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Camelot Tennis Universe => General Pro Player Discussions => Topic started by: masterclass on January 29, 2014, 10:52:30 am
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Andy takes the 3rd 6-1. US 2 sets to 1 down and yet no loss of enthusiasm. lol but good for them.
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Andy gets the first break but it's so early not sure if he'll be able to keep it until the end of this set.
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tight first for Andy.
at least it's in the bag. it should get easier now.
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nole is another one who should have played. these opportunities don't come often.
he lost early at Melbourne. he also skipped the warm-up events like Doha and Brisbane.
I don't buy that he was mentally physically exhausted. not nole. he happens to be the fittest tennis player on the planet.
both nole and ferru did not really have good enough reasons to skip a chance to represent their countries.
now with that being said, what kind of changes would you recommend for davis cup?
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Right, General. Nadal is in Majorca recuperating from his battles and multiple injuries at the AO, and is preparing to go to Buenos Aires.
David Ferrer is in Javea, Alicante, Spain near his tennis school resting and preparing for Rio I suppose. I don't see him listed in any other tournaments prior to that.
I looked around for Spain's "B" team of Robredo and Almagro. They are already in Vino del Mar in Chile. They are the 2nd and 3rd seeds.
Royal Guard Open - Vino del Mar Draw (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2014/505/mds.pdf)
Fabio Fognini is the #1 seed in Vino del Mar. But right now he is playing his heart out for Italy against Argentina. He won his singles match against Juan Monaco, and helped win the key doubles match with S. Bolelli. He has a chance to seal the win for his country today. The next rubber is Fognini vs. Berlocq the Warlock. After today's matches Fognini is expected to make the trip from Argentina to Chile for the Royal Guard Open.
Spain's 'C' team of Feli Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Roberto Bautista and David Marrero, fought well, but were not good enough to beat the German 'A' team.
I expect Ferrer and/or Nadal will play in the fall relegation tie to make sure Spain is back in the World Group for next year.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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I'll add congratulations to the German team and condolences to the Spanish team.
Kohlschreiber looked healthy and ready and beat Bautista-Agut easily in 3 sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and he certainly made use of the backhand as I suggested earlier. Here was the hot shot of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74)
The 2nd match between Mayer and Lopez turned out to be a big battle as I thought it might.
Mayer led 2 sets to love, but Lopez fought back to tie it. Then in the final set, Mayer broke early and never relinquished it, winning, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), 1-6, 5-7, 6-3. Mayer was cramping, but fought through and pulled it out.
Here's the final game (starting at around 2:20) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo)
Now Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero are scheduled in doubles to try and prevent victory for the Germans, represented in the doubles by Tommy Haas and Daniel Brands.
Tough ask for Spain without world #1 Nadal and #5 Ferrer, or numbers 16 and 17, Robredo and Almagro. Not sure why they are not playing.
Respectfully,
masterclass
well nadal cant even practice right now but ferru has no excuse.
he plays everything under the damn sun anyway.
he could have helped out for sure.
robredo has been doing well as of late. perhaps he should have been given a chance.
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Quite predictably the UK doubles team lost to the Bryan Brothers today. Now it's up to Andy to win his match against Querrey tomorrow.
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great work with davis cup general masterclass.
what is next on your radar screen?
Rotterdam? Dubai?
rio open 500?
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Great reviews of the Davis Cup. This is one contest I hardly ever get around to watching, but I do want to know what's going on. So, I was able to get my stuff done without procrastinating.
Congratulations to all of the winners.
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Now we can add congratulations to the Swiss team. Their doubles team of Chiudinelli/Lammer "upset" the more experienced Serbians Zimonjic/Krajinovic, 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 to seal the victory in the tie 3-0.
Congrats to the Swiss team, credit a tired Federer and a "mentally and physically exhausted" Wawrinka for making the long haul flight from Australia to play.
Condolences to the Serbian team that was left without a top player when Djokovic pulled out because he was "mentally and physically exhausted", and Tipsarevic was carrying an injury and Troicki is banned for antidoping violation refusing to take the blood test.
Switzerland will move on to play Kazakhstan or Belgium with the former leading the tie 2-1.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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So Germany got it done in 4 sets, winning the final set and the tie on the only break of serve in the match - 6-3. Congrats to their team. Commiserations to Spain's third tier of players.
Spain is out for this year. Germany moves on to play France! France just took the doubles match and the tie 3-0, courtesy of Gasquet and Tsonga, 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-2, 7-5, over Hewitt/Guccione. Australia outmatched. Tomic was injured. Hewitt, Kyrgios, and Guccione couldn't stay with them.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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I'll add congratulations to the German team and condolences to the Spanish team.
Kohlschreiber looked healthy and ready and beat Bautista-Agut easily in 3 sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and he certainly made use of the backhand as I suggested earlier. Here was the hot shot of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74)
The 2nd match between Mayer and Lopez turned out to be a big battle as I thought it might.
Mayer led 2 sets to love, but Lopez fought back to tie it. Then in the final set, Mayer broke early and never relinquished it, winning, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), 1-6, 5-7, 6-3. Mayer was cramping, but fought through and pulled it out.
Here's the final game (starting at around 2:20) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo)
Now Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero are scheduled in doubles to try and prevent victory for the Germans, represented in the doubles by Tommy Haas and Daniel Brands.
Tough ask for Spain without world #1 Nadal and #5 Ferrer, or numbers 16 and 17, Robredo and Almagro. Not sure why they are not playing.
Respectfully,
masterclass
Great results for Germany no doubt but both Kohlschreiber and Mayer are a couple of very good and experienced players. Mayer is very in form at the moment while Feli is on his way down. Agut had a very good AO so this DC might have been a bit too soon.
I do like both Kohlschreiber and Mayer a great deal but I also got to like Agut a great deal at the AO and I've always liked Feli but not because of his good looks - don't care for that - just that he's got a very good game. Seems very well rounded. He's mentally very weak however.
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Yep, I spent the whole day today at the Davis Cup matches. Andy against Young was a snoozefest, Andy outplayed him thoroughly. The second match was a thriller but it was so sad watching Sam Querrey's game collapse like that at the end, broken 5 times in a row at 4:3 in the fourth after not being broken even once until then!
My seat was way up in the stands so the pictures I took are not very good. There is only this one of the venue, a beautiful claycourt built at the baseball stadium in my city.
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I did see some highlights of the match this morning and it did seem Andy was dominating the match from both wings. Young barely shook Andy's hand at the net after the match. He can be a bit of a prick - this Young.
From Andy fan perspective it was a very good match since Andy was so on and confident but from a general fan's perspective I am sure it was a snoozefest since Young wasn't able to much about it.
As to Querrey, I am not sure what happened but the result is somewhat surprising. I've seen Ward a bit at the Queens I think a couple of years ago. Not a bad player to be honest. To be fair Querrey is not in form lately so it wasn't totally unexpected. And Andy always tends to motivate his team. He brings a lot of positive energy to the team so it's possible he rubbed a lot of it off on Ward.
Thanks for that lovely picture btw.
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that backhand pass by kohli was sensational general masterclass.
great stuff.
keep it coming.
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Germany goes ahead 2 sets to 1. Spain living on the edge.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Spain has leveled the match at one all with a tiebreaker set win of their own. It's do or die for Spain.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Yes. Agreed. Update: Germans going for the kill in the doubles rubber. Kohlschreiber replaced Brands.
Haas/Kohli now lead 1 set to love
Respectfully,
masterclass
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I'll add congratulations to the German team and condolences to the Spanish team.
Kohlschreiber looked healthy and ready and beat Bautista-Agut easily in 3 sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and he certainly made use of the backhand as I suggested earlier. Here was the hot shot of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74)
The 2nd match between Mayer and Lopez turned out to be a big battle as I thought it might.
Mayer led 2 sets to love, but Lopez fought back to tie it. Then in the final set, Mayer broke early and never relinquished it, winning, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), 1-6, 5-7, 6-3. Mayer was cramping, but fought through and pulled it out.
Here's the final game (starting at around 2:20) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo)
Now Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero are scheduled in doubles to try and prevent victory for the Germans, represented in the doubles by Tommy Haas and Daniel Brands.
Tough ask for Spain without world #1 Nadal and #5 Ferrer, or numbers 16 and 17, Robredo and Almagro. Not sure why they are not playing.
Respectfully,
masterclass
Great recap.
Kohly's backhand is sweet. I've always liked him.
Shame for Spain. Sounds like a great match, but Feli always waits too late to fight. I can't see them getting past Haas and Brands. By the way, did you see where Haas just got a new coach in order to get himself in the Top 10. That would be awesome. I'm not familiar with Marrero, Fernando might not be enough to hold off the German onslaught.
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I'll add congratulations to the German team and condolences to the Spanish team.
Kohlschreiber looked healthy and ready and beat Bautista-Agut easily in 3 sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and he certainly made use of the backhand as I suggested earlier. Here was the hot shot of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvhhg41A74)
The 2nd match between Mayer and Lopez turned out to be a big battle as I thought it might.
Mayer led 2 sets to love, but Lopez fought back to tie it. Then in the final set, Mayer broke early and never relinquished it, winning, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), 1-6, 5-7, 6-3. Mayer was cramping, but fought through and pulled it out.
Here's the final game (starting at around 2:20) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPcFslsxBo)
Now Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero are scheduled in doubles to try and prevent victory for the Germans, represented in the doubles by Tommy Haas and Daniel Brands.
Tough ask for Spain without world #1 Nadal and #5 Ferrer, or numbers 16 and 17, Robredo and Almagro. Not sure why they are not playing.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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congrats to these teams:
1. swiss team
2. british team
3. french team
well done.
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that red clay court looks absolutely sensational.
I did not think young could challenge andy this time around.
feel free to post more pics if you have them general Tee.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Yeah, I will be pleasantly surprised if Donald Young wins a set tomorrow.
So are you there today? Let us know when you are back and take pictures please too!
I am following the match online. Andy has just broken Young in the 2nd game. 2-0 Andy 1st set.
Yep, I spent the whole day today at the Davis Cup matches. Andy against Young was a snoozefest, Andy outplayed him thoroughly. The second match was a thriller but it was so sad watching Sam Querrey's game collapse like that at the end, broken 5 times in a row at 4:3 in the fourth after not being broken even once until then!
My seat was way up in the stands so the pictures I took are not very good. There is only this one of the venue, a beautiful claycourt built at the baseball stadium in my city.
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Hello everyone!
Berlocq's performance was impressive! Winning that match will get us near the QF again.
And, even without so many chances this Davis Cup, getting to QF means another year in the World Group, so... Vamos Pico!! ;D
Switzerland with Federer and Wawrinka could be very dangerous this Davis Cup and a rival to fear, specially considering Serbia is losing and that'd mean no Djokovic this year.
This could be an interesting Davis Cup
good to see you general.
berlocq was amazing today. congrats to him and his fans.
he is a warrior of the highest order.
Camelot has nothing but respect for berlocq.
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Yeah, I will be pleasantly surprised if Donald Young wins a set tomorrow.
So are you there today? Let us know when you are back and take pictures please too!
I am following the match online. Andy has just broken Young in the 2nd game. 2-0 Andy 1st set.
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Hello everyone!
Berlocq's performance was impressive! Winning that match will get us near the QF again.
And, even without so many chances this Davis Cup, getting to QF means another year in the World Group, so... Vamos Pico!! ;D
Switzerland with Federer and Wawrinka could be very dangerous this Davis Cup and a rival to fear, specially considering Serbia is losing and that'd mean no Djokovic this year.
This could be an interesting Davis Cup
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lopez vs mayer is a tough call.
they both should have their chances.
here are all the live scores:
http://www.tennisexplorer.com/live/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_6037
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interesting developments general masterclass.
keep them coming.
do you think Spain can defeat Germany without ferru and rafa?
Perhaps General. The German team is carrying some injuries from what I recall (Haas - shoulder forced to retire at AO 1st round, Kohlschreiber - left hamstring - retired prior to 1st round at the AO). I don't know if they are healthy enough to put out 100%. Florian Mayer is I think in good shape and form as he made it to the 4th round at the AO - defeated by Ferrer.
If they are ok, I think it will be tough for Spain on the German indoor hard courts. But both Lopez and Verdasco are pretty good on hard courts, so we can't dismiss them. Tommy Haas is scheduled to play doubles with Brands vs. Verdasco/Marrero. That might end up being the key match.
Bautista-Agut plays Kohlschreiber in the 1st tie for the first time in their lives. Bautista-Agut made it to the 4th round, taking down Del Potro along the way. So he is in good form. I think Kohlschreiber can beat him if healthy though, if he uses his good one handed backhand to avoid Bautista-Agut's strong forehand.
Florian Mayer plays Feli Lopez. Should be an interesting battle. Maybe it goes 5 sets. Pick 'em.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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young has a great foreahand.
I am sure andy will try to target young's weaker wing and then open up the court.
still its clay and young is a midget. he does not have enough firepower to hurt andy.
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Yeah, I will be pleasantly surprised if Donald Young wins a set tomorrow.
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young is going to have a hard time defeating andy this time.
andy is slowly stepping up his fitness. I think andy takes this straights or 4 sets at best.
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I am going to Petco Park tomorrow for Day 1 of the Davis Cup matches between USA and Great Britain. The clay court they built specifically for this event inside the baseball stadium looks fantastic!
Today, it was announced that John Isner is not going to play due to an injured foot. So, the first match tomorrow is between Andy Murray and Donald Young.
The funny thing is that I was the match in 2011 in Indian Wells when Young defeated Murray. I even took some photos :)
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interesting developments general masterclass.
keep them coming.
do you think Spain can defeat Germany without ferru and rafa?
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There is also an unconfirmed rumor that Federer promised Wawrinka he would play in the 1st round if Stan won the Australian Open.. :)
Is that humble pie you're eating Roger? Hahaha
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Who will take the forehand and backhand sides?
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Respectfully,
masterclass
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Breaking news!
Reports say that both #3 Stanislas Wawrinka and #8 Roger Federer are making their way to Novi Sad in Serbia for the 1st round tie!
It is rumored that Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic will not play, but that is not confirmed.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND 31 Jan-2 Feb 2014
Czech Rep. Rep. v Netherlands Cez Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Japan v Canada Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
Germany v Spain Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
France v Australia Vendéspace, La Roche sur Yon, France
USA v Great Britain Britain Petco Park, San Diego, CA, USA
Argentina v Italy Patinodromo Municipal ¨Adalberto Lugea¨, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Kazakhstan v Belgium National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan
Serbia v Switzerland Spens Sport Centre, Novi Sad, Serbia
Respectfully,
masterclass