Monte Carlo Masters 2013 - General Discussion Thread

Who will win Monte Carlo 2013

  • Rafa Nadal

    Votes: 52 54.7%
  • Novak Djokovic

    Votes: 14 14.7%
  • Andy Murray

    Votes: 4 4.2%
  • Jo "The Legend" Wilfried Tsonga

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Thomaz Berdych

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ernests Gulbis

    Votes: 8 8.4%
  • Juan Martin Del Potro

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Connors in 5

    Votes: 11 11.6%

  • Total voters
    95
  • Poll closed .

veroniquem

Bionic Poster
Much better than the last two days but not really been tested against a tired looking opponent.

Nieminen has no business being here today in the first place. That was a gift from Delpo. Djoko will smile and say "thank you" as the polite boy he is :)
 

pds999

Hall of Fame
Novankle holds on for the win. Bit shakey at the end but the better player on the day.

This ankle nonsense needs to stop now though, it's getting stupid. He really needs to shut up about it and tell his coach to stop making things up (dislocated foot yesterday, really?) Proper ankle injuries put you out for weeks, you don't simply play through them.
 

3fees

G.O.A.T.
Nole in straight sets over the fin-lander, Nole hit the ball better today, his drop shot was devastating, he pretty much hit to the fin's backhand, good strategy.
 
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Mainad

Bionic Poster
I foresee a swift romp through the 2nd set. Unlucky Jarkko to catch Novak on a good day!

Exactly as predicted despite a few last minute wobbles from Djoko.

Ankle/schmankle, Djokovic is practically at full capacity, moving well and hitting well.

Should be another interesting encounter in the final between him and Rafa (does anyone SERIOUSLY think it won't be those two facing off against each other yet again come Sunday?).
 

Towser83

G.O.A.T.
Exactly as predicted despite a few last minute wobbles from Djoko.

Ankle/schmankle, Djokovic is practically at full capacity, moving well and hitting well.

Should be another interesting encounter in the final between him and Rafa (does anyone SERIOUSLY think it won't be those two facing off against each other yet again come Sunday?).

Clarky. If all that stood between Nadal and the final was my grandmother (the one who died about 18 years ago) she would insist anyone beliveing Nadal will make the final is delusional. But I doubt she is really serious, so yeah maybe no-one thinks it will be anyone else.
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
Clarky. If all that stood between Nadal and the final was my grandmother (the one who died about 18 years ago) she would insist anyone beliveing Nadal will make the final is delusional. But I doubt she is really serious, so yeah maybe no-one thinks it will be anyone else.

Exactly! ;)
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
Novankle holds on for the win. Bit shakey at the end but the better player on the day.

This ankle nonsense needs to stop now though, it's getting stupid. He really needs to shut up about it and tell his coach to stop making things up (dislocated foot yesterday, really?) Proper ankle injuries put you out for weeks, you don't simply play through them
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Oh the irony, the ****ing irony.

No it doesn't need to stop, Novak and his coach can say whatever they want to, get over it.

If anything it's nice to see Nadal and his fans getting a bit of their own medicine for once (the always injured warrior who prevails despite all odds, blah blah blah).

Yeah, you can't play through an ankle injury but you can play through broken foot, stomach tear and utterly dominate the CC season with injured knees.
 

pds999

Hall of Fame
Oh the irony, the ****ing irony.

No it doesn't need to stop, Novak and his coach can say whatever they want to, get over it.

If anything it's nice to see Nadal and his fans getting a bit of their own medicine for once (the always injured warrior who prevails despite all odds, blah blah blah).

Yeah, you can't play through an ankle injury but you can play through broken foot, stomach tear and utterly dominate the CC season with injured knees.

Tendonitis in the knees (which was 8 months ago) is slightly different to an alleged dislocated bone in the foot and badly sprained ankle, the latter of which you wouldn't be able to walk on let alone play 3 more sets of tennis in the same match. Absolute load of tosh. Novankle needs to stop make excuses, shut up about the (perfectly fine) ankle and let his tennis do the talking. Not look for excuses when he loses.
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
Tendonitis in the knees (which was 8 months ago) is slightly different to an alleged dislocated bone in the foot and badly sprained ankle

Tendonitis in the knees that doesn't prevent Nadal from making a mockery of the tour in CC season yet it's talked about all the time.

the latter of which you wouldn't be able to walk on let alone play 3 more sets of tennis in the same match.

But you can reach a Wimbledon final with a broken foot no problem, right? How about reaching a USO SF with a stomach tear?


Absolute load of tosh. Novankle needs to stop make excuses, shut up about the (perfectly fine) ankle and let his tennis do the talking. Not look for excuses when he loses.

No he doesn't, Nadal doesn't have a monopoly over the injured warrior act and milking one's injuries for all its worth.
 

veroniquem

Bionic Poster
Should be another interesting encounter in the final between him and Rafa (does anyone SERIOUSLY think it won't be those two facing off against each other yet again come Sunday?).

Short answer? No.
It would be their 8th final on clay vs each other. So far: 2 in M-C, 3 in Rome, 1 in Madrid and 1 at RG. To be continued...
 
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pds999

Hall of Fame
Tendonitis in the knees that doesn't prevent Nadal from making a mockery of the tour in CC season yet it's talked about all the time.



But you can reach a Wimbledon final with a broken foot no problem, right? How about reaching a USO SF with a stomach tear?




No he doesn't, Nadal doesn't have a monopoly over the injured warrior act and milking one's injuries for all its worth.

I think Djok has taken it to a whole new level with this little performance in the last couple of weeks. Absolutely unreal. Great sport in a match but his whingeing after matches (and during) about injuries is just too much now.
 

xan

Hall of Fame
You've also taken it to a new level of non-stop bickering about it :???:

amen, can't even enter a thread without him being there already posting same butthurt crap all over again.

"I think, I think I think." good for you, now stop spamming same bs.
 

Onehandedbackhand

Professional
Clarky. If all that stood between Nadal and the final was my grandmother (the one who died about 18 years ago) she would insist anyone beliveing Nadal will make the final is delusional. But I doubt she is really serious, so yeah maybe no-one thinks it will be anyone else.

If Nadal entered a futures event, and his first round opponent was Chris Wettengel, Clarky would say that Nadal would have problems reading that unorthodox serve, and Wettengel would win 4 and 4.
 

Relinquis

Hall of Fame
Just caught a reply of Nadal vs. Dimitrov... what an exciting match...

Good fight from both players. Some nice clay court tennis, touch shots, athleticism, spins, variety of point construction...

Grigor is coming of age, 'all courting it' on clay. Nadal is still strong despite not being 100%. Good times for tennis.
 

sbengte

G.O.A.T.
Oh the irony, the ****ing irony.

No it doesn't need to stop, Novak and his coach can say whatever they want to, get over it.

If anything it's nice to see Nadal and his fans getting a bit of their own medicine for once (the always injured warrior who prevails despite all odds, blah blah blah).

Yeah, you can't play through an ankle injury but you can play through broken foot, stomach tear and utterly dominate the CC season with injured knees.

This needs to be put against the definition of "Irony" in the dictionaries.
Nadal fans giving @#@# to an injured Novak when Nadal talks injuries 24x7x365 for as long as he has been on tour.
 

jm1980

Talk Tennis Guru
The real question is, how long until NSK comes back with one of his 50 aliases claiming Nadal will trounce Djokovic in Madrid?
 

TCG

Semi-Pro
Djoker wins the match with an injured ankel in Rafa's backyard. Imagine what a fully fit Djoker could do at RG? Rafa needs to pray for Djoker to land in Roger's half to do the job of taking him out ala 2011. Otherwise its going to be a nightmare for him this year.
 

Relinquis

Hall of Fame
Djoker wins the match with an injured ankel in Rafa's backyard. Imagine what a fully fit Djoker could do at RG? Rafa needs to pray for Djoker to land in Roger's half to do the job of taking him out ala 2011. Otherwise its going to be a nightmare for him this year.

Djoker was fit bro...
 

BARTPE

New User
Looks like Rafa :D will make Djokovic run that ankle into the ground, just like AustralianOpen2012 did to Nadal's knees. Revenge time. :p

Did you enjoy the revenge match?

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:p
 
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