[9] Goffin vs Khachanov rematch - R1 Mutua Madrid Open 2017

Who will win?

  • Goffin in 2. No doubt.

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  • Khachanov in 2. His big serve will prevail on "fast clay".

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  • Total voters
    4

Charleneriva

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Only 10 days after their first match on clay and second one overall, all in 2017, now will Khachanov get his second win over a top ten player or will Goffin quickly get his revenge to set up a potential rematch with the King in the QF? :oops:

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Match is scheduled the third on Manolo Santana court, after the two WTA matches and not before 2:30 PM local time.
 
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TheMusicLover

G.O.A.T.
Will be interesting to see what will happen, indeed... 'being the positive person as I am, I expect Goffin to take revenge!
(mind you, I've failed at at least 20 of my latest 'predictions' :D )
 

stringertom

Bionic Poster
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Only 10 days after their first match on clay and second one overall, all in 2017, now will Khachanov get his second win over a top ten player or will Goffin quickly get his revenge to set up a potential rematch with the King in the QF? :oops:

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Match is scheduled the third on Manolo Santana court, after the two WTA matches and not before 2:30 PM local time.
Nice quads there, Silent K!:eek:
 

Charleneriva

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I just turned on the stream, hoping the match would be starting soon... only to turn it off in disgust in an instant.

DARN those combined ATP/WTA events!!! :mad:

Cool down. I've been watching some of the Sharapova vs Lucic-Baroni match while doing some cooking. Quite a good match actually :D but poor LB's just got destroyed in the decider by Sharapova. Will be eating sth delicious while watching Goffin winning, hopefully. :oops:
 

TheMusicLover

G.O.A.T.
Calm down. I've been watching some of the Sharapova vs Lucic-Baroni match while doing some cooking. Quite a good match actually :D but poor LB's just got destroyed in the decider by Sharapova. Will be eating sth delicious while watching Goffin winning, hopefully. :oops:
I can't help it, I just cannot watch any match by Shriekapova. Not even with the sound turned off.

Time for Goff and Khach!
 

Charleneriva

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I can't help it, I just cannot watch any match by Shriekapova. Not even with the sound turned off.

Time for Goff and Khach!

I'm not her fan but I like her fighting spirit. Some are even saying she will be one of the favourites at RG this year, so it's worth having a look. :D
 

Meles

Bionic Poster
Goffin off to a good start, but you can see why the head to head is so close. Khachanov plays well against the Goffin ball and sometimes his power gets by Goffin who is trying to press and take time away.
 

tennis_pro

Bionic Poster
This is one of the matches you never bet on. I watched both of their encounters this year - IW was super close and Goffin won but then Khachanov beat him on clay in Barcelona in another close match. Goffin in 3 would be the most accurate prediction but Khachanov can definitely beat him.
 

Meles

Bionic Poster
This is one of the matches you never bet on. I watched both of their encounters this year - IW was super close and Goffin won but then Khachanov beat him on clay in Barcelona in another close match. Goffin in 3 would be the most accurate prediction but Khachanov can definitely beat him.
Yes. Haha. Have you figured out whose coming out of the Wawrinka quarter? I think most would take Goffin in this match given Khach maybe not playing as well last week.
 

tennis_pro

Bionic Poster
Yes. Haha. Have you figured out whose coming out of the Wawrinka quarter?
Impossible to say, the obvious choice is Wawrinka himself but I'm actually gonna go with Berdych. He's improved a lot in the last month or so, got 2 easy matches until the 3rd round where he faces Cilic/Zverev both of which could be upset early due to playing in 250's a week before. I don't see Wawrinka going through his first 2 matches against solid clay courters and even if he does Berdych can beat him.

Verdasco is the dark horse in this section, I predict him to beat Zverev and maybe do some damage later on.
I think most would take Goffin in this match given Khach maybe not playing as well last week.
I watched a couple of his matches this year and by far the 2 best matches he's played were those against Gofifn. For whatever reason he likes playing David.
 

Meles

Bionic Poster
Impossible to say, the obvious choice is Wawrinka himself but I'm actually gonna go with Berdych. He's improved a lot in the last month or so, got 2 easy matches until the 3rd round where he faces Cilic/Zverev both of which could be upset early due to playing in 250's a week before. I don't see Wawrinka going through his first 2 matches against solid clay courters and even if he does Berdych can beat him.

Verdasco is the dark horse in this section, I predict him to beat Zverev and maybe do some damage later on.

I watched a couple of his matches this year and by far the 2 best matches he's played were those against Gofifn. For whatever reason he likes playing David.
Well you can see it in every stroke and seems to be the nature of these head to heads where one player just likes hitting the ball coming off the other racquet.

Cilic is in strong form and just bested Berdy in MC. Zverev I'd normally favor as he's young and this is clay, but hard time seeing him beating Cilic (Dasco pretty old, but playing well on hard courts this year.:confused:) Zverev showed some real sparks of brilliance in his match yesterday, but Madrid will be his 4th week in a row on tour.:confused: Cuevas is in form and just beat Wawa. Never played Sock before, but if he gets by that match he could do very well and come through. Cuevas has never played Cilic. Cilic playing well and then he hits the wall of late and can't get the ball in (literally saw him against Schwartzman nearly put a forehand sitter into the cameraman on the fly.:confused:) Cuevas is fresh and in form so it could be him versus Cilic of Berdy. Berdy 1-1 versus Cuevas. Cuevas top ten clay court player right now so Bendych will likely submit.:p
 
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