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the "please don't get drawn against fed or andy" indian wells thread

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#1 ·
so how do we think the fishy is going to do??? i wanna see him get somewhere half decent in this one.
but no more draws like the last 2 can't take another tournament of all my boys squished in the same section.
 
#2 ·
I hope Mardy gets a decent draw, too. he actually has R16 points to defend, and where his ranking is, if he doesn't defend them all, he will drop out of the top 50.
 
#4 ·
Maybe there is no pressure anymore for Mardy. The Daviscup Team also lost without him (and with Andre) so maybe he can relax a little and do a few rounds.

Was Mardy in Carson??
I noticed that for the Dutch team everyone was there in Switzerland, the injured players (Verkerk, Sluiter) and also the ones that were not called in the team this time (Van Lottum). Great team spirit I thought. Did anyone spot Mardy or Vince or was it just Dent in the stands?
 
#5 ·
on Friday, we only saw Taylor. khyber said he saw Justin Gimelstob. We thought that James, Mardy, Robby, etc, might be there since Indian Wells is coming up and Carson is pretty closeby, but we couldn't spot any of them in the stands (and we were sitting right across from the US team so we had a good view)
 
#6 · (Edited)
Amer Delic was there too. He was the other practice partner along with Dent.

Debstah said:
I hope Mardy gets a decent draw, too. he actually has R16 points to defend, and where his ranking is, if he doesn't defend them all, he will drop out of the top 50.
He got the very last direct entry spot into Monte Carlo. If he drops any lower than he is now, he will have to play qualifying in Rome & probably Hamburg.
 
#7 ·
i think he'll do well if he doens't get a draw as evil as the last 2 or at least i hope he will!
 
#8 ·
smucav said:
He got the very last direct entry spot into Monte Carlo. If he drops any lower than he is now, he will have to play qualifying in Rome & probably Hamburg.
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Have fun trying to qualify on clay, Mardy :haha:
 
#10 ·
i wonder if he'd even bother trying to qualify, to be honest.
 
#12 ·
this is terrible...hes gotta find form!!
 
#13 ·
Mardy probably should've entered the Sunrise challenger - a lot of people enter then if they win a couple rounds at IW they pull out. At least that way he'd have a chance to get in some good matches. It's a very strong field for a challenger. Mardy needs to win more than one match in a row, which he has not done since the Olympics. If it means entering some challengers or having to qualify for tournaments that gives him the kick in the ass, then so be it. Come on Mardy, we know you're better than this!
 
#15 ·
Well, he didn't get drawn against one of the guys you wanted

(1) Roger Federer v. Bye
Jan-Michael Gambill v. Mardy Fish
Qualifier v. Gilles Muller
Bye v. (26) Radek Stepanek

Looks like he won't be getting past his second round drought anytime soon :(
 
#17 ·
oh, man....he could have trouble with Jan-Mike, quite frankly.

Poor Mardy :sad:
 
#18 ·
Flushing_Ace said:
Well, he didn't get drawn against one of the guys you wanted

(1) Roger Federer v. Bye
Jan-Michael Gambill v. Mardy Fish
Qualifier v. Gilles Muller
Bye v. (26) Radek Stepanek

Looks like he won't be getting past his second round drought anytime soon :(
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr why why why why why do they stick my boys against each other AGAIN! i think mardy may struggle to even get past jan mike to be honest :eek: i'd love to see either of them take roger out but i can't see it happening ever!
 
#19 ·
Well, if you have to play Roger, you'd rather play him in his first match than later. that's about the only upside I can possibly think of.
 
#20 ·
aceit said:
I saw the draw and almost screamed. :(
i did scream it's my boys against eachother AGAIN!!!!!!! :bigcry:
 
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#21 ·
Debstah said:
Well, if you have to play Roger, you'd rather play him in his first match than later. that's about the only upside I can possibly think of.

i'd be in heaven if jan-mike or mardy could take fed out would be great ditto if robby could knock lleyton out but as much as i love them and believe in them i just don't know if they have it them esp mardy at the mo but hopefully the short break has done him well and he'll be ok but who knows.
 
#23 ·
The draw does not look good at all for him. If he does get past the first round, you can amost gurantee that he will lose the next round against Federer. I don't think that he is yet ready to beat top guys yet. It is going to be tough, but we will have to see if he first of all can get through round one.
 
#24 ·
pfffffffffff
 
#26 ·
fingers crossed i think he's gonna struggle with this one but we'll see. i'm not gonna be at work for the end of the match so gonna miss it :(
 
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