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Quote from: aoluain on May 01, 2024, 08:43:02 AM

Big day yesterday for Nadal!

Lehecka won in 2 sets. The match was high level with fantastic tennis from both.

After the match there was a tribute to Nadal as it was his last Madrid tournament.

The surprise of the day for me was Felix AA getting past Ruud, the canadian is playing
fantastic tennis ATM, its kind of out of the blue though and is rewarded with a match
against Sinner!

Yes it is hard to predict who might come out on top of this tournament. I thought that Alcaraz would never have such a thriller against Struff and I thought Ruud would be playing better than that. It's weird, it is back and forth for Ruud. Gets destroyed in the Monte Carlo Masters final against Tsitsipas on clay, then destroys Tsitsipas in the Barcelona final on clay. Now as the Barcelona winner loses the game against Felix AA. Tennis became much more unpredictable ever since the three GOATS have either retired or reduced the number of tournaments they play.

We will have to be patient to find out whether there is another GOAT in the making, but even Alcaraz had his bad moments already. As of now, the 24 GS titles of Djokovic seem to be impossible to reach for everyone who is around at the moment.

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Big day yesterday for Nadal!

Lehecka won in 2 sets. The match was high level with fantastic tennis from both.

After the match there was a tribute to Nadal as it was his last Madrid tournament.

The surprise of the day for me was Felix AA getting past Ruud, the canadian is playing
fantastic tennis ATM, its kind of out of the blue though and is rewarded with a match
against Sinner!

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On the Womens side I'm surprised to see names come up that have been absent for a
while especially in the round of 16 stage, Haddad Maia, Soribes Tormo and Jabeur.

Ons Jabeur being able to beat Leylah Fernadez is an encouraging thing for her career so far it was not an impressive performance and today facing Jelena Ostapenko will be the next tough match for her.
Soribes Tormo was the most surprising, but facing Swiatek I'm not sure she will put up a tough fight, the three previous meetings she lost in straight sets to Swiatek, but the crowd will be on her side.

Well it was easy enough for Ons beating Ostapenko, 0-6 and 4-6. Same for Swiatek,
easy day out even when broken in her first game....and immediately broken back,
6-1 and 6-0. Haddad Maia also got the better of Sakkari.

Quarter final time tomorrow with Swiatek v Haddad Maia, I cant see Swiatek losing this though.

Ons has a tricky match up against Keys, I dont see odds on this one yet, hard to pick
a winner.

Just watching Sinner v Kotov and its in the second set with Sinner not having an easy
one. He looks to have a problem with his hip for the last few games which is a bit worrying
but he is looking good now to win the match after breaking back Kotov.

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Quote from: serveria.com on April 26, 2024, 10:55:58 AM

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Nadal will take part in this year's Laver Cup, perhaps this will be his last tournament before finally retiring from tennis completely.

What about Roland Garros? I guess RG is the ultimate goal for Rafa this season. If not for RG, Rafa would have retired from tennis already. He just wants to play in Paris so bad for one final time...

Not so sure about RG, because if I read his statement he hasn't fully recovered, especially since GS is a more tiring match with 3 sets, but he said he wanted to play longer for his son, it seems his son gave him the motivation to play more.

Rafael Nadal will continue his hopes here, facing Pedro Cachin, it looks like this will be an easy match for Nadal as long as he doesn't have to go through three sets.

Quote from: aoluain on April 28, 2024, 04:56:48 PM

On the Womens side I'm surprised to see names come up that have been absent for a
while especially in the round of 16 stage, Haddad Maia, Soribes Tormo and Jabeur.

Ons Jabeur being able to beat Leylah Fernadez is an encouraging thing for her career so far it was not an impressive performance and today facing Jelena Ostapenko will be the next tough match for her.
Soribes Tormo was the most surprising, but facing Swiatek I'm not sure she will put up a tough fight, the three previous meetings she lost in straight sets to Swiatek, but the crowd will be on her side.

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Quote from: serveria.com on April 28, 2024, 02:21:34 PM

Rafa announced he is going to play doubles together with Carlos Alcaraz at the Olympics in Paris this summer. Very interesting decision, I wonder who initiated this: Rafa or the Spanish tennis federation? Rafa is known to be an average doubles player with rather poor performance at the net. Spain, on the other hand, have one of the longest rosters in sport and can choose from at least a dozen of top level players. What do you think? Is Rafa the right candidate?

To be honest, I would not pick him or let him play if it was anywhere else. He's out of form, is always an injury risk and there are better options available.
He's won gold in both singles and doubles category and I'd give the chance to somebody else.

However, considering that it's being held in Paris he deserves the chance. I hope they win it.

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What were the odds on Rafa today?
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Rafa Nadal odds against De minaur was @2.50 but lowered up to @2.20 during pre-market.
I wasn't able to follow the match but the result surprised me a bit.
It is obvious that in his home tournament he wants to achieve maximum results and visibility, but I don't know up to what match his physical condition can be satisfactory.

Rafa announced he is going to play doubles together with Carlos Alcaraz at the Olympics in Paris this summer. Very interesting decision, I wonder who initiated this: Rafa or the Spanish tennis federation? Rafa is known to be an average doubles player with rather poor performance at the net. Spain, on the other hand, have one of the longest rosters in sport and can choose from at least a dozen of top level players. What do you think? Is Rafa the right candidate?

I dont think I have ever seen Rafa play doubles so I'm not sure if he is the right candidate
to pair up with Alcaraz. They better start getting a few tournaments under their belts!

A lot of big matches tomorrow, Sinner, Nadal, Medvedev, Ruud, also interesting to see
both Bublik and Felix AA put in decent performances to reach the round of 32! but
they are in a very tough side of the draw with Ruud, Medvedev and Sinner.

On the Womens side I'm surprised to see names come up that have been absent for a
while especially in the round of 16 stage, Haddad Maia, Soribes Tormo and Jabeur.

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Quote from: aoluain on April 27, 2024, 11:58:57 AM

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What were the odds on Rafa today?
...

Rafa Nadal odds against De minaur was @2.50 but lowered up to @2.20 during pre-market.
I wasn't able to follow the match but the result surprised me a bit.
It is obvious that in his home tournament he wants to achieve maximum results and visibility, but I don't know up to what match his physical condition can be satisfactory.

Rafa announced he is going to play doubles together with Carlos Alcaraz at the Olympics in Paris this summer. Very interesting decision, I wonder who initiated this: Rafa or the Spanish tennis federation? Rafa is known to be an average doubles player with rather poor performance at the net. Spain, on the other hand, have one of the longest rosters in sport and can choose from at least a dozen of top level players. What do you think? Is Rafa the right candidate?

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Quote from: aoluain on April 27, 2024, 11:58:57 AM

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What were the odds on Rafa today?
...

Rafa Nadal odds against De minaur was @2.50 but lowered up to @2.20 during pre-market.
I wasn't able to follow the match but the result surprised me a bit.
It is obvious that in his home tournament he wants to achieve maximum results and visibility, but I don't know up to what match his physical condition can be satisfactory.

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Quote from: cryptofrka on April 27, 2024, 04:38:08 AM

Yeah, let's see Rafa against de Minaur today.
They played recently in Barcelona and de Minaur won easily, it will be a good match to compare and check Nadal's progress.

I expect de Minaur to win again, but if Nadal means business on RG he needs to do a lot better than 2 weeks ago.

Not this time!
Rafa probably learned more from that previous meeting than de Minaur did, first set
wasnt easy though. He plays Cachin next and if he gets past him I recon it will be a
good enough performance for Rafa to decide to play RG...

Quote from: bitbollo on April 27, 2024, 07:15:05 AM

Nadal vs de minaur its interesting also for the high odds for both player. Despite the previous loss the Australian player has a nice odd @1.60 ...

Meanwhile Sinner has won easily against Sonego.
He continue a strong progression during this year, lets see what he can achieve from the tournament... This is not his best surface where to play ...

What were the odds on Rafa today?

Yea Sinner had an easy day out against his best friend.

Next up in a few minutes is Norrie v Fonseca, the odds on this one are 1.5 v 2.5, small
bet on Fonseca!

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Nadal vs de minaur its interesting also for the high odds for both player. Despite the previous loss the Australian player has a nice odd @1.60 ...

Meanwhile Sinner has won easily against Sonego.
He continue a strong progression during this year, lets see what he can achieve from the tournament... This is not his best surface where to play ...

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Yeah, let's see Rafa against de Minaur today.
They played recently in Barcelona and de Minaur won easily, it will be a good match to compare and check Nadal's progress.

I expect de Minaur to win again, but if Nadal means business on RG he needs to do a lot better than 2 weeks ago.

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I think Blanch in 2-3 years will be in top 200

More like in top 20. Cool

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Nadal will take part in this year's Laver Cup, perhaps this will be his last tournament before finally retiring from tennis completely.

What about Roland Garros? I guess RG is the ultimate goal for Rafa this season. If not for RG, Rafa would have retired from tennis already. He just wants to play in Paris so bad for one final time...

I posted yesterday that if Rafa doesnt feel like he is going to be competitive at RG he
is not going to play! He has already said that this years Madrid is his last one so I
guess this is his final year.

Well, this definitely IS his final year the only question is whether or not he is going to play RG.

Meanwhile, enjoying Rune v Navone. Argentinian surprisingly was up a set (7:5) and 6:5 in the second set 30:15 on his serve (a point away from a match point) but double-faulted and lost that game eventually. Now it's 3rd set and Rune is leading with an early break 3:1. Sooo exciting to watch!

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I think Blanch in 2-3 years will be in top 200

More like in top 20. Cool

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Nadal will take part in this year's Laver Cup, perhaps this will be his last tournament before finally retiring from tennis completely.

What about Roland Garros? I guess RG is the ultimate goal for Rafa this season. If not for RG, Rafa would have retired from tennis already. He just wants to play in Paris so bad for one final time...

I posted yesterday that if Rafa doesnt feel like he is going to be competitive at RG he
is not going to play! He has already said that this years Madrid is his last one so I
guess this is his final year.

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Osaka won today beating Minnen 6-4, 6-1. She plays Samsonova next which could be
a tricky onr

Even though Naomi Osaka lost to Liudmila Samsonova, it was a very close match, and seeing Osaka's good performance on clay, it seems there is hope for her this clay season to achieve something better.

Yea if Samsonova is having a good day there are few if any who can beat her and I
think she was on top form so even for Osaka playing very good was not enough.
I hope too that we see Naomi back to her top form soon, hopefully this clay season.

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Quote from: Joca97 on April 25, 2024, 06:38:10 PM

I think Blanch in 2-3 years will be in top 200

More like in top 20. Cool

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Nadal will take part in this year's Laver Cup, perhaps this will be his last tournament before finally retiring from tennis completely.

What about Roland Garros? I guess RG is the ultimate goal for Rafa this season. If not for RG, Rafa would have retired from tennis already. He just wants to play in Paris so bad for one final time...

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Rafael Nadal won easily against young tennis player Darwin Blanch, and next will face De Minaur again and the result in Barcelona is very likely to be repeated here. Nadal will take part in this year's Laver Cup, perhaps this will be his last tournament before finally retiring from tennis completely.
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Osaka won today beating Minnen 6-4, 6-1. She plays Samsonova next which could be
a tricky onr

Even though Naomi Osaka lost to Liudmila Samsonova, it was a very close match, and seeing Osaka's good performance on clay, it seems there is hope for her this clay season to achieve something better.

Carlos Alcaraz will play today against Alexander Shevchenko, not sure the Kazakh player can pose a threat to Alcaraz as this is Alcaraz's favorite surface unless the news about him not being fully fit affects his performance later, but if that is not an obstacle this should be an easy match for Alcaraz.

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It certainly will be interesting to see how he competes, also Sinner who has taken a mini
break and should be fresh. He is top seed!

Nadal is playing tomorrow. He has also mentioned that this is his last Madrid tournament
and if he doesnt think he is competitive he wont play at Paris!

Yeah, the 16 yo guy who is going to play Rafa, I know him a bit. Not personally ofc but I have a certain connection to junior tennis as I mentioned before. So that Blanch guy is really good and is definitely capable of defeating Rafa question is if he's mentally ready for this. That is going to be an exciting match.

No is the answer serveria! he was like a "deer caught in the headlights", the prospect
of facing off against a living legend of the game was too much. There were some nice
rallies and great shot making but he just made too many mistakes, and you cant do that
against the top guys, no doubt we will hear more of him!

Funny how the draw works out sometimes, Nadal faces de Minaur next, a replay of their
meeting at Barcelona 2 weeks ago!

Another youngster of the game Fonseca won today in 3 sets against Michelsen and
plays Norris next, bit of a chance there for him to progress.

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed to tell you the truth. I know Blanch is a talented youngster and he is capable of playing at a much higher level but... I guess you're right and it's some lack of confidence, the guy was not ready to oppose the King of clay today...

It was too early to give this young kid a chance at a big tournament and the unlucky draw against Nadal. Nadal just destroyed him even being in the worst possible form ever in his last year of playing tennis. Still the kid is young and i think we will need to wait a little more to see his true potencial. I think Blanch in 2-3 years will be in top 200

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Quote from: aoluain on April 24, 2024, 04:04:21 PM

It certainly will be interesting to see how he competes, also Sinner who has taken a mini
break and should be fresh. He is top seed!

Nadal is playing tomorrow. He has also mentioned that this is his last Madrid tournament
and if he doesnt think he is competitive he wont play at Paris!

Yeah, the 16 yo guy who is going to play Rafa, I know him a bit. Not personally ofc but I have a certain connection to junior tennis as I mentioned before. So that Blanch guy is really good and is definitely capable of defeating Rafa question is if he's mentally ready for this. That is going to be an exciting match.

No is the answer serveria! he was like a "deer caught in the headlights", the prospect
of facing off against a living legend of the game was too much. There were some nice
rallies and great shot making but he just made too many mistakes, and you cant do that
against the top guys, no doubt we will hear more of him!

Funny how the draw works out sometimes, Nadal faces de Minaur next, a replay of their
meeting at Barcelona 2 weeks ago!

Another youngster of the game Fonseca won today in 3 sets against Michelsen and
plays Norris next, bit of a chance there for him to progress.

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed to tell you the truth. I know Blanch is a talented youngster and he is capable of playing at a much higher level but... I guess you're right and it's some lack of confidence, the guy was not ready to oppose the King of clay today...

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Quote from: aoluain on April 24, 2024, 04:04:21 PM

It certainly will be interesting to see how he competes, also Sinner who has taken a mini
break and should be fresh. He is top seed!

Nadal is playing tomorrow. He has also mentioned that this is his last Madrid tournament
and if he doesnt think he is competitive he wont play at Paris!

Yeah, the 16 yo guy who is going to play Rafa, I know him a bit. Not personally ofc but I have a certain connection to junior tennis as I mentioned before. So that Blanch guy is really good and is definitely capable of defeating Rafa question is if he's mentally ready for this. That is going to be an exciting match.

No is the answer serveria! he was like a "deer caught in the headlights", the prospect
of facing off against a living legend of the game was too much. There were some nice
rallies and great shot making but he just made too many mistakes, and you cant do that
against the top guys, no doubt we will hear more of him!

Funny how the draw works out sometimes, Nadal faces de Minaur next, a replay of their
meeting at Barcelona 2 weeks ago!

Another youngster of the game Fonseca won today in 3 sets against Michelsen and
plays Norris next, bit of a chance there for him to progress.

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Quote from: aoluain on April 24, 2024, 04:04:21 PM

It certainly will be interesting to see how he competes, also Sinner who has taken a mini
break and should be fresh. He is top seed!

Nadal is playing tomorrow. He has also mentioned that this is his last Madrid tournament
and if he doesnt think he is competitive he wont play at Paris!

Yeah, the 16 yo guy who is going to play Rafa, I know him a bit. Not personally ofc but I have a certain connection to junior tennis as I mentioned before. So that Blanch guy is really good and is definitely capable of defeating Rafa question is if he's mentally ready for this. That is going to be an exciting match.

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