2016 Chennai Open Final: [1] Stan Wawrinka vs [8] Borna Coric

Who will win?

  • Wawrinka in 2

    Votes: 8 50.0%

  • Wawrinka in 3

    Votes: 4 25.0%

  • Coric in 3

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • Coric in 2

    Votes: 1 6.3%
  • Total voters
    16
  • Poll closed .
Yeah, when Stan is in the form to reach finals, he bulldozes anyone - and that includes Djokovic or Nadal or Federer (RG 2015, AO 2014, MC 2014).

Not only that, but Stanimal has evolved. Since the second half of 2015 he's actually found consistency in MASTERS EVENTS AS WELL as in the Slams.


Ruh roh...
 
TennisTV must have forgotten to turn off the Chennai feed, because now they're airing the doubles final. :D:)

Paire is wearing one red shoe and one black shoe.
 
Stan's results at Masters level and above since Wimbledon: 2R, QF, SF, QF, SF, QF, SF, SF.

Consistency and Wawrinka you say???? I say.

Stan is setting up to better his career high ranking? Has he turned the corner? If he has a very good year up till RG, then he could even go as high as #2.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
Yeah, when Stan is in the form to reach finals, he bulldozes anyone - and that includes Djokovic or Nadal or Federer (RG 2015, AO 2014, MC 2014).

Not only that, but Stanimal has evolved. Since the second half of 2015 he's actually found consistency in MASTERS EVENTS AS WELL as in the Slams.


Ruh roh...
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I'm still waiting for a Stan-Murray final. Maybe we'll get one soon. I could be completely wrong, but I feel that he has played fearlessly against Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer in big finals because he basically had his back up against the wall and felt that he had no other choice. Given the close H2H vs Murray, he might not have the same do-or-die mentality.

It will be interesting to see Stan's form in the Masters this year. He has stated that he wants to find consistency, so it's not like he doesn't care about those tournaments. We'll see! o_O
 
Martin clocked his partner Marach in the ear with a serve, and he stayed down for a little while. Kinda makes you wonder what damage Dr. Ivo could have dealt his doubles partners, if he were ever in a foul enough mood.
 
As a Rafa fan, I can only hope Stan and Novak are in the same draw at Melbourne. Not only because I see Stan as a harder match up for Rafa than Roger or Andy but also because Stan is the one most likely to beat Novak so that Rafa doesn't have to face him in the final. All this is redundant though. In reality, Novak is racing away to another AO title, this time around without losing a set.


Congratulations Stan btw. Good to see a 2 time grand slam champion play in my country.
 
Last time he came here as a defending AO Champion
Thish time as a FO Champion
NEsh time as a Wimbledon Champion :p
It's quite funny that he takes this tournament seriously than Masters.
Probably as a Warm-up for AO.
 
Its great to see Coric going that far in an ATP event. Has any other teenager made it to as far as final of an ATP tour event in last few years?
 
StannisTheMannis said:
My man needs to save his peak this year for Wimby
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Waste of a peak - he won't win. He should save his peaks for the Slams he has a legit. shot of winning which are the AO and RG. OK, I won't count him out at the US Open but I think Wimbledon is super duper unlikely. Stan can spoil Djokovic's party again this year, whether it be at AO, RG or both.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
Waste of a peak - he won't win. He should save his peaks for the Slams he has a legit. shot of winning which are the AO and RG. OK, I won't count him out at the US Open but I think Wimbledon is super duper unlikely. Stan can spoil Djokovic's party again this year, whether it be at AO, RG or both.
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His last two Wimby efforts show improvement. I consider the Gasquet QF an easy top 3 match of 2015.
 
stringertom said:
His last two Wimby efforts show improvement. I consider the Gasquet QF an easy top 3 match of 2015.
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I feel the quality of that match is substantially overrated (and kept banging on about it in the live match thread as it was ongoing IIRC). Shortly after, we saw a real super high quality level of grass play when Federer spanked Murray. Gasquet does have pedigree on grass which is why it's of no surprise the match went the distance, so Stan did show improvement but essentially he was only the equal of Gasquet - meaning that he was useful but not remotely close to Wimbledon winning quality. The match was great entertainment, but in terms of quality I didn't find it to be extraordinary. Will be happy to be proven wrong on such dreams such as Murray winning RG and Stan winning Wimbledon, but am positive neither will happen.
 
mellowyellow said:
Coric, though looks bigger and stronger still looks like a boy, and his groundies are improving but still look boyish to me.
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yet was on court for over 5.5hours in last 2 matches and still at 19 was able to have a decent fight and score compared to a fully fit near peak Nadal when he played 3 hours to beat Moya to play in that awful final.

Stan was lucky young Coric was not fresh and almost lost to him in November 2015. Time will come for Coric the way he is going and his FH is getting stronger which is a surprise with that WTA stroke he has
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
Not only that, but Stanimal has evolved.
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Nathaniel_Near said:
Waste of a peak - he won't win. He should save his peaks for the Slams he has a legit. shot of winning which are the AO and RG. OK, I won't count him out at the US Open but I think Wimbledon is super duper unlikely. Stan can spoil Djokovic's party again this year, whether it be at AO, RG or both.
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stringertom said:
His last two Wimby efforts show improvement. I consider the Gasquet QF an easy top 3 match of 2015.
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i wouldn't count him out at wimbledon either... especially with the state of the grass in the 2nd week ! ;)
in 2014 and 2015, he wasn't far to reach the SF...
 
Great match - awesome hitting in the finals. Great shot making by Stan. Hope to see more of 'stunning Stan' this year.
 
racquetreligion said:
yet was on court for over 5.5hours in last 2 matches and still at 19 was able to have a decent fight and score compared to a fully fit near peak Nadal when he played 3 hours to beat Moya to play in that awful final.

Stan was lucky young Coric was not fresh and almost lost to him in November 2015. Time will come for Coric the way he is going and his FH is getting stronger which is a surprise with that WTA stroke he has
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If he ever learns to loosen his motion the free power will come, so many times it looks forced... he has good size and reach it just need to be used. Too many easy rally balls he hits short and loopy relinquishing an advantage immediately after taking it. Not enough direction, or not enough depth. I seriously hope they get this straightened out.
 
he needs to throw the racquet into the ball a little more instead of muscling at it, Im not a fan of this Nole style play
if there are many doing it but its the way the game is heading and not much is being or can be done to curve it.
Unless drastic measures are taken to avoid servebots and hackers equally on every surface.
Ive always proposed a certain racquet size according to height but that is drastic and would expose the racquet
manufacturers lies and marketing scams.
 
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