MOVISTAR OPEN - Vina del Mar

[Love Game]

[Waiting for Nicolás Massú?]

juan pablo holds 3-2.

next game he gets into extended argument with the umpire over a call that the umpire refused to get down and come over to examine.

clay court empires certainly must be fit! :shock:

 

[Love Game]

[the deadly dropper]

[the coup de grâce]

[the winner]

Score: 6-2, 6-3
Time: 1 hr, 30 min

 

[Love Game]

besides the fact that the No. 6 Seed has now been eliminated from doubles as well as singles, something's also unusual about that score. does anyone else think so? i thought decider was first to 10 with 2 to spare?

 

[Love Game]

.......... 10:00 pm in Viña del Mar ...........

 

[Love Game]

2 breaks for massu
2 breaks for calleri

2 games all.
this could be a long one.

 

[Love Game]

calleri silences the crowd with vamos @ 7-6(4)

 

[oscar_2424]

nico down a break in the second, he lsot the first one in the tb

 

[jesenk]

Calleri wins. Absolute silence in the crowd.

 

[oscar_2424]

o well, its ok i like el gordo calleri too

 

[Biggie]

Sad to see Massu these days, sometimes the guy plays fine, but he just seems unable to catch a break. I mean, he hasn't won an ATP-level match since the Olympics last year, maybe he should just do challengers and then quietly retire.

 

[mrDamien]

Does Robredo on a right track of winning?

 

[Love Game]

o well, its ok i like el gordo calleri too

youre the first person who's mentioned calleri's nickname, oscar. are you argentinean?

i first heard this when agustin played in a doubles match at auckland and the announcer mentioned it then. he said "el gordo" got the nickname in his younger days but that, even tho he slimmed down, the nickname stuck.

confirm or deny?

 

[Love Game]

Does Robredo on a right track of winning?

Hi, mrDamien!
Not sure about tommy yet. theyre not showing all the matches online, i've only seen just the two per day: the "prime time" is 10:00 p.m. local, and the one just before that. ..... IOW, i'll research and get back to you.

meanwhile .....
results Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Singles - First Round
[7] A Calleri (ARG) d N Massu (CHI) 76(4) 61
[Q] M Gonzalez (ARG) d [Q] B Pashanski (SRB) 63 62
B Dabul (ARG) d D Junqueira (ARG) 62 67(2) 61
[Q] P Cuevas (URU) d N Lapentti (ECU) 63 36 75
[LL] S Decoud (ARG) d F Fognini (ITA) 63 75
T Bellucci (BRA) d [Q] J Brzezicki (ARG) 62 63

Doubles - First Round
[1] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d N Devilder (FRA) / O Marach (AUT) 63 62
[2] L Arnold Ker (ARG) / J Monaco (ARG) d J Acasuso (ARG) / S Prieto (ARG) 61 76(7)
[4] A Martin (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) d J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) 76(1) 76(2)
O Hernandez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) d J Guzman (ARG) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 63 63
[WC] P Capdeville (CHI) / A Garcia (CHI) d D Junqueira (ARG) / E Schwank (ARG) 46 75 10-4

(indigo = i'm following at the moment)

 

[Love Game]

Sad to see Massu these days, sometimes the guy plays fine, but he just seems unable to catch a break. I mean, he hasn't won an ATP-level match since the Olympics last year, maybe he should just do challengers and then quietly retire.

this might sound strange coming from a person who's never seen him play before, but i was very favorably impressed with Nicolás Massú, even tho he did lose to Agustín Calleri in straight sets today ... i'm impressed not just because he's so obviously beloved by his countrymen, but i honestly enjoyed watching him play.

everyone but i probably already knew this, but it bears repeating that Massú won two gold medals (one for singles plus one for doubles) in tennis for his country in 2004. interesting profile @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Massú

and Massú played a tough first set against Calleri, taking it to a TB. it's just that calleri raised his level of intensity in the second set, and despite moments of brilliance, Massú was unable to mount an adequate defense. honestly, i'm sorry to see him leave, but i'll look forward to seeing him play in future!

 

[norbac]

this might sound strange coming from a person who's never seen him play before, but i was very favorably impressed with Nicolás Massú, even tho he did lose to Agustín Calleri in straight sets today ... i'm impressed not just because he's so obviously beloved by his countrymen, but i honestly enjoyed watching him play.

everyone but i probably already knew this, but it bears repeating that Massú won two gold medals (one for singles plus one for doubles) in tennis for his country in 2004. interesting profile @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolás_Massú

and Massú played a tough first set against Calleri, taking it to a TB. it's just that calleri raised his level of intensity in the second set, and despite moments of brilliance, Massú was unable to mount an adequate defense. honestly, i'm sorry to see him leave, but i'll look forward to seeing him play in future!

I like Massu just because he looks like a chill, stoner dude.

 

[Love Game]

I like Massu just because he looks like a chill, stoner dude.

oh, norbac! thx for making me laugh!

[he definitely looks kewl! ]

 

[Love Game]

[Calleri's intensity took him through
to the next round 7-6(4), 6-1]

[tho not in so many words, carlos bernardes let it be known that, unlike the umpire in the preceding match, he was not going to be popping in and out of his chair ... in fact (though i missed about 20 minutes of the match, i only saw him leave his perch twice!]

[bye-bye to the former Olympic Gold Medalist]

 

[oscar_2424]

youre the first person who's mentioned calleri's nickname, oscar. are you argentinean?

i first heard this when agustin played in a doubles match at auckland and the announcer mentioned it then. he said "el gordo" got the nickname in his younger days but that, even tho he slimmed down, the nickname stuck.

confirm or deny?

nope, am from Peru but always follow all the latin guys in the circuit. I believe u are right about the nickname.

 

[oscar_2424]

take a good look at pablo cuevas from Uruguay, he won last years french open in doubles with Lucho Horna.

 

[Love Game]

peru. nice!

cuevas is another one who's new to me.
he beat nicolas lapenti of ecuador in the first round. that's very interesting that he's won the doubles championship at FO.

today, his match w/montanes of spain is first up on cancha central, but if today is like the previous days this week, channesurfing will only be showing the evening matches.

 

[oscar_2424]

Cuevas hasnt been doing good in singles lately, maybe this is his year.

 

[oscar_2424]

Monaco is playing today too, he shouldnt have too much trouble with Starace.

 

[oscar_2424]

btw i used to have a MOVISTAR phone back in peru

 

[oscar_2424]

 

[oscar_2424]

Montanes just broke Cuevas, he is serving 4/3.

 

[oscar_2424]

Pablito Cuevas up 6/5.

 

[oscar_2424]

TB, Cuevas up 2/1

 

[oscar_2424]

Cuevas wins the TB 7/2

 

[Love Game]

hi, oscar
i just noticed that monaco/starace are playing now.
any chance you could post the link youre watching on?

thx

p.s. the one you posted on the first day
is showing this and nothing more ........

 

[oscar_2424]

I don't remember posting any links...

 

[oscar_2424]

monaco up 4/3 in the second set, he wont he first.

 

[Love Game]

fena unexpectedly having to apply his A game to take first set from maximo 7-5.

now showing @
http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-wabuk-5.html

 

[Love Game]

fernando's opponent, maximo, now on serve 2 all second set.

 

[Love Game]

fernando breaks to go up 4-3 in second.

 

[Love Game]

maximo, the qualifier, breaks back, then holds 6-5

 

[Love Game]

fans filled the stands for the first time this week, obviously to see fernando play. whether they helped him win i don't know, but they were certainly silent whenever maximo (who pushed the defending champ ever step of the way) won a game.

fernando through to 3rd round 7-5, 7-6(7)

 

[Love Game]

Results - Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Singles - Second Round
[1] F Gonzalez (CHI) d [Q] M Gonzalez (ARG) 75 76(7)
[Q] P Cuevas (URU) d [3] A Montanes (ESP) 76(2) 64
[5] J Monaco (ARG) d P Starace (ITA) 63 63
[WC] P Capdeville (CHI) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 64 63

Doubles - First Round
[3] P Cuevas (URU) / B Dabul (ARG) d T Bellucci (BRA) / M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 63 36 10-6

 

[stician]

I like Tommy's chances

 

[Love Game]

I like Tommy's chances

i had to choose bw/gonzo and tommy.
i believe tomorrow will be tommy's first singles match, since he was one of the seeds who had a bye to the second round. gonzo as defending champ was another, and he's already thru to the 3rd.

tommy's first up on center court @ 2 pm local, whic is 9 am pacific time, but as yet i haven't seen any of the matches in those early time slots for lack of a link.

anybody got a link that shows
Tommy Robredo (Esp) vs. Brian Dabul (Arg) ???
on Thur. Feb 5 at 2 pm Vina del Mar time?

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

nice picture, with flying clay.

 

[Love Game]

hi, oscar
i just noticed that monaco/starace are playing now.
any chance you could post the link youre watching on?

thx

p.s. the one you posted on the first day
is showing this and nothing more ........

I don't remember posting any links...

ooops. sorry about that ... I was confusing you with Biggie. sooooooo ....

any link to live streaming?

 

[oscar_2424]

ooops. sorry about that ... I was confusing you with Biggie. sooooooo ....

any link to live streaming?

ummm no

 

[Love Game]

............

 

[Love Game]

hmmmmmmmm.......schedule change, apparently.

the acasuso match was scheduled for 7 pm local time, but apparently there was a delay ...... so this w/b played at 10 pm local ...

i'm assuming the gonzalez match will follow?

p.s. bellucci played well earlier in the week, but if acasuso plays as he did in the davis cup final, i'd be more inclined to guess he'll win, but it's pretty much a toss up since i haven't seen chucho play since davis cup.

 

[Frodo Baggins]

:d Yayy My Man Won The First round *Claps* Now on two next round!!!!

 

[Love Game]

:d Yayy My Man Won The First round *Claps* Now on two next round!!!!

congrats to tommy!
whom does he play next?

 

[Love Game]

bellucci's deadly dropper is working again tonight 6-5

 

[Love Game]

acasuso comes from a break down
to win the first set in tiebreak 7-6(3)

 

[Love Game]

in the only return of bellucci's dropper for a winner i've seen all week, acasuso breaks 5-3

 

[Love Game]

[bye-bye, Bellucci, bye-bye]

Jose Acasuso thru to the QF 7-6(3), 6-3