Rio Open - 500

[herios]

Seeds:

1. Nadal
2. Ferrer
3. Fognini
4. Robredo
5. Almagro
6. Granollers
7. Monaco
8. Andujar


So, the whole field from Buenos Aires moved over here and Rafa joins in.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Seeds:

1. Nadal
2. Ferrer
3. Fognini
4. Robredo
5. Almagro
6. Granollers
7. Monaco
8. Andujar


So, the whole field from Buenos Aires moved over here and Rafa joins in.

Wow, we even have seeded player who is not from Spain or Argentina !!!

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Poor Almagro, he is going to run into Ferrer in SF. If the seeding holds up will lose to
Ferrer for the 16th time. This is one of the situations where Almagro would actually
prefer to be on Nadal's half. At least, there will not be any shame in losing to Nadal.

 

[Moxie]

Seeds:

1. Nadal
2. Ferrer
3. Fognini
4. Robredo
5. Almagro
6. Granollers
7. Monaco
8. Andujar


So, the whole field from Buenos Aires moved over here and Rafa joins in.

Wow, we even have seeded player who is not from Spain or Argentina !!!

Oh, come on. Until this year and last no attention has been paid to the Golden Swing. But if you were paying attention, you'd see it's always mostly Spaniards playing Argentines, peppered in with other So. Americans, and the odd otherwise European. This seeding list is par for the course in this part of the season. The anomaly is not Fognini but Nadal.

 

[nehmeth]

Seeds:

1. Nadal
2. Ferrer
3. Fognini
4. Robredo
5. Almagro
6. Granollers
7. Monaco
8. Andujar


So, the whole field from Buenos Aires moved over here and Rafa joins in.

Wow, we even have seeded player who is not from Spain or Argentina !!!

Oh, come on. Until this year and last no attention has been paid to the Golden Swing. But if you were paying attention, you'd see it's always mostly Spaniards playing Argentines, peppered in with other So. Americans, and the odd otherwise European. This seeding list is par for the course in this part of the season. The anomaly is not Fognini but Nadal.

Exactly. A couple years ago - before Rafa used the "golden swing" for his 2013 comeback tour, that's how it looked.

 

[I.Haychew]

Poor Almagro, he is going to run into Ferrer in SF. If the seeding holds up will lose to
Ferrer for the 16th time. This is one of the situations where Almagro would actually
prefer to be on Nadal's half. At least, there will not be any shame in losing to Nadal.

Hey, not so phast! Iph the seedings hold up, Almagro won't even phace Pherrer. He'll lose to Phognini in the quarterphinal. GO PHABIO!!!

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Poor Almagro, he is going to run into Ferrer in SF. If the seeding holds up will lose to
Ferrer for the 16th time. This is one of the situations where Almagro would actually
prefer to be on Nadal's half. At least, there will not be any shame in losing to Nadal.

Hey, not so phast! Iph the seedings hold up, Almagro won't even phace Pherrer. He'll lose to Phognini in the quarterphinal. GO PHABIO!!!

You are right. I forgot the Fabulous Fabio Fognini. Clay seems to be his forte too.
Also, he is in recent form. Almagro may be thankful to him.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

We have a mixed competition here, ladies are playing too.
http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1902

Look who is watching?

 

[Moxie]

We have a mixed competition here, ladies are playing too.
http://www.tennisfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1902

True that it's a combo event, and a new one. Would be fun if we get some cross-pollination conversations about it.

 

[TsarMatt]

This is just so NID.

Nadal won't even drop a set.

 

[nehmeth]

Look who is watching.

After the difficulties in Oz, Rafa wants to be sure Jesus has his back.

 

[Moxie]

Poor Almagro, he is going to run into Ferrer in SF. If the seeding holds up will lose to
Ferrer for the 16th time. This is one of the situations where Almagro would actually
prefer to be on Nadal's half. At least, there will not be any shame in losing to Nadal.

Hey, not so phast! Iph the seedings hold up, Almagro won't even phace Pherrer. He'll lose to Phognini in the quarterphinal. GO PHABIO!!!

You are right. I forgot the Fabulous Fabio Fognini. Clay seems to be his forte too.
Also, he is in recent form. Almagro may be thankful to him.

Almagro can be thankful for Dolgopolov, who put him out of his misery far earlier than even expected.
:nono

 

[Luxilon Borg]

This is just so NID.

Nadal won't even drop a set.

Whadya mean? All they need to do is read that Wawrinka Strategy Manifesto on the other thread.

 

[Moxie]

Nadal beat Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-5. Rafa shaking off some rust, though he had some showy points: some great passing shots and a few world-class drop shots. I counted one really stunning dtl forehand. Daniel was really valiant, I thought. Refused to give up. Went for it, which produced a lot of UFEs, naturally. He'd never taken more than a few games in their previous 2 meetings.

 

[Luxilon Borg]

Nadal beat Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-5. Rafa shaking off some rust, though he had some showy points: some great passing shots and a few world-class drop shots. I counted one really stunning dtl forehand. Daniel was really valiant, I thought. Refused to give up. Went for it, which produced a lot of UFEs, naturally. He'd never taken more than a few games in their previous 2 meetings.

Rafa played extremely conservatively. He never went beyond 3rd gear. Almost no forehand winners, no aces, and very few net approaches. Glorified practice session, but entertaining none the less.

 

[Moxie]

Nadal beat Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-5. Rafa shaking off some rust, though he had some showy points: some great passing shots and a few world-class drop shots. I counted one really stunning dtl forehand. Daniel was really valiant, I thought. Refused to give up. Went for it, which produced a lot of UFEs, naturally. He'd never taken more than a few games in their previous 2 meetings.

Rafa played extremely conservatively. He never went beyond 3rd gear. Almost no forehand winners, no aces, and very few net approaches. Glorified practice session, but entertaining none the less.

I agree. But it was rather fun, which was down to Gimeno-Traver.

 

[TsarMatt]

This is just so NID.

Nadal won't even drop a set.

Whadya mean? All they need to do is read that Wawrinka Strategy Manifesto on the other thread.

 

[Luxilon Borg]

This is just so NID.

Nadal won't even drop a set.

Whadya mean? All they need to do is read that Wawrinka Strategy Manifesto on the other thread.

:lolz:

 

[herios]

Bellucci upset Monaco today: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Spanish trio Ferrer, Robredo and Andujar makes the QF as well.

 

[Moxie]

Andujar got through via either retirement or walkover v. Klizan. ATP calls it a retirement, but at 0-0? That's odd, no? Did he get hurt in the warm-up? Side-bar question: It is my understanding that a walkover is not charged as a win or loss, but a retirement is charged as a loss. Is that correct?