ATP 500 Dubai, Acapulco 2/27 - 3/4 2023

[Deuce]

Add another in the withdrawal/retirement column...
This time it's often injured Berrettini with an in-match retirement, after losing the first set at love to Rune in Acapulco.
The crowd booed him as he walked off the court.

[ponchi101]

Something has to be done. If it gets to the point that a paying customer knows he has a 20% chance that the match will not be played (or figure out some other percentage) people will stop paying to go to live tennis matches.
And Berrettini had been off for quite some time. So, when did he pick the injury?

[ptmcmahon]

Probably between the 6th and 7th game he lost today?

[ponchi101]

You got me.

[ti-amie]

Friday, March 03, 2023 Day 7 Acapulco

Estadio Starts At 6:00 Pm

SF
(1) Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski VS Alexander Erler/Lucas Miedler
Not Before 8:00 Pm
SF
(7) Tommy Paul VS (3) Taylor Fritz
Not Before 9:30 Pm
SF
(4) Holger Rune VS (8) Alex de Minaur

Grandstand Starts At 7:00 Pm

SF
Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlan VS Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow

[ti-amie]

Saturday, March 04, 2023 Day 8 Dubai

Centre Court Starts At 4:30 Pm

F
(3) Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara VS Maxime Cressy/Fabrice Martin
Not Before 7:00 Pm
F
(3) Daniil Medvedev VS (2) Andrey Rublev

[JazzNU]

[ti-amie]

[JazzNU]

[ashkor87]

Good to see Medvedev recovering his confidence, slowly but surely....he played his usual metronomic game and Djokovic seemed a bit impatient...probably the US visa is playing on his mind...Rublev won't be able to beat Med in this form, I don't think ..the court is also reasonably fast, suits Medvedev...

[Deuce]

As well as Medvedev played vs. Djokovic today, Djokovic did not look well to me. He looked exhausted - he very rarely looks tired, let alone exhausted - and he made unforced errors all over the place today.
He didn't make any excuses (that I heard of), but I wouldn't be surprised if he has some sort of virus, because he didn't look - or play - like his normal self.

Medvedev, on the other hand, is definitely on a roll. His 21 straight points to finish off the match vs. Coric yesterday was some of the best and most dominant tennis I've ever seen over 21 points. He's obviously got a lot of confidence right now, and, unlike last year, it looks like he'll be a big factor this year.

[JazzNU]

Good to see Medvedev recovering his confidence, slowly but surely....he played his usual metronomic game and Djokovic seemed a bit impatient...probably the US visa is playing on his mind...Rublev won't be able to beat Med in this form, I don't think ..the court is also reasonably fast, suits Medvedev...

Novak is regularly impatient when he is losing. He wasn't distracted, he was annoyed he was about to get beat. No need to take away from Daniil's win, he won the match convincingly.

And if Novax wants a Visa so bad, it'll take him all of 15 minutes to fulfill the entry requirements.

[ponchi101]

Good to see Medvedev recovering his confidence, slowly but surely....he played his usual metronomic game and Djokovic seemed a bit impatient...probably the US visa is playing on his mind...Rublev won't be able to beat Med in this form, I don't think ..the court is also reasonably fast, suits Medvedev...

Novak is regularly impatient when he is losing. He wasn't distracted, he was annoyed he was about to get beat. No need to take away from Daniil's win, he won the match convincingly.

And if Novax wants a Visa so bad, it'll take him all of 15 minutes to fulfill the entry requirements.

I see your point, and I agree.
But he needs TWO doses, so the time window is shut. By now, he just can go back home and wait for the entire world to decide that vaccination is a joke. Which it seems we are going that way.

[Deuce]

With the lack of people getting vaccinated in the U.S. since the initial two doses, I'm surprised that the country is still insisting on vaccination to be eligible to enter the country.
I think the effect/protection of the initial 2 vaccines has worn off by now for those who received them in 2021 - which one would think is the majority - and who have not received any boosters since then. Yet such people are allowed entry into the U.S., right?

I don't have a problem with the U.S. insisting on vaccination - I think they should be even more insistent on their citizens being vaccinated - and boosted - and that every entity should insist on the same... I'm just surprised that they are still insisting when things seem to be going the other way.

For example, ex-formula 1 driver and current commentator Nico Rosberg wasn't allowed in the F1 paddock last year because he wasn't vaccinated... but this year, he is allowed in the paddock, even though he is still not vaccinated.

[ashkor87]

I have some sympathy for Djokovic' point of view on vaccination, so I don't think we should assume everyone in the world agrees with this..he had a total physical breakdown when he was young and got to where he is by treating his body as a temple. I don't think that is fundamentally wrong. May not work for everyone so I am not getting into this argument but he is not an idiot ..he just has a different perspective than the western 'scientific' one.