Author Topic: Indian Wells 2014 : 3/6/14 (Final: Djokovic d. Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)) (Read 5797 times)

masterclass · « **Reply #45 on:** March 13, 2014, 09:41:35 am »

Betting odds to win the tournament... but what do they know...

Ask the experts at Camelot.

Djokovic N. 1.64
Federer R. 3.71
Gulbis E. 13.20
Raonic M.16.00
Dolgopolov A. 19.60
Isner J. 23.20
Anderson K. 58.80
Benneteau J. 76.00

Respectfully,
masterclass

thetruth · « **Reply #46 on:** March 13, 2014, 09:53:15 am »

Quote from: masterclass on March 13, 2014, 05:34:56 am

So the quarterfinals are set. I'll bold my wants.

[28] Dolgopolov vs. [10] Raonic

[17] Anderson vs. [7] Federer

Isner vs. [20] Gulbis

Benneteau vs. [2] Djokovic

I'd like to see one of the underdogs win this time. I'd be happy with any of them Dolgopolov, Anderson, or Benneteau. It would be a landmark victory for them and cap off their career so far. Not fond of Gulbis or Isner, so...I'll go with those I do like. Note: This is not who I think will win, rather who I want to win.

Emma · « **Reply #47 on:** March 13, 2014, 10:03:42 am »

Quote from: masterclass on March 13, 2014, 09:41:35 am

Betting odds to win the tournament... but what do they know... Ask the experts at Camelot.

Djokovic N. 1.64
Federer R. 3.71
Gulbis E. 13.20
Raonic M.16.00
Dolgopolov A. 19.60
Isner J. 23.20
Anderson K. 58.80
Benneteau J. 76.00

Respectfully,
masterclass

I am failing to see why Dolgo and Raonic are above Isner but then again the bookies were dead wrong about the AO. haha

masterclass · « **Reply #48 on:** March 13, 2014, 10:13:21 am »

Quote from: thetruth on March 13, 2014, 09:53:15 am

So the quarterfinals are set. I'll bold my wants.

[28] Dolgopolov vs. [10] Raonic

[17] Anderson vs. [7] Federer

Isner vs. [20] Gulbis

Benneteau vs. [2] Djokovic

I'd like to see one of the underdogs win this time. I'd be happy with any of them Dolgopolov, Anderson, or Benneteau. It would be a landmark victory for them and cap off their career so far. Not fond of Gulbis or Isner, so...I'll go with those I do like. Note: This is not who I think will win, rather who I want to win.

Lady TT, if the results follow the upset trend so far this tournament, you may have your desires...

Respectfully,
masterclass

thetruth · « **Reply #49 on:** March 13, 2014, 10:57:55 am »

Quote from: masterclass on March 13, 2014, 10:13:21 am

Quote from: thetruth on March 13, 2014, 09:53:15 am

So the quarterfinals are set. I'll bold my wants.

[28] Dolgopolov vs. [10] Raonic

[17] Anderson vs. [7] Federer

Isner vs. [20] Gulbis

Benneteau vs. [2] Djokovic

I'd like to see one of the underdogs win this time. I'd be happy with any of them Dolgopolov, Anderson, or Benneteau. It would be a landmark victory for them and cap off their career so far. Not fond of Gulbis or Isner, so...I'll go with those I do like. Note: This is not who I think will win, rather who I want to win.

Lady TT, if the results follow the upset trend so far this tournament, you may have your desires...

Respectfully,
masterclass

Ha ha ha. It has been a topsy-turvy tournament. I'll be happy for anyone who wins, after all it is their profession! It would just be nice to see a new winner and the look on their face.

Emma · « **Reply #50 on:** March 13, 2014, 12:38:24 pm »

If I am to be honest, I'd kick both Federer and Nole out of the tournament and let one of the remaining guys to win the title. That would be so refreshing and interesting at least for once.

masterclass · « **Reply #51 on:** March 13, 2014, 02:25:57 pm »

haha, Em, I'm sure you're joking.

These guys need to earn their wins over the top guys.
If they don't earn it, they don't deserve it.
Giving it to them is not going to help them in the long term.

Besides, these days, they have a good chance with some of the inconsistent play I've seen lately at the top.

I'm predicting at least one more upset before the final.

Respectfully,
masterclass

Emma · « **Reply #52 on:** March 13, 2014, 02:31:14 pm »

Quote from: masterclass on March 13, 2014, 02:25:57 pm

haha, Em, I'm sure you're joking. These guys need to earn their wins over the top guys.
If they don't earn it, they don't deserve it.
Giving it to them is not going to help them in the long term.

Besides, these days, they have a good chance with some of the inconsistent play I've seen lately at the top.

I'm predicting at least one more upset before the final.

Respectfully,
masterclass

I have a feeling you are very keen on Nole vs Gulbis or Nole vs Isner match.

masterclass · « **Reply #53 on:** March 13, 2014, 11:55:14 pm »

Ok, so one semifinal is set and one upset in the bag.

Dolgopolov toyed with Raonic, beating him 6-3, 6-4. He even spotted Milos a 3-0 lead in the second, and came back to break Raonic twice and take the match going away. He obviously read the Milos serve well, allowing Raonic only 4 aces. Very consistent good play from the Ukrainian Speedster.
Maybe the best I've seen from him. He'll need it. He faces Roger Federer next, who is in excellent form.

On a coolish windy evening, after a fairly close first set, at least in the scoreline, Roger Federer blasted past Kevin Anderson like he was standing still. Federer was almost untouchable on serve for long portions of the match. He was in most of Anderson's service games, Kevin escaping from a love-40 in the 1st set once, but not the second time at the crucial 5-6 juncture to hand Roger the set. Federer broke Anderson right away in the second set and then again, and in about 15 minutes was up 5-0, and finished it out in a total of 69 minutes with a breadstick, 7-5, 6-1.

It seems that Federer needed to finish quickly to get a few hours rest for his all important semifinal doubles match in the morning at 11:45 am.

Congrats to Dolgopolov and Federer and their supporters. Commiserations to Raonic and Anderson and their fans. They played about as well as could be expected.

Novak has the early afternoon singles match against Benneteau at 1:30 pm, followed by Isner vs. Gulbis.

Respectfully,
masterclass

Clay Death · « **Reply #54 on:** March 14, 2014, 12:03:17 am »

Federer will be ranked #4 in the world if he can snatch this title.

Dolgopolov is surprising everybody this year. evidently he can perform his magic on any surface.

Emma · « **Reply #55 on:** March 14, 2014, 08:59:48 am »

As I said yesterday, there was no better time for Dolgo to get Raonic than now and he did that. Raonic tends to get a bit overwhelmed after he beats a worthy opponent and it's easy to get him after that. Dolgo was smart enough to realize that and didn't leave any room for mistakes for Raonic.

Anderson, like Raonic, also came out very flat after that big win over Wawrinka. No wonder Federer was all over him. That's a shame. I wish these players wouldn't get so overwhelmed by these occasions.

On a different note, I don't see Raonic beating Murray as an 'upset'. None of the QTR final losses were upsets. I don't even see Anderson beating Wawrinka a true upset. Somewhat maybe but definitely not as big an upset as taking either Nadal or Nole out who are/were the main threats of this tournament.

Frankly, I don't see any player who is ranked within 30 taking either Murray or Federrer out as an upset.
The only true upsets happened when the likes of Nadal, Berdych, Tsonga went out early in this tournament.

So I don't buy into this 'upset' hype. All that matter is who is in what kind of form at the moment. If a red hot player goes out early who was a true contender of the title is what I consider a true upset.

Emma · « **Reply #56 on:** March 14, 2014, 09:02:56 am »

I think I'll be at home just in time to catch Isner and Gulbis match. Not only I think it will be a great match but also it will be fun time for me since I like both. So ho hum. But perhaps that's also going to be my last match watching as my friend and sister will be staying with me over the weekend.

masterclass · « **Reply #57 on:** March 15, 2014, 03:09:25 am »

So Isner beat Gulbis in two straight tiebreakers. He has a superb record in tiebreakers.
And Djokovic beat Benneteau comfortably, 6-1, 6-3.

So now the semifinals are set.

Saturday's schedule:

Stadium 1 - 12:00 Noon
[28] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. [7] Roger Federer (SUI)

Followed by:
[12] John Isner (USA) vs. [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Not before 5:30 pm:
[1] Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) vs. [2] Alexander Peya (AUT)/Bruno Soares (BRA)

Who do you think will win? Whom would you like to win?

Respectfully,
masterclass

thetruth · « **Reply #58 on:** March 15, 2014, 04:05:02 am »

Quote from: masterclass on March 15, 2014, 03:09:25 am

So Isner beat Gulbis in two straight tiebreakers. He has a superb record in tiebreakers.
And Djokovic beat Benneteau comfortably, 6-1, 6-3.

So now the semifinals are set.

Saturday's schedule:

Stadium 1 - 12:00 Noon
[28] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) vs. [7] Roger Federer (SUI)

Followed by:
[12] John Isner (USA) vs. [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Not before 5:30 pm:
[1] Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) vs. [2] Alexander Peya (AUT)/Bruno Soares (BRA)

Who do you think will win? Whom would you like to win?

Respectfully,
masterclass

Think will win-Dolgopolov Want to win-Dolgopolov
Think will win-Nole Want to win-Nole

Hate that Nole will increase his points on Nadal, but can't get into Isner, at all.

Clay Death · « **Reply #59 on:** March 15, 2014, 08:52:18 am »

it is looking like a Federer vs Nole final to me.

dolgopolov's train ride ends today.

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