Rolex Paris Masters 2023, Bercy, France - ATP Masters 1000

[Moxie]

Thiem wins 7-5 in the 3rd. I have to say, it would have been a blow for him to lose to Stan. If he has any hopes of a comeback, he can't lose to a guy older and gimpier than he is, no matter how good Stan once was.

 

[Moxie]

Well Dom comes back from 3-5 down in the 3rd set, saves a MP and beats Stan who I feel is mentally tired 36 63 75
Dom will play Rune in the 2nd rd
Feel for both guys having to play in the wee small hours!

Thiem has a chance there, with the current state of Rune's game.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Thiem wins 7-5 in the 3rd. I have to say, it would have been a blow for him to lose to Stan. If he has any hopes of a comeback, he can't lose to a guy older and gimpier than he is, no matter how good Stan once was.

Dom will play Rune next, Stan needs a rest to me both mentally and physically, even drinking coffee in the break didnt help him

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Thiem has a chance there, with the current state of Rune's game.

Agree, he has a chance

 

[nehmeth]

I think it is more a case of Alex De Minaur is in Andy's head he now leads their H2H 6-0

The battle between two pushers and Alex is way faster than Andy; very boring.

 

[nehmeth]

Fils is gone in 2 sets. French crowd was of little benefit.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

World No 10 Taylor Fritz withdraws following his 1st round win against Baez after suffering an abdominal injury, Daniel Altmaier gets a walkover to the next round
This means that Fritz is out of the ATP finals race as well.The only way he could qualify for the ATP Finals is as an alternate

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Not a single French player in the 2nd round so far,
Fils
Bonzi,
Gasquet
Mannarino
Van Assche
Muller
Humbert and Monfils left?
Will French get a win?
Humbert is the only French player through with a straight sets win over Q Marcos Giron 64 63, Monfils had his chances against Cerundolo though his serve let him down when it mattered, lost in 3 sets.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Paris Doubles update:
OUT: Sinner/Wawrinka and Fils/Gasquet
IN: Escobar/Nedovyesova ) ALT will play against Djokovic/Kemanovic)
Middlekoop/Mies (ALY will play against Doumbia/Reboul

 

[Fiero425]

Fils is gone in 2 sets. French crowd was of little benefit.

Monfils' done as well! I'm so over his act! Good riddance as Cerandolo overcomes the crowd & Gael's performance of exhaustion saving MP's!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Okay lets go Charly with a straight sets win! over Safiullin

 

[the AntiPusher]

Monfils' done as well! I'm so over his act! Good riddance as Cerandolo overcomes the crowd & Gael's performance of exhaustion saving MP's!

Come on LeMonf just won a tournament last week. Give the guy a break.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Come on LeMonf just won a tournament last week. Give the guy a break.

As I posted his serve let him down in crucial points, also the French crowd singing the French National Anthem could not save Gael, Gael did have a MP

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Okay Charly you need to raise your level or you could lose this match

 

[atttomole]

Carlo looks rusty.

 

[Fiero425]

Come on LeMonf just won a tournament last week. Give the guy a break.

WTF? Why? That's what I've been talking about; today's players so lame, they can't compete the following week after success! The Big 3 could overplay, win consecutive events or take a couple months off, then go about their business! The rest of the tour are predictably weak physically & mentally! Alcaraz was up a break on Safiullin, but lost 5 straight games to drop the 1st set! Too weird! Hopefully Novak won't been so "out of it" tomorrow when he plays his match!

 

[Fiero425]

Carlo looks rusty.

You say rusty; I say overhitting! That's his thing; overhit & overplay every rallyball! Makes no sense trying to take the cover off the ball every time!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Alcaraz down a set 63 to Safiullin, a tricky first match against a relatively in form player

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Safiullin playing a good match, he reminds me of Jude Law, maybe because of his hair line

 

[atttomole]

Safin serving for the match.