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

Jan · Hall of fame

RE: Week 19 - ATP Masters 1000 - Mutua Madrileña Open - Madrid, Spain (clay)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Bloody marvellous. Might as well win the whole thing now........

I actually fell asleep on my elbows in front of my computer for the last couple of games and woke myself up as arms gave way hitting the desk, just at match point !!!!

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Wednesday 9th of May 2018 01:58:27 PM

seagull · Hall of fame

Up to live ranked 19 with only Raonic having a serious chance of overtaking him.

Cracking result

seagull · Hall of fame

It gets easier..Goffin next!

JonH · All-time great

Good man, Kyle. Great result even if Novak isnt what he was - he was there for the taking and he was taken.

Well done Kyle (I will take back my non clutch comment elsewhere!)

JonH · All-time great

Goffin next , that wont be easy unfortunately.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Great set from Kyle! A deserved win and Novak not playing badly giving Kyle plenty of backhand practice. The fearhand was majestic but some heavy serving and Kyles ability to be able to go head to head with Novak on the backhand the real difference for me in Kyles game today.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Absolutely fabulous, to coin a phrase! biggrin You can bet your bottom dollar there'll be reports on the national news bulletins this evening!

L32: Kyle Edmund WR 22 defeated (10) Novak Djokovic (SRB) WR 12 by 6-3 2-6 6-3

*****

L16: (8) David Goffin (BEL) WR 10 (CH = 7 last November) vs Kyle Edmund WR 22

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Wow that was unexpected well done. Goffin next might actually be a tougher challenge.

Sad to see Novak as poor, I still dont think hes fit. I also think Andy will as rumoured not rush back having watched Novak. A fully fit Novak would not have lost that match. Well done Kyle taking advantage of circumstances shades of fortune that way as per Aus Open Semi Run.

Wont be surprised to see Novak withdraw from French Open now.

JonH · All-time great

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Wow that was unexpected well done. Goffin next might actually be a tougher challenge.

Sad to see Novak as poor, I still dont think hes fit. I also think Andy will as rumoured not rush back having watched Novak. A fully fit Novak would not have lost that match. Well done Kyle taking advantage of circumstances shades of fortune that way as per Aus Open Semi Run.

Wont be surprised to see Novak withdraw from French Open now.

I am still not sure Novak's head is right. Seems his issues are physical and mental. I think his game was so much based on mental strength when he was dominating a couple of years back that when it went, it literally collapsed. Question will be what level can he get back to - I dont see #1 ever really, can he make top 10 again? Game moves on and when you arent on top of your game in all aspects it is easy to fall away and not compete.

For players like Kyle, winning against someone like Novak who isnt on top form is all about killer instinct and playing the ball and not the star name - he seemed to do that well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-5709585/Kyle-Edmund-defeats-Novak-Djokovic-Madrid-Masters-second-round.html

Daily mail already reporting it and calling Kyle as top 20.

brendan · Strong Club Player

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Wow that was unexpected well done. Goffin next might actually be a tougher challenge.

Sad to see Novak as poor, I still dont think hes fit. I also think Andy will as rumoured not rush back having watched Novak. A fully fit Novak would not have lost that match. Well done Kyle taking advantage of circumstances shades of fortune that way as per Aus Open Semi Run.

Wont be surprised to see Novak withdraw from French Open now.

he isn't going to get fit if he isn't playing

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Bit worried about Kyles nose, he really needs to slap the factor 50 on it.

Realistically Kyle wont be benchmarking himself against the old Novak that era, we may see the odd flicker over the next couple of years but for the most part its done and Kyle looking to become part of a much flatter and arguably more interesting heirarchy at the tenniss top table. As always he spoke a lot of sense in the post match interview.

mike55 · Lower Club Player

brendan wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
Wow that was unexpected well done. Goffin next might actually be a tougher challenge.

Sad to see Novak as poor, I still dont think hes fit. I also think Andy will as rumoured not rush back having watched Novak. A fully fit Novak would not have lost that match. Well done Kyle taking advantage of circumstances shades of fortune that way as per Aus Open Semi Run.

Wont be surprised to see Novak withdraw from French Open now.
he isn't going to get fit if he isn't playing

That rather depends on what the problem is.

Jimmy09 · Intermediate Club Player

What will Kyle rise to if he wins his next one??

seagull · Hall of fame

He would stay at 19 although be level on points with Novak!