Tennis: All Purpose Tennis Thread XIII

[Tuggy]

Tight loss for Vasek.

 

[kihei]

...and a nice win it was for Sinner. In the first set, Goffin seemed to have the upper-hand as Sinner slowly relaxed into the game, but by the second set, the issue didn't seem that much in doubt as Sinner's confidence grew while David's concentration waned.

Bublik and Rublev had a fun match, too. Bublik looked terrific in parts of the first set, but Rublev, playing very steady tennis, just patiently waited for his opportunities and he took advantage of them when they arrived

 

[MsMeow]

Sinner and Carreno Busta are having a heck of a long and entertaining match. Both are having problems closing out.

 

[Tuggy]

Sinner and Carreno Busta are having a heck of a long and entertaining match. Both are having problems closing out.

Tough loss for Sinner. Had two MP's.

Felix/Bedene up in about 10 minutes. Winner gets PCB.

 

[tony d]

Felix is currently playing on TSN 3, hope to see him get through this match and get into the semis.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix is batting but visibly dealing with cold/flu.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix wins it!! Great heart!

 

[kihei]

Singer's loss will sting for awhile, coming back the way he did late in the fifth set, earning a pair of match points, but not being able to close the deal. Hard pill to swallow, but a very effective lesson to be learned from such a loss. I was so hoping for a Singer/Felix match up in the next round, too.

 

[kihei]

Bedene was running Felix pretty good in the early stages of that breaker. Good to see Felix really tough one out like that.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix up very soon for his SF. Hopefully he's over whatever he had yesterday.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix wins the first set.

Great serving from him in the first set.

Match is 100% on his racquet.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix wins it!

First HC final.

Youngest ever finalist at Rotterdam. Beats Federer by 4 days.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Felix looked really good. A little loose here and there but playing really well.

 

[MsMeow]

Of course I forgot to PVR Felix's match.

 

[Tuggy]

I see Kim Clijsters has a WC for Dubai next week.

Felix/Monfils in the final tomorrow.

 

[Tuggy]

Final starting soon.

 

[Tuggy]

Great week for Felix, but bad day at the office today. Monfils was super steady but Felix was all over the place. Well deserved for Monfils though.

 

[MXD]

Monfils would have beaten better opponents than FAA today.

 

[kihei]

Odd match in a way. Early on, I thought it might be Felix's day. I thought FAA's comeback from love-40 in the third game of the first set displayed every facet of the player we all want him to become. But then he got just a little careless at 40-15 in his next service game and that blew his still fragile concentration the rest of the set and into the second. Monfils played such smart patient tennis the rest of the match, teasing out errors on Felix's forehand and keeping constant pressure on from the backcourt. It was an old pro's sort of triumph.

 

[MsMeow]

Monfils looked like he was dying in between points. Felix doesn't have the killer instinct enough. When he has it he does well but there are so many rookie mistakes. Happy for Gael, he's always fun to watch

 

[Savi]

I see Kim Clijsters has a WC for Dubai next week.

She'll play Muguruza in about 6 hours from now. Still have no clue what to expect, we've seen a lot of footage of her working out but what to make of that, I really don't know.

 

[Savi]

6-2 Muguruza first set

Power is obviously still there with Clijsters, but her serve is way off at times, agility isn't what it used to be and it's painfully clear she's still carrying too much weight and is far from ideal game shape
Still nice to see some flashes of the player she once was though

Edit: 2nd set Muguruza raced to a quick 3-0 lead and Clijsters looked done, but she fought back brilliantly to get it to a tiebreak which Muguruza eventually won

Clijsters obviously hasn't lost her skills but I do wonder how much she will be able to improve physically, if she can then watch out

 

[Tuggy]

Big win in Rio last night in his tour debut for 16 year old Carlos Alcaraz. He beat Ramos-Vinolas (#41).

Carlos Alcaraz, 16, Wins ATP Tour Debut In Rio | ATP Tour | Tennis

3 hours and 37 minutes...

 

[Tuggy]

Vasek down 1-4 and two points away from 1-5 and 2 breaks against Ruusuvuori, comes back to win the first set 7-6 in Marseille.

Vasek wins the second set 6-3 without too much trouble.

He'll get Hurkacz next.

Denis (bye in the first round) and Felix (Travaglia) are also there.

 

[MsMeow]

I'm so happy for Vasek. Every win is a huge milestone.