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Post by janie on Jan 1, 2014 9:42:45 GMT -5
In Doha, Murray lost to Mayer.  |
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 2, 2014 8:32:33 GMT -5
Blew a 6-3, 3-0 lead. Understandable rust considering the first tournament back from injury.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 2, 2014 13:27:32 GMT -5
Five retirements/walkovers in Chennai so far?
I have no faith that Gulbis will hold on to this second set break lead over Rafa.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 2, 2014 13:38:44 GMT -5
Aaaand broken back. Of course.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 2, 2014 20:20:18 GMT -5
And eventual, inevitable loss. I forgot tennis was happening again. I should listen.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 3, 2014 4:48:02 GMT -5
It's hard to get into the first week even though you've been hankering after it. A zillion tournaments in the wrong time zone over New Year's when everything's a bit weird anyway.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 3, 2014 18:52:53 GMT -5
Exactly. Australia is basically another planet.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 4, 2014 3:37:48 GMT -5
Who is Gojowczyk and how did Rafa lose a set to him?
I never knew that stat about Monfils only beating Rafa in Doha. That's the final, anyway.
In Sydney, ughhhhhh @ Hewitt beating Nishikori, please can Fed murder him in the final like in the good old days.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 4, 2014 9:36:57 GMT -5
Gross, Hewitt's in a final. The good news is that he will obviously lose to Roger.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 4, 2014 9:39:25 GMT -5
Nadal is about to pass Michael Chang on the matches won list. This is important, because Michael Chang is the worst. I'm very sure this is exactly how Jesus would have wanted it.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 4, 2014 9:51:17 GMT -5
Speaking of mens tennis stats that nobody cares about, did we know that Davydenko has the highest finals winning % among active players, and 3rd all time? I guess this is why Leelee cals him King. Gilles Simon is second among active players, because this list is awesome.
Also, did we know that Davydenko has 21 titles? And Simon 11?! I only remember like, 5 of those, combined.
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Post by janie on Jan 4, 2014 17:31:23 GMT -5
Same here. If that! Anyway, I like that stat. It's apparently a place where good but somewhat unimpressive player can shine.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 4, 2014 17:53:22 GMT -5
I knew about the Davydenko finals one, it came up in some commentary thing a while ago. Maybe here last year, actually. And I remember that year Simon swept a million MMs like his name was Schnyder.
Nadal/Monfils was a pretty good match today. Some really inventive stuff from Gael to take the second set. Such a shame he just went away after missing those break back points in the third (and that stupid non-challenge at deuce when Rafa's shot was out).
The Chennai final is Wawrinka/Roger-Vasselin. I know nothing about the latter apart from his name.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 5, 2014 3:23:13 GMT -5
TTR TTR TTR TTR Fed. Embarrassing.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 5, 2014 3:37:40 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! So happy for Lleykim!  |
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Post by janie on Jan 5, 2014 8:04:22 GMT -5
Gross, Hewitt's in a final. The good news is that he will obviously lose to Roger.    |
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Post by janie on Jan 5, 2014 9:11:36 GMT -5
At least Stan won! Even if it was The #1 Tournament of Retirements.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 5, 2014 10:01:14 GMT -5
What is this, 2001? TTR!
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 5, 2014 10:53:59 GMT -5
I've returned just to post that I"m still laughing at this Hewitt df Federer result. I chuckled to myself over lunch at the cafe when I remembered it, and nobody thought I was crazy because they were also chuckling over it.
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Post by janie on Jan 5, 2014 11:26:06 GMT -5
I know, even I have to laugh, despite my Hewitt hate. Good on him, I have to say. Let this be his swan song.
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 5, 2014 13:10:01 GMT -5
Hewitt will probably have a few gross results this year, assuming he stays healthy. We can enjoy knowing that he will always eventually lose in the important events to somebody who is actually good, and that he will not maintain this level consistently, because I said so.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 5, 2014 13:18:27 GMT -5
It probably ~says something~ about the state of the ATP that the younger generation permits said results by Hewitt. They can't even kick him off the Tour completely, ugh
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Post by The Chloe on Jan 5, 2014 16:44:25 GMT -5
Thankfully, the next generation of Olds (Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, maybe somebody else), exist to prevent him from actually ever mattering at all again, even a little bit.
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Post by R. Black on Jan 5, 2014 16:58:38 GMT -5
I think it has to be expected that past 'champions', or number 1, will randomly have a run or 2 like this. It's the opposite which would be odd; even if Hewitt's game has declined, he isn't old enough to have forgotten how to play tennis so he still has the ability to take advantage of some opponents playing like shit. You'll always have some players playing like shit every week regardless of the state of the tour, so I don't think it's indicative of anything. In this case, it certainly says a lot about Federer though.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 10, 2014 2:46:18 GMT -5
WTF is up with Ferrer this season? Lost sets to Dolgopolov, Young and Garcia Lopez; lost matches to Brands and Lu. None of that is good.
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Post by janie on Jan 11, 2014 7:53:37 GMT -5
Maybe Ferrer is the new Kuz and just can't maintain his interest. Happy for Delpo title!  |
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