Beijing Open ATP 500

[Kieran]

The backhand is crumbling.

Gasquet's, that is...

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Nadal off to a great start as he looks to defend his Laureus Comeback of the Year Award.
6-4 6-0

 

[tented]

From 30-0 to getting broken: Gasquet is going down quickly now.

 

[Front242]

Who would expect Gasquet to win anyway lol? Not even watching 'cos his I'm a muppet who stands further behind the baseline than even Spaniards on clay routine on every surface is not ever going to win him anything much.

 

[Kieran]

Nadal is off to a great start as he looks to defend his Laureus Comeback of the Year Award.

:lolz: :lolz: :clap

 

[Front242]

Gasquet's tennis IQ is appalling and no coach has successfully managed to tell him to stand on the baseline and not 15 feet behind so every good player just bosses him around.

 

[Kieran]

It's getting thuggish now, with forehands raining down like kicks in a Scorsese film...

 

[tented]

Gasquet's tennis IQ is appalling and no coach has successfully managed to tell him to stand on the baseline and not 15 feet behind so every good player just bosses him around.

No, he's just tanking to avoid Gojowczyk.

 

[NADAL2005RG]

It's getting thuggish now, with forehands raining down like kicks in a Scorsese film...

I'm not a Scorsese fan overall, but I like 2 of his films:
The Color Of Money (1986)
Cape Fear (1991)

 

[brokenshoelace]

Gasquet's tennis IQ is appalling and no coach has successfully managed to tell him to stand on the baseline and not 15 feet behind so every good player just bosses him around.

He'd have to change the way he hits his backhand and shorten its motion. It's got a huge backswing so he has to stand back to give himself the time to take big cuts at the ball. It's not that easy for a one hander to stick your grand on the baseline and hit half volleyed rockets on the backhand side.

That's a lot easier said than done so I think even with a coach who urges him to move further up the court, Gasquet would struggle.

 

[Kieran]

It's getting thuggish now, with forehands raining down like kicks in a Scorsese film...

I'm not a Scorsese fan overall, but I like 2 of his films:
The Color Of Money (1986)
Cape Fear (1991)

Now, I'm not being funny, but they're two I didn't enjoy. But I see the attraction.

Vamos! The king is back with a bang. :clap

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Paul Newman's last line of The Color Of Money: "Hey - I'm back."

 

[Front242]

Gasquet's tennis IQ is appalling and no coach has successfully managed to tell him to stand on the baseline and not 15 feet behind so every good player just bosses him around.

He'd have to change the way he hits his backhand and shorten its motion. It's got a huge backswing so he has to stand back to give himself the time to take big cuts at the ball. It's not that easy for a one hander to stick your grand on the baseline and hit half volleyed rockets on the backhand side.

That's a lot easier said than done so I think even with a coach who urges him to move further up the court, Gasquet would struggle.

Surely it wouldn't be too hard to have a different rally backhand with less power and shorter motion and then a more powerfully struck one when he's far back.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxzu_FO0PQk[/video]

 

[Kieran]

Thanks Pavlik!

 

[kskate2]

After battling over the first 2 sets, Andy finally comes through over Jerzy 6-7 6-4 6-2

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7m-jqTXNg[/video]

 

[TennisFanatic7]

Looks like a good win for Andy after giving Jerzy that head start in the first set. A shame he didn't complete the set one comeback by winning the breaker as I don't think his body will be thanking him for the extra time on court next week in Shanghai.

Anyone see much of today's action? How is everyone looking?

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[the AntiPusher]

Gasquet's tennis IQ is appalling and no coach has successfully managed to tell him to stand on the baseline and not 15 feet behind so every good player just bosses him around.

Its not so easy Front... Gasquet just doesnt have the best footwork and he has some classic beautiful strokes but not a real knock out weapon to win him free points.. its not his tennis IQ but he is just a grinder who doesnt possess the knockout punch..

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Both Murray and Nadal have fairly easy opponents in the second round and it looks like
both will reach QF (not to mention Novak).