Nicolas Mahut

[Mario]

12 miesięcy temu w życiu bym nie uwierzył, że zakończy sezon w top 40, więc ten rok jest rzecz jasna całkiem miłą niespodzianką. Z drugiej, jak sobie przypomnę te dzisiejsze popisy, zawalony mecz z Querreyem, czy czołk w Rotterdamie, który kosztował go tytuł...

Trochę szkoda, że głowa nie pozwoliła mu nigdy na poważniejszy run w Bercy. Można mówić o słabej formie, ale dziś za każdym razem, gdy znajdował się na straconej pozycji (czyli łapał luz) zagrywał całkiem sensowne piłki. Poza tym Goffin był doszczętnie wypompowany, przez większość spotkania nie okazywał żadnych emocji, ani się nie cieszył, ani nie denerwował, jestem niemal pewien, że Nico grając na 50-60% aktualnych możliwości, wygrałby ten mecz 6-3 6-4, albo coś w tym stylu. O tym co odwalił 3 lata temu z Simonem, czy jeszcze wcześniej z Ferrerem (wynik może dziwić, ale w życiu nie widziałem spotkania, w którym gość optycznie z 2x razy lepszy przegrywa 2x do czterech) nawet nie chce mi się pisać.

O przyszłym roku wolałbym nie mówić. Zjazd wydaje się być najbardziej prawdopodobną opcją, ale to jest ATP, tu ludzie grubo po trzydziestce robią życiowe wyniki, tu Paolo Lorenzi robi furorę w halach, zwłoki Ferrera skończą sezon w top 20 itd. Więc wcale bym się nie zdziwił, gdy przypadkiem natykając się na drabinkę Bercy 2017, przez moją głowę przejdą myśli o ostatniej szansie na duży wynik tutaj...

[Damian]

[Mario]

2016 w liczbach:

Ranking: 39
Bilans meczów: 23-20
Tytuły: 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $869,846

[Barty]

2016 w liczbach (debel):

Ranking: 1
Bilans meczów: 48-15
Tytuły: Wimbledon (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert), London/Queen's Club (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert), ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert), ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert), ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert), Rotterdam (w/Vasek Pospisil))
Finały: 2 (ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paryż (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert), Antwerpia (w/Pierre-Hugues Herbert))
Zarobki: $1,121,952

[Mario]

35 lat stuknęło. Najlepszego, Nico!

Jakiegoś pojedynczego, dużego zwycięstwa chyba można życzyć.

[lake]

Pociągnie tyle co Doktor? Mam na myśli singla.

[Barty]

Nie sądzę, żeby miał tyle motywacji na singla. Jednak tyle darmowych punktów nie zgarnia w każdym meczu, co Karlovic, co automatycznie nie pozwala na taką liczbę wygranych meczów, jakby chciał.

[Mario]

Wypada napisać, oby nie. Z drugiej strony raczej nie był na tyle dobrym tenisistą, żeby skończyć karierę będąc w top 50, więc z dwa sezony pewnie jeszcze pociągnie.

Raczej nie będzie dzielenia na debel i singiel. Skończy jedno i drugie od razu.

[Lucas]

Like Old Times For French Pairing In Marseille

Spoiler:

Benneteau/Mahut hadn't played together in five years
It's as if they do this together every week. Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut, playing together for the first time since 2012, won the Open 13 Marseille doubles title on Sunday. The top seeds prevailed 6-4, 6-7(9), 10-5 against Dutchman Robin Haase and Brit Dominic Inglot, who were going for their first team doubles crown.
“When Julien asked me to play with him I immediately said yes. For me, this victory is very important and it means a lot,” Mahut said.
Benneteau/Mahut won nearly 80 per cent of their first-serve points and saved four of six break points faced. Years ago, the two were a consistent pairing on the ATP World Tour. They won two titles together – 2003 Metz and 2009 Lyon – both of which were played indoors, like the Open 13 Marseille. Benneteau/Mahut also reached a pair of US Open semi-finals.

The two have since moved on to new and successful partnerships, but they played together this week like a veteran team, especially during tight matches. Benneteau/Mahut won three of their four matches in Match Tie-breaks. For winning the title, they'll receive 250 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split €33,620.
“Winning this week with Nico in Marseille, it is very nice! It is a real pleasure! I would love to play with him again if I can,” Benneteau said.
Haase was going for his third career doubles title, and Inglot, his seventh. They'll receive 150 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split €17,670.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/ben ... bles-final

[Damian]

Mahut/Herbert Clinch Rome Crown

Spoiler:

First title of 2017 for the French duo
French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won their first ATP World Tour team title of the season on Sunday in Rome as they triumphed at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers.
Herbert and Mahut are set to rise to fourth in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London after securing 1000 points with their victory at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament.
The Frenchmen have battled through the draw at the Foro Italico to end a team title drought of 10 months, since they won the Wimbledon title in July 2016. They saved match point to beat Brian Baker and Nicholas Monroe in the second round and fended off four match points to edge Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas in the quarter-finals, before edging Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in a Match Tie-break in the semi-finals.
And they did it the hard way in the final too, rallying from a set down to beat Dodig and Granollers in another Match Tie-break after one hour and 35 minutes. Having trailed by a break, Dodig and Granollers clinched the first set as they reeled off three straight games from 3-4. But Herbert/Mahut responded immediately with a break in the first game of the second set, which sufficed to level the match. The French pair then dominated the deciding tie-break to prevail.
Victory at the Foro Italico marks Herbert and Mahut's eighth tour-level title together.
Dodig and Granollers were looking to win their second title together. The Croatian/Spanish duo, who teamed up at the start of the season, captured their first trophy in Rotterdam in February (d. Koolhof/Middelkoop). Granollers was contesting the Rome doubles final for the third time, having won the 2012 title and finished runner-up in 2015 with Marc Lopez.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/her ... 2017-final

[Mario]

Nicolas Mahut says his son cries when Lucas Pouille loses

French tennis player Nicolas Mahut says his six-year-old son is a big fan of the game of tennis. The 35-year-old's son was as eager as anyone to not miss out this year's Roland Garros final played between eventual champion Rafa Nadal and runner-up Stan Wawrinka.

''He watches more tennis than me,'' Mahut said after his first-round over USA's Denis Novikov at s'Hertogenbosch, reveals David Avakian of TENNIS.com.

''Refused to go to a birthday party so he could see the Roland Garros final.'' Moreover, doubles world number three Mahut doubts that he is the most preferred choice by his son, as the kid tends to get really emotional when fellow countryman Lucas Pouille has a bad day at the office.

''His favorite tennis player is Pouille. When Lucas loses he cries,'' the two-time Grand Slam men's doubles champion revealed, and added that it would be ''50-50'' when it comes to who would his son support should he and Pouille, 23, clash off.

Mahut and Pouille were set to play doubles together at Marseille last year before they were forced to quit.

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/news/news ... um=twitter

[Del Fed]

Mahut cried 'a lot' after 2010 Wimbledon loss to Isner

Nicolas Mahut's memorable 2010 Wimbledon first-round match against John Isner left the French lost and shocked afterward. Big-serving Isner edged out the 35-year-old in an epic encounter to progress 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7) 7-6 (3) 70-68.

The clash set the record for the longest tennis match ever, having spread over three days and lasted over 11 hours. Mahut was serving in the 138th game, both players were tied at 30-30 when Isner hit clutch back-to-back passing shots to take the win.

''The last five minutes of the match, I don't really remember well what happened,'' Mahut revealed. ''Just a black hole for me.

I remember crying a lot. Asking, 'did I do something wrong or was he just better.''' Mahut and Isner met at The Championships a year after, at the same stage of the event, with the American prevailing over the French in straight sets that time.

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/news/news ... -to-isner/

[Damian]

HERBERT/MAHUT QUALIFY FOR NITTO ATP FINALS; ONE DOUBLES SPOT LEFT

Spoiler:

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut will attempt to earn their first Nitto ATP Finals trophy when they arrive at The O2 for the third time this November. The Frenchmen join Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo, defending champions Henri Kontinen/John Peers, 2015 winners Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau, Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares, four-time season finale champions Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan and Roland Garros winners Ryan Harrison/Michael Venus in the 2017 field.

Herbert and Mahut qualified for the event, to be held from 12-19 November, for the third year in a row, and are seeking their first appearance in the semi-finals.

The Frenchmen won at least two titles for the third consecutive year in 2017, with each of the victories coming at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event — the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, the Coupe Rogers in Montreal and the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The duo leads the tour in Masters 1000 triumphs this season, and their three in 2017 have lifted their overall Masters 1000 trophy count to six.

Mahut became the first Frenchman to finish No. 1 in the year-end Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings last season, with Herbert right behind him at No. 2.

One spot remains up for grabs in the doubles field with one month to go until the season finale. Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram currently sit in eighth place in the Emirates ATP Race To London with 3,020 points. Marcel Granollers and Ivan Dodig are right behind them with 2,945 points in the No. 9 slot.

http://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news-a ... 17-qualify

[Damian]

[Mario]

Llodra nowym trenerem Nicolasa.

[DUN I LOVE]

Może zainspirował się Lalo i chce ponownie spróbować uderzyć w puchar QC.

[Mario]

Uderzyć to on się może w głowę, Dawid. Swoją szansę na zakończenie kariery z jakimś dużym wynikiem miał tydzień temu, drabinka się wyczyściła, forma była, kort pasował, tylko oczywiście musiał mieć pecha.

Nic wielkiego tu już się nie wydarzy, raczej chce spędzić ostatnie chwile na korcie z kimś kogo lubi, a i Mica sprawdzi się w zawodzie, bo wbrew temu co mówił w trakcie grania, chyba jednak zatęsknił za tenisem na emeryturze.

[DUN I LOVE]

Być może. Ja jednak przed tegoroczną trawą byłem już kilka miesięcy po skreśleniu Lalo. Nico to jednak wciąż wybitny specjalista jak na dzisiejszych "namiestników" gry na tym podłożu. Przy zaawansowanej wiekowo czołówka wszystko się może zdarzyć. Wystarczy, że Murray poleci z jakimś nołnejmem.

[Damian]

Triumf w Pucharze Davisa!


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Nicolas był członkiem zwycięskiej ekipy.

[Barty]

2017 w liczbach:

Ranking: 104
Bilans meczów: 15-19
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $608,164