Thread Tools

Suzi · 08-08-2005, 04:33 PM

way de go!

lizabeth..* · 08-08-2005, 04:35 PM

good win. only managed to catch end of 2nd set. forgot tennis was being played this week >.< allez richie, continue this good form. now i am off to bed because its late, freezing and my dog is staring at me as if he is posessed.

*julie* · 08-08-2005, 04:38 PM

Congrats Richard!!!
So nice to see him back on tv

The 2nd set was a bit stressful, Youzhny rose his game but Richie played better in the key points...Well done!
Good luck for the next round!

Daniela_CABJ · 08-08-2005, 04:50 PM

He won!!! I'm happy for a lot of reasons: 1- he won, 2- I could see the match 3- commentators have pronounced his name right!

Congratulations Richard!

linus · 08-08-2005, 04:59 PM

richard, good guy, keep on!

delsa · 08-08-2005, 05:16 PM

Good win Richard. For a first match on decoturf, a change of surface, without any lead-up to the tournament and after a long hollyday, against a solid player (only in the second set...) it was good.

-Strong points: His serve! (just have look at the stats!

) his kicked ball do a LOT of damage and he made a lot of aces (some of them saved him...)..., as always his backhand (the passings he made on it were "lethal", in the t-b Youzhny even falled trying to catch one of them...), the fact that he still has this ability to focus, keep his head cold to win the important points and to always get himself out of trouble, his success when he ventured to the net (good stats in that department too i think...) which he did enough.
-Concerns: didn't play "long"/deep enough (two or three meters short each time) so he has to solve that and sometimes he was just topsining shots in not trying to be creative as he usually is...(

) so Youzhny could dictate the points, his movements because he isn't ok yet with how to move on hardcourt so sometimes he was late, his forehand which he can't hit flat accelerating as he usually does because he doesn't have time since he need a "long" preparation and he's late, his concentration which he lost at one point in the first set when he could have had a double break (4 missed bp...) etc...
(be kind with me: i don't know how to speak of tennis in English...)
All in all it was a great first match!

On to the second round!

I was so anxious! It's a relief to see he pulled that off quite well and easily.

I even suspect him not to have given his best.

silverwhite · 08-08-2005, 06:33 PM

Good analysis, Delsa. A few things to add. His returns were quite off today. He needs to return better against better servers like Seb or Paradorn. He attacked the net fairly often winning 18/20 points or something like that, so he should keep that up.

He seemed a little bothered by the heat though.

delsa · 08-08-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverwhite

Good analysis, Delsa. A few things to add. His returns were quite off today. He needs to return better against better servers like Seb or Paradorn. He attacked the net fairly often winning 18/20 points or something like that, so he should keep that up.

He seemed a little bothered by the heat though.

Thanks for adding that Silverwhite!

And everything seemed to be ok with his wrist too. I hope it won't be so hot during the whole tournament...

tennisgirl19 · 08-08-2005, 08:41 PM

Thanks Delsa and Silverwhite for your match analysis

Allez Richard

Jennay · 08-08-2005, 09:53 PM

Nice

alexito · 08-08-2005, 10:17 PM

yes richard, good job!!!!!!!!

Vialator · 08-09-2005, 12:04 PM

Next match for Richard is the double with Ferrer and against Grosjean/Niemeyer play today on the Court BN at the end of the afternnon (not before 6:30 PM).

Good luck Richy

tennisgirl19 · 08-09-2005, 01:48 PM

Allez and Vamos Richard and David!

PinkFeatherBoa · 08-09-2005, 02:14 PM

Nice start Richard, good luck in the next round.

Aleksa's Laydee · 08-09-2005, 03:11 PM

Richards watching his pal Serra v Hewitt!