2024 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

There's not an empty seat in the place MM.

Good to see, actually I shed a few tears when Rafa came on court, been awhile since he has competed on clay

 

[kskate2]

Rafa if he wins this match plays the Energizer Bunny Alex de Minaur, next, the way Alex is playing on a clay court I think he may win.
Lets see what Don Fabio has to say.

EB will not provide as many free gifts as Cobolli did today. It will be tough match indeed.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

EB will not provide as many free gifts as Cobolli did today. It will be tough match indeed.

Agree, Alex will test out Rafa on every inch of the court, he dosent give free gifts
I still concerned with Rafa's serve at present, lets see how he fares tomorrow against Alex

 

[don_fabio]

Rafa if he wins this match plays the Energizer Bunny Alex de Minaur, next, the way Alex is playing on a clay court I think he may win.
Lets see what Don Fabio has to say.

D Minor will be a proper test for Rafa. Curious to see where his real level is at the moment, because Cobolli was not good enough. Couple of good points in the 2nd set today, but that was more or less it. Rafa's serve was somewhat slow today. It is hard to bet against Rafa on clay, even when he lacks matches.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Good to see, actually I shed a few tears when Rafa came on court, been awhile since he has competed on clay

Hi no one gave me a bump..I will have to catch up on TC replay. How was Rafa moving today

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Hi no one gave me a bump..I will have to catch up on TC replay. How was Rafa moving today

I am still waiting for your cheque lol! Rafa moved okay for his first match back on clay since RG 2022, his serve is still a concern for me,
Rafa will play Alex de Minaur tomorrow, he will test Rafa out physically and wont give him the free gifts that Cobolli did today
Rafa v Alex match is not before 4pm local time Wednesday 17th, though apparently there could be a possible slot change, go to the ATP website if there is any scheduling change for the match

 

[the AntiPusher]

I am still waiting for your cheque lol! Rafa moved okay for his first match back on clay since RG 2022, his serve is still a concern for me,
Rafa will play Alex de Minaur tomorrow, he will test Rafa out physically and wont give him the free gifts that Cobolli did today
Rafa v Alex match is not before 4pm local time Wednesday 17th, though apparently there could be a possible slot change, go to the ATP website if there is any scheduling change for the match

You know I luv you @MargaretMcAleer ..I will get the cheque in the mail

 

[kskate2]

Really Tennis Channel. They keep telling people to tune into T2 for other coverage. I go there just now and they have a roundtable yacking while Norrie's match plays. Norrie's match is on both channels. I'm sorry, but Norrie isn't good enough to command 2 channels simultaneously.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Really Tennis Channel. They keep telling people to tune into T2 for other coverage. I go there just now and they have a roundtable yacking while Norrie's match plays. Norrie's match is on both channels. I'm sorry, but Norrie isn't good enough to command 2 channels simultaneously.

Norrie is too boring. I haven't watched tennis all year since the AO. I'm sorry Norrie CAN'T be my first match to view.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Norrie is too boring. I haven't watched tennis all year since the AO. I'm sorry Norrie CAN'T be my first match to view.

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Man Rafa looks in great condition

 

[the AntiPusher]

The replay of the Rafa match is on TC now..Man , all seems like it gonna be All right with Life again! Praise God! Jajaja Mohammed called the match

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I was tweeted a incident by a tennis journalist I follow Jose Morgado earlier at a Oerias Challenger.
I have always found Fognini a loose cannon at times, and his behavior in this tournament needs to be 'called out'.
Fognini just escaped DQ by cms after losing the 1st set vs De Loore in his Oeiras Challenger debut. Threw a ball after the set point that missed the head of the Portuguese Federation President not by much. Unreal scenes.
I am soo tired of this behavior.Should the punishment be based on the action? not on whether the ball actually hits someone or not? or is a warning sufficient in this case?/or receiving a fine as well..

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Speaking to Spanish television after his win, Rafa addressed a question on his serve ( translated into English)
"I'm not going to serve like crazy in my first match back.I have some moments where I feel more freedom.Some I feel I need to be more careful.I just need to be logical".

 

[the AntiPusher]

Speaking to Spanish television after his win, Rafa addressed a question on his serve ( translated into English)
"I'm not going to serve like crazy in my first match back.I have some moments where I feel more freedom.Some I feel I need to be more careful.I just need to be logical".

Anacone said that he gave rather a B today and he will have to turn it up quite another notch to defeat the energizer bunny from down under during the next round

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Anacone said that he gave rather a B today and he will have to turn it up quite another notch to defeat the energizer bunny from down under during the next round

Agree with Anacone, Rafa will be tested tomorrow against the energizer bunny, his playing level will have to go up quite a notch, as Alex wont give Rafa the gifts, UFE like Cobolli did.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Agree with Anacone, Rafa will be tested tomorrow against the energizer bunny, his playing level will have to go up quite a notch, as Alex wont give Rafa the gifts, UFE like Cobolli did.

Agreed..we have always seen this from Rafa. Early rounds playing his C plus game in the early rounds

 

[Moxie]

And wearing what @Moxie calls the dreaded pink

I do not dread the pink. Don't pin that on me! LOL.

 

[Moxie]

I do not dread the pink. Don't pin that on me! LOL.

I'm finally getting a minute to watch a bit of the replay of the match today. Were you saying that Rafa is wearing pink? Because, if so, you need to recalibrate the color on your TV. He's wearing lavender.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I'm finally getting a minute to watch a bit of the replay of the match today. Were you saying that Rafa is wearing pink? Because, if so, you need to recalibrate the color on your TV. He's wearing lavender.

Yes it was Lavender with a pink trim

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

In Barcelona,
Davidovich Fokina (11) wins via walkover from Tomas Machac