MUTUA MADRID ATP 1000 - May 1st to May 8th 2016

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Carol35 said:
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And Raonic advancing, it's getting very interesting :cool:

The two parts of your sentences are contradicting each other. :laydownlaughing

Why? explain me and maybe I could have some laugh too :dodgy:

'cos many of us here don't find Raonic interesting :p
 

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Front242 said:
Carol35 said:
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The two parts of your sentences are contradicting each other. :laydownlaughing

Why? explain me and maybe I could have some laugh too :dodgy:

'cos many of us here don't find Raonic interesting :p

But I'm not 'many of you' and to me Tsonga is not interesting at all on clay :p
 

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Carol35 said:
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Why? explain me and maybe I could have some laugh too :dodgy:

'cos many of us here don't find Raonic interesting :p

But I'm not 'many of you' and to me Tsonga is not interesting at all on clay :p


There are 2 chances of Raonic having 4 match points against Novak on clay like Tsonga did. None and f**k all :D At least Tsonga can at times be something of a challenge.
 

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Front242 said:
Carol35 said:
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'cos many of us here don't find Raonic interesting :p

But I'm not 'many of you' and to me Tsonga is not interesting at all on clay :p


There are 2 chances of Raonic having 4 match points against Novak on clay like Tsonga did. None and f**k all :D At least Tsonga can at times be something of a challenge.

Well, we'll see, but if he plays better than Coric and Bautista which I don't think it would be very difficult to do it :cover then he would have better chances than just to do 4 match points
 

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Front242 said:
Carol35 said:
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'cos many of us here don't find Raonic interesting :p

But I'm not 'many of you' and to me Tsonga is not interesting at all on clay :p


There are 2 chances of Raonic having 4 match points against Novak on clay like Tsonga did. None and f**k all :D At least Tsonga can at times be something of a challenge.

You got a short memory my friend.
I need to remind you the scoreline of Nole vs Milos in their last encounters on clay:

2014 Rome: 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
2014 RG: 7-5, 7-6, 6-4.

Milos is actually more effective on clay than many would give him credit for.
And trust me, in the actual form, Tsonga would have not given much of a challenge to Novak.
 

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Sousa, Muzz and Raonic have trained in Mallorca for awhile, hope they have not learned too much when they would play against Rafa :D
 

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Carol35 said:
Sousa, Muzz and Raonic have trained in Mallorca for awhile, hope they have not learned too much when they would play against Rafa :D

NAH baby , they're ALL just paying homage to the King of Dirt !
 

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Fiero425 said:
Just heard Del Po withdrew from Rome; more wrist problems! Shocking! He needs to just give it up! :rolleyes: :puzzled :nono :cover

:cry:cry:cry
 

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herios said:
Front242 said:
Carol35 said:
But I'm not 'many of you' and to me Tsonga is not interesting at all on clay :p


There are 2 chances of Raonic having 4 match points against Novak on clay like Tsonga did. None and f**k all :D At least Tsonga can at times be something of a challenge.

You got a short memory my friend.
I need to remind you the scoreline of Nole vs Milos in their last encounters on clay:

2014 Rome: 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
2014 RG: 7-5, 7-6, 6-4.

Milos is actually more effective on clay than many would give him credit for.
And trust me, in the actual form, Tsonga would have not given much of a challenge to Novak.

I agree, Tsonga isn't in great form but neither is Raonic and I learnt that from betting years ago. Just 'cos Raonic produced some better results in 2014 against Novak doesn't mean he can or will replicate the scorelines in 2016. In fact I'd be very surprised if he came anywhere close to those scores above. A lot of it is down to his injuries hampering his movement but even so he wasn't that immobile in his last 2 encounters against Djokovic and Murray but still got destroyed. Present form says Raonic may beat the lesser players but not the top guys.
 

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Murray to win 2-0 was evens with Coral today. I was tempted to back him
 

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[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj0kGoWwXgA[/video]
 

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Fiero425 said:
Just heard Del Po withdrew from Rome; more wrist problems! Shocking! He needs to just give it up! :rolleyes: :puzzled :nono :cover

He won't. That's why people like him.
 

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nice match from Murray hope he can beat Manacor's bull tomorrow
 

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I think Samurai will outlast Nicky's bombs, just like he did on the HC.
 

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Fiero425 said:
Just heard Del Po withdrew from Rome; more wrist problems! Shocking! He needs to just give it up! :rolleyes: :puzzled :nono :cover

You know, the time he spent on fixing that left wrist, he could have developed a somewhat respectable single handed drive. He already has the slice. Screw the left hand. F...:mad:

I am just upset...
 

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Front242 said:
herios said:
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There are 2 chances of Raonic having 4 match points against Novak on clay like Tsonga did. None and f**k all :D At least Tsonga can at times be something of a challenge.

You got a short memory my friend.
I need to remind you the scoreline of Nole vs Milos in their last encounters on clay:

2014 Rome: 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
2014 RG: 7-5, 7-6, 6-4.

Milos is actually more effective on clay than many would give him credit for.
And trust me, in the actual form, Tsonga would have not given much of a challenge to Novak.

I agree, Tsonga isn't in great form but neither is Raonic and I learnt that from betting years ago. Just 'cos Raonic produced some better results in 2014 against Novak doesn't mean he can or will replicate the scorelines in 2016. In fact I'd be very surprised if he came anywhere close to those scores above. A lot of it is down to his injuries hampering his movement but even so he wasn't that immobile in his last 2 encounters against Djokovic and Murray but still got destroyed. Present form says Raonic may beat the lesser players but not the top guys.

If Raonic is healthy (and not like in the last IW) he can beat the top guys. He was doing pretty well until he got the injury, he is still young and even that his height doesn't help him too much in his movements it seems that he is in a good form now. Hope Moya is helping him enough to give a tough match to Novak :popcorn :cool:
 

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kskate2 said:
I think Samurai will outlast Nicky's bombs, just like he did on the HC.

Truly fun match to watch. High level of play from both players. Unfortunately in the closer matches, I'm afraid Kei has that tendency to tighten up. He had the advantage in the first tiebreak and gave it back. Let's see what he can do here.