was not that surprising.

The other top players played well, including Ferrer, who was too good for Dimitrov, who played way too defensively, similar to Gasquet.

Respectfully,
masterclass

Fog has to stop going AWOL, it's not as if he's green on the tour. Beredych was visibly frustrated in that last set. Not cool.

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