Miami Masters Sunday ATP Matches of the Day

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STADIUM Start 11:00 am

[7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)

Not Before 1:00 PM
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Not Before 3:00 PM
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[25] Radek Stepanek (CZE) v [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Starting at 7:30 PM
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Not Before 9:30 PM
[19] Florian Mayer (GER) v [10] John Isner (USA)

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GRANDSTAND Start 11:00 am
[18] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) v [9] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
[13] Gilles Simon (FRA) v [22] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
26] Milos Raonic (CAN) v [4] Andy Murray (GBR)
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Not Before 5 pm
ATP DOUBLES

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COURT 1 Start 11:00 am
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[6] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v [32] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
[16] Kei Nishikori (JPN) v Lukas Rosol (CZE)

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COURT 2 Start 11:00 am
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ATP DOUBLES
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Pretty late I know, but I see that people are already discussing today's matches on this thread...

Raonic has withdrawn so Murray is through... Dimitrov has created an upset by defeating Top-ten player Berdych...

I am very pleased (call it an understatement of the year) with Nole tonight. He looks sharp and he means business. Miami is his.

GO NOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

noleisthebest wrote:I am very pleased (call it an understatement of the year) with Nole tonight. He looks sharp and he means business. Miami is his.

GO NOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Novak is like a wall from the back of the court. He is frustrating Baghdatis into the error.

Baggy playing his socks off, and Nole just crushing him!!! NOLEEEEE

Last year Nole played like a number one, tonight like a GOAT (tennis-channel-chart-eat-your-heart-out) !!!!!!!!

noleisthebest wrote:Baggy playing his socks off, and Nole just crushing him!!! NOLEEEEE

Baggy made no attempt to hit the lines, no drop shots, just 2 meters wide balls back and forth. Wish Baggy would try something different.

There is NOTHING better than watching Nole on fire.There's not enough madness to express it with this luke-warm smiley, but still, beggars can't be choosers

Baghdatis' forehand is letting him down.

Are we watching the same match?

16 minutes, should have been a routine hold.

Nole to serve for the match with love

What did I tell you?
That's maaaa boy! NOLEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Nole fisting and pumping, shouting like a child, doesn't even look to the umpire when he shakes hands, and then turns again and shouts and fists.

What a disgraceful show off from the so called No:1.

Jahu wrote:Nole fisting and pumping, shouting like a child, doesn't even look to the umpire when he shakes hands, and then turns again and shouts and fists.

What a disgraceful show off from the so called No:1.

oh shut up you sad case

Nice try from Marcos, but he just wasn't good enough tonight.

Djokovic was just too strong in his service games overall (with the exception of the 8th game of the second set of course) and Baghdatis made too many errors on his forehand.

Baghdatis is only 2 years older than Djokovic - he looks much older.

What was that second set dip about - do you think Nole is starting to get bored/distracted like Fed?

reckoner wrote:Baghdatis is only 2 years older than Djokovic - he looks much older.

What was that second set dip about - do you think Nole is starting to get bored/distracted like Fed?

NO. Miami is Nole's. (again)

Oh boy!!... talk about crazy fans on 606v2.

yeah - I don't mind the Djoker, but some of his fans on here are pretty hideous

reckoner wrote:Baghdatis is only 2 years older than Djokovic - he looks much older.

What was that second set dip about - do you think Nole is starting to get bored/distracted like Fed?

I just think he had one shaky game in an otherwise dominant performance.

kemet wrote:

reckoner wrote:Baghdatis is only 2 years older than Djokovic - he looks much older.

What was that second set dip about - do you think Nole is starting to get bored/distracted like Fed?

I just think he had one shaky game in an otherwise dominant performance.

Yeah he was on cruise control for the rest of the match, but in that game was just missing everything.

reckoner wrote:yeah - I don't mind the Djoker, but some of his fans on here are pretty hideous

Maybe some, but this one I don't mind. nitb is a likable poster, even with that crazy fan behavior.

nitb, enjoy Djo's win tonight.

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:Oh boy!!... talk about crazy fans on 606v2.

oooooh yessssssss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ&feature=related

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

reckoner wrote:yeah - I don't mind the Djoker, but some of his fans on here are pretty hideous

Maybe some, but this one I don't mind. nitb is a likable poster, even with that crazy fan behavior.

nitb, enjoy Djo's win tonight.

I will

Some sizzling matches tomorrow!

reckoner wrote:yeah - I don't mind the Djoker, but some of his fans on here are pretty hideous

oh reckoner, have compassion....I am the lone Nole fan here twixt all these Fed fan wolves and Nadal fan senoritas, I have to make my voice HEARRRRRRRRRRD!

Capisce ?

noleisthebest wrote:NOLE IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



P.S.

Fed is going to be mincemeat in that semi....

hahaaahahahaha

U forgot my star in the quarters , Del Potro awaits Djoko, he is not gonna cross him

invisiblecoolers wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:NOLE IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



P.S.

Fed is going to be mincemeat in that semi....

hahaaahahahaha

U forgot my star in the quarters , Del Potro awaits Djoko, he is not gonna cross him

Delpo....good lad...and ideal Nole fodder

Well done Nole he sounds as if he is in awesome form NITB!

Jahu wrote:Baghdat-boy still no racquet sponsor, same blue one as AO. Hope he has enough of them.

That's because he plays with Fischer Vacuum racquets which are no longer made (I play with similar ones except mine are the Kafelnikov model - and they got a good outing for 3-4 hours yesterday, aching abit today!). He'd have to Ebay to get "new" ones. Baggy will not be someone who mistreats his racquets!

time please wrote:Well done Nole he sounds as if he is in awesome form NITB!

TP, it was well worth the late night and feeling half dead all morning

If you hadn't seen the match and just saw the score, you could've been forgiven thinking, another one of those...but Baggy played a really, really good match and would've beaten almost anybody but the top three, shame he got the short straw with his draw.

Nole is totally back and looks very much in business. I'd be surprised if he didn't keep his title.

Baggy was good last night, and Djokovic post-match demeanor clearly conveyed a tough match.

noleisthebest wrote:

reckoner wrote:yeah - I don't mind the Djoker, but some of his fans on here are pretty hideous

oh reckoner, have compassion....I am the lone Nole fan here twixt all these Fed fan wolves and Nadal fan senoritas, I have to make my voice HEARRRRRRRRRRD!

Capisce ?

Yeah I suppose I can understand that.

I saw the match last night and it was similar to the Fed v Harrison match - domination for the first set followed by a little lapse in the second. Never felt that Djoker was finding it difficult to manage Baggy.

Dimitrov breaks!

Allez Dimi....show them you are soon a top 10 player!

Dimi aces to win the 1st!!

didn't expect this.......

Jeremy_Kyle wrote:didn't expect this.......

I honestly did. I hadn't seen Dimi played for long but I was already impressed at his last Wimbldeon and how he ran Almagro close at last AO.

He has not won yet but he is showing he can play with the top players now.

I don't know , mentally he looks still too weak. He's got the shots though......

noleisthebest wrote:

reckoner wrote:yeah - I don't mind the Djoker, but some of his fans on here are pretty hideous

oh reckoner, have compassion....I am the lone Nole fan here twixt all these Fed fan wolves and Nadal fan senoritas, I have to make my voice HEARRRRRRRRRRD!

Capisce ?

Hey NITB, here are not only blind senoritas and howling wolves, but also some who also know who is the best, GO NOLE!!!

Dimitrov breaks in the 3rd for 5-4 and will serve for it!

30-15 Dimi

Raking FH DTL from Tomas...30-30

BH return long from Berdy....MP Dimi!!!

Bullet FH return from Berdy, Dimi hits long, deuce

BH error from Berdy...MP#2

BH return into net, Dimitrov wins!
Good result for him...if he can go deep here he'll start to make others look up for sure.
Some nice ralleys...you can see why they say Dimi was the 2nd coming of Federer, his BH is very similar looking and he plays an allcourt game. Still looks like he needs to get stronger to me though...but this can come with time.

Dimitrov

Jeremy_Kyle wrote:I don't know , mentally he looks still too weak. He's got the shots though......

Yes I agree. Luckily he was facing an even mentally weaker opponent today.

However, He has good shots, doing what he does with a SHBH is certainly proof of a great talent.

What he needs to improve is very clear.

1 - Increase 1st serve %
2 - fitness (looked breathless most of the time)
3 - footwork...looks confused on the court.

1 and 2 can be worked on (and agree he looked tired, as I commented also), 3 is harder as much of that is innate talent (unless its more a case of bad positioning than actual footwork per se)
Would add he needs to up the gas on the 2nd serve also.