2014 ATP World Tour 250/500 series

[Chris_2593]

Dimitrov pulled out so Groth should get the LL spot.

 

[pepsi]

Dimitrov pulled out so Groth should get the LL spot.

That also opens up tomics section of the draw.

 

[matt_897]

Looks like Groth will get to play Sela now

 

[matt_897]

Tomic won easily, 6-3, 6-2. Istomin next.

 

[gcsportsfan12]

Matosevic won, so Marinko vs Lleyton in R2.

 

[matt_897]

Matosevic won, so Marinko vs Lleyton in R2.

Yep, will be on tennistv.com at 10am tomorrow

 

[gcsportsfan12]

Duckworth, Groth, and Tomic all lost

 

[matt_897]

Hewitt beat Matosevic 6-4, 6-3. Was pretty convincing apart from maybe the serving for Lleyton.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Not too often Lleyton wins in straights nowadays. A possible matchup with Raonic next.

 

[matt_897]

Hewitt lost to Raonic in two tiebreakers. Didn't see it but apparently Hewitt stuffed any chance he had in the tiebreaker.

A bit concerning for Bernie too with Donny Young beating Istomin today

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Young ended up losing to Raonic but that doesn't make things better.

 

[Beavis07]

Goffin is in great form at the moment. First 250 Title and he had won 36 consecutive sets until he dropped a set in the semi.

 

[Roobs321]

Good to see. Always had some real tennis potential, just held back by his lack of physicality.

Solid win by Raonic as well, starting to overtake Berdych in terms of relevance (albeit hasn't yet had a memorable slam match win over one of the top few players).

 

[ron436]

Przysiezny has finally won an ATP match The pole is having a terrible year. Had 14 loses in a row at some point. Defeated Herbert 6/4 3/6 7/6(4) in Metz.

 

[Spitta09]

I don't know about anyone else but I am looking forward to the Scottish vote for independence. If they become independent Murray becomes scottish again and the 'british' go back to not having a grand slam champion since 1934 if i'm not mistaken. Would be a magnificent troll by Murray after all these years hahah

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...y-reveals-views-on-Scottish-independence.html

 

[pepsi]

Andy is a scot through and through. He loves his country. I hope the yes vote passes and that this eventually leads to us having another republic vote down the track.

 

[ron436]

Goffin with another demolition job today. Swept Kamke aside 6-1 6-3. Faces Tsonga next. Can he beat Jo, What do you think?

 

[Chris_2593]

Good to see Goffin win his second title in 2 months. Very talented shotmaker.

 

[Chris_2593]

A few Aussies in action this week. In Shenzen Ebden just lost 6-4 6-2 to Bolelli. Other matches in Shenzen:

Groth Vs Duckworth. Winner to take on Robredo. Also Kokkinakis qualified aswell.

In Kuala Lumpur we have:

(WC) Jasika Vs Ram
Matosevic Vs Kyrgios: That will be a fun one to watch.
Tomic Vs Herbert

 

[matt_897]

A few Aussies in action this week. In Shenzen Ebden just lost 6-4 6-2 to Bolelli. Other matches in Shenzen:

Groth Vs Duckworth. Winner to take on Robredo. Also Kokkinakis qualified aswell.

In Kuala Lumpur we have:

(WC) Jasika Vs Ram
Matosevic Vs Kyrgios: That will be a fun one to watch.
Tomic Vs Herbert

Yeah, I'm a little annoyed that I won't be able to see that one. Am little curious on Kyrgios' motivation though since he isn't playing any tournaments after this.

Kokkansis got a Belrussian wildcard ranked 239 so a chance at winning a round in Shenzen.

All these matches will be played tomorrow. KL is stream, Shenzen isn't.

 

[Hamingja]

Kyrgios is the sort of player that Matosevic likes playing. Decent chance of an upset for mine.

 

[pepsi]

Am little curious on Kyrgios' motivation though since he isn't playing any tournaments after this.

His Mum is Malaysian, so it could be that family heritage that has given him the desire to compete at the event. That is just a guess though.

 

[Chris_2593]

Good effort from Jasika going down to Ram 4-6 7-5 6-3. Great experience for him im sure. Groth beat duckworth in 3 sets. Got the night session tomorrow against Robredo. Kokkinakis has won the first set 7-6. Hopefully he can wrap it up. Looking forward to seeing how Tomic goes the Nick/Marinko tonight.

 

[ron436]

Victor Toricki into the second roudn in Shenzhen. Will now face Ferrer. Interesting to see how the Serb will cope with a top ten player, after his return from suspension.

Also today, bad loss for Gilles Simon 4-6 2-6 to Richards Berankis.

And the mug of the day award goes to... Bernard Tomic. The Australian was probably hang over from his continuous parties as he managed to squander a two breaks in the final set, and a match point on his own serve in the tie-break against Paul Herbert of all people. Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

 

[bato]

Victor Toricki into the second roudn in Shenzhen. Will now face Ferrer. Interesting to see how the Serb will cope with a top ten player, after his return from suspension.

Also today, bad loss for Gilles Simon 4-6 2-6 to Richards Berankis.

And the mug of the day award goes to... Bernard Tomic. The Australian was probably hang over from his continuous parties as he managed to squander a two breaks in the final set, and a match point on his own serve in the tie-break against Paul Herbert of all people. Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

Good to see Troicki back on his feet. Has been playing well lately.. did pretty well at the challenger events. Hard to find the motivation to play against guys you'd usually beat with your eyes closed, harder than some people may think. He's done well and fully deserves a chance to play someone like David.