Week 40 - ATP Masters 1000 - Shanghai, China (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 40 - ATP Masters 1000 - Shanghai, China (hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

like the events with finals on a mid week day that have been taking place, these 10 day masters events leave me finding it hard to pinpoint where I am in the event and, being frank, feel like a slow buildup.

Not sure I am a fan of either of those two approaches, mid week finals or 10 day events outside of slams.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L64: (Q) Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) WR 245 (CH = 39 in February 2019) vs (30) Daniel Evans WR 33

L64: JJ Wolf (USA) WR 51 (CH = 39 in February) vs (15) Cameron Norrie WR 16

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Safiullin beat zverev for the loss of 4 games; with that and Andy , hes lost 9 games in 4 sets to two big names.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lots of seeds gone in lower half - 9 of 16 left in last 32.

Evo and Cam both on court in top half tomorrow.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cam lost the opening set 6-3

paulisi · Tennis legend

Into a third set

the addict · Tennis legend

Match suspended due to rain with Cam *3-2 30-30 in the decider.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

dodrade wrote:
indiana wrote:
Little generally surprises me re Andy. He's at heart such a competitor and loves to prove himself.

But lately, for the first time really ( other than when he himself previously thought it was over ) with it just not happening, I sense a possible closure time. That next year might be his last year ...
It's clear how much he loves the sport but is increasingly frustrated he isn't competitive at the level he wants to be. I think he'd still like one more ATP title or a second week run in a slam but my best guess is he'll call it a day if he believes it's now beyond him.

There was some talk years ago that he'd do a bit of dubs with Jamie once his singles career was over. I wonder whether that would still be on the cards with him being a family man now.

wolf · Tennis legend

L64: JJ Wolf (USA) WR 51 (CH = 39 in February) defeated (15) Cameron Norrie WR 16 by 6-3 5-7 7-6(4)

wolf · Tennis legend

L64: (30) Daniel Evans WR 33 defeated (Q) Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) WR 245 by 6-2 3-0 ret

****

L32: (1) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) WR 1 vs (30) Daniel Evans WR 33

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cant believe cam lost that one having led when it was stopped. Disappointing.

Well done Dan but Alcaraz next is a tough one , haha

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

just watching the scores but Evo is up 3-1 against Alcaraz. It is deuce in the 5th game as I write and will no doubt change, but a good start from Dan

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Now 4-1, good effort so far

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Just watched the first set tie break Dan not playing badly, but Carlos just in a different class.