Happy birthday, CD! All the best
thanks general tee.
I appreciate it. it is my birthday today indeed.
I celebrated it early with mom and dad and my little brother in baton rouge this last Monday.
and we will celebrate it again on sunday night. this time on the gulf coast. dad just sent me a message on facebook. he said he bought the champagne and also black label scotch.
I got them a room at imperial palace casino.
do you have an early prediction for basel?
I think I have to go with del potro. he is the hottest player on the tour along with nole.
we should able to see the draw in a day or so.
Definitely Del Potro or Fed. I can't see Rafa doing much there.
we may just have a roger vs clay warrior final if del potro stumbles.
that being said, del potro is the favorite for this one. lets see how it plays out.
I bet those courts will be ultra fast in basel.
we may just have a roger vs clay warrior final if del potro stumbles.
that being said, del potro is the favorite for this one. lets see how it plays out.
I bet those courts will be ultra fast in basel.
Yep - fast and low bounce. Bad news for Rafa. I don't believe he can beat either Delpo or Fed there.
I hear ya general tee.
well roger is low on confidence and del potro could run into somebody who plays lights out for 2 sets.
one can hope anyway. nadal could use this title to make sure he locks up the #1 rank.
roger needs the title to get some confidence going.
del potro has become the king of 500 level events so he will try to keep it rolling as much as possible. suddenly this basel tournament has become a must watch event.
I think you right but nadal could surprise.
I haven't seen Rafa post/tweet any pics from Basel yet. Perhaps he is arriving there on Friday or even Saturday.
he has his own indoor hard court in Mallorca. he must be doing his practice sessions there.
we should be able to look at the draw tomorrow afternoon.
what is nole doing this weekend? is he playing somewhere to pick up points?
he has his own indoor hard court in Mallorca. he must be doing his practice sessions there.
we should be able to look at the draw tomorrow afternoon.
what is nole doing this weekend? is he playing somewhere to pick up points?
No, he is not. His next tournament is Paris.
nole is going pretty much all out at the end of the season. it will be interesting to see how he does in paris and also at wtf.
now he has some added competition on the fast hard courts: del potro is a threat on such surfaces.
I get the funny feeling that nole is not going to be able to capture WTF this year. its just a feeling or a hunch.
he has put himself under considerable pressure.
paris masters is coming up soon too. exciting stuff.
28.10.2013 BNP Paribas Masters
Paris, France Indoor
Hard € 2,646,495
(€ 3,204,745) SGL 48 DBL 24 +33 1-46-91-57-57
Nole can also win some points from the Davis Cup final. However, they do not count towards the year end rankings.