Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, CA

Priesty · Challenger level

RE: Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, CA

DF · Tennis legend

Jamie and Bruno survive their first round 7-6(4)2-6 10-3

The Bryans the no 2 seeds here are out to Nick Kyrgios and Nenad Zimonjc

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm not sure what it is about serve volleyers that phases Andy or about IW. I guess having the two together didn't have the desired result for us. 4-6, 6-7(5-7) wasn't what I was expecting. I thought he had had a good break and was ready to roll again. I'm gutted for him.
I guess it's abit more court time for him in the dubs and then on to historically greener pastures as Miami. Who would have thought that Evo and Kedders would outlast Andy in a tourney! they've both got really good opponents this evening, but just a glimmer.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, Evo elected to receive - and has just broken serve to 15 !

thejester · Satellite level

He'll have to keep it tight, that's for sure. You don't tend to get many cheap points from Kei

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good standard, but first set Kei - Josh Milton in the Evo camp today

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Dan's first serve percentage (45%) and his backhand have been nowhere near good enough so far 3-6

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity about Andy but his Indian Wells record is very poor and the courts ( get ready, get set to bang it, get set again, bang it ) so don't suit such an instinctive player.

Some years though he has played IW with no tournaments since Australia and I felt he would at least be a lot better prepared than he has sometimes seemed previously. Plus while not Andy courts they certainly didn't seem Pospisil courts either.

I did watch the end of the match and as Julia C said Pospisil indeed was playing very well and particularly played a great tiebreaker with Andy not doing a huge lot wrong.

Now, c'mon Dan !

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

First serve percentage 45%. An alarming number of backhand unforced errors on routine shots. Forehand generally good, spectacularly good in the game in which he broke in the 2nd set. Not convinced by the tactic of slicing backhands to Nishikori's backhand.

Nishikori clearly the more talented player so not really a surprise. Dan could have played better.

Interesting contest to watch, perhaps gives clues as to Dan's ceiling in terms of rankings. I wasn't expecting Kei's ball-striking to be so much better.

-- Edited by kundalini on Sunday 12th of March 2017 07:48:25 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

I know it's the same for both players, but it looked incredibly hot there.

the addict · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
I know it's the same for both players, but it looked incredibly hot there.

I think they said on Sky that it was 115. Accuweather says 94 F, real feel 101 right now

indiana · Tennis legend

Now down to Kyle with his simple draw ...

At least the get set, get set again, bang it courts are much more for him than Andy. He can both usefully use the extra get set time and he sure can bang it.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

indiana wrote:
Pity about Andy but his Indian Wells record is very poor and the courts ( get ready, get set to bang it, get set again, bang it ) so don't suit such an instinctive player.

Some years though he has played IW with no tournaments since Australia and I felt he would at least be a lot better prepared than he has sometimes seemed previously. Plus while not Andy courts they certainly didn't seem Pospisil courts either.

I did watch the end of the match and as Julia C said Pospisil indeed was playing very well and particularly played a great tiebreaker with Andy not doing a huge lot wrong.

Now, c'mon Dan !

A tennis mate has told me that Pospisil does most of his training on these courts as his coach lives nearby so I suspect he was more than comfortable playing on them.

indiana · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
indiana wrote:
Pity about Andy but his Indian Wells record is very poor and the courts ( get ready, get set to bang it, get set again, bang it ) so don't suit such an instinctive player.

Some years though he has played IW with no tournaments since Australia and I felt he would at least be a lot better prepared than he has sometimes seemed previously. Plus while not Andy courts they certainly didn't seem Pospisil courts either.

I did watch the end of the match and as Julia C said Pospisil indeed was playing very well and particularly played a great tiebreaker with Andy not doing a huge lot wrong.

Now, c'mon Dan !
A tennis mate has told me that Pospisil does most of his training on these courts as his coach lives nearby so I suspect he was more than comfortable playing on them.

Ah, that would help !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Kyle got broken in the first game and then the set just rolled out, as you'd expect, with Djoko winning it 6-4