Rio Open, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ATP 500

[Billie]

Rafa is not making things easier for himself. Up a break 2 times and then allowed to be broken as many times to even the things at 3 in set #2.

 

[Carol]

Nothing surprises me by Rafa anymore besides that I can imagine the surface probably is now like a big puddle o_O

 

[mrzz]

You are welcome, Carol.

Can't believe all this rain. @mrzz is this normal?

I do not know Rio that well, but the southwest of Brazil can see a full week of rainy days sometimes, so it could be worst...

 

[Billie]

I do not know Rio that well, but the southwest of Brazil can see a full week of rainy days sometimes, so it could be worst...

I took a look at the weather forecast for the next couple of days, risk of thunderstorms Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Boy I hope they are wrong.

Rafa wins his 1st match.

 

[mrzz]

Sorry, I mean "southeast of Brazil". Cardinal directions in another language can trick you...

Sad to know about the weather. I'll be in town on thursday, at least I can give weather reports (as I am pessimistic about tickets).

And our meteorologists are good... unfortunately.

 

[Billie]

Sorry, I mean "southeast of Brazil". Cardinal directions in another language can trick you...

Sad to know about the weather. I'll be in town on thursday, at least I can give weather reports (as I am pessimistic about tickets).

And our meteorologists are good... unfortunately.

Mrzz, forgot to tell you, I looked it up on my weather website. There is a chance that they make a mistake. According to them it should have been 0 here yesterday, but it was -10 C so.....

We'll see I guess. Maybe there will be tickets available due to weather situation. Once I got a really good semi final tickets for Rogers Cup few hours before the match, as apparently some people retuned them.

At least you have Sao Paulo tournament next week.

 

[Moxie]

Rafa is not making things easier for himself. Up a break 2 times and then allowed to be broken as many times to even the things at 3 in set #2.

I didn't watch the match, but this is Rafa's new trope. Well, a win is a win. We'll keep hope alive.

 

[Moxie]

I just watched the match. He got the job done, but he can't keep going toe-to-toe with the likes of a Careño Busta. He's never going to beat Djokovic like this. He must serve better, and he must shorten points.

 

[britbox]

I just watched the match. He got the job done, but he can't keep going toe-to-toe with the likes of a Careño Busta. He's never going to beat Djokovic like this. He must serve better, and he must shorten points.

I didn't watch the whole match but based on the highlights, he's dropping a lot of stuff short and get punished for it.

 

[britbox]

Results Round Up in Rio

Santiago Giraldo def.Gastao Elias 6-4, 7-6(5)
Diego Schwartzman def. Joao Souza 6-3, 6-2
(7) Fabio Fognini def. Aljaz Bedene 7-5, 6-3
(2) David Ferrer def. Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 7-6(3)
Pablo Cuevas def. Facundo Bagnis 6-2, 6-0
Inigo Cervantes def. Taro Daniel 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
Federico Delbonis (6) def. Jack Sock 7-5, 6-1
Dominic Thiem def. Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-4
Daniel Gimeno-Traver def. Juan Monaco 5-2(ret.)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Dusan Lajovic 3-4(ret.)
Paolo Lorenzi def. Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Alexandr Dolgopolov (8) def. Thomaz Bellucci 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2
Nicolas Almagro def. Daniel Munoz De La Nava 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Rafa Nadal def. Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-4

 

[Moxie]

I just noticed that Monaco retired in the first set yesterday. Not a good sign from a guy who has been out for 7 months with injury.

 

[Carol]

Tsonga has lost against Monteiro, tennis is right now as crazy as the weather around the world

 

[britbox]

Weather badly affected play at Rio...

Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3), France, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Second Round
Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Fabio Fognini (7), Italy, 4-6, 3-1, retired.
Dominic Thiem (5), Austria, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-5, 7-5.

Tsonga's loss was the biggest surprise of the day... but Fog also retired mid-way during set 2.

 

[britbox]

Nice to see Guga getting some recognition, the court in Rio is now named after him.

 

[britbox]

 

[Moxie]

Guga Kuerten was one of the most charming players. And one of the great champions at Roland Garros. Who can forget this?

 

[Moxie]

Monteiro got the biggest home town boost. And what's up with Fognini?

 

[Billie]

Lower back problems for F3, I came home at the end of Dominic's match and that's what the commies said.

This was Monteiro's first ATP match and he delivered.

Nice recognition of Guga's achievements, so deserving of the honor.

 

[britbox]

Still raining in Rio. Play suspended.

Not looking too good for the next few days.

http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/ext

 

[isabelle]

Pitiful Tsonga !!