Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 2017, Monaco, ATP Masters 1000

[herios]

Sasha Zverev turns 20 today, will it be a victory gift for him today?

 

[mrzz]

^nah, no injury or anything. In fact, after Ramos evened it up, he had 0-40 to break for a third straight time and go up 5x4, but Murray saved all the BP´s. But the final break finally came two games later.

 

[DarthFed]

Rafa is destroying him 5-1 in the first. Kind of going back to yesterday not being the worst thing for Rafa. Gets a surprisingly serious challenge right away and that gets him sharp and focused for what figured to be a good test.

Thiem-Goffin always have good battles. Thiem does figure to have the edge on clay in this matchup and is serving up a break at 3-2 in the third.

EDIT: Goffin breaks for 3-3 and the evil one serves the youngling a breadstick

 

[DarthFed]

It's Sascha's 20th birthday today, hopefully he didn't celebrate before the match

 

[kskate2]

^^ He blasted any number of errors and was fed a breadstick in the first set. Let's see if he recovers or goes on to eat Bday cake shortly.

 

[Moxie]

It's Sascha's 20th birthday today, hopefully he didn't celebrate before the match

Hopefully he won't have anything to celebrate after the match, either. ("Evil one." Pfft. Took me a while to figure out who you were talking about, Thiem or Goffin.)

 

[Carol]

I hope Rafa is not going to do like yesterday after to give an exhibition of how to play well on clay then taking a little "rest" in the second set :sleep:

 

[DarthFed]

Wow, Mcfly breaks again and is serving for it at 5-3. Pretty awful stuff for Thiem.

 

[britbox]

Rafa is destroying him 5-1 in the first. Kind of going back to yesterday not being the worst thing for Rafa. Gets a surprisingly serious challenge right away and that gets him sharp and focused for what figured to be a good test.

Thiem-Goffin always have good battles. Thiem does figure to have the edge on clay in this matchup and is serving up a break at 3-2 in the third.

EDIT: Goffin breaks for 3-3 and the evil one serves the youngling a breadstick

Goffin takes him.

 

[DarthFed]

Hopefully he won't have anything to celebrate after the match, either. ("Evil one." Pfft. Took me a while to figure out who you were talking about, Thiem or Goffin.)

If that took awhile you must have forgotten who I am, Foxie I don't care how bad Nads has struggled, I want him out of the tourneys as quickly as possible.

 

[Moxie]

If that took awhile you must have forgotten who I am Foxie I don't care how bad Nads has struggled, I want him out of the tourneys as quickly as possible.

Must have been a brain fart from me. I do love how much he irritates you.

 

[DarthFed]

Goffin takes him.

Yep, I do like Thiem's game but I think he is the one of the guys that people jumped all over in hopes that he'd become a big-time player. I don't see that future for him, a good 2nd tier player and that's it.

On a side note it's crazy to think Nole has fallen so much that I don't necessarily expect him to get through a Carreno-Busta and Mcfly gauntlet.

 

[DarthFed]

Must have been a brain fart from me. I do love how much he irritates you.

#Nastywoman And yes, I'm just joking, put the Trump voodoo doll away.

 

[mrzz]

I always love to see this young over hyped brats take a lesson. Unfortunately the ultra over hyped Kyrgios is not here to take his.

 

[Puppet Master]

Zverev in a hurry to his birtday party lol. Nadal will give him 2 breadsticks, or perhaps a breadstick and a bagel. That's a decent meal. He won't have any room for the cake.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I am not watching but I am seeing some clay schooling going on?

 

[Moxie]

Yep, I do like Thiem's game but I think he is the one of the guys that people jumped all over in hopes that he'd become a big-time player. I don't see that future for him, a good 2nd tier player and that's it.

On a side note it's crazy to think Nole has fallen so much that I don't necessarily expect him to get through a Carreno-Busta and Mcfly gauntlet.

Agreed about Thiem...solid but not spectacular in any way. Though I thought he'd have a better chance against Novak. But we'll see how Djoker is looking today. He was far from convincing in his first match.

 

[Moxie]

I didn't see Zverev's first 2 matches, but he was sharp as a tack by all reports. Rafa's playing much cleaner than yesterday, but Sasha is sloppy and seemingly unprepared. He's being a bit of a brat, too.

 

[DarthFed]

I hate to say it but I think Rafa is the very heavy favorite for RG this year. He's playing way better than he has the previous 3 years and it''s looking like a very weakened field with Fed probably not playing RG, and Nole is garbage right now as well. I haven't considered Rafa this big of a favorite at RG since 2012 when he had easily beaten Djokovic in 2 clay matches in the leadup tournaments.

 

[DarthFed]

I didn't see Zverev's first 2 matches, but he was sharp as a tack by all reports. Rafa's playing much cleaner than yesterday, but Sasha is sloppy and seemingly unprepared. He's being a bit of a brat, too.

Hopefully it's a good lesson for him. As of now I wouldn't expect him to be much of a factor on clay but he could still threaten the top guys on a good day. I have serious hopes for him but nothing is a given, and his improvements from this time last year are not as much as people think.