The 2012 Paris Masters general discussion thread

vive le beau jeu ! · Oct 29, 2012

what a poor match from marcos...

sad to end the season like this... especially as he played well in tokyo-shanghai-stockholm.

Gonzo_style · Oct 29, 2012

romeo8880 said:
Lopez match was fixed for sure. All Lopez was doing was constantly slicing the ball.

He's doing it for years in every match, and the court seems to be very slow...

PeteD · Oct 29, 2012

vive le beau jeu ! said:
what a poor match from marcos...
sad to end the season like this... especially as he played well in tokyo-shanghai-stockholm.

He made some nice shots, but he was playing against a wall after all.

PeteD · Oct 29, 2012

MurrayMyInspiration said:
Simon is a grear player!!! I love him second to the muzz!! I base my game around him, I love making my oppenents miss, rarely taking the intiative in the rally and grinding them down until they break their racquets and inside I am like

Exactly how he just won. Takes patience, not sure Marcos ever had much of that.

PeteD · Oct 29, 2012

Max G. said:
Why would you think so? Lopez ranked 36, Ramos 48, that's not a big difference at all. Also, Ramos has already beaten Lopez once on hardcourts this year, the head-to-head is 1-0 in Ramos's favor even before this match.

Ramos is looking really good. He's got MP now

PeteD · Oct 29, 2012

What the #ell is with this tourney, playing music during points?

sdont · Oct 29, 2012

PeteD said:
Annoncer just said Bagh had to go to "Croatia" for the birth, I'm prettyh sure he meant Cyprus

Karolina Sprem might be Croatian. That would make sense.

Doublebounce · Oct 29, 2012

"Allez, allez Benoit!" i had an earful of that when i saw him play Dimitrov at the U.S Open.

PeteD · Oct 29, 2012

sdont said:
Karolina Sprem might be Croatian. That would make sense.

My D'Oh! Of course, Karolina's a Varaždin girl. Thanks for the correction!

beast of mallorca · Oct 29, 2012

vive le beau jeu ! said:
what a poor match from marcos...
sad to end the season like this... especially as he played well in tokyo-shanghai-stockholm.

I think his mind was not into it. Maybe he just wants to go home to his wife and kid, and was not 100% into the match. Obviously I'm making excuses for him now but there we go.

fromtennis · Oct 29, 2012

PeteD said:
Exactly how he just won. Takes patience, not sure Marcos ever had much of that.

No.
Good match from Simon, 25W, 20UES 13/15 at the net, played aggressive when needed, more winners and less UES than Bagdatis (11W, 28UES).

vive le beau jeu ! · Oct 29, 2012

beast of mallorca said:
I think his mind was not into it. Maybe he just wants to go home to his wife and kid, and was not 100% into the match. Obviously I'm making excuses for him now but there we go.

you might be right !
let's hope for a good 2013 for marcos...

kishnabe · Oct 29, 2012

Predictions or What I would like to see Happen:
Milosh upset Djokovic 3rd round.
Berdych upset Murray SF.

SF: Tsonga vs Del Potro, Berdych vs Murray

F: Tsonga vs Berdych....Winner Tsonga.

kishnabe · Oct 30, 2012

Jarcoszi is pretty dammm good. Was 220 last year....suprsed he crept up to 64. Must have been that Wimby run!

AmbiDexter · Oct 30, 2012

Jerzy Janowicz
he is the real deal!

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

AmbiDexter said:
Jerzy Janowicz
he is the real deal!

I like him too. He is tall, but isn't just a big server. He looks like a "young Cilic" (which is playing against him right now).

Duncan Bell · Oct 30, 2012

Really looking forward to seeing how TheDolgo, Nishikori and Tsonga do in this tourny. Nishikori could be the real deal, would love to see a run from him outside of Asia.

ark_28 · Oct 30, 2012

Nice win for Grigor taking out Melzer 7-6 6-2 he's won a lot of matches lately, quarters in basel then coming through qualies to round 2 here!

NDFM · Oct 30, 2012

ark_28 said:
Nice win for Grigor taking out Melzer 7-6 6-2 he's won a lot of matches lately, quarters in basel then coming through qualies to round 2 here!

he has a chance to get to the quarters

Raz11 · Oct 30, 2012

Back to back wins over two top 20 players. Nice win for Janowicz

AmbiDexter · Oct 30, 2012

augustobt said:
I like him too. He is tall, but isn't just a big server. He looks like a "young Cilic" (which is playing against him right now).

He's one of the best movers among big guys(he's 6'8')
yeah, booming serve, big forehand on the other hand often winning points playing dropshot.
Had Cilic all over the court today

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

I like the fact that he used a drop shot to win the match, that shot failed him at least 5 times that match.

sdont · Oct 30, 2012

OMG Paulo is so tight. Will this match ever end?

sdont · Oct 30, 2012

Second DF on MP. :?

Duncan Bell · Oct 30, 2012

Janowicz just stormed it - won the last 4 games, losing just 6 points.

sdont · Oct 30, 2012

10th deuce in this game. Lol

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

What a get by Mathieu there. Epic game so far.

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

Mathieu and Bautista in a nice WTA match.

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

PHM can't hit a 2nd serve to save his life

rovex · Oct 30, 2012

Haha mathieu should of smiled by now.

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

after a 27minute game, Bautista breaks and stills alive.

AmbiDexter · Oct 30, 2012

Bautista-Agut with fresh set of tires

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

Those tires seem to be a little slick judging by him slipping there

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

AmbiDexter said:
Bautista-Agut with fresh set of tires

He switched from prime to option.

Mathieu breaks and closes the match!

6-4 7-5.

kishnabe · Oct 30, 2012

TopDawg said:
PHM can't hit a 2nd serve to save his life

5 dbls faults in one game lol! Happy Mathieu finshed it off.....thank god no third set.

Desertman · Oct 30, 2012

Homeboy Hotel said:
Murray will tank to Cilic in the QF.

All he will do is turn up to Paris, defend his 2011 QF points and head back to London with good few days to practice at the O2.

Additionally, has no one considered the fact that say the (likely) scenario Federer plays the final on Sunday in Paris. The defending champion always opens as the first match, so Fed could play Sunday Paris, Monday London?

Unlikely as Cilic is out in the 2nd round.

1972murat · Oct 30, 2012

ark_28 said:
Nice win for Grigor taking out Melzer 7-6 6-2 he's won a lot of matches lately, quarters in basel then coming through qualies to round 2 here!

Indeed. This is the tyoe of match he used to lose regularly...now he is beating people ranked higher than him and finding his pace slowly. I am excited and happy for him.

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

Who, in the whole globe, trusts in the Dog? Sijsling is a set and double break ahead of him.

1972murat · Oct 30, 2012

augustobt said:
Who, in the whole globe, trusts in the Dog? Sijsling is a set and double break ahead of him.

...and the dude is playing serve and volley!!! Closes it out with an ace...Who IS this guy???:shock:

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

The Dog doesn't do well when he makes a deep run in a tournament and has to turn around and play the next week. See DC earlier this year and what he did the following week in Toronto against Steps in losing 6-3 6-1. At least he got 2 more games today.

PeteD · Oct 30, 2012

ark_28 said:
Nice win for Grigor taking out Melzer 7-6 6-2 he's won a lot of matches lately, quarters in basel then coming through qualies to round 2 here!

Monaco next. Hmmm . . .

augustobt · Oct 30, 2012

1972murat said:
...and the dude is playing serve and volley!!! Closes it out with an ace...Who IS this guy???:shock:

hahahaha he is a dutch that plays majority by his serve. He is more a challenger player, who likes indoor courts.

1972murat · Oct 30, 2012

augustobt said:
hahahaha he is an dutch. He plays majority by his serve. He is more a challenger player, who likes indoor courts.

I am cool with it !

TheF1Bob · Oct 30, 2012

WOW seen some good tennis today, especially from that Sijsling guy.

Now we've got the Fiasco doing what he does best...

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

Verdasco getting his *** whipped right now. Down 5-0 to Querrey and he's won 1 points thus far.

diegaa · Oct 30, 2012

verdasco won just 1 point out of 21. WTF????

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

Verdasco on the board but loses the set 6-1 in 20 minutes.

TopDawg · Oct 30, 2012

Verdasco just retired - maybe that would explain the performance

PeteD · Oct 30, 2012

Play already called and Benny Paire decides to re-grip his racquet! Guess that's cool at a French tourney.

bjk · Oct 30, 2012

TopDawg said:
Verdasco just retired - maybe that would explain the performance

I don't see good things for Verdasco next year, could have trouble staying in the top 50.

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