2017 Tennis Thread

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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.

Rusedski stirring the pot saying Rafa doesn't like the surface of the ATP WTF (it suits Fed more) and with his knees bothering him, it's an easy out.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/tenni...ld-Tour-finals

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Benneteau does it again upsetting Cilic in straight sets and is into the semi-finals in Paris.

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A show of hands please - Who had Sock vs. Krajinovic in the Paris final?

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

A show of hands please - Who had Sock vs. Krajinovic in the Paris final?

Poor tournament director, that Guy will definitely want to Forget this year's edition.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Roger must be wondering if he should have entered anyway. Playing at 40% effort he might have won, albeit playing at 40% effort is a good way to get hurt.

[Nadal Fan]

This is the greatest thing I have seen all day. It's like the ATP is like how could we upset everyone in 2017....O I know let's have players select models who will then reveal which group the players will be in for the ATP Next Gen Finals. Look how happy Dennis is.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/41883462

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Further to Nadal Fan's post above, here are the group breakdowns:

Group A:
Rublev
Shapovalov
Chung
Quinzi

Group B:
Khachanov
Coric
Donaldson
Medvedev

TSN (not sure which channel) will have Shapo's match tomorrow versus Chung which is scheduled to start at approximately 7:30 am Mountain time.

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Denis's match is just starting on TSN2.

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Well rats, Shapo loses to Chung by a 1-4, 4-3(5), 4-3(4), 4-1 set scoreline. Felix won his opening round match at the Slovak Open, however.

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Groups for the ATP finals in London have been announced:

Singles – Group Pete Sampras
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP)
[4] Dominic Thiem (AUT)
[6] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
[7] David Goffin (BEL)

Singles – Group Boris Becker
[2] Roger Federer (SUI)
[3] Alexander Zverev (GER)
[5] Marin Cilic (CRO)
[8] Jack Sock (USA)

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Denis bounces back with a win today over Italian wild-card entry Gianluigi Quinzi. Chung is already through to the semi-finals, thus the final match between Denis and Andrey Rublev will decide who joins Chung in the semi-finals.

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If you are close to a tv, Shapo vs. Rublev is about to get underway on TSN3

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Rublev takes the opening set 4-1 - Shapo started out okay and then totally fell apart, hopefully he can re-calibrate in set 2.

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Well, it took 9 set points, but Denis takes set 2 4-3(8) in a tie-breaker.

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Rublev takes set 3 in a tie-breaker - Lots of winners, but also lots of unforced errors as well from both guys.

Edit: Love how we can listen in to coach Laurendeau and Shapo discussing Rublev's blister on his foot (lol)

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Shapo bagels Rublev in set 4 and we are going the distance. Rublev seems to be moving okay, so the blister on his foot is likely more mental than physical.

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Rublev wins the match via a tie-breaker in the 5th set. It was a very entertaining match and I can envision many clashes between these two over the next dozen years or so.

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Congratulations on a historic 2017 @denis_shapo!

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Rublev is into the finals after a straight set victory over Borna Coric. He was face either Chung or Medvedev in the Milan final.

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It will be Rublev vs. Chung in the NextGen final in Milan.