Delray Beach Open, Delray Beach, FL, USA, ATP 250

[Billie]

Delpo is slicing that backhand a little bit more now, it seems. FH looks good, not as fierce as before, but it is his 1st match after all.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

class shots from deplpotro..6-2, 4-2..

 

[Billie]

Here we go, serving for the match. I like this blue color on Delpo, this is very important to his tennis, I know.

 

[Billie]

And Delpo's last point is an ace. Well done big guy. It's nice to see him back on court.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

woot// excellent win, the delpotromobile is up and running.

 

[mrzz]

90% of slices... hope it is just lack of confidence.

 

[Billie]

First round matches completed, all results:

Austin Krajicek Defeats (1) Kevin Anderson 763 00 (RET)
Rajeev Ram Defeats (2) Bernard Tomic 763 61
(Q) John-Patrick Smith Defeats (3) Ivo Karlovic 63 36 62
(4) Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Dudi Sela 64 62
(5) Jeremy Chardy Defeats Matthew Ebden 62 61
(6) Steve Johnson Defeats John Millman 63 57 768
(7) Donald Young Defeats Mikhail Kukushkin 763 30 (RET)
(8) Adrian Mannarino Defeats Malek Jaziri 16 63 61
Benjamin Becker Defeats (Q) Radu Albot 64 61 H2H
(WC) Juan Martin Del Potro Defeats Denis Kudla 61 64
Damir Dzumhur Defeats Ricardas Berankis 64 62
(Q) Tatsuma Ito Defeats (Q) Dennis Novikov 62 64
Illya Marchenko Defeats Marcel Granollers 63 64
Sam Querrey Defeats Thiemo De Bakker 46 63 64
(WC) Noah Rubin Defeats Sam Groth 64 46 766
(WC) Tim Smyczek Defeats (SE) Taylor Fritz 63 63

 

[Billie]

Top 3 seeds are all out. What happened to Mr Anderson?

 

[Moxie]

I only saw the very end of the DelPotro match. Interesting to read the comments. Anyway, he's through for the moment.

 

[britbox]

First round matches completed, all results:

Austin Krajicek Defeats (1) Kevin Anderson 763 00 (RET)
Rajeev Ram Defeats (2) Bernard Tomic 763 61
(Q) John-Patrick Smith Defeats (3) Ivo Karlovic 63 36 62
(4) Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Dudi Sela 64 62
(5) Jeremy Chardy Defeats Matthew Ebden 62 61
(6) Steve Johnson Defeats John Millman 63 57 768
(7) Donald Young Defeats Mikhail Kukushkin 763 30 (RET)
(8) Adrian Mannarino Defeats Malek Jaziri 16 63 61
Benjamin Becker Defeats (Q) Radu Albot 64 61 H2H
(WC) Juan Martin Del Potro Defeats Denis Kudla 61 64
Damir Dzumhur Defeats Ricardas Berankis 64 62
(Q) Tatsuma Ito Defeats (Q) Dennis Novikov 62 64
Illya Marchenko Defeats Marcel Granollers 63 64
Sam Querrey Defeats Thiemo De Bakker 46 63 64
(WC) Noah Rubin Defeats Sam Groth 64 46 766
(WC) Tim Smyczek Defeats (SE) Taylor Fritz 63 63

Thanks Billie.

Anderson, Tomic and Karlo's demise leaves Grigor Dimitrov as the top seed. Fritz probably experiencing a hangover from Memphis.

Under the radar, Donald Young is having a nice start to the season.

Great to see Delpo back and winning.

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

 

[isabelle]

Happy to see Delpo back even if his sliced a lot of bh, hope it's just a precaution

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

yeah well delpotro hit a few 2hbh but it was 90% slice bh, don't see a problem though, he said the matches were part of his rehab, so I thought he looked in decent shape after hardly any matches in 2yrs.

he next match is against a low rank bloke, clearly winnable, he can raise has world rank up from a forlorn 1]041 to something slightly better.

anyone see dimitrovs match ?..what a mess, what is going on in his head. sort it out sir grigor. :scratch:

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

Tim Smyczek bt Sam Querry 1-6 7-6 6-2
Jeremy Chardy bt Noah Rubin 6-4 6-2
Adrian Mannarino bt Tatsuma Ito 7-6 6-7 6-3
Grigor Dimitrov bt Damir Dzumhur 4-6 6-4 6-3
Benjamin Becker bt Steve Johnson 5-7 7-6 6-3
Rajeev Ram bt Illya Marchenko 6-2 5-7 6-4

 

[Billie]

Sir Grigor might be in love and not really into tennis right now, who knows.

So only Delpo needs to book his spot in the quarterfinals, he just started his match vs John-Patrick Smith.

 

[Moxie]

Delpo gets through. Not sure what is wrong with Grigor, but it's not like it's new. I wouldn't attribute it to his love life. I really just don't think the x-factor for competitiveness, that one that makes the difference between talent and winning, is in his DNA.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

del potro wins again.

.with the 45 rank pts so far plus 10pts for miami2015..his 55pts give him a world rank of around 590 so far.

 

[Moxie]

Only about 558 points from being seeded at the next Major. Though, I do believe WCs will push him along fast, if he's up to it. Fingers crossed.