Auckland Heinekin Open, who will win?

Auckland: Heineken Open - who will win?

  • David Nalbandian

    Votes: 23 41.1%

  • David Ferrer

    Votes: 7 12.5%

  • Juan Carlos Ferrero

    Votes: 5 8.9%

  • Philipp Kohlschreiber

    Votes: 5 8.9%

  • Tommy Robredo

    Votes: 4 7.1%

  • Nicolas Almagro

    Votes: 2 3.6%

  • Jeremy Chardy

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • John Isner

    Votes: 9 16.1%
  • Total voters
    56
Robredo doesn't care guys,,, he won the Diamond Ball last week.... and made out with his mixed doubles partner...
 
tacou said:
yes Isner! great match
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It really was a good one! :)

In the post-match interview, John was talking about the see-saw nature of especially the third set and mentioned the net cord that went tommy's way when john had bp and said tommy popped a string on that last FH on match point, causing the ball to go long and giving John the win!

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yea it was a very ebb/flow sort of match, could have sworn Isner was toast after squandering 4 bps at 4-3.

for such a tall guy Isner's 2nd serve% is pretty dreadful at 39. he needs to get with the program
 
Congratulations to Isner.

I didn't think he could do it, especially not against Tommy.

Now go on and win this title!
 
Interesting .... There's an all-Brazilian Doubles QF going on right now ... don't see any links anywhere.

M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) vs T Bellucci (BRA) / A Sa (BRA)

Melo/Soares won the first set 7-5
 
RESULTS -- Thursday, 14 January 2010

Singles - Quarter-finals
J Isner (USA) d [1] T Robredo (ESP) 76(5) 36 64
[5] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d M Gicquel (FRA) 63 61
A Clement (FRA) d [6] J Melzer (AUT) 62 75
[8] A Montanes (ESP) d [Q] M Lammer (SUI) 63 63

Doubles - Semi-finals
M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) d T Bellucci (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) 75 63

Doubles - Quarter-finals
M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) d R Wassen (NED) / H Zeballos (ARG) 61 75

*****

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ORDER OF PLAY

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First Semifinal of the day ..........................

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I like Albert, and I believe he's in better form this year than he was last ...... but John's coach, in an on-court interview during a match at Hopman Cup, referred to Isner as "6 foot 10" ........ Even tho John's size and serve didn't stop Robredo from almost beating him yesterday, Tommy was the no. 1 seed here, and Albert is the no. 8 .....

Match begins @ the top of the hour, 12 noon Auckland ............

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Yeah, and who other than Robredo does anyone know of in this tournament.. I think if I went back into practice, I could have won this years Auckland Tourny ;)
 
Darth_Timmaayyy!! said:
Yeah, and who other than Robredo does anyone know of in this tournament.. I think if I went back into practice, I could have won this years Auckland Tourny ;)
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I guess you could say Isner is a bit of an unknown ... in fact, he's unseeded in this tourny ... think you could have beaten him the way he's been serving this week? :)

His opponent for today's final has been around almost 20 years ... Arnaud Clement ... ever heard of him? ;)
 
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malakas said:
can't believe that Le Cle beat Kohli!!:shock: now that's a big upset!
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Kohli's FH wasn't working right yesterday ... He kept the match relatively close, but he hit a lot of errors with the FH, and Arnaud did quite a bit of damage at the net ..... He was taking a lot of time between points because of the heat and having to take his glasses off almost between every point, but if it's that hot again today, I don't think Isner is gonna complain.

What a height mismatch:
Clement is 5 feet, 8 inches.
Isner is 6 feet, 10 inches (according to his coach last week)
 
Love Game said:
Kohli's FH wasn't working right yesterday ... He kept the match relatively close, but he hit a lot of errors with the FH, and Arnaud did quite a bit of damage at the net ..... He was taking a lot of time between points because of the heat and having to take his glasses off almost between every point, but if it's that hot again today, I don't think Isner is gonna complain.

What a height mismatch:
Clement is 5 feet, 8 inches.
Isner is 6 feet, 10 inches (according to his coach last week)
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I feel sorry for the ballkids then.:?-since he was probably asking a lot for the towel etc. ANYWAY,it will be an interesting match-I would be sure for Isner's win,but since arnaud already beat Kohli I'm not so sure anymore.
 
malakas said:
I feel sorry for the ballkids then.:?-since he was probably asking a lot for the towel etc. ANYWAY,it will be an interesting match-I would be sure for Isner's win,but since arnaud already beat Kohli I'm not so sure anymore.
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Plus a couple of the ballkids almost got their heads taken off by Isner serves ... they ran for their lives from that incoming rocket! :D

He is using the towel a lot, but then I've really started to notice how many of the men go to it almost every point ....... After seeing that final between Henin and Clijsters where I never saw them go for the towel once! Quite a revelation! ;)
 
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It's just a guess to figure how long after the doubles match starts at 1:00 p.m., but I'll estimate the singles final will start 3:00 p.m. (or a little before ;)) ..... Since Auckland is 21 hours ahead of California, that would be 6:00 p.m. Pacific, 9:00 p.m. Eastern, and 2:00 a.m. GMT




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Love Game said:
It is? Can't find a link anywhere ...... Are you watching it? :confused:
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Yeah I'm watching it live on TV One (in New Zealand) so I don't know about links. It's not quite started yet, they are just showing an interview with Clement. It's his first singles final in 3 years. Unbelievable that he beat Chardy, Ferrer, Melzer, and Kohli all in a row.
 
ugh...isner needs to get a grip on his UEs

It's 2-2 in the third set!

But now Clement's taken the next game, 3-2...Isner serving next. Can he ace his way to a win? Might be his best chance.

It's back to 3 all, and while Isner's doing well with the aces overall (14 or 15 in the match thus far), he's still making errors...

4-3, Clement in the third set. Isner now serving...now he's got 17 aces to Clement's 8 as he takes his service game 4-4

Isner has 36 errors for the match, with Clement less than half that! Clement's definitely playing better overall. Isner's getting a little too sloppy here.

Clement ahead 5-4...Isner now serving...and made it! 5-5

But Clement leads 6-5 after we watch Isner smack the ball hard into the net...oy

Isner aces-and-errors-and-aces-again his way into a 6-6 in the final set tiebreaker
 
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What a way to end it!!!

Isner FTW!!

Congrats to John... too bad for Arnaud but what a good run so late in his career.

Best of luck to both guys at the Aussie Open :)
 
Love Game said:
good question! :) He had over 20 aces today, probably 22 (but the match stats say 12 erroneously) .... OTOH he also had over 36 UE
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Yeah, he played in a herky-jerky fashion, I thought...great tennis for a point or two and then - bam, into the net. Then another ace or two and a good forehand to the back corner and then - bam, into the net. It's not super fun to watch, I think, but - hey he won the tournament, so who am I to diss it that much!

Congrats to this young American and let's see if he can get that UE level down this year...:)
 
Just seen the score! Way to go John Isner! His first title I believe. The Americans are coming!!

I just like the guy, seems very level headed and good natured.
 
That was actually a really good final. I feel a bit sorry for Clement, having that match point and all, but nice one Isner.
 
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