Rio Open - 500

[Moxie]

The class excludes conduct towards lines people I presume.

One bad day and you'll hear about it forever, I suppose.

He did it twice!

Oh, then, send Interpol. Clearly he's a rat bastard.

 

[Front242]

Wow, nice stop volley!

 

[Moxie]

Of all the top players, when he's off, Rafa looks the lousiest. Struggles and sweats like a swine against fellas who could be park players. But now, I think he'll fix in on the backhand and take this from here...

It's a depressing affair when Andujar is the player making the exciting shots on court.

This would assume you're not an Andujar fan. Personally, I'm not thrilled by how Rafa is playing, but I'm very pleased for Pablo. (Though I'll be more pleased if he loses honorably. :snigger )

Not not a fan of Andujar, more a reference to the low quality of the shots if Pablo, is the exciting shot maker of the game. I am rooting for Andujar, but it has been a very boring match to watch.

Still think it's boring?

 

[Riotbeard]

Some great couple of points here

 

[Front242]

Andujar's on fire now.

 

[Front242]

Exciting tiebreak.

 

[Front242]

Terrible error

 

[Front242]

Two awful errors by Andujar. Very exciting TB though.

 

[Riotbeard]

Terrible error

Exciting except the very end...

 

[Moxie]

OMG…Rafa pulled it off. Andujar really just raised his stock by a lot. If he hadn't let up in the second set, he'd likely have been through. Nadal survived on champion's will.

 

[Front242]

Terrible error

Exciting except the very end...

A shame that it ended on two errors instead of someone hitting a winner. Hate matches ending on errors or worse still, double faults.

 

[Moxie]

Two awful errors by Andujar. Very exciting TB though.

Once you get to TB, it's pretty rare that the higher-ranked player loses, especially with this kind of disparity. It was a thriller, though! Great job by Andujar. Not just another pretty face.

 

[Front242]

Two awful errors by Andujar. Very exciting TB though.

Once you get to TB, it's pretty rare that the higher-ranked player loses, especially with this kind of disparity. It was a thriller, though! Great job by Andujar. Not just another pretty face.

Yeah I wasn't expecting him to win but I'd still have preferred Rafa won by hitting two winners instead Andujar making two bad errors.

 

[Moxie]

Two awful errors by Andujar. Very exciting TB though.

Once you get to TB, it's pretty rare that the higher-ranked player loses, especially with this kind of disparity. It was a thriller, though! Great job by Andujar. Not just another pretty face.

Yeah I wasn't expecting him to win but I'd still have preferred Rafa won by hitting two winners instead Andujar making two bad errors.

Agreed. And I would have preferred Rafa winning by having played better tennis, not just being the stronger competitor. Rafa escaped today, that's it. Andujar was brave and aggressive. I'm kind of a fan of his, and even I was shocked by how well he played. Rafa wasn't at his best, but it does come down to closing, and that where Rafa got it done, and Pablo couldn't.

 

[Front242]

Should be an interesting final.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Should be an interesting final.

I think it will be a dog fight.

 

[Moxie]

Should be an interesting final.

I think it will be a dog fight.

I suspect so, too. Rafa will have to up his level from today. I don't know if they went out for Toni's birthday last night, and he underestimated Andujar. But if Dogopolov plays Rafa like he did Ferrer, it'll be a long and sweaty fight for Nadal. I'm not clear on who wins, based on Nadal's performance today.
I feel sure it'll go 3.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Should be an interesting final.

I think it will be a dog fight.

I suspect so, too. Rafa will have to up his level from today. I don't know if they went out for Toni's birthday last night, and he underestimated Andujar. But if Dogopolov plays Rafa like he did Ferrer, it'll be a long and sweaty fight for Nadal. I'm not clear on who wins, based on Nadal's performance today.
I feel sure it'll go 3.

You perhaps missed the intended pun.

 

[Front242]

Should be an interesting final.

I think it will be a dog fight.

I suspect so, too. Rafa will have to up his level from today. I don't know if they went out for Toni's birthday last night, and he underestimated Andujar. But if Dogopolov plays Rafa like he did Ferrer, it'll be a long and sweaty fight for Nadal. I'm not clear on who wins, based on Nadal's performance today.
I feel sure it'll go 3.

You perhaps missed the intended pun.

Dogopolov has dog in his name but where does dog come in with Nadal or Rafa? It's Rafa not Rover :snigger

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Should be an interesting final.

I think it will be a dog fight.

I suspect so, too. Rafa will have to up his level from today. I don't know if they went out for Toni's birthday last night, and he underestimated Andujar. But if Dogopolov plays Rafa like he did Ferrer, it'll be a long and sweaty fight for Nadal. I'm not clear on who wins, based on Nadal's performance today.
I feel sure it'll go 3.

You perhaps missed the intended pun.

Dogopolov has dog in his name but where does dog come in with Nadal or Rafa? It's Rafa not Rover :snigger

Well, Rafa is a Golden Retriever.