Queen's Club - ATP 500 - June 15th to June 21st

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKbbt9aGwI[/video]

 

[britbox]

^ I don't think Stan wins Wimbledon. He's got a big game and can take anyone's time away, but he ain't so effective when his opponent takes his time away - and on grass, that's more likely than anywhere else.

Not a full field at Queens, but I don't think he takes the silverware here either.

 

[Federberg]

Oh Stan, Stan! Ditch the shorts man.. :laydownlaughing :nono

 

[brokenshoelace]

Weird because he's moving well, serving patchy but better than recently, returning surprisingly good, and is actually volleying really well. He looks more comfortable on grass than I expected, and even the backhand is looking good. The forehand is killing him though, and ultimately, he always lives and dies by that shot.

Without taking anything away from Dolgo who served really well overall, I don't think Nadal returned surprisingly well - I thought (on second serve) he was really predictable. On the deuce court Dolgo was going out wide all day waiting for the cross court bunt and finishing with a forehand down the line. Nadal hardly changed things up at all. In fact, in his presser he said he had real problems reading Dolgo's serve... Not sure why it was such a problem because half the crowd knew where the Dolgo was serving on any key point after 30 minutes.

I meant in general, not in that particular match. His return isn't as short as it normally is (probably because he feels compelled to stand closer to return on grass, which is why his return is less iffy there). That said, Nadal is a relatively sub-par serve reader and he gets aced A LOT. I've seen players have more "unstoppable serving" days against Nadal than I have against the rest of the top 4 combined.

It was particularly frustrating against Dolg since he was always going to serve to Nadal's forehand on the first serve, yet Nadal wasn't picking up on it for some reason.

 

[kskate2]

Oh Stan, Stan! Ditch the shorts man.. :laydownlaughing :nono

No worries Berg. In 2 weeks he'll have no choice... :devil

 

[DarthFed]

^ I don't think Stan wins Wimbledon. He's got a big game and can take anyone's time away, but he ain't so effective when his opponent takes his time away - and on grass, that's more likely than anywhere else.

Not a full field at Queens, but I don't think he takes the silverware here either.

Agreed, it's definitely not something I'd bet on. There's a reason he's only beaten Roger on clay so far and it's what you said, he doesn't have as much time to line up his shots on a faster surface and he's just easier to get out of position. But all that said if he does somehow get in another huge zone then all bets are off.

 

[kskate2]

Stanimal drops the opening TB to K.A. and in a dogfight in the 2nd set 5-5

 

[kskate2]

Both players choke on MP and SP respectively. KA w/ another chance

 

[kskate2]

And after Stan gifts the TB by missing an easy sitter on SP, KA aces to seal the deal

 

[DarthFed]

Isn't this the one where Stan has an atrocious record vs. KA for God knows what reason?

EDIT: I checked and it's now 4-3 KA. I thought it was worse than that, must be mixing it up with someone else.

 

[kskate2]

No. You're right. KA has won the last 3-4 in a row.

 

[DarthFed]

Well I was thinking it was something like 5-0 or 5-1 so no I was wrong on that. Either way it's surprising that he has that much trouble with KA though I'd say Stan's return is certainly not a strength.

 

[Bounce It !!]

If you don't like the new atp website, the spanish version uses the old interface. You can use a translation addon in your browser (if it doesn't come with one). If not, you're prob already familiar enough with the layout you can intuit your way around even without a translation/understanding Spanish

http://es.atpworldtour.com

Mahalo for the tip, I have way too much trouble negotiating around the new site.

 

[Puppet Master]

It's really weird how much trouble Kevin gives to Stan whenever they play. And this is like the fourth time that KA has managed to knock out Wawrinka early in a tournamemt. Guess we'll watch him at Wimbo then. I knew he wasn't winning this one, but a qf/sf appearance would have been nice.

 

[kskate2]

Typical Dog: mope around w/ no purpose after a good feeding. :snicker

 

[Fiero425]

Oh Stan, Stan! Ditch the shorts man.. :laydownlaughing :nono

At least it wasn't so obscene with the white shirt! Pattern clashes have never been my thing; I don't care how long I walk this EARTH! :nono :angel: :cover

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I thought Rafa would go home and get some R&R before coming to the hallowed grounds a week from now. But, he does not seem to be interested in R&R. He played his opening doubles match with M. Lopez after his loss yesterday and seems to be continuing on it. They next face a tough veteran pair in the form of Nestor and Paes.

 

[Fiero425]

I thought Rafa would go home and get some R&R before coming to the hallowed grounds a week from now. But, he does not seem to be interested in R&R. He played his opening doubles match with M. Lopez after his loss yesterday and seems to be continuing on it. They next face a tough veteran pair in the form of Nestor and Paes.

If he were to "bolt" after losing singles, it would just be another reason to "pan" the guy! I still remember Martina Navratilova was supposed to play doubles with Steffi Graf twice; Wimbledon and USO! She bolted after a couple matches sighting the need to save herself for the singles both times! :cover :nono :angel: :dodgy: :eyepop

 

[isabelle]

Simon is still there even if he dislikes grass

 

[Kirijax]

Dimitrov gets bagled in the first set against Muller. :cover Muller leads 5-4 on serve in the 2nd.