MIAMI MASTERS 2012, 21/3 - 1/4 (ATP1000): Main Thread - Information and Entry Lists

[Sallydaisy]

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SONY ERICSSON OPEN-MIAMI
Tennis Center at Crandon Park, 7300 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
WEB SITE: http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/
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96 DRAW/48 DRAW QUALIFYING
SURFACE: HARD
BALL: ATP PENN BALL

MARCH 21-APRIL 1, 2012 (WEDNESDAY START/COMBINED EVENT)
Qualifying draw: Sunday, March 18, TBA
Main draw: Monday, March 19, 12:15 p.m.
Doubles draw: Wednesday, March 21, 2:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 1000, F: 600, SF: 360, QF: 0, R16: 180, R32: 90, R64: 45, R128: 10 (WC: 0)

SINGLES DRAW
Entry deadline and ranking on February 6, 2012
Seeding based on rankings on March 19, 2012

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) bye
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Q Garcia-Lopez - Q Ram
[27] Viktor Troicki (SRB) bye
[17] Richard Gasquet (FRA) bye
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) - Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) - Q Bolelli
[15] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bye

[11] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bye
Lukasz Kubot (POL) - Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) - [WC] Jesse Levine (USA)
[23] Marin Cilic (CRO) bye
[30] Julien Benneteau (FRA) bye
Benjamin Becker (GER) - Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) - Bernard Tomic (AUS)
[5] David Ferrer (ESP) bye

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) bye
[WC] Ryan Harrison (USA) - Potito Starace (ITA)
Alex Jr. Bogomolov (RUS) - Gilles Muller (LUX)
[31] Andy Roddick (USA) bye
[21] Juan Monaco (ARG) bye
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) - Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Q Bubka - Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
[14] Gael Monfils (FRA) bye

[12] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bye
Q Goffin - Donald Young (USA)
Qu Phau - Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
[20] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bye
[28] Kevin Anderson (RSA)bye
Sam Querrey (USA) - Matthew Ebden (AUS)
Q Dancevic - Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
[8] Mardy Fish (USA) bye

[7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) bye
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) - [WC] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
[29] Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) bye
[18] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bye
Q Veic - [WC] Denis Kudla (USA)
David Nalbandian (ARG) - Steve Darcis (BEL)
[9] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bye

[13] Gilles Simon (FRA) bye
Q Bautista-Agut - Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Robin Haase (NED) - [WC] Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
[22] Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bye
W/O[26] Milos Raonic (CAN) bye
Dudi Sela (ISR) - Q Clement
Alejandro Falla (COL) - Denis Istomin (UZB)
[4] Andy Murray (GBR) bye

[6] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bye
Qualifier - Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - Frederico Gil (POR)
[32] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bye
[19] Florian Mayer (GER) bye
Philipp Petzschner (GER) - Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - James Blake (USA)
[10] John Isner (USA)bye

[16] Kei Nishikori (JPN) bye
Ryan Sweeting (USA) - Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Michael Llodra (FRA) - Lukas Rosol (CZE)
[24] Marcel Granollers (ESP) bye
[25] Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
Qualifier - Tommy Haas (GER)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) - Santiago Giraldo (COL)
W/O [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) bye

[Sallydaisy]

QUALIFYING ENTRY LIST

James Ward is now 3rd on the Alts list for Direct Acceptance into Qualifying.

Entry deadline: February 27, 2012
Seeding: March 12, 2012
1 Harrison, Ryan USA 65
2 Darcis, Steve BEL 68
3 Nalbandian, David ARG 70 (WC to MD)
4 Mahut, Nicolas FRA 83
OUT Dimitrov, Grigor BUL 84 (to MD)
6 Ebden, Matthew AUS 85
7 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 86
8 Querrey, Sam USA 87
9 Gil, Frederico POR 89
10 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard FRA 90
11 Kamke, Tobias GER 91
12 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 93
13 Bachinger, Matthias GER 94
14 Paire, Benoit FRA 99
15 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 102
16 Prodon, Eric FRA 103
17 Andreev, Igor RUS 106
18 Ilhan, Marsel TUR 107
19 Odesnik, Wayne USA 108
20 Phau, Bjorn GER 109
21 Dutra Silva, Rogerio BRA 111
22 Reynolds, Bobby USA 113
23 Zeballos, Horacio ARG 117
24 De Voest, Rik RSA 121
25 Zopp, Jurgen EST 123
26 Mello, Ricardo BRA 124
27 Mannarino, Adrian FRA 125
28 Russell, Michael USA 126
29 Ginepri, Robby USA @129
30 Sijsling, Igor NED 130
31 Zemlja, Grega SLO 131
32 Capdeville, Paul CHI 132
33 Levine, Jesse USA 133
34 Bolelli, Simone ITA 135
35 Schoorel, Thomas NED 136
36 Gabashvili, Teymuraz RUS 139
37 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 143
38 Kudryavtsev, Alexander RUS 144
39 Serra, Florent FRA 146
40 Viola, Matteo ITA 147
41 Silva, Julio BRA 148
42 Ram, Rajeev USA 149
43 Goffin, David BEL 151
44 (WC)
45 (WC)
46 (WC)
47 (WC)
48 (WC)

Alternates
IN Brugues-Davi, Arnau ESP 153
1. Bagnis, Facundo ARG 154
2. Clement, Arnaud FRA 157
3. Ward, James GBR 158
4. Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 159
5. Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 161
6. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 166
7. Dancevic, Frank CAN 171
8. Matosevic, Marinko AUS 173
9. Sugita, Yuichi JPN 174
10. Kuznetsov, Alex USA 176
11. Delic, Amer BIH 178
12. Kudla, Denis USA 179
13. Veic, Antonio CRO 180
14. Rufin, Guillaume FRA 182

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DOUBLES ENTRY LIST

Advance entry deadline: March 5, 2012
On-site entry deadline: March 21, 2012
Seeding: March 19, 2012

1 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 2
2 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 6
3 Llodra, Michael (FRA)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 11
4 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 19
5 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Bopanna, Rohan (IND) 20
6 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 26
7 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 28
8 Paes, Leander (IND)/Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 29
9 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 40
10 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Peya, Alexander (AUT) 42
11 Isner, John (USA)/Querrey, Sam (USA) 46
12 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Kas, Christopher (GER) 46
13 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)/Malisse, Xavier (BEL) 47
14 Marrero, David (ESP)/Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 48
15 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)/Lopez, Marc (ESP) 49
16 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED) 49
17 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 51
18 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 51
19 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL) 55
20 Mahut, Nicolas (FRA)/Simon, Gilles (FRA) 58
21 Melo, Marcelo (BRA)/Monaco, Juan (ARG) 58
22 Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB) 62
23 (OS)
24 (OS)
25 (OS)
26 (OS)
27 (OS)
28 (OS)
29 (OS)
30 (OS)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1 Berdych, Tomas (CZE)/Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE) 65
2 Fish, Mardy (USA)/Knowles, Mark (BAH) 69
3 Bogomolov Jr., Alex (RUS)/Young, Donald (USA) 76
4 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) 80
5 Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 82
6 Cilic, Marin (CRO)/Dodig, Ivan (CRO) 83
7 Andujar, Pablo (ESP)/Berlocq, Carlos (ARG) 83
8 Bolelli, Simone (ITA)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 86
9 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 87
10 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 89
11 Mertinak, Michal (SVK)/Sa, Andre (BRA) 98
12 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO)/Moser, Frank (GER) 101
13 Farah, Robert (COL)/Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI) 112
14 Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) 119
15 Emmrich, Martin (GER)/Siljestrom, Andreas (SWE) 151
16 Ebden, Matthew (AUS)/Harrison, Ryan (USA) 163
17 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 177
18 Di Mauro, Alessio (ITA)/Motti, Alessandro (ITA) 276
19 Sykut, Maciek (USA)/Zivkovic, Denis (USA) 450
20 Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel (ESP)/Trujillo-Soler, Gabriel (ESP) 473
21 Ianni, Stefano (ITA)/Torres, Marcio (BRA) 808

No sign of Jamie Murray in the list but maybe he'll go for an On-site entry with another player?

[DaveArneRiise]

Qualies draw tomorrow, then main draw on monday!

[DaveArneRiise]

May have been posted already somewhere but Heather Watson got a wild card entry into the female draw :)

[JAMES4578]

yes it's great news, hopefully can capitalise on it!

[Fina]

Fingers crossed for a good draw for Andy. Good Luck!

[DaveArneRiise]

Daniel Evans got a wild card into the qualifying draw in the mens. Plays German Bjorn Phau. James Ward got a tough draw too, plays Andrey Golubev.

In the womens Broady gets drawn against top seed BONDARENKO. Anne gets a winnable match versus Japan's Misaki Doi. Robson faces 6th seed Panova.

[JAMES4578]

Hopefully the Brits can get a few wins!

[patmoren]

James Ward serving for the match against Golubev 6-3, 5-3

[Alis]

.... and James won! Well done to him - that's a good scalp. Hopefully it should give him some confidence going forward.

[patmoren]

And he does it, James through to the second round of Qualies. Must be feeling better.

[patmoren]

So far out of the first 5 matches completed 4 of them had retirements, don't know why, hope it isn't another bug!

[Tie-break]

Yes, well done James. Hope that gives his confidence a big boost.

[-J-]

Miami draw taking place right now. Possible Murray v Nadal semi. RT @hfialkov (https://twitter.com/#%21/hfialkov) Federer is in djokovic side. Rafa and murray on other side

[Alis]

Good news so far then!

[-J-]

Stuart Fraser ‏ @stu_fraser (https://twitter.com/#%21/stu_fraser) Andy Murray to play Alejandro Falla or Denis Istomin in 2nd round. Usual bye in 1st round. Potentially Raonic in 3rd round!!

[-J-]

Stuart Fraser ‏ @stu_fraser (https://twitter.com/#%21/stu_fraser) Murray's potential Miami path - R1: Bye R2: Falla/Istomin R3: Raonic R4: Simon QF: Berdych/Tipsarevic SF: Nadal/Tsonga/Isner F: Fed/Djoko.

[Jan]

good to see James Ward get the win!

Andy's draw could be worse...

[Jan]

Dan Evans playing Phau at the moment. 4-4 in the first. Dan was a break down.

[harriet]

could be exciting, i'd like andy to play berdych, then isner and fedX in the final.
really show his true colours beating that lot

[Katie]

Istomin beat Ferrer in IW so looks like he's in form right now. Hopefully Andy will be on form from his first match here. He'll need to be sharp if he gets through to play Raonic in R3.

[Jan]

Dan Evans lost the first set on a tb

[harriet]

and then he lost the second, 0-6. he had a 40-30 point, and then an A on phau's serve to win the first set 6-4. shame he blew those chances, never at the races after that

[RoastLamb]

Draw (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/403/mds.pdf)

So happy to see a potential third round with Milos! :yahoo:

[Jan]

and then he lost the second, 0-6. he had a 40-30 point, and then an A on phau's serve to win the first set 6-4. shame he blew those chances, never at the races after that
yes what a shame

[ljs]

Draw (http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/403/mds.pdf)

So happy to see a potential third round with Milos! :yahoo:

eeekkkk guess I'll be cheering for both

[Sallydaisy]

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) bye
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Qualifier - Qualifier
[27] Viktor Troicki (SRB) bye

[17] Richard Gasquet (FRA) bye
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) - Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) - Qualifier
[15] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bye

[11] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bye
Lukasz Kubot (POL) - Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) - [WC] Jesse Levine (USA)
[23] Marin Cilic (CRO) bye

[30] Julien Benneteau (FRA) bye
Benjamin Becker (GER) - Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) - Bernard Tomic (AUS)
[5] David Ferrer (ESP) bye

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) bye
[WC] Ryan Harrison (USA) - Potito Starace (ITA)
Alex Jr. Bogomolov (RUS) - Gilles Muller (LUX)
[31] Andy Roddick (USA) bye

[21] Juan Monaco (ARG) bye
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) - Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Qualifier - Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
[14] Gael Monfils (FRA) bye

[12] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bye
Qualifier - Donald Young (USA)
Qualifier - Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
[20] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bye

[28] Kevin Anderson (RSA) bye
Sam Querrey (USA) - Matthew Ebden (AUS)
Qualifier - Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
[8] Mardy Fish (USA) bye

[7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) bye
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) - [WC] Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
[29] Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) bye

[18] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bye
Qualifier - [WC] Denis Kudla (USA)
David Nalbandian (ARG) - Steve Darcis (BEL)
[9] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bye

[13] Gilles Simon (FRA) bye
Qualifier - Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Robin Haase (NED) - [WC] Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
[22] Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bye

[26] Milos Raonic (CAN) bye
Dudi Sela (ISR) - Qualifier
Alejandro Falla (COL) - Denis Istomin (UZB)
[4] Andy Murray (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=198770#) (GBR) bye

[6] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bye
Qualifier - Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) - Frederico Gil (POR)
[32] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bye

[19] Florian Mayer (GER) bye
Philipp Petzschner (GER) - Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - James Blake (USA)
[10] John Isner (USA) bye

[16] Kei Nishikori (JPN) bye
Ryan Sweeting (USA) - Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Michael Llodra (FRA) - Lukas Rosol (CZE)
[24] Marcel Granollers (ESP) bye

[25] Radek Stepanek (CZE) bye
Qualifier - Tommy Haas (GER)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) - Santiago Giraldo (COL)
[2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) bye

[Alis]

It looks pretty well spread out to me - not always the case.

[JAMES4578]

Tough draw for Andy but on form sure he can rise to the challenge, a few interestimg matchups overall! Shame Dan fell away of course but good Wardy had a convincing win!

[DaveArneRiise]

Anne and Naomi lost :( Robson a set up though!

[DaveArneRiise]

Robson comes through in straight sets :cheer:

[JAMES4578]

A good win for Laura, well done!:cheer::cheer: Pity for Anne and Naomi!

[-J-]

2nd rnd matches start Friday gotta set maself the target of updating COC by then

[patmoren]

I see Bleacher Report have written Andy off already for Miami. He has the toughest draw and suprise, suprise Federer has the easiest.

[Fina]

^^ Really hoping Andy will come out firing on all cylinders - but after IW hiccup, it seems such an unknown....

But I have everything crossed for him. Good Luck Andy.

[Jan]

great win for Laura!

[Katie]

Really pleased for Laura, great result!

[Caro]

Well done James Ward, bad luck Dan Evans and YOU CAN DO IT Andy!!!

[Madeline]

I see Bleacher Report have written Andy off already for Miami. He has the toughest draw and suprise, suprise Federer has the easiest.

Well that's quite encouraging, they are usually wrong!

[Alis]

I never read anything in the Bleacher Report unless another site member flags it up as worth reading - much of it is utter rubbish!

I had thought that all four quarters of the draw were fairly even until I looked again at Federer's - they might as well have given him a wild card to the semis!

[DaveArneRiise]

Wardy out of the qualies final round, losing 6-3 6-3 to Eduard-Roger-Vasselin...

Watson took the first set against Cristea 6-3, but lost the 2nd 6-3 and just gone a break down in the decider :( Serve seems to have suffered a meltdown.

[Sallydaisy]

Hmm, Cirstea served for the match at *5-2 but Hev broke her and then held for 4-5.
Cirstea to have another go now at serving it out.

Come on Hev!
:swingin:

[DaveArneRiise]

Wow Heather comes back from 5-0 down in the decider to level it up at 5-5! :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Gutsy from Hev; down *15-30, 15-40 and 2 match points to Cirstea.
Hev gets those and takes it to Deuce.
Ad-40* Cirstea ...

5-5 !!!

Well done Ms Watson - now a hold and a break are needed to take this match.
:)

[Sallydaisy]

6-6, tie-break to decide it. Wonder if Hev can hold her nerve and win it.

[DaveArneRiise]

2 match points!!!!

[DaveArneRiise]

And she's done it. What a win! :cheer: :yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

*1-0
1-1*
1-2*
*2-2
*3-2
4-2* mini-break Hev
4-3*
*4-4 mini-break lost 'cos of a DF by Hev
*5-4 and it's on serve but Hev needs just 2 points now!
6-4* 2 match points to the Briton
7-4 WINNER!!!

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4)

[-J-]

wat a comeback great win for Hev:clap::clap:

[Katie]

That's just amazing from Heather! Brilliant win! :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Bally's match is up on livescore, starting just as Ms Watson won hers. Elena is pushing for a break in the very first game and had Ad against the serve but it's gone to deuce and now Ad to Zhang.
Deuce.
:shades:

Ad Zhang
Deuce
Ad Zhang - and she finally holds.

Let's have an easy service game Bally!!!
:thumbup:

[DaveArneRiise]

Stunning 1st round main draw win for the Watsonater, through to the 2nd round! Should do her confidence a world of good.

[Sallydaisy]

Uh Oh! Zhang has a break point on Bally's first service game!
Deuce ....... where have I seen this written very recently!!!
:sofa:

[Jan]

just brilliant! :mexican:
and now Bally's match has just started! Not getting much done here!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Elena with a break in the 5th game (finally!) and holds serve to consolidate!
Zhang at *2-4, first set.

[Alis]

Well done Heather! That was a great comeback - should do wonders for her confidence.

[Sallydaisy]

Hmm, so Bally got broken back and Zhang now serving at *4-4.
Bally had 2 break points just but it's now deuce.

[Jan]

Bally wins first set on a tb 7-5!

[SamP]

Great win for Heather, Andy's draw is tough, make no mistake. Wouldn't fancy playing either on a grass court!

[Jan]

Bally into a 3rd set. Come on Bally!!

[DaveArneRiise]

Bally LS seems to have frozen after she lost 2nd set. Hope she's not picked up a injury.

[Hawkeye]

Seems to be back underway...

[DaveArneRiise]

Unfortunately Bally bows out after losing deciding set 6-2.

[Jan]

disappointing from Bally. Hope for a win from Laura later on :thumbup:

[Jan]

Laura's match up on ls - earlier than expected - looks like a court change

[david1610]

Laura survives an early break point and is now 2-1 up, with match on serve.

[Sallydaisy]

Laura survives an early break point and is now 2-1 up, with match on serve.
Unfortunately Czink took the next 3 games ... Laura serving at *2-4.

[Jan]

now *3-5

edit - and Laura breaks to make it 5-5! Come on Laura!

edit - and a safe hold for 6-5*

tb time

[david1610]

Tiebreak! Lost 4-7.
Oh well. Hope she plays better in the second and (hopefully) third! C'mon Laura!

[Jan]

Laura loses tb 4-7

[DaveArneRiise]

Sloane Stephens the next Serena Williams? Looks a bright prospect for the future!

[Sallydaisy]

Czink wins 7'6, 6'2

[david1610]

Sloana Stephens.... possibly! Good friend of Heather's btw - met them both at Estoril.
The big US hope is surely McHale who was born the same year as Heather, and who Heather was level pegging with until about a year ago, but who has now shot up to something like 31 in the WTA rankings.
Laura seemed to fade in the second set. Pity as she had beatent he no. 83 in the world in the previous round. She needs to string together victories at tourneys like these, then she will just glide into the top 100.....

[DaveArneRiise]

Heather will play L. Safarova in the 2nd round.

[DaveArneRiise]

@ David I'd say Madison Keys is arguably a brighter prospect than Mchale.. both look set for the big time though. Exciting prospects.

[JAMES4578]

A really gutsy win for Heather, well done! Pity it didn't work out for both James and Laura! Ward was up against the top seed, but what looked like a winnable match for Laura just slipped away. See that Garcia Lopez qualified here too! McHale and Stephens certainly have the potential!

[Fina]

No specific time given yet - but according to this article, Andy's match will be daytime on the Stadium Court on Friday -
http://www.tennispanorama.com/archives/23942

Will be glad when he's got the first match under his belt. Come on Andy!

[Jan]

shame that Laura didn't pull through that one - really thought she had a good chance. Oh well, some points in the bag, onwards and upwards!

[rouges]

Is there any livestream anywhere ?

[Golden Lady]

Istomin has retired against Falla

[RoastLamb]

Tennistv doesn't start its live coverage until Saturday. Which means I won't get to see either Andy or Rafa. Or Milos. So mad right now.

[Alis]

Does anyone know if there is a livestream anywhere?

[Caro]

I'm not sure if sky starts on Friday either tbh. Still at work so can't check at the mo. Will be mad if I miss Andy!!

[Alis]

I don't think Sky is showing anything until Saturday.

[pabbers]

Nothing in the Radio Times for Sky this week. Looks like Saturday at 3pm on Sky Sports 4 is the first. But that's only 2 and a quarter hours worth :grrr: First serious stretch seems to be Sunday!

[Katie]

Does anyone know if there is a livestream anywhere?

There won't be any livestreams as the host broadcaster won't be showing anything until Saturday. It's a real shame that a Masters 1000 event like Miami doesn't show the first and half the second round on tv.

[Sallydaisy]

Davydenko breaks his duck against Blake and finally wins a match against the American!

[jaysee]

:grrr:TennisTV says live coverage starts Saturday too

[DaveArneRiise]

Anyone happen to have a livestream for Kamke Dodig?

[-J-]

Anyone happen to have a livestream for Kamke Dodig?no tv coverage anywhere till Saturday (no andy match)

[Sallydaisy]

OOP Thursday 22nd March 2012
Way to much to type up so please click on the link below:-
http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/Schedules/Live-OOP.aspx

[Jan]

Andy on first Friday.
Heather is on 3rd, and so are Flemchins. (both after one ATP and one WTA match)

[JAMES4578]

Certainly a lot to follow today!

[Sallydaisy]

Gilles Simon beat Bautista-Agut to go on to R3; according to the seedings he's Andy's R4 opponent.
But Andy has to get past Clement or Raonic first.
:shades:

[Alis]

Raonic may be a little problematic until Andy susses him of course. Simon should be no problem - Andy knows exactly how to play him.

[david1610]

Heather has won the first set 6-2 against Safarova (Ranked 25)! Hope she can hold on. This would be massive!!!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Clement is giving Raonic quite a tussle out there today.
At one point Milos was 5-3 up but the wily Frenchman broke back and it's now into a tie-break.
Clement has a mini-break.

Haas was leading 5-3 in the 1st set but Steppy pegged it back and took the tie-breaker 7'6 and the 2nd set 6'1 to go through to R3.

[Sallydaisy]

Clement *2-1 with a mini-break. At some point must have been broken back because Milos now has a set point at 6-5* with Clement to serve.

6-6* Clement holds, change of ends.
7-6* and Milos breaks at the right moment.
*7-7 Clement breaks back
*8-7
9-7* Raonic takes the first set.

Quite fascinating this; Clement is now 34yrs old and giving the 21yr Canadian a tough match.

[JAMES4578]

Clement is giving Raonic quite a tussle out there today.
At one point Milos was 5-3 up but the wily Frenchman broke back and it's now into a tie-break.
Clement has a mini-break.

Haas was leading 5-3 in the 1st set but Steppy pegged it back and took the tie-breaker 7'6 and the 2nd set 6'1 to go through to R3.

Pity Haas fell away after having the chances but still a good effort from him! Quite a battle with Clement and Milos but Raonic finally takes the breaker.

[Sallydaisy]

Raonic has just broken Clement; serving at *3-1.

Davydenko has taken the first set off Isner (6'2) ... an upset might be on the cards here!

[Jan]

does look as though it will be Raonic next for Andy.
Off to do something useful for the rest of the evening!!

[harriet]

good day for the brits - heather watson beat lucie safarova 6-2, 6-1

[RoastLamb]

Draw out for Saturday. (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403&Year=2012&Seq=6)

Hoping to see Frank vs Mardy on grandstand on a livestream. Fingers crossed.

[Katie]

Good order of play for tomorrow - Tomic/Ferrer, Fed/Harrison and Novak/Baggy all look like they could be interesting matches.

Really like the results from today - Andy, Heather, Colin & Ross, Ana and Gilles all winning. :)

[Sallydaisy]

Isman gets the break in the 3rd set; serving at *3-2

[RoastLamb]

Bummer for Davy. Was kinda hoping he'd beat him.

[JAMES4578]

Looks like it's going the big man's way, but it's been a bit of a battle!

[Sallydaisy]

Isner wins 2'6, 6'3, 6'4.

[banskogirl]

Och pooh!

[JAMES4578]

Overnight a very easy win for Nadal as he dropped only 2 games to Girlaldo! In other results of note Dimitrov upset Chela and Rosol put out Granollers. bIn the big match in the women's event Venus pit out Kvitova in 3 sets, more detail on wta thread.

[Linda]

Just tried to watch a bit of Miami but the camera is all over the place, making me feel seasick. :grrr: I hope they have a steady camera for Andy's and Rafa's matches tomorrow.

[Katie]

Just watched Ferrer/Tomic - neither played that well, lots of UEs. Tomic asked the umpire to remove his father from the stadium as he kept making comments. The umpire couldn't do that but gave him a coaching warning - his father didn't leave though. He really does seem to be such an overbearing tennis parent, really negative even when Tomic does good shots.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly was a pressure situation there and Tomic's father seems a bit domineering! It was a bit of a scrappy affair and Tomic couldn't make the early break he had in the 2nd count.

[Linda]

Monfils has had a drastic hair cut! :shocked:

[RoastLamb]

Waiting for Mardy vs Frankie. Hope the match doesn't start when the kids are having their piano lessons.

[ljs]

oh goody , im just in time to see Feds match

[david1610]

Feddikins is really playing well at the moment!

[Linda]

This is what is annoying about tennistv. We have the choice of 3 courts to watch, but because we're not allowed to see the women's matches in the UK we now only have the choice of 1 court, namely Centre Court, currently Fed v Harrison, as there are women's matches on Grandstand and Court 1. There are men's matches in progress on Courts 2 and 3, but we are not offered them. :grrr:

[Sallydaisy]

Kim Clijsters in big trouble against fellow Belgian player Yanina Wickmayer who leads their match 6'4, *2'1.
Similarly, Albert Ramos of Spain has taken the first set off compatriot Lopez.

The 'trees' are out on court. Sam Querrey v Kevin Anderson.
They should raise the net for this one ...........

[Linda]

On another forum, the doubles pairing of Cilic and Karlovic were referred to as the 'Ents'.

[RoastLamb]

I don't like the new design of tennistv and they've put the annual price up by $50 so I won't be renewing this year. You can get all the livestreams free now on lsh anyway.

[Linda]

I saw it had gone up but didn't think it was by that much - though I suppose you're talking about Canadian $ - I have no idea what the exchange rate is for those.

[pabbers]

Well Sky went over to the red button at I think it was about 5.15pm yesterday so that means you can't record and you can't pause a match :grrr: So if you're not a footie fan what's the point of paying for Sky :grrr::grrr::grrr: I hope this isn't going to continue throughout the tournament. It's fine for the red button to give you a choice of other matches providing the main channel shows Andy but otherwise it's a total pain.

[DaveArneRiise]

Anyone got a link for dog v tippy?

[ljs]

http://www.hahasport.com/v-2/18/58/v-385952.html

[Linda]

Vamos Dolly! :swingin:

[Elenive]

Don't have enough bandwidth for live streams, stuck with livescores- exciting all the same! Tipsy 5-2 up in final set, serving for the match

[Linda]

Dolly's out :crying:

[Linda]

Don't have enough bandwidth for live streams Why not? I thought you lived near Portsmouth?

[DaveArneRiise]

The dog lost his scent off the bone in that deciding set. Elsewhere Dimitrov is giving Berdych a run for his money.

[Elenive]

Why not? I thought you lived near Portsmouth?

I do, although my parents work from home via the internet. From past experience I've found its best to avoid using up too much bandwidth which could prevent them from doing what they need to do, although saying that we've just had an upgrade so internet is much faster- so I could probably get away with it now. Although I guess I'm just used to/happy with live scores, well apart from the glory days of Queens/Wimby!! Having said that I did follow quite a few matches of the AO on radio 5live in my room up at university (including nole vs andy) which was highly enjoyable! For now I'm happy with live scores and the endless newspaper reports I find online while I'm back at home for Easter :swingin:

[DaveArneRiise]

Dimitrov serving for the match now. Stunning stuff!

[Linda]

I'm sure you could watch livestreams now. A few years ago when we only had 2 mbps in this area I was always having to tell my kids to get off the internet if I wanted to watch a livestream, 'cos otherwise it kept buffering. (That didn't go down too well.) But they've been gradually improving it and now we've got up to 12 mbps so we can normally all be on the internet at the same time without problems. It does vary, though. Must be great to be in a big city and have the superfast internet.

[Linda]

Berdy out too. My bracket taking another pasting today.

[-J-]

no bad thing, i had him going out next round to fat dave

[Linda]

I think I did too - I know I had no-longer-fat Dave getting through several rounds.

An interesting battle going on between Marrero/Verdasco & Lopez/Lopez. Wish I could watch it. :grrr:

[Elenive]

I guess. Haha, Well I'm not actually from a city or live in portmouth (in a town nearby), although I'm at Southampton Uni, the internet in my halls is absolutely amazing, the fastest I've even managed to serve the net. ATP website usually took 5-10 seconds to load before (well less at home now as we've had upgrades), but in halls its almost instant, although the rotating news thingys still take an extra few seconds to load.

And Berdych going out as hit my bracket badly too :sad: I had him getting to the Quarters!

[Katie]

I had Berdych to reach the semis which is bad predicting! Always get very nervous when he plays Andy so am pleased that he'll have a different opponent if he does reach the QF.

Really pleased for Dimitrov - his first win over a top 10 player (although he has beaten Berdych before). Loved how happy he was after his win. :)

[Linda]

Wozniak (the Canadian one) is a break up on Venus - didn't expect that.

Can't wait for Rafa v Stepanek; of course I always want to see Rafa, but it's always interesting to see a match between players who have contrasting styles. Saw a fantastic match between Ferrer & Stepanek at Wimbly in 2009 (had to stay in my seat on court 18 for 4 hours in searing heat as if I'd left I would have lost it).

[JAMES4578]

I guess. Haha, Well I'm not actually from a city or live in portmouth (in a town nearby), although I'm at Southampton Uni, the internet in my halls is absolutely amazing, the fastest I've even managed to serve the net. ATP website usually took 5-10 seconds to load before (well less at home now as we've had upgrades), but in halls its almost instant, although the rotating news thingys still take an extra few seconds to load.

And Berdych going out as hit my bracket badly too :sad: I had him getting to the Quarters!

Think a lot of us got that one wrong, though in one sense I'm quite glad Grigor won! He's always been one to watch out for and can hopefully get some momentum going! Good you're now in the fast lane Paul, you can maybe watch some streams! Don't have to rely on them too much myself though as I have sky. Radio can give you a feel of the action, but to me it's not quite the same!

[Linda]

The one sport that I think is absolutely brilliant on radio is cricket. I'd rather listen to it on radio than watch it. A few years ago I was driving back from Felixstowe (I'd been staying the weekend with a friend) when we were playing for the Ashes. Listened to it on the radio all the way back and it was absolutely thrilling. And we won :big grin:

Melzer seems to be wearing the same outfit as Dolly.

[Elenive]

Think a lot of us got that one wrong, though in one sense I'm quite glad Grigor won! He's always been one to watch out for and can hopefully get some momentum going! Good you're now in the fast lane Paul, you can maybe watch some streams! Don't have to rely on them too much myself though as I have sky. Radio can give you a feel of the action, but to me it's not quite the same!

Yeah I guess. Although I am quite a fan of the live scoring business and article reading/highlights on various tennis and news websites. I know it isn't by far the same as the real thing. Besides by merely following the news than the action it adds to the excitement for when the BBC broadcast Queens/Wimby and the latter matches of the other slams, and of course Olympics this year. Though I used to live stream in the old days, I found it too much trouble to find a decent stream (i.e. that doesn't buffer, shows the correct match it says its showing, and has english commentary)- then by the time I did find an adequate streaming I was told to stop using all the bandwidth (although that shouldn't be a problem now). I'm just used to reading/following the scores and highlights than the 'real thing' as it were, nonetheless I still find it exciting.
Yeah I agree radio isn't as good as watching, I did find it very amusing though- the commentary was outstandingly witty!!

Fantastic that you have sky James! I used to have it too (though all except the sports), but my parents stopped watching TV and so stopped paying for it :sad:

[Linda]

There are always decent streams nowadays! I subscribe to TennisTV.com, but if you don't want to do that you can put a very small amount of money into Bet365.com to watch all the same matches. Free ones are livescorehunter.com, sportlemon.tv and hahasport.com; all very good. I remember the very early days when Andy first started out and it was very hard to find livestreams and we often had to livescore. It's so much better now.

Simon takes the first set, as does Wozniak.

[JAMES4578]

Yeah I guess. Although I am quite a fan of the live scoring business and article reading/highlights on various tennis and news websites. I know it isn't by far the same as the real thing. Besides by merely following the news than the action it adds to the excitement for when the BBC broadcast Queens/Wimby and the latter matches of the other slams, and of course Olympics this year. Though I used to live stream in the old days, I found it too much trouble to find a decent stream (i.e. that doesn't buffer, shows the correct match it says its showing, and has english commentary)- then by the time I did find an adequate streaming I was told to stop using all the bandwidth (although that shouldn't be a problem now). I'm just used to reading/following the scores and highlights than the 'real thing' as it were, nonetheless I still find it exciting.
Yeah I agree radio isn't as good as watching, I did find it very amusing though- the commentary was outstandingly witty!!

Fantastic that you have sky James! I used to have it too (though all except the sports), but my parents stopped watching TV and so stopped paying for it :sad:

yeah I see your point, suppose it can make the big matches more special and maybe you can't always watch too much if you need to study! Pre internet and satellite/cable you weren't able to watch a lot of tennis really,wouldn't want to go back to those days! Pity about Sky, but but your parents obviously don't think it's worthwhile.


There are always decent streams nowadays! I subscribe to TennisTV.com, but if you don't want to do that you can put a very small amount of money into Bet365.com to watch all the same matches. Free ones are livescorehunter.com, sportlemon.tv and hahasport.com; all very good. I remember the very early days when Andy first started out and it was very hard to find livestreams and we often had to livescore. It's so much better now.

Simon takes the first set, as does Wozniak.

Simon was a break down in the 2nd but now back on serve, think I'd prefer Andy to face Giles really. Venus really was struggling at 0-2 down in the 2nd but has now won 3 consecutive games.

[Linda]

I need sunglasses for Tsonga's kit! Is he playing for Holland?

[Alis]

Orange seems to be the predominant Adidas colour this year. Really hope they change their kit mid-season - just looking at Tsonga (and Verdasco) brings on a migraine!

[Linda]

Didn't see Verdasco. I liked the white with a bit of orange that Dolly and Melzer were wearing - I think they could have got away with that at Wimbly.

[JAMES4578]

It will be Simon for Andy next, though Giles had a bit of an injury concern in the first set. Meanwhile Venus took the 2nd 6-4, so into a decider.

[RoastLamb]

Rafa beat Steppy 6-2 6-2. Not much more to say than that. :yahoo:

[JAMES4578]

Looks like it was very straightforward for Rafa really. Mayer put out Isner 6-4, 6-2 so that's one threat away from Rafa/Andy section, John's had a bit of a let down this week.

[-J-]

very few( none of them?)of the so called challengers, seem capable of doing it week in week out, thats the real difference between them and the top four

[Elenive]

Then again, the top four sometimes have schock weeks/early entries. I hope we've now seen Andy's for the season and the rest of his tournaments result in good results :thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Todays OOP (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403).
Flemchins take on Paes/Stepanek last on Court 1 - approx 6pm local, 11pm UK time.

[Alis]

Then again, the top four sometimes have schock weeks/early entries. I hope we've now seen Andy's for the season and the rest of his tournaments result in good results :thumbup:

................. and so say all of us!

[DaveArneRiise]

Anyone got a link for Ramos Gasquet?

[-J-]

Court 1 got cams ?

[DaveArneRiise]

Not sure?

[Alis]

Court 1 got cams ?

It's showing on the red button so must have.

[Linda]

Women's matches on both main courts so Tennis TV are showing repeats :grrr: They could have showed some doubles, but of course they didn't.

[david1610]

A quick note about "taking bandwidth" from others in the house/using the stream.
I once had it explained that this is not necessarily the case as each user is like a separate lane on a motorway (or even better, in a country like Portugal where you pay for motorways, a toll booth). Another user does not automatically slow everything down, (and conversely, just one user does not automatically always get "all" the bandwidth "all" the time. Your streaming software also has something called a buffer which basically means you do not have to be accessing the Internet all the time.
Put simply, experiment. If you do take up too much bandwidth the others in the house will let you know! But there is far more "dead" time from one or two users than you might think!
PS Mind you, having a good speed helps. I have 120 Mbps and could spend more (quite a lot more) and have 360 Mbps at home.**
**Occasional forceful commentshowing Portugal is not as behind the rest of Europe as may sometimes be thought. :)

[Linda]

I didn't even know that internet speeds went up to 120 Mbps! That's 10 times the best available here! Think I will move to Portugal!

Ah, tennistv are finally showing some live tennis. They joined Benny v Ferru in the 2nd game (what were they waiting for?)

And they even show us Ferru's shirt change! Why do they never show Rafa's? Although, come to think of it, why is Ferru changing his shirt after only three games? Is he ill?

[JAMES4578]

That's amazing David, we really are in the slow lane!

[david1610]

Think I will move to Portugal!
Well, Estoril Open is relatively cosy but it ain't Monte Carlo! :)

[Linda]

Will have to check what the internet speeds are like in MC! Although mobile phones are fairly useless there - texts often take about 3 hours to arrive. Not what you want when you are relying on others to text you when they see which court Rafa is practising on. The problem seems to be that one's phone is constantly switching from one provider to another. Wonder if there is a way to make it fix on one.

[RoastLamb]

Rafa lost the dubs match. Looks like he should stick with Marc Lopez as his dubs partner and vice versa coz Marc lost as well.

[Linda]

The Spaniards are trying out all different doubles combinations, as they did in the last Olympic year.

[Linda]

Benny v Ferru is a good match, could go either way.

Regarding the other current match - Troicki knows his place :rolleyes:

[Elenive]

Ferrer takes first set on a tiebreak: 7-6 (7-5)
Wouldn't be surprised if this ends in 3 sets

[Hawkeye]

Djoko wins, Ferrer serving for the match.

[Linda]

Ferru won! :cheer:

Troicki and Pierre are interchangeable :rolleyes:

[RoastLamb]

Little Dominika Cibulkova is doing a number on Azashrieky!!! 6-1 in the first set and a break up in the second. :shocked:

Make that two breaks...

Dom is just whacking these crazy winners right, left and centre. Quite dazzling.

And then after leading 4-0 her game goes all to pot and now it's 6-5 Aza. Go figure!

Tiebreak. Gulp!

[JAMES4578]

Certainly given some help but Azarenka dug deep and took a tight breaker 9-7, must be the favourite to take it now! Pity Dom tightened up though. Del potro up a set and 5-4 over Cilic, little trouble for Nole earlier.

[RoastLamb]

She choked big time!!! ARGH!

[DaveArneRiise]

Good win for Del Potro in the end. Anyone fancy Roddick to beat Fed Man? :rolleyes:

[JAMES4578]

Good win for Del Potro in the end. Anyone fancy Roddick to beat Fed Man? :rolleyes:

Can't see it! A Rod won the recent exhibition but this is a totally different scenario.

[DaveArneRiise]

Can't see it! A Rod won the recent exhibition but this is a totally different scenario.

Certainly a tough ask James. Can't look past a Federer straight sets win here.

[DaveArneRiise]

Azarenka wins a marathon match against Cibulkova!

[RoastLamb]

Disappointing for Dom.

[JAMES4578]

yes to no avail in the end and Vika keeps the winning run going,credit to Dom for keeping fighting though when all seemed lost after the 2nd.

[david1610]

First set to Roddick against Federer!
Edit: One set all but Roddick 4-2 up in the third!

[karanga]

Andy Roddick beats Fed 7-6 1-6 6-4. Well done Andy. :clap: :clap: :clap:

[RoastLamb]

Yay Roddick!!!

[ljs]

good job Roddick :cheer::cheer:

[Linda]

Congrats to Roddick! :clap: :clap:

[david1610]

Now if Andy can go really deep in this tournament he can earn a lot of catch up points on Roger!

PS Women's QF going pretty much to ranking with players ranked 1,2, 4, 5 7, 8, 9, and 10

[RoastLamb]

Now I wish Rafa was in Fed's side of the draw.

[-J-]

Can't see it! A Rod won the recent exhibition but this is a totally different scenario.


Certainly a tough ask James. Can't look past a Federer straight sets win here.
http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/image.php?u=60&dateline=1330728610&type=thumb

[JAMES4578]

Certainly surprised Roddick got his 3rd win over Fed, well done!

[patmoren]

Well,well,well, Andy R took out Fed, that has made my day. Well done ARod, I like in the interview where Fed kept emphasising the one break of his serve.

[pabbers]

Great news to wake up to. Hope Andy can capitalise on the opening up of the draw (well a chink) but I'm nervous of his lack of match practice before meeting someone like Simon. Can't record this as the builders moved the Sky dish yesterday and now we have no signal - no point fixing it till they finish the work at the end of the week *sigh*.

[Katie]

Really pleased for Roddick! :cheer: Hope this result turns his season around, I don't want him to retire just yet.

[Maza1987]

Fed's 77 match win streak against players outside the top 30 ended.

So pleased for A rod.

[patmoren]

Fish is complaining about being on Grandstand court, how about Andy, there are only 3 out of the top four left and Andy still gets Grandstand!!

[LC the fan]

Delighted for ARod, and soooo pleased that Fed takes an early exit. He was starting to acquire a few too many ranking points for my liking

[LC the fan]

Fish is complaining about being on Grandstand court, how about Andy, there are only 3 out of the top four left and Andy still gets Grandstand!!

Seem to remember Andy upsetting the Miami bosses a couple of years back and they are obviously taking a quiet revenge. They'll have to be nicer to him if he gets that trophy !!!!

[silver]

Same old Federer. He said in the BBC report on teletext that he came out flat and must have been tired. Absolutely no acknowledgement that his opponent might have played better on the day.

[Alis]

I suppose the only alternative would have been to put Andy on Stadium in the slot where Delpo/Ferrer are today. If they had done that British viewers wouldn't have been able to see him play live so maybe there was a TV scheduling consideration there - or maybe the organisers are just being 'Anti-Andy'!! Glad that we get to see him though!

[Jane]

:thumbup:Best of luck today, Andy:thumbup:

Just heard on radio that Andy will not be playing Davis Cup next week!!!! Maybe that is old news, of course???

[JAMES4578]

Yes, we found out last night.

[Hawkeye]

We've known for weeks tbh, when he made the announcement about Britain "finding our level".

[JAMES4578]

Well I meant for definite but the odds were very much against Andy playing.

[ljs]

anyone watching Rafa / Nishikori ?

2-1 Nishikori 1st set , he just broke Rafa , whose not looking very good

I really like Nishikori

[-J-]

anyone watching Rafa / Nishikori ?

2-1 Nishikori 1st set , he just broke Rafa , whose not looking very good

I really like Nishikoristill on serve 4-5 kei to serve

[Alis]

At the risk of upsetting all the Rafa fans out there - I would have put any money on him calling a medical time out at 5-4 with Nishikori having to serve to stay in the set and, unsurprisingly, he didn't disappoint.

[ljs]

Nishi should have challenged that last call

[ljs]

and Rafa takes it 6-4 6-4

[-J-]

fish takes the first set, Andy could be on in the next hour

[ljs]

cant wait :cheer::cheer:

[-J-]

cant wait :cheer::cheer:another hour would be good im trying to cook here

[ljs]

im guessing a 1/2 hr J

[-J-]

im guessing a 1/2 hr Jye me to, no way will dinner be ready by then

[RoastLamb]

Very physical match between Rafa and Kei. Phew!!! That first game alone was a killer. Some amazing defense from Rafa. Hope he hasn't injured his knee.

[-J-]

excellent almugro breaks back to 4-4 in the 2nd set

[JAMES4578]

Fish was controlling Almagro but the spaniard has just broken back for 4 all in the 2nd, so the timing of Andy's match a bit more problematic. Some great rallies between Rafa and Kei but Nadal still got in done in straights.

[ljs]

arrggg looks like Fish / Almagro may go 3 sets

[Madeline]

And a 3-setter it is. Carry on cooking, J.

[KnightOwl]

Not 'arrggg' for me :)

Dave is out at the moment, and not due back for an hour - hopefully this now means he'll see the match live - otherwise I'd have had to record it for him, and stay off the forum :facepalm:

[-J-]

And a 3-setter it is. Carry on cooking, J.loads of time now:clap::clap:

[JAMES4578]

Well we'll have to wait a little lomger but hopefully no big deal for most! Nico certainly has a bit of momentum right now.

[ljs]

I'll be BBQing and watching simultaneously at this rate

[Jan]

glad Andy hasn't started yet - I was convinced I'd miss quite a lot of the match!

[-J-]

long games now to i can see this set taking awhile

[KnightOwl]

ARod just dropped first set to Juan Monaco - really hoping he would win this after a great result against Fed - but he has had less than 24 hours between matches!

How come the american crowd seems to be so pro-Monaco??

[Madeline]

Miami is always pro-South Americans. Large Latin population, I believe.

[KnightOwl]

I guess so - can't see Roddick coming back from this - serving to stay in the match...

[RoastLamb]

Wow! Roddick got bagelled in the second set. Can't believe he lost. Maybe he was cream crackered after the win vs Fed?

[DaveArneRiise]

Today OOP (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403&Year=2012&Seq=10)

[DaveArneRiise]

Ferrer playing a blinder here against Del Potro. Up a set and a break!

[DaveArneRiise]

Masterclass from Ferrer as he is victorious 6-3 6-3!

[JAMES4578]

Surprised it was so comfortable for Ferrer, but he obviously was in great form and plays Nole next. Roddick was poor in the 2nd set, will be such a disappointment for him but Monaco rose to the challenge and A Rod obviously had a let down.

[Katie]

Sounds like Ferrer played really well, looking forward to watching the highlights of that match.

Shame that Roddick wasn't able to back up his win from the other night, but I suppose the Federer match took a lot out of him.

[Alis]

I'm looking forward to seeing what an in-form Ferrer can do against Djoko who really hasn't been on the top of his form so far.

[Katie]

I'm looking forward to seeing what an in-form Ferrer can do against Djoko who really hasn't been on the top of his form so far.

It could be a tough match for Djokovic - he only narrowly leads their head-to-head (7-5) and their match at the Aussie Open was very competitive for the first two sets. Ferrer's never beaten him on outdoor hard though.

[ljs]

Hoping Ferrer can beat Djoko , he played great last night , he just never stops !!! Makes me tired watching his matches.

[traveller7]

Nadel and Tsonga at 2am think I will have to give it a miss and go to sleep......zzzzzz

[ljs]

dont blame you

[RoastLamb]

The tv is showing a basketball game so no tennis till midnight so I will watch on tennistv instead.

[RoastLamb]

Blimey!!! Three hours! That was a match and a half. After an easy first set 6-2 Rafa was serving for the match at 5-4 in the second and Tsonga came roaring back to win that set 7-5. Rafa managed to squeak out the W 6-4 in the third BUT his left knee needed a lot of massaging throughout and he winced at the end so I don't know how healthy he'll be for the semi. Something to think about! Feel badly for Tsonga. He fought so hard for half that match.

[JAMES4578]

Looks like that became a gripping contestr but Rafa just a bit stronger in the end, highlights on tv here tonight. Looks like there could be concerns for both Rafa and Andy, though of course maybe there'll be enough recovery time. Let's hope it's a good contest again,hope Andy can come through.

[karanga]

Hope Ferrer beats Djokovic - he deserves a big win. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

OOP for Thursday 29th March - 1pm start local, 5pm UK time.






Stadium Start 1:00 pm





[4] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
v

[2] Maria Sharapova (RUS)
WTA



Not Before 3:00 PM




[21] Juan Monaco (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MA21.aspx) (ARG)
v

[8] Mardy Fish (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F339.aspx) (USA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403#)


[1] Bob Bryan (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B588.aspx) (USA)
Mike Bryan (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B589.aspx) (USA)
v

[7] Leander Paes (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/P269.aspx) (IND)
Radek Stepanek (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/S694.aspx) (CZE)
ATP



Starting at 7:00 PM




[1] Novak Djokovic (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/D643.aspx) (SRB)
v

[5] David Ferrer (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F401.aspx) (ESP)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=403#)


Not Before 9:00 PM




[7] Marion Bartoli (FRA)
v

[5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
WTA





Court 1 Start 3:30 pm




[6] Mahesh Bhupathi (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B471.aspx) (IND)
Rohan Bopanna (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B757.aspx) (IND)
v

[2] Max Mirnyi (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M595.aspx) (BLR)
Daniel Nestor (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/N210.aspx) (CAN)
ATP

[lynne]

WILL be watching the Ferrer - Djokovic match!!!!.............I do like Noel but ...............GO DAVEEED!!!!!:)

[traveller7]

Would be nice to see Ferrer win

[RoastLamb]

Too bad Marion is playing Aga. I was hoping that'd be the final.

[Linda]

Hope Ferrer beats Djokovic - he deserves a big win. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

:thumbup:

[Katie]

I'm hoping for a Ferrer win tonight too. :) Will be very tough for him though if Novak plays near his best.

[Sallydaisy]

Juan Monaco is having Fish on Toast for his supper!!!
The Argy leads 6'1, 2'1 with a break and is about to serve.

Shriekapova def Wozzilroy: 4'6, 6'2, 6'4

[Linda]

Great win for Pico! :cheer: :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Well, that'll send shock waves round Tennis America.
:p