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Post by DBBN on Feb 11, 2013 19:33:13 GMT -5
...still a 500???  Entry List1 Isner, John USA 13 2 Cilic, Marin CRO 14 3 Raonic, Milos CAN 15 4 Nishikori, Kei JPN 18 5 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 20 6 Haas, Tommy GER 21 7 Querrey, Sam USA 22 8 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 24 9 Fish, Mardy USA 27 10 Mayer, Florian GER 28 11 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 29 OUT Anderson, Kevin RSA 3613 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 42 14 Istomin, Denis UZB 46 15 Lacko, Lukas SVK 48 16 Matosevic, Marinko AUS 49 17 Falla, Alejandro COL 53 OUT Baker, Brian USA 5919 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 60 20 Malisse, Xavier BEL 62 21 Becker, Benjamin GER 65 22 Harrison, Ryan USA 68 23 Sijsling, Igor NED 70 24 (SE) 25 (Q) 26 (Q) 27 (Q) 28 (Q) 29 (WC) Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 30 (WC) Sock, Jack USA 31 (WC) 32 (WC) Alternates IN Soeda, Go JPN 73 IN Dodig, Ivan CRO 74 1. Kubot, Lukasz POL 76 2. Phau, Bjorn GER 78 3. Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 82 (WC to MD) 4. Donskoy, Evgeny RUS 83 5. Kamke, Tobias GER 86 6. Russell, Michael USA 92 7. Ungur, Adrian ROU 98 8. Karlovic, Ivo CRO 103 9. Levine, Jesse CAN 104 10. Ebden, Matthew AUS 105 11. Hajek, Jan CZE 106 12. Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ 107 |
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Post by Grarliner on Feb 15, 2013 17:46:51 GMT -5
Ridiculous. Nobody in the top ten.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 17, 2013 14:26:05 GMT -5
(1)Marin Cilic (CRO) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs Igor Sijsling (NED)
(q) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL)
(q) vs (5)Kei Nishikori (JPN)
(4)Sam Querrey (USA) vs Alejandro Falla (COL)
Go Soeda (JPN) vs Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
(WC)Steve Johnson (USA) vs (q)
Bjorn Phau (GER) vs (7)Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
(8)Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs (q)
Ryan Harrison (USA) vs Lukasz Kubot (POL)
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) vs Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Denis Istomin (UZB) vs (3)John Isner (USA)
(6)Tommy Haas (GER) vs Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
Florian Mayer (GER) vs (WC)James Blake (USA)
(WC)Jack Sock (USA) vs (2)Milos Raonic (CAN)
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Post by janie on Feb 19, 2013 21:27:55 GMT -5
Istomin def Isner 64 63. Fans of the bug serve must have been in heaven for this riveting match. Falla fell.  Oh, and James Blake again declined to rest in peace, knocking out Mayer in 3 sets. |
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Post by Old Hag on Feb 19, 2013 23:35:10 GMT -5
Isner is going to fall soon. He shouldn't get broken on this surface.
And this is the last year that Memphis is a 500. Replaced by Rio which at least get a couple top 10 Spaniards.
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 20, 2013 3:59:42 GMT -5
It's as if Roddick's retirement has killed off these events.
Isner has an IW F to defend imminently, right? *anticipates*
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Post by Old Hag on Feb 20, 2013 13:01:26 GMT -5
San Jose should have died a while ago. Nobody cares there. And Memphis should have lost 500 status 20 years ago.
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Post by Grarliner on Feb 21, 2013 2:00:44 GMT -5
I think San Jose is now officially dead. That was the last one.
I, too, was hoping for Isner's imminent plunge but ... he won't fall far enough even less the 600 IW points. If he wins a few rounds, maybe only a 5-10 spot drop.
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 8:00:36 GMT -5
Another bug server bites the dust in Memphis?! What's going on? Jack Sock knocked out Wownic!  This tournament has taken a fun turn. |
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 8:13:37 GMT -5
Raonic, ranked 14th, had been runner-up in Memphis the past two years.
“He was doing a few things well, he was hitting his forehand well, and I was giving away too many points,” he said. “It sort of added up. It’s unfortunate. I didn’t think this could have happened, but it did.” 
Raonic had not been broken in 77 indoor service games until he was broken in the opening set Wednesday.Tommy Haas won, too.  www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/feb/20/memphis-tennis-three-time-champ-tommy-haas-at/
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Post by Old Hag on Feb 21, 2013 10:43:23 GMT -5
San Jose is dead. Memphis takes its 250 spot. Rio takes the Memphis 500 spot. Rio will be played on clay, and Acapulco will be hardcourt next year the same week as Dubai which will cause even worse fields than Memphis. Got it?
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Post by Grarliner on Feb 21, 2013 14:42:43 GMT -5
Why would they do such stupid things?
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Post by Paean on Feb 21, 2013 15:02:09 GMT -5
Hewitt is getting mauled by Denis Istomin.
Obviously he got a lot of fake confidence from winning that Kooyoong exhibition at the start of the year, but except for winning an odd match against a SLOperstar he hasn't done anything worth of staying on the tour.
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 15:31:17 GMT -5
Ha! I love the idea of fake confidence. Is it pretending to be confident when you really aren't (eg. Sharapova getting ready to play Serena), or is it actually feeling confident when you have no real-life grounds for confidence?
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Post by Old Hag on Feb 21, 2013 17:23:18 GMT -5
It's like when you dominate your local clubs and think your serve will never be broken, then get destroyed by some Russian transplants. Not that I'd know such a feeling...
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Post by janie on Feb 21, 2013 17:28:34 GMT -5
Ah, thanks. Closer to the 2nd option, then.  They WOULD have to be Russians. Even at the club level!  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 4:37:33 GMT -5
SFs: Nishikori vs. Matosevic, Istomin vs. F-Lo.
Get dem inflated 500 points, Kei.
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Post by matvey on Feb 23, 2013 7:24:53 GMT -5
I want Istomin to win.
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Post by janie on Feb 23, 2013 8:04:32 GMT -5
Me, too. UZB tennis.
But an I'm So Pretty win would be fine, too.
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 23, 2013 18:04:11 GMT -5
F-Lo played some amazing shots in that last set. Istomin had his moments, too. Good match. Ludicrous ending when F-Lo thought he'd hit an ace on MP - they shook hands, turned and there was the umpire saying no, it was a let. And then F-Lo blew that MP and the next and nearly the game, but didn't.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 23, 2013 18:21:51 GMT -5
Ludicrous ending when F-Lo thought he'd hit an ace on MP - they shook hands, turned and there was the umpire saying no, it was a let. And then F-Lo blew that MP and the next and nearly the game, but didn't. That was hilarious. Would have even been more hilarious if he had lost that game (he did go from 40-15, the problem point, to BP down). But he won  |
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Post by lexpretend on Feb 24, 2013 3:05:35 GMT -5
For the first time in his life F-Lo has an acceptable hairstyle. Sadly inexplicable facial hair ruins it anyway.
I just remembered how lucky he was not to go down a break immediately in the third - Istomin had 0-40 on his serve, hit a great dropshot and what looked like a perfect lob for the break. F-Lo challenged out of desperation and it was millimetres out.
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Post by DBBN on Feb 24, 2013 14:40:47 GMT -5
I just remembered how lucky he was not to go down a break immediately in the third - Istomin had 0-40 on his serve, hit a great dropshot and what looked like a perfect lob for the break. F-Lo challenged out of desperation and it was millimetres out. LOL! I forgot about that, but yes. |
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