2017 ATP Rogers Cup Montreal - Draw and general discussion

Who will win?

  • Nadal

    Votes: 29 26.1%

  • Federer

    Votes: 64 57.7%

  • Thiem

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Zverev

    Votes: 7 6.3%

  • Nishikori

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Raonic

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Dimitrov

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Tsonga

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Someone else (say who in the thread!)

    Votes: 3 2.7%
  • Total voters
    111
  • Poll closed .
SeeingDusk said:
How come most people sponsored by Nike are wearing the same apparel, except for Fed, Nadal, and Grigi? Did most people just happen to choose the same outfit?
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That is how it has been for some years though. Nike prepares special outfits for Roger and Rafa, a generic outfit for all the other players, and a separate outfit - mostly inverted/diff colour with same pattern for tier 2 players like Dimitrov/Del Potro.
This year in Montreal, Nike has been re-using Rafa's 2013 outfit and very similar to Roger's 2010 outfit. Nike dropped the ball in shirt designs since 2015.
 
I Am Finnish said:
@Big_Dangerous i mean Federer must reach the qf in cincinnatti & Nadal must lose in the 2nd or 3th round
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Lol, given the sad state of the ATP draws with no Djokovic, no Wawrinka, Murray hurt, I'd say Fed has a great shot to reach the quarters or better at Cincy. If he wins Montreal and Cincy, this might go down as one of the greatest seasons for a guy 35 years or older. I mean 2 slams, and possibly 4 masters titles, plus he'll have a shot at the US Open too... :eek::D:p
 
Big_Dangerous said:
Lol, given the sad state of the ATP draws with no Djokovic, no Wawrinka, Murray hurt, I'd say Fed has a great shot to reach the quarters or better at Cincy. If he wins Montreal and Cincy, this might go down as one of the greatest seasons for a guy 35 years or older. I mean 2 slams, and possibly 4 masters titles, plus he'll have a shot at the US Open too... :eek::D:p
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I mean he reach must the sf
Made a typo :D


He is 36 :o
 
Big_Dangerous said:
I know, I said 35 or older, lol, because he was 35 to start the year, but only turned 36 a few days ago. ;) Still an incredible and resurgent year from a guy most people thought was finnish winning majors. :D
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2013-16 he was finnish
This year he is a swiss
Next year could be finnish again :o
 
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TripleATeam said:
Well, Schwartzman somehow does it. How long has it been since a bagel actually led to a victory? It seems more and more like a bad omen...
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It was a great match and guess who Donaldson hit with all the time when he was training on Argentina clay as a teenager? Yep, Diego. Quite friendly.
 
Still no explanation from Fed for his struggling performance. He seemed hung over. Maybe he went on a bender with Nadal, who had a rough match as well...
 
Big_Dangerous said:
So there are only 3 remaining seeds left in the singles draw, and 2 play each other tomorrow, so we're looking at a maximum of 2 after these quarterfinals, and possible 1 if Anderson upsets Zverev... Lol, this is so ridiculous!
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I like it. Deep runs by players well under the radar are quite exciting IMO. I love seeing surprise QF and SF opponents, even a final opponent if we're lucky (Jerzy in Paris 12 comes to mind).
 
smoledman said:
It never helped that JMac said Rafa was the best volleyer in tennis.
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That's the problem. Rafa has decent touch at net and transitions well when he does come in, it's just that there hasn't been nearly enough evidence that he's as proficient at the net as a fair few others, Fed included. So yeah, he's definitely not bad, just more limited than the classically excellent volleyers. Hasn't done him much harm because his baseline prowess is pretty much unmatched.
 
TearTheRoofOff said:
That's the problem. Rafa has decent touch at net and transitions well when he does come in, it's just that there hasn't been nearly enough evidence that he's as proficient at the net as a fair few others, Fed included. So yeah, he's definitely not bad, just more limited than the classically excellent volleyers. Hasn't done him much harm because his baseline prowess is pretty much unmatched.
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Well I don't know, 2011-2016 Djokovic did a good job of beating Nadal from the baseline, no? See that Australian Open 2012 final. ;)
 
imonfire said:
Did anyone reply to you? There's only Fed left from the top 8 options in the poll, and he had a bad match today.
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Zverev is still in it. Third most popular pick.

However, maybe you're onto something, and the masked avengers that voted for somebody else will come out and declare themselves come Sunday, if both Fed and Sascha go out.
 
Great day of tennis yesterday! This tournament has produced some really fascinating results. Hope for the future!
 
FedFosterWallace said:
Great day of tennis yesterday! This tournament has produced some really fascinating results. Hope for the future!
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The dream final is still on, although Denis the menace is igniting the crowd and that gives him special power.

Missed out on all the tennis last night. Zverev beating Kyrgios brought joy to my heart. I knew it was time. Good when you're right. :p
 
Big_Dangerous said:
So there are only 3 remaining seeds left in the singles draw, and 2 play each other tomorrow, so we're looking at a maximum of 2 after these quarterfinals, and possible 1 if Anderson upsets Zverev... Lol, this is so ridiculous!
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Even if the draw had the top players I think we would have seen the same results. I wanna see a Federer vs Zverev final.
 
Poisoned Slice said:
The dream final is still on, although Denis the menace is igniting the crowd and that gives him special power.

Missed out on all the tennis last night. Zverev beating Kyrgios brought joy to my heart. I knew it was time. Good when you're right. :p
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Talk to me! Some of my faves have bitten the dust... but I cannot complain!
 
Nadal15thslam said:
If he wanted to be number 1 that much he should have played 1 or 2 tournaments on clay, problem solved :)
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I believe he knows his body betterer than anyone except maybe that skinny balding fellow that's finally pushed his way into the player's box spotlight. Pierre so far has counseled wisely on proper scheduling for the limitations on a guy that has played 1348 matches at ATP level.

Did you notice how fast both Paganini and Ljub scampered up the steps yesterday after fedr finally closed out Ferrer? There is probably concern about his physical status in the wake of this very off performance but they will do what's possible to get him ready for the rest of this next month. Then it's a well deserved break until Shanghai and the following indoor Euro schedule.
 
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ACE of Hearts said:
Even if the draw had the top players I think we would have seen the same results. I wanna see a Federer vs Zverev final.
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I don't see how, because it would have changed the matchups, and maybe Schwartzman doesn't get Thiem the chokerer, but gets Fed, or Nadal or someone like that..
 
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