2017 Tennis Thread

[Karl]

Final round qualifying for the Rolex Paris Masters ATP 1000 event is now complete and as it turns out, there will actually be 2 Canadians in the main draw!!

Vasek Pospisil did his part in giving us one more Canadian to root on for the main events as he knocked off grizzled French vet Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 6-4 to the chagrin of the home crowd.

For his reward, Pospisil will face another grizzled French vet in Nicolas Mahut in round 1.

Other guys advancing to the main draw are as follows:

Jan-Lennard Struff def Peter Gojowczyk 6-3, 7-6 (Struff to play fellow qualifier Borna Coric for round 1)

Coric def Evgeny Donskoy 6-2, 6-3 (See above)

Joao Sousa def Ugo Humbert 7-5, 6-4 (Sousa will face Paolo Lorenzi next)

Jeremy Chardy def Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4 (Chardy to face fello frenchman Gilles Simon)

Filiip Krajinovic def Laslo Djere 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 (Krajinovic will play Yuichi Sugita)

Also, Peter Gojowczyk made it in as a LL. Gojowczyk will face Ryan Harrison in round 1.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Title number 8 for Fed in Basel as he wins the 3rd set 6-3.

Pshhh only 8 titles in one event what a chump

Fed wins but then pulled out of Paris 1000 event with a back Injury, which means Nadal only needs one win to finish the year #1

If Fed misses WTF Nadal might FINALLY win it, the only trophy missing from his case

[Hot_Flatus]

Pospisil loses in three sets to a flailing Mahut, ending his season on another sour note after not being able to do much of anything the last few events. Is this crossroads in his singles career?

Denis is up against Benneteau later today. A win would set up another entertaining tilt with Tsonga.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

Pospisil loses in three sets to a flailing Mahut, ending his season on another sour note after not being able to do much of anything the last few events. Is this crossroads in his singles career?

Denis is up against Benneteau later today. A win would set up another entertaining tilt with Tsonga.

Well, too bad for Vasek, I don't think he currently has a coach, does he, I think that would be step 1 to try to get things moving in the right direction. As for Denis, Benneteau recently defeated Felix in a qualifying match, maybe Denis can get a little revenge for his good friend with a victory today.

[dash_pinched]

Darn it, Gasquet and Paire are going to a third set which means the start of the Shapo - Benneteau match will be pushed back likely to about 2:45 Mountain time.

[dash_pinched]

Of course, because some of the other matches went long, the only way to watch Shapo is on TSN Go. Five channels and you can't show Shapo on any of them?!?

[dash_pinched]

Bah, Denis loses to Benneteau in straight sets (6-4, 6-4)

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Well, too bad for Vasek, I don't think he currently has a coach, does he, I think that would be step 1 to try to get things moving in the right direction. As for Denis, Benneteau recently defeated Felix in a qualifying match, maybe Denis can get a little revenge for his good friend with a victory today.

Yeah I don't think he ever addressed the coaching or lack thereof after he and Woodford split earlier in the season.

You'd think he might be getting to the point of considering full-time doubles as an option as I'm sure he could stick on the ATP level as opposed to having to gut out challenger level wins simply to have a crack at ATP singles events. This would also take a lot of pressure off of his constantly injured body.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

Pshhh only 8 titles in one event what a chump

Fed wins but then pulled out of Paris 1000 event with a back Injury, which means Nadal only needs one win to finish the year #1

If Fed misses WTF Nadal might FINALLY win it, the only trophy missing from his case

Fed's not hurt, he just thinks he will be if he tries to go 4 tourneys in a row (Shanghai, Basel, Paris, London) with no break. just like how Rafa chose not to do Beijing to London straight through.

don't worry, he'll be ready for the final showdown in a couple of weeks, it's gonna be great.

[Karl]

Upset alert at Rolex Paris Masters!

10th seeded Sam Querrey gets ousted by qualifier Filip Krajinovic 6-4, 6-4 in round 2. Krajinovic is having quite a tounament to this point as he also upset Sugita in the 1st round 6-4, 6-2.

On that note, a few other qualifiers have wreaked some havoc today, and a we've got a lucky loser still in it as well. Examples are as follows.

Chardy def Simon 6-3, 6-0

Coric def Struff 6-3, 6-4

Sousa def Lorenzi 6-4, 7-5

(LL) Gojowczyk def Harrison 7-6, 6-3

The 2nd lucky loser wasn't so lucky as Kyle Edmund knocked off Evgeny Donskoy in 3 hard fought sets 5-7, 7-6, 6-3.

[Nadal Fan]

Rafa won his match today, which means that he will finish the year ranked #1! Congrats on a terrific season that not even his biggest fans saw coming. He's currently at 150 weeks at #1 and is only 20 weeks away from passing McEnroe which he should. Vamanos!!

[dash_pinched]

Benneteau continues his run in Paris knocking off Jo-Willy Tsonga in three sets 2-6 7-6 6-2 in a battle of good friends and Davis Cup teammates.

[dash_pinched]

In another Paris upset, Sasha Zverev loses to Robin Hasse in three sets 3-6 6-2 6-2. Man, I wonder what happened in those last two sets.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I wonder what the points totals would be if you only counted tournaments Federer actually played in.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I wonder what the points totals would be if you only counted tournaments Federer actually played in.

For sure Fed would be way ahead but that's taking out over a quarter of the season with no clay events. I'm sure not playing clay and resting extended Feds dominate play this season. I'm sure if he did play the clay season he wouldn't have won Wimbledon due to the grind of clay court tennis

[dash_pinched]

Benneteau continues his strong run in Paris dispatching Goffin in straight sets 6-3 6-3. In another upset, Fernando Verdasco defeats Dominic Thiem in straight sets 6-4 6-4.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

For sure Fed would be way ahead but that's taking out over a quarter of the season with no clay events. I'm sure not playing clay and resting extended Feds dominate play this season. I'm sure if he did play the clay season he wouldn't have won Wimbledon due to the grind of clay court tennis

Probably, but the point is more how much better he's been than his competition when he's actually playing... even with missing tournaments and punting big matches due to injury a couple of times (US Open, Montreal).

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Probably, but the point is more how much better he's been than his competition when he's actually playing... even with missing tournaments and punting big matches due to injury a couple of times (US Open, Montreal).

It's going to be really interesting to see who the ATP names player of the year.

[Inglewood Jack]

woops, Rafa's knee flared up, out of Paris and questionable for WTF. I know the two senior citizens had an awesome 2017, but some voodoo witch doctor out there's been sticking a whole lot of needles into tennis player dolls, and not even the goats were spared.

[Nadal Fan]

Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack

woops, Rafa's knee flared up, out of Paris and questionable for WTF. I know the two senior citizens had an awesome 2017, but some voodoo witch doctor out there's been sticking a whole lot of needles into tennis player dolls, and not even the goats were spared.

Brutal he had a great chance to win it its too bad. Since he's already clinched #1 for the year would be interesting to see if he plays WTF. I know his knee was giving him troubles in Shanghai, so might be best to take rest of 2017 off and come back strong in 2018. Imagine how bad the WTF would be if both Nadal and Fed didnt participate lol.