ITALiAN CAT PLAYIN FISH?

gators0708 · 02-23-12, 12:54 PM

Dont know much about him, but read that he has a Karlovic like serve!

RNS · 02-23-12, 01:24 PM

and poor start from fish this year

showtiime · 02-23-12, 01:31 PM

Yeah good serve, go for over games.

JNic · 02-23-12, 02:28 PM

He had the fastest serve in history in challengers but it doesnt count towards record. People are freaking out over his serve, so I'm def gonna watch some of that match to see how wet this guys serve is

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 03:11 PM

Buddy bet $3600 to win $680 or something on Fish and just don't get why he would do that against a player he doesn't know about...not gonna share with him what you guys just said about his serve

EaglesPhan36 · 02-23-12, 03:13 PM

As long as Fish isn't in Marseille just for a nice post Davis Cup vacation, he'll beat this guy. There's a difference between bashing through qualis and Bachinger vs. a guy like Fish. That being said, would not be surprised if a set was close or even if the guy takes a set considering this is Fish's first match here.

2fast4u · 02-23-12, 03:14 PM

big servers always have a chance indoors

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

As long as Fish isn't in Marseille just for a nice post Davis Cup vacation, he'll beat this guy. There's a difference between bashing through qualis and Bachinger vs. a guy like Fish. That being said, would not be surprised if a set was close or even if the guy takes a set considering this is Fish's first match here.

Does Fish have a big incentive in terms of rankings/prize money etc to win ? Don't really follow the sport too close except for the big tourneys.

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 03:48 PM

Strong serve looking good early on by this kid....yikes

gators0708 · 02-23-12, 04:00 PM

Wow he looks great, should of put more then $10 on him lol!!

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 04:00 PM

Wow...kid just kicked fish's ass in the first set!

MrGambler · 02-23-12, 04:01 PM

Olivetti wins. I tailed @5 times the money

Del P hit @ 2
George hit @ 2

What a day!!!

showtiime · 02-23-12, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by socrates01

Buddy bet $3600 to win $680 or something on Fish and just don't get why he would do that against a player he doesn't know about...not gonna share with him what you guys just said about his serve

Classic case of betting based on ranking.

Your friend has lost his money, I actually played the over thinking we would at least see a TB, but it looks like fish is getting rolled, he can't touch his serve, up a break in the 2nd - don't see him getting broken back.

EaglesPhan36 · 02-23-12, 04:14 PM

Looks like Mardy wanted a French vacation.

dudekid · 02-23-12, 04:17 PM

wow im kicking myself, i wanted to put olivetti in an open parlay after i read this thread but didnt get to it before it started..missed out on huge +odds! congrats if you took him

MrGambler · 02-23-12, 04:25 PM

Ops. Fish is coming back!!! time to cash out...

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 04:28 PM

Fish is coming back in the second, going to be a tight one! Kid's the real deal...

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 04:29 PM

Originally posted by showtiime

Classic case of betting based on ranking.

Your friend has lost his money, I actually played the over thinking we would at least see a TB, but it looks like fish is getting rolled, he can't touch his serve, up a break in the 2nd - don't see him getting broken back.

Tight one... doesn't look good for Fishy. This kid's bringing it!

MrGambler · 02-23-12, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by socrates01

Tight one... doesn't look good for Fishy. This kid's bringing it!

Lets hope so! Didnt cash out

EaglesPhan36 · 02-23-12, 04:35 PM

I don't know if you can call this kid a "real deal" ... he's on home soil playing someone who hasn't played on this surface yet and really hasn't played well this year. And he's about to lose this 2nd set and probably the match. Double fault machine so far.

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by socrates01

Buddy bet $3600 to win $680 or something on Fish and just don't get why he would do that against a player he doesn't know about...not gonna share with him what you guys just said about his serve

Funny thing is, is that if Fish wins the third and the match, my buddy who isn't even watching it because he's working will have no clue how fuckin' close this was and how good this young dude is! Rooting for my boy to not lose his ass! Let's go Fishy!

MrGambler · 02-23-12, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

I don't know if you can call this kid a "real deal" ... he's on home soil playing someone who hasn't played on this surface yet and really hasn't played well this year. And he's about to lose this 2nd set and probably the match. Double fault machine so far.

Probably but stranger things have happened. Lets get the serves working again Olivetti

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 04:41 PM

Yeah, guess you can say he has potential to be the real deal with a serve like that...

MrGambler · 02-23-12, 04:47 PM

Yeeees The Italian Cat breaks Fish...hold your serve now boy

EaglesPhan36 · 02-23-12, 04:48 PM

Plenty of guys have a power serve and nothing else, doesn't mean you'll amount to anything. As said previously, it means you can keep matches tight on quick surfaces like this - but your margin for error is literally zero. You can rattle off a couple handfuls of guys who are in the same category. Problem with these guys is they lose their legs in longer matches and their serve can disappear late if they spend too much energy throughout a tournament.

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 04:49 PM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

Plenty of guys have a power serve and nothing else, doesn't mean you'll amount to anything. As said previously, it means you can keep matches tight on quick surfaces like this - but your margin for error is literally zero. You can rattle off a couple handfuls of guys who are in the same category. Problem with these guys is they lose their legs in longer matches and their serve can disappear late if they spend too much energy throughout a tournament.

Hopefully he disappears today

, but doesn't look like it

EaglesPhan36 · 02-23-12, 04:53 PM

It was a good situational bet for sure with Fish coming in for his first match and Olivetti having played several matches already.

apurvaas · 02-23-12, 05:11 PM

damn fish! loosing my big parlay!

tevari · 02-23-12, 05:19 PM

GSM

dudekid · 02-23-12, 05:21 PM

wow...HUGE upset

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 05:23 PM

Yikes...Fish goes down

socrates01 · 02-23-12, 05:24 PM

what's GSM?

tevari · 02-23-12, 05:30 PM

Game set match

showtiime · 02-23-12, 05:45 PM

new goat serve, record will be broken no doubt once he gets a few matches on the tour, obviously ground game is horrible, almost to point where you think he's just been practicing serving for 20 years. Net game also leaves a lot to be desired for someone of his size, I guess he will improve with time, still young.