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#589 ·
Hahahaha.. didn't stand a chance. Just as I predicted. I don't get WHY some of you would have Vasek as the favorite in this match up? He is NOT that good yet to beat the #1 seed
 
#590 ·
i think people just got excited about vasek during his rogers cup, us open and davis cup success. That made people think vasek was better then he is, fact is he is not ready to make the jump to top 100 quite yet

that being said he could have beaten sweeting who has done crap all year since fluking a title and i wouldnt say he had no chance. Also..why so hard on him? your coming off like a hater
 
#593 ·
I'm confused, I thought Vasek was gonna play the US challengers for the rest of the year? He hasn't signed up for Charlottsville in just over 2 weeks, and he's on the ALT list for Valencia qualies(13th ALT, would likely get in if he went). So is he gonna play the ATP qualies now or what?
 
#597 ·
we had the same argument a year ago when Milos was on the ALT list for Valencia qualies, Milos was the 12th ALT and got in, the 18th ALT got in too. So I'll use the same apparently unconvincing argument now as I did then. Lots of players withdraw from the qualies, and usually the a day or 2 before they start. a lot of the alts in front of his are probably on basel's qualies alt list too, and likely will withdraw. happened last year and I expect it to happen again this year. If he goes I expect him to get in:p

Why? I am his fan, but I'm not deluded either. He's on his way up, not quite there yet. I don't believe he's good enough to beat someone like Sweeting, and it turns out I was right. He'll probably be able to beat him in the future, but not now, it's too soon.
it wasn't the part about not expecting him to win, I kinda thought the match was 50/50. But it's the part about saying hahahahahah, I was right. who cares if you were right, you're acting like a friggin child. You seem happier that you were right, and could careless about the him losing. A real fan wouldn't make a comment like that and wouldn't care about being right if being wrong meant that Vasek won
 
#599 ·
Vasek Pospisil: My next tournament will be the qualifying draw of the ATP event in St. Petersburg, Russia. Still don't have my visa though so that might be a problem haha!
Maybe he wants to venture the main tour a bit before the season ends. Even though there's a high chance that it would turn out to be a way too ambitious idea or it could mean missing opportunities to earn more points on the challenger circuit though, I don't mind this approach too much.
 
#600 ·
I kinda figured that if he was gonna play the Qualies in Valencia that he would go play either Vienna or St Petes qualies this upcoming week. Judging by the strength of the Moscow qualies draw Vasek will have a good shot to m ake the MD in st. Petes
 
#602 ·
What is the point of him trying out for MD's all of a sudden? I understand he wants to follow in Milos' footsteps, but it's WAY too early.. it's premature. I don't get why he's jumping almost directly from futures to MD's? he spent forever in the futures level, and a fairly short amount of time on the challenger level, where he only got so-so results. Before you say anything, yes.. I know this is basically the case of Milos, but Milos was a special case, Vasek is not Milos. Vasek needs more time to develop his game. What makes he think he's good enough to beat players regularly in the MD when he can't even beat guys in challengers? Uhm.. something is is seriously screwed up with his logic here.

I am a fan of Vasek, and I think he can reach the MD, and beat guys there in time, but not now.. it's just too soon
 
#605 ·
First of all in the past 3 years Vasek has played 37 challenger tournaments including main draw and qualies. Guess how many futures he's played? 37. Exactly the same. So he didn't spend forever in the futures level, and little time in challangers. He's only played 8 more futures events in his entire career compared to challengers.

he's played a nice few tournaments on the challenger tour, virtually this entire year and he's 22-11 this year, so that's pretty good success. He hasn't won a tournament or made the finals no but still consistently making QF. Milos on the other hand won like what 9 matches in his challenger tour career? Vasek has played far more challenger matches than Milos did. And with his consistent results, I see nothing wrong with him taking a couple shots in ATP qualies towards the end of the year when draws are weaker and he's playing on a surface that probably suits his game. Also this is the exactl same thing that Milos did last year. Nobody knew that he was gonna light it up, but that's why you take a shot at it, look what happened, he hasn't looked back to the challanger tour since. Vasek seems to up his game when playing better competition, or that's what his results tend to show, he might light it up and never go back too, or he might not, you won't know unless you take that shot. We're not talking about Pere Riba or Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, play challengers that suit your game until you're ranked top 50 and then flounder on the main tour.

And if there's something wrong with Vasek trying ATP qualies then there has got to be something wrong with 95% of the people who play ATP qualies, just look at Stockholm or Moscow qualies, Vasek would beat the large majority of them, so why don't they just play challangers unti;l they're ready too?
 
#606 ·
Seems like a great time for vasek to take a chance when he has no points to defend and i think its time for him to make the progression of starting to play atp qualis. Hes 132 in the world there is nothing premature about this decision. Also the jump to atp is always much easier for players like vasek and milos who have big weapons that get them free points
 
#607 ·
Guys.. did you not read what I wrote? I said I know Milos basically skipped the challenger level and went right to the 250 and 500 events, that doesn't mean Vasek is able to make a smooth transition like Milos. They're not one person. And again, like I said.. Milos was a special case, you can't expect everyone to make it like Milos did.

I am not a hater. I believe Vasek can do it in the future, but I still think it's premature for him to do well in the smaller ATP events. I just don't think he's ready yet. His game is not good enough yet to beat guys in the smaller ATP events. Sorry, it's just my opinion. I think it would have been smarter for him to compete at the challenger level a little while longer.

We'll see who's right soon enough I guess ;) I do hope I'm wrong, of course.. I hope Vasek can prove me wrong. I want him to do well. But at the same time I'm being realistic, seems to me that some people on here are being WAY too optimistic and hypes him like there's no tomorrow. You have to admit that Vasek is a bit overrated on here, compared to the game he has. You have you head buried in the sand if you can't see the many flaws in his game. And please be honest with yourself: do you think he'll be able to beat guys at the ATP 250 tour? Think about that for a while, try to be objective. Like I said.. I see a lot of potential in the guy, I really do, but I still think this is a bit premature. I think he should try and get better, try and develop his game further, make some more progress on the challenger level before the 250 events. Again, this is just my opinion, you are free to disagree.

We'll see who's right though :)
 
#608 ·
Guys.. did you not read what I wrote? I said I know Milos basically skipped the challenger level and went right to the 250 and 500 events, that doesn't mean Vasek is able to make a smooth transition like Milos. They're not one person. And again, like I said.. Milos was a special case, you can't expect everyone to make it like Milos did.
I think you are placing WAY too much significance on this. You act as if Vasek is going to exclusively try to qualify for ATP events the rest of his career. In reality, he's trying out for ATP events for two weeks. I'm not saying Vasek will for sure succeed at the ATP level, but I think, given his good form and confidence, and the end of the season coming, it's worth a shot. Also, look at the damn schedule. There's only a clay challenger in Brazil next week, which he wouldn't play anyway, so in reality he's only opting to replace one US challenger with two ATP tries. Don't act like he's giving up months worth of challengers or something.

And when has anyone implied that he's going to have the same success as Milos? You keep saying that as if we all expect him to be winning these tournaments, but you are the only one even implying that.

It's entirely possible he could lose first round qualies in both his tries - that doesn't mean it wasn't worth a shot, because the cost is relatively little. If that happens, and you try to claim that that somehow makes me wrong and you right, then you aren't comprehending what I'm saying at all.
 
#613 ·
7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Quite tight match, though it doesn't look like that by the number of the total pts won in each set.

In the opening service game of the final set, save 4BPs and then get broken on the 5th, playing 18 pts. Then break back to love immediately. Face a BP at *3-3 and one more at *5-3

QFR: Kudryavtsev
 
#616 ·
Frederic Niemeyer: @VasekPospisil stop trying to speak czech in Russia- they don't understand you.

*****

Vasek Pospisil: After the first set today, my Russian opponent decided he was too tired to continue. I guess he had places to be and things to do.

(And I was thinking this time his joke went over the line...)

Frederic Niemeyer: @VasekPospisil opponent today, Kumantsov, partied too much during the week, he wanted to go back to bed after the 1st set- crazy Russians.
The best part is that it is true. A lot of talented players in Russia. A lot of talent wasted.

*****

Frederic Niemeyer: Sharing Hotel room w/ @VasekPospisil St-Petersburg. He has so many funny habits. I want to share with the world but not sure where to start. You can definitely see that @VasekPospisil is used to have roommates on the road. Every little moves he makes is well calculated to his favor.

Vasek Pospisil: I dont consider showering a funny habit @fredniemeyer, if thats what you're referring to. You should try it sometimes, you might enjoy it : )

Frederic Niemeyer: @VasekPospisil I HAVE to shower at the club because you are using our bathroom as a clothes line. IT SOOOOOOO SMELLY in there WOW!!!!

*****

Frederic Niemeyer: He takes his shower/bath with his little duck. He carries it every week. Is he really 21 years old?



anna_tennisfan: @fredniemeyer this is a mark of a true champion (& Roger's Cup winner), as evidenced here: http://yfrog.com/gzrhkcmj (CC: @VasekPospisil )

Frederic Niemeyer: I'll be nice to him before heading to bed (match AM). He sleeps in his sexy undies and shirtless-sexy body!

Vasek Pospisil: @fredniemeyer I may use a duck but at least i have a sexy body (as u said urself). Something you can only dream of at your old age.

Vasek Pospisil: Too tired to keep arguing with a 35 year old child. Ill get some pics of @fredniemeyer tmrw and put an end to this once and for all, muhahaa

*****

Frederic Niemeyer: @VasekPospisil "DRINK WATER". As a coach, u have to try all the techniques to pass ur message when it doesn't work.Young generation-INTERNET!


I love banter between these two on twitter. It's like they are made for each other. :couple:
 
#617 ·
Vasek drew Seppi in the first round.

As long as it wasn't Cilic I'm happy, I think I would have preferred Chardy slightly because 2nd round would have been Sela who upset Dolgopolov. But Seppi is just as good really
 
#621 ·
HAH! he lost the first set, just like I knew he would..

and no.. I'm not happy he's losing.. I am a fan. But I am enjoying the slap in the face to the deluded fans who are hyping him up to the skies. He is very overrated in here. Like I said.. it's too soon for him to try to go for the MDs. He's not ready yet. He won't win any matches in the MD anyway. It's better to just focus on the challengers for now.
 
#623 ·
- 3-4* to *4-4
- four separate BPs at 5-6*, saving a few SPs

- 3-0* to *3-3
- in the TB, 2-0* / *2-1 / *2-2, *3-4 / *3-5

He wasn't happy with some line calls and started to look a bit listless on return after losing the lead in the 2nd. All in all, I don't think he played poorly. Besides the low % of 1st serving, Vashy did what he was supposed to do and Seppi was solid enough to draw errors on important points.

Anyway, I think he needs to improve his BH (drive/top spin) more than anything else to take the next step. He uses slice BH quite often, but it's nothing but purely depensive shot. It may be helpful to stay in rallies though, to me, it's too floaty and lacks the nastiness to be a effective shot on the main tour. Oh, and he got burned by dropshot several times in the 1st, as he tends to stand a bit too far behind the baseline.
 
#626 ·
Yeah, you're making yourself look like a total Moron.

He didn't lose any point by playing qualies this week btw, as you stated before, had he chosen to play the only challenger this week it would have been on clay, he wouldn't have been seeded, so was likely to win 1 match max worth 8 points, he got 12 for qualifying here;)
 
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#630 ·
To play close with Seppi with such poor service numbers is a decent showing, but he won't win many matches at any level serving under 50%. Still, sounds like he played fairly well despite that.

I actually quite enjoy the fact that despite nobody predicting Vasek would win, FormerRafaFan still thinks that this match proved people wrong somehow. Definitely some quality humour there :)
Yeah, of course I'm the one who's clueless here, clueless because I'm right? But you're not clueless at all predicting he would win when he didn't? riiiight.. ok then :rolleyes:
 
#628 ·
To play close with Seppi with such poor service numbers is a decent showing, but he won't win many matches at any level serving under 50%. Still, sounds like he played fairly well despite that.

I actually quite enjoy the fact that despite nobody predicting Vasek would win, FormerRafaFan still thinks that this match proved people wrong somehow. Definitely some quality humour there :)
 
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