ATP 500 Basel 2011

First topic message reminder :

After a long pre off-season season, a week of delicious tennis is upon us.

The field is studded with top hard-courters lead by The Best, the In-Hot-Form and the Goat, formerly known as the local ball-boy.

Also in Basel we have: Berdych, Wawrinka, Fish, Tispsarevic, Roddick, Ljubicic.

The tournament sounds great on paper, and it's a shame we are missing French players Tsonga and Monfils.

The big question has been answered: Federer falls in Murray's half (cooo, I must say that sounds weird...)

The draw:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/328/mds.pdf


Matches start tomorrow, with the "big" names probably starting on Tuesday, Nole's first match against Malisse starts at 17.30.

Order of play (the final) for Sunday, 6th of November

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/328/op.pdf


Provided he continues where he stopped in September form-wise, Nole should get through his half safely. The juicy question is: who will be on the other side of the net this time next week?

"I had no interest at all in who was going to win of course. I was just trying to compare my mouvement with theirs."
So how did you go, then? And how do you know what you look like when you play?

Order of play for tomorrow:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/328/op.pdf

noleisthebest wrote:"I had no interest at all in who was going to win of course. I was just trying to compare my mouvement with theirs."
So how did you go, then? And how do you know what you look like when you play?

Good question. It's not perfect science but just watching at a ball's direction and pace you know whether you can put your racquet on it or not but more importantly whether you can be in good position to strike. I am younger than Mc but I felt he was still much faster than me and both were more explosive than me.

The key I guess is that they spend their life moving around whereas I sadly spend way too much time in front of my pc....or in the kitchen.

The Basel TD is giving old man Federer quite a rest.

I watched WTT for a while. No matter how old these guys from 80s, 90s, 00s are, their love of the game is still amazing and wonderful to watch. :hatoff:

No, they can no longer serve at 120mph+, but still they are pretty good.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:"I had no interest at all in who was going to win of course. I was just trying to compare my mouvement with theirs."
So how did you go, then? And how do you know what you look like when you play?

Good question. It's not perfect science but just watching at a ball's direction and pace you know whether you can put your racquet on it or not but more importantly whether you can be in good position to strike. I am younger than Mc but I felt he was still much faster than me and both were more explosive than me.

The key I guess is that they spend their life moving around whereas I sadly spend way too much time in front of my pc....or in the kitchen.

You must get your wife to video you....not in the kitchen, of course! When I saw myself serve, I immediately started hitting the ball with a bigger swing proper , full shoulder roll....I didn't realise I kept my volleyball "serve" motion up to then because it worked...it was quite funny...I have no idea whether it's faster, but it looks more "with it"

Cogen had a video of himself on 606 last year, we were all marking his artistic forehand , do you remember it?

Feli Lopez loses his match to Bogomolv Jr.

laverfan wrote:Feli Lopez loses his match to Bogomolv Jr.

wow, Bogo's meaning biz!

Check out this article about him:

http://blogs.tennis.com/tennisworld/2011/11/tk.html

noleisthebest wrote:Cogen had a video of himself on 606 last year, we were all marking his artistic forehand , do you remember it?

Yes. I can safely and modestly say that my FH is better.

Very thankful that no video of me playing tennis (or an approximation of the game!) exists!!! Interesting to hear about AH Tenez - I will definitely have to go next year as I can't this, but then Johnny Mac may not be playing

Just seen Murray out with right gluteal muscle strain - I had hurried home, eager to see score line so somewhat put out to find he hadn't played. Hope it's nothing major, but it's still a pain in the ar&e (boom, boom!) - oh that's already been done! I am quite sure CC that the Maestro has never caused even the slightest twinge in anyone's buttocks - now I've typed that it just looks so wrong!

What is it with these players all having cramps in the wrong places
At least it happened in bed, not in the press conference....

I don't know what sort of exercise they are doing but a bit of old-fashioned stretching would not go amiss, stuff those ice-baths....

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Cogen had a video of himself on 606 last year, we were all marking his artistic forehand , do you remember it?

Yes. I can safely and modestly say that my FH is better.

Tenez.....how silly of me....I won't ask any more

noleisthebest wrote:What is it with these players all having cramps in the wrong places
At least it happened in bed, not in the press conference....

I don't know what sort of exercise they are doing but a bit of old-fashioned stretching would not go amiss, stuff those ice-baths....

It doesn't sound as if it was the ice bath wot caused the problem

time please wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:What is it with these players all having cramps in the wrong places
At least it happened in bed, not in the press conference....

I don't know what sort of exercise they are doing but a bit of old-fashioned stretching would not go amiss, stuff those ice-baths....

It doesn't sound as if it was the ice bath wot caused the problem

Ah, yes...I forgot it was the Spoon

I hope she was worth it!

time please wrote:I hope she was worth it!

Should ask Kim!

.....or maybe not?

time please wrote:.....or maybe not?

You are correct...?

Nole will win.

eraldeen wrote:Nole will win.

He may well do. It's tough to bet against him after the season he has had.

Of course Federer is well know for stepping up to the occasion and is one of the very few to have beaten Djokovic this year. Put it this way, I wouldn't put a large bet on either way (adjusts so is sitting more comfortably on the fence)

Nole will probably win Basel, Paris and the WTF. He will win 13 tournaments this year.

I may be leaping to conclusions but are you a Nole fan eraldeen?

he,he

I enjoyed that

What happened to Nolemon? His serve was as effective as a chocolate fireguard yestday, and now he concedes 0 break points.

Josiah Maiestas wrote:What happened to Nolemon? His serve was as effective as a chocolate fireguard yestday, and now he concedes 0 break points.

Just the "return" nerves, I guess

Roddick and Stepanek in a verbal match on Tennis court, trading four-letter complements.

Stepanek served 3 aces in a row for 6:2. Andy looks lost, Stepanek running like a gazelle.

Stepanek broken 5:3. Andy takes second 6:3. Much better match now.

Order of play for tomorrow:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/328/op.pdf

Hasse serving like a madman.

noleisthebest wrote:Order of play for tomorrow:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/328/op.pdf

That's intresting, if Haase wins tonight, he'll play tomorrow at 18:00 against Mayer and play doubles with Mayer later on

Such a risky game Haase has, even his safety shots are landing close to the lines

First set to Robin. Well done, he went for it

Good first set. Some nice volleys from Haase off his show laces.

Interesting, Annacone and Luthi watching Haase-Wawrinka.

Wawrinka breaks, can he win the set?

Breadstick for Haase.

Seems to be Wawrinka all the way in the final set.

Haase's level has fallen off, and Stan has the initiative.

GSM Wawrinka.

The American is playing his first tournament since the death of his manager, Ken Meyerson, on 19 October. "It’s certainly not easy," he said. "You go back to, 'what would he have wanted me to do?' and he was always up for me playing. That’s what he enjoyed. I think the easiest times I’ve had are where my mind is occupied with something. It’s those times when you’re not doing anything that it’s hard. This obviously occupies my mind a little bit."

This is rather sad to know.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/11/44/Basel-Thursday-Djokovic-Reaches-QFs.aspx

Yep, he was only 47 or so I think. Way, way too young

noleisthebest

Most of the time you appear to be a nice enough person. Then I see comment (by you?) at 6.10 on 3/11 on tennis.com. What is it with you using tennis forums for your own agenda? You've done it here too. Denigrating certain tennis players. This is 2011 you know!

hawkeye wrote:noleisthebest

Most of the time you appear to be a nice enough person. Then I see comment (by you?) at 6.10 on 3/11 on tennis.com. What is it with you using tennis forums for your own agenda? You've done it here too. Denigrating certain tennis players. This is 2011 you know!

I don't see what a posters conduct on another site has to do with this site?

legendkillar wrote:

hawkeye wrote:noleisthebest

Most of the time you appear to be a nice enough person. Then I see comment (by you?) at 6.10 on 3/11 on tennis.com. What is it with you using tennis forums for your own agenda? You've done it here too. Denigrating certain tennis players. This is 2011 you know!

I don't see what a posters conduct on another site has to do with this site?

Morning legend Absolutely spot on comment!

Hawkeye - I've just finished saying how I hated one poster 'outing' your 606 identity in order to convince everyone that you had a dislike towards a certain player and to stir up antipathy towards you.

We have just all had a heart to heart, and things are fragile but amicable I think - we all should be building positively on that and just concerned with how people behave on this forum. If you want to fight about it - take it over there please.

(pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase let it lighten up on here soooooon!)

time please wrote:(pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase let it lighten up on here soooooon!)

I'll drink to that TP, well I will later it's a bit early

BTW I also agree with rest of statement - only conduct on this forum should be discussed on this forum.

morning carrie

I am sure it is 'cocktail hour' somewhere in the world

Definitely needing more than my usual two cups of coffee to wake me up this morning!

time please wrote:morning carrie

I am sure it is 'cocktail hour' somewhere in the world

Definitely needing more than my usual two cups of coffee to wake me up this morning!

Very true TP

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