2021 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Can someone put up a post for Madrid please?

 

[Moxie]

Can someone put up a post for Madrid please?

I put a quick one up...no time to do more.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I put a quick one up...no time to do more.

Thanks I just saw it

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rome Main Draw Wild Cards,Rome will have 25% spectators from Rd 3,

Stefano Travagla,Salvatore Caruso,Lorenzo Musetti.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Andy Murray back on clay today in London.Plans to play eiher Geneva or Lyon after some further practice in Rome this coming week.

 

[Front242]

Andy Murray back on clay today in London.Plans to play eiher Geneva or Lyon after some further practice in Rome this coming week.

Geneva, Murray v Federer would be nice. Battle of the bashed up old geezers, one more bashed up than the other.

 

[napo]

Just read Murray and Djokovic will train together in Rome on Sunday.

 

[napo]

From Monday on Nadal will be No 3 again. I guess he can correct it with a win in Rome.

Edit: I’m wrong, it cannot be changed till RG, so Rafa will enter FO21 as 3rd seed.

 

[napo]

Possible QF Rome: Nadal-Zverev, Djokovic-Tsitsipas.
Thiem is in Djoker’s half. Rafa could play Sinner-Ruud-Zverev-Medvedev.
I don’t think we will see a Nadal-Djoker F.
If Rafa stays third, we can see a Nadal-Djokovic SF in RG. The last one was long ago. Both not at their best right now.

 

[Front242]

From Monday on Nadal will be No 3 again. I guess he can correct it with a win in Rome.

Edit: I’m wrong, it cannot be changed till RG, so Rafa will enter FO21 as 3rd seed.

Prior to catching covid, Medvedev got to keep the number 2 ranking by not even playing Monte Carlo. Now he lost in the R16 at Madrid and got it back. Very unexpected in both cases and determined by Nadal's "poor by his standards" results in Monte Carlo and Madrid.

 

[Front242]

Possible QF Rome: Nadal-Zverev, Djokovic-Tsitsipas.
Thiem is in Djoker’s half. Rafa could play Sinner-Ruud-Zverev-Medvedev.
I don’t think we will see a Nadal-Djoker F.
If Rafa stays third, we can see a Nadal-Djokovic SF in RG. The last one was long ago. Both not at their best right now.

Some nice projected very possible matches there and considering they're QFs they're more likely to happen than later stage matches.

 

[napo]

Some very interesting weeks and matches in front.
Rome and the French, hot young guns, struggling masters and don't we forget: Roger coming back.

That's why I look forward enthusiastically.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just read that The Austrian plans to play Lyon as well as Rome,oh well that is his decision still I feel Rome is enough 'tune up' for RG.

 

[napo]

Just read that The Austrian plans to play Lyon as well as Rome,oh well that is his decision still I feel Rome is enough 'tune up' for RG.

If he goes all the way in Rome maybe, but if he loses early it isn’t enough. He is far from the level he needs to be a factor in Paris.
Therefor I think it’s not that stupid to play Lyon.

 

[Moxie]

Some nice projected very possible matches there and considering they're QFs they're more likely to happen than later stage matches.

Here's a potential rough one for you: Karatsev and Medvedev could meet 2nd round.

 

[Moxie]

Possible QF Rome: Nadal-Zverev, Djokovic-Tsitsipas.
Thiem is in Djoker’s half. Rafa could play Sinner-Ruud-Zverev-Medvedev.
I don’t think we will see a Nadal-Djoker F.
If Rafa stays third, we can see a Nadal-Djokovic SF in RG. The last one was long ago. Both not at their best right now.

If no one puts up the Rome threads by tomorrow, I'll put something up. Already some interesting developments in the qualifying: Munar and Gerasimov out.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Just read Murray and Djokovic will train together in Rome on Sunday.

I would like to see that . It takes a lot of courage for Andy to practice again at that level..I hope everyone realizes that type of dedication and commitment

 

[Front242]

Here's a potential rough one for you: Karatsev and Medvedev could meet 2nd round.

I'm more of a fan of Karatsev lately and see him winning that if they meet.

 

[Moxie]

I'm more of a fan of Karatsev lately and see him winning that if they meet.

Oh, good, because I think that's who I picked in my draw.

 

[Front242]

Oh, good, because I think that's who I picked in my draw.

Given how much Medvedev hates clay all it will take is for him to go down a break to get frustrated.