2018 ATP Sudden Death League: Indian Wells

[Krish872007]

If you sticked with Querrey earlier, you would not had him to pick. You may have even had 1 save pick left.

You tell me what's worse:

- 2018 IW, where I switched away from Querrey when he won, then switched to him when he lost, allowing Pagoo to keep the top spot by 120 pts
or:
- 2017 IW, where I rolled through until I picked Cuevas in the QFs. Cuevas held Match Point against PCB, but eventually lost in a final-set TB. winchestervatennis picked PCB and went on to win the title.

 

[RS92]

@RS92 - ultimate proof that this game should be played on instinct, especially if (like me right now), you happen to be going through a purple patch of sorts.

I thought today of changing my pick to Raonic until literally the start of the match.

You missed a great chance with Coric, but it was a pretty tough match. Anderson in the third set was serving 4-2 and it looked like he was going to win.

 

[gn]

You tell me what's worse:

- 2018 IW, where I switched away from Querrey when he won, then switched to him when he lost, allowing Pagoo to keep the top spot by 120 pts
or:
- 2017 IW, where I rolled through until I picked Cuevas in the QFs. Cuevas held Match Point against PCB, but eventually lost in a final-set TB. winchestervatennis picked PCB and went on to win the title.

Nightmare tournament, this. You can accept the straight sets beatdown. But losing from winning position is hard to digest.

But the good thing about losing at IW is that another big tournament is around the corner. Oh! Did I mention @Pagoo is dropping 1050 points there?

 

[RS92]

You tell me what's worse:

- 2018 IW, where I switched away from Querrey when he won, then switched to him when he lost, allowing Pagoo to keep the top spot by 120 pts
or:
- 2017 IW, where I rolled through until I picked Cuevas in the QFs. Cuevas held Match Point against PCB, but eventually lost in a final-set TB. winchestervatennis picked PCB and went on to win the title.

2017 by far. You were literally one point away of winning the title and becoming number one. If I'm not wrong, you had Wawrinka and Federer available for the semifinal and final.

 

[George Turner]

SF; Del Potro.

 

[George Turner]

Final; Fedr

 

[gn]

Final; Fedr

Good luck!

 

[George Turner]

Good luck!

Thank you. Though after today i wonder if i should have saved Del Po for the final

 

[Krish872007]

Thank you. Though after today i wonder if i should have saved Del Po for the final

Hopefully for you today's matches are meaningless when it comes to the Final!

 

[gn]

Thank you. Though after today i wonder if i should have saved Del Po for the final

I only kept up with the flashscore. Did he play great?

 

[George Turner]

I only kept up with the flashscore. Did he play great?

Fedr was on his C game Today, had to grind it out at times with is a typical. Needs to step it up against Del Po, one of Fedrs most dangerous opponents. Didn't follow Del Pos match.

Its a different day, hope Fed plays better.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

Good luck @George Turner

 

[gn]

Fedr was on his C game Today, had to grind it out at times with is a typical. Needs to step it up against Del Po, one of Fedrs most dangerous opponents. Didn't follow Del Pos match.

Its a different day, hope Fed plays better.

Watched 2nd and 3rd set of Fedr. But not Delpo. Scorecard suggests Delpo wrecked Milos. As you said, he may trouble Fedr since he is Fed's toughest opponent after Fed's back. Let's hope that is not the case.

 

[George Turner]

Do I get a moral trophy for this?

 

[Krish872007]

Do I get a moral trophy for this?

Man, I really feel for you here. This loss will sting because you pretty much had the IW SDL title in your hands half an hour ago. Unlucky, but good job on reaching the Final.

 

[RS92]

Do I get a moral trophy for this?

That was extremely close. I lost a final in this game last year where my pick also had a championship point, but it was just a 500 event.

Still, you made it to the final in one of the toughest tournaments of the SDL.