Swiss Indoors 2018, Basel, ATP 500

[Jelenafan]

Wow, you never pull a punch. All those rockers in that era died from the effects of drugs, and you call her a "fatty." She did not die from being fat. Jim Morrison was really fat when he died, and he didn't OD, either. Heart failure. Live fast, die young.?

Jim Morrison was huge.

 

[herios]

Marius Copil upset Marin Cilic, his biggest win of his career.

 

[britbox]

Wednesday Results Round-up

1st Round
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) beat 5-Jack Sock (USA) 7-5 6-4
4-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) beat Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-2 7-6(3)
8-Roberto Bautista Agut beat Joao Sousa (POR) 6-4 6-3
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) beat Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-7(4) 6-1 6-2
2-Alexander Zverev (GER) beat Robin Haase (NED) 6-4 7-5

2nd Round
Taylor Fritz (USA) beat Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-2 7-5
Marius Copil (ROU) beat 3-Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-5 7-6(2)

 

[britbox]

Wednesday Highlights

 

[britbox]

Marius Copil upset Marin Cilic, his biggest win of his career.

Yep, good win for Copil

 

[britbox]

Copil has your man Fritz next @herios.

 

[herios]

Copil has your man Fritz next @herios.

Big opportunity for both of them. Taylor is already in unchartered territory, he will break into the top 50.

 

[herios]

@britbox, what can you tell us about Popyrin?
I noticed he pulled 2 upsets, Paire first in the qualifying, then Ebden in R1.

 

[britbox]

@britbox, what can you tell us about Popyrin?
I noticed he pulled 2 upsets, Paire first in the qualifying, then Ebden in R1.

Not much mate. I haven't seen him play. He did with the Junior FO though, so has some pedigree. He only turned pro last year.

 

[herios]

Not much mate. I haven't seen him play. He did with the Junior FO though, so has some pedigree. He only turned pro last year.

I think he is an interesting prospect. Probably soon to break into the top 100.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I am guessing he is not comfortable with the rest of his game so maybe redlining the serve a bit?
I watched a bit of the match and was totally confused. There were definitely moments of the TMF but also a lot of suck as well. That ratio better change in favor of TMF otherwise literally anyone can take him out .

It is battle between TMF and CMF (Clown Mode Federer).

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

I can't decide or figure out anything while watching Fed play these days. He plays these flat & beautiful shots at times. Some really good ones. But overall, he makes a lot of mistakes too over the sets; they usually pile up to 10-15 in a set. I don't know what's happening. I wouldn't say Fed's lost it. You can say that when you see someone struggle to do his own stuff. Fed still plays absolutely terrific in patches. So, certainly he has a lot of game left in him. It's a consistency problem right now. Is that due to a drop in his stamina levels? Is that drop too much. Will it really prevent him from playing 3 or 4 sets of good tennis? We don't know. He's lost a few steps. But, he's hitting a lot of good shots too. I will still expect Roger to sort out his game to at least be a contender for the biggies on the quicker courts.

 

[mrzz]

I see he had a long match today, but Krajinovic was a tough first opponent. I think Mrzz. is a fan.

Good player, but you confused the Serbians. I am a fan of Lajovic.

 

[isabelle]

poor performance from Marin

 

[herios]

Both Medvedev and Stefanos are looking good as they progress.

 

[britbox]

I expected Stefanos to win this but liking how he's beginning to string some consistent results together.

 

[monfed]

I can't decide or figure out anything while watching Fed play these days. He plays these flat & beautiful shots at times. Some really good ones. But overall, he makes a lot of mistakes too over the sets; they usually pile up to 10-15 in a set. I don't know what's happening. I wouldn't say Fed's lost it. You can say that when you see someone struggle to do his own stuff. Fed still plays absolutely terrific in patches. So, certainly he has a lot of game left in him. It's a consistency problem right now. Is that due to a drop in his stamina levels? Is that drop too much. Will it really prevent him from playing 3 or 4 sets of good tennis? We don't know. He's lost a few steps. But, he's hitting a lot of good shots too. I will still expect Roger to sort out his game to at least be a contender for the biggies on the quicker courts.

There is nothing to figure out. Fed is done.

 

[herios]

I expected Stefanos to win this but liking how he's beginning to string some consistent results together.

Yes, for me he is the best prospect among those younger than Zverev.
He shoots to the very top.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I expected Stefanos to win this but liking how he's beginning to string some consistent results together.

He just won his first title. He is bound to rest on laurels and lose to someone here. But, in general I agree with you that he is a great prospect.

 

[britbox]

2nd Round Thursday

1-Roger Federer (SUI) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-3 7-5
Gilles Simon (FRA) beat Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 7-6(4) 7-6(0)
4-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) beat Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-3 6-1
7-Daniil Medvedev (RUS) beat Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7-6(5) 6-2
8-Roberto Bautista Agut beat Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-3
2-Alexander Zverev (GER) beat Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-4 6-4