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ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
And now we are only waiting for Ringo/Andy...
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
The Rune vs Sinner match was good but at one point in the third set Sinner lost a game to love I think and I thought to myself that he was tiring.
Rune won 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
Rune won 1-6, 7-5, 7-5
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Sunday, April 16, 2023 Day 9
Court Rainier III Starts At 12:00 Noon
F
(5) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (WC) Romain Arneodo/Sam Weissborn
Not Before 2:30 Pm
F
(6) Holger Rune VS (5) Andrey Rublev
Court Rainier III Starts At 12:00 Noon
F
(5) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (WC) Romain Arneodo/Sam Weissborn
Not Before 2:30 Pm
F
(6) Holger Rune VS (5) Andrey Rublev
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Of course, ESPN down here cut to Italian Football and did not show the Sinner/Rune match. So I can't gauge anything.
Tomorrow: Rune in three?
Tomorrow: Rune in three?
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
I'm hoping Andrey in two. If it goes three Ponchi is correct.
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
That sucks, sorry you didn't get to watch.
I don't want this to be the case, but I'd go with the brat in straight sets if I had to pick. If it's 3 sets, that would be a good sign to me that grumpy but likable Andrey has a better chance in this match than I'm thinking.
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
For the next 3 years at least, the big 3 would be Djokovic, Medvedev and Alcaraz...people seem to think Djokovic and Medvedev are retired!!
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Nope. We haven't forgotten. And, Rune said he would like to be part of a new Big Three, down the road. He made no claims he, or Sinner and Alcaraz, already are.
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
By the time Djokovic and Medvedev leave, anything could happen ..as Djokovic rightly said, 'nextgen' is us ..
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Yes, that's correct, he was talking about the future. For me, I reject the mere idea. Maybe this group will warrant a moniker in the future, but they aren't anywhere near worthy of being considered in the same convo as Murray let alone the Big 3. So head down, get to work, win a boatload of grand slams and Masters 1000s, and when you don't win, be in the semis of the grand majority of events that you enter, and we shall see. For now, I don't want to hear it. Tsitsipas, Zverev, Raonic, Nishikori, Kyrgios and Dimitrov are some examples of players that came after that were all supposedly going to be the next big thing and seriously challenge the aging Big 3 at the majors and there's not a single grand slam title among them to date. Let's see where we are in 5 years and then 10 years. Pipe down until you've done significantly more.
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
For those that didn't get to see the match, if you see that Sinner was less than pleased with Rune at the end of the match. Here is why. As they say in the video, it happenened twice in the match.
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
^ I don't know what happened on the first one, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with the one in the video. Sinner hit a shot that looked to be 6 to 8 inches beyond the baseline, and Rune, of course, had to play it because it wasn't 2 yards out.
This happens about 10 times in every match between any two players.
And Sinner even walked into the path of the ball.
As usual, much ado about nothing...
This happens about 10 times in every match between any two players.
And Sinner even walked into the path of the ball.
As usual, much ado about nothing...
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Yes, too many players hit loose balls, after the point is over. Even at the club level ..I have been hit several times, once in the eye, by a stray ball after the point was over- you drop your guard...quite dangerous ..Rune should have been defaulted..he missed, is that a virtue,? Djokovic did get defaulted...
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Sinner doesn't seem to move as well on clay as he does on hard...Rune moves much better..Sinner seemed not totally stable sometimes when he hits the shot..
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Re: ATP M1000 Monte Carlo 4/9 - 4/16 2023
Sinner definitely does better on hard courts, but he did have a chance in this match too...
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