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Post by DBBN on Apr 6, 2013 17:17:04 GMT -5
Entry List
1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1
2 Murray, Andy GBR 3
3 Nadal, Rafael ESP 4
4 Ferrer, David ESP 5
5 Berdych, Tomas CZE 6
6 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 8
7 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 9
8 Gasquet, Richard FRA 10
9 Cilic, Marin CRO 11
10 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 12
11 Simon, Gilles FRA 13
12 Monaco, Juan ARG 14
13 Raonic, Milos CAN 16
14 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 17
15 Haas, Tommy GER 18
16 Seppi, Andreas ITA 19
17 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 21
18 Dolgopolov, Alexandr UKR 22
19 Janowicz, Jerzy POL 24
20 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 25
21 Mayer, Florian GER 26
22 Benneteau, Julien FRA 27
23 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 28
24 Anderson, Kevin RSA 29
25 Klizan, Martin SVK 30
26 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 31
27 Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 32
28 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 34
29 Granollers, Marcel ESP 35
30 Fognini, Fabio ITA 36
31 Paire, Benoit FRA 38
32 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 39
33 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 40
34 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 41
35 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 42
36 Stepanek, Radek CZE 43
37 Troicki, Viktor SRB 44
38 Tomic, Bernard AUS 45
39 Istomin, Denis UZB 46
40 Goffin, David BEL 47
41 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 48
42 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 49
43 Haase, Robin NED 50
44 Matosevic, Marinko AUS 51
45 Bautista Agut, Roberto ESP 52
46 (Q)
47 (Q)
48 (Q)
49 (Q)
50 (Q)
51 (Q)
52 (Q)
53 (WC)
54 (WC)
55 (WC)
56 (WC)
Alternates
1. Malisse, Xavier BEL 53
2. Dodig, Ivan CRO 54
3. Gulbis, Ernests LAT 55
4. Hanescu, Victor ROU 57
5. Andujar, Pablo ESP 58
6. Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 59
7. Falla, Alejandro COL 60
8. Ramos, Albert ESP 61
9. Zemlja, Grega SLO 62
10. Mayer, Leonardo ARG 63
11. Rosol, Lukas CZE 64
12. Llodra, Michael FRA 65
13. Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 66
14. Brands, Daniel GER 68
15. Berlocq, Carlos ARG 69
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Post by The Chloe on Apr 6, 2013 17:34:10 GMT -5
This used to be my favorite tournament.
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Post by DBBN on Apr 6, 2013 18:48:15 GMT -5
I hope Rafa doesn't lose for the first time ever this year.
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Post by janie on Apr 13, 2013 7:22:24 GMT -5
from MTF. Wow
(1)Djokovic v BYE
Youzhny v Gimeno-Traver
Gulbis v (wc)Isner
Klizan v (14)Monaco
(12)Raonic v Benneteau
Nieminen v Troicki
Dolgopolov v Tomic
BYE v (5)Del Potro
(4)Berdych v BYE
Q v Granollers
Q v Stepanek
Fognini v (15)Seppi
(9)Cilic v Zeballos
Janowicz v Anderson
Dodig v Paire
BYE v (7)Gasquet
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(8)Tipsarevic v BYE
Malisse v Dimitrov
(wc)Balleret v Mayer
Bautista-Agut v (11)Simon
(16)Kohlschreiber v Bellucci
Q v Chardy
Matosevic v Verdasco
BYE v (3)Nadal
(6)Tsonga v BYE
Q v Davydenko
Melzer v Q
Goffin v (10)Almagro
(13)Wawrinka v Istomin
(wc)Monfils v Q
Haase v Q
BYE v (2)Murray
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Post by Traveling Man on Apr 13, 2013 13:12:16 GMT -5
Let's lock in the Nadal d. Djokovic final.
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Post by Old Hag on Apr 13, 2013 14:27:33 GMT -5
Fit Dave's out? Awww.
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Post by Wagasi on Apr 16, 2013 10:49:38 GMT -5
Dollgirlpileon just choked a 6-1 *4-3 lead.  |
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Post by Traveling Man on Apr 17, 2013 11:26:42 GMT -5
Novak wins 6-4 in the third while Andy and Rafa win in straight sets. STD d. Almagro and Stan was dominant winning 6-1, 6-1.
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Post by Traveling Man on Apr 18, 2013 9:06:53 GMT -5
Stan is on fire. He trashes Muzza 6-1, 6-2.  The scoreline is a bit stunning. Nole loses the opening set to Principality. |
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Post by janie on Apr 18, 2013 11:11:58 GMT -5
Stan, wow! Holy crap. It must be the coaching of Magnus Norman.  |
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Post by lexpretend on Apr 18, 2013 11:26:27 GMT -5
Monte Carlo bringing the drama, huh? I missed Gulbis's tantrum yesterday and both matches where Nole beat former top 10 players on one leg, but the end of the Delpo match...look, I really love Delpo, he's one of my favourites, but that was terrible behaviour in the TB! You can't just have a little sit down (call the trainer for mild cramp, decide you can play on after all when you're informed the trainer will be a while) mid-TB when you've just gone down 4-5. If that's in the rules, they need changing. So I was glad that Nieminen got the win, in the end.
Murray losing isn't that much of a surprise, he often struggles against Stan and has never beaten him on clay. I assume the scoreline is just a result of going into mopey mode.
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Post by Old Hag on Apr 18, 2013 13:29:42 GMT -5
Saw the final set with Nieminen-Del Porto. Pretty fun, lots of long rallies. That was weird with that little sit down, though. The female sounding umpire urged him to play again after the trainer would take a while. I don't think that was tactical, though... taking a break 4-5 in the TB when you're about to serve.
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Post by lexpretend on Apr 18, 2013 13:56:47 GMT -5
Yeah I definitely rubbed my eyes a bit when the camera actually showed the umpire and it wasn't a woman. Agree, I don't think Delpo was trying to cheat, it was just, like...that shouldn't have happened.
Nieminen's defence to break Pony at 4-5* was insane.
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Post by janie on Apr 19, 2013 6:15:58 GMT -5
So much for Stan. That didn't last long.  |
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Post by lexpretend on Apr 19, 2013 8:25:39 GMT -5
Grisha pushes a sub-par Rafa to 6-4 in the third. He was cramping at the end. His breakthrough is really coming in the form of a million baby steps, but he has GOT to at least improve his fitness.
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Post by Denise49IQ on Apr 19, 2013 11:48:18 GMT -5
He looked very hot today. Watched the whole thing at work. #makingitinthecorporateworld
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Post by Old Hag on Apr 19, 2013 12:00:36 GMT -5
This board should perv over Fognini more. He's a very handsome man.
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Post by DBBN on Apr 19, 2013 23:57:32 GMT -5
The Fog has a hot bod, but his Anonymous beard is goofy.
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Post by Traveling Man on Apr 20, 2013 9:46:02 GMT -5
Rafa was up 6-3, 5-1 before winning 6-3, 7-6. He's still winning but not as dominant as in earlier years, from what I recall. Nole wins 6-2, 6-1 as we'd expect.
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Post by Denise49IQ on Apr 20, 2013 16:34:59 GMT -5
Hmmmm.
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Post by janie on Apr 21, 2013 10:28:32 GMT -5
I hope Rafa doesn't lose for the first time ever this year.  |
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Post by Denise49IQ on Apr 21, 2013 11:23:10 GMT -5
No one Tweeded anything about the match on my timeline. Weird.
What happend to Rafa from *6-5 second set?
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Post by DBBN on Apr 21, 2013 12:55:53 GMT -5
I hope Rafa doesn't lose for the first time ever this year. He did! |
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Post by Grarliner on Apr 21, 2013 14:22:35 GMT -5
No one Tweeded anything about the match on my timeline. Weird. What happend to Rafa from *6-5 second set? He lost 11 of 12 points and the match. |
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Post by Grarliner on Apr 21, 2013 14:26:48 GMT -5
I predicted some weeks ago that I think Novak looks good to win the French. This tournament is one step in that direction. We already knew that he could beat Rafa on clay, but last year he failed in three attempts. This match today seemed like 2011 Djokovic where there was a lot of distance between him and Rafa.
I also think that if Novak can't win in Paris this year, it'll continue to get harder as years roll on. Right now, he is clearly better more times than not against Murray, Fed and Rafa. This is his chance to complete the career Slam.
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Post by DBBN on Apr 21, 2013 15:31:03 GMT -5
I think Novak will win it this year, but I also don't think it will get significantly harder, at least not for a while.
I also think he has a really solid shot to pull off the Grand Slam and it will be hilarious if he does when neither Rafa nor Roger ever could.
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Post by lexpretend on Apr 21, 2013 15:48:47 GMT -5
Novak won this tournament on one leg? SEATP.
I am surprised he beat Rafa, after Rafa turned the rivalry round again last year. I know most of your "NID" write-ins are due to anti-jinx favouritism, but I don't think this rivalry is at all predictable right now.
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Post by Denise49IQ on Apr 21, 2013 16:18:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think calling the Grand Slam at this point makes sense. He couldn't do it in 2011 and his game has never reached that level since. With Rafa's poor play, '11 was his chance but he blew his SF against Olderer. Also he'll likely have to face MUZZA to win Wimbledon (I think he's going to be a real threat this year). After his final collapse last year, he won there at the Olympics and obz beat Novak on route AND in the Open final.
Rafa's comeback this is still quite spectacular ignoring his first event, and his performance in this tournament (and any tournament ever, probably) will never be matched again in our time. EIGHT YEARS IN A ROW. Crazy. If he loses again to Novak before the French.. that won't be good. But, yeah, 2011.
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Post by janie on Apr 21, 2013 16:54:19 GMT -5
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Post by The Chloe on Apr 21, 2013 17:28:50 GMT -5
Damn. I forgot this was happening and didn't watch. I'll watch Rome and the other one. When are they? Too bad there aren't any websites that could answer that question for me.
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The scoreline is a bit stunning.
