Week 19 - ATP 1000 - Mutua Madrid Open - Spain (clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Week 19 - ATP 1000 - Mutua Madrid Open - Spain (clay)

thejester · Satellite level

Winnable Round 1 for Evo, could have been a lot worse than that!

daisy · County player

Does anyone know why Kyle isn't playing?
Is he carrying an injury?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

daisy wrote:
Does anyone know why Kyle isn't playing?
Is he carrying an injury?

Sorry can't help with that one. I have been wondering the same myself.

It is still possible that I may get there tomorrow if Dan is playing and I will try to get some info.

indiana · Tennis legend

Just it does seem to have been on the cards early, MTF stating and apparently Twitter suggesting that he had been out for days, but without detail, and certainly not from our man whose apparent only reference to Madrid was he was looking forward to watching the Tiebreak Tens.

I had read that he had signed up for Lyon in the week before Roland Garros, but then to miss a Masters on his best surface is concerning ( well for those who are ever concerned about Kyle )

JonH · All-time great

Kyle is on the Lyon list, for qualies only though, signed up too late for main draw. He is still on Rome list and indeed in the doubles also in Rome with Dan as his partner!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 15 (7+8) vs BYE

The top seeds are Kontinen & Peers, while the Bryans are the second seeds.

JonH · All-time great

Dan first on court 4 today around noon UK time.

thejester · Satellite level

I think it's 12:00 in Madrid JonH, should be 11:00-ish here in the U.K. I think.

JonH · All-time great

thejester wrote:
I think it's 12:00 in Madrid JonH, should be 11:00-ish here in the U.K. I think.

Quite right! They are on now!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L64: Robin Haase (NED) WR 45 defeated Dan Evans WR 58 by 5 & 2 cry

scottie1 · Futures level

Dan smashed his racket after losing his serve to go 5-6 down in first set as he had already recovered a break from Haase second set seemed error strewn with big serves from Haase

JonH · All-time great

Reasons to not be concerned re Andy: from the ATP site:

Murray is the top seed in Madrid for the first time and comes in with a 15-5 record in 2017 (3-2 on clay). Last year, he was 13-4 with no titles entering Madrid. He went on to reach the Madrid final and end the season on a 65-5 run with an ATP World Tour-best nine titles.

Fingers crossed!

Miriambee · Futures level

GGL and Copil fighting it out to play Andy, now 2 hours in and 2-1 in the deciding set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 vs (WC) Marius Copil (ROU) WR 104 (= CH)

Copil's match with GGL last for two hours & 52 mintues, finishing 7-6(9) in the decider!