Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome - ATP Masters 1000

[Jelenafan]

I do have to say, Medvedev is the inheritor of the Safin mantle, at least in terms of the Russians. Very Dostoyevskian. They're guilty of Crimes, and given to a lot of self-Punishment. The other great Drama Queen in men's tennis is Fognini. He's the tenor in his own personal tragic opera.

Taking it further. Medvedev's antics make him "The Idiot" while not controlling his temper is due to his "Demons".
Can't resist Dosoevsky references....

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[the AntiPusher]

I do have to say, Medvedev is the inheritor of the Safin mantle, at least in terms of the Russians. Very Dostoyevskian. They're guilty of Crimes, and given to a lot of self-Punishment. The other great Drama Queen in men's tennis is Fognini. He's the tenor in his own personal tragic opera.

Seems.like the ATP villains are keeping their rankings

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

sinnerbloke put up a good show vs mr clay machine then. sinner is no17 in the rank charts but faa is a few points behind so they got a little rank chart battle going on.

thiem almost lost in straights (2nd set tb was 5-7?)..before shoving a big fat doughnut in his opponents gob in set3.

tits n zed breezed through. vamos.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

thiago seyboth wild (in qf of a challenger) is now ranked higher than andy murray.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa was asked about Jannik's BH,

"I hit some very good fhands cross courts too avoid his good bhand cross and then he has a great change down the line,no?.So I think I did that well.Is not a surprise for me.No,I know how good he is and the shots he has".

 

[napo]

Razor sharp Novak destroying a weak Davidovich-Fokina.
Tomorrow two matches to watch:

Djoker vs Tsitsipas (Berrettini) and Rafa vs Zverev, very nice ones!!

 

[napo]

Monster-calf lost the 1st against Opelka , on clay

 

[don_fabio]

thiago seyboth wild (in qf of a challenger) is now ranked higher than andy murray.

This challenger event is in my city, Zagreb (Croatia) and I so much wanted to watch it, but unfortunately there is no audience allowed at all. A few of us did watch Gulbis on a centre court a few days ago, but you have to stay at the fence and you see only 50 percent of the court. It's a shame. I caught some sunburns watching Gulbis, but what else to do, he is quite a character

Anyway this Seyboth Wild guy has a few good wins in his career but seems to struggle lately. I remember @mrzz was saying that Seyboth is a future top player.

 

[napo]

Karatsev out against Opelka.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Monster-calf lost the 1st against Opelka , on clay

Opelka is a lot to deal with. That's a nightmare for his next opponent maybe FAA

 

[the AntiPusher]

Razor sharp Novak destroying a weak Davidovich-Fokina.
Tomorrow two matches to watch:

Djoker vs Tsitsipas (Berrettini) and Rafa vs Zverev, very nice ones!!

Matteo..that's KS dude .with the help of the crowd which should limit some of the cheating signals from the Greek's pappy may win this match

 

[napo]

Matteo..that's KS dude .with the help of the crowd which should limit some of the cheating signals from the Greek's pappy may win this match

Nope looks more like the Greek will take the first step and win the tight 1st set in TB.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Nope looks more like the Greek will take the first step and win the tight 1st set in TB.

Bad miss by Carlos the umpire on the not up call plus the Italian didn't play a clean tbr. Give the Greek credit. He did what he had to do. Maybe MB can regroup

 

[napo]

Matteos level drops, couldn’t handle that 1st loss.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Matteos level drops, couldn’t handle that 1st loss.

Yep

 

[the AntiPusher]

Matteos level drops, couldn’t handle that 1st loss.

Matteo lost confidence whenever the first serve left him

 

[napo]

It’s done, a hopefully high quality QF is waiting for us tomorrow. Stefanos vs Novak.
Really tough top half-draw, and who ever makes it to the F will just habe to beat the best on clay.

 

[Moxie]

Rafa seems to enjoy opening by giving away the break, to make it challenging.

 

[rafanoy1992]

It looks like yesterday's match against Sinner took out a little bit of Nadal physically. Very flat for now....

 

[napo]

What a start from Denis, chapeau Shapo!