Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo (Clay)

steven · Tennis legend

That's an evil draw!

The last I heard, Nole had seriously injured his ankle at DC, so I assumed Andy was going to be the top seed. This seems like a remarkably quick recovery.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah ! Hope the clay court prep has gone well, Andy !

korriban · Challenger level

Ouch!

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Good test the way I'm looking at it ! Altough saying that he has to reach the quarters to hang onto #2 (I think)

RJA · Hall of fame

Tennis36 wrote:
Good test the way I'm looking at it ! Altough saying that he has to reach the quarters to hang onto #2 (I think)

He needs to reach the quarters to stay number 2 after Monte Carlo but he actually he needs to reach the Semis or he drops back to 3 a week later when his Barcelona points come off.

Spectator · All-time great

Nasty, nasty, nasty. Then again, he sometimes seems to do better when he has really wretched draws and worse when he has easier-looking ones (said hopefully)

Justtimthen · Improver

Hi! I'm new to this forum. Looking forward to this tourney. The draw doesn't look great on paper, lets see how he plays against Haase first though. I think he'll do okay.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Justtimthen wrote:
Hi! I'm new to this forum. Looking forward to this tourney. The draw doesn't look great on paper, lets see how he plays against Haase first though. I think he'll do okay.

Welcome smile

steven · Tennis legend

Welcome to the forum, Justtimthen. smile

I trust your nickname doesn't denote the only player you are interested in because he doesn't get much of a mention here these days wink

RJA · Hall of fame

Haase currently a set down against the dangerous French qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin

RJA · Hall of fame

The Frenchman completed a very comfortable 3 and 2 win so will play Andy on Wednesday.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

IIRC Andy beat ERV comfortably at the Oz open last year.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

But that wasn't on clay, of course!

Justtimthen · Improver

You trust rightly! I liked Henman but not in the same class as Andy and nor is Vasselin for that matter, still, a good tester to kick off the clay season, Vasselin beat Insner this year and put in a good account of himself against DelPo last year at the french, up to 45 in the rankings race and through 3 solid matches already so he's no pushover.

-- Edited by Justtimthen on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 01:59:50 AM