Rome Masters 2015

[sid]

After winning both Munich and Madrid I'm sure Andy will be happy whatever happens.

 

[Puppet Master]

As for the Djoko-Almagro match, it was a very high level contest but Almagro began being inconsistent towards the end again. There should be no worries at all for Novak's fans though, he played great. We'll see what these next few days bring for Nadal and Fed.
I just don't see Rafa raising his level in Rome. :nono
(Having said this though, I would like him to prove me wrong)

 

[Denis]

Tomic played his 22nd tiebreak of the season and lost again after three breakers. Weird.

 

[tented]

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Centrale Start 12:00

[3] Andy Murray (GBR) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

[4] Rafael Nadal (ESP) v [Q] Marsel Ilhan (TUR)

[5] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

Not Before 7:30 pm

[2] Roger Federer (SUI) v Pablo Cuevas (URU)

Not Before 9:00 pm

[4] Petra Kvitova (CZE) v [WC] Karin Knapp (ITA)

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Grandstand Start 11:00 am

[2] Simona Halep (ROU) v Alison Riske (USA)

Not Before 12:00 noon

[5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Jiri Vesely (CZE)

[12] Gilles Simon (FRA) v Dominic Thiem (AUT)

[14] Venus Williams (USA) v Elina Svitolina (UKR)

Not Before 7:00 pm

[11] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) v Viktor Troicki (SRB)

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Pietrangeli Start 11:00 am

[7] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v [Q] Daria Gavrilova (RUS)

[13] Sara Errani (ITA) v [Q] Christina McHale (USA)

[10] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Fabio Fognini (ITA)

[13] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v David Goffin (BEL)

[16] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

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Court 1 Start 11:00 am

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v [Q] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)

[8] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v [LL] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

[6] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) v Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

[10] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v Heather Watson (GBR)

[8] Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Nick Kyrgios (AUS) / Jack Sock (USA)

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Court 2 Start 11:00 am

[16] John Isner (USA) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

[15] Madison Keys (USA) v [Q] Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

[14] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) v [Q] Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

[9] Angelique Kerber (GER) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)

[2] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) v [WC] Matteo Donati (ITA) / Stefano Napolitano (ITA)

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Court 3 Start 11:00 am

Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) / Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Renata Voracova (CZE)

[4] Marcin Matkowski (POL) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) v Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS)

[12] Lucie Safarova (CZE) v [Q] Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)

[1] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) v Kevin Anderson (RSA) / Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

[7] Alexander Peya (AUT) / Bruno Soares (BRA) v Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL)

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Court 4 Start 1:00 pm

Sabine Lisicki (GER) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) v Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

[8] Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) v [WC] Nastassja Burnett (ITA) / Jasmine Paolini (ITA)

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) / Juan Monaco (ARG) v Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Florin Mergea (ROU)

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Court 6 Not Before 3:00 pm

[5] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP) v [PR] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

[6] Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Leander Paes (IND) v Pablo Cuevas (URU) / David Marrero (ESP)

 

[Kirijax]

Nice to see Wawrinka stop the train wreck his season is quickly becoming, even if it is for just a round.

Almagro may have been the perfect opponent for Djokovic to clear out his clay court cobwebs.

Just when I'm ready to start cashing in my Tomic chips, he starts letting me down again.

Kohlschreiber retires? Testament to Murray's fitness level maybe.

Querrey folded his tent up quickly after dropping the first set in a TB. Those bagels after TBs are always disappointing.

Has there ever been a guy as strong against the non-top tenners and yet so unsuccessful against the top tenners? The consistency in the success/failure is truly amazing. Which wil happen first; an upset loss or an upset win?

Ferrer My Ferrer. Good win over a tough opponent. He's still a darkhorse at the FO I think. Something crazy might happen at the FO this year and Ferrer could be right in the middle of it.

Murray confirms he is playing! Such a hard thing to decide; do I keep up the momentum or rest for the big stage? Especially on clay. Glad to see him playing but part of me wishes he would just take the week off.

Gawd I love tennis. While baseball/football/basketball fans suffer through long offseasons, ridiculous draft shows, questionable foul calls and long, numerous commercial breaks, tennis keeps on giving us the sport week after week with minimal fuss.

 

[Moxie]

^ We're here to provide the "fuss."

 

[sid]

Great win for Andy beating Chardy who put Roger out @ the same stage last year.I don't think Andy will win this Masters,but ATM he is playing nice tennis.

 

[Kirijax]

Murray vs. Chardy seemed to be a tougher match than Murray expected but after the first set things fell into place. Good opening win for Murray! 10th consecutive win! :clap

 

[pavlik89]

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

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Marsel is going for every shot, redlining, because he knows he is not going to exchange blows with Rafa from the back.
Rafa with the break, leading 2-1.

 

[Puppet Master]

By the way, does anyone know if it is possible to watch live streaming on an Android device for free?

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2crae5FR1Y[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fae7uubXtfo[/video]

 

[kskate2]

By the way, does anyone know if it is possible to watch live streaming on an Android device for free?

I know if you have the Tennis Channel app or the Watch ESPN app and you sign in with your cable provider acct, you can stream on Android and IOS.

 

[Mile]

Did anyone watch Nadal ? How did he play...any chance in Rome ?

 

[nehmeth]

Fognini breaks back in the 2nd set. Dimitrov was playing a great point right up to where F3 hit a Nalbandianesque passing shot.

 

[Front242]

Did anyone watch Nadal ? How did he play...any chance in Rome ?

He played a qualifier ranked 87. I'd say that scoreline makes it pretty hard to judge. From what tennis.com comments section says his opponent couldn't hit a barn door.

 

[Fiero425]

Fognini breaks back in the 2nd set. Dimitrov was playing a great point right up to where F3 hit a Nalbandianesque passing shot.

This is when I have little to no sympathy for Grigor! He's so busy "styling," he's lost his advantage and is in a real pickle against a player with few weapons! uzzled :nono :cover

 

[Front242]

I'd actually say Fognini has more weapons than Dimitrov personally.

 

[nehmeth]

Fognini breaks back in the 2nd set. Dimitrov was playing a great point right up to where F3 hit a Nalbandianesque passing shot.

This is when I have little to no sympathy for Grigor! He's so busy "styling," he's lost his advantage and is in a real pickle against a player with few weapons! uzzled :nono :cover

The Dimitrov trajectory seems to have flatlined this year, possibly headed toward a downward trend. Think it might be time to shop around for a new coach, maybe cool things with Maria and take a lower profile with the media.