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Camelot Tennis Universe => General Pro Player Discussions => Topic started by: masterclass on August 18, 2014, 01:22:05 pm
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thanks for posting the great images from flushing meadows emma.
all slams are spoken for no in 2014.
next slam: the australian open.
i am ready for it already.
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I forgot to post some pictures.
Cilic after beating Federer in the semi:
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Nishikori after beating Nole:
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Finally, Cilic - the 2014 USO Champion. They say, the roar of victory:
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order of play for monday:
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/index.html?from=atp
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order of play for saturday:
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/index.html?from=atp
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great win for Federer. he came back from a 2 set deficit.
congrats to Federer and his fans.
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order of play for tomorrow:
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/index.html?from=atp
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order of play for tomorrow:
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/index.html?from=atp
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here are the key matches for today:
KEY MATCHES - TUESDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2014
Singles - Fourth Round
[17] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs. [2] Roger Federer (SUI)
[6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Dominic Thiem (AUT)
[7] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. [20] Gael Monfils (FRA)
[14] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. [26] Gilles Simon (FRA)
Doubles - Quarter-finals
Scott Lipsky (USA)/Rajeev Ram (USA) vs. [12] Eric Butorac (USA)/[12] Raven Klaasen (RSA)
[1] Bob Bryan (USA)/[1] Mike Bryan (USA) vs. [7] David Marrero(ESP)/[7] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
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que pasa lady TT:
here is the order of play for tomorrow. Andy Murray will be in action.
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/schedule10.html
Andy's winning, but not looking very convincing. I don't know if he's trying to conserve energy or what, but he still seems a bit distracted. Murray just doesn't seem very motivated right now.
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key matches for sunday:
KEY MATCHES - SUNDAY, 31 AUGUST 2014
Singles - Third Round
Marcel Granollers (ESP) vs. [2] Roger Federer (SUI)
[26] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. [4] David Ferrer (ESP)
[6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
[7] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. David Goffin (BEL)
[20] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. [12] Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs. [17] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
[14] Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. [18] Kevin Anderson (RSA)
[19] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs. Dominic Thiem (AUT)
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key matches for saturday:
KEY MATCHES - SATURDAY, 30 AUGUST 2014
Singles - Third Round
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Sam Querrey (USA)
[3] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) vs. [5] Milos Raonic (CAN)
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs. [8] Andy Murray (GBR)
[9] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
[10] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. [23] Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
[22] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. [13] John Isner (USA)
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs. [16] Tommy Robredo (ESP)
Doubles - Second Round
[1] Bob Bryan (USA)/[1] Mike Bryan (USA) vs. Jared Donaldson (USA)/Michael Russell (USA)
Sam Groth (AUS)/Chris Guccione (AUS) vs. [2] Alexander Peya (AUT)/Bruno Soares (BRA)
Dusan Lajovic (SRB)/Joao Sousa (POR) vs. [4] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/[4] Marcelo Melo (BRA)
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order of play for tomorrow:
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/schedule11.html
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que pasa lady TT:
here is the order of play for tomorrow. Andy Murray will be in action.
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/schedule10.html
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Thanks for the scores!
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here are all the scores from today:
http://www.tennisexplorer.com/live/#inscore_ifheight_xdc_5046
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Hola Lady TT, General Hercules, thanks for the key matches. See any upsets there?
Thought this was interesting:
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Respectfully,
masterclass
Interesting, only Stan won by running the least, but that stat would've changed had Rafa not been injured.
At the USO Rafa ran 2nd most, but won the tournament.
At the FO Rafa ran the most and won.
And Novak ran 2nd most and won.
Conclusion: Run the 2nd most, but not the least unless you have an injured player.
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here is a list of key matches for tuesday:
KEY MATCHES - TUESDAY, 26 AUGUST 2014
Singles - First Round
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs. [2] Roger Federer (SUI)
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs. [4] David Ferrer (ESP)
[10] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. Wayne Odesnik (USA)
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs. [12] Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Marcos Giron (USA) vs. [13] John Isner (USA)
[15] Fabio Fognini (ITA) vs. Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) vs. [17] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
[20] Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. Jared Donaldson (USA)
[25] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
[26] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. Radu Albot (MDA)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs. [28] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
[29] Lukas Rosol (CZE) vs. Borna Coric (CRO)
Doubles - First Round
[3] Daniel Nestor (CAN)/[3] Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) vs. Colin Fleming (GBR)/Ross Hutchins (GBR)
Nicholas Monroe (USA)/Donald Young (USA) vs. [7] David Marrero (ESP)/[7] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Peter Kobelt/Hunter Reese (USA) vs. [10] Michael Llodra (FRA)/[10] Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
[12] Eric Butorac (USA)/[12] Raven Klaasen (RSA) vs. Tomasz Bednarek (POL)/Johan Brunstrom (SWE)
[13] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/[13] Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs. Daniele Bracciali (ITA)/Andreas Seppi (ITA)
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youzhny becomes the first seed to fall.
upsets in those key matches for today were difficult to call general masterclass.
nick continues to improve so i guess this was a possibility and sure enough it happened.
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Hola Lady TT, General Hercules, thanks for the key matches. See any upsets there?
Thought this was interesting:
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Respectfully,
masterclass
very interesting stuff general.
keep it coming.
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Hola Lady TT, General Hercules, thanks for the key matches. See any upsets there?
Thought this was interesting:
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Respectfully,
masterclass
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que pasa lady TT, general masterclass the magnificent.
here are the key matches for tomorrow:
KEY MATCHES - MONDAY, 25 AUGUST 2014
Singles - First Round
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
[3] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Taro Daniel (JPN) vs. [5] Milos Raonic (CAN)
Robin Haase (NED) vs. [8] Andy Murray (GBR)
[9] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs. [16] Tommy Robredo (ESP)
[21] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
[22] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Facundo Bagnis (ARG)
Albert Montanes (ESP) vs. [23] Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
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Well Lady TT, the old adage of the bigger they are, the harder they fall might be true in Juan's case. But it is a shame.
And Rafa just puts so much effort into everything, it's not surprising either. I might be wrong, but it doesn't surprise me that his right wrist (only used in the two handed backhand) got hurt. From seeing his practices in the past, he doesn't seem to practice a lot with the backhand, even runs around it in practice. So I think being underused, it is more prone to sudden stress when he does use it, and tries to apply a lot of power.
Well, that's my own theory. General Hercules might have a different opinion. I guess it could have just been a freak injury, if he fell or something, but that was not my understanding of what happened. Eh, guess it doesn't matter now. But the physical trainers try to look for reasons and solutions to avoid these things in the future.
Now I just heard his doctors don't know how long he will be out, which seems a bit strange. Because when he first announced it, doctors were hopeful that it would be ok in 2-3 weeks, and he was practicing and looked almost ready to play in the US Open, except for that splint. But I guess when he took it off and tried to use it, it was not good enough. Oh well, next scheduled match is Shanghai in October. If he can't be ready for that, then there is a certainly much more serious problem.
Respectfully,
masterclass
I never heard how it happened either, which I think is strange. But as it pertains to health issues I have a totally different take. Sometimes in life things just happen. I don't think that there's always a reason why certain things happen. I look at my own life in these situations.
I have always been healthy. Even when I get sick the doctors marvel at how healthy I am, yet, I have been hit with major illness after major illness for the past two years. They come out of the blue and the doctors cannot say why these things are happening. They are freak occurrences and that's all there is to it. There is no history of it in my genetics, nothing.
Once they get cleared up, which doesn't take a lot of time, my health numbers are so good that it's as if the illnesses never occurred. I have little to no pain and no matter how difficult the situation I never even have to take pain medicine.
I look at my friends, some of whom are overweight, live off of fried foods, don't exercise, etc. and they seem to be healthier than me. That's why I don't put much stock into how or why someone gets injured. Some people do, and some people don't. It's the luck of the draw.
It's like Eubie Blake said when asked about his longevity. "If I'da known I was going to live so long I would've taken better care of myself and stopped drinking and smoking."
I remember reading that years ago and laughing my head off, little did I know how true his words were.
So I don't subscribe to the Rafa punishes body more than others, or del Potro, or Haas. Sometimes injuries just happen. It's simply our lot in life.
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QF projections
#1 Djokovic vs. #8 Murray
#3 Wawrinka vs. #5 Raonic
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#4 Ferrer vs. #6 Berdych
#2 Federer vs. # 7 Dimitrov
Full draw in Post #1 soon.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Men's main draw about to begin. Here is one feed for it:
http://live.drakulastream.eu/static/popups/23466105600440.html
Respectfully,
masterclass
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Well Lady TT, the old adage of the bigger they are, the harder they fall might be true in Juan's case. But it is a shame.
And Rafa just puts so much effort into everything, it's not surprising either. I might be wrong, but it doesn't surprise me that his right wrist (only used in the two handed backhand) got hurt. From seeing his practices in the past, he doesn't seem to practice a lot with the backhand, even runs around it in practice. So I think being underused, it is more prone to sudden stress when he does use it, and tries to apply a lot of power.
Well, that's my own theory. General Hercules might have a different opinion. I guess it could have just been a freak injury, if he fell or something, but that was not my understanding of what happened. Eh, guess it doesn't matter now. But the physical trainers try to look for reasons and solutions to avoid these things in the future.
Now I just heard his doctors don't know how long he will be out, which seems a bit strange. Because when he first announced it, doctors were hopeful that it would be ok in 2-3 weeks, and he was practicing and looked almost ready to play in the US Open, except for that splint. But I guess when he took it off and tried to use it, it was not good enough. Oh well, next scheduled match is Shanghai in October. If he can't be ready for that, then there is a certainly much more serious problem.
Respectfully,
masterclass
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The US Open, last major of the season, starts August 25th.
Sad news just came in ahead of the tournament.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal is out due to his wrist. Just not enough time to rehabilitate it. Commiserations to his fans.
Del Potro withdrew earlier. He is still not ready.
Main draw is this Thursday August 21, and will be posted here when available.
Respectfully,
masterclass
I just found out that Rafa withdrew a few nights ago. I saw it on ABC News. I really wasn't expecting it, but there wasn't enough time, so it is what it is. Looking forward to his return.
I had forgotten about del Potro. He's been gone so long. What a shame someone so talented can't catch a break. He's like the Tommy Haas of this generation. He and Rafa can't catch a break.
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great stuff general masterclass.
this year has been flying by.
soon we will be looking at WTF again also.
Federer has set another record: he has now made the WTF 13 years in a row.
and he is just 20 titles away from 100. I firmly believe he will be able to compete that achievement.
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The US Open, last major of the season, starts August 25th.
Sad news just came in ahead of the tournament.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal is out due to his wrist. Just not enough time to rehabilitate it. Commiserations to his fans.
Del Potro withdrew earlier. He is still not ready.
Main draw:
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Respectfully,
masterclass