Basel 2014 ATP 500

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

zverev has a weighty shot in general play already at 17.

..sir grigor looks poor. sad to say.

 

[El Dude]

Zverev to Dimitrov: "This is what it means to be a promising young gun."

Congrats to Coric too.

 

[Tennis Miller]

Just turned on the Basel tourney on the TennisChannel. How is Hana Mandlikova beating Dimitrov?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Roger gets Istomin in 2nd round. Should be routine win.

Roger's QF is against the winner of Grigor and Popsicle. That may provide some work.

Meanwhile Nadal's slated opponent for QF (Gulbis) is gone and so most probably
appendix will go to SF and meet viral infection (Milos).

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Crikey! JJ bought a couple breadsticks. This is a bloke who won't even be thought of in 20 years for threads such as the career do-over because, actually, he's become a total non-entity in the game...

May be we should have a thread as to which tennis player should have chosen different sport
instead. May be JJ would be a good basketball player? uzzled

 

[masterclass]

Not sure if I would count Milos for SF just yet. David Goffin is playing well.

Respectfully,
masterclass

 

[pavlik89]

2014 Basel Roger Federer vs Gilles Muller Highlights [HD]

http://www.tennishdhighlights.com/basel/

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

lol.. borna coric up 5-2 already..whats the rank of the other bloke. ? answer my own question his rank is 66.

 

[isabelle]

Maybe JJ was a little bit overated huh ???

 

[tented]

lol.. borna coric up 5-2 already..whats the rank of the other bloke. ? answer my own question his rank is 66.

This is the first time I'm getting to see Andrew Garfield play more than a few points, but I'm enjoying it.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

McEnroe-esque half volley by coric. class pick up.

coric breaks 4-3 up in set two.

 

[bobvance]

lol.. borna coric up 5-2 already..whats the rank of the other bloke. ? answer my own question his rank is 66.

This is the first time I'm getting to see Andrew Garfield play more than a few points, but I'm enjoying it.

I'm curious about how his game looks. Is he a shotmaker? It's exciting to see some kids coming up who could potentially carry the game once the big four is gone.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

lol.. borna coric up 5-2 already..whats the rank of the other bloke. ? answer my own question his rank is 66.

This is the first time I'm getting to see Andrew Garfield play more than a few points, but I'm enjoying it.

I'm curious about how his game looks. Is he a shotmaker? It's exciting to see some kids coming up who could potentially carry the game once the big four is gone.

yeh he goes for winners..speed, defence, volleying, serve . backhand down the line..the freaking lot..

say hello the a future world no 1 rank player. :idea:

 

[bobvance]

lol.. borna coric up 5-2 already..whats the rank of the other bloke. ? answer my own question his rank is 66.

This is the first time I'm getting to see Andrew Garfield play more than a few points, but I'm enjoying it.

I'm curious about how his game looks. Is he a shotmaker? It's exciting to see some kids coming up who could potentially carry the game once the big four is gone.

yeh he goes for winners..speed, defence, volleying, serve . backhand down the line..the freaking lot..

say hello the a future world no 1 rank player. :idea:

Wow I have to see this guy play. I hadn't heard of him or Zverev before this week but they both seem to have a lot of potential.

 

[markus1]

Coric vs. Nadal tomorrow should be tasty. Future vs. The present greatness. Expect Rafa to win in tow competitive sets.

 

[El Dude]

Coric and Zverev are probably the youngest of the younger-than-Kyrgios crowd, with honorable mentions to Kokkinakis and Garin.

That said, Rafa is going to spank Borna tomorrow.

Let me put that a bit more graphically: Rafa is going to bend and spank Coric over his knee and say, "Bad Borna! Bad Borna!"

 

[Murat B.]

Coric is doing a great job. I hope he enjoys the experience against Nadal and learns from it. It is always a good thing when kids face a top pro and find out how the real world works at the top.

 

[Murat B.]

Milos gets the first set 6-4 against Young.

 

[Murat B.]

Some good tennis is being played between Milos and Young. Milos up 6-5 in the third, on serve.

 

[Murat B.]

Milos wins the third set TB 7-2 and goes through. Wasn't that pretty but the chance for the WTF is still there.