Thinking Out Loud: Benneteau vs. Llodra

[EaglesPhan36]

These two dodgy fukks fixed a match last year in Cincinnati against each other. Anyone who remembers it, knows it. It's not a money thing, but a fix to help out a comrade. Llodra rolled Benny in the Marseilles final last year perhaps laying down to let Llodra win after he had failed in the final the year before. The scoreline looks like a pasting, but it was really two simple breaks of serve by Llodra that won.

These two were doubles partners last year quite a bit. Does Llodra let his friend win this year? I'm intrigued by this match. Perhaps overly so and reading into it too much, but their history ....

[EaglesPhan36]

Almost script like today. Both with one simple break in each of the 1st two sets. Not surprising that it's in a 3rd set, let's see how gets the easy break to win.

[EaglesPhan36]

And it's one simple break to Llodra who wins in 3. Scriptacular!

[Gee]

I took Llodra before thinking about this.

Nice to be on the right side of one for once

[yisman]

if it were a script wouldn't benneteau have won?

[EaglesPhan36]

I don't pretend to know who is supposed to win between these two. I was speculating maybe on a winner, but their matches seem very robotic when they've played. Serves are held usually fairly easily around the break in each set when one of the guys inexplicably serves like a putz. Just something I've noticed between the two. Llodra's been a speculative fixer on occassion from what I have read from others, not my opinion necessarily outside of this sort of situation. Sometimes matches between countrymen can be iffy.