Indian Wells Masters 1000 (2016)

[Carol]

I can't understand why Rafa is playing doubles with Verdasco instead with Lopez...they have done pretty well before uzzled

Actually , they played pretty well last night, unfortunately Rafa had too many hiccups serving in the super Tiebreaker. Verdasco also had a hiccups in his last service game in the 2nd set .They're are a good team and I wouldn't be surprised to see them capture the gold in Rio

Rafa and his serve.....grrrrr......why?

 

[Kieran]

Just caught the last game of Zverev-Grigor. Solid win for the youngster.

Grigor is slipping and slipping. And slipping. Totally unreliable. I don't know what way to assess this bloke... :huh:

 

[nehmeth]

Just caught the last game of Zverev-Grigor. Solid win for the youngster.

Grigor is slipping and slipping. And slipping. Totally unreliable. I don't know what way to assess this bloke... :huh:

He's Safinesque in his prowess - more in the bedroom, very little on court. Hope Davin pulls the plug on coaching that clown.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I can't understand why Rafa is playing doubles with Verdasco instead with Lopez...they have done pretty well before uzzled

Have not heard of the phrase "If you cannot beat them, just join them". :snicker

 

[nehmeth]

Novak loses the first set to Frantangelo from Pittsburgh. The kid is hitting well no doubt, but there is no crispness in Djoker's shots. :cover

 

[El Dude]

Novak hasn't played forever, probably a bit rusty. Don't sweat it, nehmeth.

 

[kskate2]

Didn't he play Davis Cup last week?

 

[El Dude]

You're right, Kelli. Looks like Mikhail Kukushkin took him to five sets.

 

[kskate2]

You have to hand it to the kid. He's got moxie. Going after his shots and trying to push Djoker around.

 

[nehmeth]

You're right, Kelli. Looks like Mikhail Kukushkin took him to five sets.

Yes, he played very ugly tennis in that match. From what I heard the courts were extremely slow, and he may have tweaked something. Seeing his rather lethargic play in the first set here was a little disconcerting.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa on to third set. Will it be Muller's turn at IW? :devil

 

[GameSetAndMath]

So, Rafa lives to see another day.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Rafa on to third set. Will it be Muller's turn at IW? :devil

Not a good performance from Rafa :nono

 

[tented]

Monday, March 14, 2016 Day 8

STADIUM 1 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(14) Ana Ivanovic VS (18) Karolina Pliskova

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM
Federico Delbonis VS (2) Andy Murray
Eugenie Bouchard VS (12) Timea Bacsinszky
(6) Tomas Berdych VS Borna Coric

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
(13) Victoria Azarenka VS (WC) Shuai Zhang

NOT BEFORE 8:30 PM
Andrey Kuznetsov VS (3) Stan Wawrinka

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STADIUM 2 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(7) Belinda Bencic VS Magdalena Rybarikova

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM
(17) Bernard Tomic VS (12) Milos Raonic
(8) Richard Gasquet VS (26) Alexandr Dolgopolov
(26) Samantha Stosur VS Christina McHale

NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
(13) Gael Monfils VS Albert Ramos-Vinolas

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STADIUM 3 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(25) Johanna Konta VS Denisa Allertova
(17) Elina Svitolina VS (9) Roberta Vinci
(15) David Goffin VS Guido Pella
Leonardo Mayer VS (10) Marin Cilic
Daria Kasatkina VS Monica Puig

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STADIUM 4 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Yi-Fan Xu / Saisai Zheng VS (3) Timea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova
Lukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski VS Philipp Kohlschreiber / Dominic Thiem
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / CoCo Vandeweghe VS (2) Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan

NOT BEFORE 5:00 PM
Roberto Bautista Agut / Viktor Troicki VS (3) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

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STADIUM 6 STARTS AT 1:00 PM

Sara Errani / Oksana Kalashnikova VS (Alt) Kateryna Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk
(4) Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka VS Margarita Gasparyan / Monica Niculescu
John Isner / Milos Raonic VS Feliciano Lopez / Marc Lopez
Thomaz Bellucci / Guido Pella VS (6) Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock

 

[isabelle]

Both Nole and Nadal played so so...hope they'll increase their game level soon

 

[the AntiPusher]

Both Nole and Nadal played so so...hope they'll increase their game level soon

The little I saw of Djoker.. it seem that he was playing against a player that was agressive and hitting his spots.. Rafa played the 2nd and 3rd set like he was trying to save his legs for a golfing session with Larry E

 

[Carol]

Hope Rafa plays better against his doubles's partner and he probably will

 

[the AntiPusher]

Hope Rafa plays better against his doubles's partner and he probably will

Is Verdasco next..if so I don't like that match up the way Rafa is playing

 

[Carol]

Hope Rafa plays better against his doubles's partner and he probably will

Is Verdasco next..if so I don't like that match up the way Rafa is playing

Yesterday was a tough day (and worse at night) to play because the gusts of wind but the ones that knew to handle it better were the winners

 

[herios]

Raonic - Tomic 6-2, 3-0 RET.
Milos is in good form, as he was at the AO, but also Bernie was struggling with a wrist injury, the same as he was nursing at the DC matches.

Murray lost the first set to Delbonis 4-6.