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 am surprised to see that Valencia has a bigger budget than Basle. You would expect that with the big names playing in Basel, it woudl have more rewarding money.

I guess all the money from Basel went into the guest fees.

Life is so unfair for a TD!

On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light, And there was Light...'

Let there be light humour and god's merciful light on 606v2.

laverfan wrote:On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light, And there was Light...'

Let there be light humour and god's merciful light on 606v2.

Ex 21:
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Now you have no excuse.

laverfan wrote:On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light, And there was Light...'

That was just after He noticed it was a bit dark.

noleisthebest wrote:

laverfan wrote:On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light, And there was Light...'

Let there be light humour and god's merciful light on 606v2.

Ex 21:
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Now you have no excuse.

Guilty as charged. . What should I do to repent? Should I exile myself from 606v2?

50 whiplashes will do.

Tenez wrote:50 whiplashes will do.

Is it all right, if I can have one lash per year?

laverfan wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

laverfan wrote:On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light, And there was Light...'

Let there be light humour and god's merciful light on 606v2.

Ex 21:
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Now you have no excuse.

Guilty as charged. . What should I do to repent? Should I exile myself from 606v2?

well, you can mock me for all you like...I could've been a selfish coward and said nothing, but despite knowing what was going to come, I went on and said it. Not for my sake. Anyway, back to tennis now, some nice matches on, look forward to seeing how Nole handles Baghdatis' consistency.

noleisthebest wrote:

laverfan wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

laverfan wrote:On the first day, God said, 'Let there be light, And there was Light...'

Let there be light humour and god's merciful light on 606v2.

Ex 21:
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Now you have no excuse.

Guilty as charged. . What should I do to repent? Should I exile myself from 606v2?

well, you can mock me for all you like...I could've been a selfish coward and said nothing, but despite knowing what was going to come, I went on and said it. Not for my sake. Anyway, back to tennis now, some nice matches on, look forward to seeing how Nole handles Baghdatis' consistency.

Time please and anyone else who responded that I shouldn't comment on something that was said on another site.

Fair enough. Sometimes things need to be said and its cowardly not to say them. I accept here is not the place as long as similar views are not expressed here.

noleisthebest wrote:

well, you can mock me for all you like...I could've been a selfish coward and said nothing, but despite knowing what was going to come, I went on and said it. Not for my sake. Anyway, back to tennis now, some nice matches on, look forward to seeing how Nole handles Baghdatis' consistency.

I had no intentions of mocking you, NitB. If that is how it came across, my humble apologies. I shall refrain from divine references and be sensitive.

Once again, my apologies.

Nishikori wins.

laverfan wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

well, you can mock me for all you like...I could've been a selfish coward and said nothing, but despite knowing what was going to come, I went on and said it. Not for my sake. Anyway, back to tennis now, some nice matches on, look forward to seeing how Nole handles Baghdatis' consistency.

I had no intentions of mocking you, NitB. If that is how it came across, my humble apologies. I shall refrain from divine references and be sensitive.

Once again, my apologies.

no probs, I did it for you, not myself...

Returning terrible from Nole, 20% first serve returns won. Needs to change something, 6-2 Baghdaddy first set.

Only saw the last game of the first set! Quite impressive but I haven't seen enough of Djoko to understand such a once sided score.....62 Bagdhatis.

well well well. Baggy gives Djokovic something of a hiding in that first set. Fantastic serving from the Cypriot as he faces no break points all set and bangs down 6 aces on his way to a 6-2.

Just started watching now, expect Nole to pick up and run away , come on Nole !

That's maaa boy, Nole breaks, told ya he,he....seems I haven't missed a lot in the first set

Baggy rather gifted that one, but that's what the best players do, they hang in there even when they're not playing that well, and pounce at the right moment. Baggy seems to have gone walkabout all of a sudden

Djokovic takes the second set 6-2, upping his level somewhat, while Baggy seemed to completely lose the plot after sticking with him in the early part of the set. Strange match this one really, some lovely winners mixing with some ordinary errors.

I now absolutely love those forehand returns from Nole. THAT one against Fed at USO 's got to be the point of the year

2-0 40-0 for Djokovic. Running away with match now...

Baggy has lost it completely, gifting away another break of serve off some awful forehands. Odd how one can lose the plot so badly after a good first set

Cross-court forehand getting nicely tuned in...

Mad for Chelsea wrote:Baggy has lost it completely, gifting away another break of serve off some awful forehands. Odd how one can lose the plot so badly after a good first set

Weird really. I think he had 2 points for 3 all in the second set. He was playing amazing until then.

Tenez wrote:

Mad for Chelsea wrote:Baggy has lost it completely, gifting away another break of serve off some awful forehands. Odd how one can lose the plot so badly after a good first set

Weird really. I think he had 2 points for 3 all in the second set. He was playing amazing until then.

one point. Then he threw up two successive DFs and an awful forehand (which has gone completely AWOL now), and that was pretty much that. You see this so often though from the players ranked 20-50 or so. Over a set or so they can play some great stuff but it's extremely rare for them to keep it up.

Djokovic.

Happy

Does Stan want to fight Mayer to face the winner of Federer-Roddick?

noleisthebest wrote:Happy

Miss Socal1976 now.

laverfan wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Happy

Miss Socal1976 now.

I'm so used to being on my own as a Nole fan, it was weird when there was another one around...nothing stopping him from returning, really...

Federer up a break and a set.

Roddick's forehand is pathetic....

Federer is so good to watch....

Fed BH is a miracle tonight. A few silly mistakes but superb so far.

Andy doing his bit mainly on 225kpm serves but not enough.

Yes Federer is a good player.

Good win for Federer. 21-2. Very

I love the way he trounces Roddick...every time !

"Obviously it’s a tall order [against Federer], but I’ll go out there and give it a go and hopefully come out on top."

A defeatist attitude.

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

order of play for tomorrow:

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

Paris draw is out as well.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/352/mds.pdf

Maybe finally Fognini will meet Novak after all!

Can't find time away from in laws to watch tennis but see Novak and Roger safely through

Back to painful duty (long suffering sighs!!)

time please wrote:Maybe finally Fognini will meet Novak after all!

Can't find time away from in laws to watch tennis but see Novak and Roger safely through

Back to painful duty (long suffering sighs!!)

Don't slack TP, off to the kithen, and make sure you don't overbake that shortbread ....You know how much your mother in law loves it with a cup of Lady Grey, a touch of milk (just to whet the bottom) and one sugar (dememera only)

Question of the day:

Can Stan Be(at) The Man?

noleisthebest wrote:Question of the day:

Can Stan Be(at) The Man?

With a 9-1 losing record against Federer and in his own backyard I wouldn't think so. Don't think he would dare.

Calder106 wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Question of the day:

Can Stan Be(at) The Man?

With a 9-1 losing record against Federer and in his own backyard I wouldn't think so. Don't think he would dare.

yeah, it was only rhetorical anyway....

Federer has a habit of losing in semi finals recently, but having to play Stan instead of Nole or Nadal will put his mind at ease.

Stan has a better chance of beating Federer, as compared to Nishikori beating Djokovic. .

Despite errors in the Roddick match, Federer, is the more likely winner.

Can't see any upsets happening today. May as well tune in tomorrow, and enjoy the Djoko Vs Wawrinka final.

Nishikori gets one break back. . Perhaps a bit too late for this set.

Trainer out for Djokovic.