2017 Basel - General Discussion

[johnnyb]

Federer gets another win, here we go to the SF!

 

[Soul_Evisceration]

1 set down, one to go.
Mannarino 1st set 6:4

Yeah make a wager after the first set. If you were a real woman, you'd ask for the wager prior to the match.

Anyways keep finger blasting to Rafa as usual.

 

[Qubax]

Whose in better form Sock or Goffin?

 

[Red Rick]

Whose in better form Sock or Goffin?

Sock is just coming off a 4 tournament first round streak or something. Basically hasn't done anything since Miami. Goffin won 2 tournaments this fall

 

[sportmac]

Whose in better form Sock or Goffin?

Well, Goffin has better form. With that backhand don't know that Sock will ever be in good form.

But to your question, Goffin is the steadier player right now and overall I think. Sock has never been very consistent.

 

[Red Rick]

Sweet little volley from Goffin there

 

[Red Rick]

Sweeter little volley from Sock there.

Better than any Fed volley this year

 

[albertobra]

Sock failed 2 SPs and Goffin got the set. Score 1-0 Goffin. Raquets smashed 1-0 Jack

 

[tennisaddict]

Sock has 1/10th the drive Querrey and Isner have. Even Johnson seems to play with a plan.

 

[Red Rick]

Sock failed 2 SPs and Goffin got the set. Score 1-0 Goffin. Raquets smashed 1-0 Jack

Pretty bad set, due to Sock erroring loads and Goffin returing terribly. Tiebreak was fun though, with Goffin dialing in the return at the right moment.

Match is very bad overall, though the sick tweener volley and stick breakage make it worthwile

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Quick match for Goffin, he was in a hurry!
Tale of a FH.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Quick match for Goffin, he was in a hurry!
Tale of a FH.

Let's hope he isn't in fanboy mode against Grandmaster Federer.

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Let's hope he isn't in fanboy mode against Grandmaster Federer.

We can only hope.
Tonight he was in a hurry and looked as he wasnt thinking that much. He'll probably be mental again tomorrow.

 

[Silence]

We're all following a strange melody
We're all summoned by a tune
We're following the piper
And we dance beneath the moon for him
And we dance beneath the moon!

Yes you are and yes you do
Have a good one!

 

[albertobra]

All first 4 seeds in SF in Basel. While the Vienna ATP 500 got a bit lost....

 

[Mainad]

Top 4 seeds through to the semis in Basel. Of today's quarter-finals, Goffin-Sock was the only straight setter so the fans can't say they weren't given their money's worth in today's action. Let's hope tomorrow's action is just as good!

 

[Chanwan]

Does Sock have the quint essential modern American game?
Big serve, big forehand, no backhand, crude tactics and a f*ck load of UE's?
Granted, given his doubles he's better at the net than most.

 

[Mainad]

Quick match for Goffin, he was in a hurry!
Tale of a FH.

Tough 1st set but it was getting late and David needed to get to bed. He'll need all the energy he can muster for tomorrow against Rogi!

 

[duaneeo]

Yes...just like his "wrist injury" in Shanghai which required an MRI and a full night to decide if he could even play the semi.

LOL! I didn't even see today's match, but once I saw it went to 3 sets I immediately thought "so, what was Delpo's "injury" today? Or, did he just do the oh-I-can-barely-stand routine?"

 

[clayqueen]

Have fun being wrong.

I wasn't far wrong, although I didn't really believe Mannariano would win, but he's surprised me a lot lately. He plays very much like Simon, placing the ball strategically and making few errors.

 

[clayqueen]

Yeah make a wager after the first set. If you were a real woman, you'd ask for the wager prior to the match.

Anyways keep finger blasting to Rafa as usual.

It wasn't such a wild suggestion; read the ATP match review:

Fighting Federer: Swiss Survives Mannarino In Hometown
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/federer-basel-2017-friday

 

[Chanwan]

LOL! I didn't even see today's match, but once I saw it went to 3 sets I immediately thought "so, what was Delpo's "injury" today? Or, did he just do the oh-I-can-barely-stand routine?"

I want to know too - anyone saw the Delpo match? Was he doing a Delpossum or was he genuinely hurt?

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

I want to know too - anyone saw the Delpo match? Was he doing a Delpossum or was he genuinely hurt?

He's delpossum. And I'm a fan and he did always look tired in his matches but a bit of scene displayed.
He can't stand and insinuate there's a problem with his back and next minute full stretch retrieving and full blast service.

 

[albertobra]

Delpo serving for 1st set.....

 

[Steve0904]

LOL! I didn't even see today's match, but once I saw it went to 3 sets I immediately thought "so, what was Delpo's "injury" today? Or, did he just do the oh-I-can-barely-stand routine?"

He's bad for that. Not really the gentle giant that many think he is. He did it against Federer in Shanghai too. Whenever the momentum is slipping away from him he'll sit down at the back of the court and pretend like he's tired.

Not to mention that he insults a guy's mother on court, and I'm not talking only about the incident with Murray from almost a decade ago. He did it against Robin Haase as well, just not in a language that the umpire understood, which is cowardly in itself.

 

[I Am Finnish]

What is the umpire's name

He has a female voice

 

[albertobra]

1st set Delpo. Cilic in UE mode lol.

 

[Steve0904]

What is the umpire's name

He has a female voice

Gianluca Moscarella. Yes that is a real name.

 

[albertobra]

I'm feeling sorry for Cilic, WTF. Already broke to love with 4 UE.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Gianluca Moscarella. Yes that is a real name.

 

[albertobra]

2-0 2nd set. 8 points to love. Cilic didn't click on start button yet.

 

[albertobra]

2nd set. 10 points to love

 

[fedtennisphan]

Gianluca Moscarella. Yes that is a real name.

This question comes up every time this guy umpires. I don’t know what kind of women you guys know, but he doesn’t sound like a woman.

 

[TheMaestro1990]

Who is the umpire?!

 

[Steve0904]

Here's a thread from last year on this topic. For your viewing pleasure.

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/male-umpire-with-annoying-voice.561680/

 

[TheMaestro1990]

I remember a match on youtube (Federer against X), and this umpire is literally screaming: ”GAME FEDERER!!!” So freaking funny

 

[mike danny]

Cilic still hanging on. But he's massively outplayed at the moment. And outmaneuvered too.

I guess the Davis Cup choke did him in vs Delpo.

 

[RS92]

Wow, del Potro wants to lose this set so bad.

 

[albertobra]

Man, this is one boring match. Yawn.

 

[RS92]

Wow, del Potro wants to lose this set so bad.

And Cilic wants to lose this match so bad lol.

A lot of UE from both, especially from Cilic.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Here's a thread from last year on this topic. For your viewing pleasure.

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/male-umpire-with-annoying-voice.561680/

Brilliant lol

 

[abmk]

Delpo closes it out. Into the final. At 2435 points now, 180 behind PCB. (Race)

 

[bhpower]

Del Potro vs Cilic aren't usually quality matches except last year Davis cup final.
Del Potro is going to have to play better next match or He will lose for sure.

 

[flyingboris]

What is the umpire's name

He has a female voice

Is it Varys Moscarella?

 

[abmk]

Delpo cilic h2h is 10-2 now. Keeps getting worse for Cilic.

 

[merwy]

Will Delpo make the WTF? Would be sick. Needs at least a SF showing at Paris though, and needs PCB to lose early. This is assuming Fed beats him in the Basal final

 

[I Am Finnish]

Is it Varys Moscarella?

Gianluca moscarella

 

[underground]

Goffin summoning Goaterer early on.

 

[tennis4me]

Fed is looking sharp so far. Goffin looks rushed.

 

[tennis4me]

Looks like bread stick is in the making.