2010 ATP Tournaments Thread

[SBI]

Oh, and Carsten Ball, Lindahl and Matosevic are in qualifying for Delray Beach. Ball overturned a pretty poor record against DeHeart to win 7-5, 6-3, and Marinko got smashed by Lindahl 6-2, 6-1. He plays Capdeville next.

 

[matt_897]

Llodra has had a good week but I think Benneteau has hit some form, I'll tip him for the win but who knows they are both frenchies

Ferrer should win, he seems to be playing decent, and 9 wins in a row must be getting to ferrero.

Querrery in Memphis should be too good, just a better player than Isner.

 

[SBI]

Weirdest ****ing result in Mexico as Chela beats Luczak 6-0, 1-6, 6-0.

 

[matt_897]

Pete's just lost the plot a bit, disappointing, the scoreline is embarrassing really. Hopefully he be ready to go in Melbourne in a couple of weeks.

Lindhal also lost first round today against F.Mayer 6-4, 6-1 in Delray Beach.

 

[goldcoast17]

how consistent is djokovic? watching his score at the moment against troicki and he is down 5-3 first set, not playing at his rank and from what i have seen he rarely does, can anyone else agree or do i just take notice at the wrong times?

* he just lost 1st set 6-3

 

[dUkezz]

yep yesterday he was up 6-4 5-0 against garcia lopez and let garcia lopez win 4 games in a row then took the set 6-4, cost me a few bucks coz i needed him to win under 18.5 games

 

[goldcoast17]

yep yesterday he was up 6-4 5-0 against garcia lopez and let garcia lopez win 4 games in a row then took the set 6-4, cost me a few bucks coz i needed him to win under 18.5 games

yeah, tennis is all over the place right now, i think the ranks will have a huge shift by the end of the year.

 

[SBI]

Probably at the wrong times IMO.

Novak's problem really hasn't been in the 250-1000 level, it has been in Slams. Last year he played a huge amount of matches and was pretty consistent throughout.

 

[matt_897]

Watched a bit of Djoko's match tonight, man that guy just has some problems with his mental game, he can be all over the place, he would be happy he was playing a guy like Triocki

 

[119Points]

Speaking of bad mental games, Gasquet just lost to Almagro after leading 4-0 in the third.

8th seed Montanes is also out of Acapulco.

 

[matt_897]

Well, the draw has opened up in Dubai, Murray being knocked out by Tipsarevic and Tsonga knocked out by Ljubicic. Cilic might as well be favourite now.

 

[SBI]

I got on Youzhny at $21 which looks OK after the results last night.

 

[matt_897]

Cilic has lost now, now this'll be interesting to see if Djoko can stuff it up.

 

[119Points]

Number 1 seed Verdasco is out of Acapulco in straight sets.. beaten by Juan Monaco.

Semi finals are;

F. Gonzalez v Ferrer
Monaco v Almagro/JC Fererro

and in Dubai its

Novak v Baghdatis
Melzer v Youzhny

predictions??

 

[Drummond]

JC Ferrero wow, gunning for his 3rd straight tournament win!

I'll go Gonzo vs Almagro in the final

And Dubai I'll pick Djokovic vs Melzer.

 

[matt_897]

I keep thinking Ferrero will get tired and lose but no this run has been impressive.

Anyone give Baggy a shot against Djoko tonight?

 

[Judd*1]

In Dubai for the final tomorrow.
Dont be surprised if Youzhny beats Djokovic.
Pretty sure Youzhny has the wood over him in recent outings.

BTW Ferrero has been amazing in the past 3 tournaments now

 

[matt_897]

Djokovic sneaking through again, think he might get youzhny this time, we'll see what happens.

Karlovic beat Blake in delray with nieminen and gulbis getting through.

 

[one eyedtiger]

I keep thinking Ferrero will get tired and lose but no this run has been impressive.

Anyone give Baggy a shot against Djoko tonight?

Well I had my hopes
He was a set and a break up early in the second but couldn't finish Djokovic. He had 11 break points in the second set and only converted one. That is the difference between him being where he is atm and becoming a top 10 player.

 

[119Points]

Ferrer d Gonzalez 6-7, 6-0, 6-4.
Embarrassing from Gonzo... very inconsistant.

Final is a replay of the Buenos Aires final last week..
Juan Carlos Ferrero v David Ferrer

JCF going for his 3rd straight title.

Dubai final tonight between Djoko and Youhzny... go go go Mikhail

 

[matt_897]

Watched that TB, Gonzo was playing well, left for about 30 minutes, suddenly he's a break down in the third Usual brain cramps from Gonzo

 

[SBI]

Starting to wish I put more than one ****ing dollar on Youzhny...

 

[dUkezz]

hegde ur bet just incase djoko wins tonite, which i think he will win in 3 sets

 

[119Points]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/02/4th-Week/Acapulco-Saturday-Ferrer-Takes-Title.aspx

Ferrer def. JCF 6-3 3-6 6-1
JCF ran out of gas in the third

 

[matt_897]

Yeah, Ferrero fell away in the third, actually looked like he was making some sort of comeback the way he played in the 2nd.

Gulbis plays Karlovic in the final of Delray, Karlovic made Fish look like an amateur.

Djoko is a set up in his match when rain started.