2014 ATP Masters 1000: Monte Carlo

[bato]

Next stop... MONTE CARLO.

• Name: Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
• Category: ATP World Tour Masters 1000
• Place: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
• Date: 13.04.2014-20.04.2014
• Draw Size: S-56 D-24
• Surface: Clay
• Prize Money: € 2,884,675
• Total Financial Commitment: € 3,452,415
• Defending Champ: Novak Djokovic

 

[matt_897]

Thanks

Monte Carlo is a bit of an odd event because it isn't mandatory but hopefully we get some nice clay court tennis.

Coverage on ESPN all week.

 

[bato]

Hmm. All week or starting from R2-3?

 

[matt_897]

Hmm. All week or starting from R2-3?

I believe Monday so that would be round 1

 

[pepsi]

Roger is in. Cannot wait for this to start, one of the best locations for a tennis event.

 

[Chris_2593]

And an awesome time zone for us Aussies. Love this tournment.

 

[matt_897]

Play starts tonight. Matosevic lost his final round qualy match yesterday to Montanes easily. Here's the link to the main draw:'

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=2014&EventId=410&Draw=ms

Nothing too interesting tonight, big boys will be either tomorrow or wedensday

 

[pepsi]

Plenty of laughs in the first match being televised.

Fognini up 5-2 in the first set, Sosa cracks it with the ump and wins the set from there without basically losing a point.

Sosa then up 5-2 in the 2nd set and Fognini decides to start playing tennis again and wins the next 5 games.

Great to have the European clay court swing back!

 

[vaughany]

ESPN 6.30 every night

 

[Chris_2593]

Watched pretty much all of last nights matches apart from the last one. Bit of a boring night. Tonight's OOP is:

Seppi Vs (13) Youzhny
(9) Tsonga Vs Kohlschreiber
(Q) Montanes Vs (2) Djokovic
Chardy Vs (6) Ferrer

Tsonga match could be interesting one.sucks I'm stuck at work til midnight tonight.

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Watched pretty much all of last nights matches apart from the last one. Bit of a boring night. Tonight's OOP is:

Seppi Vs (13) Youzhny
(9) Tsonga Vs Kohlschreiber
(Q) Montanes Vs (2) Djokovic
Chardy Vs (6) Ferrer

Tsonga match could be interesting one.sucks I'm stuck at work til midnight tonight.

First set of Goffin/Robredo was alright I watched the whole match but yeah really sucked in the second.

Hopefully tonight is better.

 

[matt_897]

Didn't watch much of last night, just a bit of andjuar's match. Seemed to be struggling. Tonight should be interesting

 

[matt_897]

Enjoying this Seppi/Youzhny match

Matosevic got in as a lucky loser with Verdasco pulling out. Will get smashed by Cilic in a few hours.

 

[vaughany]

Just turned it on. What injury has Tsonga got?

 

[vaughany]

Enjoying this Seppi/Youzhny match

Matosevic got in as a lucky loser with Verdasco pulling out. Will get smashed by Cilic in a few hours.

Oh really cool that he snuck in but yeah Cilic in good form tough ask.
What time will that match start you reckon?

 

[matt_897]

Oh really cool that he snuck in but yeah Cilic in good form tough ask.
What time will that match start you reckon?

Going to start at 11pm, not a tv court though.

 

[Chris_2593]

Marinko actually doing ok. 1-6 6-3 2-2. Hopefully he can pull off an upset.

 

[matt_897]

Somebody must of took one of Marin's legs after the first set, Marinko has been in pretty poor form lately. I fully expect marinko to lose though.

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Down 4-2 in the 3rd now.

 

[vaughany]

Steps v Fed and Cilic v Stan the Man tonight should both be good matches

 

[matt_897]

The real question should whether Gabashvilli will win a game over Nadal?

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Wawrinka doing this easily vs Cilic 6-0, 5-2 serving for the match now

 

[ag6858]

Bonus Dolgopolov. Cheering.

 

[vaughany]

Anyone watching this Tsonga & Fognini match? Easy to see how he gets the nickname Flognini he is carrying on like an idiot. Complaining constantly to umpire and other stuff

 

[matt_897]

Pretty easy all around for the big guys last night, Berdych was the one to be upset by an in-form Garcia-Lopez, although Tomas looked to be carrying an injury

Here's the OOP for the quarters tonight:

Wawrinka vs. Raonic
Nadal vs. Ferrer
Federer vs. Tsonga
Djokovic vs. Garcia-Lopez

The third match is the pick of the bunch.