Indian Wells Masters 1000 (2016)

[tented]

Thursday, March 10, 2016 Day 4

STADIUM 1 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Borna Coric VS Lucas Pouille

Caroline Garcia VS Christina McHale

(WC) Frances Tiafoe VS (WC) Taylor Fritz

Daria Kasatkina VS (WC) Daniela Hantuchova

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
Eugenie Bouchard VS (Q) Risa Ozaki

NOT BEFORE 8:30 PM
(Q) Tim Smyczek VS (WC) Juan Martin Del Potro

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STADIUM 2 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Nicolas Almagro VS Inigo Cervantes

Kyle Edmund VS Guido Pella

Bethanie Mattek-Sands VS Annika Beck

(WC) Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic VS (2) Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan

Hyeon Chung VS Albert Ramos-Vinolas

NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
(8) Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears VS Vera Dushevina / Katerina Siniakova

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STADIUM 3 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Julia Goerges VS Camila Giorgi

Sam Groth VS Leonardo Mayer

Diego Schwartzman VS Robin Haase

Illya Marchenko VS (PR) Dmitry Tursunov

Rajeev Ram VS (Q) Noah Rubin

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STADIUM 4 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Nao Hibino VS (WC) Lauren Davis

Laura Robson VS Magdalena Rybarikova

Misaki Doi VS Madison Brengle

Damir Dzumhur VS Marcel Granollers

(Q) Ryan Harrison VS Dusan Lajovic

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STADIUM 5 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Zarina Diyas VS (WC) Jamie Loeb

Evgeny Donskoy VS Pablo Carreno Busta

(WC) Shelby Rogers VS Mariana Duque-Mariño

Andrey Kuznetsov VS (Q) Marco Trungelliti

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STADIUM 6 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Santiago Giraldo VS Federico Delbonis

(WC) Shuai Zhang VS (Q) Pauline Parmentier

Nicolas Mahut VS (Q) Renzo Olivo

Monica Puig VS Mirjana Lucic-Baroni

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STADIUM 7 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Denisa Allertova VS Petra Cetkovska

(Q) Donna Vekic VS Tsvetana Pironkova

Irina-Camelia Begu / Raluca Olaru VS (WC) Denisa Allertova / Petra Kvitova

Darija Jurak / Laura Siegemund VS (3) Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova

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STADIUM 8 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Sara Errani / Oksana Kalashnikova VS Su-Wei Hsieh / Shuai Peng

(4) Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka VS (WC) Kirsten Flipkens / Ana Ivanovic

(WC) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova VS Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson

Vania King / Alla Kudryavtseva VS Anna-Lena Groenefeld / Barbora Strycova

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STADIUM 9 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Polona Hercog VS Yanina Wickmayer

Yi-Fan Xu / Saisai Zheng VS Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Alicja Rosolska

Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova VS (7) Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro

Olga Govortsova VS Margarita Gasparyan

 

[isabelle]

Difficult draw for Delpo

 

[Riotbeard]

Looks like these days, we tennis fans, spend more time on off court news (match fixing, Pova doping, Murray's baby, Fed's op etc). So, IW will be a good change to let us get back to tennis again.
But, my interest is obviously less as RF is not in there. I will watch probably only SF and F and that too only if the match-ups are interesting.

I feel the sam GSnM, and actually that has me thinking what will I do when RF retires..will I follow tennis as religiously as I do now .. I dont know

I would recommend doing what I'm doing: get interested in the young guys. No one can ever replace Roger, but there are some exciting young players coming up - more so than we've seen in five+ years. Check out my last couple blog entires, especially the last one, for some names to look for.

Who knows, maybe you'll connect with one of the young dudes and find you next favorite player.

El Dude's match.com for depressed tennis fans.

 

[herios]

I feel the sam GSnM, and actually that has me thinking what will I do when RF retires..will I follow tennis as religiously as I do now .. I dont know

I would recommend doing what I'm doing: get interested in the young guys. No one can ever replace Roger, but there are some exciting young players coming up - more so than we've seen in five+ years. Check out my last couple blog entires, especially the last one, for some names to look for.

Who knows, maybe you'll connect with one of the young dudes and find you next favorite player.

El Dude's match.com for depressed tennis fans.

No matter how great one athlete is, as time goes on, they will be replaced at the top and new generation will take charge.
You as a fan, might lose interest for a while, but if you ever loved the sport, in the end you will find new faces to root for.
I am older than many here and I saw 4+ decades of the sports I followed.
I liked many players through the generations and I always found someone else to cheer for.

Back to IW, I am very interested to see tonight how Fritz measures up to Tiafoe.
Frances was the one who 2-3 years ago was winning their matches when they were young boys, but know Taylor has leapfrogged Frances, who has not advanced almost at all this year, while Taylor gained about 100 ranking spots.

 

[El Dude]

I am more impressed with Fritz than Tiafoe, but it isn't entirely fair to say that Frances hasn't advanced much lately. He only reached the top 200 back in November, after having risen quickly through the low rankings. Since then he's stagnated, but he's only played a few tournaments.

His results this year haven't been great (he lost to Ryan Harrison!), but there are also some good signs: for instance, he beat #77 Sam Groth.

Getting from the 101-200 range into the top 100 is rather difficult, and a big stepping stone. If he doesn't get there this year, he'll do it next. Remember, he just turned 18 in January.

 

[herios]

I am more impressed with Fritz than Tiafoe, but it isn't entirely fair to say that Frances hasn't advanced much lately. He only reached the top 200 back in November, after having risen quickly through the low rankings. Since then he's stagnated, but he's only played a few tournaments.

I know all of that. Frances reached his highest ranking in December 2015, at #176 and now he is ranked #177.
Back in December, Taylor was ranked #174 and now he is at #80.
Yes, it is only 2 months but there is quite a difference between the 2 players during this timeframe.

 

[the AntiPusher]

ANTIPUSHER DELETE SOME OF YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE MINE!!!
(Sorry for yelling everyone , I don't know how else to go about this.)

Darn it, I. Deleted 250 so far

 

[El Dude]

I am more impressed with Fritz than Tiafoe, but it isn't entirely fair to say that Frances hasn't advanced much lately. He only reached the top 200 back in November, after having risen quickly through the low rankings. Since then he's stagnated, but he's only played a few tournaments.

I know all of that. Frances reached his highest ranking in December 2015, at #176 and now he is ranked #177.
Back in December, Taylor was ranked #174 and now he is at #80.
Yes, it is only 2 months but there is quite a difference between the 2 players during this timeframe.

Yes, of course. My point was merely that Tiafoe's "stagnation" isn't anything to be worried about...yet. Another thing to remember is that he's also 10 months younger than Fritz - so he's the same age Taylor was last May or so, when Taylor was in the 700-800s.

This also points out just how meteoric Taylor's rise has been. I almost think the best thing for him right now is to draw Novak in the first round of Roland Garros, so he understands just how far he still has to go.

 

[Carol]

What is going on between PM and AP and the DELATED PRIVATE MESSAGES ? I don't get it :huh:

 

[herios]

Another thing to remember is that he's also 10 months younger than Fritz - so he's the same age Taylor was last May or so, when Taylor was in the 700-800s.

You are wrong there. Taylor turned 18 in October, so he is 3 months older than Frances.

 

[the AntiPusher]

What is going on between PM and AP and the DELATED PRIVATE MESSAGES ? I don't get it :huh:

My private messages box is filled to capacity . I have deleted a lot of ole messages and I need the administratior to reset my usage so I can receive new messages

 

[El Dude]

Another thing to remember is that he's also 10 months younger than Fritz - so he's the same age Taylor was last May or so, when Taylor was in the 700-800s.

You are wrong there. Taylor turned 18 in October, so he is 3 months older than Frances.

Whoops, you're right. LOL - I need you as my fact-checker, herios. I don't make too many errors, but you always catch them

 

[ftan]

Looks like these days, we tennis fans, spend more time on off court news (match fixing, Pova doping, Murray's baby, Fed's op etc). So, IW will be a good change to let us get back to tennis again.
But, my interest is obviously less as RF is not in there. I will watch probably only SF and F and that too only if the match-ups are interesting.

I feel the sam GSnM, and actually that has me thinking what will I do when RF retires..will I follow tennis as religiously as I do now .. I dont know

I would recommend doing what I'm doing: get interested in the young guys. No one can ever replace Roger, but there are some exciting young players coming up - more so than we've seen in five+ years. Check out my last couple blog entires, especially the last one, for some names to look for.

Who knows, maybe you'll connect with one of the young dudes and find you next favorite player.

I do read ur blogs El Dude and they very imformative I must say. I have tried watching the young guns, but rite now I lose interest quickly. Like I watch a set n then say oh next one I hope I do find someone to root for. I did find Roger after Pete afterall

 

[ftan]

What is going on between PM and AP and the DELATED PRIVATE MESSAGES ? I don't get it :huh:

My private messages box is filled to capacity . I have deleted a lot of ole messages and I need the administratior to reset my usage so I can receive new messages

What are you PMing about so much .. thats what I want to know

 

[ftan]

I feel the sam GSnM, and actually that has me thinking what will I do when RF retires..will I follow tennis as religiously as I do now .. I dont know

I would recommend doing what I'm doing: get interested in the young guys. No one can ever replace Roger, but there are some exciting young players coming up - more so than we've seen in five+ years. Check out my last couple blog entires, especially the last one, for some names to look for.

Who knows, maybe you'll connect with one of the young dudes and find you next favorite player.

El Dude's match.com for depressed tennis fans.

:laydownlaughing:laydownlaughing:laydownlaughing:laydownlaughing
crycrycrycrycry

 

[Carol]

What is going on between PM and AP and the DELATED PRIVATE MESSAGES ? I don't get it :huh:

My private messages box is filled to capacity . I have deleted a lot of ole messages and I need the administratior to reset my usage so I can receive new messages

What are you PMing about so much .. thats what I want to know

Oh, thanks for the respond, I was lost

 

[Carol]

For all the depressed Roger's fans, try to follow Dimitrov, he is the "baby Federer"......:laydownlaughing is :snicker :lolz:

 

[the AntiPusher]

I am more impressed with Fritz than Tiafoe, but it isn't entirely fair to say that Frances hasn't advanced much lately. He only reached the top 200 back in November, after having risen quickly through the low rankings. Since then he's stagnated, but he's only played a few tournaments.

I know all of that. Frances reached his highest ranking in December 2015, at #176 and now he is ranked #177.
Back in December, Taylor was ranked #174 and now he is at #80.
Yes, it is only 2 months but there is quite a difference between the 2 players during this timeframe.

Yes, of course. My point was merely that Tiafoe's "stagnation" isn't anything to be worried about...yet. Another thing to remember is that he's also 10 months younger than Fritz - so he's the same age Taylor was last May or so, when Taylor was in the 700-800s.

This also points out just how meteoric Taylor's rise has been. I almost think the best thing for him right now is to draw Novak in the first round of Roland Garros, so he understands just how far he still has to go.

Maybe Tiafoe needs to try Djokovic gutten free diet if he wants to "enhance his performance"

 

[tented]

What is going on between PM and AP and the DELATED PRIVATE MESSAGES ? I don't get it :huh:

My private messages box is filled to capacity . I have deleted a lot of ole messages and I need the administratior to reset my usage so I can receive new messages

I made some adjustments. You should be OK now. Let me know if there's still a problem.

 

[Front242]

For all the depressed Roger's fans, try to follow Dimitrov, he is the "baby Federer"......:laydownlaughing is :snicker :lolz:

Dimitrov is pretty crap and that nickname he got is an insult to Federer.