Madrid Masters - Day 6 thread

by lydian Sat 12 May 2012 - 9:11

Morning all Smile

So here we are...a day of blue skies and blue courts at the business end of the tournament.

2:30pm - #10 Delpo vs #6 Berdy
Battle of serves and inside out FHs! Berdych has been in tremendous form this event...he's my pick today.

6.00pm - #3 The Maestro vs #7 Tipsy
Hard to see beyond Roger today...Tipsy can be a handful if on form but won't be able to handle the variety thrown him.

Your picks?

by CaledonianCraig Sat 12 May 2012 - 9:16

Can't disagree with your picks there. Berdych is the more consistent performer and has looked very good in Madrid and will come through in two tight sets for me. Federer to beat Tipsarevic in straight sets - I think Tipsy has had his one big match of the tournament against Djokovic.

by bogbrush Sat 12 May 2012 - 9:17

I'm amazed JMDP has made it this far on the slippy stuff, the guy moves like an oil tanker. I go with your picks.

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 9:33

I concur although I hope JMDP can beat the Big Bird.

I fear that the Big Bird may have too much fire power for Roger were the two to meet in the final. Sad

by lags72 Sat 12 May 2012 - 10:22

Thanks for these excellent match briefings you've been putting up during the past week lydian, and once again I find myself on the same wavelength wrt your picks.

I'm also with emancipator on the outcome of a potential Berdy / Fed final

by Haddie-nuff Sat 12 May 2012 - 12:02

...ditto.. Lydian

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 14:56

These two are pounding the ball, some great rallies

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:00

Incredible point from DP to break.

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:01

Hello

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:01

am I...

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:01

alone?

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:02

Planet earth, my home, my place

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:02

Floating around in the sea of space

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:03

Planet earth are you just?

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:03

A minor globe, bound to rust?

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:04

Clothed in darkness, pale blue serenity

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:05

A distant landscape, engulfing cacophany

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:06

I am alone Sad

by bogbrush Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:17

You are never alone, my son.......

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:23

DP's face looks a bit like the original Hulk.

He sounds scary when he lets out that grunt followed by a big FH

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:33

Oh dear DP's first serve goes missing and he promptly loses his serve when serving for the match and now Bird will serve to force DP to serve to stay in the 1st set.

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:37

Bird holds serve to force Dp to serve to stay in the first set after he failed to hold serve to serve out the first set in his 4rth service game.

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:44

Good service hold from DP to force a tie break after losing his serve in the previous service game after which Bird served very well to hold his serve thus forcing DP to serve to stay in the set which he did with a swift service game comprising of huge first serves.

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by reckoner Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:46

Is Berdych the new GOAT? Tumbleweed

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 15:58

Bird hit 22 winners in that set Shocked

just 15 errors.

Quality set.

Wins the tie-breaker

by reckoner Sat 12 May 2012 - 16:03

I bet he slipped Tiriac a fiver...

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 16:05

Bird breaks Dp at the start of the second.

The stupid Bird is probably gonna win this tournament

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 16:08

Bird is hitting the ball soooooooooooooooooooooo hard. Averaging 10kph more on the FH than DP

by reckoner Sat 12 May 2012 - 16:10

Yikes bit worried for TMF!

by Guest Sat 12 May 2012 - 16:12

Yeah I think it's gonna be very tough for him to tame the beast - if he beats Tipsy. I'd give the edge to Bird, but of course it'll be a final and the Bird has a tendency to flake on the big occasions.

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 17:26

I generally hate Berdych when he's off clay as he's weak in court craft. On clay he's good though so well played. Del did his best and not much in it, not often you see him lose 1 TB nevermind 2. Ale

by LuvSports! Sat 12 May 2012 - 17:31

disappointed with DP here. He had won 3 in a row against bird, with his most recent thumping back at rotterdam but if he wants to really challenge again he needs to beat berdych if he wants to make an assault on the big 4. He is still waiting for that breakthrough and the longer it goes on the more i fear for him.

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 17:34

Berdbrain has never been the most significant player on Hard LuvSports!

I was 60% in favour of him holding off Del today, his clay form is good, fractionally better than Del these days on the stuff.

by LuvSports! Sat 12 May 2012 - 17:36

well dp was the only player on clay this year who was undefeated and had a better record this year on the whole. I expected DP to win through especially as he had that lead in the first set

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 17:41

Berdych was due a win over him, he's too good a player to keep getting owned by a player that isn't Nadal/Djokovic.

Del is still in good nick, but I liked the run Tomas was on recently.

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 17:48

DP didn't shake the umpire hand after the match. What a tool as the umpire made right calls.

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 19:02

Federers cruising.. tennis from another planet.

by bogbrush Sat 12 May 2012 - 19:16

Adaptability is what's making this easy for Federer. He just has so much skill and intelligence he can play to the circumstances.

by LuvSports! Sat 12 May 2012 - 19:16

alleezzz!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 19:17

6-2

6-3

Madrid Masters - Day 6 thread 3559488474

Federer - Berdych

Madrid Final.

by Josiah Maiestas Sat 12 May 2012 - 19:18

Final prediction:

6-4 3-6 7-5

Not sure who wins yet...

by bogbrush Sat 12 May 2012 - 19:22

If its windy like this Berdych will hate it. His serve will be coming down a yard away.

by luciusmann Sat 12 May 2012 - 20:02

Should Fed win tomorrow, he'll have won 4/4 finals he's been in this year, that's the sort of win rate (in finals) Fed hasn't seen since 2004/2005 (won 22 out of 23 finals), not bad for a player over 30. Not to mention the small matter of reclaiming #2. As well as equaling Nadal's record haul of 20 ATP Masters 1000 titles . Hopefully all this will be enough of an incentive for Fed to knock out Bird convincingly.

by LuvSports! Sat 12 May 2012 - 20:26

i hope you are right LM but as usual for a federer match i will be a nervous wreck.

by bogbrush Sat 12 May 2012 - 21:13

In Fed We Trust. Well, maybe not trust, more like hope a lot.

by invisiblecoolers Sun 13 May 2012 - 0:48

Poor DP fell badly on one of his points, I hope he is alright, his movements were clearly hindered but nevertheless he tried and Big B was the better player in the given conditions.

Fed vs Big B would be a great final and yes Big B would be the biggest test in this given conditions, lets see whether Fed able to prove it in the finals, i wish he can but gonna be difficult thou.

by CaledonianCraig Sun 13 May 2012 - 8:10

Come on invisible this is the invincible Federerwe are talking about here taking on (in fans of the weak era theory a sub-standard player in the top ten. Why the sweating?

by lydian Sun 13 May 2012 - 9:56

Why shouldn't Fed win this? This is the fastest court you're going to see all year as the number of TBs, and clay giant Berdy getting to the final, shows.

by Guest Sun 13 May 2012 - 10:27

Of course he can win but to write of Berdy with the way he's been playing is silliy. Berdy becomes even more of a monster on such a fast court. A stat from yesterday's match showed that he was hitting his FH on average 10kph faster than Del Po. The guy was ripping winners (35+) and making very few errors. He has the potential on this court to take matters into his own hands.

by CaledonianCraig Sun 13 May 2012 - 11:18

I just love that when Federer plays an opponent his opponent becomes a far better player yet when Murray plays that same opponent that player is suddenly transformed into sub-standard etc. Never could work that one oyt. Rolling Eyes

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