Indian Wells, BNP Paribas Open, Masters 1000

[Moxie]

Monfils is in the Zone.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

looks like thiem is bach

Thiem may be Bach, but Fed is Mozart.

 

[Moxie]

Not always for me. But, I do admit that I want that to happen on all clay tourneys and especially in RG.

I hate to contradict you when you're being forthcoming, but you do also kinda troll every possible banana peel for Nadal, whatever the tournament. Still, I appreciate the candor.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I hate to contradict you when you're being forthcoming, but you do also kinda troll every possible banana peel for Nadal, whatever the tournament. Still, I appreciate the candor.

The problem is I enjoy Ralph losing even if it is not to Fed.

 

[Moxie]

The problem is I enjoy Ralph losing even if it is not to Fed.

That is patently obvious, and I'm glad you cop to it. So much dislike makes you oblivious to good tennis, but you do you, man.

 

[Moxie]

Thiem may be Bach, but Fed is Mozart.

Roger may well be both Bach and Mozart. Thiem is a tennis player.

 

[Moxie]

I really have never seen Monfils so focused and committed as he has been this year.

 

[Moxie]

57 minutes and Monfils is through. Even faster than Roger.

 

[Andy22]

G.monfils vs. D.thiem that could be the match of the tournament, definitely think thiem turning the corner just in time for the clay court season, monfils been so good this year as well.

 

[Andy22]

Nadal/federer so close now to happening, should be like their 2017 AO I would back nadal to win that match of course, nadal will be to good for the Russian as well.

 

[Front242]

Nadal destroys a Serbian loving it, good week by that player can see why he made a masters final in 2017. this would have been Djokovic if he stayed in the draw.

Sorry to disappoint you but 6-3 6-4, a single break per set, is pretty damn far from being destroyed.

 

[the AntiPusher]

hmm... I like Kachanov a lot but I am afraid his not currently consistent enough to deal with Nadal (given his recent results), but I haven't seen him play so this is just a guess.

As you know I am not particularly impressed with Fedal's level in the last year, with a few exceptions, the last two matches of Dubai for example. Saw Federer playing Edmund today, it was quite good, but the scoreline of the first set was also due to Edmund's very slow start. Being fair to Federer, his stats were quite good, specially for an attacking game plan.

If Fedal do meet, I feel they both will raise considerably their levels, but I think this particular court will favor Federer, let alone the string of results.

Silent K will not defeat Rafa..Rafa can raise his game to a different level against everyone bot Novak. if and when Rafa gets Roger, then it how well Rafa can serve meaning to keep Roger from attacking his weakness and how much Rafa can go deep into Roger’s service game. At this point big advantage to Roger but I am confident Rafa is still pissed about his lack of effort/focus vs Novak and wacky Nicky.

 

[Andy22]

Sorry to disappoint you but 6-3 6-4, a single break per set, is pretty damn far from being destroyed.

Sorry disappoint you but just because there's only one break per set does not mean the match is close, anyone watched the match knows nadal easy win it with 3 breaks to just 1 for the other guy Iwould not call that close at all. You have to win set for a match to be close, no chance of winning if you don't, funny how you the only one who think it was close because no one does. Who need watch the matches Not just highlights? 2-0 not close dude

 

[mrzz]

looks like thiem is bach

As someone who regularly roots for Thiem I would like to be sure of that. Watched most of his match against Karlovic. Strange match, it was like listening to a band consisting of classic violinist and a thrash metal drummer.

Thiem's forehand got better, that I am sure, I could even tell that when he was playing well bellow his level on clay here in South America. But the strange thing is that the BH seem to have simply disappeared. Ok, in this match Karlovic simply directed 95% of the balls to his FH side, but the few BH's I saw were average at best. Same thing on the highlights of previous matches here at IW.

A few years back we had a poster which I guess was on Thiem's team (I guess the username was @Moose), I would love to ask him what the hell is happening.

 

[Ricardo]

Sorry disappoint you but just because there's only one break per set does not mean the match is close, anyone watched the match knows nadal easy win it with 3 breaks to just 1 for the other guy Iwould not call that close at all. You have to win set for a match to be close, no chance of winning if you don't, funny how you the only one who think it was close because no one does. Who need watch the matches Not just highlights? 2-0 not close dude

6-3 6-4 is not ‘destroy’, nobody says it’s close but destroy it’s not.

 

[Ricardo]

My Lord , Front you are as petty as my wife when she invites me to breakfast and wants me to pick up the tip. Rafa controlled the match from start to finish is most likely what the poster may be implying. Don’t worry..if it happens, The Sith Lord Darth will come out and bail you out with the slowness of the court or ATP Fed has returned.

The only thing you got right was petty wife of yours.

 

[isabelle]

Dominator has a good opportunity to reach semi, hope he can beat La Monf

 

[britbox]

Dominator has a good opportunity to reach semi, hope he can beat La Monf

No love for the resurgent Frenchman?

Don't know how Dominic earned the Dominator tag but it sure as hell isn't justified to date.

 

[tented]

 

[Carol]

What a match Monfils did yesterday, he played seriously but the problem is how long it will last....
Meanwhile since Rafa came back of his injuries, almost four months out, it seems very irregular, he can do a brilliant points and later some silly errors, the proof is AO and Acapulco, so I hope this time he finds to be mentally more stable and it will the only way to get a successful tournament