Shanghai thread

by LuvSports! Thu 10 Oct 2013, 11:27 am

So far:
1) Mayer bt Ferrer
2) Delpo bt Haas (retired)
3) Tsonga bt Nishikori

ATM;
Feds a break down in the final set to monfils Sad

Berdych vs Almagro level in first set

Later:
Djokovic vs Fognini
Wawrinka vs Raonic
Nadal vs Berlocq

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 10 Oct 2013, 11:35 am

Cue "Federer Shanghai'ed by Monfils" headline

by LuvSports! Thu 10 Oct 2013, 11:36 am

Please don't its too painful, 3 match points Sad

by LuvSports! Thu 10 Oct 2013, 11:44 am

Feds out

berdych takes the first set tie break vs almagro

by whocares Thu 10 Oct 2013, 11:47 am

Tsonga bagelled a semi injured Nishikori in the last set and Monfils puts Federer out of his misery. the swiss seem to have trouble to last a full 3 sets now. might as well not bother to show up in London on this type of form.

by LuvSports! Thu 10 Oct 2013, 1:18 pm

Straight sets win for novak over fognini.
Berdych almagro locked at 5-5 in the 3rd.

by LuvSports! Thu 10 Oct 2013, 1:26 pm

Almagro beats big bird!

by whocares Thu 10 Oct 2013, 2:00 pm

good stuff from El Mugro, best result since the AO I believe and probably 1st or 2nd win against a top 10 this year.

by LuvSports! Thu 10 Oct 2013, 3:18 pm

Stan moves ahead of feds in the atp race after beating raonic, denting his hopes of qualifying.

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 10 Oct 2013, 3:23 pm

Looks like all those anti-Feds who constantly proclaimed Stan as the real Swiss No. 1 will finally get their wish come true.

by sirfredperry Thu 10 Oct 2013, 3:24 pm

LuvSports! wrote:Stan moves ahead of feds in the atp race after beating raonic, denting his hopes of qualifying.

Great result for Stan. Can't work out whether it was better for Fed to have Stan win or Raonic. The race will run and run.

by LuvSports! Fri 11 Oct 2013, 9:32 am

Tsonga eases past Mayer 2 & 3 and delpo atm is a set up against almagro.

by sirfredperry Fri 11 Oct 2013, 10:12 am

Jamie Murray and partner have won their doubles today

by LuvSports! Fri 11 Oct 2013, 12:25 pm

Bit of a surprise as Monfils takes a high quality first set vs djokovic.

by LuvSports! Fri 11 Oct 2013, 2:21 pm

Djoko wins through in 3, on serve atm with stan. V.good tennis in these matches.

by LuvSports! Fri 11 Oct 2013, 3:22 pm

WHAT A SET OF TENNIS!!!
Such a shame for stan, maybe he never will win a set vs nadal.

by kingraf Fri 11 Oct 2013, 3:26 pm

Nadal got out of jail there. Cant see Wawrinka winning from here.

by kingraf Fri 11 Oct 2013, 4:24 pm

Looking forward to Djokovic-Tsonga. Tsonga is absolutely hot right now, serving like a waiter in a Michelin restaurant. I can actually see him taking this in two tight sets, or three tight-ish sets. Big WTF permutations, as Big Jo's results will affect half a dozen guys. Only has one Masters Series title, would be great to see him win another one. Allez JoTso!

DelPo vs Nadal is probably the MOTD, but of course it has less WTF permutations. Been a while since Nadal lost to JMdP, and I think the wait continues. I have Nadal in three

by naxroy Fri 11 Oct 2013, 4:35 pm

great semifinals. maybe the best in a masters this season?

I dont see nadal in his usa form anyway. lots of short shots, at least his first serve is better now than in beijing

by summerblues Sat 12 Oct 2013, 12:36 am

Crazy month at work, saw precisely nothing of tennis. So here I am, finally looking forward to watching Federer this weekend only to find out that he must have skipped Shanghai this year. Oh well, at least will try to enjoy watching whoever is playing.

by summerblues Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:06 am

Looking forward to the Rafa vs Delpo match. Nice morning time for me, and it will be interesting to see if Delpo can seriously challenge Rafa. This year, Delpo has at times looked like he was ready to separate himself from the rest of the pack and start edging closer to the top players, but he never quite seemed to be able to do it. It would be nice if he could collect some points and finally reach #4, or perhaps even #3, especially with Andy now out injured.

by **laverfan** Sat 12 Oct 2013, 5:16 am

Nadal v Del Potro h2h is 8-3, while Djokovic v Tsonga is 10-5.

Tsonga is recovering from injury. @KR... Tsonga may be flamboyant, but Djokovic will prevail.

by yloponom68 Sat 12 Oct 2013, 6:52 am

Points Spy MIA since US Open. Would be great to have an updated one for Shanghai, then continuing on through Basle and Paris....

by LuvSports! Sat 12 Oct 2013, 11:20 am

You picked it LF. A 6-2 7-5 for Djoko.

Hopefully the Delpo Rafa match will be a goody.

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:18 pm

Potro breaks first game. First time Rafa broken this week.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:19 pm

Come on Del Boy build on the gift

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:26 pm

Simple tactics from Potro. Attack the weaker backhand and then crush the ball at Rafa's forehand. Two more break points.

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:30 pm

Very smart play from Rafa. Possibly the best tactician on tour today? Keeping it low to Potro and dragging him in. The sheer burning power of Potro proving very tough for Rafa on a slick court though. Another BP for 3-0.

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:30 pm

Class serve volley from Rafa. Great start to this match.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:33 pm

Del Potro is on fire

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:33 pm

Stunning again from Potro. Can he keep up the brutal flawless hitting?

by LuvSports! Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:35 pm

He wont be knackered from back to back wins vs murray and djoko like he did in IW. I hope anyway.
VAMOS DELPO!

by **JuliusHMarx** Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:37 pm

Oddly, the Sky commentators are saying how brilliant Rafa is, and as an afterthought adding "Oh, JMDP is 3-0 up, he's very good as well".

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:38 pm

A bagel?

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:39 pm

Sublime backhand smash from Rafa. This really is a top match.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:43 pm

Rafa on the board. He really needs to hope for a blip from Del Potro

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:50 pm

Another Del Potro hammer sees him one game away from the first set

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:51 pm

That running forehand was unreal.

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:53 pm

Rafa's playing well in this match and is having to so just to keep Potro in any way honest. Just looks constantly rushed.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:55 pm

If this was a boxing match it would've been stopped ages ago! Rafa is really up against it

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 1:56 pm

Rafa showing he has a FH too. High quality stuff

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:00 pm

Service winner, forehand winner, ace, ace.

Not a bad way to serve out a set!

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:08 pm

Feels like Potro's intensity is just dipping a bit.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:09 pm

Rafa with a sniff of a break here.

And Del Boy yet again finding the range when it matters.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:15 pm

That was a bizarre point!

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:15 pm

Awesome point. DP getting pumped!!!

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:20 pm

Hit with the force of Thor!

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:21 pm

That get from rafa was ridiculous.

by Born Slippy Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:21 pm

Great net coverage by Rafa but Potro still finds a way past him. There's the break.

by Guest Sat 12 Oct 2013, 2:26 pm

That was a poor call

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