Miami Masters 2012 - Monday 26 March 2012 - OoP

Miami Masters - 26 Mar 2012 - All Times US EDT


STADIUM Start 11:00 am

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) Complete - 4-6 (3)6-7

Not Before 1:00 PM

[6] Samantha Stosur (AUS) v [10] Serena Williams (USA) Complete 5-7 3-6

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v [27] Viktor Troicki (SRB) Complete 6-3 6-4
Interesting Video - http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Media/Videos/2012/03/Features/60-Minutes-Djokovic-Ball-Bounces.aspx

[11] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) v [23] Marin Cilic (CRO)


Starting at 7:30 PM

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) v [31] Andy Roddick (USA)

Not Before 9:00 PM

[WC] Venus Williams (USA) v [15] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

GRANDSTAND Start 11:00 am

[28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) v [8] Mardy Fish (USA) Complete - 4-6 3-6

[12] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v [20] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) Complete 6-3 6-4

[8] Na Li (CHN) v [12] Sabine Lisicki (GER) Complete 3-6 6-4 6-2

Not Before 4:30 PM

[1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v [16] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

[21] Juan Monaco (ARG) v [14] Gael Monfils (FRA)

COURT 1 Start 11:00 am

[17] Richard Gasquet (FRA) v Albert Ramos (ESP) Complete 6-2 5-7 6-3

Not Before 1:00 PM

[6] Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Marcel Granollers (ESP) Rafael Nadal (ESP) Complete 6-4 6-3

[30] Julien Benneteau (FRA) v [5] David Ferrer (ESP) Complete (5)6-7 4-6

Not Before 4:30 PM

[23] Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) v [4] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Colin Fleming (GBR) Ross Hutchins (GBR) v [7] Leander Paes (IND) Radek Stepanek (CZE)


COURT 2 Start 11:00 am

Vania King (USA) Monica Niculescu (ROU) v [7] Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) Complete - 7-5 6-2

Not Before 12:00 PM

[22] Maria Kirilenko (RUS) v [7] Marion Bartoli (FRA) Complete 1-6 2-6

[WC] Garbine Muguruza Blanco (ESP) v [5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) Complete 3-6 2-6

Vera Dushevina (RUS) Shahar Peer (ISR) v [WC] Gisela Dulko (ARG) Paola Suarez (ARG) Complete (2)6-7 7-6(3) 6-10

COURT 3 Start 12:00 noon

[WC] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) Lucie Safarova (CZE) v Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) Complete 6-1 7-6(2)

Lukasz Kubot (POL) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) Scott Lipsky (USA) Complete 6-0 6-3

Julia Goerges (GER) Samantha Stosur (AUS) v Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

mmmm the Serena/Stosur rematch might be interesting - how many games will Sam get this time?

won't get to see any tennis again this evening, so relying on some good match reports on here

Thanks for the thread laver

Thanks TP

Thanks LF for the thread.
Was waiting for it.

time please wrote:mmmm the Serena/Stosur rematch might be interesting - how many games will Sam get this time?

Stosur played well against Scheepers.

time please wrote:won't get to see any tennis again this evening, so relying on some good match reports on here

Thanks for the thread laver

TP.

laverfan - thanks for providing OoP

I always find a little odd this expression now customarily used by the schedulers "Not before 1pm" or "Not before 4.30pm" etc

Obviously it's a reference to the fact that earlier matches on the same court might well overrun (ie beyond 'normal' estimates) thus pushing subsequent stuff further back. But personally I would be more inclined to choose "1pm earliest" or maybe "1pm or later." (hardly a big issue, I admit ....)

Back in the 'ole days at SW19, play always began (er... weather permitting but IIRC the sun was ALWAYS shining ....!!) at 2pm prompt on the first Monday, and then everything else just followed from there (none of this "not before" business). And that opening match on centre would always involve the men's defending champ. So, once Wimby was finished you could mark your diary to the effect that precisely 12 months later, at precisely 2pm, you would see Mr Borg once again. And in fact it could well happen that you might not get the chance to ever see him 'live' again in between. There were sometimes only highlights of the French, and Borg traditionally never played any of the televised warm-up grass tourneys in England.

sorry lf - I'm not only wallowing in nostalgia but drifting well off-topic ......

Nice thread, LF.

So what will be the 'upset of the day'? I won't add a poll here because last time none of the options offerered actually happened!

My vote goes to Verdasco taking Almagro out - if that can be called an upset.

lags - you only have 'not before' for a match which is not the first of the day. Wimbledon does not have 'not before' because (a) it does not have different sessions when the spectators change (b) is not beholden to the TV so it does not need to specify a time before which a big match will not begin (c) apart from CC matches play has to end with daylight so there is not the time to spare to leave gaps between matches.

Ferrer - Benneteau is an interesting one . Benny on his day is a nice player to watch.

Many intriguing clashes today.

As regards upsets .....I'm wondering whether there could be one in Federer/Roddick .....

All laws of probability point to Fed going through, as we know.

But oddly enough, it was at Miami one year that Roddick finally broke the long spell of losses (giving rise to a paraphrased revival of the famous quip by Gerulaitis after eventually beating nemesis Connors - "let that be a lesson to everybody .... nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row....!")

Normal service (ho ho) was resumed the following year at Miami, and it's been Federer as usual ever since. BUT perhaps Roddick might feel less stressed about these encounters at this stage of his career, having slipped significantly in the rankings, and it could just help him to produce something special. Plus ..... Fed's impressive run post AO has to end at some point

barrystar - yep, valid points re Wimby scheduling of course where circumstances are very different (it was more the exact expression used that intrigued me a little)

B'star - You rarely get Murray as the first match of the day at Wimbledon unless it's a Saturday or royalty is present. He's invariably on around teatime to get the early evening slot so that BBC can have the biggest audience.

Roddick will be on fire before home crowd and take it as a chance for one last show off before retiring.

Going to 3, Fed taking it.

Nadal-Djoko repeat on , is is raining?

Thanks LF for the thread.

Really interesting video indeed. He seems to be suggesting that he has no control over the thing. This is just like fans of a certain player downplay these kinds of tactic in the name of OCD.

Back to today's matches. The only upset I can see today is Cilic defeating Del Potro if that happens based on the current form. But possibility of happening that is remote IMO.

And although Roddick is way down the ranking these days, I feel that this particular match would make him put on an inspired display. Hope Fed closes this out in straights.

Stosur down a set and a break.

Following it on scoreboard but I see that Indian duo of Bhupati-Bopanna won in straights against Granollers-Nadal... congratulations!!

I think Nadal was missing a certain M. Lopez...

Serena beats Stosur

Nole time!

For Troicki to win will require Djokovic giving out freebies. Something he isn't accustom to.

This is basically a bye for Djokovic, right?

Troicki is making a slight fist of it. Unlike Tanko Tipsarevic.

reckoner wrote:This is basically a bye for Djokovic, right?

Isn't that great! Nole's got Troicki and Tipsarevic, Nadal the whole armada of his fellow-men, and Fed's got: Roddick, Stan, Gasquet, Davy etc etc.....

This is really funny: the net drops! Now I've seen it all....

noleisthebest wrote:

reckoner wrote:This is basically a bye for Djokovic, right?

Isn't that great! Nole's got Troicki and Tipsarevic, Nadal the whole armada of his fellow-men, and Fed's got: Roddick, Stan, Gasquet, Davy etc etc.....

What are the chances of a random draw coming out like that!

reckoner wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

reckoner wrote:This is basically a bye for Djokovic, right?

Isn't that great! Nole's got Troicki and Tipsarevic, Nadal the whole armada of his fellow-men, and Fed's got: Roddick, Stan, Gasquet, Davy etc etc.....

What are the chances of a random draw coming out like that!

well the way it's been panning out all last year, with top 4 almost always in the semis, you'd think draws don't matter much these days...

Aaaaaand...a nice routine Victor(y) for Nole, Gasquet next....

Cibulkova is pummeling Azarenka so much so that it is unbelievable...!!

She is 6-1 1-0 up with a break...

Cibulkova up 6-1, 1-0 on Azarenka, the AO champion. WTF?

spuranik wrote:Cibulkova is pummeling Azarenka so much so that it is unbelievable...!!

She is 6-1 1-0 up with a break...

Wheels have just come off.

Cibu up a double break.

This is getting plain ridiculous...

Now 6-1 3-0 up with a double-break in the 2nd...

18 winners for Cibulkova against 2 for Azarenka!!!

Azarenka making that stupid noise on a block return, ridiculous.

Stay strong, Cibu. Finish off Shriekarenka.

Cibu to serve for the match.

Wheels have come a bit off the wagon though.

From 6-1; 4-0 it's now 5-5 and Azarenka 30-0 on her own serve.

Cibulkova missed her window.

And Azarenka breaks in the first game of the 3rd set.

Come on Cilic

The level of tennis between Azarenka and Cibulkova is fantastic.

Roddick-Fed are on.

Fed playing too casually at the moment....

And who is the commentator... Annoying as hell...

spuranik wrote:Fed playing too casually at the moment....

And who is the commentator... Annoying as hell...

agree on both counts

Fed biding his time for a tie-break?

It seems.

reckoner wrote:Fed biding his time for a tie-break?

Wrong strategy...

spuranik wrote:

reckoner wrote:Fed biding his time for a tie-break?

Wrong strategy...

respected adversary etc?

so much more enjoyable with the sound off

reckoner wrote:so much more enjoyable with the sound off

Absolutely... I did the same for last couple of games and it feels quite good now...

He should get rid of his cap, it's not like it brings him luck!

ok, here we go!