dking68
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Sinner long term will deliver on hard courts and grass. Clay will be his worst surface but I see him winning Roland once in his career. He makes you work for every point like Nole and he has the power and belief to win a RG title.
2024 Miami Open ATP Master's 1000 QF - [1] Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (SPN) v/s [11] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
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nolefam_2024
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Alcaraz has to get far better far faster. Loss to Dimitrov not expected.
dking68
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Probably Sinner.
dking68
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I predicted he’d lose to Zverev. I predicted him to beat Dimitrov in three. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dimitrov had won today in three but losing in straight sets is very concerning.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Exactly brother exactly.
I predicted alcaraz will win 3. Loss in 3 is acceptable but not this.
dking68
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It seems he’s not good on fast courts. He’s not winning Australian Open anytime soon
Vincent-C
Legend
This isn't a fast court, though. Watch the bounce..
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
It's what passes for fast these days
Vincent-C
Legend
yeesh.
dking68
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If Grigor is playing like this in his 30s only god knows what he could’ve achieved in his 20s. He could’ve been a grand slam winner.
dking68
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Carrot overwhelms the Russian in straights
Vincent-C
Legend
That's cool.
sportsfan1
Legend
Pheasant
Legend
He brought his 2017 AO semi level to this match.
But yeah, agreed. I posted earlier that I was worried for Alcaraz vs this version of Grigor.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Yet there are members making threads comparing Alcaraz to Federer.
Playing single handers never bothered Fed and Alcaraz was as versatile as GOD Federer I heard.
Yes, I was just pointing out that maybe that is why Carlos doesnt go for the backhand as much as Nadal or Djokovic do against Dimi.
mental midget
Hall of Fame
not too worried for alcaraz. he just...won IW, right? the other guys are good too, and grigor showed up with his absolute best stuff. wtf winner, we all know how good he can be. and for all the fed comparisons, i mean...yeah there's a reason all that started back in the day. fed was of course better at everything and his positioning made him much more deadly, man he used to absolutely swarm the baseline back in the day. but for sure...shades of the master today...long live the 1hbh my friends.
mental midget
Hall of Fame
probably shapovalov? one of the 3 that found the court.
i kid...he's fun to watch, hope he finds his stride.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Dimi CurbStomped Raz who was just picking up some steam.
GloW
Professional
no but zed will
Vincent-C
Legend
Musetti and Lajovic have both beaten Djokovic.
sportsfan1
Legend
Yeah dimitrov was even going dtl bh, whereas usually he relies on slice as even his cc bh can be error prone. He needs to keep eating whatever he did today the rest of the tournament.
mental midget
Hall of Fame
can't disagree. that match was a surprise, man it just felt like somebody hit fast-forward and it was over. i like alcaraz but can't complain with grigor moving on.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
WTF Dimitrov is taking returns well inside the court. He had no fear of Alcaraz's serve.
Vincent-C
Legend
Yes, the serve is and will be an issue for the boy.
mental midget
Hall of Fame
sinner's got a little more juice imo, both can slug but i give jannik the edge on the off-script points, maybe more deadly on the short stuff, generally better defense-to-offense improviser. could be great match tho.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
I mean look at where Dimi is staying on return vs where Alcaraz is staying on return. Tactically very poor. It worked in IW because the surface was slower. Miami isn't even very fast. Its medium speed surface.
GloW
Professional
zverev hasn't droppef a setthe whole tournament, could be very tough one for Sinner
Tshooter
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Tshooter
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Tshooter
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NeutralFan
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Won't mind if Z wins
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Was out watching basketball. WTF is this? I know Dimotrov has the talent, but I'm still surprised he won AND mainly by the scoreline.
Tshooter
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Didn't watch the match but neither is Miami a particularly fast court not is any faster/slicker than Queen's where Alcaraz beat Grigor.
He objectively has the ability to take the ball early and play well and he was doing that even as recent as in the Musetti match. With a slice that is nasty on its day, I wouldn't worry much that he's a "clay courter" in a way say, Musetti is.
From what I understood this was one of those matches of the last six months where he completely loses his mind after something happens (missed bp, the opponent stepping up etc).
Worrying trend and my confidence in him moving forward is a little low as a result. He isn't a lock for anything moving forward because of this worrying trend of capitulating out of nowhere but let's see what the next part of the season holds and if he indeed is someone who can use clay to at least reasonably bounce back.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
For what it's worth, I went back to watch Djokovic vs Haas in 2013. Same scoreline. Although Djokovic played a little clueless that day as well and got sucked into the patterns where he got lulled into slow rallies followed by injection of pace from Haas.
Ray Mercer
Hall of Fame
Dimitrov played really well but I think it’s very likely he lays a complete egg in the semi-final. He almost always has a let-down after a big win. He’s almost never shown up for big matches in his entire career.
sportsfan1
Legend
Grigor is 1-7,1-14, and 1-12 vs fedalovic respectively.
Yet over a dozen years into his career, he lays a straight set beat down of the number 1 seed who was on a 9 match win streak. He sliced, diced and ran carlos ragged all over the court and out of ideas on what to do.
Go figure.
Yet over a dozen years into his career, he lays a straight set beat down of the number 1 seed who was on a 9 match win streak. He sliced, diced and ran carlos ragged all over the court and out of ideas on what to do.
Go figure.
That the era is weak? Alcaraz has been up and down since Wimbledon he probably didn't expect that level from Grigor and his tactics we're pretty bad.
He is still very young and will learn from this. Think this Dimitrov as good as he played would've struggled vs Medvedev or Sinner who are happy to pummel the backhand endlessly until it breaks down.
NaDjoFed
Professional
Agree.
I expect Dimitrov to suffer Zverev's serve.
Meddy-Sinner is more even, but I expect Sinner to go through.
Final: Zverev-Sinner. Sinner win.
The thing is Dimi did not have the body until his late 20s. Then he did not have the tennis. Now from time to time he's finding weeks where everything is in place.
Also, what people do not seem to see here is that Carlos has lost matches in AO and here in Miami against zoning Zverev and Dimitrov. They have been just too good to allow Carlos play his game. They'd crushed almost any other player in the circuit with the level displayed those matches.
junior74
Bionic Poster
mightyjeditribble
Legend
I just watched the highlights. Of course, highlights are highlights, but Dimitrov looked on fire. Reminded me of Fed in 2017 a little bit.
But he may find it harder to hit those spectacular return winners if Zverev's serve is on.
But he may find it harder to hit those spectacular return winners if Zverev's serve is on.
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