2018 s'Hertogenbosch (Libema Open); ATP250 - General Discussion

[Bukowski]

Verdasco looking any better?

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Verdasco looking any better?

39% first serve % from Verdasco in the set. Awful. 89% second serve though and played better towards the end of the set.

Second set should be good. Cmon Bernard.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Verdasco holds to open the second.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

bernie lead nando 5-1 in the H2H ?!
(including 2 five-setters)

 

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

I'm not here, not watching, nothing to see....

whispers


"c'mon Bernie, concentrate..."

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Tomic with three abysmal points there and he gets broken.

Just awful on that break point, had the smash and chose to go at Verdasco.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Appears Tomic has already given up on this set. Verdasco up 3-0.

 

[Tennis_dude101]

It will be interesting to see how hard Bernie tries in the next game. Only down one break..

 

[Aussie Darcy]

That was about a 40 second hold for Tomic. Wow.

 

[Tennis_dude101]

Holds to love! Game on!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Double break points for Tomic to get back on serve. Vamos!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Verdasco saves both but Tomic gets another!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Yet another double fault and Tomic breaks!

Verdasco belts the ball out of anger and gets a code violation.

More people should be watching and ‘liking’ my commentary

 

[Tennis_dude101]

Breaks back! On serve now...

 

[Tennis_dude101]

4:4, nice to see Tomic throw in the serve volley

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Tomic serving to stay in the set now. Cmon, keep your head.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Huge hold from Tomic. Verdasco was two points from the set twice. 5-5.

@Meles you should be here liking my posts and watching the GOAT

 

[reaper]

You've got to love the little "tank" from Tomic there on game point. Leans to the centre to guarantee any natural swinging left serve from Verdasco will be an ace.

 

[Tennis_dude101]

Verdasco is wishing he was back on clay.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Tiebreak time

 

[Tennis_dude101]

5:1 Tomic in the tiebreak!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Bernard Tomic wins! Knocks out 4th seed Verdasco in straight sets.

Fights back from 4-1 down in the 2nd to win.

Looking so good on grass.

Into an ATP SF for the first time in since Queens 2016. 2 years ago.

 

[Tennis_dude101]

Good test for him too, coming back from a break (0-3) down as well! No Tanking today

 

[reaper]

Bernie applying pressure for the Wimbledon wild card. Just the call Tennis Australia would love to make!

 

[Tennis_dude101]

Gasquet in the semi will be a good match assuming he gets through.

 

[reaper]

Good test for him too, coming back from a break (0-3) down as well! No Tanking today

There was no tanking of sets or the match..but Verdasco did serve 17 aces in 2 sets. His career average is 5 per match. There was plenty of leaning the wrong way from Bernie and watching the supposedly impossible serve sail by.

 

[SeeingDusk]

Bernie to win Wimbledon. You heard it here first. The young goat is back.

 

[Meles]

Juicy match between Reechard and Tsitsi; revenge for Doha?

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Tomic up 35 spots to get back into the top 150 in the live rankings. A win in the SF would push him back inside the top 120.

So good to see Tomic back.

 

[Deleted member 756486]

Tomic has a better chance of winning Wimby than RAFA does.

Spoiler

I’m kidding VB. Plz don’t hurt me.

 

[Meles]

Tomic up 35 spots to get back into the top 150 in the live rankings. A win in the SF would push him back inside the top 120.

So good to see Tomic back.

Atomic is playing well. Hope its Tsitsi because that would be great to watch.

 

[Meles]

What a first return and wicked cross slice by Tsitsi.... deep lob just in and Reechard finally fouls backhand and 40 all.

 

[Meles]

Hawkeye down and Tsitsi a bit whiny about it. All three games long fought holds. Tsitsi 1-2. Tsitsi leaking errors from backhand.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Hawkeye down and Tsitsi a bit whiny about it. All three games long fought holds. Tsitsi 1-2. Tsitsi leaking errors from backhand.

Tsits up.

 

[reaper]

Incredible rally there....just when I was about to bag Tsitsi's backhand!

 

[Meles]

Now Reechard wants hawkeye. 40-15

 

[Meles]

Incredible rally there....just when I was about to bag Tsitsi's backhand!

He wants out of those cross court backhand rallies

 

[abmk]

nice exchange at the net. 30 all.

nick fh forces error from feli slice.

BP Nick.

 

[abmk]

feli with the FH unforced error and Nick gets the break.

 

[reaper]

He wants out of those cross court backhand rallies

Sure does....and thinks he has to hit a DTL winner to get out of them. Anything wrong with a rally ball to the Gasquet forehand?

 

[Meles]

Sure does....and thinks he has to hit a DTL winner to get out of them. Anything wrong with a rally ball to the Gasquet forehand?

This is grass training wheels for Tsitsi; smart choice to wildcard here rather than the buzzsaw draw at Stuttgart. Unfortunately I'm jogging back and forth between this match and Kyrgios v Deliciano.

 

[Meles]

Reechard a tough cookie with that backhand; almost every other shot Tsitsi does better yet somehow I think he's going down today.

 

[Meles]

Gasquet 40-30 and dripping like Nadal on a humid day.

 

[Meles]

Gasquet 40-15 to 40 all at 5 all

 

[Meles]

Tiebreaker

 

[Meles]

Ouch. Let and the DF to 0-2 by Tsits

 

[Meles]

Gasquet long crosscourt BH exchange to 3-1

 

[EloQuent]

ST has lost the first set of both his previous matches this tournament.

 

[Meles]

Easy breaker for Reechard, but is this just another slow Tsits sart?

 

[Nostradamus]

Gasquet long crosscourt BH exchange to 3-1

If you really want to know WHO has the better 1-handed Backhand between these two... Gasquet Overwelhmingly proven today that He has better one. he is winning 90 % of the points whenever they go crosscourt backhand to backhand long rallies against each other.