Miami Masters 1000 Thread.

by temporary21 Mon 23 Mar 2015, 8:17 pm

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by Born Slippy Fri 27 Mar 2015, 1:49 pm

Of course, and as I said, DP seems a decent chap, so I wish him well. I just wouldn't ever want to see a player of that style dominating.

by Haddie-nuff Fri 27 Mar 2015, 1:57 pm

I dont think that would happen. But Ive seen him play some good stuff in the past not sure if that will happen again. I think he has been knocked sideways with the injuries he has had, He loves the sport and it shows but he is not exactly the strongest of players in the mental department Wink

A bit of a gentle giant

by Guest82 Fri 27 Mar 2015, 2:44 pm

Haddie-nuff wrote:I like him too. When Delpo is in form he plays some great tennis. He was nervous yesterday without a doubt and he was mad at himself for not taking that second set.. but lets be fair he was in a Masters for his first match back.. He probably did choke but he can gain some confidence from that performance.

Could have had an easier match too. I rate Pospisil.

by Haddie-nuff Fri 27 Mar 2015, 4:22 pm

Guest82 wrote:
Haddie-nuff wrote:I like him too. When Delpo is in form he plays some great tennis. He was nervous yesterday without a doubt and he was mad at himself for not taking that second set.. but lets be fair he was in a Masters for his first match back.. He probably did choke but he can gain some confidence from that performance.

Could have had an easier match too. I rate Pospisil.

I agree Guest he is no slouch. Living in Canada he is rated quite highly as you would imagine. I think he has acknowledged that the Delpo he played was not the Delpo he knew. But then that is life. Lets hope this is just the first step on Delpo's recovery

by temporary21 Fri 27 Mar 2015, 5:32 pm

Soo.. slow... I appreciate and respect slow court tennis as much as fast, but this is just too slow... and its soo hot too.

by Mad for Chelsea Fri 27 Mar 2015, 6:55 pm

Murray through safely 6-4 6-2. Only just remembered this was on so only saw the last game, but hardly a surprising result. Young doesn't really have anything to hurt Murray with.

very very windy according to Murray, with the wind changing direction frequently (sometimes between serves).

by Josiah Maiestas Fri 27 Mar 2015, 7:17 pm

Young hits errors on easy shots mostly. This formula won't work for Murray against top 4 but will gethim to QF probably and semi's. Didn't think it'd be raining in Miami though in March Cool

by Josiah Maiestas Fri 27 Mar 2015, 7:22 pm

Wawrinka up pretty soon we'll see if he's been practising his game.. should have more than enough to blow away Berlocq on a normal day.

by Jahu Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:23 pm

Come on Almagro, pack him to that dictatorial Monaco clay.

by temporary21 Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:25 pm

Mad for Chelsea wrote:Murray through safely 6-4 6-2. Only just remembered this was on so only saw the last game, but hardly a surprising result. Young doesn't really have anything to hurt Murray with.

very very windy according to Murray, with the wind changing direction frequently (sometimes between serves).

Windy as all heck, which was partly why they were htting it really slowly, Muzz was pretty decent though, serve problems persist, but it was windy.

by temporary21 Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:26 pm

Stan in right strife here.

by Jahu Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:33 pm

Break him Almagroooo

by Jahu Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:47 pm

Stan takes second, go boy go.

by LuvSports! Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:50 pm

3rd set, come on stan!

by Jahu Fri 27 Mar 2015, 9:56 pm

I think spanish players are scared of Toni to beat Nadal Laugh

by Silver Sat 28 Mar 2015, 1:38 am

Well done Andy! A fine start. Good chat on the first page of this thread too.

I also rate Pospisil, very difficult first match for Delpo. Hopefully the intensity will help him get back on track and assess where the wrist is, though.

It's on the end of his arm, right?

by Born Slippy Sat 28 Mar 2015, 6:49 pm

Quite like watching Smyczek. He has a decent all-round game and has taken set 2 off JWT. That said, not sure what Jo is up to. He seemed very passive and only hit one groundstroke winner in that set.

by Born Slippy Sat 28 Mar 2015, 6:51 pm

Three matches look interesting to me today:

Dimi v Pospisil
Goffin v Coric
Dolgo v Robredo

Some good clashes of style!

by Born Slippy Sat 28 Mar 2015, 6:53 pm

Magical drop-shot by Jo. Great disguise. Good to see him back. Two winners in the first 4 points this set. Better aggression.

by Jahu Sat 28 Mar 2015, 8:58 pm

Come on Dolgo, deck him.

Tsonga well done heart

by Jahu Sat 28 Mar 2015, 9:17 pm

Thats it Dolgo, give the dinosaur a lesson.

by Jahu Sat 28 Mar 2015, 9:25 pm

...or not.

by Jahu Sat 28 Mar 2015, 9:28 pm

Come on Dimi, avenge Delpos loss laughing

by Born Slippy Sat 28 Mar 2015, 10:38 pm

102mph forehand by Tommy R. Huge for him!

by Born Slippy Sat 28 Mar 2015, 10:44 pm

Good match this. Both playing well. 5-5 in the 3rd.

Goffin dismantled Coric very easily. Thought Coric might make that a bit closer.

by Jahu Sat 28 Mar 2015, 10:52 pm

Come on DOlgo, take itttt

by Jahu Sat 28 Mar 2015, 10:53 pm

Dolgo takes it, super match.

by Born Slippy Sat 28 Mar 2015, 11:17 pm

Yeah, great game from him to get the break at the end. Really hope he can kick on to the top 10 this year. So talented.

Raonic currently cruising against Gaba. Looks in decent (if dull) nick.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:22 am

Nole cruising but he fails to serve the match out.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:26 am

Klizan playing quite well these last few games.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:31 am

Wow!

Nole broken again and all of a sudden Klizan will be serving for the set.

by It Must Be Love Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:32 am

Nadal from yesterday vs Almagro:

Incredible reflexes

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:39 am

Klizan holds his nerve, including an outrageous drop shot on a BP and takes the set.

by temporary21 Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:39 am

Well well well... Some meat on the bone here.

by It Must Be Love Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:40 am

Nadal fell over on his ankle on the Miami practice courts a few days ago, he says it's not currently limiting his movement too much, but it means he couldn't practice as well as he would have liked to.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:41 am

Klizan can hit the ball for sure, but I would be surprised if he can sustain this level. Nole, on the other hand, can play better.

Still, who would have thought after the bagel in the first set, that we would be here now.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:46 am

Sure enough, Klizan gets broken right away.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:52 am

Born Slippy wrote:Really hope he can kick on to the top 10 this year. So talented.

Dolgo for top 10? I would be surprised. He is very entertaining but in the bigger scheme of things maybe not good enough to make it to top 10. But it would be kind of nice if he managed to get there.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 2:56 am

Klizan barely - by a few millimeters in fact - manages to avoid going 0:4 down.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 3:06 am

Nole wins quite comfortably in the end. Klizan played very well in the latter stages of the second set but Nole should have still served it out - there was no need for the third set.

by Born Slippy Sun 29 Mar 2015, 11:24 am

summerblues wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:Really hope he can kick on to the top 10 this year. So talented.
Dolgo for top 10? I would be surprised. He is very entertaining but in the bigger scheme of things maybe not good enough to make it to top 10. But it would be kind of nice if he managed to get there.

He has the talent to do it and his movement is right up there. Its the consistency he has lacked (possibly partially due to that condition he has).

by **laverfan** Sun 29 Mar 2015, 4:06 pm

Djokovic went walkabout in the second set. Klizan was having a hard time closing the second set serving at 6-5. Very few first services that I can recall, long and wide FHs errors. The surprising part is the other two sets were 6-0, 6-1.

by **laverfan** Sun 29 Mar 2015, 4:07 pm

Born Slippy wrote:
summerblues wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:Really hope he can kick on to the top 10 this year. So talented.
Dolgo for top 10? I would be surprised. He is very entertaining but in the bigger scheme of things maybe not good enough to make it to top 10. But it would be kind of nice if he managed to get there.

He has the talent to do it and his movement is right up there. Its the consistency he has lacked (possibly partially due to that condition he has).

Same thing is true for many, Gulbis, for example.

by **laverfan** Sun 29 Mar 2015, 4:08 pm

temporary21 wrote:Soo.. slow... I appreciate and respect slow court tennis as much as fast, but this is just too slow... and its soo hot too.

The humidity is bad, even at this time of the year.

by Born Slippy Sun 29 Mar 2015, 5:32 pm

laverfan wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:
summerblues wrote:
Born Slippy wrote:Really hope he can kick on to the top 10 this year. So talented.
Dolgo for top 10? I would be surprised. He is very entertaining but in the bigger scheme of things maybe not good enough to make it to top 10. But it would be kind of nice if he managed to get there.

He has the talent to do it and his movement is right up there. Its the consistency he has lacked (possibly partially due to that condition he has).

Same thing is true for many, Gulbis, for example.

I don't think so. There are very few players with the talent of Dolgo. Gulbis isn't on that level, has an obvious serious weakness in his forehand and a poor attitude.

by Haddie-nuff Sun 29 Mar 2015, 6:01 pm

Gulbis' poor attitude is only surpassed by his wasted talent sadly He could,imo be a great player but it wont happen now..not whilst he treats tennis as a hobby

by **laverfan** Sun 29 Mar 2015, 6:09 pm

@BS.. I do not want get into a quantify-the-talent-measurably discussion. Unorthodoxy should not be confused with lack of talent.

by temporary21 Sun 29 Mar 2015, 6:32 pm

It does beg the rather nasty question of does mental strength count as talent? Or is it only hand skills? Not a question in necessarily asking now of course, stan in trouble btw.

by LuvSports! Sun 29 Mar 2015, 7:12 pm

Mental strength imo isn't talent.

by summerblues Sun 29 Mar 2015, 7:36 pm

temporary21 wrote:It does beg the rather nasty question of does mental strength count as talent?

I do not think there is a right or wrong answer for this. The term "talent" is somewhat nebulous and different people will include different factors in their own definition of "talent". I personally do not count mental strength towards talent in tennis.

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