Week 16 - ATP 1000 - Monte-Carlo (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 16 - ATP 1000 - Monte-Carlo (clay)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, Andy not for being broken for a 7th time !

Now go break Ramos-Vinolas for a 7th time.

indiana · Tennis legend

Playing with fire again, *5-5 15-40

indiana · Tennis legend

... and gets burned, 5-6*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, lost his superhero powers in that game.

Is going to need super-super-hero powers now....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (15) Albert Ramos (ESP) WR 24 defeated (1) Andy Murray WR 1 by 2-6 6-2 7-5

Andy let slip a *4-1 lead in that final set. hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Have to say, that Spaniard played some solid and gutsy tennis at the end.

indiana · Tennis legend

Request for a Barcelona WC maybe ?

the addict · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Request for a Barcelona WC maybe ?

He said yesterday that Barcelona or Budapest were possibles for next week, depending on how many matches he had played, and how his elbow was.

(Stuart Fraser in The Times - today)

JonH · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (15) Albert Ramos (ESP) WR 24 defeated (1) Andy Murray WR 1 by 2-6 6-2 7-5
Andy let slip a *4-1 lead in that final set.

Did Andy run out of steam??

the addict · Tennis legend

Kryptonite

christ · Futures level

JonH wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (15) Albert Ramos (ESP) WR 24 defeated (1) Andy Murray WR 1 by 2-6 6-2 7-5
Andy let slip a *4-1 lead in that final set.
Did Andy run out of steam??

Not really, he just couldn't hold serve for love or money.

TMH · Futures qualifying

I have to say, I'm getting pretty concerned about his form right now. His record in the big events this year is now R4, R2, WD, R3.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 15 (7+8) defeated (PR) Tommy Haas & Treat Huey (GER/PHI) CR 877 (842+35) by 3 & 2

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QF: (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 15 (7+8) vs (WC) Romain Arneodo & Hugo Nys (MON/FRA) CR 1032 (851+181)

indiana · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
I have to say, I'm getting pretty concerned about his form right now. His record in the big events this year is now R4, R2, WD, R3.

Even as a huge Andy supporter, after last year I just can't bring myself to be anywhere near getting in a tizz this year.

These last two days clearly have a lot to do with rustiness, particularly on serve. So if the elbow is OK, a WC entry next week indeed looks a good plan

Still be #1 seed for Roland Garros - even if Novak wins everything in between including flinging in WC entries.

In theory Andy is not guaranteed to still be WR 1 after Roland Garros ( even ignoring the Novak WC scenario ), but I would certainly think he will win enough matches by then to hang on longer ( hopefully better than hang on ) and Novak probably won't win everything anyway ( * actually Stan can reach a theoretical higher post Roland Garros total than Novak ). I expect him to still be WR 1 going into Wimbledon. Then there could be an issue on that score.

* err though not if he shortly loses to Cuevas