BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, CA, 2022 - ATP Masters 1000

[Moxie]

The GOAT of escapes.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Yess...I can now go and get some milk....Rafa you can now go and play golf with Larry!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Remember never write off Rafa...yeah right lol!

 

[kskate2]

Yess...I can now go and get some milk....Rafa you can now go and play golf with Larry!

Golf. Gurl, he needs to hit the practice courts w/ AP or someone other than a player in this tournament.

 

[Moxie]

Remember never write off Rafa...yeah right lol!

Korda made a big leap in his career, I think, but learn from the master about closing.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Korda made a big leap in his career, I think, but learn from the master about closing.

I like Seb, he is still young and learning,....remember he has a cat named Rafa,his idol.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Golf. Gurl, he needs to hit the practice courts w/ AP or someone other than a player in this tournament.

You tell em @kskate2 ..I will put his ass to the test on the practice courts . I learned this tennis drill where you have to set e 100 straight times into a wall right afterwards a very strenuous practicing session.Rafa should be ashamed of himself. What's the heck is he holding back for! He didn't play like this at Acapolo.

 

[Moxie]

Courier just stole my line, about "when you come at the king...." LOL!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Remember never write off Rafa...yeah right lol!

Well Rafa serve and moved like his last name was Sabalenka.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Courier just stole my line, about "when you come at the king...." LOL!

What a great series that was ..the Wire

 

[Jelenafan]

Was it Emerson who said, “if you strike at a King you must kill him.”

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Well Rafa serve and moved like his last name was Sabalenka.

Hey watch it...at least Rafa didn not make 63 UFE in 3 sets like the No 2 WTA player

 

[Jelenafan]

I hate when he played likes this..Korda is just hitting a high short ball..any USTA league 3.5 player can hit these shots Rafa dropped so short..if he survived this send his passive butt back to the practice courts.

He’s too busy playing golf

 

[Moxie]

What a great series that was ..the Wire

Was it Emerson who said, “if you strike at a King you must kill him.”

In fairness, of course, it's not "my line." Indeed, the original quote is Emerson, (Ralph Waldo, not Roy,) and the paraphrase is The Wire. Thank you both for elevating the forums today.

 

[Moxie]

Interestingly, the Tennis Channel backdrop manages to feature both the US flag and the Ukrainian one.

 

[Jelenafan]

Interestingly, the Tennis Channel backdrop manages to feature both the US flag and the Ukrainian one.

Slightly awkward during Daniill’s Medvedev’s match that one of the jumbotrons at the main stadium displayed the flags , but the crowd was actually warm to him, all things considered.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

At least Rafa was honest in his thoughts on the match
"It was one of the worst matches I have played this year"
"I still dont know how I turned it around".

 

[Moxie]

Paul Annacone said somewhere in the first set of that match that Rafa was doing a "get-off-my-lawn" with the kid. I'm not sure if he still owns the pct. of wins over the youngsters, compared to Roger and Novak, but I suspect he does. However, the tide runs in one direction, and he can't keep escaping forever. However, they could all do with taking a page from his stay-in-the-moment and refuse-to-lose playbook.

 

[Moxie]

Slightly awkward during Daniill’s Medvedev’s match that one of the jumbotrons at the main stadium displayed the flags , but the crowd was actually warm to him, all things considered.

I absolutely don't think that the war with Ukraine should be laid on the heads of individual Russian athletes. Or Belarussian ones. He certainly deserves the respect of the crowd. (Or at least until he blows it, himself, which is possible.)

 

[the AntiPusher]

Was it Emerson who said, “if you strike at a King you must kill him.”

It was Omar Little from the Wire , "If you come for the King , you best not Miss!"