Order of Play: Saturday, 9 November
AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 PM
Dodig/Melo vs. Qureshi/Rojer
Del Potro vs. Federer
EVENING SESSION 5:45 PM
Bryan/Bryan vs. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski
Djokovic vs. Gasquet
FRI, 08 NOV 2013
AFTERNOON SESSION
DOUBLES B / 12:00 PM
M GRANOLLERS/M LOPEZ vs L PAES/R STEPANEK
SINGLES A / 2:00 PM
FERRER vs WAWRINKA
EVENING SESSION
DOUBLES B / 6:00 PM
A PEYA/B SOARES vs D MARRERO/F VERDASCO
SINGLES A / 8:00 PM
NADAL vs BERDYCH
congrats to wawrinka and his fans.
he was just too good today.
Any predictions for Nadal/Berdych? Rafa's already through to the semis, so I don't want him to exhaust himself just to beat Berdych. If anything, I'm hoping Rafa looks at today's match as an opportunity to try a few new things, experiment a little since it ultimately doesn't matter if he loses. He'll need to be more comfortable playing on these low-bouncing, indoor hard-courts in order to beat JMDP and/or Djokovic.
that is great post general tented.
I am not home at the moment so I am armed only with an iPhone.
it is tough to post with it.
rafa also could use some work at the net.
I agree with you. he is normally quite weak at handling low short balls that land somewhat close to the net.
2 areas where he has to do better are the return of serve and the backhand. that would take care of some of the issues.
I think he might gun down berdych. berdych has Davis cup in a few days so he might have that on his mind.
RESULTS
Singles - Group A Round Robin
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [5] T Berdych (CZE) 64 16 63
[7] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [3] D Ferrer (ESP) 67(3) 64 61
Doubles - Group B Round Robin
[2] A Peya (AUT) / B Soares (BRA) d [6] D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) 63 75
[4] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d [7] L Paes (IND) / R Stepanek (CZE) 46 76(5) 10-8
Order of Play: Saturday, 9 November
AFTERNOON SESSION 12:00 PM
Dodig/Melo vs. Qureshi/Rojer
Del Potro vs. Federer
EVENING SESSION 5:45 PM
Bryan/Bryan vs. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski
Djokovic vs. Gasquet
Fed against Delpo should be a thriller tomorrow. I predict Fed in 3 sets. Surprisingly it is the early match.
and I am predicting del potro in 3 this time.
roger has to serve well and dictate with the forehand.
del potro has to serve big and try keep roger pinned to the baseline.
it is going to be a titanic battle.
well we will keep experimenting emma. we need cooler pictures with better resolution.
in the mean time I thought we can also look to establish our brand.
and that can only be done with a cool logo. this was just a first attempt at a logo.
I know a lady that does these logos. I am going to ask her give us 1 or 2 more versions if possible.
I did touch up the banner with a hint of light blue but we will keep working on that too.
The banner looks very cool. I love the touch of blue, one of my favourite colours. My favourite colours are purple and blue.
Morning herc, You can take off the picture of Emma's cafe to keep things consistent. I only had it since the main page had pictures. Now I don't see the need for it.
I like the logo but perhaps a bit too masculine but I don't mind it. The sword and shield could represent so many things. It could mean defending yourself while trying to kill the other person. It could also mean war and later respect or honour.
Pen is mightier than the sword in the end of course.
Del Potro breaks Roger in the opening game. Federer gave away the point by mishitting the ball. Interesting start.
Now Federer with a breakpoint.