ATP Monte-Carlo Masters: the Final

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Great thread yet again Green.

Just to quickly point something out though, Sunday is the 10th April, not the 9th.

Edited already...

Thanks, News!

Yes Green. Another excellent thread. :thumbs: Thanks for bringing it to us.

What a great first round match Gulbis/Dolgo is. I see it going Dolgo's way though.

No problem! I think Dolgopolov might do well this time, haven't really seen him on clay but he has the baseline game to survive and do well on the stuff.

Tough one against Gulbis though.... if he's in the mood.

I'm GREEN with envy.

Great threads old bean, 606 will be shrinking in comparison yesterday.

Dolgo played a good match against Rafa in Madrid last year. I hope we get to see him.

I was ... shall I say "lucky" ... to be at that match in Rome. Blimey ... that was a real squeeker. Rafa won the first set because of a break in the first game I think, and we were very, very nervous. Gulbis was on a good run last year.

After it all when we were waiting for the bus to take us back to the city, there was this Italian couple having a laugh about the t-shirt I was wearing ... it said,

Don't worry ... he is Nadal

As I said to them ... we were.

I think Dolgo will do for Gulbis in this match though.

So you saw my comment about Gulbis (and the match he played vs Nadal in Rome last year) before I deleted it...

(for those not certain who you're talking to...<blush> )

Yes Green ... I obviously did. Hehe.

Green, Lord of Evil wrote:surface: Red Clay

Even the WUM's can't argue with that one.

I suppose we need this smiley, too!

Green wrote:I suppose we need this smiley, too!

My, my, what big teeth you have!

Well, you do too, when you laugh like that!

Green wrote:Well, you do too, when you laugh like that!

I object, you said I had a nice smile the other day...

And I confirm... You have a nice big smile!

Green wrote:And I confirm... You have a nice big smile!

Thank you. I'm not like that grumpy moderator Jubbahey.

Quick question: Who do you think had the 5th best win/loss record on clay in the last year?

Verdasco... maybe? Or was he better than that?

Well, who was it?!!!

Green wrote:Well, who was it?!!!

Steady on now, darlin', I'm typing as fast as I can!!!!

Green wrote:Verdasco... maybe? Or he was better than that?

Verdasco's waaaaaaayyyyyy down the list, with 9 wins and 7 losses - 63.1%

Nope, the 5th best, above Verdasco, above Ferrer, del Potro, and Nalbandian, is......

MARDY FISH! 12 wins in 18 matches, 6 losses - 75.9%

Nadal beware.... this is a mud-Fish you're messing with.

MC final, Rome SF, won Barcelona... can't remember what he did in Madrid and Paris... How's that only 9 wins?

3rd round in Madrid (had a bye in the 1st) and 4th round at RG...

Green wrote:MC final, Rome SF, won Barcelona... can't remember what he did in Madrid and Paris... How's that only 9 wins?

Nope, false alarm, I'm looking at the wrong table.

Verdasco was 6th with 74.1%

Can't even find Mardy Fish.

Nooo... I was looking at this years stats. Overall.



Now I've found the right table, have another guess!

Ha, I was pretty close!

Making that Points Thingy got you all confused? It's perfectly understandable!

Don't laugh at yourself , only I can do that .

"have another guess!"
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Ferrer... maybe? Or Melzer?

"I'm typing as fast as I can!!!!"
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How slow do you type?!!!!

Green wrote:"have another guess!"
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Ferrer... maybe? Or Melzer?

Wawrinka! A win splits him and Verdasco apart.

Novak Djokovic is also the 18th best clay courter ever, going by win/loss ratio. 82 wins, 30 losses, 73.2%. Ahead of Agassi, Moya and Coria!

Meanwhile, Nadal has won 203 on clay..... and lost 16. 16. What is wrong with that guy?!

Something's not right there, that's for sure! However, make that 17 by the end of the season!

Green wrote:"I'm typing as fast as I can!!!!"
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How slow do you type?!!!!

I'm typing on two threads at once, gimme a break!!!

How does one type on two threads - at once?

Green wrote:


How does one type on two threads - at once?

How does one live in Saudi Arabia and on Pluto at once? I can do many an amazing thing. Providing it isn't invloved in looking up tabluated stats on whose winning and losing how many matches, and where.

One thing I need to do these wonderful things though is sleep.

So on that basis, I shall see you all tomorrow/today!

"I can do many an amazing thing."
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Except type fast on two threads at once!

Get some sleep, you obviously need it! :run2:

Another excellent article.

Thanks for doing this for us Green

You wonderful folks are making this tennis forum something really special and what a lovely, friendly, atmosphere there seems to be on here.

I love reading through the threads.....even tho' I don't post much myself....so thanks all

Solerina

Gulbis won!

Pardon my partiality!

Raonic next for him. If he's gonna go far, he's not going the easy way...

Gulbis won? That's messed up my picks from the get go

TITN: "Raonic next for him. If he's gonna go far, he's not going the easy way..."
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Yes, but this was only Raonic's third win on clay, out of five matches I think, in his career so far. It's not gonna be easy (?), but I think Gulbis can do it.

cats_r_cool wrote:Gulbis won? That's messed up my picks from the get go

I LIKE that smiley you've put on there! It makes me feel a bit bad for not using it more. I'll make up for it in a minute.

Meanwhile, Kohli scrapes through against Golubev. You'd have rather though Kohli would have walked that one, but there you go.

Green wrote:* Olivier ROCHUS[size =9] (Q) - Juan Ignacio CHELA
* Frederico GIL - Sergiy STAKHOVSKY [/size]

Great effort, Green.

SHOCK OF THE DAY: Volandri to cane Cilic in straights.

"Great effort, Green."
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Yes, yes, yes... You may ask why so many edits! Because in the "Preview" all that looked perfect, when I clicked save, it looked the way you saw it!!

The tags are not working the way they are supposed to! OK, they are - only in the "Preview" view !

Green wrote:"Great effort, Green."
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Yes, yes, yes... You may ask why so many edits! Because in the "Preview" all that looked perfect, when I clicked save, it looked the way you saw it!!

The tags are not working the way they are supposed to! OK, they are - only in the "Preview" view !

Whoa! Steady on, I meant that as a compliment!

I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the Preview!

BTW, thank you for the compliment!

Green wrote:BTW, thank you for the compliment, if that's what it was.

It was, honest!

I merely felt I ought to point out that there was some formatting stuff there too.

We really get started at MC now, don't we? Nice to see Nikolay 'eyes of a killer' Davydenko back too...

When did I say that it wasn't?

Editing comments is fun! Especially when it doesn't even say it's been edited.

Green wrote:I want KaraKorums children.

ALL HAIL THIS IS THE NEWS!

Editing quotes is fun! Especially when there is nothing to say they have been edited.

:huh:



Now if you'll excuse me, I'm writing you a message (I may change it a bit now, add some nice words and all...)

Green wrote:



Now if you'll excuse me, I'm writing you a message (I may change it a bit now, add some nice words and all...)

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I think Nicky Almagro can do some damage on this surface he could be a dark horse in my mind to get to the semis and possibly the final. Good serve, good mover, great power off both sides, and hits the ball very heavy. Love his one-handed backhand. He just seems to be a little up and down with his game.