03-27-2018, 11:44 AM
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#981
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Krygios and Chung are scary good too. Krygios for his flash, Chung for his consistancy.
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Good players for sure but winnable matches for Dennis or Milos imo. Not saying certain wins but they wouldn't go into those matches afraid for sure.
Krygios has that high end skill for sure but as soon as he faces a little adversity in a match it's over - he's only played four sets of tennis this week without losing a set. His match today will be interesting against Zverev.
Chung is a worker with great footwork and I think he's a much better player than Krygios - he was unreal in the Aussie Open but he has had cakewalk draws in Indian Wells and here - I've heard the announcers praising him this week but getting to the QF in a masters tournament without playing a seed when you're outside the top 20 is incredibly lucky. Doesn't have Dennis's shotmaking ability or Milos's serve.
Delpo's rolling right now, but wonder when he'll tire out, he's played a lot of tennis.
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03-27-2018, 11:46 AM
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#982
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Milos looks tired in the 2nd set, his 1st serve % fell from high 80% to below 50 and he seems to be just chugging along on serve but with more issues. Up 4-3 on serve.
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03-27-2018, 12:04 PM
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#983
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woot, Milos into the quarter-finals as he defeats Chardy 6-3 6-4
edit: https://twitter.com/user/status/978695694604107776
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03-27-2018, 12:13 PM
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#984
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Here's one for GirlySports - Sloane Stephens dispatches Kerber 6-1 6-2 - As GS would say, "What kind of tennis is that?"
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03-27-2018, 02:04 PM
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#986
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Here's one for GirlySports - Sloane Stephens dispatches Kerber 6-1 6-2 - As GS would say, "What kind of tennis is that?"
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Not surprising. Kerber really struggled against the qualifier Wang yesterday and barely survived in three long sets.
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03-27-2018, 02:16 PM
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#987
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Denis and Coric have started their match - Go Denis Go!
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03-27-2018, 02:40 PM
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#988
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In the Sin Bin
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Speaking of Sloane Stephens, she actually joined up with Genie in women's doubles. They got bounced in round one.
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03-27-2018, 02:58 PM
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#989
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Denis will need to go the distance as Coric takes the first set in a tie-breaker - Coric can't keep his first serve percentage at 91%, can he?
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03-27-2018, 03:19 PM
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#990
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Shapo with a break of Coric in set 2 and serving at 3-2
Edit: Coric breaks back a couple of games later and is serving at 4-4
Last edited by dash_pinched; 03-27-2018 at 03:32 PM.
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03-27-2018, 03:41 PM
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#991
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All right, Shapo with another break followed by a hold and he takes the second set 6-4. Third set upcoming for all the marbles.
/By the way, the first serve percentage for Coric did indeed drop from 91% in the first set to 58% in the second set.
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03-27-2018, 04:03 PM
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#992
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Looking frustrated. Hasn't had much of an inroad into Comic's service games. Still holding so far, but some concerning body language that last game.
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03-27-2018, 04:08 PM
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#993
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Called it.
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03-27-2018, 04:14 PM
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#994
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Uh... apparently, Denis had another gear. Breaks back after a couple of murderous points.
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03-27-2018, 04:15 PM
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#995
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Best time to break serve is when you have just been broken - Shapo back on serve in set 3.
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03-27-2018, 04:19 PM
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#996
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Denis is hanging tough in this 3rd set with a first serve percentage of 39%
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03-27-2018, 04:23 PM
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#997
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33 shot baseline slugfest there for Coric to hold.
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03-27-2018, 04:29 PM
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#998
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Too bad. Serve let him down, three doubles is too much to come back from. Good work saving two match points but can't save the third.
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03-27-2018, 04:33 PM
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#999
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Yup, puts way too much pressure on the rest of your game when your first serve percentage is that low. He has had trouble with his serve his entire time in Miami, needs to get that fixed as soon as possible.
edit: https://twitter.com/user/status/978762423183204353
Last edited by dash_pinched; 03-27-2018 at 04:36 PM.
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03-27-2018, 04:43 PM
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#1000
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He's had intermittent periods of being unable to hit his serve. The wind probably didn't help. It's still just a matter of consistency. He has plenty of weapons, but he still can't wield them effectively enough to overcome the anti-tennis guys who will just wait for inevitable mistakes. Even that last game, he got to deuce and then absolutely blasted what should have been a forehand winner about four feet long for no reason to give Coric a third match point. Definitely didn't have to obliterate it like that to win the point, but he did, and missed. Follies of youth.
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