Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP Masters 1000 - BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells, CA, USA (hard) - singles

the addict · Tennis legend

Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP Masters 1000 - BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells, CA, USA (hard) - singles

JonH · All-time great

2 early breaks and 4-0 down.

JonH · All-time great

I'm guessing Kyle is just sizing fed up before crushing him.

JonH · All-time great

Kyle clearly playing a very canny waiting game.

JonH · All-time great

And down goes Kyle. Still, decent two weeks or so in Indian wells, 90k this week in the bank
Onto miami

JonH · All-time great

Ps where is the real thread for Kyle v fed, did I not get invited to the conversation?!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Ps where is the real thread for Kyle v fed, did I not get invited to the conversation?!

Sorry. Too busy ranting in the Chat section. You can guess what I was ranting about. I actually thought Kyle would have a shot tonight with nothing to lose but the scoreline suggests he was nervous in the early stages. But an R4 in a Masters ending in a defeat to Fed is not the worst week. Over IW and Miami last year Kyle amassed a total of 20 points. This time round he has 90 already. More importantly, he now seems back to full fitness.

JonH · All-time great

I just read the rant, I was just debating the same point you made . His answer was that representative democracies are possibly the worst kind and feed self interest. As such hypocricy is a built in given.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Not necessarily Kyle, but a largely disappointing days tennis in Indian Wells - 7 singles matches completed, 6 on the main courts and play only lasted just over 4 and a half hours - it's not even 4pm local time. A retirement, routine wins for Fed and Nadal (although I suspect most of the paying fans would be happy with that), a shock WTA absolute beat down and straight set wins in the other 2 matches. I'm so used to there being so much going on around this time these past few days. Shapo vs the Pole did at least go 3 on the one match away from the 2 show courts.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For the record:

L16: (4) Roger Federer WR 4 defeated (22) Kyle Edmund WR 23 by 1 & 4

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Ugh hoping for a much closer match.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Oakland2002 wrote:
Ugh hoping for a much closer match.

The second set was much more competitive I thought- Kyle was toe to toe for much of it.

(kind that no-one corrected my spelling , though I'm sure it didn't go unnoticed !)

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Thursday 14th of March 2019 12:11:29 PM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I woke up this morning expecting to see evidence of a fight and some commentary on here. Having trawled MTF to find out what happened, I'm in shock really that Kyle really was in pieces in the first set. They've referred to him as 'Shankmund', and made a pun about him being a challenger level player. I wonder where his head went? Has anyone got any more insight? It's pretty depressing right now.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

bit of a hammering, but Kyle has turned around a winless season to win 7 on the bounce. Hopefully he can take this forward into Miami and the clay (and also be able to cope better next time he plays Roger)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Easy to be overcome by Feds presence, a lot to learn from the loss from a psychological perspective but I cant see it being a long term issue.