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

[kskate2]

My word, 30-30

 

[Kieran]

Match point for the Dawg... :cover

What a return!!

 

[kskate2]

MP

 

[britbox]

Another MP for Dolgo

 

[britbox]

Nadal is toast. Good match to watch - well played Dolgo.

 

[Carol]

Dolgo is playing well, risky shots and serve but successful. Maybe my wish about Nadal taking a little rest and practicing in the Wimbledon court from one of these days (like Borg on his best times) is going to become a reality?

 

[Kieran]

Great win for Dolgo. Timid play from Rafa on the match point, and he played tight when he was up in a break in that set, but it was a good match for him - and a great win by Dolgo :clap

 

[DarthFed]

I do have serious reverse jinxing skills. Merchant of doom had given up on Dog after an early break in the 3rd.

Those are the type of matches where Rafa used to run away with in the deciding set after gaining the momentum. Add that to the fact that Dog is not the toughest player mentally and it's a really tough one for Rafa to swallow. Up 4-2 in a deciding set vs. Dog...you have to put that match away.

 

[Carol]

Yep, no drama around, Dolgo has deserved to win, Rafa has not played so well and my wish has became real

 

[Kieran]

I do have serious reverse jinxing skills. Called Dog's doom after an early break in the 3rd. Those are the type of matches where Rafa would run away with it in the deciding set after gaining the momentum. Add that to the fact that Dog is not the toughest player mentally.

Nor is Rafa, lately, but he's looking a lot better now than he did on clay. Still, it's a step backwards, and he's still off the pace in most areas of his game...

 

[brokenshoelace]

Nadal needs to do something about the forehand. It's absolutely mediocre at the moment.

 

[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.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I was hoping to catch the tail end of 3rd set. But, it is all over before I came back, at least to a good end.

The good thing for Rafa is that he has enough time now to go to Mallorca and do some fishing to bring some "calm" to his mind.

Dog did literally nothing since he heat Rafa in IW till he beat Rafa today. We need more players like that. :lolz:

 

[Kieran]

Yeah, he hit a couple of howlers in the 4-all game. Sitters, on even a bad day. And he's looking more sure on the backhand side, which is head scratching...

 

[pavlik89]

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

 

[Kieran]

I have to say, thinking about it, there's something I like a lot more about Rafa now than I did during his horrendous clay season. He looks a lot more aggressive, in the main, he's going for it on the backhand and his serve looks fairly strong, and often it's a real surface-friendly weapon. He was 4-2 up in the third today, and I can't see this as anything other than an opportunity lost to get more matchplay in, the way he went down was more disappointing than anything else. He tightened, but that can happen.

But apart from the errant forehand, which we'd hope will kick in at some stage, I'm happier with his largely aggressive demeanor and effort, and most of his play, than I was during the clay part of the season...

 

[Carol]

Dolgo has played very good and with that kind of game that can bother to anyone and more when it's successful but in my opinion Rafa didn't have to lose that match, I think he has beaten himself after the break in the third set having the match in his hands, he didn't play well at all
I was hoping to see him playing one more match but not leaving so early :nono

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

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.

Yipps...Roger has it on the forehand too.:snicker

 

[Fiero425]

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.

Yipps...Roger has it on the forehand too.:snicker

What little of it I watched. Rafa needs to hit "serves!" He missed his 1st again and again giving Dopo all these chances to come back! Funny that I've seen Roger and Rafa recently with MP and end up losing it like I've been saying of the other players; "unable to finish!" ...BUT IT'S NOT THE END! :cover :nono :angel: :dodgy: :ras:

 

[Fiero425]

Dolgo had MP in the 2nd set from what I hear! He allowed Rafa to come back and take a lead in the 3rd, down 2-4, but broke back and won the last 4 games and the match! As a result, Rafa won't have much of a chance elevating his world ranking of #10 in time to get a better seeding at Wimbledon! Follow:

- http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nadal-looks-bright-side-queens-setback-183053014--ten.html - Article

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Aegon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles - Queen's draw