Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India (hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India (hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Tough....

Priesty · Challenger level

Ack.... cry

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

No problem. Anything is pospisil

SMC1809 · All-time great

Lol

Spectator · All-time great

But for which player, BiS? Personally, I fear this could be Mission Im .... but who knows?

Edit: Hadn't realised until I looked at the draw the extent to which this was the worst possible draw (as four top seeds have byes) ... or the extent to which some other parts of the draw were relatively soft. Do hope that Mr Edmund doesn't turn out to be one of our "worst possible draw" magnet players ....

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 28th of December 2013 12:12:45 PM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Tough start to the year but you've gotta start somewhere

Priesty · Challenger level

And it will be interesting to see the immediate effects of the training block with Muzza....

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Come on peoples. Let's be positive here.

Looking forward to a potential QF rematch with a certain Pablo Carreño Busta wink

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Bob in Spain wrote:
No problem. Anything is pospisil

Bloody 'ell we have a late contender for pun of the year.

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Saturday 28th of December 2013 03:53:32 PM

Spectator · All-time great

Bob in Spain wrote:
Come on peoples. Let's be positive here.
Looking forward to a potential QF rematch with a certain Pablo Carreño Busta

That would make a great news story! From grinding out obscure futures to ATP tournament QF in a year ... Not sure about PCB v Fognini on hard courts though, either ...

For the record, I am positive. Were I doing the predictions, I'd put Mr Edmund firmly within the top 200 by end of year, as I think he will be there, if not perhaps (dare one say it?!) even knocking on the door of the top 100. But I still think this draw is a tough one!

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 28th of December 2013 04:11:39 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Maza1987 wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
No problem. Anything is pospisil
Bloody 'ell we have a late contender for pun of the year.

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Saturday 28th of December 2013 03:53:32 PM

I take it you mean WORST pun of the year smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Come on peoples. Let's be positive here.
Looking forward to a potential QF rematch with a certain Pablo Carreño Busta
That would make a great news story! From grinding out obscure futures to ATP tournament QF in a year ... Not sure about PCB v Fognini on hard courts though, either ...
For the record, I am positive. Were I doing the predictions, I'd put Mr Edmund firmly within the top 200 by end of year, as I think he will be there, if not perhaps (dare one say it?!) even knocking on the door of the top 100. But I still think this draw is a tough one!

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 28th of December 2013 04:11:39 PM

Cartagena to Chennai in 10 months. Would be great. If memory serves, Fognini was one of Busta's scalps in Portugal earlier in the year, but on clay and not, as you pointed out, on hard court.

Realistically, anything from this would be a bonus for Kyle, particularly as he hasn't played a competitive match for three months. There are going to be some cobwebs. But as Priesty mentioned, it will be interesting to see how 3 weeks with Muzza has helped.

Looking forward to a big season though.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah, tough draw for Kyle !!

steven · Tennis legend

The Canadians have been making T-shirts with the 'anything is Pospisil' pun on them for the last few months. They probably don't have the same thing in mind as Bob though