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Postby VillaJ100 » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:04

Moralspain wrote:
Cro Morgan wrote:
ensaimada wrote:Winner: Soderling
Final: Soderling VS Querrey
Sf:
Soderling VS Cilic and
Querrey VS Nadal
QF:
Federer VS Cilic
Murray VS Soderling
Isner VS Nadal
Roddick VS Querrey


Too many people picking Soderling. Think I'm gonna have to go with Isner. :tu :yikes


Many people think Isner is like Karlovic, but in my opinion Isner is much better player, and has a lot more room for improvement, besides his forehand is awesome when he´s on fire, so it´s not a bad pick Cro.


Yeah thats true. karlovic just had a titanic serve, a average volley and a backhand slice. Isner is much more well rounded.
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Postby AUSSIE_FABS » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:55

I would say ivo has a lot better volley than isner. Last time I saw isner play (highlights don't count lol) and he missed/pushed so many volleys and shots at the net.
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Postby VillaJ100 » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:08

True but karlovic is a lot older, volleyers tend to mature a bit later, like mid 20's. i think isner shows much more potential.
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Postby djarvik » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:39

I like Big John a lot, but, I have to disagree about the potential part. I am not so sure there is a lot of it there. He pretty much plays out of his skin now. I mean he is a tall, big, slow guy; with very compact strokes (especially BH).

He will never be fast. He is already powerful and consistent.....when the ball is in his strike zone. ...but he struggles with low balls and struggles when stretched to BH side...even a little bit. 80% of his points come from an already excellent, maxed out serve.

I think its all wishful thinking.

One thing that can probably put him in top 10 maybe 5 for a year or two is Volley. He has a decent volley, but not a "good" volley he should have with his size.
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Postby VillaJ100 » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:23

djarvik wrote:I like Big John a lot, but, I have to disagree about the potential part. I am not so sure there is a lot of it there. He pretty much plays out of his skin now. I mean he is a tall, big, slow guy; with very compact strokes (especially BH).

He will never be fast. He is already powerful and consistent.....when the ball is in his strike zone. ...but he struggles with low balls and struggles when stretched to BH side...even a little bit. 80% of his points come from an already excellent, maxed out serve.

I think its all wishful thinking.

One thing that can probably put him in top 10 maybe 5 for a year or two is Volley. He has a decent volley, but not a "good" volley he should have with his size.


Ohh no by potential i dont think he'l be as good as say del potro lol, just shows potential to be better than karlovic was/is
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Postby TomBs » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:37

Well hey, Olivier Rochus took the 1st set 6-2 off Djokovic. 4-4 in 2nd set now.
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Postby fedfan » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:39

TomBs wrote:Well hey, Olivier Rochus took the 1st set 6-2 off Djokovic. 4-4 in 2nd set now.


What! I think this guy has only won 1 ATP match all year.
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Postby Yippie-Caiay » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:40

ensaimada wrote:Winner: Soderling
Final: Soderling VS Querrey
Sf:
Soderling VS Cilic and
Querrey VS Nadal
QF:
Federer VS Cilic
Murray VS Soderling
Isner VS Nadal
Roddick VS Querrey


i thought that was surprise, that i was the only man in the world to put him as champion! :( :lol:
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Postby TomBs » Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:43

Olivier Rochus won 3 matches this year, lost 8. Djokovic is really struggling on 2nd service though, he's only winning 32% of the points on it.
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Postby fedfan » Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:30

Bye Bye Djokovic.
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Postby GOA MASTER MDMA » Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:31

he loose ?
really?
thats so bad for my draw
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Postby fedfan » Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:36

Querry gone aswell. :(
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Postby Moralspain » Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:39

Hanescu ruined everything :cry: , i still have Fish (and chips) though :lol:
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Postby Elargento » Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:14

to think i had a djokovic/ljubicic QF draw, completly ruined. now let's hope Nadal can take advantage of this happenings.
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Postby Moralspain » Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04

Fish is about to beat Murray, and as you know guys...Mardy is my pick to get the title :D :D
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