Talk About Tennis 2.0

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 06, 2025 1:54 am The best 4 players here are Djokovic, Alcaraz, Tsitsipas, Rublev..one of them will win. If that happens, that is not 'field'. We shall see

Actually, you are being more generous on "the field" than I am. I say Rune is not the field; he has won a MS100 before and has been a finalist here, for example. I say Ruud is not the field; he loves clay and has a been a RU at RG twice.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:44 pm Plus. Why did Gasquet get a WC? That is pretty unjustifiable.

He won his first round match.

Gasquet got the wild card because this is (likely) his final year and the most famous win of his career was in Monte Carlo, against Federer when Federer was supposed to be unbeatable.

Monday 07 April, 2025 (Day 3)

Court Rainier III
Starts At 11:00 AM

S. Wawrinka (WC) Vs A. Tabilo
Followed By
Y. Bu (Q) Vs (13) L. Musetti
Followed By
D. Medvedev (9) Vs K. Khachanov
Followed By
F. Fognini (WC) Vs F. Cerundolo

Court Des Princes
Starts At 11:00 AM

J. Lehecka Vs S. Korda
Followed By
G. Monfils Vs (Q) F. Marozsan
Followed By
M. Navone (Q) Vs M. Berrettini
Followed By
A. Davidovich Fokina Vs (11) B. Shelton

Court EA de Massy
Starts At 11:00 AM

M. Giron Vs D. Shapovalov
Followed By
F. Auger-Aliassime (16) Vs (Q) D. Altmaier
Followed By
A. Muller Vs (Q) C. Ugo Carabelli
Followed By
U. Humbert/L. Musetti Vs (WC) A. Rinderknech/V. Vacherot

Court 9
Starts At 11:00 AM

A. de Minaur/J. Struff Vs Y. Bhambri/A. Popyrin
Not Before 12:30 PM
S. Gille/J. Zielinski Vs (8) M. Gonzalez/A. Molteni
Followed By
S. Korda/J. Thompson Vs J. Draper/T. Machac

skatingfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:42 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:44 pm Plus. Why did Gasquet get a WC? That is pretty unjustifiable.

He won his first round match.

Time to source a "face slap" emoji.

Tuesday 08 April, 2025 (Day 4)

Court Rainier III
Starts At 11:00 AM

N. Jarry Vs (15) G. Dimitrov
Followed By
H. Rune (10) Vs N. Borges
Followed By
A. Zverev (1) Vs M. Berrettini
Followed By
J. Thompson Vs (6) S. Tsitsipas

Court Des Princes
Starts At 11:00 AM

L. Sonego Vs P. Martinez
Not Before 1:00 PM
D. Lajovic (Q) Vs F. Cobolli
Followed By
T. Griekspoor Vs (12) A. Fils
Followed By
J. Draper (5) Vs M. Giron

Court EA de Massy
Starts At 11:00 AM

A. Popyrin Vs U. Humbert
Followed By
T. Etcheverry Vs (Q) C. Moutet
Not Before 4:00 PM
F. Tiafoe (14) Vs M. Kecmanovic
Followed By
J. Murray/R. Ram Vs H. Nys/E. Roger-Vasselin

Court 9
Starts At 11:00 AM

J. Salisbury/N. Skupski Vs M. Ebden/J. Peers
Not Before 1:00 PM
R. Bautista Agut Vs B. Nakashima
Followed By
T. Machac Vs S. Baez

Court 11
Starts At 11:00 AM

S. Doumbia/F. Reboul Vs R. Galloway/J. Withrow
Followed By
A. de Minaur/J. Struff Vs (8) M. Gonzalez/A. Molteni

Wednesday 09 April, 2025 (Day 5)

Court Rainier III
Starts At 11:00 AM

D. Altmaier (Q) Vs (WC) R. Gasquet
Followed By
F. Cerundolo Vs (2) C. Alcaraz
Followed By
N. Djokovic (3) Vs A. Tabilo
Followed By
D. Medvedev (9) Vs A. Muller

Court Des Princes
Starts At 11:00 AM

J. Lehecka Vs (13) L. Musetti
Followed By
A. Rublev (7) Vs G. Monfils
Followed By
R. Bautista Agut Vs (4) C. Ruud
Followed By
V. Vacherot (WC) Vs (15) G. Dimitrov

Court EA de Massy
Starts At 11:00 AM

T. Etcheverry Vs A. Davidovich Fokina
Not Before 1:00 PM
F. Cobolli Vs (12) A. Fils
Followed By
T. Machac Vs (8) A. de Minaur
Followed By
R. Bopanna/B. Shelton Vs (3) S. Bolelli/A. Vavassori

Court 9
Starts At 11:00 AM

N. Borges Vs P. Martinez
Not Before 1:00 PM
P. Tsitsipas/S. Tsitsipas (WC) Vs (7) J. Cash/L. Glasspool
Not Before 3:00 PM
F. Tiafoe (14) Vs A. Popyrin

Court 11
Starts At 1:00 PM

M. Granollers/H. Zeballos (5) Vs (WC) R. Arneodo/M. Guinard

Never ceases to amaze ..MC is the ONLY 1000 level tournament Djokovic has not won at least 3 times...and it is his Home tournament, in a way!

Nice to see Bopanna pairing with Shelton....

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:14 am Never ceases to amaze ..MC is the ONLY 1000 level tournament Djokovic has not won at least 3 times...and it is his Home tournament, in a way!

He's won it twice. It is not as if he has been a failure there.
There has got to be one tournament where he will have his fewest wins.

Actually Djokovic won 39 matches in Monte Carlo, which is behind only Nadal

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 4:56 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 3:14 am Never ceases to amaze ..MC is the ONLY 1000 level tournament Djokovic has not won at least 3 times...and it is his Home tournament, in a way!

He's won it twice. It is not as if he has been a failure there.
There has got to be one tournament where he will have his fewest wins.

It is actually not an easy endeavor to compare matches/titles won in Masters between tournaments. The main reason is that unlike slams they are traveling around. Only Rome, Canadian, Monte Carlo and Paris Indoors have stable location through the whole Open Era. Of course, you can compare matches won in each masters individually, but it would be not very informative to compare these results between different tournaments. Some tournaments are defunct (or downgraded), while others have much shorter history. But even with that in mind, Monte Carlo is rather significant in Djokovic career. For instance, he won Canadian Open 4 times, but only won 37 matches there (less than in MC). Just played there much less.

Thursday 10 April, 2025 (Day 6)

Court Rainier III
Starts At 11:00 AM

J. Draper (5) Vs A. Davidovich Fokina
Followed By
D. Altmaier (Q) Vs (2) C. Alcaraz
Followed By
M. Berrettini Vs (13) L. Musetti
Followed By
N. Borges Vs (6) S. Tsitsipas

Court Des Princes
Starts At 11:00 AM

A. Rublev (7) Vs (12) A. Fils
Not Before 1:00 PM
A. Popyrin Vs (4) C. Ruud
Not Before 2:30 PM
D. Medvedev (9) Vs (8) A. de Minaur
Followed By
A. Tabilo Vs (15) G. Dimitrov

Court EA de Massy
Starts At 11:00 AM

J. Salisbury/N. Skupski Vs (2) H. Heliovaara/H. Patten
Followed By
K. Krawietz/T. Puetz (4) Vs H. Nys/E. Roger-Vasselin
Followed By
R. Arneodo/M. Guinard (WC) Vs J. Draper/T. Machac