MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS - Apr. 12-20 - 2014.

[pavlik89]

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

 

[GameSetAndMath]

So far, everybody who is supposed to reach QF reached (i.e., 7 out of 8)

The last one is Berdych who is playing right now. He is at one set all tussle with GGL

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

2-0 in the second set. 4/5 on break points for the match thus far

Novak must have plans for the early evening...

Yeah...he has to feed Becker. That's no easy task...he needs time to prepare the cow and everything

 

[nehmeth]

2-0 in the second set. 4/5 on break points for the match thus far

Novak must have plans for the early evening...

Yeah...he has to feed Becker. That's no easy task...he needs time to prepare the cow and everything

Harsh. :snigger

 

[Moxie]

I almost forgot…today's win gives Rafa 300 wins on clay.

 

[nehmeth]

So far, everybody who is supposed to reach QF reached (i.e., 7 out of 8)

The last one is Berdych who is playing right now. He is at one set all tussle with GGL

Had to fight for his life to get to one all

 

[nehmeth]

I almost forgot…today's win gives Rafa 300 wins on clay.

:clap. :celeb:

Cheers to 300 on clay, Rafa!

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I almost forgot…today's win gives Rafa 300 wins on clay.

Congrats to Rafa for making the 300 Mark. However, the number of matches won on
Clay is some record that Rafa cannot hope to beat even if he plays for ten more years.
Guillermo Vilas has won 644 matches on clay which is more than twice that of current number of
wins by Rafa. Before the Nadalites jump on me, let me add a disclaimer that it does not necessarily
imply that GV is a better clay player than Rafa.

However, I cannot stop wondering whether GV was appreciated for his clay prowess
during is career. I was not around when he was playing. If there is someone on the
board who used to watch tennis when GV was playing, I would appreciate their
take of both GV's prowess on clay and also the extent to which he got recognized
during his career.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I almost forgot…today's win gives Rafa 300 wins on clay.

As weird as it sounds, I went " ONLY 300?"...I mean , it feels like the guy has won a 1000 clay matches...

Congrats on 300.:clap . I can imagine the "300" pictures that would be posted if Clay Death was here...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

So far, everybody who is supposed to reach QF reached (i.e., 7 out of 8)

The last one is Berdych who is playing right now. He is at one set all tussle with GGL

Had to fight for his life to get to one all

GGL up 4-1 in 3rd. Looks like Bird will be the exception.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

2-0 in the second set. 4/5 on break points for the match thus far

Novak must have plans for the early evening...

djokovic is going out on the razzle with boom boom boris,

monte carlo is beautiful and the night is young..let us go with moonlight in our eyes.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

2-0 in the second set. 4/5 on break points for the match thus far

Novak must have plans for the early evening...

djokovic is going out on the razzle with boom boom boris,

monte carlo is beautiful and the night is young..let us go with moonlight in our eyes.

Djoker is supposed to get married after winning FO. Looks like you and Becker
might spoil both of his plans.

 

[Kieran]

Djoker is supposed to get married after winning FO.

She'll die a spinster...

 

[nehmeth]

I almost forgot…today's win gives Rafa 300 wins on clay.

Congrats to Rafa for making the 300 Mark. However, the number of matches won on
Clay is some record that Rafa cannot hope to beat even if he plays for ten more years.
Guillermo Vilas has won 644 matches on clay which is more than twice that of current number of
wins by Rafa. Before the Nadalites jump on me, let me add a disclaimer that it does not necessarily
imply that GV is a better clay player than Rafa.

However, I cannot stop wondering whether GV was appreciated for his clay prowess
during is career. I was not around when he was playing. If there is someone on the
board who used to watch tennis when GV was playing, I would appreciate their
take of both GV's prowess on clay and also the extent to which he got recognized
during his career.

Guillermo Vilas was my favorite player when I was a kid. Unlike everyone else in the tennis world at that time, I was not a fan of Bjorn Borg.

Probably the "knock" against his supremacy on clay is that he was 2-11 against the Swede. So, Vilas was the most dominant clay courter of his era - whenever Borg wasn't playing.

Rafa is the most dominant player I've ever seen on clay... ever.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I almost forgot…today's win gives Rafa 300 wins on clay.

Congrats to Rafa for making the 300 Mark. However, the number of matches won on
Clay is some record that Rafa cannot hope to beat even if he plays for ten more years.
Guillermo Vilas has won 644 matches on clay which is more than twice that of current number of
wins by Rafa. Before the Nadalites jump on me, let me add a disclaimer that it does not necessarily
imply that GV is a better clay player than Rafa.

However, I cannot stop wondering whether GV was appreciated for his clay prowess
during is career. I was not around when he was playing. If there is someone on the
board who used to watch tennis when GV was playing, I would appreciate their
take of both GV's prowess on clay and also the extent to which he got recognized
during his career.

I caught the tail end of GV's era. He was a crafty lefty though. Won slams on clay AND grass. He had a year he won 130 or so matches, some insane number. Obviously cross era comparisons don't work so I will not bother, but he was a good player in his own right. 16 titles in one year. Even playing 130 matches in a year, let alone winning is absurd...

 

[Kieran]

He had the old spaghetti stringed racket, since banned because it gave an unfair advantage: it made his opponent hungry...

 

[tented]

So far, everybody who is supposed to reach QF reached (i.e., 7 out of 8)

The last one is Berdych who is playing right now. He is at one set all tussle with GGL

Had to fight for his life to get to one all

GGL up 4-1 in 3rd. Looks like Bird will be the exception.

Berdych is out. I didn't see it, but to lose 1-6 in the third to GGL is surprising.

 

[tented]

Friday's schedule of play:

Court Central -- Start 10:30 A.M.

[3] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v [8] Milos Raonic (CAN)

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) v [6] David Ferrer (ESP)

[WC/4] Roger Federer (SUI) v [9] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

[2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

 

[nehmeth]

^^^
GGL was playing well today, frustrating Berdych. Then Tomas seemed to tweak something in his back....

GGL will be a test for Novak. Lots of depth, good pace and he moves the ball around the court.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

^^^
GGL was playing well today, frustrating Berdych. Then Tomas seemed to tweak something in his back....

GGL will be a test for Novak. Lots of depth, good pace and he moves the ball around the court.

So, after an old dirt baller and a new dirt baller, Novak gets a reasonably good dirt baller.
This is all nice for him, as he gets enough practice against dirt ballers, before meeting the
supreme dirt baller.