Look out for Nishi though. He may be the sleeper of this whole thing...Handily 3rd best.
Look out for Nishi though. He may be the sleeper of this whole thing...
5thLook out for Nishi though. He may be the sleeper of this whole thing...
Lool. Guru always looks that way. It's his natural state of being.Guru looks like he is about to fall asleep . . . and he is gifted the 2nd set from his good friend.
Roddick-style last year w/ feet together at toss. Now, feet apart, rear leg also slightly behind, then drawn in at toss.
I agree that he should not have lost 2 sets against the qualifier. But this USO is insane with so many 5 setters as many as 19+. As for RBA, he is a quality opponent and a grinder who took a set against Novak at both USO'15 and FO'16, followed by Rafa and now another pusher. While I agree Monfils is a better player at this moment, you can't rule out the fatigue factor.
"Well, sometime, you know, I just feel like I want a Coke, you know, and I drink a Coke, you know."How many times is ideal for Guru to tie his shoe laces in a match?
Tough love is the best kindMonfils giving tough lessons to Pouille.
Such nice legs as well.Pouille´s legs are gone.
Are you hoping for an all French affair vero?Frigging walk in the park for SuperGuru. He should be plenty fresh for a monster semi. Peachy.
Assuming Monfils wins it will be his 1st slam semi final?
He also reached the semis at the 2008 French Open.Assuming Monfils wins it will be his 1st slam semi final?
RBA is a good opponent, yes, and I suppose Monfils has had a pretty straightforward draw. Even Chiddenelli is a more accomplished opponent than Jan Satral.
In general, I'm still not sure it really makes sense to speak of the fatigue as an independent factor, rather than one related to quality. Usually, the top players go through more easily because they are better (and because the draw favors them). By the middle stages, those lower-ranked players who are still left in will have played more sets and so be more tired. But when they lose to a top player, the tiredness is a byproduct of their inferiority: if they were better than they are, they'd have won more easily and be less tired. Perhaps in this case, the difference in draw does make tiredness an independent factor, but it doesn't always.