2011 Tennis Thread (Grand Slams, ATP World Tour, Davis Cup)

[lechepicha]

ROGER SURVIVES A SCARE!

saves 1 match point and beat feliciano lopez in 3 veeeeeery tight tie-breaks, in almost 3 hours of battle.

ufffffff....

my hands are still shaking!

please no more scares like that, Rog.

the 1st tiebreak was 15-13!!

 

[Lungzyn]

Del Potro pulled out of the Nadal match citing a hip injury, argh.
Goerges beat Woz again in other news.
X-man getting beat right now.

 

[pornlover25]

Tennis won't be relevant as it once used to be, unless Ryan Harrison becomes the next great American tennis player. Guy has some Promise.

 

[lechepicha]

X-man getting beat right now.

who's that ? :dunno: Malisse?

if so, yep, he got beat by a much comfortable Roger.

next, the swedish assassin. Roger is 15-1 against him. Yep, no typo, FIFTEEN TO ONE. Talk about one-sided h2h (however, "only" 3-1 in clay)

Tennis won't be relevant as it once used to be, unless Ryan Harrison becomes the next great American tennis player.

you're from the USA, i presume.

if so, you need to understand that the tennis world (and the entire world) doesn't go around USA. That was a decade ago, with Pete and Andre (and Courier and Chang) or maybe some more back with JMc or JimmyC. But this decade ? pffff... Fish ? Isner ? Querry ? A-Rod ? nah.

and if not, you really don't know what you're talking about. Don't mean to be harsh, but you don't.
We are living one of the greatest eras in men's tennis history. Roger, Rafa, Nole and Delpo are (and will be) between top-10 of all-time. And we get the lucky prerogative to watch them play between them every two weeks.

on the other side, the WTA is indeed , let's say, miserable, right now.

but NOT the men's side.
:2 cents:

 

[Lungzyn]

Can't come soon enough for their sake, USA has no top 10 players after Serena finally dropped down.
Delpo maybe missing RG? - http://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/2011/05/05/delpotro_injury/
He won't want to miss it but wouldn't want to repeat AO2010, pushing an injury and being forced out all year

 

[lechepicha]

2nd FeDal of 2011 already!

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/05/18/Madrid-Friday-Federer-Sets-Nadal-Clash.aspx

On clay, on spain... straight sets for Rafa, right ?

RIGHT ?

however, roger played very good last two matches, and SEEMS to be back on track. If he can get trough this one, it'll certainly be a strong statement.

* go Roger *

 

[Lungzyn]

Rome draw - http://www.federtennis.it/pdf/RomaUMDS070511.pdf

Milos/Verdasco first rounder, waa. FeVer lost to Lu in Madrid who sucks on clay so anything could happen.
Fedal on the same side again, pretty decent chance to meet again.
Djokovic could make another final for sure.

 

[lechepicha]

Rafa beats Roger in three sets

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/07052011/58/madrid-masters-nadal-battles-past-federer-final.html

They're now 16-8, with Rafa winning the last two, and three of the last four.

To be honest, Roger won the 1st one 'cause rafa was playing very, very, very poorly.

The 2nd, Roger's evil twin showed up (can we kill him?)

And in the third, both played great, until the very last game, where Roger make three unforced errors and throw away the match.

Key stat: 45 unforced errors for Roger. (you can't win with those roger. Please, Paul, slap him!!!)

* sighs *

All in all, it was great for Roger, winning a set against Rafa, in clay, at spain. And make him suffer until the very end.

But of course, it's a big disapoitment for someone like Roger, who's not used to settle with getting a set.

 

[lechepicha]

Nole survives Bellucci

http://blogs.tennis.com/racquet_reaction/2011/05/madrid-djokovic-d-bellucci.html

He was set down, break down. But he started to gain confidence, and the brazilian to lose stamina...

The streak is now 33, 9th in all-time. Wow. Not even Rafa had a better one (32). Roger did (35 & 41).

It's been 37 matches since Nadal lost on clay; it's been 33 matches since Djokovic lost on any surface. Tomorrow we have the 2011 ATP version of Thunderdome—"Two men enter, one man leaves."

 

[Lungzyn]

I missed the Madrid final, was asleep!
But Nole won again, the streak continues, no Djoke :hammer: He should pass Rogers 35 wins now, but can he get to 41?

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

It was a good match. Djokovic is really proving himself to the world.

 

[lechepicha]

He should pass Rogers 35 wins now, but can he get to 41?

i don't think so. To do that, he would have to win in Rome... and that would be something out of this world.

but now that i think about it, his last 2 months have been exactly like that, so, why not?

Djokovic is really proving himself to the world.

Yeah. All nole-haters that were rigth previous years are now quiet.

The thing that impressed me the most are his extremely solidness from the baseline. I mean, beating Rafa from the back of the court? that was nuts. And he did. :bowdown:

His level of play and confidence are just comparable (in recent times) to Rafa-2008 and Roger-2006. :clap:

He's now "only" 10-16 against Rafa, but the most important is that he now know he can be beat on clay.

24th career title, 6th of the year (out of 6!), third against Rafa in 45 days. Just amazing.

His gap at the top of the race are now more than 2100 points... Rafa can kiss his no. 1 spot goodbye, it seems: "The No. 1 ranking is not in danger -- it's finished. Let's not lie to ourselves, that's the reality" Nadal said

Great times to be a men's tennis fan, people. And it will get better: Delpo is still heating up...

 

[lechepicha]

Andy Roddick ousted again in opener

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6512544

poor andy...

and poor north americans: no American man or woman was in the top 10 for the first time in the 38-year history of the rankings

wow.

Querrey, you say ? pffff... choke
Fish, you say ? good but inconsistent
Blake, you say ? get a wheelchair to the granpa!
Harrison ? the future hasn't come.

 

[lechepicha]

Azarenka and Kilirenko won the doubles titles in Madrid

i'm not much into doubles, but these two hotties deserve a post!

http://gototennis.com/2011/05/08/weekend-winners-djokovic-draws-nadal-blood/

which one would you like to put your weenie into ?

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

poor andy...

and poor north americans: no American man or woman was in the top 10 for the first time in the 38-year history of the rankings

wow.

Querrey, you say ? pffff... choke
Fish, you say ? good but inconsistent
Blake, you say ? get a wheelchair to the granpa!
Harrison ? the future hasn't come.

Yeah, I don't know what the USTA is doing, but this is somewhat tragic. Considering they have cheap programs for poor kids in the inner city and things like that I thought by now we'd have some more youth really going strong but it's not the case. Considering it's literally a FREE sport, and we being such a huge country the fact puzzles me.

http://gototennis.com/2011/05/08/weekend-winners-djokovic-draws-nadal-blood/

which one would you like to put your weenie into ?

I want both, at the same time. :rubbel:

 

[lechepicha]

Nadal seeks to avenge Madrid loss

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/columns/story?columnist=ubha_ravi&id=6513251

Federer and Nadal should meet in the semis

Rome hasn't been kind to Andy Murray -- it's the only Masters event where he's failed to reach the quarterfinals

Rome's slower environs will help Soderling, but he'll have to be sharp immediately, playing Fernando Verdasco.

The good news for Ferrer, last year's finalist, is that there's absolutely nothing to trouble him until the quarterfinals. The bad news is that once there, Nadal is waiting

Semifinal predictions: Nadal def. Federer; Djokovic def. Simon.
Final: Nadal def. Djokovic


I agree on everything, except for the final: i'm taking a wild guess here, and listen to an ESPN insider latin-america last sunday, i'd say Roger beat Nole in the final.



Yeah, I know.

 

[lechepicha]

Milos, Dolgo and Roddick lost in Rome 1st round

wtf is happening with the canadian and the ukranian ? :dunno:

i mean, the andy case is long-time accepted, but the other two ?

 

[Lungzyn]

Dolgo had a stomach virus recently, spending more time in hospital than training.
Clay is Verdasco's best surface and he is good when he wants to be. It is likely that clay is Milos' worst surface.

 

[Lungzyn]

Verdaschoke up 6-2 5-4, 40-0 and loses to Sodaking in 3
Bellucci who was the giant killer in Madrid loses to a qualifier
Makes things easier for Nadal

 

[lechepicha]

Verdaschoke up 6-2 5-4, 40-0 and loses to Sodaking in 3

with two double faults. :anonymous

he's 25 in the race...

Bellucci who was the giant killer in Madrid loses to a qualifier
Makes things easier for Nadal

yeah. But feliciano in 3rd round, who's playing very good, doesn't look like a walk in the park (Feli beat Rafa in Queens last year).