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Bob in Spain wrote:
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............I am thinking about weddings at RG...........

 Something you're not telling us Bob ?

 Yes. The fact that I hate the auto correct feature on the iPhone. First time it changed it to seedlings. Corrected that one but it still got the better of me. 

 wink



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Just back and thought the match might still be going, but no! Well done Kyle, fabulous result

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Kontinen and Peers again went down early and easily v Mektic and Peya

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Gooooooooo Kyle!

Nice opponent is beatable too, whichever Canadian it turns out to be.

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For the record:

L16:  Kyle Edmund WR 22 defeated (8) David Goffin (BEL) WR 10 by 3 & 3 

Didn't see that one coming!  biggrin  Shapovalov or Raonic next.  Neither is seeded.



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Shapovalov has taken the first set against Raonic.

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QF:  Kyle Edmund WR 22 vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) WR 43 (CH = 42 last week)

Shapovalov beat Raonic by 4 & 4.

The head-to-head is 2-2, the first encounter being in that infamous GB-Canada first round Davis Cup tie last year, when Kyle won by default.  Shapovalov won the next two (Queen's & the US Open last tear) & Kyle the last one (first round in Brisbane earlier this year).



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Shapovalov's taken the second as well
6-4 6-4, so faces Kyle next.

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Kyle's match is on the second court (Arantxa Sanchez) tomorrow, whereas all the other 5 singles matches (mens qs and ladies semis) are on the main Santana Court. That's a shame for Kyle and Shapo as I think they will be an entertaining and interesting match up.


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Anderson joins Kyle and Shapo in last 8 - none of those are what you might call traditional clay courters. Not sure how Madrid plays, with the altitude perhaps the faster court speed is helping the non clay court types to impose their attacking games?

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Kyle just took it to the bank and it cleared



-- Edited by Tennis Nut on Thursday 10th of May 2018 11:52:42 AM

Good to hear. I got rejected at the bank yesterday but then they did ask where I had got it from and seemed to consider it rather dodgy. 



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Kyle just took it to the bank and it cleared



-- Edited by Tennis Nut on Thursday 10th of May 2018 11:52:42 AM

Good to hear. I got rejected at the bank yesterday but then they did ask where I had got it from and seemed to consider it rather dodgy. 

 It'd be the hat and the 3 day growth shadow that did it Indy.



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QF:  (5) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 27 (13+14) vs (2) Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan CR 10 (5+5)

To think that the twins are now 40...!



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Anderson joins Kyle and Shapo in last 8 - none of those are what you might call traditional clay courters. Not sure how Madrid plays, with the altitude perhaps the faster court speed is helping the non clay court types to impose their attacking games?

A couple of paragraphs from Stu Fraser's report on yesterday's match:

After both players struggled in the early stages to serve under the sun on one side of La Caja Mágica's Manolo Santana Court, Edmund pulled ahead to lead 4-2. His fearsome forehand was flying through the thin air of the Spanish capital city in warm conditions, prompting the well-respected coach and former world No 4, Brad Gilbert, to hail it as the biggest shot in tennis.

And at the very end:

Whatever the result [of his match against Goffin], Edmund has already displayed how suited his game is to the clay. It bodes well ahead of the French Open this month, where he will enjoy the status of a seeded player for the first time at a grand-slam tournament.



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Cuevas vs Isner is evidently not exactly a clay slog.

7-6(9) 5-4*, not a BP, relatively not many return points ( just 9 by Isner ) and been going a whole 1 hour 16 minutes.



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