General tennis discussion

[yisman]

They went to deuce, and Nadal managed to break back. Nadal up 30-0, trying to make it 6-5.

[yisman]

and Nadal survives. 6-3 3-6 7-5

[yisman]

Blake blew a 2 sets to 1 lead on Del Potro

Local 17 year old Bernard Tomic almost took down Marin Cilic. Cilic won 6-7 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-4

Florent Serra pulled off what I think was the second greatest comeback of the tournament so far, behind only Gasquet/Youzhny.

Nieminen was up 6-3 4-6 7-5 5-2 and Serra came back to win the fourth set tiebreaker and then the fifth set, 7-5. Grueling.

[EaglesPhan36]

Amazing how many guys are choking away 2-0 or 2-1 set leads so far.

[yisman]

Amazing how many guys are choking away 2-0 or 2-1 set leads so far.

Baghdatis came from 2-0 down to beat Ferrer just now.

4-6 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-1

things suddenly got easier for him after he won the third set tiebreaker.

Took about three hours and 15 minutes.

[yisman]

So Kim Clijsters, a top 5 player, just lost the first eight games to Nadia Petrova.

[EaglesPhan36]

The MOST shocking result of the tournament so far to me. Not so much that she lost, but that she was never in the match at all.

[yisman]

It was the biggest disparity between expectations and results I've ever seen.

[yisman]

Petrova upsets Kuznetsova.

Beat Clijsters and Kuznetsova back to back. Now that's impressive. She gets the Henin-Wickmayer winner next.

[fixxer]

Which will be Henin....should be an easy 2:0, and after it against Petrova....we will see

[timbo46]

I am concerned about Henin getting her serve in....too many dbl-faults so far.

[yisman]

lol, I watched some of the Jim Courier on court interview of Nadal after Nadal's win, and Courier asked what Nadal did during his time off. He said he went to the casino and lost some money. Courier said it's good to give back to the economy, and Nadal says he doesn't want to go back. He also said he plays some video games.

Courier mentioned that Nadal had said he plays a lot of tennis video games and he always plays as Roger Federer. "Do you still do that?"

Nadal said yeah, because they keep making him as a defensive-type player and he can't win like that.

[yisman]

all holds in the third set.

this is taking forever.

approaching 2 and a half hours now. I'm not staying up for the finish.

[yisman]

Cilic almost broke Del Potro.

On Del Potro's fourth service game of the second set, it took over 10 minutes and Cilic had several break points.

6 or 7 deuces

4-4 in the third



Roddick is actually warming up with Gonzalez over on the Rod Laver court.

[yisman]

story of third set:

Cilic 0/7 on break points
Del Potro 1/1

DP just broke him and he'll serve out the third, I'm sure.

[yisman]

...and Del Potro double faults on 30-40

5-5

wow

no breaks and then back to back breaks

[yisman]

Cilic breaks Del Potro again!

7-5 third set win.

Trying to turn the tables on Del Potro from last year.

Instead of WLLL, it's LWW...

[The General]

Wow, I had higher expectations for Del Potro.

What was the Prices on that match?

[Dr.Gonzo]

I think you can cut Del Potro a little slack with the injuries he has been carrying.

[yisman]

Wow, I had higher expectations for Del Potro.

What was the Prices on that match?

Del Potro was in the -160 to -200 range
Cilic was around +150

[RogueScholar]

Which will be Henin....should be an easy 2:0, and after it against Petrova....we will see

I disagree, I think that the younger Belgian may have the edge over Henin in momentum and drive to win after being reinstated from her erroneous drug ban. Wickmayer jumped up more than 50 ranking spots last year, and Henin wasn't even playing tennis recreationally during her retirement. I just don't see a lopsided straight sets victory for Henin if she does win, should be a match for Over Games betting if you ask me.

[yisman]

you're right, rogue. three sets, tightly contested


anyway, this morning:

no tiebreaker, have to win by two games.

Tsonga up 7-6

Fed up 3-2. all holds.

[yisman]

9-7 tsonga wins.

fed express rolling over hewitt

[Busterflywheel]

I think you can cut Del Potro a little slack with the injuries he has been carrying.

Still excuse..he's had time to rehabilitate

[yisman]

second game of azarenka/serena had 9 deuces and took about 15 minutes. No exaggeration.


We're in the third game now and the match is already 25 minutes old.

[yisman]

I think the new rankings will be:

Federer
Djokovic
Murray
Nadal
Del Potro
Davydenko
Roddick

[yisman]

I think the new rankings will be:

Federer
Djokovic
Murray
Nadal
Del Potro
Davydenko
Roddick

Rank Name & Nationality Points Position Moved Tournaments Played 1 Federer, Roger (SUI) 11,350 0 19 2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 8,310 1 21 3 Murray, Andy (GBR) 7,800 1 18 4 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 7,670 -2 19 5 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) 6,400 0 21 6 Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) 5,290 0 26 7 Roddick, Andy (USA) 4,150 0 20

[yisman]

ATP San Jose:

Zverev led Sijsling 5-2 in the third set and proceeded to lose five straight games.

[baa269]

im leaning lorenzi against mello any thoughts? ml moved fast on lorenzi.. and now at even money

[yisman]

It's a toss-up for me and I'm not taking it.

Slight lean to Mello, but I don't know much about these guys.

[beefcake]

the whole world is on dent tonight,Guess im one of the few that isnt..

[baa269]

i know absolutely nothing about tennis. just been looking at alternative sports numbers and this one moved quiet a bit before it went off.

[THEGREAT30]

where is best site to get tennis info?, I used to like tennis.com but the new layout is not for me, please also, I don't like ATP official site. Thanks for info.

[yisman]

tennisinsight.com

[yisman]

the first bracket of the women's side is really stacked.

Serena, Henin, Sharapova, Stosur, etc.

Also, some weird matchups on the men's side.

Murray gets a brutal first round opponent in Gasquet, while there are a bunch of weak vs. weak first round matchups. Murray couldn't have gotten one of the weak ones?

Example: Robert's opponent