2015 Tennis Thread

[Resolute 14]

How is Pospisil a wild card? Isn't his ranking high enough to qualify on merit?

[polak]

nvm

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

How is Pospisil a wild card? Isn't his ranking high enough to qualify on merit?

I think only the top 40 ranked players get in without qualifying, plus 8 qualifying spots and 8 wildcards (and things like protected rankings and lucky losers etc..) for the 56 person field. Vasek (now ranked 49) kinda got screwed by the DC tournament moving its schedule which lost him the 250 points he got from making the final last year.

[Finger Cookin]

I'm really, really, really tired of Sportsnet's "Anything's Pospisil!"play on words.

[dash_pinched]

Speaking of Vasek, he's taking on John Isner on the Stadium Court (looks like the late match) in Washington tonight. With Murray being upset by Gabashvili, if Vasek can get by Isner, he has an excellent chance of making the semi-finals.

[GirlySports]

i think the match will be on SN1 later tonight.

[Mango]

Sounds like Genie has moved on from Sam Sumyk as her head coach.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

i think the match will be on SN1 later tonight.

Isner wins in straight sets (6-4, 7-6 (8-6 in the tie-breaker). Oh well.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

TORONTO - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil was among seven Canadians awarded main-draw berths Wednesday for the Rogers Cup tennis tournaments.

Tennis Canada named Pospisil, Philip Bester, Frank Dancevic, and Filip Peliwo as wild-card entrants for the men's Rogers Cup, which starts Friday in Montreal.

Francoise Abanda, Gabriela Dabrowski, and Carol Zhao were given spots in the women's event, which begins Saturday in Toronto.

http://www.tsn.ca/pospisil-awarded-r...-card-1.341133

Out of 5 Canadian men in qualifying, Schnur was the only one that won. He beat the 98th ranked Belgian Bemelmans. That's 16 big ATP points.

He gets Lu tomorrow for a place in the main draw.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Mango

Sounds like Genie has moved on from Sam Sumyk as her head coach.

Maybe the rumors of her being really difficult to coach are true?

[GirlySports]

HUDLER!



http://www.couperogers.com/wp-conten...nd-936x516.jpg

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Here are the opening matches for Canadians.

Pospisil vs Lu (who beat Schnur to get in)
Peliwo vs Stakhovsky
Dancevic vs Andujar
Bester vs Muller
Raonic has a BYE, will face winner of Karlovic/Janowicz

Dabrowski vs Pennetta
Abanda vs Petkovic
Bouchard vs Bencic
Zhao vs Brengle

[dash_pinched]

That's not exactly an easy opening round match for Milos, I think I'd prefer Janowicz over the hard serving Karlovic.

[GirlySports]

Karlovic won.

Monfils vs Fognini. No drama at all

[Resolute 14]

Fognini melting down in the second set. He'll be lucky if he doesn't lose it 6-1 at this point.

[GirlySports]

Pospisil in the afternoon, Raonic and Bouchard at night.

Pospisil and Raonic should win. Bouchard is a big underdog, don't expect her to win.

[polak]

I don't expect her to ever win again

[Senator Clay Davis]

If Genie takes a set tonight that's a pretty decent night. Bencic is a much better player now. What a difference a year makes at the Rogers Cup, expectations couldn't be any lower right now whereas last year they couldn't be any higher. Though it should be noted the only time she put together a few matches was in Australia without a coach, so maybe she'll play better without a coach.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by polak

I don't expect her to ever win again

Oh brother, the women's tour is so unpredictable (except for Serena currently) that anybody can beat anybody on any given day. Genie's main issue right now is confidence, but it also goes hand-in-hand with match strategy. Somehow, she got in the mindset that she has to paint lines with her groundstrokes and try to end points as quickly as possible. That leaves her little margin for error and when you are missing those shots, it hurts your confidence and pumps up your opponent. It will be interesting watching her tonight to see if she has the ability to construct some points in her favour.

[dash_pinched]

Gasquet has pulled out of the Rogers Cup with a wonky back, thus if Milos defeats Karlovic, he would play the winner of Mahut and Chardy.

[dash_pinched]

For those interested, Vasek is on court now and won his opening service game.