Toronto 2016 Semifinal Wawrinka vs. Nishikori

[InsideOut900]

I am going with Nishikori in 3.
H2H meetings:
AO 2015: Stan wins 6-3 6-4 7-6
US Open 2014: Kei wins 3-6 7-5 7-6 6-7 6-4
Cincinatti 2012: Stan wins 6-3 6-3
Buenos Aires 2012:Stan wins 6-4 6-2

 

[stringertom]

Stanimal in straights...he likes the high bounce these courts are producing.

 

[The Green Mile]

Interesting one. Stan was untroubled against Big Kev, and looked great from the baseline. Kev served quite poor though, which helped the one sided scoreline.

Nishi started well, terrible in the middle, but finished quite strongly.

Both will have to serve well obviously. I think Stan will come through.

 

[Slice'n'dice]

Interesting one this. Looking forward to it could be a cracker if both are on form. Haven't seen much of this tournament so I don't know too much about players form. Have a feeling Nishikori is going through in 3.

 

[ST_spitzertelescope]

Interesting one this. Looking forward to it could be a cracker if both are on form. Haven't seen much of this tournament so I don't know too much about players form. Have a feeling Nishikori is going through in 3.

Having watched highlights, nishi is playing well but not his top form.

Stan is playing incredible, his highlights reel looked as good as French open final llast year.

 

[Slice'n'dice]

Having watched highlights, nishi is playing well but not his top form.

Stan is playing incredible, his highlights reel looked as good as French open final llast year.

Wow if that's true then surely Stan would have the edge. Although he doesn't seem to have played too high a quality of opposition so it can be hard to tell. Should be interesting though hope we have a competitive match with the winner playing Mofils tomorrow and I would be happy whatever happened in this match.

 

[Hnefi]

Excited for this one today - could be an absolute barn burner.

 

[3fees]

Stanimal in straights...he likes the high bounce these courts are producing.

True if one feeds this, keeping the ball deep and moving him around Nishikori could give him a lot of trouble , Nishikori will have to play inspired tennis to beat the Swiss Shadow of Federer, he has the tools and the only question is how well he will use them, Stanimal forehand is his weakness and fast pace tennis balls kept low are his demise, with extreme eastern backhand grip time is needed to set the ball up, if Nishikori hits early and takes time away this could be a close match.

Stanimal will move past Nadal in ATP ranking, Nadals revenge may catch up sooner rather than later.

Cheers
3Fees

 

[gn]

Heart wants Nishi. Mind says Stan

 

[I Am Finnish]

I think wawrinka will take this

 

[tennisenthusiast]

Is this on ESPN3 in continental US?

 

[Meles]

I am going with Nishikori in 3.
H2H meetings:
AO 2015: Stan wins 6-3 6-4 7-6
US Open 2014: Kei wins 3-6 7-5 7-6 6-7 6-4
Cincinatti 2012: Stan wins 6-3 6-3
Buenos Aires 2012:Stan wins 6-4 6-2

This Nishi Wawrinka is a hard one to call. US Open is most usable head to head. Odds and betting favor Wawa, but I think Nishi is close to US Open 2014 form. I'm not sure what form wawrinka is in and if he's able to play his peak, peak tennis any more. It was 86F and sunny so courtside temps would have been hot for their US Open QF (fast). Toronto will be 72F and cloudy. Courtside temps might be 30 F less. This is slower and I think more to Wawa's liking. Wawa in 3.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

I hope they both deliver.

 

[Fedole]

Stan will surely win.

 

[stiggytennis]

Wawsphincter in straights;Dimi should of beat special Kei.

 

[PeteD]

Rain delay?

 

[tennisenthusiast]

Any links please?

 

[3fees]

Score line is showing up

Cheers
3fees

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Let's go Stan.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Lovely rally.

 

[abmk]

stan outclassing nishi from the baseline

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Laser like precision .

 

[abmk]

4-1 stan ..

 

[stringertom]

Stanimal 4-1, SexiSwissStyle.

 

[TrustTheNinja]

Nishi be like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[coolschreiber]

Stanimal mode for now......for now....

 

[Poisoned Slice]

The John E Depth on full display.

 

[Sysyphus]

Another enticing match-up between two entertaining players. Gotta love the shotmaking of Stanibod when he's on form.

 

[stringertom]

Hot Swiss Army Knife through wasabi butter, 5-2.

 

[stringertom]

Where is @Garhi Shot First ???

 

[TrustTheNinja]

oh boy that let cord

and with that touch of luck he breaks!

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Had to take one of those eventually. Nishikori breaks back.

Good stuff.

 

[gn]

Nishi is back on serve. yay

 

[Djokovic2011]

Some nice play from Kei to get the break back.

 

[TrustTheNinja]

some very nice points in this game. 5-5

 

[West Coast Ace]

Respect the fight back from Nishikori.

But if he wins with the serve he's apparently only able to roll in, the final will be a joke.

 

[stringertom]

StanStinky has reappeared. Time to don my gas mask again!

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Nice hold.

 

[West Coast Ace]

KN 9-5 in TBs; Stan 15-7 - this yr....

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Nishikori responds identically, saves a double break point.

Tiebreak it is.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

This looks interesting. Can anyone please give a quick summary of the match so far for me. Thanks.

 

[Legend of Borg]

why is he hitting groundies like djoko 2011 all of a sudden?

 

[abmk]

beasting FH DTL that from stan ..

 

[stringertom]

DTL FH winner...sublimeStan!

 

[stringertom]

Overcooks the FH...StinkyStan.

 

[junior74]

Kei´s 2nd serve is almost as slow and defensive as Novak´s

 

[abmk]

stan blowing hot and cold ..

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Thunderbolt.

 

[Legend of Borg]

i know this is pretty cliched, but i'd like to hypothesize fed's slam count if he had the wawrinka backhand

 

[Poisoned Slice]

The heat is on.