Miami 2026 - ATP Mens Singles Discussion
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Hitman
Bionic Poster
This match has Main Event written all over it.
The current king of the sport facing his potential younger successor.
Vincent-C
Legend
I think both players will be, er, ready.
NachoGPT
Hall of Fame
Carlos is only 22. Bit soon for a successor. lol
The Aceserver
Professional
Dimitrov spraying forehands with the Python. I guess he doesn’t have a real forehand according to some.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Sounds like a good old-fashioned night out when you're trying to find an open chippy.
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
Carlos better have a better showing than he did last year in Miami then.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
Carlos will be fine, I expect a decent challenge from Joao, but the king isn't giving up his throne just yet.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Dexter says ''There must by definition be a successor somewhere. A king cannot succeed without somebody trying to stab him in the heart and take his place. Did I say this out loud? Sorry.''
mightyjeditribble
Legend
I think it's usually like that. I went to the Miami tournament in 2008; there was a big and very vocal South American contingent then also.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
Those are two names to watch.
mightyjeditribble
Legend
Yes, I think he will be ready. Losing early and letting Jannik gain another 1000 points will not be what he has in mind for this tournament. It's a dangerous first match but he'll know that, and I think he'll thrive on the atmosphere.
mightyjeditribble
Legend
Vincent-C
Legend
Agree that a Fonseca win is most unlikely, but Fonseca will relish a taste.
Vincent-C
Legend
I effing hope not. Last year's two-set lead over Sinner at W still haunts me. Damn.
Is the age of Grigorius over?
Devilito
Legend
Having a 1hbh is not longer merely a technical weakness, it's a psychological one. Having a 1hbh seems to commit these players to squander break points and other opportunities to an extend here onto unseen by anyother stroke. No other stroke has cost a player a Slam, tournament, match or a game, when it came down to a single point. Having a 1hbh gets you to a winning possession, but it also ruins your brain to not be able to convert. What we need is a player with a 1hbh that is also mentally tough. That seems to be the missing link in tennis right now.
Vincent-C
Legend
lettuce hope so.
NYTennisfan
Hall of Fame
Looking forward to Fonesca-Alcaraz. As an Alcaraz fan, it's probably good for tennis if Fonseca won this match. It's a longshot but the Miami courts don't really suit Carlos so well so there's a chance.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Brutal scoreline for Dimitrov
Aabye5
Talk Tennis Guru
They are still tougher opponents, you don't have to lose to have a close and/or tiring match.
Aabye5
Talk Tennis Guru
Fonz is a more difficult out than Dzumhur, Machac is on par with GmP or Korda, Rublev and Norrie are both better than Khach or Darderi at the moment, QF and semis are much easier for Alcaraz. What am I missing?
I get cramps
Professional
Yes, but there’s also a very large Argentine community in Miami, which is, by definition, South American.
I have Argentinian cousins, some of whom are Jewish, who live and work there.
The rivalry between Brazil and Argentina is intense in every way. It would be enough for just a tiny fraction of Florida's Argentine community to be in a sports venue watching the Brazilians give an athlete a hard time for them to start supporting him rowdily just to spite the Brazilians. Both sets of football fans are incredibly tough and unbearable. They aren't tennis fans. Yet they see themselves as charming. They're similar to the bunch of fantastic morons in my country who pretended to be tennis fans and filled the stands at Davis Cup matches in cities where nobody plays tennis.
Carlos will be booed different in Miami than in Turin or Rome, where there’s a certain sense of shame in doing so.
Carlos's detractors are only to be found on this forum. They all share a melancholy over the loss of Federer, Nadal or Djokovic. This is a melancholy that no form of mourning can heal. It is the 'depth of melancholy', or 'black bile', that has been well-described throughout history, going all the way back to the time of the ancient Greeks.
RossiBhoy
Hall of Fame
RossiBhoy
Hall of Fame
He's not excessively booed at these events though is he? He's just not the fan favourite at them, which is fine he is at every other event he plays at throughout the season. He just gets the same treatment that every player plays him gets for 90% of the season.
I get cramps
Professional
The Brazilians who turn up to ‘cheer on’ João couldn't care less about tennis.
However, Carlos has a significant number of fans of his game in ‘Il Bello Paese’, people who enjoy watching Carlos play more than they do Jannik. A phenomenon similar to what happens in Spain with Federer and Nadal.
In my city, Madrid, during the 1980s and 1990s, there were only tennis enthusiasts—not nationalistic supporters—at the Chamartín Tennis Club and the Real Club de Campo, the latter of which I was a member.
Shortly afterwards, Spain became a genuine contender in the Davis Cup, Tiriac set up his tournament with the support of Madrid City Council–held in a dreadful venue–and the crowds at the Madrid tournament and the Davis Cup came to comprise thousands of vociferous spectators who were rude to foreign players if they were playing against Nadal or Ferrer.
Only the Godó continued as a tournament that genuinely valued tennis and the players.
Have you ever seen a Davis Cup tie where Brazil was the host nation? Now that’s what I call a tough crowd.
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Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
How did Quinn improve so fast ?? he was struggling for a while in the challengers. Now he beats Hurkatcz and now he up a set on Ruud ? did Lulu lemon hit the jackpot here ??
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
he may also have the biggest forehand on tour as well
vwanderaa
Rookie
You think on a fast low bouncing court Machac is equal to Korda (champion of Dallas fastest court on tour btw) and GMP? Yeah, you’re missing something lmao
Agree about Rublev and Khachanov being about the same, but who do you see in Sinner’s QF that’s as dangerous as Draper?
Alcaraz has by faar the worse draw, it’s not remotely close. Medvedev in the semis doesn’t make up for it considering the H2H
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Cmon TBP 
bw114
Professional
Some fun matches between next gen and next next gen tonight, even outside of the Alcaraz/Fonseca clash…interested to see how and Blanch/Fils and Kouame/Lehecka play out.
Bublik/Berrettini should also be fun.
Was really excited for Jodar vs. Musetti for similar reasons, but saw that Lorenzo pulled out. Shame about that.
But who knows if any of these matches will even be played with the rain delays. Let’s hope!
Bublik/Berrettini should also be fun.
Was really excited for Jodar vs. Musetti for similar reasons, but saw that Lorenzo pulled out. Shame about that.
But who knows if any of these matches will even be played with the rain delays. Let’s hope!
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Ruude sucks on hard courts, biggest forehand in tennis by Quinn ?? bigger than Alcarez ?
RossiBhoy
Hall of Fame
The end of the hard court swing couldn’t have came soon enough for Casper, the gear he’s wearing is maybe the worst I’ve ever seen. I’m assuming he’ll get new threads for the clay season.
Succession
Professional
Quinn is amazing. How well he speaks too, brilliant guy
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Vincent-C
Legend
colorfulcoolist outfit ever
RossiBhoy
Hall of Fame
That’s putting it politely
Vincent-C
Legend
we do our best.
