Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open, CA, USA, ATP Masters 1000

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

His forehand is very potent and he's pretty aggressive. Think he has upside because there's quite a bit he can improve on too.

think he turned 18 in January. rank is 177 according to commentators.

 

[britbox]

Tiebreak it is.

 

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[Moxie]

Tiafoe in a 3rd set TB with Goffin. Win or lose, he knows he can hang with a top 20 player.

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

So Goffin takes it on the breaker. Agree, this is a shot in the arm for Frances, and he will take a lot of positives out of this. It seems the crop of young guns are feeding off each other and improving rapidly as a group.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

boom..mcfly beats tiafoe in a 3rd set tb..that match was pretty exciting for a 2nd rd encounter, glad i missed the staminals rountine victory and stayed with this match though,

yes murray sneaked through 2nd set tb earlier, past a surprisingly lively grannyrollers.

 

[britbox]

Grannyrollers :mail: I'll save that one for future reference.

 

[Moxie]

That's what Courier said on TC. The rest will say, if Taylor can do it and Frances can do it, so can I. A rising tide lifts all boats, I guess. Suddenly it seems like US men's tennis might have a future, after all.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

^^looool.

 

[britbox]

That's what Courier said on TC. The rest will say, if Taylor can do it and Frances can do it, so can I. A rising tide lifts all boats, I guess. Suddenly it seems like US men's tennis might have a future, after all.

Indeed... There is a crop of players in the bracket and they'll push each other on... Then throw in the non-US guys around the same age too and the future for tennis in general looks very good... the best it's looked for a long time.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

oh yea...usa mens tennis has tons of blokes coming up, that's for certain.

 

[Moxie]

Indeed... There is a crop of players in the bracket and they'll push each other on... Then throw in the non-US guys around the same age too and the future for tennis in general looks very good... the best it's looked for a long time.

I didn't take it to the bigger picture because Courier was talking specifically about guys that you played juniors with, but, yes, I was thinking the same. There's a whole raft of promising young guys coming up. And they know that all of those future Hall of Famers in front of them are getting a little long in the tooth.

 

[britbox]

I didn't take it to the bigger picture because Courier was talking specifically about guys that you played juniors with, but, yes, I was thinking the same. There's a whole raft of promising young guys coming up. And they know that all of those future Hall of Famers in front of them are getting a little long in the tooth.

I'm enjoying watching these young guns... a bunch of new rivalries and stories on the horizon. What a difference a year makes

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the sturdy breeze of change is upon us, new blokes is a-zooming in..

tiafoe last night (even tho he lost), coric. and today with zverev coming back from the dead vs sir grigor, already a break up in 3rd, grigor had 0-40 on zverev's serve, zed has improved a lot,

 

[Moxie]

I thought Dimitrov had Sasha by even early in the 3rd. Impressive display of nerve and calm by Zverev to pull off that win. (Side note: I saw a little of him playing Kohlscrieber at the USO last year. He lost in the 5th, but it was a brutally hot afternoon, so that says a lot for his head and his fitness.)

 

[Moxie]

Rocky start from Novak, who is down 1-4 in the first, but he appears to be finding his legs, and Bjorn is finding his level. It happened to Serena earlier today, and she still won in straights.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

zverev could be a future world no1,

djokovix is playing like he's got a toilet stuck on his head again..1-5 down to some bloke who has hardly won any matches on atp tour.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

crikey..fratman bjorn wins set 6-2....according to sjysports stats Djokovic spewed up 18 ufe's. dunno, seems odd.

 

[EdbergsGhost]

Pittsburgh native takes the first set off Djokovic. And I thought Serena looked bad in her opener! :scratch: