2025 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

This came out of nowhere, Draper breaks Rublev, whose serve let him down
Draper will serve for the 2nd set 6-5
Good service game from Draper 75 2nd set
Going 3

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wow Rublev is looking to hand Draper a bagel in the 3rd set, leads 5-0
Bagel avoided!
Rublev will serve for the match 5-1

 

[El Dude]

Draper looks to be capped as a 10-15 guy, who might dip into the lower half of the top 10. I could see him sneaking in a Masters, though, especially in the "Coric-Popyrin era."

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Draper looks to be capped as a 10-15 guy, who might dip into the lower half of the top 10. I could see him sneaking in a Masters, though, especially in the "Coric-Popyrin era."

Agree, what is his ELO rating one of my commies who is British said some unbelievable ELO rating

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rublev d Draper 75 57 61
This is Rublevs 17th ATP title and he now extends his H2H 4-0 against Draper
This is Rublevs 2nd Doha title

 

[Moxie]

Great job, Rublev!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Great job, Rublev!

I also liked the way he handled his emotions all week, good to see

 

[El Dude]

Agree, what is his ELO rating one of my commies who is British said some unbelievable ELO rating

Before the tournament it was 2021 according to Tennis Abstract, or #6. He's probably a few points above that now and has passed Grigor for #5.

(Note that TA's Elo is lower than UTS...and there is another version or two out there. I tend to use TA because it is updated weekly, while UTS seems to be on a once-a-year schedule. Plus, Jeff Sackmann is sort of the God of Tennis Analytics, so I'm guessing his formula is a touch more accurate than UTS, but haven't dived into the differences).

 

[El Dude]

That said (re: my assertion that he's more of a Masters-level champion), he does seem to be a candidate to go on a micro-Stanimal run at some point. There might be another octave, in other words. But as of right now, I put him in the same general group as Ruud, De Minaur, and Paul...solid second tier guys that that are more Slam darkhorses than candidates.

 

[mrzz]

Rublev d Draper 75 57 61
This is Rublevs 17th ATP title and he now extends his H2H 4-0 against Draper
This is Rublevs 2nd Doha title

YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS

 

[mrzz]

Rublev wo-on, cheater lo-ost, nananana naa!!!

Stay tuned for more super mature commentary!

 

[El Dude]

Rublev wo-on, cheater lo-ost, nananana naa!!!

Stay tuned for more super mature commentary!

Draper is gay?

 

[mrzz]

Draper is gay?

No idea about that, it is just that my inner 5 years old took over. Don´t worry, the 11 years one will shortly be back in charge.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Waiting for mrzz to find his 11 year old self
Draper will rise to a career high No 12, regardless of his 'collapse' in the 3rd set, he should not be having struggling, fitness issues, this was a best of 3 match.
Draper is also entered in Dubai tournament which starts shortly

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP500 Rio,
SFs,
Saturday 22nd February
S.Baez (5) vs LL C.Ugo Carabelli
A.Muller vs F.Comensana

BTW in this tournament Zverev was in a winning position and let it slip, Commensana defeated him in 3 sets in the QFs