If Stockholm Open - Oct 17-23 ... Discussion

vernonbc · Oct 20, 2011

Hood_Man said:
Ach, gutted for Tomic, it looked like he'd turned it around there.

He'll be ready to take next year by storm though, an 18 year old in the top 50 is phenomenal!

He's also the luckiest 18 year old - he got more wild cards into tournaments this year than anyone. Most 18 year olds are scratching and clawing their way up the rankings by playing futures and challengers. A win in round 1 of a masters or GS can give them more points than they'd get winning a challenger tourney.

zagor · Oct 20, 2011

stringertom said:
Donut Dave in indoorGOAT mode only one round after looking indoorWOAT vs X-man...go figure! What will he do next?

Win the whole thing? It's certainly doable, would love to see him get his 2nd Stockholm trophy.

stringertom · Oct 21, 2011

zagor said:
Win the whole thing? It's certainly doable, would love to see him get his 2nd Stockholm trophy.

If he gets past another GOATish former top 5er (JB) he very well will final at worst. Nobody will want him in their Paris draw on that type of roll!

Zildite · Oct 21, 2011

zagor said:
Win the whole thing? It's certainly doable, would love to see him get his 2nd Stockholm trophy.

He has only made one final this and was disappointing in it (should know since I was there :-?).
Not a bad chance though I guess.

stringertom · Oct 21, 2011

Zildite said:
He has only made one final this and was disappointing in it (should know since I was there :-?).
Not a bad chance though I guess.

Heineken in Auckland? His '11 start was a rollercoaster...final there then 1R marathon at AO, leading to 2R collapse, IIRC. It seems a lot longer ago!

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

Thursday Results

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

Nieminen, fighting hard, breaks serve twice in the first set.
BUT
Kamke, going one better, wins the set with three breaks!

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niff · Oct 21, 2011

Cmoooon Jarkko, we got this.

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

niff said:
Cmoooon Jarkko, we got this.

Nieminen wins 36 75 61 ...

i'm starting to remember from last year in stockholm that there was Finn Man Mania then too

... i swear those fans helped Jarkko win today ... don't ya think so?

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stringertom · Oct 21, 2011

IndoPak Express almost derailed by BaggieDelPo...decisive SBer...don't often see a 2-6, 6-2 scoreline in dubs.

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

stringertom said:
IndoPak Express almost derailed by BaggieDelPo...decisive SBer...don't often see a 2-6, 6-2 scoreline in dubs.

no "almost" about it ... IndoPak into the Finals!

Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi came from behind to reach the If Stockholm Open final on Friday, defeating Cypriot-Argentine duo Marcos Baghdatis and Juan Martin del Potro 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/10/42/Doubles-Friday-Stockholm-Moscow.aspx

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

Scandinavian Sports Question

These two got a lot of applause when they were shown on the jumbotron ... anybody know who they are?

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Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

Raonic up a set and a break over Dimitrov, so next up w/b ...

they've only met twice before, and Blake's won both times, first in 2006 and most recently in washington leggMason 2011, when Nalbandian was suffering some injuries.

Nalby and JB are both playing well this week, so I expect this to be a good contest.

MixieP · Oct 21, 2011

Nalbandian is out with injury. Next up Monfils vs Anderson, due to start any minute

ben123 · Oct 21, 2011

MixieP said:
Nalbandian is out with injury. Next up Monfils vs Anderson, due to start any minute

omg .............

stringertom · Oct 22, 2011

Did anyone find out what the "If" is in as the tourney sponsor? Maybe it means "Inspirational Finn", AKA Jarko Niemenen!

Rysty · Oct 22, 2011

"If" is an insurance company, the main sponsor of this tournament.

stringertom · Oct 23, 2011

Rysty said:
"If" is an insurance company, the main sponsor of this tournament.

Thanks! Ironic name for an insurance operation...we'll pay off IF we feel like it.

morten · Oct 24, 2011

Seriously the worst level of tennis i have seen on ATP ever!! Except Nalbandial, he played great but had to pull out because of injury. The last 6 matches were crap, unmotivated players with hardly any gameplan and no finesse whatsoever..

And these guys make a lot of money?? Of course i liked tennis better with serve and volley 10-15 years ago but still... If this is tennis now I am glad i am not an ATP player at the moment.. so boring.. ZZZZZ

If Stockholm Open - Oct 17-23 ... Discussion

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