ATP 500: Barclays Dubai Championshiop, Feb 23-28

[seffina]

Yeah, hope Murray feels better in his next match. Glad he has a day of rest there to get stuff together.

 

[Underhand]

You're all heart, Santoro :razz:

No, Santoro is in Dubai and just starting his match!

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

How excited would you be if there was a Fabrice/Donald Young match scheduled...?

 

[Underhand]

How excited would you be if there was a Fabrice/Donald Young match scheduled...?

A Santoro v Safin would be much more entertaining :twisted:

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

You Santard, trying to get all the Safintards worked up with comments like that!:twisted:

 

[Underhand]

Far from it - this is the worst year in tennis history when Safin and Santoro retire at the same time.

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

I agree.
Well not agreeing with it being the worst year in tennis history.
But i'm going to miss them both. Dearly.
Though i think one of them may change his mind.

 

[seffina]

God, I hope it's Safin.

 

[Cyan]

It would be awesome if Nole won.....

 

[Underhand]

Santoro got the first set, Hanescu starts to feel Safin's pain.

 

[tudwell]

Anybody know what time the Safin-Gasquet match will be?

And when was the last time Safin was seeded? It looks so strange to see his name in bold on the draw...

 

[oranges]

Anybody know what time the Safin-Gasquet match will be?

And when was the last time Safin was seeded? It looks so strange to see his name in bold on the draw...

It's the second match tomorrow on center court, the first starting at 2 PM local time or 11 AM CET

He's been seeded in every tournament this year I think, comes with the late 20s ranking

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Richie and Marat... now that is tennis! (if they both show up to play)

wow... two real tennis matches in 2 days...

my "tired of moobalers" eyes cant stand tha much...

 

[Cloudy]

if the real Rich and Marat show up it should be bloody amazing.

 

[Love Game]

so they gave andy ram a visa
while refusing one to peer.
makes sense in a certain :evil: way.
only matches i'll break my viewing
ban to watch here are simon's.
is he playing tomorrow?

 

[jaggy]

I hope I can see Santoro play here, preferably against Karlovic (I havent seen all the results today)

 

[Love Game]

I hope I can see Santoro play here, preferably against Karlovic (I havent seen all the results today)

i like the way you think.
that could be interesting!

 

[gj011]

Well that is not going to happen since Karlovic lost to 400+ ranked qualifier.

Also Tipsarevic threw away the win against Cilic.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Well that is not going to happen since Karlovic lost to 400+ ranked qualifier.

Also Tipsarevic threw away the win against Cilic.

i saw Tip's match and my god... did he screw his game today!:-?

i was hoping for something else...

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

so they gave andy ram a visa
while refusing one to peer.
makes sense in a certain :evil: way.
only matches i'll break my viewing
ban to watch here are simon's.
is he playing tomorrow?

You should be a true rebel and not watch any Dubai match.



Annnnnnd results:

Monday, February 23, 2009

Singles - First Round

Murray d Stakhovsky - 6:7 6:3 5:3 ret.
Ferrer d Ljubicic - 3:6 6:2 6:1
Cilic d Tipsarevic - 2:6 7:6 6:4
Chiudinelli d Karlovic - 7:6 4:6 7:6
Santoro d Hanescu - 6:4 6:2
Gabashvili d Recouderc - 5:7 7:6 6:3

Doubles - First Round

Bolelli/Karlovic d Dlouhy/Paes - 6:4 2:6 10:8
de Voest/Tursunov d Andreev/Youzhny - 6:3 6:2
Matkowski/Schuettler d Kas/Kohlschreiber - 6:3 6:2

Fabrice is the only guy to win in straights in singles!

 

[Love Game]

Well that is not going to happen since Karlovic lost to 400+ ranked qualifier.

Also Tipsarevic threw away the win against Cilic.

oh dear, i see what you mean ......

and karlovic lost to a qualifier.

what's been happening with Tipsi this year?

 

[seffina]

i saw Tip's match and my god... did he screw his game today!:-?

i was hoping for something else...

Did he? So Cilic wasn't playing well? He's not in good form or Tipsy just had been playing really well?

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009


CENTRE COURT start 2:00 pm
[3] G Simon (FRA) vs [WC] M Ghareeb (KUW)
[8] [WC] M Safin (RUS) vs R Gasquet (FRA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) vs [Q] F Cipolla (ITA)
D Tursunov (RUS) vs [WC] A Seppi (ITA)

COURT 1 start 2:00 pm
J Melzer (AUT) vs J Benneteau (FRA)
J Hernych (CZE) vs M Youzhny (RUS)
[6] I Andreev (RUS) vs R de Voest (RSA)
[WC] H Abbas (UAE) / M Al Baloushi (UAE) vs [2] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH)

COURT 3 start 2:00 pm
P Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [Q] M Lammer (SUI)
V Troicki (SRB) vs S Bolelli (ITA)
R Schuettler (GER) vs A Clement (FRA)

Hopefully the Simon match won't take too long, because the fun should start right after.

 

[Love Game]

You should be a true rebel and not watch any Dubai match.

i know!

Fabrice is the only guy to win in straights in singles!

amazing. he retires (?) from french tennis only to excel in dubai ... and he beat hanescu in straights! :shock:

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

It would be awesome if Nole won.....

His first match? Yes that would be awesome.


I keed, i keed. I want Novak to do well here.

God, I hope it's Safin.

Actually i was thinking of Santoro, since he was suppose to have left by now.
Safin i imagine will just go away and become some kind of mountain ranging Buddha sex-gawd.

 

[seffina]

Hopefully the Simon match won't take too long, because the fun should start right after.

Match times totally suck for me. I have to collect samples at 5:00 am so I'll miss the Simon match. Hopefully I'm back for the Gasquet/Safin match that I'm guessing will start around 6:30 am or 7:00 am EST. Eh. Maybe I'll go at 3 am. I should just go to sleep right now.

 

[Love Game]

Hopefully the Simon match won't take too long, because the fun should start right after.

:razz: ..... let's see ....... ummm.....
[3] G Simon (FRA) vs [WC] M Ghareeb (KUW)
looks like your hope w/b fulfilled! :lol:

 

[seffina]

I keed, i keed. I want Novak to do well here.

Actually i was thinking of Santoro, since he was suppose to have left by now.
Safin i imagine will just go away and become some kind of mountain ranging Buddha sex-gawd.

I want Novak to do as well. I need to look at his draw. What are his biggest challenges?

I'm just hoping Safin gets tired of the Buddha sex-gawd thing after a little while and comes back and decides to play some serious tennis. A girl can hope.

 

[Love Game]

Match times totally suck for me. I have to collect samples at 5:00 am so I'll miss the Simon match. Hopefully I'm back for the Gasquet/Safin match that I'm guessing will start around 6:30 am or 7:00 am EST. Eh. Maybe I'll go at 3 am. I should just go to sleep right now.

... the rocks wont know the difference.

p.s. where are you watching? online?

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

i know!

I jest of course. If we had a viewers boycott these boys (and gals) would lose out. They need us!

 

[Love Game]

i saw Tip's match and my god... did he screw his game today!:-?

i was hoping for something else...

what happened?
he started out so well 6-2 in the first.
then 2nd to tiebreaker . . .

 

[seffina]

... the rocks wont know the difference.

p.s. where are you watching? online?

True, the rocks won't know any difference, it's just the lab won't open until 6:00 am, so if I collect samples at 5:00 I can directly go there and come home for the rest of the day. If I go at 3, I'll have to make two trips. I'll figure it out.

Yes, online. Are there any other options? Is it being broadcasted on TV in the states anywhere?

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

Match times totally suck for me. I have to collect samples at 5:00 am so I'll miss the Simon match. Hopefully I'm back for the Gasquet/Safin match that I'm guessing will start around 6:30 am or 7:00 am EST. Eh. Maybe I'll go at 3 am. I should just go to sleep right now.

Samples? I'm intrigued. And this is at 5 am! Even more intrigued.
Yes, go to bed. I urge you to. Even though we'd rather have you here, we musn't let tennis schedules rule your life.

:razz: ..... let's see ....... ummm.....
[3] G Simon (FRA) vs [WC] M Ghareeb (KUW)
looks like your hope w/b fulfilled! :lol:

Looks like this friendly neighbour gets a lot of WC handed to him in Dubai. And to little use: http://www.atpworldtour.com/5/en/pl...=0&player=G531&selTournament=495&prevtrnnum=0

Can't blame him, he seems to draw all the big guys (as expected) early.
Still, he took Roger to a TB in 2006. Is that a bad sign? :shock: :lol:

 

[IvanAndreevich]

Too bad Roger isn't playing

 

[Oui c'est moi.]

I want Novak to do as well. I need to look at his draw. What are his biggest challenges?

I'm just hoping Safin gets tired of the Buddha sex-gawd thing after a little while and comes back and decides to play some serious tennis. A girl can hope.

Youzhny on a good day could be problematic. But when did he last have a good day?
Also, CILIC! That's a match i'd love to happen here.


Safin get tired of sex? Hahahaha.

 

[Love Game]

True, the rocks won't know any difference, it's just the lab won't open until 6:00 am, so if I collect samples at 5:00 I can directly go there and come home for the rest of the day. If I go at 3, I'll have to make two trips. I'll figure it out.

Yes, online. Are there any other options? Is it being broadcasted on TV in the states anywhere?

too bad the geo labs dont have a night drop drawer such as medical labs do.

at the time i mentioned that i was wondering about a link. i've since checked and found one!

 

[seffina]

Samples? I'm intrigued. And this is at 5 am! Even more intrigued.

Rock samples and I have to collect them before the place where I'm collecting them opens at 7 am. Our lab only has one analyzer and I always want to get to it first as it takes a whole day to get the results. It's mighty annoying being out in the cold that early.

Also, CILIC! That's a match i'd love to happen here.


Safin get tired of sex? Hahahaha.

Well, I can't root for him against Cilic, but he can do fine until then.

He doesn't have to get tired of sex, just sex after climbing a mountain.

 

[Love Game]

He doesn't have to get tired of sex, just sex after climbing a mountain.

preferably with you?! :wink:
IOW, climbing with you?
what kind of mountain?
Igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic?

 

[Love Game]

 

[shadows]

cheers lovegame, 10am for me, don't think I have anything vital to do with my morning ^^

 

[MrBen]

Murray will claim Dubai; I'm almost sure of it (unless Djokovic or Tsonga somehow manages to win).

 

[Love Game]

cheers lovegame, 10am for me, don't think I have anything vital to do with my morning ^^

back atcha, shadows ~~ Cheers!

Simon match is 2 hours from now (midnight here), and i'm afraid i won't wake up even if i set my alarm, because that's what happened last week at this time: i'd set the alarm, and when it rang, i'd say, oh that's okay, i'll just look at the results! :shock: ... and then i'd go back to sleep (not my "conscious" atttitude)

 

[Love Game]

http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-wabuk-1.html

VS.

 

[Love Game]

simon should have challenged at 15 all because the call of "in" was a bad call, and apparently they do have challenge review here. unfortunately, he did not challenge, and ghareeb went on to break 3-2.

 

[shadows]

Ghareeb is playing much better than he's ranked whilst simon is far too passive. Quite an interesting match, wonder if Simon will pull himself together and step it up at the end of this set, funny how a lot of seeds have had trouble in their first sets

 

[Love Game]

^^^ i totally agree.

simon breaks back 5 all

 

[shadows]

and ghareeb breaks again o-o

both players pretty much gave away their serve really

 

[Dragoshinho]

Is ghareeb allowed to play with that nose? :-s

 

[Love Game]

ghareeb got a bit nervous the first time he was serving for the set and DF to be broken, but then he broke again 6-5 and is now again serving for the set.

 

[Love Game]

Is ghareeb allowed to play with that nose? :-s

i'm not gonna touch that one
with a 10 foot proboscis !!! :shock: