Internazionali BNL d'Italia - ATP 1000 - May 11th to May 18th

[Kieran]

50 winners for Simon to 27 for Nadal. cali must be loving this.

I was just thinking of Cali. I hope he;s watching. He'll love Nadal in this mood... :snigger

 

[shawnbm]

Gilles has hit 50 winners?!?!?!?!? What in the world is going on in Rome?

 

[Kieran]

Vam fricken ox...

 

[tented]

Finally! That only took, what? 684 hours?

 

[Front242]

The finger wag from Nadal. If that was Federer we'd never hear the end of it Never been a fan of Simon's style of play till today but he really played so differently than usual. Guess he knows it's the best/only way to win...being super aggressive.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

That is one of the best matches I have seen from Simon in some time

 

[Front242]

That is one of the best matches I have seen from Simon in some time

Sure was more exciting than this at least!

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Zk_rhsDxUFs[/video]

 

[Kieran]

The finger wag from Nadal. If that was Federer we'd never hear the end of it

There you go, let us compare finger wags - both against Djoker:

 

[bobvance]

The finger wag from Nadal. If that was Federer we'd never hear the end of it

There you go, let us compare finger wags - both against Djoker:

Rafa's is sooooo much more vulgar

 

[tented]

^ Rafa's is clearly the more egregious. :snigger

 

[Kieran]

Rafa knows how to wag!

 

[Front242]

Wawrinka v Haas could be fascinating. Never seen them play each other personally as far as I recall. My sleep pattern is all messed up lately and I may not even be up by then though lol.

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylhzXyOTW9o[/video]

 

[Moxie]

I had to leave early in the 2nd, and I come back to this. Well, he won, but I'm pretty sure I'll just hit "erase" on the dvr, based on this commentary. OK, Broken, now I'm not happy with the Clay Warrior, either. :cover :snigger

 

[tented]

Tomorrow's Schedule* :

Centrale — Start 12:00 noon

[3] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v [15] Tommy Haas (GER)

Not Before 4:00 P.M.

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) v [14] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

Not Before 9:00 P.M.

[2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

---

Grandstand

Not Before 12:00 noon

[8] Milos Raonic (CAN) v [11] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

[7] Andy Murray (GBR) v [PR] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

[5] David Ferrer (ESP) v Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

---

Pietrangeli — Start 11:00 A.M.

Ivan Dodig (CRO) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

[6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) v [12] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)


* I didn't include the WTA matches, which will be interspersed among the men's.

 

[Iona16]

Gutted I didn't get to see my boy today - not even highlights. I don't see Melzer giving Andy too many problems. The tournament better have a birthday cake for Andy - a real one. None of that birthday flan nonsense they gave him a few years ago. A birthday needs a cake with blooming icing.

Might we finally see a Murray v Nadal match?

 

[tented]

Might we finally see a Murray v Nadal match?

In a way, I hope we don't. Neither one of them is playing at their best, so it would be rather anti-climatic to have waited this long, only for it to be a dud.

Personally, I would prefer to see them play at Wimbledon. Given their respective rankings, they wouldn't meet until at least the quarterfinals, which means they would have both been playing well enough to get that far.

 

[Iona16]

Might we finally see a Murray v Nadal match?

In a way, I hope we don't. Neither one of them is playing at their best, so it would be rather anti-climatic to have waited this long, only for it to be a dud.

Personally, I would prefer to see them play at Wimbledon. Given their respective rankings, they wouldn't meet until at least the quarterfinals, which means they would have both been playing well enough to get that far.

I honestly wouldn't mind. There is no greater test for Andy than Rafa on clay.

I think Andy will be a top 4 seed at Wimbledon. I'm hoping - if they do meet - it will be in the semis or better still the final. I'm pretty sure they'll be in the same blooming half though.

 

[Moxie]

Might we finally see a Murray v Nadal match?

In a way, I hope we don't. Neither one of them is playing at their best, so it would be rather anti-climatic to have waited this long, only for it to be a dud.

Personally, I would prefer to see them play at Wimbledon. Given their respective rankings, they wouldn't meet until at least the quarterfinals, which means they would have both been playing well enough to get that far.

Who knows if they get each other that it won't inspire, at least a bit. May not be the best of them, but could be fun to watch. I'll still be hoping for it.

 

[Rose]

The conditions didn't help Rafa's game I'm sure of that, but at least in this case he found a way to win the Match. Which is something he hasn't always been doing as of late. I'll take the win even if it wasn't pretty