Week 46 - ATP Tour Finals 2016 - O2, London

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 46 - ATP Tour Finals 2016 - O2, London

seagull · Hall of fame

Also said on the commentary if they win the next 3 matches now they will finish as Number 1 in the rankings thanks to Mahut/Herbert losing last night.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Last few games were simply stunning, and anyone who takes to court wearing the type of shorts Cilic chose to put on, probably deserves to take a beating, haha.

Just been looking at a few pictures. This is arguably the best:

"Ghastly" doesn't begin to cover it/them - or, as someone remarked on the Beeb site: Those shorts, Marin. The kind you'd still see on the reduced rack three months after the official end of the New Year's sales.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Monfils has apparently jumped on the "hideous shorts" bandwagon:

At least the colours aren't too bad! wink

the addict · Tennis legend

Didn't put Thiem off though

Jan · Hall of fame

Prefer LaMonf's to Marin's!

indiana · Tennis legend

Interesting to see a preview of the trends for 2017

TMH · Futures qualifying

I quite like the shorts.

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Round robin match 3 (Group Edberg/Jarryd): (2) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 7 (4+3) defeated (3) Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan by 3 & 4
That moves them to the top of the standings in the Group (for now at least).
Being reported that unless Dodig/Melo beat Mirnyi/Huey in straight sets, that Jamie and Bruno will have already qualified for the SFs.
Indeed. And then on Thursday Dodig/Melo would have to beat Jamie/Bruno in straight sets and Bryan/Bryan beat Mirnyi/Huey also in straight sets. That would leave three pairs with a record of won 2 lost 1, sets 4-2 and calculators out for games.
They are in quite a strong position

Dodig/Melo did win in straight sets, though a still potentially relevant tight 7-5 6-4, so still any of the pairs in the group could still qualify for the SF, any could miss out, although it does need two straight set results the wrong way to endanger Jamie/Bruno

Positions and matches, sets and games won and lost.

1. Murray/ Soares : 2-0 4-0 25-16

2. Bryan/Bryan : 1-1 2-2 20-18

3. Dodig/Melo : 1-1 2-2 19-22

4. Huey/Mirnyi : 0-2 0-4 18-26

Spectator · All-time great

Interesting on the doubles front.

And on singles, while I'm not normally particularly interested in attire, the trend towards hideous "tropical-holiday" style shorts is definitely one to be discouraged.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bugger! NoDjo beats Raonic by 7-6(6) 7-6(5). furious At least it was two tie-breaks...

indiana · Tennis legend

Novak then is through to the SF and will be the group winner.

Raonic will play Thiem on Thursday for the second spot.

Monfils is out, but might as well beat Djokovic and deprive him of some ranking points !

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
[...] while I'm not normally particularly interested in attire, the trend towards hideous "tropical-holiday" style shorts is definitely one to be discouraged.

That's a good one! That said, Stan the Man's shorts at last year's French Open take some beating, though Dino's Ted Baker shirts in the DC match against the Yanks last year are up/down there with the worst...

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Could you imagine combining the Ted Baker shirts with Stan's shorts!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

theemptyvessel wrote:
Could you imagine combining the Ted Baker shirts with Stan's shorts!

I'd rather not!