Montreal 2017

[Emu]

Rewelacyjny rezultat, ze Zvervem nie daje mu żadnych szans.

[DUN I LOVE]

Marudzerzy w norach, ciekawe co teraz mogłoby nie pasować w semi 20 z 18-latkiem.

No może poza Fedem, który cały czas jest w turnieju.

[jonathan]

Że tak zapytam po Rroggerrowemu - najmłodszy półfinał M1000 od?

Od Nadala z Gasquetem w Monte Carlo 2005.

Niemniej backhand to już nie było to co w Australii, niestety...

Bo wrócił do częstszej gry slajsem, co na trawie jest całkowicie zrozumiałe.

[DUN I LOVE]

Nadal - Gasquet, o ile się nie mylę Rychu miał 1-0 w setach i 2-0 w drugim. Miałem małą nadzieję, że da radę (wtedy jeszcze uchodził za ogromny talent).

[Damian]

Shapovalov’s win over Nadal among the best matches ever played by a Canadian at Rogers Cup

Spoiler:

Game, set, match, Denis Shapovalov.”

Less than 24 hours later, the tennis world is still stunned: 18-year-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov defeated Rafael Nadal, one of the best players in the history of the game, on Centre Court filled to the rafters.

The decibel level must have come dangerously close to physically tolerable limit for humans. On Thursday night, someone in the press box joked that he hoped the noise from the stadium wasn’t heard all the way in St-Lambert because it was getting late.

Shapovalov’s surprise victory over Nadal (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)) is one that many will remember. Indeed, it is among the greatest performances by a Canadian player in Montréal.

There was the 2003 showdown between Simon Larose and the mythical Gustavo Kuerten at what was then known as the Canadian Open. Larose ousted his opponent, who happened to be 300 ranking spots ahead of him.

Four years earlier, when the tournament was the du Maurier Open, Sébastien Lareau routed world no.7 and 5th seed Richard Krajicek in three sets (4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4).

Martin Laurendeau, who currently coaches Shapovalov and played on the Tour, remembers those important matches. He puts the prodigy’s win in the very same category.

“I was there for Stéphane Bonneau versus Jakob Hlasek. And for Nestor versus Edberg in Davis Cup. Those are incredible moments,” affirmed Laurendeau on Friday. “But on Thursday night, there was magic in the stadium. Often, during the second evening match, people start thinking about leaving after the first set because they have to be at work in the morning. Yesterday, they could have left at 6-3 thinking that it would be like the second set and beat the crowds at the exit. But those who stayed didn’t regret it. They helped make it an extraordinary sporting experience. Even Wayne Gretzky was really into it, just like when we watch Stanley Cup matches as fans. It was an unforgettable moment.”

Even Roger Federer, who had left Uniprix Stadium by the time Shapovalov’s match got underway and watched the battle on TV in his hotel room, said that he enjoyed seeing the young Canadian play: “I watched the entire match. It was fabulous. It was fantastic for the fans here in Montréal and across Canada and for Denis. He really played an amazing match. He kept attacking. Yes, he had nothing to lose but Rafa will never give you a match. You always have to take it. Denis did that, and it’s fabulous for him and for tennis. For a young 18-year-old to win against a legend like Rafa, it’s always great for tennis.”

http://www.couperogers.com/en/shapovalo ... ogers-cup/

[DUN I LOVE]

Wspominany kilka dni temu wyczyn Mischy Zvereva z meczu z Dimitrowem.
http://www.menstennisforums.com/2-gener ... -loop.html

[arti]

[DUN I LOVE]

Za dużo prostych błędów i niedokładności ze strony Haase. Jeżeli chce powalczyć, musi się tego wyzbyć. Fed zaczął nierówno, ale wynik z przodu.

[Brzydal]

Pięknie błysnął humorem Robin Haase.
Z trybun okrzyk "C'mon Roger!", a Haase na to "My name is Robin..."

[DUN I LOVE]

Nieźle parsknąłem.

6-3 w 26 minut, niezłe tempo.

[Damian]

Holendra trzymał serwis, ale ostatecznie tylko na taj starczył. Fed w finale.

[DUN I LOVE]

Dogonił Fed Rafę (45 finałów M1000 przy 44 Nole).

[Rroggerr]

Bez historii.

Powalczy Shapovalov czy rutynowo dla Saszy?

[DUN I LOVE]

Powalczy, ale raczej przegra.

Ktoś ma zamiar oglądać?

[Rroggerr]

Tak, zbyt długo czekało się na takie spotkania.

[DUN I LOVE]

Ok, nastawiam budzik na 2. Obym tylko sam tu nie siedział.

[Del Fed]

Alexander Zverev joins some legendary players after winning Washington

Spoiler:

Alexander Zverev became a tennis player with only one thing on his mind, to evolve into a champion and a winner of big titles. He started to follow his brother Mischa on the Tour at the age when other players were just starting their junior career, and he showed his immense talent and determination already at the age of 15.

At 17, he was the Challenger champion and the semi-finalist of the ATP 500 event, jumping for 500 ranking positions in just a month in the summer of 2014! A year later he entered Top 100 and in 2016 he was already an ATP champion, conquering his maiden ATP crown in St.

Petersburg. The best was yet to come, and this amazing 20-year-old is one of the most successful players of the current season so far, winning his 4th title of the year at Washington and joining Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of the title winners list.

Also, Alexander is playing one of the most prominent seasons for U20 competitors (teens and those who are turning 20 in the specific season, no matter to a date of birth, so all players born in 1997 or later) since 1990, becoming only the 8th player at such a young age who won 4 titles in a singles season, and the first in 9 years! Here is the list of all U20 players who grabbed at least 4 ATP titles in a single season since 1990:

As we could see, since the formation of the ATP Tour in 1990, only 8 U20 players managed to win at least 4 ATP titles in a season. All of them before Sascha were Grand Slam champions and we notice 6 world number 1's as well, which makes the list pretty special. Americans were the dominant force in men's tennis during the 90's, in what will be their last dominant decade, and they were led by Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Born within some 16 months, these two giants proved their quality already in their teenage years, and when the ATP Tour was formed they were among the best players in the world, ready to fight for the big titles against Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, and Stefan Edberg. In 1990, they won 4 titles each, and they are the first players on our list.

An 18-year-old Sampras kicked off the season barely ranked in the Top 70, but he didn't need much to make a progress on the list. He reached the last 16 in Melbourne and the semi-final in Milan, losing to Ivan Lendl in 3 sets. His first title of the season came in Philadelphia, one of the most prestige indoor events in the world, and he also advanced to the quarter-final of Miami. Unfortunately, he had to withdraw before the match against Jay Berger, and he played only 1 match before June and the grass season. He won a smaller event in Manchester but he didn't stay too long at Wimbledon, losing in the opening round to Van Rensburg. Pete continued to get valuable wins in Toronto, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis, and by the time of the US Open, he was already ranked 12th. There, he made a name for himself and carved his way towards the tennis immortals, beating Thomas Muster, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Andre Agassi in the last 4 matches to become the youngest winner in the history of the US Open, and the rest is pretty much history!

Sampras made a deserved break until October and his last title of the season came at the unique Grand Slam Cup, to end the season with 51 wins and ranked 5th in the world. In 1991, his last U20 season, Pete again conquered 4 titles, in a season very similar to the previous one. He lost the finals of Philadelphia and Manchester, where he was victorious 12 months ago, but he again had a solid summer, winning Los Angeles and Indianapolis and losing in the quarters of the US Open to Jim Courier. Thanks to his huge serve and great volleys, Sampras was already one of the best players on the indoor carpet surface, and he claimed the titles in Lyon and also at the Masters Cup, where he took down Michael Stich, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi and Jim Courier!

Andre Agassi, one of the biggest talents in the world of tennis ever, won 6 titles in 1988 when he was just 18, and in 1990 he played his final U20 season, notching 45 wins and claiming 4 trophies. Like always before 1995, he didn't fly to Australia and his season started in San Francisco, where he played great tennis in the last 3 matches to lift his first trophy of the year. He lost in the final of the first ever Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells to Stefan Edberg but went all the way in Miami, where he avenged that defeat versus the Swede, celebrating in 4 sets. Just like Sampras, he had a chance to become a GRand Slam champion, reaching the final at the Roland Garros but losing to Andres Gomez in 4 sets. He skipped the complete grass season to make a winning return at Washington, winning his 3rd title of the season, without losing a set. As we already mentioned, he was beaten finalist at the US Open as well but one big title still ended in his hands, as he won the Masters Cup, beating Sampras, Becker, and Edberg along the way.

We had to wait 9 years to see a new U20 player with 4 titles, and just in 1990, it was completed by 2 players, Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin. Lleyton won 61 matches that season and he established himself as the regular member of the Top 10 company, ending the year with 4 titles by his name. It was the perfect start of the season for talented Aussie, conquering Adelaide and Sydney, and the third one came in Scottsdale in March. Hewitt also reached the semis in Miami, losing to Pete Sampras, and he got beaten in the last 4 in Rome as well. The 4th and the last title of the year came at Queen's, where he won 9 out of 10 sets by 6-4, ousting Pete Sampras in the title match. He lost in the semis to the same player at the US Open, and Wayne Ferreira halted him in the amazing final of Stuttgart.

Just like Sampras, Lleyton was very solid in his final U20 season as well, winning 6 titles in 2001, claiming 80 ATP wins (the most of all players on the list) and becoming the youngest world number 1! He started the season by defending his Sydney crown, and he played in the semis at Indian Wells, Miami, and Hamburg, collecting some valuable points. We saw him in the quarter-final at Roland Garros and the Aussie was victorious at both Queen's and s-Hertogenbosch on the grass. At the US Open, Hewitt was the last man standing, winning his maiden Grand Slam crown against Tommy Haas, Andy Roddick, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Pete Sampras. At the end of the season, Lleyton won Masters Cup in Sydney, which made him world number 1.

Marat Safin turned 20 in January 2000 and he was very busy that season, playing exactly 100 matches, winning 73 and claiming 7 titles. Interestingly, the start didn't promise too much, as he was defeated in the first round of the first 5 ATP tournaments he entered! He was losing ranking positions but everything has changed at Barcelona, where he won his first title of the year, repeating that at Mallorca a week later. Gustavo Kuerten prevailed against Russian in an amazing Hamburg final, after nearly 4 hours, and he loses in the quarter-final in Paris as well. After another string of mediocre results, Marat conquered the Masters 1000 title in Toronto but the best will come in New York, as he won his first Major title at the US Open, beating Pete Sampras in the final. This helped him to become the world number 1 that year, also thanks to the titles won at Tashkent, St. Petersburg and Paris, where he edged Mark Philippoussis 3-6 7-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 to reach the top of the ATP standings.

After a few silent years, Rafael Nadal stepped on the scene as one of the most successful teenagers and U20 players in the history of tennis! What he achieved in 2005 and 2006 will probably never be repeated by the player of the similar age, finishing with a surreal 138-22 score in these two years, establishing himself as the second best player in the world behind Roger Federer. In what has been the finest season for a teenager in the Open era, Spaniard won 11 titles in 2005, including 4 Masters 1000 title and a Roland Garros at his debut. Constantly improving his game, Rafa was 79-10 in that year, demolishing the rest of the Tour together with Roger, despite turning only 19 in June. Nadal failed to follow that pace in 2006 but he still won 5 titles, including Roland Garros and 2 Masters, never losing the second place in the rankings.

In the next 2 seasons, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro also joined this exclusive list, to complete a four-year run. Novak proved his class in 2007, winning 68 matches and claiming 5 titles, leaving the other players behind him and starting to push towards Federer and Nadal. Big titles in Miami and Canada propelled him towards the 3rd place in the rankings and it was obvious that the top 2 players earned serious opponent for the years to come. Juan Martin del Potro also did a great job in his final U20 season, despite a slow start and only 12 matches won by Wimbledon. He turned into a different player in the rest of the season, though, conquering 4 back-to-back titles in Stuttgart, Kitzbuhel, Los Angeles and Washington before losing to Andy Murray in 4 tight sets in the quarter-final of the US Open, after 23 consecutive wins! He entered the Top 10 and had a chance to play at the Masters Cup as well.

Teenagers or U20 players failed to win ATP title between August 2008 and September 2016, when Alexander Zverev finally added the new one in St. Petersburg. Young German was ready to achieve much more in 2017, currently standing at 41 wins with probably a lot more to come until the end of the season, which will probably happen at the Masters Cup, looking good to end the year among the 8 best players. So far, he was the winner in Montpellier, Munich, Rome (the first U20 winner of Masters 1000 crown since Novak Djokovic in 2007) and last week in Washington, where he really showed an amazing tennis in the last 3 rounds. Without Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka in the draw, Sascha will be one of the favorites to go very deep at the US Open, alongside Federer and Nadal, and who knows what he may produce there, as he is ready to conquer the big tennis scene very soon. This is already one of the best U20 seasons in the last 27 years, and there's still plenty of time to Sascha to make it much better in the months to come.

http://www.tennisworldusa.org/news/news ... ashington/

Daję tu, bo w zawodniczym może zaginąć, no i po to, by spało się gorzej.

[Damian]

Federer vs Haase, Shapovalov vs Zverev In Montreal SF

Spoiler:

A #NextGenATP player will reach the Coupe Rogers final
View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the semi-final matchups of the Coupe Rogers & vote for who you think will win!
Federer vs. Haase | Zverev vs Shapovalov

#NEXTGENATP’S SHAPOVALOV, ZVEREV TO MEET IN SEMIS
• Denis Shapovalov, 18, and Alexander Zverev, 20, will meet in a #NextGenATP semi-final showdown on Saturday at Coupe Rogers. Zverev entered the event with four titles this year alone, while Shapovalov arrived in Montreal with three career victories on tour. The Canadian teen has seven wins now, including a historic upset of three-time champion and No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal.
• Shapovalov is the youngest ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalist since the series started in 1990 and the youngest Coupe Rogers semi-finalist in the Open Era. With two more wins, the World No. 143 would tie Roberto Carretero at 1996 Hamburg as the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 champion. Shapovalov would be the lowest-ranked Coupe Rogers champion since rankings began in 1973.
• Zverev is 8-0 in the last 10 days, including straight-set victories over Kevin Anderson in the Washington final on Sunday and Montreal quarter-finals on Friday. The German is up to 44 wins on the season, tying his career-high from 2016 and three shy of Nadal’s ATP-best 47 victories in 2017. Zverev would be the youngest Coupe Rogers finalist since Novak Djokovic won the 2007 title.
• Shapovalov saved four match points and Zverev saved three in their opening matches this week. Their meeting on Saturday is the youngest semi-final on tour since 18-year-old Kei Nishikori defeated 20-year-old Sam Querrey at 2008 Delray Beach and the youngest ATP Masters 1000 semi-final since Nadal defeated fellow 18-year-old Richard Gasquet at 2005 Monte-Carlo.
• Roger Federer will play his 59th ATP Masters 1000 semi-final against Robin Haase, who is appearing in his first. Federer’s 15-match win streak is his longest since 16 in 2012. Should he win his third Coupe Rogers title, Federer will secure a Top 2 seed at the US Open and control his own destiny in next week’s race for the No. 1 ranking. Haase is 0-1 against Federer and 0-11 lifetime against Top 5 players. He and Shapovalov are both unseeded, marking the first time that two unseeded players are in the Coupe Rogers semis since 2008 (Nicolas Kiefer and Gilles Simon).

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/fed ... ay-preview

[Barty]

Shapovalov’s semifinal match and the final will be presented on the big screen at Uniprix Stadium

Tennis Canada invites fans to watch the semi-final between Shapovalov and Zverev as well as the final on the big screen

Tennis Canada invites fans to come and watch the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank evening session semi-final on the big screen in the heart of the tournament site for only $20 per day.

In fact, spectators will be able to rally behind the young Canadian Denis Shapovalov on Saturday night as he will take on Alexander Zverev of Germany in a duel of the next generation of ATP stars. Shapovalov will try to continue to make history, as he became on Friday the youngest player to qualify for the semi-finals of a Masters 1000 tournament.

On Sunday afternoon, fans will also be able to watch the Rogers Cup final live as well as enjoy the festive atmosphere. These tickets are now available on www.CoupeRogers.com. There are still tickets available for the semifinals on Centre Court.

http://www.couperogers.com/en/shapovalo ... x-stadium/

[Barty]