Washington 2010 QF: David Nalbandian vs Gilles Simon [13]

Who wins?


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aldeayeah

G.O.A.T.
Now this can be a good match. Two fast court especialists whose styles are very different, and who seem to be in great form:

R64 Nalbandian d. Ram, 6-4 6-0
R32 Nalbandian d. Wawrinka [7] 6-1 6-3
R16 Nalbandian d. Chiudinelli 6-1 6-0

R64 Simon d. BYE
R32 Simon d. Zemlja 6-2 6-3
R16 Simon d. Roddick [2] 6-3 6-3

And on top of it, it's their first match ever! I don't know how they will match up, but one thing is for sure: we'll be seeing* a lot of angles.

Since I favor The Incredible Eatman over Le Mighty Pusheur, I'll say Nalby in 2, but it's a wild guess.

* If they bother to broadcast it :evil:
 

Speranza

Hall of Fame
Watson: I can't call this one, it's too close at this stage to me. Partly why I steered my SDL choices away from this particular match. As you've mentioned, they are both playing very well. If Sir David plays more attacking (which he is more akin to than Sir Gilles), then I'd imagine he'd win - be it in 2 or 3, possibly 2 even. Tis a pity that I cannot see this match later...
 

db379

Hall of Fame
SImon all the way!

It's good to see him back in form after a long injury.
Some of you guys seem to forget that he was ranked 6 in the world just a year and a half ago before his injury. He's a great player and I hope he goes far. Whatever the result though, it is already great that he's fit.
 

Topaz

Legend
Now this can be a good match. Two fast court especialists whose styles are very different, and who seem to be in great form:

R64 Nalbandian d. Ram, 6-4 6-0
R32 Nalbandian d. Wawrinka [7] 6-1 6-3
R16 Nalbandian d. Chiudinelli 6-1 6-0

R64 Simon d. BYE
R32 Simon d. Zemlja 6-2 6-3
R16 Simon d. Roddick [2] 6-3 6-3

And on top of it, it's their first match ever! I don't know how they will match up, but one thing is for sure: we'll be seeing* a lot of angles.

Since I favor The Incredible Eatman over Le Mighty Pusheur, I'll say Nalby in 2, but it's a wild guess.

* If they bother to broadcast it :evil:

I've seen all of Nalby's matches so far, and if he keeps up the level of play he's had in the last five sets, Simon is going home tonight!
 

ealkuon

New User
This is quite a tasty match-up.. I'm gonna say Nalby in 3 sets because of his form. I haven't seen deliver two bagels in the same tournament. I think he's gonna have too much firepower and angles for Simon.
 

AtomicForehand

Hall of Fame
Wow, Nalby is handing out breadsticks and bagels as he plows his way through the draw. Can't wait to see him play tonight.
 

Fedace

Banned
Now this can be a good match. Two fast court especialists whose styles are very different, and who seem to be in great form:

R64 Nalbandian d. Ram, 6-4 6-0
R32 Nalbandian d. Wawrinka [7] 6-1 6-3
R16 Nalbandian d. Chiudinelli 6-1 6-0

R64 Simon d. BYE
R32 Simon d. Zemlja 6-2 6-3
R16 Simon d. Roddick [2] 6-3 6-3

And on top of it, it's their first match ever! I don't know how they will match up, but one thing is for sure: we'll be seeing* a lot of angles.

Since I favor The Incredible Eatman over Le Mighty Pusheur, I'll say Nalby in 2, but it's a wild guess.

* If they bother to broadcast it :evil:

WHAT?? Simon beat Roddick ?????????? what kind of madness is this ?:shock:
 

Justin Side

Hall of Fame
WHAT?? Simon beat Roddick ?????????? what kind of madness is this ?:shock:

Not only beat him, but beat him convincingly. :shock: Even when Simon was beating some top players in 2008, it was always a 3 set battle. Roddick must really be slumping to get only 6 games off the 2010 version of Simon.
 

inthemisosoup

Semi-Pro
^yeah but he is in america now, and he is sampling our lovely local gastronomy eg doughnuts, fried chicken, bbq, pie, pie, and more pie. ;)
 

blackfrido

Hall of Fame
^yeah but he is in america now, and he is sampling our lovely local gastronomy eg doughnuts, fried chicken, bbq, pie, pie, and more pie. ;)

no buddy you are wrong, he brings his own stuff in his bag. I'm positive that he does not eat any doughnuts, fried chicken, bbq, pie, pie, and more pie.

pasta frola, medias lunas, biscochitos de grasa, vigilantes, etc that's what he eats!
 

inthemisosoup

Semi-Pro
no buddy you are wrong, he brings his own stuff in his bag. I'm positive that he does not eat any doughnuts, fried chicken, bbq, pie, pie, and more pie.

pasta frola, medias lunas, biscochitos de grasa, vigilantes, etc that's what he eats!

disappointing, i wanted david to be a foodie, into foods from all over the world. ;) :lol:

buenos aires bakery eh?? i am going there next year, i will have to check that out. although i have no idea what a "vigilante" is, what kind of dessert is that?
 

Bud

Bionic Poster
Anyone got a stream? livescorehunter just stopped theirs...

All the streams continue to be pulled due to copyright infringement. It's currently showing on ESPN2 :)

Simon out to a 3-0 lead

This is their first meeting
 
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Hood_Man

G.O.A.T.
I'm watching this on Bet365 and I can't tell if it's Rusedski or McEnroe who's commentating, for some reason I always get them mixed up, can some clear this up for me?

Hoping this goes the distance, I'm rooting for Nalbandian :)
 

Fate Archer

Hall of Fame
Btw, I never saw P Mac (or is it John?) commenting alongside with this other commentator (who's him again? I really like his comments).
Nice double here.
 

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
All the streams continue to be pulled due to copyright infringement. It's currently showing on ESPN2 :)

Simon out to a 3-0 lead

This is their first meeting

grrrrrrr ... So far this I've had 3 cut off, instant blackness!!! :evil:

They've never been so strict that I've noticed before! :cry: :cry:

wow ... guess simon is serving notice he's back, first set 63

vamos ahorita Nalby!!!
 

Fate Archer

Hall of Fame
Nalbo out of his game and showing some furstration throwing his racquet... but no worries, he will soon find it out when we least expect.
Edit: Wow forehand now.
 
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