Układ sił 2017

[Emu]

1/2 US Open to nie jest poważny wynik dla Gaela? Mogę się założyć, że Kyrgios nie zrobi finału i Gael nie zrobi lepszego wyniku niż w tym sezonie.

[Mario]

Gdzie najtrudniejszym rywalem do pokonania był zmęczony Pouille, a w półfinale zwyczajnie się ośmieszył? To już Monte Carlo było lepsze.

[Emu]

Wyleciał mi z głowy finał MC. Rozumiem, że chodzi Ci o finał szlema bądź wygraną w Mastersie?

[Mario]

Albo wygrany puchar Davisa jako główna opcja.

[Emu]

Zawsze się gdzieś Francuzi w głupi sposób wyłożą...

[Damian]

Murray, Djokovic Lead Storylines Of 2017

Spoiler:

A look at the biggest storylines to follow on the ATP World Tour as the 2017 season begins
The 2017 season kicks off on Sunday 1 January in Brisbane and the following day in Doha and Chennai, with all Top 5 players in action in the opening week. Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic waste no time continuing their battle for the No. 1 position in the Emirates ATP Rankings at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, where they are the Top 2 seeds. Milos Raonic, Stan Wawrinka, and Kei Nishikori, ranked No. 3 through 5, are the top seeds at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp.
• Streaking into 2017: Murray enters 2017 with a career-best 24-match winning streak. It’s the fourth time since 1975 (since complete records were kept) that a player closed out the season with a 20+ match winning streak. Here are the streaks to end the year (listed chronologically):
Streak Finishing Season Streak Ended
Murray 24 (in 2016) ?
Djokovic 24 (in 2013) 28 (in 2014)
Federer 29 (in 2006) 41 (in 2007)
Lendl 35 (in 1981) 44 (in 1982)
Note: McEnroe won 24 in a row at the end of 1982 but streak ended at 26 with final loss to Lendl at Masters in January 1983, which was considered part of 1982 season.
• Murray’s Key to No. 1: Murray’s service improvement in the Infosys ATP Scores & Stats Leaders in 2016 was a major factor in the Briton finishing No. 1 for the first time. Murray was among the Top 10 in three of the six service categories for the second time in his career (four in 2009):
No. Rank
Aces 551 No. 9
1st Serve Pts. Won 76 per cent No. 10
Service Games Won 85 per cent No. 10
2nd Serve Pts. Won 54 per cent No. 11
Murray also ranked among the Top 5 in all four return of serve categories with the biggest improvement coming in return games won with a personal-best 37 per cent, a jump of 6 per cent from 2015:
No. Rank
Return Games Won 37 per cent No. 2
2nd Serve Ret. Pts. Won 56 per cent No. 2
1st Serve Ret. Pts. Won 34 per cent No. 3
Break Pts. Converted 45 per cent No. 5Djokovic
• Djokovic Top 2 Streak: Djokovic is one of four players in the history of the Emirates ATP Rankings to finish in the Top 2 for 10 or more consecutive years:
No. Years
Jimmy Connors 12 1973-84
Novak Djokovic 10 2007-16
Roger Federer 10 2003-12 (also No. 2 in 2014-15)
Ivan Lendl 10 1981-90
• Hard Court Points to Defend: Murray enters 2017 with a 630-point lead over Djokovic in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Here is a look at both players’ hard court points to defend from the Australian Open through the Miami Open presented by Itau:
1/30 (Aust. Open) 2/27 (Dubai) 3/20 (I.W.) 4/4 (Miami)
Murray 1,200 0 45 45
Djokovic 2,000 90 1,000 1,000
• Milos Looks to Top 2: Raonic improved from No. 14 to a year-end best No. 3 in 2016. Raonic is attempting to become the first player outside the Big Four to rank No. 2 since Lleyton Hewitt on 18 July 2005. Raonic became the first player born in the 1990s to reach a Grand Slam final last season at Wimbledon (l. to Murray). Raonic’s eight career ATP World Tour titles is the most of any player born in the 1990s. Raonic will be coached by 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek in 2017.
• Stan Strong at No. 4: Stan Wawrinka is coming off his third straight No. 4 year-end Emirates ATP Ranking. In the past three years he is 11-1 in finals after compiling a 4-9 record in finals from 2006-13.
• Federer Returns: When Federer makes his 18th straight appearance at the Australian Open, it will be the Swiss superstar’s first tour level match since 8 July 2016 when he lost in five sets in the semi-finals to Raonic at Wimbledon. It will also be Federer’s first appearance outside the Top 10 in Melbourne since 2002 when he ranked No. 12. Federer finished last season with a 21-7 match record and No. 16 ranking. His streak of 14 consecutive years in the year-end Top 10 ended, which is second only to Jimmy Connors’ 16. His best result was a runner-up in Brisbane (l. to Raonic) in the opening week of the season. His streak of 15 straight years with at least one ATP World Tour title also came to an end. Prior to Federer’s knee injury, he was still playing at a high level as indicated in the Infosys ATP Scores & Stats. He would have been in the Top 5 if he played enough matches to qualify:
No.
1st Serve Pts. Won 80 per cent
2nd Serve Pts. Won 56 per cent
Service Games Won 90 per cent
• 70-Titles Club Within Reach: Nadal and Djokovic are both closing in on 70 career titles on the ATP World Tour. Nadal has 69 and Djokovic 66 titles. If they both reach the milestone in 2017, they would join Federer (88) as part of the 70-Titles Club. The only trio to accomplish the feat in the Open Era are Jimmy Connors (109), Ivan Lendl (94) and John McEnroe (77). They all had at least 70 titles in 1994 when still active.
Nadal
• Nadal Eyes Hard Court Title: Nadal enters 2017 trying to win his first ATP World Tour hard court title since Doha in January 2014 (d. Monfils). Since then, Nadal has played in 27 hard court tournaments, the longest hard court title drought of his career. The 30-year-old Spaniard has finished in the Top 10 the past 12 years, the longest active streak on the ATP World Tour.
• Moya Joins Nadal Team: Nadal added fellow Mallorca native and former World No. 1 Carlos Moya to his team for the 2017 season. Moya, who helped Raonic improve from No. 14 to a career-best No. 3 last season, is the fourth former No. 1 to team up with a member of the Big Four:
- Andy Murray & Ivan Lendl
- Novak Djokovic & Boris Becker
- Rafael Nadal & Carlos Moya
- Roger Federer & Stefan Edberg
• First-Time Champions: There were nine first-time champions on the ATP World Tour last season, the most since 10 in 2011. Among the first-time winners, six were 25 & under, including #NextGen stars Karen Khachanov and Alexander Zverev. Kyrgios was a member of last year’s #NextGen class.
• Top 10 Breakthrough In Sight: In 2016, four players ranked between No. 11-15 finished with their best career season on the ATP World Tour. No. 13 Kyrgios won a personal-best three ATP World Tour titles and at 21 was the youngest to finish in the Top 20. Kyrgios and the other three players look to go a step further in 2017 and break into the Top 10 Emirates ATP Rankings:
- No. 11 David Goffin
- No. 13 Nick Kyrgios
- No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut
- No. 15 Lucas Pouille
• Sascha Looks to Continue Rise: In 2016, Alexander Zverev became the first teenager to finish in the Top 25 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 24 since Novak Djokovic (No. 16) and Andy Murray (No. 17) in 2006. The 19-year-old German reached a career-high No. 20 on 17 October after winning his maiden ATP World Tour title in St. Petersburg. He was the first teenager to win an ATP World Tour title since Marin Cilic (19) at 2008 New Haven. Zverev will look to follow in the footsteps of Gael Monfils, who finished No. 24 in 2015 before climbing to year-end best No. 7 in 2016.
• Brothers Eye Top 50: Mischa Zverev finished a year-end best No. 51 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The last time he ranked in the Top 50 was 5 October 2009 at No. 48. The last time a brothers duo ranked in the Top 50 at the same time was 8 May 2006 when Olivier Rochus ranked No. 29 and Christophe Rochus was No. 42.
del Potro
• Del Potro Comeback Leads Argentines: Juan Martin del Potro became the third player (Sergi Bruguera, Tommy Haas) to win the ATP Comeback Player of the Year twice. He also led Argentina to its first Davis Cup title and returned to the Top 50 of Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 38 (from No. 581) in 2016. He became the first player to jump from outside the Top 500 from the previous year to finish in the Top 50 since Tommy Haas and Thomas Johansson made leaps in 2004. Both were unranked in 2003 before climbing more than 1,300 spots the following season. Haas climbed 1,386 spots to finish No. 17 and Johansson 1,373 positions to reach No. 30. Del Potro announced this week that his 2017 campaign would start sometime after the Australian Open.
• Haas Returns: Former World No. 2 Tommy Haas, who will turn 39 on 3 April, is planning to return to the ATP World Tour for the first time since October 2015 in Vienna. Haas, who is the tournament director at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, plans to start his 2017 campaign at the Australian Open. Haas has a protected ranking of No. 25.
• Ivo Going Strong: Ivo Karlovic finished in the Top 20 for the first time in his career last season at No. 20. The 37-year-old Croat (turns 38 on 28 February), who won two ATP World Tour titles (Newport, Los Cabos), was the oldest player to rank in the Top 20 since Ken Rosewall (43) on 31 July 1978. Karlovic was bothered by a knee injury in the first quarter of last season, going winless (0-6) before reaching the semi-finals in Bucharest on 30 April. He finished with a 32-24 match record on the season.
• Titles Streak: There are six players who enter the 2017 season having won at least one ATP World Tour title for five or more years in a row:
No. Years
Rafael Nadal 13 2004-16
Novak Djokovic 11 2006-16
Andy Murray 11 2006-16
Marin Cilic 9 2008-16
Milos Raonic 6 2011-16
Kei Nishikori 5 2012-16
Zverev

• #NextGen Class of 2017 Looking To Milan: The Race to Milan for the Next Gen ATP Finals gets underway in January and here is a look at the group of #NextGen stars on the ATP World Tour with their 2016 year-end Emirates ATP Ranking:
Player Rank Age
Alexander Zverev (GER) 24 19 Years, 7 Months
Borna Coric (CRO) 48 20 Years
Karen Khachanov (RUS) 53 20 Years, 6 Months
Taylor Fritz (USA) 76 19 Years, 1 Month
Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 99 20 Years, 9 Months
Hyeon Chung (KOR) 104 20 Years, 6 Months
Jared Donaldson (USA) 105 20 Years, 1 Month
Frances Tiafoe (USA) 108 18 Years, 10 Months
Stefan Kozlov (USA) 116 18 Years, 9 Months
Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 141 20 Years, 4 Months
Duckhee Lee (KOR) 143 18 years, 5 months
Quentin Halys (FRA) 153 20 Years, 1 Month
Andrey Rublev (RUS) 156 19 Years, 1 Month
Elias Ymer (SWE) 160 20 Years, 7 Months
Michael Mmoh (USA) 198 18 Years, 10 Months
Noah Rubin (USA) 201 20 Years, 8 Months
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) N/R + 20 Years, 7 Months

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/201 ... -to-follow

[Barty]

Murray Talks Top Rivals For 2017

Spoiler:

World No. 1 kicks off his season in Doha

Andy Murray is kicking off the new year with a new approach to his schedule.
The World No. 1 returns to the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha for the first time since 2014. Murray will open his 2017 season with a first-round match against Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. Having previously won in Doha 2008 and 2009, he’s experienced the benefits firsthand of how this event can help set him up for a successful season.
“One of the advantages is that it splits up the journey to Australia a little bit. You can fly direct pretty much to Melbourne from here. It’s very convenient, especially for the players from Europe, to sort of go halfway,” said Murray. “It’s worked well for a lot of the guys in the past that have gone on to do well in Australia.”
Murray is looking to continue his stellar form from 2016, which saw him win nine ATP World Tour events and pick up his third Grand Slam trophy at Wimbledon. The back end of his season was particularly impressive, with the Scot prevailing in his last five tournaments of the year. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the championship match at the ATP Finals to clinch the year-end No. 1 ranking.
But while the second half of Djokovic’s 2016 season didn’t meet the lofty standards he has set for himself, Murray said the Serbian can’t be counted out as a major contender to win the Australian Open or regain the top spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings.
“Obviously his record in Australia has been incredible. He’s won there six times and won a number of finals against me. I would expect him to play very well there,” said Murray. “In terms of the No. 1 ranking, I had a great four or five months at the end of last year and I still only got to No. 1 by one match at the end the year. So I know it will be very tough to stay there."

Murray is also well aware that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be looming and dangerous in their return to the ATP World Tour after long injury layoffs. With both men having prevailed Down Under in the past, the World No. 1 believes they are fully capable of moving back inside the top of the Emirates ATP Rankings.
“He loves the game. He's obviously a very gifted athlete. Very talented guy,” said Murray of Federer. “I would imagine after a few matches -- maybe it doesn't happen the first month of the year, but if he stays fit and healthy that first couple of months into the year, he'll be back to playing some great tennis again.”
“Rafa was a bit unlucky last year,” he added. “He was starting to play really well again during the clay-court season before he got his wrist injury. It’ll be interesting to see how he comes back.”

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/mur ... 017-sunday

[Damian]

[DUN I LOVE]

Pojawił się na stronie ATP artykuł, podający ile czasu spędzili gracze Top-10 na korcie w ostatnim czasie. Murray oczywiście wyraźnie pierwszy, najmniej z tego grona grał oczywiście Nadal.

1 Andy Murray - 162
2 Novak Djoković - 130
3 Milos Raonic - 127
4 Stan Wawrinka - 121
5 Kei Nishikori - 129
6 Gael Monfils - 90
7 Marin Cilić - 109
8 Dominic Thiem - 136
9 Rafael Nadal - 89
10 Tomas Berdych - 107

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/mur ... nuary-2017

[Mario]

Monfils o całą godzinę mniej i oczywiście jako jedyny z przeciętnym setem poniżej 40 minut (choć tu swoje robi, że zaserwowanie zabiera mu 10 sekund mniej niż większości z tego grona).

[DUN I LOVE]

Ciekawy artykuł na stronie ATP, gdzie late bloomerzy opowiadają o tym, dalczego najelspzy tenis grają w okolicach 30-stki i też o tym, że 30 lat dziś to nie to samo, co 30 lat 2 dekady temu.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/ram ... s-jan-2017

[DUN I LOVE]

Czy dzisiejszy wynik to złego miłe początki czy raczej sygnał, że drzewo próchnieje?

[Barty]

Mówisz o Raonicu czy do szacownego Serba użyłeś tak wyszukanej metafory?

Biorąc pod uwagę ostatnie wydarzenia, to RG może być poza zasięgiem Djokovica w tym roku.. Chyba najprędzej Us Open mógłby w tym roku zgarnąć.

[DUN I LOVE]

W Paryżu zatrzyma go Nishikori, w Londynie Raonic.

[Del Fed]

Co mnie cieszy, nie zapowiada się na dominację, a fabsterzy nie powinni wrócić na najwyższy poziom, w przypadku Nadala, oczywiście także fizyczny przez co młodzież i "młodzież kombatancka" powinny mieć swoje szanse na wygrane. Razem z weteranem wojennym Delpo - miejmy nadzieję, przynajmniej na poziomie Mastersów.

Mówiąc to, oby nie skończyło się remontadą na dobre i marszrutą w kierunku no1...

[DUN I LOVE]

Fajnie sobie przypomnieć jak wspaniale rysują się tygodnie w kurnikach, zaraz po szlemie, który wygrał Fed.

[Del Fed]

No raczej. Jakaś taka ulga i podwójne zadowolenie Chhciałbym zobaczyć matchup Zverevów dla beki, nawet jak wynik zostanie ustalony pod młodego, btw.

[DUN I LOVE]

Federer wygra w Melbourne Park.

Nieźle jak na wpis popełniony 5 listopada 2016.

[Barty]

Lake nie gorszy:

Gdzie będzie miejsce Murraya? Czy jest stanie wygrać sezon 2017 czy bardzo powtarzalny w takich sytuacjach układ będzie miał miejsce, tj. bardzo mocna jesień, kontynuacja świetnej formy w styczniu, a później stopniowa obniżka dyspozycji?

Jeśli to kolejny raz się potwierdzi a Nole się nie odrodzi to wypoczywający przed TV emeryt i rencista inwalida mogą uszczknąć w przyszłym roku więcej niż się spodziewamy.

Prorocy roku:

A co ma Djoković do tego wszystkiego, skoro Nadal nie jest w stanie ograć Pouille'a po 5-setówce?

Mi to się wydaje, że z lepiej obsadzonymi 250 mogą być problemy.

Jakoś trudno mi znaleźć logiczne przesłanki za tym, aby bądź Fed, bądź Rafa powrócili do wygrywania nawet pojedynczych najważniejszych tytułów.

[Robertinho]

Dlaczego właśnie unikam jak ognia tego typu tematów. Można tylko wyjść na durnia, ewentualnie przyfarcić i potem kozaczyć, jakby się odgadło co najmniej numery totolotka.