BCR Open Romania 2009

[Love Game]

Good match...lol

Yes it is! .......... and pablo has forced the decider by holding to love, 6-2 (his OHBH particularly good that last sest)

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

Cuevas is making a lot of errors now. Is it because they watered the court ?

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

Cuevas gets broken and lets out a really ugly scream. 4-1 Monaco

 

[Love Game]

Cuevas is making a lot of errors now. Is it because they watered the court ?

just got back from taking a break myself, but it does look as tho monaco is starting to rake. he's up a break now 4-1

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

Monaco wins. If he can continue in the form he had in the 3rd set, he can win the tourny easily.

 

[Love Game]

^^^ true that!

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[Love Game]

Fabio looking better than he's playing today.

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[Love Game]

*****

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[Serendipitous]

Go Ventura!


I'm his number one fan.

 

[Love Game]

Go Ventura!


I'm his number one fan.

Nice to see your friendly face again, Serendipitous!

Are you teasing about being a Ventura fan? I've never even seen him play before ........ He was stuck out on the side court today, but he'll be on centrala court now that he's into the semis!

Tell me more about him .... and how do you think he'll do against fellow Spaniard Montanes in their semifinal??? :?:

 

[Deleted member 21996]

wow.. fognini blasted away very hard...

 

[Love Game]

wow.. fognini blasted away very hard...

I have to admit it was a bit disappointing after the way he came back against almagro!

did you see the match?

 

[Love Game]

Results -- Friday 25 September

Singles - Quarter-finals
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d [8] P Cuevas (URU) 63 26 61
[5] A Montanes (ESP) d F Fognini (ITA) 61 61
[Q] S Ventura (ESP) d R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 62 63
S Greul (GER) d M Gonzalez (ARG) 62 62

Doubles - Semi-finals
[3] J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) d
[1] L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT) 75 46 10-2
[2] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d
[4] P Cuevas (URU) / M Granollers (ESP) 63 36 11-9

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Semifinals ~~ Saturday 26 September

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/773/op.pdf

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[Love Game]

Second Semifinal ~~ Saturday 26 September

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MA21&oId=G511

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These two have never played each other at an ATP World Tour, Grand Slam or Davis Cup main draw event ....... HOWEVER, they did play a qualifying match earlier this year at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Rome. Obviously, it was on clay, and Pico won it 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Interesting. Did anybody see Greul's match against Maximo gonzalez today? I fell asleep and missed it. I was surprised to see that simon beat max 2 and 2! :-o ..... anyway, he looks to be quite the scrapper.

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i'd love to hear about greul if anybody knows anything ...... nonetheless, monaco should be a handful for him at any rate ..... pico seems to be peaking perfectly .... and again he seems to me to be earning his (my private nickname for him) the Baryshnikov of tennis (he flies thru the air with the greatest of ease) ...... the way pico's moving is really inspired and inspiring!

 

[Love Game]

First Semifinal ~~ Saturday 26 September

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pI d=M824&oId=V251

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At 28 and 29 years old, these two Spaniards have met seven times in the past, three at the ATP level, with Montanes leading their H2H 2-1. In Casablanca in April 2009, Montanes got to the quarterfinal by beating Ventura 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, and he has won one title this year, namely by beating James Blake for the championship at Estoril, plus he has won all 3 of his matches easily this week ..... Ventura, on the other hand, has played 3 qualifiers at BCR this week, in addition to 3 tournament wins which put him into the semifinal versus Montanes tomorrow.

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[Love Game]

might say these two are slugging it out, no?
it's now showing on channelsurfing.net and
probably will be for a bit more!

 

[Love Game]

Results ~~ Saturday, 26 September​

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Singles - Semi-finals
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d S Greul (GER) 64 63
[5] A Montanes (ESP) d [Q] S Ventura (ESP) 46 64 61​

Doubles - Final
[2] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d
[3] J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) 62 64​

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BCR Open Romania
Sunday, 27 September 2009

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[Love Game]

Interesting analysis of Sunday's Monaco/Montanes Final

Juan Monaco and Albert Montanes will square off in the Bucharest final on Sunday afternoon. Monaco is looking for his fourth career ATP title while Montanes seeks his third winner's trophy and second of 2009.

It will be the second career meeting between Juan Monaco and Albert Montanes when the two clay-court standouts do battle in the final of the BCR Open Romania on Sunday afternoon. Their only previous encounter came three years ago in Vina Del Mar, where Montanes prevailed 6-4, 6-2. Now 28, Montanes was already in the prime of his career at that point, whereas Monaco was just breaking onto the tennis scene at 21 years old.

Monaco, of course, is an established force on the ATP Tour at this point in time. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 14 in the world last February before an ankle injury derailed his progress. Bucharest's No. 3 seed appears to be on the way back to the upper echelon of the men's game and he owns an impressive 31-19 match record for the year. So far this week he has dismissed Julio Silva, Pere Riba, eighth-seeded Pablo Cuevas, and an in-form Simon Greul. . Monaco is already the clay-court wins leader in 2009 with 30 to Tommy Robredo's 28.

Montanes is also playing stellar tennis following a dismal start to the season. Not surprisingly, he began to heat up with the arrival of the European clay-court season, reaching the Casablanca semifinals. The 53rd-ranked Spaniard went on to win a title in Estoril, saving match points against James Blake before winning the third set 6-0. Montanes has been dominant on his way to the BCR Open final, taking out Potito Starace, Marcel Granollers, and Fabio Fognini all in easy straight sets before dismissing qualifier Santiago Ventura in three. With four victories under his belt in Bucharest, the No. 5 seed now owns a solid 20-17 match record on the year.

Monaco has contested eight ATP finals--all on clay--in his career, winning three. Montanes has been a part of six career finals--also all on clay--and his first came at this same Bucharest tournament eight years ago. He owns two career ATP titles, having prevailed most recently earlier this season in Estoril.

Neither man is unaccustomed to the pressure of an ATP title and both are in fine form, so this should be a title match of the highest quality. Count on an entertaining and competitive clash, with Monaco pulling it out at the end of a tight three-setter.

http://www.tennistalk.com/en/previews/20090926/Monaco,_Montanes_battle_for_Bucharest_title

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

1st set tiebreak.

Funny Montanes refuses to roll over

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

Montanes wins the 1st set.

Mocano made some errors, but overall he was outplayed.

 

[Love Game]

Montanes wins the 1st set.

Mocano made some errors, but overall he was outplayed.

I missed the first 7 games, but they seemed pretty even until the tiebreak, where monaco only won 2 points ....... overall the analysis above is turning out to be predictive. First set just a few seconds over one hour.

monaco with change of shirt/change of mindset and an early break in the second. montanes now serving love 3.

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

That was a bad fall by Monaco.

 

[SerbWhoLovesDelPo]

Monaco got broken back serving for second set.

1 horrible DF, 2 dumb UEs and a super passing shot my Montanes.

 

[Love Game]

Monaco got broken back serving for second set.

1 horrible DF, 2 dumb UEs and a super passing shot my Montanes.

wow! :shock:
not one, single person voted for Montanes in the poll! ....... and I never would have called Pico getting broken back while serving for the second set! :-o

The whole thing was too early for me today, so I fell back asleep a few games into the second set. The only thing I noticed was that pico was expressing more emotion, while albert was maintaining his focus better. I'm sorry for what must be a bitter loss for Juan, but happy for what must be a sweet victory for Albert...

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Felicitaciones Albert Montanes!!!

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[Bud]

wow! :shock:
not one, single person voted for Montanes in the poll! ....... and I never would have called Pico getting broken back while serving for the second set! :-o

The whole thing was too early for me today, so I fell back asleep a few games into the second set. The only thing I noticed was that pico was expressing more emotion, while albert was maintaining his focus better. I'm sorry for what must be a bitter loss for Juan, but happy for what must be a sweet victory for Albert...

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Felicitaciones Albert Montanes!!!

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Close match!

 

[OliverSimon]

Nooooooooooo Juan!!! ='(