ATP Matsers Series 1000: Miami

[matt_897]

LOL at Murray, he's completely lost the plot after AO, didn't see the match but really that's rather ridculous. That's 990 points loss for you Andy, lucky Del Potro or Davydenko aren't here to take that no.4 ranking. Hopefully this can be the spark for Fish to have a big week.

Luczak lost 7-6, 6-0. Expected but he actually had 5-3 in the first. But now onto the much more important part of the season for him, the clay.

Nothing else stands out, Federer is still to play today. Ivanovic lost 7-5, 7-5 to Radwanska, I almost consider as a huge improvement in form for Ana.

 

[Drummond]

Gee, what a mug era this is. Murray? Laughable. Djokovic? Pretty much in the same boat. That pains me to say but it's true. These guys were meant to be the ones to step up and challenge Federer, yeah, that's working out well. When Federer wants to win a tournament he will and there's nothing Muzza and Nole can do about it.

Hurry back Del Potro, I think you're a bit overrated but winning a slam by beating Federer in 5 sets shows some serious mental toughness. I just hope he's not a one Slam wonder like Djokovic is at present.

 

[97-98]

Where's Gulbis? Is he injured or did he not make it through the qualies?

 

[matt_897]

Sam throught ot the 4th round with and comeback, this time aginst Razzano, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Now a probable 4th round match against Jankovic.

Nadal took 3 sets to beat Nalbandian this morning.

And anybody who's wanting to watch a quality match, and I mean for a different reason because the tennis is awful, Kirilenko and Wozinacki are 4-4 in the 3rd.

 

[SBI]

Finally had a nice little win this morning with Nadal/Nalbandian going to three and Bellucci winning.

Reckon we're a real sniff of a Federer/Nadal final here.

 

[raff23]

Finally had a nice little win this morning with Nadal/Nalbandian going to three and Bellucci winning.

Reckon we're a real sniff of a Federer/Nadal final here.

Lets be honest here, clearly they are the 2 best players in the world when at their best. Its only fitting that they play off once again for a title. The more we see people like murray and djokovic fail the more i start to realise that federer has got incredibly lucky in his choice of dominating eras of tennis.

 

[matt_897]

I still see one of them falling somewhere during this tournament, I wouldn't be surprised if Federer loses in the next couple of rounds although it would have to be a pretty loss to lose to Serra tomorrow, he'll get through that.

 

[Drummond]

Coverage so far has been terrible, finally improves tonight.

Didn't catch much of Nadal/Nalbandian but what I did see was very good. I think we'll get a Federer/Nadal final, wouldn't that be good!

 

[SBI]

Stosur through to the quarters with a 6-1, 7-6(9) win. Good win for her after what happened in Indian Wells, but I can't see her beating Clijsters/Azarenka.

Stan Wawrinka has lost the plot over the last year. Won the first against Youzhny 6-1, and fell in three.

 

[matt_897]

That's a surprise, supposedly she play some really good tennis in the first set but I didn't she would be able to defnd her QF points with her tough draw, great work. Now she basically has nothing to defend till the French.

And as long as he QF is nothing like the one she had with Azarenka last year then it'll be an improvement. Both are probably too tough for Sam I would think.

Kuznetsova also lost to Bartoli 6-3, 6-0

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

That's a surprise, supposedly she play some really good tennis in the first set but I didn't she would be able to defnd her QF points with her tough draw, great work. Now she basically has nothing to defend till the French.

And as long as he QF is nothing like the one she had with Azarenka last year then it'll be an improvement. Both are probably too tough for Sam I would think.

Kuznetsova also lost to Bartoli 6-3, 6-0

**** Kuznetsova is so frustrating, I saw her at the aus open in her rnd 3 match and she was more interested in playing soccer. She won in 3 but we left after the end of the first because she was sucking so much. It was on centre court virtually everyone left straight away when they saw the game was gonna be no good.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Federer awful in a Masters event again. He should just go into full slam hunt mode once he takes the record for weeks at number 1.

 

[matt_897]

Picked it, thankyou Berdych for making me gain back from Cilic's loss earlier.

This loss isn't that bad for Federer, lucky for him everybody else is losing behind at the moment.

 

[pepsi]

Good win for Berdych. Let's see what he does the rest of the tournament now. Nadal, this is your tournament if you want it. Hopefully he can win and get back closer to the #2 spot, because he is defnitely the #2 player in the world.

 

[119Points]

Good stuff from Berdych Would be good if he could win the whole thing but he is so inconsistant!!

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

 

[Big Tezza]

Break Points Won says it all really. Fed had chance after chance but didn't take them, while Berdych grasped his limited opportunities with both hands.

 

[Warsaw]

Can I get a time when the Stosur Clisters match is on?
I'm assuming it's tomorrow morning.

 

[97-98]

Thank god the HC swing is over, eh Fed?
Go and enjoy the extended break with your kids, and come back and defend your clay titles, champ.

 

[matt_897]

Can I get a time when the Stosur Clisters match is on?
I'm assuming it's tomorrow morning.

It's the night match, 10am tomorrow, will defiantely be watching. Hopefully it won't be like her match with Azarenka a year ago, that was also a night match.

The men's draw is interesting to see the least, as has been said, this is Nadal's for the taking now,a lthough looking forward tos ee if Tsonga can do any damage tomorrow.

 

[matt_897]

Sam lost 6-3, 7-5. She can match with the big girls just the self belief is lacking, oddly enough it was a decent quality match.

 

[Drummond]

Nadal. Superb performance against the overrated Tsonga. Nice BP conversion there Joe Willy.

Rafa though, what a machine, the ball striking was out of this world.

 

[matt_897]

There was some incredible shot making for a 6-3, 6-2 in that Nadal match, Tsonga played all the bad points like a mug and Nadal is back in scary form, he's going to dominate the clay season again with this kind of tennis.

Berdych beat Verdasco 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, the usual Verdasco mental case stuff. Was an entertaining match but quality wasn't too crash hot, Verdasco had numerous chances to extend his one break in the 2nd set to two but of course blew it and Berdych started to play a bit better, make a few more returns and improve the serve slightly. After Berdych won the 2nd set it was pretty much expected.

Soderling won the other semi 6-1, 6-4, not a good match from what i watched, Youzhny was all types of bad.

Clijsters/Henin now for anyone interested.

 

[97-98]

Another entertaining match between the two Belgians. Not as high in quality as the Brisbane match, but dramatic at the end.

Thought Clijsters was going to do a Federer, but managed to hold on in the end.
Hope to see more matches between these two this year.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

Berdych beat Verdasco 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, the usual Verdasco mental case stuff. Was an entertaining match but quality wasn't too crash hot, Verdasco had numerous chances to extend his one break in the 2nd set to two but of course blew it and Berdych started to play a bit better, make a few more returns and improve the serve slightly. After Berdych won the 2nd set it was pretty much expected.

I saw the game as well - wasnt the greatest match and Fernado had his mental fart BUT this could be the tourney that defines Tommy - Always had the tallent but NEVER the self belief - beting Fed & Fernando (hopefully winning Miami as well fingers crossed) could be the key that unlocks it