Valencia ATP 500 - who will win

Who will win Valencia

  • Murray

    Votes: 21 36.8%

  • Davydenko

    Votes: 21 36.8%

  • Tsonga

    Votes: 7 12.3%

  • Verdasco

    Votes: 3 5.3%

  • Simon

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • Monfils

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • Robredo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Ferrer

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 5.3%
  • Total voters
    57
Blinkism

Blinkism

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batz said:
Murray wasn't at his best but he is still working his way back into the groove after a long layoff.
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Oh, I agree!

He could have pushed much, much more! Definitely didn't spend enough time playing passively...

And I felt like he didn't yell "c'mon" at opponent's unforced errors enough. And he didn't look annoyed or bratty the entire time.

Definitely not 100%
 
batz

batz

G.O.A.T.
Blinkism said:
Oh, I agree!

He could have pushed much, much more! Definitely didn't spend enough time playing passively...

And I felt like he didn't yell "c'mon" at opponent's unforced errors enough. And he didn't look annoyed or bratty the entire time.

Definitely not 100%
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:)

Get it all out blink - you'll fell better for it. You must be spewin after Mayer blew yours and his big chance.

Nevermind - you can root for Montanes tomorrow.

Vamos Albert!
 
Blinkism

Blinkism

Legend
batz said:
:)

Get it all out blink - you'll fell better for it. You must be spewin after Mayer blew yours and his big chance.

Nevermind - you can root for Montanes tomorrow.

Vamos Albert!
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Two straight days of disappointments, batz.

Can Montanes redeem my faith in all that is good and pure in the world?

Not likely...

*sigh* vamos albert......
 
batz

batz

G.O.A.T.
Blinkism said:
Two straight days of disappointments, batz.

Can Montanes redeem my faith in all that is good and pure in the world?

Not likely...

*sigh* vamos albert......
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I think he might you know - I don't think Murray will win this tournament. If not Berty then Verdasco.
 
Blinkism

Blinkism

Legend
batz said:
I think he might you know - I don't think Murray will win this tournament. If not Berty then Verdasco.
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In all seriousness, though, I'd put Davydenko as the favorite for this tournament.

Verdasco? I can't see it, but maybe he'll hit a hot streak and beat Murray and whoever the finalist is.

Not likely, methinks.
 
batz

batz

G.O.A.T.
Blinkism said:
In all seriousness, though, I'd put Davydenko as the favorite for this tournament.

Verdasco? I can't see it, but maybe he'll hit a hot streak and beat Murray and whoever the finalist is.

Not likely, methinks.
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And I'd probably agree with you.
 
Love Game

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
Results - Thursday, 5 November

Singles - Second Round
[1] A Murray (GBR) d L Mayer (ARG) 64 36 63
[2] N Davydenko (RUS) d J Monaco (ARG) 63 75
[4] F Verdasco (ESP) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 63 63
[7] T Robredo (ESP) d F Lopez (ESP) 46 63 64
A Montanes (ESP) d [8] D Ferrer (ESP) w/o (hamstring)
M Youzhny (RUS) d P Cuevas (URU) 62 26 61

Doubles - Quarter-finals
[3] F Cermak (CZE)/ M Mertinak (SVK) d J Coetzee (RSA)/ S Huss (AUS) 36 64 13-11
V Hanescu (ROU)/ H Tecau (ROU) d P Cuevas (URU)/ J Monaco (ARG) 75 61
M Knowles (BAH) /M Llodra (FRA) vs M Granollers (ESP) /T Robredo (ESP)

*******

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http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/573/op.pdf

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inthemisosoup

inthemisosoup

Semi-Pro
mayer lost???? :( i had to leave for class at 1 all in the 3rd. and he was doing so well!!! save for choking away 3 games at the end of the 2nd he really played superb. absolutely looking forward to him playing again soon, he really impressed me. had so much fun watching the little i got to watch. is he playing in paris??? does anybody know??

also nobody answered my question about challenges. is nobody challenging in valencia or are the players just not able to? i thought all tournaments needed to have hawkeye set up, save for clay court tourneys . . . but i could be wrong, i just assumed yanno
 
Love Game

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inthemisosoup said:
mayer lost???? :( i had to leave for class at 1 all in the 3rd. and he was doing so well!!! save for choking away 3 games at the end of the 2nd he really played superb. absolutely looking forward to him playing again soon, he really impressed me. had so much fun watching the little i got to watch. is he playing in paris??? does anybody know??

also nobody answered my question about challenges. is nobody challenging in valencia or are the players just not able to? i thought all tournaments needed to have hawkeye set up, save for clay court tourneys . . . but i could be wrong, i just assumed yanno
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that's apparently when I started watching at 5 love in the second. Then murray managed to win 3 games before mayer took the second 6-3. I was disappointed when mayer's UEs started increasing. otoh, it would have been quite an upset if mayer had managed to take the match.

never heard anything about tournaments being required to have hawkeye installed. it's extremely expensive, and it's a computer approximation, not reality. plus it is subject to the GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) factor to which all human endeavors are subject. Personally, I'd prefer the use of the super slow motion cameras that can show where the ball, itself, has hit, rather than a computer image of a ball hitting a computer image of a line! :p

as far as valencia, itself, I havent seen enough matches to know whether or not it offers player challenge system. I do know that neither Lyon nor Vienna had a 'hawkeye' type system available.
 
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B

bolo

G.O.A.T.
verdasco is going to take out the english vamoosinator. :) That's going to be a good match when it happens.
 
shadows

shadows

Legend
Leo took Murray to 3? Good effort from him, he's had a few disappointing performances of late so it's good to see him pushing top quality players again
 
seffina

seffina

G.O.A.T.
Youzhny continues to be a bad matchup for Simon. Down a set at the moment. And he just couldn't convert on four break points before a lady fainted.

Well, hopefully he gets over his Youzhny problems.
 
Xenakis

Xenakis

Hall of Fame
Muzza has just walked on court in his trackie bottoms, probably making a snidey point about at the temperature in the building.

Less whining from him today hopefully.
 
Xenakis

Xenakis

Hall of Fame
According to the commentator Montanes is something of a 'journeyman pro', which is a polite way of saying his is a bit sh**.
 
Love Game

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
montanes breaks back 3 all (according to live scoreboard) ....... I'm trying to find the match, havent been able to yet, and I'm even a subscriber to tennistv.com! :shock: ... there's a link on channelsurfing, but that one just kept turning, not connecting for me.
 
Love Game

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
ttv.com link also working now .......... muzza up
the early break 1 love in the second ...............
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Xenakis

Xenakis

Hall of Fame
Muzza 2 -0 up now trying to break Montanes again, also, Montanes has an odd serve, very low ball toss, it's a bit 'journeyman'.
 
Xenakis

Xenakis

Hall of Fame
Muzza 3-0 up in the second, this could be a bagel or a grissini set perhaps.

fromsport freedocast working well btw.
 
Love Game

Love Game

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Telepatic said:
Its off air now..If you cant find stream you got one at freedocast
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thx, Telepatic! :) ....... I've got till sometime in december till my membership on ttv.com runs out, so I'll stick iwth that for today, but I'm not gonna renew that membership so am on the lookout for suitable substitutes! :)

several of the spanish players have relatively low ball tossses ........ wonder how the spanish in the valencia cathedral feel when they look over and see their countryman corretja cheering "vamos" for murray? :confused:

muzzman up the double break 4 love
 
Xenakis

Xenakis

Hall of Fame
5-1 to Muzza now.

Re the Spanish, they can count Murray as a sort of honorary Spaniard, he trained over there and not so much in the UK I think.
 
seffina

seffina

G.O.A.T.
Davy continues to have a good year. Onwards to the semis. He can gain a lot of points early next season as well.
 
Bloodshed

Bloodshed

Professional
grafselesfan said:
Murray crushed him earlier this year when they played on hard courts, and even beat him in straight sets on clay.
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Yeah but Davydenko played one of his worst matches vs Murray in Montreal. Like we're talking like a dozen of winners and 40+ UE. And the Clay Match (although it shouldn't be used as an excuse) it was when Davydenko was playing his first tournament aof the year so he might of had some rust back then.

Nonetheless if they are both playing their very best, you have to give the edge of Davydenko.
 
Love Game

Love Game

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Results - Friday, 6 November

Singles - Quarter-finals​
[1] A Murray (GBR) d A Montanes (ESP) 64 62
[2] N Davydenko (RUS) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 76(3)
[4] F Verdasco (ESP) d [7] T Robredo (ESP) 63 62
M Youzhny (RUS) d [5] G Simon (FRA) 64 64


Doubles - Quarter-finals
E Butorac (USA)/R Ram (USA) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/A Montanes (ESP) 26 76(4) 10-7


*****​
 
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