The Tennis Thread 2013

[fundmark19]

Milos what the heck! Why are you losing to nobody's!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

Milos what the heck! Why are you losing to nobody's!

Probably tired. Australian Open followed by Davis Cup followed by San Jose followed by Memphis.

That's 300 points from last year off the board and he's down to 16th. He needs to find those 300 points later in the year, hopefully in a different 500 tournament. At least now he will rest up for Indian Wells and Miami, the two Masters 1000 tournaments.

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On an unrelated note, tennis is now a man's man's game.

For the first time in a long time, there is nobody under the age of 20 in the top 250.

The first 19 year old to appear on the list is Japan's Taro Daniel ranked 282, and the first 18 year old is Australia's Luke Saville ranked 349.

Canada's 19 year old Filip Peliwo is ranked 519.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

more about the stuff these young players (and likely all athletes with any sort of notability) face online. the things posted on Laura Robson's account are pretty sickening, and this is probably the tame stuff.

http://tennis.si.com/2013/02/20/rebe.../?sct=tn_t2_a4

Rebecca Marino on Primetime Sports

http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/2013/02/21/marino_pts/

Depression is scary.

[Mango]

Vote for Calgary to host the next tie: (after Italy )

http://www.facebook.com/TennisCanada

It doesn't really mean much, but at least they'll see there's interest here

[fundmark19]

Davis Cup tickets on sale and they still aren't sold out get them while they are hot!

[GirlySports]

Indian Wells qualifying

Pospisil def. Berenkis 6-1, 6-2 WOW

Karlovic def. Levine 6-2, 7-5

Ebden def. Dandevic 6-3, 7-6

So Pospisil enters the 96-man main draw at the Indian Wells ATP 1000

Here's the DRAW

Novak Djokovic [1] - Bye
Fabio Fognini - Aljaz Bedene
Andrey Kuznetsov - Qualifier
Grigor Dimitrov [31] - Bye

Sam Querrey [23] - Bye
Jack Sock [WC] - Qualifier
Tommy Robredo [WC] - Marinko Matosevic
Juan Monaco [14] - Bye

Marin Cilic [12] - Bye
Horacio Zeballos - Albert Ramos
Michael Llodra - Qualifier
Milos Raonic [17] - Bye

Mardy Fish [32] - Bye
Benjamin Becker - Qualifier
James Blake [WC] - Robin Haase
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] - Bye

Andy Murray [3] - Bye
Evgeny Donskoy - Tatsuma Ito
Tim Smyczek [WC] - Yen-Hsun Lu
Martin Klizan [26] - Bye

Alexandr Dolgopolov [22] - Bye
Santiago Giraldo - Carlos Berlocq
Qualifier - Qualifier
Kei Nishikori [16] - Bye

Nicolas Almagro [11] - Bye
Lukas Lacko - Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Steve Johnson [WC] - Pablo Andujar
Tommy Haas [19] - Bye

Jeremy Chardy [25] - Bye
Bjorn Phau - Alejandro Falla
Nikolay Davydenko - Paul-Henri Mathieu
Juan Martin Del Potro [7] - Bye

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Tomas Berdych [6] - Bye
Jurgen Melzer - Qualifier
Victor Troicki - David Goffin
Florian Mayer [27] - Bye

Jerzy Janowicz [24] - Bye
David Nalbandian [WC] - Marcel Granollers
Bernard Tomic - Thomas Bellucci
Richard Gasquet [10] - Bye

Gilles Simon [13] - Bye
Gilles Muller - Paolo Lorenzi
Benoit Paire - Lukasz Kubot
Philipp Kohlschreiber [21] - Bye

Fernando Verdasco [29] - Bye
Jarkko Nieminen - Igor Sijsling
Kevin Anderson - Victor Hanescu
David Ferrer [4] - Bye

Rafael Nadal [5] - Bye
Ryan Harrison - Go Soeda
Xavier Malisse - Leonardo Mayer
Mikhail Youzhny [30] - Bye

Andreas Seppi [20] - Bye
Marcos Baghdatis - Qualifier
Feliciano Lopez - Qualifier
Janko Tipsarevic [9] - Bye

John Isner [15] - Bye
Lleyton Hewitt - Lucas Rosol
Roberto Bautista Agut - Qualifier
Stanislas Wawrinka [18] - Bye

Julien Benneteau [28] - Bye
Ivan Dodig - Qualifier
Denis Istomin - Qualifier
Roger Federer [2] - Bye

[fundmark19]

So if all goes to plan it will be milos vs fish?

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

So if all goes to plan it will be milos vs fish?

Cilic-Raonic
Fish-Tsonga

[fundmark19]

Wow I miss read that terribly! Lets go milos

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

Wow I miss read that terribly! Lets go milos

heh

Posipsil has been placed in the draw, he was the last of the 12 qualifiers out of the hat. He'll face Dennis Istomin and if he wins that, a date with the Master.

Denis Istomin - Vasek Pospisil
Roger Federer [2] - Bye

[CedarMeter]

Milos plays at 2 today I believe

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by CedarMeter

Milos plays at 2 today I believe

He was supposed to play tomorrow but his opponent has withdrawn!

BNP Paribas Open ‏@BNPPARIBASOPEN Michael Llodra has withdrawn from #BNPPO13 due to hip flexor injury. (17) @milosraonic receives walkover into 3rd round.


And for your entertainment, here are pictures from the player's gala


http://tennis.si.com/2013/03/08/rafa...-party-photos/


http://doartenis.ro/2012/03/fotogale...eight_xdc_2905

[CedarMeter]

Milos is playing doubles right now with Lopez..Against Nestor..lol

And that's that
M. Bhupathi / D. Nestor 4 6(4)
F. Lopez / M. Raonic 6 7(7)

[fundmark19]

Milos and Lopez lost to fish and Blake 6-3 6-3 time to focus on singles!

[GirlySports]

[12]Cilic vs [17]Raonic, NOON Tomorrow

[HitterD]

Huge win for Raonic after losing the first set 6-3. Next up, Tsonga or Fish (unlikely).

Really hoping to see him face Tsonga after the epic match they had in the olympics.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by HitterD

Huge win for Raonic after losing the first set 6-3. Next up, Tsonga or Fish (unlikely).

Really hoping to see him face Tsonga after the epic match they had in the olympics.

Tsonga has won, they will meet on Thursday.

[fundmark19]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Tsonga has won, they will meet on Thursday.

I hope Milos wins I like him

[HitterD]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

I hope Milos wins I like him

Oh me too, plus a win means a match against Djokovic in the 1/4 finals, which he'll almost certainly lose but he needs experience playing the best.

[GirlySports]

I lied.

Everyone plays on Wednesday.

Raonic and Tsonga are 2nd up on Stadium 2 so around 12:30pm

Round of 16

Novak Djokovic [1] vs Sam Querrey [23]
Milos Raonic [17] vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8]
Andy Murray [3] vs Carlos Berlocq
Tommy Haas [19] vs Juan Martin Del Potro [7]

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Tomas Berdych [6] vs Richard Gasquet [10]
Gilles Simon [13] vs Kevin Anderson
Rafael Nadal [5] vs Ernest Gulbis [Q]
Stanislas Wawrinka [18] vs Roger Federer [2]