Roland Garros 2019

[Kamileki]

I tak wiara w Stana będzie się tlić, bo po prostu On może zrobić duży wynik. Udowodnił, że ma do tego narzędzia.

Za odpowiedź powinna wystarczyć grafika ATP z początku sezonu ceglanego, gdzie to Federer był na pierwszym planie, a Rafa obok, w cieniu.

Po jednym dniu się zorientowali, że coś im nie wyszło i zamienili ich rolami.

Czy zachowały się gdzieś fotki?

Bez fanów Rafała pewnie zostałby plakat z Federerem w głównej roli

[DUN I LOVE]

Tiafoe to chyba na siłę tam wrzucili. Bardziej by pasował np. Felix.

[Kamileki]

Denis też tu nie pasuje. Ale chcieli pewnie dać "uznanych" next genów w rzędzie na samym dole.



Wyżej ucięło oryginalną wersję. W każdym razie Thiem i w oryginale i po poprawkach wciąż za Rogerem

[Barty]

Wolę się nie zastanawiać, co Tiafoe musiał komu zrobić, żeby trafić na ten plakat.

[DUN I LOVE]

Nie ma nad czym się zastanawiać, cały świat widział tę pornografię w 1/4 finału AO.

Stana mogliby dać.

[Damian]

Organizatorzy opublikowali listę graczy do turnieju głównego.

[grzes430]

FEAR-FACTOR MAKES NADAL STILL THE MAN TO BEAT EN ROUTE TO RG19

Spoiler:

Nadal's incredible record on clay means he is the big favourite, even after another injury break

Rafael Nadal fist pumping during 2019 Indian Wells Masters 1000
©Corinne Dubreuil/FFT
There are still more than five weeks until Roland-Garros, and yet, as the world’s best players begin their clay-court campaigns this week in Monte Carlo, one name stands out above the rest.

For the past 15 years, Rafael Nadal has dominated the clay courts, winning Roland-Garros 11 times, Monte Carlo 11 times and Barcelona 11 times. He has been champion in Rome seven times, and even in the altitude of Madrid, he has still managed to take home the title four times.

With his 33rd birthday just around the corner, falling, as it always does, during Roland-Garros, Nadal knows he can’t go on forever and yet, after a blip between in 2015 and 2016, in the past two years he has asserted himself once more as the undisputed King of Clay.

Important to the Nadal mindset

Nadal begins his campaign on Wednesday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, a tournament which means a lot to him. It is a love affair that began when, as a 16-year-old, he upset the then-defending Roland-Garros champion Albert Costa, bursting onto a stage he has dominated ever since.



In Paris, he has won 11 times, starting in 2005, with just two losses along the way, in 2009 to Robin Soderling in the fourth round, and in 2015, to a rampant Djokovic in the quarter-finals. Between times, he has won the title every year bar 2016, when injury took him out early on.

And even though it might seem a long way until Paris, what happens in Monte Carlo is important to the Nadal mindset as he builds towards Roland-Garros. The aura that he has built up over the years means that even though he has not played since the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells last month, when he picked up another knee injury, he remains the one they’re all talking about this week.

“Rafa is always a very clear favorite“

“Other than one guy…it's always open,” said world No 1 Novak Djokovic, who began his own campaign on Tuesday with a tough three-set win over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

“I think Rafa always is a very clear favorite on any clay court in the world, and it doesn't change. He's still there. I mean, obviously depends how he's feeling physically. You know, I have seen him play here, so he's been here a few days. Seems like he's fine. If he's physically fit, he's definitely the N. 1 guy on this surface without a doubt. After him, it’s quite open.”




Kei Nishikori knows full well what it’s like to face Nadal on clay. Last year, he made the final in Monte Carlo only to be beaten by the Spaniard. Nishikori said Monte Carlo is a particularly tough place to play Nadal.

“This surface suits his game a lot, more than on any other surface, more than any other clay-court tournament because this one is a a bit heavier,” he said. “For the opponent it’s not easy to hit winners and it’s much heavier than other clay-court events. I am sure he really feels comfortable playing this tournament.”



Still a massive threat for the biggest titles

Craig O’Shannessy, an analyst for the ATP Tour and part of Djokovic’s coaching team, said Nadal has made playing on clay almost an art.

“Nadal’s ability to save break points is incredible,” O’Shannessy told the ATP Tennis Radio podcast this week. “It almost becomes the toughest point to win in tennis. You watch him do it in this series of tournaments, leading into Paris, and if he’s doing that at a high rate, when the big points come, the 0-40s, the 15-40s, the ad-outs, if he’s saving those…he’s basically unbeatable.”

World No 2 Nadal showed he remains a massive threat for the biggest titles on all surfaces when he reached the final at the Australian Open in January. He takes on fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut in the second round in Monte Carlo on Wednesday and though he knows his dominance on clay will end one day, he remains in good spirits, despite the injury breaks over the past 18 months that have affected his momentum.

Rafael Nadal posing with his trophy at 2018 Monte-Carlo Masters 1000
©Antoine Couvercelle/FFT
Nadal: “It's always like a comeback“

“It has been a tough year and a half for me,” he said in Monte Carlo. “It’s always tough to have a clear view about how I am because I had too many stops in between. I didn’t find the way to play three weeks in a row or this kind of stuff without problems, so it has been hard for me personally.

“Now it’s about working every day, trying to make small improvements in every practice because I had to stop after Indian Wells for a while again and start slow, so it’s always like a comeback.

“I started (practising) two weeks ago and yes, my knee is good, so happy for that. Now I need to work on the tennis. That’s the goal. I arrived here on Friday as usual, I had some hours of practice and I hope the competition puts me in the rhythm that I need.”



Everybody else is a dark horse

Traditionally, Nadal finds a way to win Monte Carlo and then only gets better from that point on, all the way to his beloved Court Philippe Chatrier, where he has been king so many times.

If he’s to do it again, his knees need to hold up and though he’s scheduled to play Barcelona, Madrid and Rome before Paris, he is ready to adjust if necessary. If all goes well, though, he remains the man everyone has to beat.

“In these tournaments, you must always put Rafa at No 1,” O’Shannessy said. “Somebody must take him out of the draw. As soon as he’s taken out of the draw then we can start talking about everybody else. All conversations start with Rafa, everybody else is a dark horse.”

https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/arti ... and-garros

[Damian]

OUT: Anderson, Kevin
IN: Marterer, Maximilian

[Damian]

Nicolas Mahut szukał, szukał i znalazł nowego partnera na paryski turniej. Jest nim Jurgen Melzer.

[Barty]

Czyli Herbert po skompletowaniu szlema na razie całkowicie odpuszcza debla?

[Damian]

Czyli Herbert po skompletowaniu szlema na razie całkowicie odpuszcza debla?

Tak.

[Damian]

Lista graczy do kwalifikacji jest już dostępna.

Spoiler:

1 Carballes Baena, Roberto ESP 86
2 Darcis, Steve BEL 90 PR
3 Sandgren, Tennys USA 93
4 Istomin, Denis UZB 106
5 Sousa, Pedro POR 107
6 Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 108
7 Harrison, Ryan USA 109
8 Granollers, Marcel ESP 110
9 Monteiro, Thiago BRA 111
10 Ymer, Elias SWE 112
11 Popyrin, Alexei AUS 113
12 Maden, Yannick GER 114
13 Stachowski, Serhij UKR 115
14 Barrere, Gregoire FRA 117
15 Iwaszka, Ilja BLR 118
16 Laaksonen, Henri SUI 119
17 Novak, Dennis AUT 120
18 Lacko, Lukas SVK121
19 Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian ESP 122
20 Chung, Hyeon KOR 123
21 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 124
22 Polansky, Peter CAN 125
23 Moutet, Corentin FRA 126
24 Bachinger, Matthias GER 127
25 Travaglia, Stefano ITA 128
26 Majchrzak, Kamil POL 129
27 Trungelliti, Marco ARG 130
28 Mmoh, Michael USA 131
29 Gerasimov, Egor BLR 133
30 Donskoj, Jewgienij RUS 136
31 Otte, Oscar GER 138
32 Rosol, Lukas CZE 139
33 Fratangelo, Bjorn USA 140
34 Bolt, Alex AUS 141
35 Martinez, Pedro ESP 142
36 Paul, Tommy USA 143
37 Hoang, Antoine FRA 145
38 Ramanathan, Ramkumar IND 146
39 Mager, Gianluca ITA 147
40 Milojevic, Nikola SRB 148
41 Duckworth, James AUS 150
42 Vanni, Luca ITA 151
43 Caruso, Salvatore ITA 152
44 Ito, Tatsuma JPN 153
45 Giron, Marcos USA 154
46 Baldi, Filippo ITA 155
47 Bagnis, Facundo ARG 156
48 Molleker, Rudolf GER 157
49 Kubler, Jason AUS 158
50 Clarke, Jay GBR 159
51 Bolelli, Simone ITA 160
52 Giustino, Lorenzo ITA 161
53 Kwon, Soonwoo KOR 162
54 Bemelmans, Ruben BEL 163
55 Giannessi, Alessandro ITA 164
56 Ofner, Sebastian AUT 165
57 Hanfmann, Yannick GER 166
58 Davidovich Fokina, Alejandro ESP 167
59 Rubin, Noah USA 168
60 Ymer, Mikael SWE 169
61 Brands, Daniel GER 170
62 Brown, Dustin GER 171
63 Lopez Perez, Enrique ESP 172
64 Quinzi, Gianluigi ITA 173
65 Krueger, Mitchell USA 174
66 Dutra Silva, Rogerio BRA 175
67 De Greef, Arthur BEL 176
68 Ward, James GBR 177
69 Berlocq, Carlos ARG 178
70 Watanuki, Yosuke JPN 179
71 Zopp, Jurgen EST 180
72 Koepfer, Dominik GER 181
73 Sugita, Yuichi JPN 182
74 Moriya, Hiroki JPN 183
75 Coppejans, Kimmer BEL 184
76 Kokkinakis, Thanasi AUS 185
77 Horansky, Filip SVK 186
78 Polmans, Marc AUS 187
79 Napolitano, Stefano ITA 188
80 Halys, Quentin FRA 189
81 Rodionov, Jurij AUT 190
82 Marcora, Roberto ITA 191
83 Lestienne, Constant FRA 192
84 Basic, Mirza BIH 193
85 Arnaboldi, Andrea ITA 194
86 Young, Donald USA 195
87 Galovic, Viktor CRO 196
88 Gomez, Emilio ECU 197
89 Galan, Daniel Elahi COL 198
90 Marczenko, Illja UKR 198 PR
91 Martin, Andrej SVK 199
92 Soeda, Go JPN 200
93 Janvier, Maxime FRA 201
94 Gaio, Federico ITA 202
95 Giraldo, Santiago COL 203
96 Pavlasek, Adam CZE 204
97 Arguello, Facundo ARG 205
98 Krstin, Pedja SRB 206
99 Rola, Blaz SLO 207
100 Gombos, Norbert SVK 208
101 Eubanks, Christopher USA 209
102 Kavcic, Blaz SLO 209 PR
103 Niedowiesow, Oleksandr KAZ 210
104 Griekspoor, Tallon NED 211
105 Gutierrez-Ferrol, Sergio ESP 212
106 King, Darian BAR 213
107 Domingues, Joao POR 214
108 Zhang, Ze CHN 215
109 Donati, Matteo ITA 216
110 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 217
111 Balazs, Attila HUN 219
112 Bourgue, Mathias FRA 220
113 Smyczek, Tim USA 221
114 Moraing, Mats GER 222
115 Karlovskiy, Jewgienij RUS 223
116 Kolar, Zdenek CZE 224
117 Quiroz, Roberto ECU 225
118 Torpegaard, Mikael DEN 226
119 Uchiyama, Yasutaka JPN 227
120 [WC]
121 [WC]
122 [WC]
123 [WC]
124 [WC]
125 [WC]
126 [WC]
127 [WC]
128 [WC]

Rezerwowi:
1. Robredo, Tommy ESP 228
2. De Bakker, Thiemo NED 229
3. Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 230
4. Cachin, Pedro ARG 231
5. Viola, Matteo ITA 232
6. Safwat, Mohamed EGY 233
7. Watutin, Alexiej RUS 234
8. Couacaud, Enzo FRA 237
9. Serdarusic, Nino CRO 239
10. Troicki, Viktor SRB 240
11. Krawietz, Kevin GER 241
12. Miedler, Lucas AUT 242
13. Ignatik, Uladzimir BLR 243
14. Uchida, Kaichi JPN 244
15. Zapata Miralles, Bernabe ESP 245
16. Lee, Duckhee KOR 246
17. Melzer, Gerald AUT 246 PR
18. Myneni, Saketh IND 247
19. Li, Zhe CHN 248
20. Mahut, Nicolas FRA 249
21. Weintraub, Amir ISR 249 PR
22. Moroni, Gian Marco ITA 250
23. Tatlot, Johan FRA 252
24. Kamke, Tobias GER 253
25. Kwiatkowski, Thai-Son USA 254
26. Aragone, JC USA 255
27. Banes, Maverick AUS 257
28. Masur, Daniel GER 258
29. Oliveira, Goncalo POR 259
30. Kuhn, Nicola ESP 260
31. Benchetrit, Elliot FRA 261
32. Harrison, Christian USA 262

[polo90]

DUN I LOVE jednak ma rację
Brak mistrza wielkoszlemowego który urodził się w latach 90 to jednak spora anomalia
Brakuje dobrych tenisistów w ATP


Największa szansa na nowego młodego mistrza wielkoszlemowego moim zdaniem:
Roland Garros 2019 Thiem
Roland Garros 2020 Thiem

Póki co liczę na Wimbledon 2019 dla Federera

[Alan]

DUN I LOVE jednak ma rację
Brak mistrza wielkoszlemowego który urodził się w latach 90 to jednak spora anomalia
Brakuje dobrych tenisistów w ATP

DUN I LOVE zawsze na rację. Jeśli jest inaczej - patrz punkt pierwszy.

Największa szansa na nowego młodego mistrza
wielkoszlemowego moim zdaniem:
Roland Garros 2019 Thiem
Roland Garros 2020 Thiem

O tak, wygrywaj z geriatrią w szlemach Dominic zanim sam się nią staniesz.

Byłby numer gdyby ktoś urodzony już w trzecim tysiącleciu wygrał szlema przed tymi urodzonymi w ostatniej dekadzie XX wieku, co nie Polo?

[Damian]

Kwalifikacje:
OUT: Chung, Hyeon
IN: Robredo, Tommy

[Damian]

Barrere liderem w wyścigu o dziką kartę.

[Damian]

WC Barrere, Gregoire

[Mario]

Miałem pisać w challengerowych tematach, że Halys wziął się do roboty, bo ogarnął, że nie dostanie WC na krzywy ryj. A skoro oni prowadzą jakiś wyścig po dzikie karty, to jest to jeszcze bardziej zrozumiałe.

[Damian]

WC Halys, Quentin
WC Hoang, Quentin
WC Janvier, Maxime
WC Mahut, Nicolas
WC Moutet, Corentin
WC Popyrin, Alexei
WC Paul, Tommy

Kwalifikacje:
WC Benchetrit, Elliot
WC Blancaneaux, Geoffrey
WC Cornut-Chauvinc, Antoine
WC Denolly, Corentin
WC Gaston, Hugo
WC Guinard, Manuel
WC Martineau, Matteo
WC Muller, Alexandre
WC Tatlot, Johan-Sebastian

[Mario]

Dostał Mahut na krzywy ryj, jak za rok powie, że w 2020 kończy (oby tak było), to pewnie też dostanie.