Week 33 - ATP Masters 1000, Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, OH, US (Hard)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 33 - ATP Masters 1000, Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, OH, US (Hard)

SuperT · Futures level

I suppose one can clutch at straws and hope he might not be at his best if he makes the final this week. But as the highest ranked player in the first round, who has by all accounts been playing exceptionally well, and beat Them comfortably last night, you have to feel there might have been easier draws available?

flamingowings · All-time great

The draw is the draw is the draw. No matter who you face, you still have to beat them to progress and Kyle hasn't been able to consistently do that this year (for whatever reason(s) that have been discussed)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

SuperT wrote:
I suppose one can clutch at straws and hope he might not be at his best if he makes the final this week. But as the highest ranked player in the first round, who has by all accounts been playing exceptionally well, and beat Them comfortably last night, you have to feel there might have been easier draws available?

Absolutely. He may also lose tonight, have an extra day off and be raring to go next week. Much better draws available, and it is clutching at straws a bit, but it could be similar to last week in that hypothetically, had Kyle played Nick at the back end of Washington, it probably would have been a lot tougher than the first round of Montreal.

I was also thinking Med could potentially withdraw, or if not, do what he can to ensure he doesn't have 3 successive weeks of deep runs leading up to a major, I.e. possibly tank. But yes, at face value, it's one of the tougher draws he could have, possibly the toughest.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Ace Ventura wrote:
It might not be the worst in the world. With the addition of Federer and Novak, Medvedev isn't a top 8 seed this time, so no bye (hence playing Kyle on R1). If he beats his compatriot Karen later and makes back to back 500/1000 finals, and doesn't have that extra round off, it might just affect his mindset with the US Open just around the corner.

Under normal circumstances, in form, and one of the highest ranked in the first round, then it is a brutal draw.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Saturday 10th of August 2019 11:04:12 AM

Not too sure about Medvedev, something not quite right about him, he has been in controversial news before, he was disqualified from US tournament for saying black umpire is 'friends' with his black opponent.

He reminds of Davydenko a bit (a man also that was controversial in so many different ways). Medvedev also looks like he may be going bald, and we all know what baldness is associated with..........

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: Denis Kudla (USA) WR 114 defeated (q8) Cameron Norrie WR 62 by 3 & 4 bleh

GBJ · Club Coach

Dan currently serving at 2-3

GBJ · Club Coach

Dunno if they have played at lower levels but atp site has their head to head as 1-0 to Dan back when he beat PK 64 26 64 in the 2014 Zagreb QF

GBJ · Club Coach

Dan just got broken 2-4

GBJ · Club Coach

Unless I just misread the score cos its suddenly on serve again 3-4

flamingowings · All-time great

Dan is serving to take it into a tb. Was 40 all on his serve.

GBJ · Club Coach

Tiebreak time

GBJ · Club Coach

PK served first in tb and held an got an immediate mini break

GBJ · Club Coach

0-1
0-2
1-2
1-3
1-4
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-7
Nuts!

GBJ · Club Coach

Looks like thats only PKs third set in his last six matches! Hoping hes not suddenly finding form