BNP Paribas Masters - ATP 1000 - Oct. 27th to Nov. 2nd

[herios]

^ Go Berd, because I don't want to be in Nehmeth's position of having to root for the serve bot in the final.

He is not a serve bot. I guess you fell asleep when Rodge was broken by him. Raonic hit 3 winners, which were not serves.

 

[tented]

So far so good, Milos up a break in the first set with Tomas.

It is not a big secret, that I am rooting for a Djonic final

And who would you want to win?

Stefan's Dad. Number one ranking for him to be preserved, that is the most important next goal for me.

I thought you would root for the underdog, but I get where you're coming from.

I don't think you need to worry, anyway. Assuming Novak wins today (and I think he will), he will win the final. Nishikori is a bigger potential threat than Berdych or Raonic.

 

[Billie]

If Tomas can hold now, then they are going to the wire, 3rd set tiebreak. Come on!

Oh no, nerves....2 double faults for Tomas. Oh brother, 2 break points - match points for Raonic.

 

[Billie]

Gee Tomasuzzled

Congrats to Milos!:clap

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

What a gift of a game from Tomas....wow...Milos says thank you.

Well done on the second Masters Final Milos.

 

[TennisFanatic7]

How many double faults from Berdy in that last game?

 

[Billie]

How many double faults from Berdy in that last game?

At least 2 - I think they were in a row.:nono

 

[herios]

Tomas p..d in his boxers when facing Milos, while serving to stay in the match.
The Canadian's ROS efficient ROS is what spooked him:huh::laydownlaughing

 

[tented]

That was a lose-lose no matter which guy won -- even the announcers several times described it as "not exactly riveting tennis" -- but congrats to Raonic.

Now, bring on tennis which will be enjoyable.

 

[nehmeth]

Kei won't get as much help from the court here as he did in New York. I hope (a focused) Novak keeps him on a string here and runs the young Samurai's legs off.

 

[nehmeth]

^ Go Berd, because I don't want to be in Nehmeth's position of having to root for the serve bot in the final.

:cover Welcome to the dark side my friend.


(of course Nole still has to win, so there remains some hope for you)

 

[Billie]

Kei won't get as much help from the court here as he did in New York. I hope (a focused) Novak keeps him on a string here and runs the young Samurai's legs off.

Not to mention that the conditions are so much more pleasant here.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSY7HiNzxJ4[/video]

 

[nehmeth]

Sweet forehand from Novak for the break!

 

[Billie]

Kei must be hurting, his serves are as slow as some WTA players'.uzzled

 

[herios]

Sweet forehand from Novak for the break!

Beauty

 

[nehmeth]

Novak looks pretty darned determined to make a statement after the loss to Nishi in NYC.

It seems with baby Stefan delivered safely and everyone healthy, he's neither pensive nor distracted.

 

[nehmeth]

Incredible cross court forehand to go up 5-2. Nishi was right in that point... and then it was over.

 

[Billie]

What a point Nole, stretched to the max and scoring a beautiful winner, that's more to my liking. The French boxer likes it too.:clap

 

[nehmeth]

If Novak wins today, he'll go from facing these insipid serves that barely make it over the net to returning bombs from the Orc. :nono