*Official* Tennis Thread

[SirBloody Idiot]

(Q) Guccione def. (7) Tsonga, 7-6(12), 6-2

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[Mister Wright]

Full story here:


Chris Guccione upsets No.7 seed from France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

 

[Jono]

Had $5 on it tbh

Too bad that doesn't cancel out the hundreds I've lost in this tournament

Btw, Querrey beats Roddick in two tie-breaks!!!

 

[Jono]

Hewitt beat Querrey in a tough encounter.

Also looks like Simon is getting back into his 2008 form, as is RAFAAAAAA NADAL!!!!!!!

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Guccione looks like losing to Berdych in straight sets, too, so it looks like we've returned to the normal transmission.

 

[Jono]

Murray gets past Benneteau after being a set and a break down, Federer cruises past Hewitt, and Djokovic and Nadal beat Simon and Berdych respectively in two tough straight set matches.

So we have the top 4 (at least on rankings, Del Potro and Roddick probably have something to say about that) in the semis.

Murray vs. Fed is a flip of the coin IMO.

I reckon Nadal vs. Novak is more interesting. Rafa starting to come into some form after his lay-off, but still quite rusty. Novak has been in poor form for months now, but has done quite well in this tournament.

I love Rafa, but don't see him as a 1.60 favourite personally.

 

[Simon]

Think 1.60 for Rafa is actually quite good, IMO its more of a $1.33 to $3.00 job.

 

[Jono]

Think 1.60 for Rafa is actually quite good, IMO its more of a $1.33 to $3.00 job.

Nadal was 1.41 vs. Berdych!

 

[Simon]

Nadal was 1.41 vs. Berdych!

Nadal is under rated by the bookies at the moment, I think if he keeps up this form he could even prove to be decent value at $1.15 or so in some of his early US Open matches.

Also good to see Feds beat Murray, believe this means Rafa will be back to #2 for the US open hence meaning Feds and Rafa can only meet in the final.

 

[marc71178]

Not sure Rafa will definitely become number 2 will he?

As it stands Murray's 360 for a losing semi means that Rafa must win the tournament to overhaul him (unless I've missed something?)

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Novak gets past Rafa in straight sets.

I hope Murray does hold the second seed (haven't checked) because it would make things very interesting to see Federer and Rafa in the same half.

 

[Jono]

Told ya Simon!

Good win by Novak. Nadal is still rusty, and he was always going to struggle against the top line until he gets more match practice.

Hence his loss to Del Potro in Montreal and Novak here.

 

[Simon]

Not sure Rafa will definitely become number 2 will he?

As it stands Murray's 360 for a losing semi means that Rafa must win the tournament to overhaul him (unless I've missed something?)

Murray loses points as he was defening champion wasnt he?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Murray loses points as he was defening champion wasnt he?

Nah, those points have been taken off already cos it was two weeks earlier last year (Olympics).

 

[Simon]

hmm ok, thought I read the other day that Murray needed to defend the title.

 

[Jono]

Good tournament for Federer!

Played so good in the first set. Novak actually played better in the 2nd for most of it, but choked when he was a break up, and then Federer let him see a set point before doing his awesomeness again.

 

[Anil]

well done federer!

 

[Pratters]

For Jono -

Nadal sceptical about his knees.

 

[Jono]

Yeah he's not back to where he was in January yet. Hoping he can at least make the quarters.

Watch for Del Potro this tournament I reckon. He's the form player, and had his rest after his ridiculous amount of tennis.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Yeah he's not back to where he was in January yet. Hoping he can at least make the quarters.

Watch for Del Potro this tournament I reckon. He's the form player, and had his rest after his ridiculous amount of tennis.

Class act. For Murray to win he's seeded to meet Del Potro in the quarters, Nadal in the semi's and Federer in the Final. I wouldn't be surprised to see Del Potro and Federer in the Final.