Paris Masters - Day 6 (Updated) - Mens Singles

All Times CET.

Semifinal Day

COURT CENTRAL Start 11:45 am

Max Mirnyi (BLR)
Horia Tecau (ROU)
l
[2] Alexander Peya (AUT)
Bruno Soares (BRA) 6-3, 2-6, 3-10

Not Before 2:30 pm

[5] Roger Federer (SUI) l [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6-4, 3-6, 2-6

Not Before 5:00 pm

Rafael Nadal (ESP)  l David Ferrer (ESP) 3-6, 5-7

[1] Bob Bryan (USA)
Mike Bryan (USA)
d
Ivan Dodig (CRO) OR Rohan Bopanna (IND)
Marcelo Melo (BRA) OR Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-4, 7-5


Day 5

COURT CENTRAL Start 2:00 pm

[7] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) l [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 1-6, 4-6

[5] Roger Federer (SUI) d [4] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Not Before 7:30 pm

Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Richard Gasquet (FRA) 6-4, 6-1

Not Before 8:30 pm

[3] David Ferrer (ESP) d Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

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Day 4

COURT CENTRAL Start 10:30 am

[7] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d [12] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-3, 6-2

[3] David Ferrer (ESP) d [15] Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-2, 6-3

[13] John Isner (USA) v [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) - 7-6(5), 1-6, 2-6

[5] Roger Federer (SUI) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  6-3, 6-4

Not Before 7:30 pm

[9] Richard Gasquet (FRA) d Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-3, 6-2

Not Before 8:30 pm

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) d [14] Jerzy Janowicz (POL)  7-5, 6-4

COURT 1 Not Before 2:30 pm

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v [4] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)  6-3, 3-6, 4-6

Not Before 4:30 pm

[10] Milos Raonic (CAN) l [6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) (13)6-7, 4-6

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Day 3

COURT CENTRAL Start 10:30 am

[3] David Ferrer (ESP) d Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3

[WC] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) l [15] Gilles Simon (FRA) 4-6, 7-6(5), (3)6-7

Marin Cilic (CRO) l [4] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4-6, (3)6-7

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Marcel Granollers (ESP)  7-5, 7-5

Not Before 7:30 pm

[5] Roger Federer (SUI) d Kevin Anderson (RSA)  6-4, 6-4

Not Before 8:30 pm

[10] Milos Raonic (CAN) v [Q] Robin Haase (NED) - In Progress

COURT 1 Start 11:00 am

[13] John Isner (USA) d [Q] Michal Przysiezny (POL) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3

Ivan Dodig (CRO) l [12] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 4-6, 3-6

[7] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d Feliciano Lopez (ESP)  6-3, 3-6, 6-3

[16] Fabio Fognini (ITA) l Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3-6, 7-5, 2-6

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v [11] Tommy Haas (GER) - In Progress - 6-2, 6-2

[LL] Pablo Andujar (ESP) l [6] Tomas Berdych (CZE) 2-6, 5-7


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Day 2
COURT CENTRAL Start 11:00 am

[WC] Michael Llodra (FRA) l Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 7-6(5), 3-6, 3-6

[LL] Pablo Andujar (ESP) d Vasek Pospisil (CAN)  6-2, 2-6, 6-4

[9] Richard Gasquet (FRA) d Fernando Verdasco (ESP)  7-5, (6)6-7, 6-3

Not Before 7:30 pm

Kei Nishikori (JPN) d [8] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(7)

Not Before 8:30 pm

[Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) l [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB) (3) 6-7, 3-6

COURT 1 Start 11:00 am

[Q] Michal Przysiezny (POL) d Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-3, 7-6(6)

[WC] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 7-6(6), 6-1

[SE] Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Ivan Dodig (CRO)  (6)6-7, 4-6

Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) l Marcel Granollers (ESP)  4-6, 4-6

Kevin Anderson (RSA) d Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 4-6, (0)6-7, 2-1

[Q] Santiago Giraldo (COL) l [14] Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (3)6-7, 3-6

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Day 1
COURT CENTRAL Start 11:00 am

Lukas Rosol (CZE) d Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-3, 6-4

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d [Q] Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(1)

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) l Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - (3)6-7, (5)6-7

Not Before 7:30 pm

Kei Nishikori (JPN) d Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4, 6-2

Not Before 8:30 pm

Benoit Paire (FRA) l [Q] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 2-6, 2-6 - Surprising result.


COURT 1 Start 11:00 am

[WC] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) l [Q] Santiago Giraldo (COL) 3-6, 6-2, 4-6

Denis Istomin (UZB) l [Q] Robin Haase (NED) (8)6-7, 3-6

[Q] Igor Sijsling (NED) l Marin Cilic (CRO) - 7-5, 1-6, 4-6

Andreas Seppi (ITA) l Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  3-6, 6-3, 4-6


ATP Page for Paris Masters Schedule - http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=352

(I lost my one-liners for these matches due to a page issue, hence a quick and plain thread for Day 2).

Enjoy!

Tomic down a set, with a DF on BP, gifts a break to Lopez.

(Lack of application from a youngster. )

PS: Three breaks in a row.

Tomic loses - again. I've given up on him TBH.

Cilic playing again, wonderful example to other sports that Allez Sijsling!

Sijsling takes the first set, excellent!

MfC, Sijsling lost the match.

Verdasco scrapped through against Gulbis

Seppi wins second set. One-set shootout now.

Kohli wins despite Seppi's efforts.

Nishikori misses a SP on Benneteau's second serve.

Nishikori wins.

Always good to see Clowndasco lose. Hope to see Nadal win this event.

alonsofan30 wrote:Always good to see Clowndasco lose.    Hope to see Nadal win this event.

Sorry missed something here are you referring to Fernando Verdasco? because he didn´t lose did he ? and he is certainly no clown obviously  in fact he beat smart arsed Gulbis Im pleased to say

Interesting Nadal is scheduled to face JJ in the last 16 given JJ has final points to defend.

Haddie-nuff wrote:

alonsofan30 wrote:Always good to see Clowndasco lose.    Hope to see Nadal win this event.

Sorry missed something here are you referring to Fernando Verdasco? because he didn´t lose did he ? and he is certainly no clown obviously  in fact he beat smart arsed Gulbis Im pleased to say

Gently, H-n. AlfonsoFan30 is just dipping his toes into the water here.

O believe me LF I was being gentle... dipping toes into the water does not include calling Verdasco a clown.. and his facts were not right any way. But thanks for the homily LF

Well said H-n  

Regardless of actual results, I always hate to see abusive - and dare I say childish - monikers being applied (not least on what, one hopes, is a forum for genuine lovers of the sport) to world-class tennis players who self-evidently possess talent in abundance.

 Thanks lags

I reserve the right to use Empanada Dave/Fat Dave.

You can now he has retired JM .. but he is no longer fat anyway.

Diet-Coke-With-A-Twist-Of-Lemon Dave?

He is probably on a diet of Cow and Gate and Farley´s Rusks !!!!!

Whats with silly black-nets around the court? Watching the Live transmission hurts your eyes from that black net and looks like all squares and lines over TV screen. Disaster.

While we're at name calling players, any derogatory name calling I do for Djoko, has been allowed by the Queen, so I'm exempt  

Tsonga brakes Nishikori 3:1. He seems on a good mood.

Tsonga takes the first set 6:1. Blasting Nishi all over.

Jahu wrote:Whats with silly black-nets around the court? Watching the Live transmission hurts your eyes from that black net and looks like all squares and lines over TV screen. Disaster.

While we're at name calling players, any derogatory name calling I do for Djoko, has been allowed by the Queen, so I'm exempt  

Are you calling Ferrer 'The Queen"?  

Nishikori up 4-1 on Tsonga in second set.

Queen - Freddie Mercury, in my book.

JHM, you are a magician  

Hope Nishikori takes this second set. Very good play on this set.

Very nice match so far between Herbert and Djokovic.

This Herberts giving the ol Djoker a bit of a game , gorgeous serve, bit like ancic.

Djokovic wins, but Herbert showed great heart. A bright star on the horizon with promise.

falzy21 wrote:This Herberts giving the ol Djoker a bit of a game , gorgeous serve, bit like ancic.

Needs to fill in a bit with muscle, work on foot speed. Choose between a topspin FH and flat FH judiciously. Aggressive with good net play. Nice serve, which can become lethal with practice towards accuracy.

Clay may suit his game a bit more because of a higher bounce. I like the use of a SHBH or DHBH as needed (a la Tsonga). Look forward to seeing a bit more him in the future.

This guy has been around for a few years in the atp futures tour where its tough to survive. A bit like Paire he's not a product of the french federation so has been travelling around europe in his dad's volvo (who is also his coach) sometimes even camping. The 17k€ he earned in bercy is quite sigificant for a 55k€ a year budget!

whocares wrote:This guy has been around for a few years in the atp futures tour where its tough to survive. A bit like Paire he's not a product of the french federation so has been travelling around europe in his dad's volvo (who is also his coach) sometimes even camping. The 17k€ he earned in bercy is quite sigificant for a 55k€ a year budget!

Thanks, WhoCares. Good to know.

PS: I wish TennisTV started showing Challengers/Futures free, where possible.

Great line up today. Hopefully some cracking matches.

Born Slippy wrote:Great line up today. Hopefully some cracking matches.

Gosh, you don't often get a last 16 line up like this. I envy those with tickets today. Wonder, though, with London imminent, will those already qualified ease up a little, although I doubt Rafa, for one, will do so.
Most will be delighted that Fed has finally clinched his place. Would have been a bit weird without him next week. I thought at the beginning of 2013 that he might struggle to get into the top four but would comfortably be in the top eight. As it is, it's been a real struggle. Possibly, if he'd already qualified some weeks ago he would have been having treatment/rest for his ailments. Instead, he's had to soldier on.
Possible tip to win in London next week? Del Po. Probable winner, though - Djoko.

Day 4 - Apart from the Federer's these all seem like great matches.

Stan the Man beats Almagro 6-3, 6-2 and gets closer to a WTF appearance.

Incidentally, the Youzhny win last week meant there have been 16 tournaments won by the 30-somethings this year, surpassing the figure of 13 for 2012. And that's with Fed only winning one and Ferrer not doing as well as last year
Anyone know what the record is? Also, I wonder if there have ever been so many DIFFERENT 30+ winners in one year.

@SFP… Are you asking what is the maximum number of tourneys won by 30+ in a year and which year?

laverfan wrote:@SFP… Are you asking what is the maximum number of tourneys won by 30+ in a year and which year?

Yeah, that's it

sirfredperry wrote:

laverfan wrote:@SFP… Are you asking what is the maximum number of tourneys won by 30+ in a year and which year?

Yeah, that's it

I will research. My guess is around the time when Rosewall was around.

laverfan wrote:

sirfredperry wrote:

laverfan wrote:@SFP… Are you asking what is the maximum number of tourneys won by 30+ in a year and which year?

Yeah, that's it

I will research. My guess is around the time when Rosewall was around.

Thanks very much. Connors played until he was about 79 (just seemed he was as old as that) so he may have swelled some of the 30+ seasons. Laver was still winning stuff in the early 70s and you had all the old pros coming back into the main stream such as Gimeno, Pancho, Hoad etc.
  Can see the 30+ seasons going on, as some of the guys who've won tourneys this year will still be around for a while. Just wonder if Djoko, Nadal and Murray will be prolific 30-something champions. Praps not.

sirfredperry wrote:Just wonder if Djoko, Nadal and Murray will be prolific 30-something champions. Praps not.

I suspect not. I think Rafa's knees and Andy's back will probably limit them in later years.

Novak may be the most resilient but if he loses his flexibility (or something goes 'ping'!) his game will lose a lot too.

Then again, I'm not seeing a lot coming up behind them, so who knows?!

Djokovic v Isner - 0/7 BPs converted by Djokovic in the first set.  Isner is 0/0, but still won the set.

laverfan wrote:Djokovic v Isner - 0/7 BPs converted by Djokovic in the first set.  Isner is 0/0, but still won the set.

Djokovic's BP conversion this year has been terrible.

It's gut-check time... Dont know if backing Nolea during gut-check time represents a good investment anymore. Plus he isn't in China, where the Energy or room temperature water or whatever he said makes him at peace there apparently doesn't reside anywhere else. I'm backing Isner.

So glad I didn't put money in that!

Well, Djoko goes thru in the end. Interesting how a lot of the top players are dropping sets but still winning. End of season tiredness, praps. I see del Po (who seems to make a habit of losing the middle set but still coming out on top) has this time dropped the opening set but is now into a third.

is djokovic playing like in beiging shanghai?

Repeat of Basel 2013 final tap in one of the Paris 2013 QFs.