Nitto ATP Finals 2017

[Damian]

Kontinen/Peers Win On 12th Match Point

Spoiler:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/kon ... uesday-atp

[DUN I LOVE]

U mnie droga powrotna do domu z pracy.

Chyba zazdroszczę Bartkowi trochę, niezły mecz mu się trafił. Mam spore obawy, czy Fed podoła - młody gniewny na pewno się postawi.

[Barty]

Końcówka meczu była wyczepista, cała hala była za Sockiem, tym bardziej po tych 4 netach Cilica.

[Damian]

SOCK GAINS FIRST WIN IN LONDON

Spoiler:

All match long on Tuesday at the Nitto ATP Finals, Jack Sock had been content to slice his backhand to Marin Cilic in hopes of seeing a better option – a chance to crush his world-class forehand.

But with the match on the line, the eighth seed ditched the plan and was bold – swinging through his two-handed backhand with power. His reward: his first win at the Nitto ATP Finals.

The 25-year-old American beat fifth seed Marin Cilic 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) to move to 1-1 in Group Boris Becker and improve his hopes of reaching this weekend's semi-final round.

The Nebraska native also became the first American to win at the season finale since Andy Roddick 10 years ago today in Shanghai. Both Roddick (2010) and Mardy Fish (2011) had gone winless during their season finale appearances in London.

Sock also had fallen in the British capital, dropping his opener to second seed Roger Federer in straight sets on Sunday. He risked falling into an 0-2 hole at the season finale. But the American played big and free against Cilic, and especially with the match in the balance.

Sock fell behind a mini-break in the third-set tie-break at 3/4, and the match looked in doubt. Cilic had won 15 consecutive points on serve, and if the trend continued, the Croatian would lead 6/3 and be a point away from registering his first win of the week.

Sock, though, played his best tennis, bunting a let cord winner for 4/4 and benefitting from a loose Cilic backhand to take both points on the Croatian's serve. With the match on his racquet, the American played even braver, smacking a backhand up the line that Cilic couldn't handle. On match point, Sock belted a forehand that Cilic returned long.

“I love playing in front of the fans here,” Sock said. “I have some amazing memories [in London].”

The 2014 Wimbledon doubles champion (with Vasek Pospisil) improves to 3-0 against Cilic in their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry. All three wins have been milestone victories for the right-hander.

Sock came back from two sets down in July 2016 during a Davis Cup rubber, and Sock beat Cilic in straight sets during the 2016 US Open to reach the fourth round of his home Grand Slam for the first time.

Tuesday was another career moment for Sock, who will look to go to 2-1 on Thursday when he faces Germany's Alexander Zverev.

For Cilic, it's another heartbreaking loss at The O2. The fifth seed, who's making his third appearance at the season finale, was looking to bolster his chances of making the semi-finals in London for the first time. The Croatian fell to third seed Alexander Zverev on Sunday after leading by a break in the third set.

Cilic led Sock by a break in the third set as well, 3-0, before the American rallied.

http://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en/news-a ... uesday-naf

[DUN I LOVE]

Końcówka meczu była wyczepista, cała hala była za Sockiem, tym bardziej po tych 4 netach Cilica.

Jest lekkie napięcie przed kolejnym meczem?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWztg ... Dhw/videos
Ktoś założył kanał na YT, gdzie wrzucane są obszerne skróty wszystkich spotkań tegorocznego turnieju.

[polo90]

Chyba zazdroszczę Bartkowi trochę, niezły mecz mu się trafił. Mam spore obawy, czy Fed podoła - młody gniewny na pewno się postawi.

Czego zazdrośćisz Bartkowi ???

A tak w ogóle jak wy piszecie posty to są one zrozumiałe tylko dla forumowiczów m tenis, a przecież forum odwiedza wiele gości. Ten wasz slang jest po prostu żałosny.

[Emu]

Jak Ci się nie podoba to mam nadzieje, że wiesz co możesz zrobić?

[DUN I LOVE]

A tak w ogóle jak wy piszecie posty to są one zrozumiałe tylko dla forumowiczów m tenis, a przecież forum odwiedza wiele gości. Ten wasz slang jest po prostu żałosny.

No chyba nie, skoro forum odwiedza wielu gości.

[polo90]

Jak Ci się nie podoba to mam nadzieje, że wiesz co możesz zrobić?

Wasz slang. To kompiluje mi czytanie niektórych postów. Ale jestem jednak przyzwyczajony do forum. To tak jakby ktoś przez 7 lat pił sok z marchewek i truskawek ale chciałby po jakimś czasie zmienić szklanke.

[DUN I LOVE]

Polo, łap: http://www.mtenis.com.pl/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3838

[arti]

[Damian]

[Damian]

Sportssilo

Federer Primed For Zverev Showdown On Day Three

Spoiler:

Both posted opening round-robin victories on Sunday

First-match nerves on debut are compounded for Alexander Zverev on a stage as big as the O2 arena for the Nitto ATP Finals. For Roger Federer, these debut nerves came 15 years ago.

The then No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Rankings opened his season-ending campaign in Shanghai in 2002 against the World No. 4 – the Spaniard who now coaches Zverev – Juan Carlos Ferrero. For the record, the Swiss won that battle and on Sunday, he claimed his opening round-robin clash with American Jack Sock.

Hours later, Zverev won his debut match at the season finale eking out a three-set victory over Marin Cilic. For the 36-year-old Federer, a six-time Nitto ATP Finals champion, experience has taught him how tricky that opening match in the season finale can be, against a fellow Top-10 competitor.

“You can't expect to play your best against the best players in the world in that first match,” Federer said. “At the end you're just happy to be serving well. Focus on that first, and then on the return game sort of try your best, try to keep the ball in play, and go from there.

“I think that's the difficulty in a first round usually at any tournament. Here it's amplified because it's against a fellow Top-10 player. It just makes things really, really difficult sometimes.”

While Federer secured a relatively straight-forward 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over the American, Zverev had to dig deep to peg back a 1-3 deficit in the deciding set of a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Cilic. After his fourth FedEx ATP Head2Head win in five meetings with the Croat, Zverev admitted to those first-time nerves.

“It is different walking on here than any other stadium. The crowd, the atmosphere is amazing. The show before we walk on is something special,” he said. “There were a lot of nerves involved in my first match. Obviously I'm happy that's behind me. I'm happy that I won. I think the next matches will be not different but from a nervous perspective it will be much different for me.”

Expect the German to come out with a nothing-to-lose approach. He has won five titles this season, including ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in Rome (d. Djokovic) and Montreal (d. Federer). In denying Djokovic in the Rome final and Federer for the Montreal title, he become the youngest since Djokovic a decade earlier to win two Masters 1000 tournaments in a season. He is closing in on becoming the youngest to finish in the Top 3 since the Serb in 2007.

“I think anyone beating Federer in this group has a good chance of passing,” he said. “But he's the favourite, definitely, in all of the matches he plays. I played him a few times this year now.
“I played him three times, if you count the Hopman Cup match we played. Obviously, all of them were great matches. Hopefully it can be another one.”

World No. 2. Federer has won an ATP World Tour-best seven titles for the season. He is an impressive 11-1 against Top 10 opponents this year, with his lone defeat coming to Zverev in that Coupe Rogers final.

Where Zverev has struggled since the US Open, reaching just one semi-final in Beijing, Federer has claimed an ATP Masters 1000 title in Shanghai and an eighth title on home soil in Basel. Year-end No. 1 may be off the cards but his sights are still firmly fixed on a record seventh Nitto ATP Finals title.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/fed ... ay-preview

[Damian]

Sportssilo

Federer Primed For Zverev Showdown On Day Three

Spoiler:

Both posted opening round-robin victories on Sunday

First-match nerves on debut are compounded for Alexander Zverev on a stage as big as the O2 arena for the Nitto ATP Finals. For Roger Federer, these debut nerves came 15 years ago.

The then No. 6 in the Emirates ATP Rankings opened his season-ending campaign in Shanghai in 2002 against the World No. 4 – the Spaniard who now coaches Zverev – Juan Carlos Ferrero. For the record, the Swiss won that battle and on Sunday, he claimed his opening round-robin clash with American Jack Sock.

Hours later, Zverev won his debut match at the season finale eking out a three-set victory over Marin Cilic. For the 36-year-old Federer, a six-time Nitto ATP Finals champion, experience has taught him how tricky that opening match in the season finale can be, against a fellow Top-10 competitor.

“You can't expect to play your best against the best players in the world in that first match,” Federer said. “At the end you're just happy to be serving well. Focus on that first, and then on the return game sort of try your best, try to keep the ball in play, and go from there.

“I think that's the difficulty in a first round usually at any tournament. Here it's amplified because it's against a fellow Top-10 player. It just makes things really, really difficult sometimes.”

While Federer secured a relatively straight-forward 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over the American, Zverev had to dig deep to peg back a 1-3 deficit in the deciding set of a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Cilic. After his fourth FedEx ATP Head2Head win in five meetings with the Croat, Zverev admitted to those first-time nerves.

“It is different walking on here than any other stadium. The crowd, the atmosphere is amazing. The show before we walk on is something special,” he said. “There were a lot of nerves involved in my first match. Obviously I'm happy that's behind me. I'm happy that I won. I think the next matches will be not different but from a nervous perspective it will be much different for me.”

Expect the German to come out with a nothing-to-lose approach. He has won five titles this season, including ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in Rome (d. Djokovic) and Montreal (d. Federer). In denying Djokovic in the Rome final and Federer for the Montreal title, he become the youngest since Djokovic a decade earlier to win two Masters 1000 tournaments in a season. He is closing in on becoming the youngest to finish in the Top 3 since the Serb in 2007.

“I think anyone beating Federer in this group has a good chance of passing,” he said. “But he's the favourite, definitely, in all of the matches he plays. I played him a few times this year now.
“I played him three times, if you count the Hopman Cup match we played. Obviously, all of them were great matches. Hopefully it can be another one.”

World No. 2. Federer has won an ATP World Tour-best seven titles for the season. He is an impressive 11-1 against Top 10 opponents this year, with his lone defeat coming to Zverev in that Coupe Rogers final.

Where Zverev has struggled since the US Open, reaching just one semi-final in Beijing, Federer has claimed an ATP Masters 1000 title in Shanghai and an eighth title on home soil in Basel. Year-end No. 1 may be off the cards but his sights are still firmly fixed on a record seventh Nitto ATP Finals title.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/fed ... ay-preview

[DUN I LOVE]

Sam Kwary zapowiada mecz dnia.



Bez przełamań póki co, 2-2.

[Damian]

Niemal bezbłędny Sasza z baseline póki co.

E: 76% pierwszego serwisu Saszy.

[DUN I LOVE]

Mały Wimbledon póki co.

[Damian]

Znakomity Alex, nie tylko że od 20 minut trafia tylko jedynką niczym Karlović, ale też bardzo pewny siebie zza linii końcowej. Całkowicie inny Niemiec niż w ostatnich miesiącach.

[Robertinho]

Strasznie nas gnębi ten młodzieniec z linii końcowej, dobija serwisem. Pachnie wtopką.

[Damian]

Strasznie nas gnębi ten młodzieniec z linii końcowej, dobija serwisem. Pachnie wtopką.

Roger też się pogubił, bez większego pomysłu na grę aktualnie.