Indian Wells Masters 1000 (2016)

[Kirijax]

Andy Murray has a history of crashing out early at IW:
He lost to qualifiers both in 2011 - D. Young and 2012 G.G. Lopez.
This was always one of his weakest HC masters for some reason.

Here is the reason. He typically will lose at AO to Novak or to someone else, missing another opportunity to grab a GS trophy. Then, he will sulk for 3 or 4 months, before getting into winners circuit. This is his general pattern.

Wow, a lot of the Murray-haters having fun this week I see.

 

[nehmeth]

Andy Murray has a history of crashing out early at IW:
He lost to qualifiers both in 2011 - D. Young and 2012 G.G. Lopez.
This was always one of his weakest HC masters for some reason.

Here is the reason. He typically will lose at AO to Novak or to someone else, missing another opportunity to grab a GS trophy. Then, he will sulk for 3 or 4 months, before getting into winners circuit. This is his general pattern.

Wow, a lot of the Murray-haters having fun this week I see.

Only a few.

Even when Murray was working with Lendl, Indian Wells wasn't a tournament where Andy did well.

 

[Kirijax]

Here is the reason. He typically will lose at AO to Novak or to someone else, missing another opportunity to grab a GS trophy. Then, he will sulk for 3 or 4 months, before getting into winners circuit. This is his general pattern.

Wow, a lot of the Murray-haters having fun this week I see.

Only a few.

Even when Murray was working with Lendl, Indian Wells wasn't a tournament where Andy did well.

More than a few. And the result is not what I'm talking about obviously.

 

[nehmeth]

Kohli cracks under the pressure of having to get every first serve in. Novak gets the break for 4-2.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

kholi cracks under pressure in both sets..rinse n repeat, 7-5, 7-5 victory for serbinator.

 

[Great Hands]

Andy Murray has a history of crashing out early at IW:
He lost to qualifiers both in 2011 - D. Young and 2012 G.G. Lopez.
This was always one of his weakest HC masters for some reason.

Here is the reason. He typically will lose at AO to Novak or to someone else, missing another opportunity to grab a GS trophy. Then, he will sulk for 3 or 4 months, before getting into winners circuit. This is his general pattern.

I don't know about that. Murray has not been very successful at IW, while at Miami he fared a lot better.
He is complaining about the balls flying here and being more difficult to control them.

Yeah, the ball flies fast through the air, then slows off the court and bounces high. Andy has always struggled, relatively, in these conditions. He much prefers low bouncing courts. The lower the bounce the better, as far as Andy is concerned.

 

[Great Hands]

Andy Murray has a history of crashing out early at IW:
He lost to qualifiers both in 2011 - D. Young and 2012 G.G. Lopez.
This was always one of his weakest HC masters for some reason.

Here is the reason. He typically will lose at AO to Novak or to someone else, missing another opportunity to grab a GS trophy. Then, he will sulk for 3 or 4 months, before getting into winners circuit. This is his general pattern.

I don't know about that. Murray has not been very successful at IW, while at Miami he fared a lot better.
He is complaining about the balls flying here and being more difficult to control them.

Yeah, the ball flies fast through the air, then slows off the court and bounces high. Andy has always struggled, relatively, in these conditions. He much prefers lower bouncing courts. [The lower the bounce the better, as far as Andy is concerned.]

 

[isabelle]

Tsonga/Thiem and Nadal/Zverev should be good

 

[Kieran]

Tsonga/Thiem and Nadal/Zverev should be good

Yeah, a double dose of "out with the old, in with the new?"

 

[herios]

Looking forward for Raonic - Berdych match. Milos leads the h2h 3-2 and this year he plays better than ever, so I hope the trend continues.

 

[herios]

Tsonga - Thiem match has even odds. It should be very interesting.

 

[tented]

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Day 10

STADIUM 1 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(8) Richard Gasquet VS (10) Marin Cilic

NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
(3) Agnieszka Radwanska VS (8) Petra Kvitova
(4) Rafael Nadal VS Alexander Zverev
(18) Feliciano Lopez VS (1) Novak Djokovic

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM
(1) Serena Williams VS (5) Simona Halep

NOT BEFORE 8:30 PM
(11) Dominic Thiem VS (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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STADIUM 2 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(15) David Goffin VS (3) Stan Wawrinka
(6) Tomas Berdych VS (12) Milos Raonic
(13) Gael Monfils VS Federico Delbonis
(9) John Isner VS (5) Kei Nishikori

NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
(8) Edouard Roger-Vasselin / Nenad Zimonjic VS (3) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

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STADIUM 3 STARTS AT 12:00 NOON

(7) Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut VS (Alt) Jeremy Chardy / Fabrice Martin

NOT BEFORE 2:00 PM
Vania King / Alla Kudryavtseva VS Julia Goerges / Karolina Pliskova
(4) Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka VS Sara Errani / Oksana Kalashnikova

 

[herios]

First two matches today are not going according to the script, at least so far.
David Goffin leads Stan 6-3, 4-1 and
Marin Cilic just won his first set ever of Richard Gasquet 7-5.

 

[herios]

Stan was down 0-4 in the second set, then again 3-5, but David could not close the deal and he lost the second set.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Stan was down 0-4 in the second set, then again 3-5, but David could not close the deal and he lost the second set.

Goffin pulled a "Nadal" by finding a way to snatch a defeat from victory

 

[herios]

Marin Cilic defeats Richard Gasquet for the first time in his career:
7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

 

[nehmeth]

Stan was down 0-4 in the second set, then again 3-5, but David could not close the deal and he lost the second set.

Goffin pulled a "Nadal" by finding a way to snatch a defeat from victory

uzzled
Um, Goffin won.

 

[Kieran]

Stan was down 0-4 in the second set, then again 3-5, but David could not close the deal and he lost the second set.

Goffin pulled a "Nadal" by finding a way to snatch a defeat from victory

uzzled
Um, Goffin won.

Then he pulled the other Nadal! :laydownlaughing

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-hrCRR6VRU[/video]

 

[Fiero425]

"Audible obscenity Nadal; warning!" His argument is, "it was my first time!" :cry Ok, that makes it ok! :ras: Rafa's losin' it! :nono :angel: :cover