the "Kiwi- thanks for the win! BUT WE WANT MORE!!" Miami 2006 thread !!!

:cool:

Kiefer def. bye

so he's already in the 2nd round :smoke: :cool:

haha okay, of course I know what you mean: he shall win a match, making the third round! :rocker2:

Damn Mary, I really hope you're the lucky charm this time ;) I was close to be supersticious and thought "damn, maybe somebody else should make the Miami thread now" :lol:

:haha: I changed the title for you Dani ;)

I hope so too. If I could I'd go down there, but there's a little band called Fall Out Boy who would rather see me. Sorry Kiwi... :hug: I SEND KIWI HAPPY THOUGHTS! :kiss:

Ok it is late and I just arrived from california so this message will be short but i will write everything that has happenned in indian wells tomorrow.You want to know where Nicolas is? i will tell you.I got to the airport this morning following an ATP car..who do I see..no way in hell..YES Nicolas.I mean others stayed too after they lost BUT they practiced,he didn't.I was going to my gate when I heard HEY.I turned around,there he was with Sasha,who was carrying all their luggages! lol.So I told him that I was surprised to see him and he asked me why I had to go back home for 2 days.I said to pick up my aunt and I will be there on monday.He smiled and said ok i see you there but don't bring cold weather with you.I later saw him at gate 2,he was reading a book.So he is NOW in miami.ok i am tired.I did my best to cheer for him.Mathieu was just too good.Too bad cause he had practiced a lot.I had a great time and will write more tomorrow.

bye

ok here I go.I arrived in indian wells pretty late on march 7th with a broken luggage,i wasn't too happy plus my sidekick is now dead.Karen,i lost your phone number,you need to email it to me on my aol email.Anyway on march 8th,i got there early.at 9am,there he was jogging shirtless.I got closer and he finally saw me,smiled and said hi and that he would talk to me after his practice.He was practicing with..Safin.Lots of people of course because of Safin.At some point Safin screamed at Nicolas:hey Kiefer why are you hitting so hard this early? Nicolas,not finding this funny at all said:just hit the ball so i said to Nicolas,it is called a practice! Nicolas smiled.After an hour,Nicolas left,people asked for autographs and he was like..get out of my way.I was waiting in a corner and he joined me and we talked.On march 9th,it was cold..so cold.at 9am he was strenghing.He then went to practice with an italian player.I met his wife and kids.They have a 2 years old son and he was hitting the ball already.I was playing with him and Nicolas was like..what is she doing? lol. So i told him,you have a champion right here.lol.Nicolas on that day had like 3 sweaters on,some said that he looked like crap.He practiced 2 hours.March 10th,he practiced again with Sasha.On march 11th,it was raining,so i went shopping with a friend,i got a new luggage.On march 12th i got there at 9am,he was already practicing.I had on my italian soccer vest on.he looked at me and he said i don't like that sweater.lol.then he got mad,screamed at Sasha and hit the water cooler..and broke it.he then after went jogging for 30 minutes.on march 13th,i got up knowing that he was going to lose.At 9am he was on court no2 practicing.i was coughing and he stopped practicing,asking if i was fine.lol.i was there first row to see him lose.he didn't fight at all.Sasha was near me,he was screaming during 3 hours.lol.after the match,Janine had to pick up his clothes on court cause he had forgotten everything.that is basically what happenned at the tournament.he is now in miami.i will let you know that is going on there by computer cause they have some computers at the tournament.

Thanks Karine for the update :yeah:
Lets hope he has a good preparation for Miami :(

Thanks Karine for the update :yeah:
Lets hope he has a good preparation for Miami :(

No problem.I am leaving at 3am tonight for miami.He is staying at the same hotel as me so I will get the chance to see him more often and talk to him.Plus we usually have breakfast at the same time.He doesn't like miami too much,at least not as much as Indian wells.He doesn't like the nightlife too much.I will try my best to cheer him up.He has to do something in miami at least! I hope that I can get a computer there.

bye

All the best Kiwi! ;)

Good luck Kiwi!

:lol:

Karlovic or Santoro in his first match!

It's time to beat this guy. :armed:

:lol:

Karlovic or Santoro in his first match!

It's time to beat this guy. :armed:

yeah 0-6 Head to Head :lol:

Go Kiwi :) Tommy has a f..... draw too..... :rolleyes:

thanks for report :wavey:
Kiwi needs to be more friendly towards autograph hunters and fans
sometimes I think he likes being the bad boy :rolleyes:

good luck to Kiwi anyway in Miami :yeah:
he says on his homepage he doesnt like the new developments considering hawk eye

main draw!

(1) FEDERER, Roger SUI v Bye
Qualifier v CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
HORNA, Luis PER v MAYER, Florian GER
Bye v (27) HAAS, Tommy GER
(24) ANDREEV, Igor RUS v Bye
BRACCIALI, Daniele ITA v Qualifier
TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS v Qualifier
Bye v (14) FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP

(9) BLAKE, James USA v Bye
BERLOCQ, Carlos ARG v (WC) YOUNG, Donald USA
(WC) PHILIPPOUSSIS, Mark AUS v SANGUINETTI, Davide ITA
Bye v (23) NIEMINEN, Jarkko FIN
(32) CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG v Bye
RUSEDSKI, Greg GBR v YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS
VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL v PASHANSKI, Boris SCG
Bye v (8) GAUDIO, Gaston ARG

(4) RODDICK, Andy USA v Bye
PAVEL, Andrei ROM v MARTIN, Alberto ESP
SEPPI, Andreas ITA v SPADEA, Vincent USA
Bye v (31) VERDASCO, Fernando ESP
(17) HRBATY, Dominik SVK v Bye
Qualifier v SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn THA
SAFIN, Marat RUS v HENMAN, Tim GBR
Bye v (13) HEWITT, Lleyton AUS

(11) FERRER, David ESP v Bye
MONTANES, Albert ESP v Qualifier
LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP v (WC) KUZNETSOV, Alex USA
Bye v (19) GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA
(29) ROCHUS, Olivier BEL v Bye
MULLER, Gilles LUX v MIRNYI, Max BLR
MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA v DJOKOVIC, Novak SG
Bye v (7) CORIA, Guillermo ARG

(5) DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS v Bye
Qualifier v Qualifier
Qualifier v (WC) QUERREY, Sam USA
Bye v (25) BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP
(22) ANCIC, Mario CRO v Bye
MELZER, Jurgen AUT v Qualifier
SIMON, Gilles FRA v SERRA, Florent FRA
Bye v (12) GASQUET, Richard FRA

(15) STEPANEK, Radek CZE v Bye
MALISSE, Xavier BEL v (WC) LAPENTTI, Nicolas ECU
MASSU, Nicolas CHI v SLUITER, Raemon NED
Bye v (21) ROBREDO, Tommy ESP
(26) BERDYCH, Tomas CZE v Bye
ZIB, Tomas CZE v ACASUSO, Jose ARG
Qualifier v GOLDSTEIN, Paul USA
Bye v (3) NALBANDIAN, David ARG

(6) LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO v Bye
BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE v VIK, Robin CZE
Qualifier v Qualifier
Bye v (30) VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA
(20) GINEPRI, Robby USA v Bye
CARLSEN, Kenneth DEN v SAULNIER, Cyril FRA
ROCHUS, Christophe BEL v MOODIE, Wesley RSA
Bye v (10) AGASSI, Andre USA

(16) KIEFER, Nicolas GER v Bye
SANTORO, Fabrice FRA v KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO
MURRAY, Andy GBR v WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI
Bye v (18) GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI
(28) MONFILS, Gael FRA v Bye
MONACO, Juan ARG v CALLERI, Agustin ARG
MOYA, Carlos ESP v HANESCU, Victor ROM
Bye v (2) NADAL, Rafael ESP

My dream match of Kiwi vs Rafa could happen!!!!!!!!! *crosses fingers*

:wavey: Thanks girls for all this information :worship: Hey Karine, how are you :confused: I'm missing you a lot!!!
Well my best wishes for Nicolito in Miami :hug: Boa Sorte!!! Te deseo lo mejor!!!
But I don't know if I want to see him against :inlove: Rafi :inlove:... I don't know whom I'm gonna support to... :scared:
:kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :bigwave:

he says on his homepage he doesnt like the new developments considering hawk eye
Yes, that's really surprising somehow and I must say I can't understand why he is still so sceptical about that after testing already at Hopman Cup.

I mean, he's the one who is upset about the calls on the court all the time and some replays showed that he was wrong on some calls which he argued in his own field. And he's a professional who practises or plays almost every day, so you could guess he has enough experience and his eye is well-trained enough. But still mistakes do happen. And I don't think that putting the money in the training of the line umpires, how he suggests it, would solve the problem. Some things are just unbelievably hard to see and very hard to decide, whether a few millimeters of the balls caught the line or not, and this all with the speed of today's game. So why not let the technology help you? I welcome it and I hope it works fine.

I thought he said at Hopman Cup, that he liked it? So I'm very surprised about this entry, too... :scratch:

Disputing line calls is a big part of his game, I am not surprised that he doesn't like it. Who will he stare down and cuss at now? :)

Disputing line calls is a big part of his game, I am not surprised that he doesn't like it. Who will he stare down and cuss at now? :)

I have no doubt that he will find someone :lol:

I'm not sure if I can be here when Kiwi plays... Good luck, Kiwi!!! :woohoo: :bounce:

Go and take some of Santoro's magic away! :yeah:
Would be about time after six loses :fiery: :smash:

I'm not sure if I can be here when Kiwi plays... Good luck, Kiwi!!! :woohoo: :bounce:

Go and take some of Santoro's magic away! :yeah:
Would be about time after six loses :fiery: :smash:

I have a bad feeling :tape: :sad:

OMG what is he doing to us?! What a nerve-racking match! First he blows his 4-2 lead in the 3rd set, then he needs 5 break points to get that break.

But this was the match he needed to win. Now he's the favourite in his eighth or even in his quarter. But the next match against Gonzalez won't be much different I fear. :tape:

7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 :worship:

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First I'm glad that he won!!! So celebration :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

haha, when looking at his next opponent with Gonzalez, I fear that Gonzalez could have one of these very good days again where he hits almost every shot. On the other side, Gonzalez also gives some hope that he could have a bad day as it is safe to say that he's not the most consistent going around for sure ;)

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haha, was ist das denn für eine Flagge? :confused:
einfach willkürlich oder bedeutet sie tatsächlich etwas?

not a very convincing scorelines, but a win is still a win :yeah: well done, Kiwi :)

Good luck next round, and please fight hard, considering Rafael has lost :devil:

WOOT!

:woohoo:

well done :yeah:

haha, was ist das denn für eine Flagge? :confused:
einfach willkürlich oder bedeutet sie tatsächlich etwas?

Hatte keine bessere gefunden. Ich weiß nicht was die bedeutet, aber zumindest waren die 96-Vereinsfarben drin. ;)

yes, Kiwi!!! The curse is over !? :bigclap: :dance:

Finally a win against Santoro. Well done Kiwi!!! :yeah:

Good job kiwi !
next vs Gonzalez...

:lol: I like the title :lol:

good luck today Kiwi :bounce:

The scoreboard is down AND KIWI IS STARTING!

Kiwi def. Gonzo 6-2 3-6 7-5 :bounce: :woohoo:

I only followed the scoreboard while watching TV (unfortunately I couldn't watch Kiwi's match), but it was a typical roller-coaster from Kiwi again.

My mood was like:
1st set: cool, Kiwi is really hot today, Gonzo must be hitting crazy with so many unforced errors, I'm quite positive this could be a two set match for Kiwi.
2nd set: oh fuck, he lost focus now since the middle of the set, I hope he wins in three
3rd set: damn, he's down a break early... damn, he's down *1-3 and 0-40, hopeless! :eek: but he saved this situation and another three breakpoints of Gonzo in the third set, at least he stays in the match.... he breaks back, yeah! 7th game: Kiwi has 40-0, damn, he blows the lead and drops serve! :mad: ... Gonzalez serving for the match, 30-30, 30-40, do it Kiwi! no. ad Kiwi, do it now! noooo. ad Kiwi, finally he breaks back!

And this all with a happy end to win 7-5 in the third! Good attitude, Kiwi! :D :yeah: That's what we want to see!!!!

BTW... if somebody was so lucky to watch the match, then don't hold back on any impressions or recaps to give a rough overview what happened and how they both played ;)

woohoo!!

:woohoo:

great fight, Kiwi :)

The draw is open up for him, hope he can make the best use of it :angel:

Unbelievable win! I couldn't see a stream, I only heard the sound of the match for maybe 3 minutes and there was loud cheering for Gonzalez all the time. I'm sure this was as good as the Clement match last year.

Now one must-win to come, he shouldn't lose to Calleri. :yeah:

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great win and good fight again :) :yeah:
but one shouldnt underestimate Calleri

go Kiwi :woohoo:

Feña served df and missed one shot at *5-4 40-40,then I know Kiwi would win because Feña is a short-tempered player. :crazy: Kiwi's last serve was very good,so he needed not to play that many rallies to hold in love or 40-15! :yeah: Then in Feña's last serve,Kiwi didn't hit that fast in every shot,when Feña forced him,he ran fast and just played a high bounced ball to wait for his ue like Nadal,then Feña netted the ball. :sad:
I just hate this draw,too many players I like in the same 1/4 draw, :shout: but he deserves to win.Good luck in the next match! :rocker2:

Great win for Kiefer!

Kiwi :yeah: Keep that good work up :wavey:

Great win ! =)

BTW... if somebody was so lucky to watch the match, then don't hold back on any impressions or recaps to give a rough overview what happened and how they both played ;)

Someone recorded the match and put highlights in the Torrent thread in GM as a winamp file :) They are great

but one shouldnt underestimate Calleri
Yeah, that's the problem I'm afraid of. Calleri is like a surprise box, at best times he was always good for a few very good matches that made it very hard for his opponents to beat him, or almost unbeatable. But I don't think that Calleri is currently capable of doing this, so we have to see how Kiwi likes his game and how Kiwi plays himself.

Someone recorded the match and put highlights in the Torrent thread in GM as a winamp file :) They are great
Oh thanks for the notification about that, I hardly read this thread, so I would not have noticed it without you :)

Well done Kiwi! :rocker: I hope that he can keep it up in his next match.

Oh thanks for the notification about that, I hardly read this thread, so I would not have noticed it without you :)

no problem :)

:wavey:
Good win Nicolito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
:kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :bigwave:

Kiwi has good contact to top 10 again :yeah: That's important for him because he should take the chance for the Masters Cup seriously this season, after being early in such a good position getting the great Australian Open result.
The gap currently is just 50 points to #10 (Agassi). One more win would be worth 50 points and this could close the gap to Agassi. (and it depends upon the others remaining in the tournament, like Stepanek for example).

Ljubicic has beaten Rochus easily and quickly. Now Kiwi is soon on the court!

GOOD LUCK!!!!! :banana:

OH NO!!! :bigcry: Calleri stopped him.
has anyone seen the match? when I last looked at the scores he was leading in the 3rd set. :sad: i just really can't believe he lost it.

Kiwi lost to Calleri 6-3 3-6 5-7 :(

obviously he decided to give us not more wins this week ;)
I'm sure he would have liked to do it otherwise, if possible, sometimes you just can't and something stops you

OH NO!!! :bigcry: Calleri stopped him.
has anyone seen the match? when I last looked at the scores he was leading in the 3rd set. :sad: i just really can't believe he lost it.
He wasn't up a break in the third set. And he seemed to play a really very pathetic service game at *5-6 with two double faults and two stupid errors to be broken at love.

:sad:

i saw the game... kiefer played vGood in 1st set !
but in the end of the 1st set was bit nervous... dont know why ! looked that he lost his confidence... calleri played better and won the two next sets !

i saw the game... kiefer played vGood in 1st set !
but in the end of the 1st set was bit nervous... dont know why ! looked that he lost his confidence... calleri played better and won the two next sets !
Thanks for overview! :)

you are rather new, aren't you? welcome here! :wavey:
also I think you are the first Greek member to post in this forum ;)

:banghead: Does anyone know his current ranking?

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Thanks for overview! :)

you are rather new, aren't you? welcome here! :wavey:
also I think you are the first Greek member to post in this forum ;)
:wavey:
yep i am new... tnx !
yeah probably i am the 1st greek member here... but hope not the last :P

:wavey:
yep i am new... tnx !
yeah probably i am the 1st greek member here... but hope not the last :P

I'm half greek :wavey:

:banghead: Does anyone know his current ranking?
Depending on Ancic's next match, Kiwi should be #14 or #15 after this week.
Top 10 is close (50 points), top 8 or top 7 for secure Masters Cup qualification would require a lot of more because the gap to top10 and top8 is currently quite huge.

I'm half greek :wavey:
hey alexiana... so we are 1.5 greek members :P

Depending on Ancic's next match, Kiwi should be #14 or #15 after this week.
Top 10 is close (50 points), top 8 or top 7 for secure Masters Cup qualification would require a lot of more because the gap to top10 and top8 is currently quite huge.
yeah top10 is close... he can be there soon !

It's too bad that Kiwi lost, but he's on a good way. Let's see what he can do on the clay courts.

Well i am back.I already have a cold here.i am not made to stay in montreal.lol.anyway i am sorry but this year no computers in miami.i was surprised by that.anyway,i am now going to resume what went on in miami.of course i am writing what i can cause i have to respect his private life.so i arrive on monday 20th and i saw him late and he did a scene at the reception.he was mad,i don't know why so i was like not tonight.he left with sasha.the next day i saw him,he hugged and kissed me.we talked for a while about how he had a terrible draw and other stuff.the next day i had breakfast with him,like each day after.i introfuced him to my aunt.i was nervous that,how he was going to act.well all week he was adorable with her,even helping her orderring breakfast because she only speaks french.i saw him almost each night at starbucks.i was at all his practices.even one day,i was like where are you going? He said to grab his bag and follow.during one practice,he stopped and sasha was like what? There was a huge reptile on court and hrbaty was chasing it around the court,nicolas was scared.lol.nicolas signed autographs and took pics all week long,he was nice.his matches were intense.sasha didn't like me at first.i told nicolas and then sasha changed,even tried to say words in french.lol.once we were in the elevator,he was eating an ice cream and he told me to stop shopping.i was like..what? Me? Lol.he left on thursday,we said our goodbyes.it was sad but he was so happy to go back home.we talked about the world cup and his car came.i thanked him for a great month.that was that.now back in hell.if someone has question please email me.this is a short resume.

YOU'RE THE BEST KARINE!!!

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;)

:kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :bigwave:

There´s a good song by Robbie Williams that talks about some people here... can u guess which one????

I´ll post my kiefer pics later here...just like last year.
Just for u Neely :)

There´s a good song by Robbie Williams that talks about some people here... can u guess which one????

I´ll post my kiefer pics later here...just like last year.
Just for u Neely :)
just for me? haha, I feel honored! ;) :crazy:

And what song by Robbie Williams that talks about some people here do you mean?! :confused: I'm really confused now because I can't think of what it could be :o :lol: Tell us!