Monfils Uses Emotional Adrenaline To Slay Kei in Montreal

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Chazz writes:

Andrew, I would say Fritz rallies but picks his spots to be aggressive at certain times. He smacks a hard deep ball and hits the corners really well. He even hit a few drop shots but needs some improvement on those. He's not great at the net. He has that Cali laid back way about him but did throw his racquet down a few times which surprised me.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Good point that the U.S. women are a more accomplished group than the men in terms of Coco, Stepehens, Keys. McHale and Riske have had impressive rankings but neither has made a dent in a Slam; even Shelby Rogers reached a RG QF. As for Fritz-Sandgren, it was an intensely competitive affair. Fritz came off some nice wins in Mexico and Sandgren had just lost the week before in a tight one to wunderkind Zverev. So it was about what you would expect and Fritz was slightly better on the big points. I like Sandgren's game, too but he needs to maintain this level over the next couple years.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Escobedo and Smyczek are already out in Cincy.

 

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catherine writes:

Muguruza out in Toronto. Might as well give the trophy to Simona right now.

 

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Chazz writes:

Wow, that looks like a really bad loss for Escobedo. Looks like his opponent was a 28 year old journeyman ranked #483. Krueger with a nice win over Jaziri.

 

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Hartt writes:

I am rooting for Simona, now that Garbine is out. But she has a tough situation. After playing her QF today she has the SF against Svitolina this evening. So whichever woman wins that match will have a lot of tennis today, and will face a fresher player tomorrow - the winner of the SF this afternoon, either Sloane or Woz.

 

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catherine writes:

Hartt - Sloane looks like she's going out, probably just a match too far. Yes - it's a tough situation - though Simona's draw has been easier and she shouldn't be tired. Won in Montreal last year ? She'll want to defend.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Catherine. Bouchards army began in Australia. She is global. Kyrgios is global too. Loved everywhere by kids.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Shapovalov has passed all the other #NEXTGENers by beat Rafa and Mannarino. Zverev and the rest are all looking at teh nike logo on his backwards cap. In awe and envy. He's the trailblazer.

 

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catherine writes:

Scoop - Bouchard's not 'global' in the UK. Really. She's just not a presence. I believe you re the US and Canada but definitely not here. Maybe a bit during the summer with kids around tournaments but she really hasn't won enough for a great following. Kyrgios probably - but he's got a special appeal.

 

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catherine writes:

Woz wins in Toronto. SS. Good tournament for her.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Stone Sloane showed more emotion at the net handshake than during entire match. Must learn to tap into emotional adrenaline energy source like Monfils and become Slonfils.

 

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catherine writes:

Simona out 1-6 1-6. Tough day for her but was she that tired ? Cahill at the occ asking her to think of 'those wonderful memories of Paris.' What ? Simona lost in Paris. Is that memory going to encourage her to get stuck into a match where she's already massively behind ?

 

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catherine writes:

Oh and Svitolina also played twice today. So no excuse there.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

All Romanians lost today. Halep, Nicolescu, and Cirstea all lost their matches. No shame in a semi of a masters, Muguruza also lost and as we know Muguruza is fine with it

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Catherine, did Cahill say that in occ today?

 

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Chazz writes:

Eubanks over Fratangelo in a 3rd set tiebreaker! Fritz goes down to #336 in SS. More inconsistency.

 

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catherine writes:

Andrew - what Cahill actually said was 'think of those memories from Paris' in the occ today. Just as useless. Also, after the match Simona was asked, what went wrong ? and replied: 'I really don't know, so if anyone wants to analyze the match I'd be happy to listen'. Answers on a postcard please - or maybe twitter these days. Unbelievable. How much is she paying Cahill I wonder. Toronto's 3 top players dumped out - Pliskova, Kerber, Halep. Simona's was the most embarrassing, by a mile.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

If Cahill is team Adidas then Adidas picks up tab. Advice is worse than Macci academy's hit harder mantra. Sheesh, fire Cahill. His advice didn't work. Svitolina earning a nice title bout against the Woz. Did he say stuff like this to Agassi? Like you know what you need to do just do it? Gilbert gives far better advice than what Cahill put forward. Just think of Paris? As in go ahead and lose in the final? Come on. This is a joke. Halep needs someone who knows something and has better advice than keep daydreaming and you'll survive this match.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Eubanks! Sheesh, and Fratangelo is having his best year. Fine win by the Yellow Jacket!