2015 Shanghai Masters 1000

[herios]

Roger wins the second set 6-2

 

[Kieran]

Roger must be rusty after his layoff, but the wheels start grinding slowly...

 

[Kirijax]

Wow. Was looking forward to an upset but Cilic is slapping Coric all over the court. 6-1 in the 1st.

 

[Kieran]

Vamos Ramos!

I suppose Muzza only has to fart now to secure #2 in the rankings...

 

[kskate2]

Oh my. That's a surprise. Rog must still be on vaca.

 

[nehmeth]

Fed out in the first round of Shanghai?

Thanks Tignor! :snicker

 

[El Dude]

 

[Kirijax]

What the heck just happened?

Happy for Murray but not like this. Wow.

 

[nehmeth]

Vamos Ramos!

I suppose Muzza only has to fart now to secure #2 in the rankings...

Possibly....

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzB4ugSSIXw[/video]

 

[herios]

Even if the court was slow as mud, Roger should have been able to dispose of Ramos who was a qualifier here ...well Murray might have an easy path to hold onto the #2 for some time.

 

[Carol]

Was Cilic on fire or Coric on ice?
I see that Ramos has given a tough time to Roger.....lot

 

[bajana]

Fed as usual gives a tough time to himself. To paraphrase EBB, "how do I play thee? Let me count the break poins wasted..."

 

[Kirijax]

I've been waiting for a while to say this so here goes...


VAMOS, RAMOS!

 

[herios]

On another note, at the masters we need some fresh blood to make a deep run into the finals, so let's see who rises to the occasion. In the bookies view, Wawrinka and Nishikori have the biggest chance.

 

[Carol]

Fed as usual gives a tough time to himself. To paraphrase EBB, "how do I play thee? Let me count the break poins wasted..."

He is not the only one to do that........

 

[Kirijax]

On another note, at the masters we need some fresh blood to make a deep run into the finals, so let's see who rises to the occasion. In the bookies view, Wawrinka and Nishikori have the biggest chance.

With six 500 titles already, Nishikori needs to step up to the next step and take a Masters.

 

[Kieran]

Fed out in the first round of Shanghai?

Thanks Tignor! :snicker

Yeah, never in the history of The Curse has it ever been so cruel... :laydownlaughing

 

[DarthFed]

Pretty pathetic. Nobody loses to Ramos. Crappy play this year continues for Roger

 

[El Dude]

I imagine it is pretty hard for Federer to be as motivated for Shanghai. First of all, he just came off two heart-wrenching losses to Novak in Slam finals. A Masters even just doesn't have the cache, perhaps especially these last two which almost seem like "ATP 800" events. I know Roger says he loves playing at all tournaments, but I imagine he mainly just wants another Slam.

 

[DarthFed]

Now he will probably finish #3 behind Murray...weak