ATP weeks of 03/08 - 03/19: Indian Wells (1000)

[Mr.Lob]

Wow. Now hold serve....in the tiebreaker

 

[malbaker86]

Nice break back

 

[Terenigma]

Never taunt another man over his hair. The Norwood Reaper works in strange ways. It is said that mocking a man summons the Norwood Reaper.

Was not trying to be insulting! Was meerly making an objective observation.

Also on topic: Are you serious Med?! Why does he always wait till MP to choke spectacularly?

 

[TheAssassin]

Seriously Mad Lad?

 

[junior74]

Lol, Meddy ffs!!!

That was a 2.5 volley

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

Wow, I stepped out for two minutes thinking by the time I got back Alcaraz and Sinner would be warming up but then this happened!

 

[chuckersthenut]

Those fans in the upper deck are about to spill over.

 

[Hitman]

This is great ))

 

[Rafa4GOAT]

How tf did med not win that point

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Pathetic.. Well. If you want to know why Djoker/Nadal is the face that runs this place at 50 years old. ..... Just watch this match.

 

[MeatTornado]

What a bizarre 10 minutes or so.

-3 MPs on Tiafoe's serve, all saved.

-Followed up by Med getting broken after losing like 5 points on serve all day.

-Immediately breaks back on 4 straight points.

-Wins 7 in a row overall to reach triple MP but gets broken again.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Credit to big Foe. Great tennis. 6-6!

 

[Terenigma]

It's almost in Tiafoe's benefit to let Medvedev go 6-1 right now in this TB. Probably the only way he wins the sets.

 

[jl809]

****s sake we really need Meddy - Alcaraz on HC and Meddy to avoid a 2022 style PTSD where he becomes irrelevant for the rest of the year… and yet both are going to happen

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

Oh well...at least he got to a TB. Amazing effort but it's all over.

 

[Hitman]

wow...

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

Alcaraz - Sinner up next!

 

[_phantom]

Oh well...at least he got to a TB. Amazing effort but it's all over.

Don't be so sure.

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Alcaraz - Sinner up next!

Hopefully its better than this match

 

[Hitman]

Foe at the net has been great

 

[Rattie]

This match to become a 3+ hour classic....

Groan. I hope not. Bring on Carlos

 

[Terenigma]

MP for Medvedev. The most dangerous time for him.

 

[James P]

Oh thank God it's over. Sweating bullets over here...

 

[Rattie]

8 match points.

 

[MeatTornado]

Weird match for how utterly dominant Medvedev was the first 90% of the way.

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Jesus H. Christ Med. Can't you put a match away?

 

[BeatlesFan]

This is great ))

Tiafoe kept it way closer than I thought it would be, credit to him.

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

Don't be so sure.

You were saying? Miss Cleo's got nothing on me!

 

[Terenigma]

What's that now? 19 match win streak?

 

[Hitman]

Not sure Med wins the title, the end was very shaky.

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Med isn't winning this title. Sinner will

 

[TheAssassin]

From appreciation of destruction mid match to relief at the end of it. Phew.

For the IW title tomorrow!

 

[dking68]

Med isn't winning this title. Sinner will

Totally agree. I hope Sinner blows this fraud off the court now

 

[MeatTornado]

Credit to Tiafoe, he really raised his game towards the end there. Still made too many mistakes from the backcourt, but all the drop shots and volleys he was botching earlier came through for him in crunch time.

 

[Carax]

Tiafoe showed us that Med is vulnerable. 18-match winning streak and needed like 94 match points to close it out.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Great game! Big Foe give him a fight but meddy to strong overall.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Crowds goes absolutely insane for a couple of Teef points.
Then Med cools them down to get to 4-1 in the tie-break.
Then he seals the deal and the crowd's adrenaline is now totally shot.

 

[James P]

Tiafoe now 0-5 and 1-12 sets against Medvedev, but this was by far their closest encounter.

 

[merwy]

Good match. I like Tiafoe. Medvedev could've closed it out earlier, but seemed to easily take the lead again every time that Tiafoe came back. The serve was a huge weapon today. I still think Tiafoe is somewhat underrated (but I've been thinking that for years so I'm already kind of proven right by how well he's doing). By the way, I feel like there could've been a separate match thread for this one (yeah yeah I could've created it myself)

 

[MeatTornado]

Is anyone rooting for Sinner tonight? I've been waiting a long time to see how Med & Alcaraz would match up against each other.

It's insane that the two breakthrough World #1's and US Open champions haven't played each other since before either one had accomplished that.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Nice fight by Foe, he always gives the crowd a little something special... That's some streak by Med though, though I'm fairly certain it ends tomorrow.

Still, who was the last player to win 4 consecutive tournaments with zero weeks of rest between them?

 

[junior74]

Is anyone rooting for Sinner tonight? I've been waiting a long time to see how Med & Alcaraz would match up against each other.

It's insane that the two breakthrough World #1's and US Open champions haven't played each other since before either one had accomplished that.

I think I am. His tempo has impressed me in IW.

 

[James P]

Yeah, I'm rooting for Sinner. Win-win situation if my two favorite players are in the final.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Yeah, I'm rooting for Sinner. Win-win situation if my two favorite players are in the final.

I'm afraid you'll have to settle for one.

 

[stringertom]

Nice fight by Foe, he always gives the crowd a little something special... That's some streak by Med though, though I'm fairly certain it ends tomorrow.

Still, who was the last player to win 4 consecutive tournaments with zero weeks of rest between them?

There was one week gap in the JMDP 4x title run in 2008 but add in clay/HC versatility and tender age (19) to Pony boy’s degree of difficulty. After all, there was a week between Dubai final and Med’s 2R at IW. Lots of travel in the “rest” week for both too.

Will be a considerable accomplishment tomorrow.

 

[davced1]

Just heard that Medvedev has not had a hair cut since his winning streak started, and he is not planning to until he loses.

I was thinking his beard is longer than usual so he probably has that going on there too. That seems like a Medvedev kind of thing to do.

 

[JeMar]

Geez, huge disrespect from the crowd. The stadium is like 10% full after the singles.

 

[Nostradamus]

if this old dude can reach the final of 1000 event,,, alll you old elderly dudes in this forum can improve and reach 5.0. not kidding