Picks for Dussledorf!

probably 3 sets

pella for me

im waiting the first 4 games

then i decide

Please tell me I don't have to sit through the doubles to get to this game.

you don't have to sit through the doubles to get to this game.

:D

http://www.atpworldtour.com/scores/schedule.aspx?year=2013&eventid=6710

As a viewer, I'd really like for the singles to all be on center court 1 and the doubles to all be on center court two. But I guess it makes sense from their point of view to split the crowds.

Really torn about whether to enjoy the Troicki game or do research for Hajek-Sijling. About forty minutes until the coin toss over there.

Serve points won after 3 games:
Pella - .22
Troicki - .20

crazy point by Pellafella

what do you think of querrey vs vaseline?

I'm not too sure about that one. My gut tells me Querrey might have a rough time. His record on clay recently has been poor right? But that is without looking at any stats or watching the match, so I'm not to be trusted.

Back here, not looking auspicious for Troicki. Too many UEs, too many second serves. It's like he hasn't even turned up today. The only way I'm winning this bet is if a) he lifts his form b) I get very very lucky

he just gave away 3bps at 0-40

Net cord! That counts as luck, right?

tibreak :)

+e

querrey looks solid atm

backed him at 2.05

my green is on pella

Oh Pella...

Haha. It is almost as if they are both trying to gift each other the first set.

lol, DF

7-6 Pella

Querrey lost 1 points in 3 service games so far

-s

and now he breaks from 0-30 behind, lol

I like it when Querrey is doing well. He has been one of my favourite players ever since that tiebreak last year to Tipsarevic where he came back from being down 2-5 to win the third set.

i remember that, i had money on tipsa^^

6-3 querrey, nice

oh, Pella broke

Yep, 3 breaks of service to start the second set.

funny those two, here comes break 4

or not

i like querrey for his epic chokes

i ll be very proud of troicki if he doesnt gets broken back from 40-0

so impressed... should be bankjob troicki now *ironie*

let's hope that pelican sam won't disappoint me today

What a useless way to get your serve broken... Two absolute mong shots from Troicki

Pella

both mugs

Both

come on Pella / Querrey

I agree! Absolutely pathetic. I'd already written that match off at the start of the second. Let's keep the ball rolling:

Tommy Haas vs Jarkko Nieminen

We all remember Haas' excellent run a couple of weeks ago to take the title in Munich, and his horrific loss to David Ferrer the week after in Rome, where he seemed to throw everything he had at the Spaniard.

Haas' recent form:
Last 25: Winning .65 of serves, winning .50 of returns
Last 10: Winning .65 of serves, winning .33 of returns

Nieminen's recent form:
Last 25: Winning .61 of serves, winning .51 of returns
Last 10: Winning .59 of serves, winning .29 of returns

There are a couple of ways to interpret Haas' matches after that Ferrer match. The most popular one here on the forums was that he was throwing his match to Youzhny, or at least not trying because he wanted to conserve his energy for the French open. The other, which I like, is that maybe he just threw everything he had at Ferrer and was physically depleted after it. Maybe a little injured?

2013 Clay Record:
Haas:     7 wins, 3 losses
Nieminen: 4 wins, 4 losses

So, more time has passed. He should be refreshed/recovered. He is in front of his home crowd (his last title was in Munich, also in Germany). He is the favourite of the whole field by far. I'd like to think that he'll get aggressive and push Nieminen off.

I'm going to make a small back on Nieminen. My hit rate so far is .50 (if Troicki loses, which no doubt he will). So I'm playing for a .33 or .66 strike rate tonight.

What do you think about Haas-Nieminen? Who will win?

Haas, without a doubt

haas will win of course

especially in Germany

nemo is a mug²

Troicki is there only for fun.

He sure doesn't look like he is having fun!

This is one of the worst matches I have seen in some time... Neither player is any good, Monaco will batter both in the Semi Final

Boom Pella

Good training session for Troicki.

jin_kazz, great call. Terrible match, though.

i felt that viktor gonna tank today

6-7 vaseline

sam q-ray

so typical, no problem with his serve ever, losing tiebreak 2-7

Odds on Haas from 1.35 to 1.52.

querry is a horrific tennis player

Up on the other court the win just has to be sealed for Igor Sijsling. I didn't end up looking at any stats or any of the match, except for now that I'm waiting for Haas, (and I don't really know much about Sijsling) so I can't say which way I would have leaned. Good for him, though. I'm looking forward to seeing him play tomorrow.

It looks like up next, I'm playing to break even! Not my desired position for the night, but I'll take it.

sijsling is like mueller but with one handed backhand

serve and volley mostly

was big choker recently but he's not choking so often these days :(

instabreak

sam the man

nd misses chance to break

another bp

wasted

Tommy Haas has withdrawn

take it ffs

I think I can make out the word "larger" in his German right now. Withdraw possibly due to hangover.

lager*

Well done Sammy

They still give Tommy a trophy, that's nice

The trophy is a giant **** and it is for being a giant ****.

Aw c'mon auto-censor. I meant like a rooster!

No no, it's the fair play trophy for being a super cool dude

So I guess Monaco is my pick. He really needs a title, as his ranking is based on older wins and is set to drop to around the 40's in the coming months.

monaco played good

That should be motivation enough.

What was the reason, and did he say anything about RG?

He's slightly ill with a fever

and he didn't say anything about RG, just that he's sorry for not being able to play today and that he decided to withdraw rather than play a lame set and retire.

Querrey is such a mug

ah ok, thanks. thought it was the hamstring or whatever it was he had issues with last week against youzhny.

Well I might have time to check out another match before bedtime since Haas retired. Looking at Montanes and Mathieu over at ATP Nice. Close odds, and I'm not sure that I'm going to have a bet. I sort of did all of my prep for Dussledorf today.

it's not in dusseldorf

Yep, I wasn't sure where the conversation about it was.

I'm going out tonight, so I will miss the first match and maybe the second. But here are my picks:

Monaco, Sijsling.

What are yours?

thinking the same

Monaco is in cruise mode and not faced any threat on his serve so far against Pella, should be over pretty soon by the looks of it.

nice jinx :)

Sijsling what a damn collapsing mug. 5-4 and serving for the set.... loses it 5-7

^ studied from the same textbook as Bouchard

Yeah pathetic tennis, but it's expected at Dussledorf! I'm expecting a mediocre 3 setter here.

Just realized I aftertimed on that ^^ We can all tell that it is mediocre from what we've seen so far.

Commentator: "He looked the stronger player in the first set but just wasn't able to keep the momentum going... lost 4 games in a row."

can't keep momentum in third either. Nieminen takes this.

nice fixers Sijsling and Nieminen stupid idiots and nothing else to add

If you bet on Sijsling just now, don't get too distraught over your loss. That was basically a coin flip between two inept players and if you keep rooting out those matches and getting > 2.5, you're going to lose a lot of them but you'll end up in front.