ATP500 Acapulco 2024

Who wins?


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chuckersthenut

Hall of Fame
Safiullin really must have pissed off the ATP when he took out Charlie last year. The guy hasn't gotten a good draw since.

Need a snapshot of his opening opponents to start 2024.

Got it. 3-3 on the season.

Brisbane
Started against Shelton
Beat Shelton
Popyrin
Arnaldi
Before losing to Rune

Aus Open
Drew 31. Griekspoor who's been playing great this year. Lost in five sets.

Rotterdam
Draws Holger Rune first round, loses in 3 sets.

Acapulco
Draws Tsitsipas rd 1.

Come on man.
 

Vincent-C

Legend
Safiullin really must have pissed off the ATP when he took out Charlie last year. The guy hasn't gotten a good draw since.

Need a snapshot of his opening opponents to start 2024.

Got it. 3-3 on the season.

Brisbane
Started against Shelton
Beat Shelton
Popyrin
Arnaldi
Before losing to Rune

Aus Open
Drew 31. Griekspoor who's been playing great this year. Lost in five sets.

Rotterdam
Draws Holger Rune first round, loses in 3 sets.

Acapulco
Draws Tsitsipas rd 1.

Come on man.
Evans took Safiullin out in the first round at Los Cabos, as well.
 
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chuckersthenut

Hall of Fame
Dan Evans has a great game to watch. A lot of variety on the backhand. Willing to attack with great volleys. Really good defensive skills. Plus a lot of power when he needs it.

Doesn't look like much on TV. Might see him in a pub and never know he's a professional athlete. The guy you pick a fight with then find out he's MMA trained and he puts you in a pretzel in front of your friends and familiars.
 

Vincent-C

Legend
Dan Evans has a great game to watch. A lot of variety on the backhand. Willing to attack with great volleys. Really good defensive skills. Plus a lot of power when he needs it.

Doesn't look like much on TV. Might see him in a pub and never know he's a professional athlete. The guy you pick a fight with then find out he's MMA trained and he puts you in a pretzel in front of your friends and familiars.
A scenario nicely laid out by James Toney awhile back.
"You can get in the ring with this guy who looks like PeeWee Herman.."
 

chuckersthenut

Hall of Fame
Nice get there by Evans to hold. Just needs to stay the course. Shelton needs to figure out a way to hit through evans consistently
 

chuckersthenut

Hall of Fame
That 7-8" height advantage oughta help.

Go, Dan (who took out Safiullin in straights last week).
Don't remind me re: Safiullin my favorite Roman. He has another tough draw this week.

Looks like they just split. Evans is gonna have to dig down deep to keep this one close.
 
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Kralingen

Bionic Poster
Chav Choke Job. Sponsored by Burberry.

Served for it, mugged it up, that’s the result. One thing I like about Shelton is that he’s becoming ruthless - you give him one look he usually takes it.
 

chuckersthenut

Hall of Fame
1-1
Level has definitely gone up 1-1 I think Evans just put a bunch of Elmer's glue on his hand.

2-1 Evans
Return long from Shelton

2-2
Unreturnable from Shelton

3-2 Shelton
Ace

3-3
Return long from Shelton

What I said about level going up....

4-3 Evans
Ace

4-4
Evans misses passing shot

5-4 Shelton
Unreturnable serve

6-4 Shelton
Good attacking tennis from Shelton gets the error.

6-5 Shelton
Beautiful S&V from Evans

7-5
Game set match with brute.force serve and clubbing forehand swinging volley.
 

Vincent-C

Legend
Chav Choke Job. Sponsored by Burberry.

Served for it, mugged it up, that’s the result. One thing I like about Shelton is that he’s becoming ruthless - you give him one look he usually takes it.
The former is unkind; and Shelton's a duck.
 

SeeingDusk

Hall of Fame
another big L for me. took evans +210. he saved 0-40 mps and then broke to love. of course he couldn't serve it out and cucked 2 balls at the net, and then finally lost in tb up a mini. story of my ****ing life. why the **** do all my bets lose as -10,000 or -5000 live? nonstop nightmare. if someone just faded all my picks live, they'd be a millioniare easily. last week, got kalinskaya losing up a set and 3-1, and then 5-3 in 3rd to 5-7.
 
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