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Bernard on the clay 2012

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#1 ·
Here's the thread to discuss the remaining clay tournaments scoring and results :)

Clay results thus far:

Code:
Rome
R64 def. Giraldo 4-6 6-2 6-4
R32 lost Djokovic 3-6 3-6

Madrid
R64 lost Stepanek 2-6 5-7

Munich
R32 def. Rochus 6-4 6-3
R16 def. Starace 6-1 6-7 6-3
QF lost Lopez 4-6 2-6

Barcelona
R64 def. Gulbis 6-3 6-4
R32 lost Montanes 0-6 7-5 5-7

Monte Carlo
R64 def. Istomin 6-4 6-3
R32 lost Dolgopolov 2-6 7-5 1-6
He has one more warmup tournament in Nice before Roland Garros, where he will be seeded, and then he is scheduled to play Stuttgart after Wimbledon.
 
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#90 ·
Atleast he got a bye....I don't expect him to achieve anything untill closer to the end of the year, gonna take him a while to get his head and training straightened out and going where it needs to go IMO I would like to be proven wrong though :)
Who's top seeds at stuttgart btw?
 
#91 ·
Yes I agree, it'll take a while to get his head in the game and be training properly and all that... Hopefully Olympic results will be ok though. (still not sure why he's preceding the Olympics that are on grass with two clay tournaments...)

Top seeds at Stuttgart are Tipsarevic and Monaco. 4th seed is Youzhny.
 
#92 ·
I think the reason why he's got these 2 claycourt tournaments in stead of maybe andover grass an hard court is because I don't think expects too much at the Olympics so he wants to get a couple more matched on clay to prepare for the Davis cup after Olympics which is held on clay. also I believe he wants to show rafter that he is getting his priorities right, by this I mean putting Davis cup practice and preparation before getting potentially a couple more wins at said grass/hard court tournament instead
 
#94 ·
It is hard to be hopeful for anything great after the recent disappointments. The Olympics will be tough because I believe there are only 16 seeds and no byes so he could face one of the top guys in the first round.

The Goffin loss really hurt ranking wise... Looking at the live rank site for the post-Wimbledon rankings, Bernard will be 510 points behind from where he was before at #28.

yeah, the Davis Cup tie will be September 14-16 on clay in Hamburg, Germany.
 
#105 · (Edited)
First set

Bernard serving and holds 1-0
breaks 2-0, holds for 3-0
Long game but he holds 4-1
Back on serve 4-3 :(
Bellucci playing better now, 4-4
5-5
Bellucci breaks to serve for the set 6-5
Bernard breaks back on the 6th try 6-6
First set Bellucci 7-6

Second set

Bellucci holds 1-0
2-2
Bellucci breaks 4-2
5-2 Bellucci
Bellucci wins 7-6 6-3
 
#108 ·
Win or lose, as long as Tomic keeps up his current attitude, I'm happy. Alot better than ive seen lately....he's doing little fist pumps upon winning points looking like he's into the match more, rather than a sort of lulled attitude. So far aswell, when presented with a neutral rally he has been trying to construct points, not pushing nothing.
And bellucci has found some form and just broke back for 3-4 on serve. It will be interesting to see how this match turns out
 
#117 · (Edited)
First set

Bernard broken 0-1, good start from Paire...
2-0 Paire
3-0 Paire
4-0 Paire
5-0 Paire
6-0 Paire :rolleyes:

Second set

Bernard wins a game 1-0 :eek:
2-1 Tomic on serve
Paire saves a BP and holds 2-2
3-2 Tomic
Another BP chance gone, 3-3
Paire breaks 4-3
Back on serve 4-4
Broken again, 5-4 Paire
6-4

6-0 6-4 Paire wins
 
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