Paris BNP Paribas Masters - Oct. 28-Nov. 3

[Murat B.]

I have never heard of PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT either, but his reward for beating Paire is getting Novak tomorrow. I will try to catch that one to have an idea about the guy.

 

[Moxie]

#189 ranked. Same size as Novak, and French. I guess the home crowd might give him a game. Will be curious to see him, too.

 

[10isfan]

I saw the Herbert vs Paire match. The former had a group of rowdy friends behind him and played a calm, solid match, rushing the net and applying pressure. The latter was mentally frazzled, allowing the fans to get under his skin. Paire got a violation for smashing his racquet and near the end was anxious to get off the court. It was good to see how much this win meant to the young player.

 

[herios]

I have never heard of PIERRE-HUGUES HERBERT either, but his reward for beating Paire is getting Novak tomorrow. I will try to catch that one to have an idea about the guy.

I never heard of him until this morning, until I checked who are the successful qualifiers. He had a WC to enter in the Qualification round having such a low ranking (189) and did good job defeating Zeballos ranked 51 and then K. De Schepper who was a surprise at Wimbledon (R16). So now he defeated 3 top 100 in a row, indication that he can improve on his current ranking significantly.

 

[herios]

Another early exit for team Tomic. I am wondering how things are in his camp these days...

He did win a couple of matches in qualifying. And this surface next to grass is probably best for Lopez which is a decent player. Let's see how the transition to a new coach went when he is playing back home.

Right. Tomic defeated Karlovic and Carreno-Busta to make it into the man draw. And Lopez is the higher ranked player at the moment.

 

[zalvar]

How annoying is this net in front of the camera?

 

[tented]

How annoying is this net in front of the camera?

Extremely. It looks like they're playing in a prison yard, and we're peaking through the fence.

 

[Front242]

Good win for Dimitrov but I'm hoping the rumours of this being Llodra's final tournament are just that. He'll be very disappointed with this result having reached the semi last year.

 

[Riotbeard]

Pospisil is stinking it up against Andujar. He must be worn out from his run at Basel.

 

[Murat B.]

Pospisil is stinking it up against Andujar. He must be worn out from his run at Basel.

He is coming back...never count out Popsicle

 

[Murat B.]

Good win for Dimitrov but I'm hoping the rumours of this being Llodra's final tournament are just that. He'll be very disappointed with this result having reached the semi last year.

I heard 2014 was his last year..maybe I got it wrong.:huh:

 

[kskate2]

Popsicle could not refreeze. Loses the R1 decider to Andujar 6-4

 

[tented]

Popsicle could not refreeze. Loses the R1 decider to Andujar 6-4

I think Riotbeard is correct: Pospisil is tired from Basel. That shouldn't be an excuse, though -- he needs to work on his fitness. It worked out for me in terms of the draw challenge, since I picked Monfils, who was replaced by the lucky loser Andujar.

 

[Moxie]

And Andujar is a Lucky Loser. Does anyone know what happened to Berdych? (Actually, they just said on TV that Andujar was in Valencia last night at 11:30pm when he got the call.)

 

[Moxie]

Good win for Dimitrov but I'm hoping the rumours of this being Llodra's final tournament are just that. He'll be very disappointed with this result having reached the semi last year.

I heard 2014 was his last year..maybe I got it wrong.:huh:

Commentator just said end of next year, so I think it is 2014, then.

 

[tented]

Does anyone know what happened to Berdych?

What do you mean? I haven't heard anything about him.

 

[herios]

And Andujar is a Lucky Loser. Does anyone know what happened to Berdych? (Actually, they just said on TV that Andujar was in Valencia last night at 11:30pm when he got the call.)

Andujar replaced Monfils (injured), not Berdych.

 

[Moxie]

And Andujar is a Lucky Loser. Does anyone know what happened to Berdych? (Actually, they just said on TV that Andujar was in Valencia last night at 11:30pm when he got the call.)

Andujar replaced Monfils (injured), not Berdych.

Oh, thanks...I misread the draw.

 

[kskate2]

Popsicle could not refreeze. Loses the R1 decider to Andujar 6-4

I think Riotbeard is correct: Pospisil is tired from Basel. That shouldn't be an excuse, though -- he needs to work on his fitness. It worked out for me in terms of the draw challenge, since I picked Monfils, who was replaced by the lucky loser Andujar.

I figured as much. Was hoping he would make a nice run in the last masters event, but not to be. You're right. He's not used to going deep every week and doesn't have the fitness to sustain a high level of play for several consecutive tournaments.

 

[tented]

Popsicle could not refreeze. Loses the R1 decider to Andujar 6-4

I think Riotbeard is correct: Pospisil is tired from Basel. That shouldn't be an excuse, though -- he needs to work on his fitness. It worked out for me in terms of the draw challenge, since I picked Monfils, who was replaced by the lucky loser Andujar.

I figured as much. Was hoping he would make a nice run in the last masters event, but not to be. You're right. He's not used to going deep every week and doesn't have the fitness to sustain a high level of play for several consecutive tournaments.

Something we see far too much of. How many times have guys ranked, say, 20-50 won a 250 or 500 (or at least were in the final), only to lose in the first round the following week? How can they expect to get their ranking up if they can't even play? I don't get it. They need look no further than the Top 5-6 to see how fit they are, and therefore capable of playing a lot of matches, week after week.