[misty1]

this is kind of unexpected

obviously playing well at this point dudi is still a far suprior player to cedrik but given that dudi has been crap for pretty much the entire year i thought cedrik could have taken this one

 

[jmjhb]

How is this unexpected?

Sela is the better player and is higher ranked than Stebe. Also, Stebe has been poor himself the last couple of months. I think he's reached a plateau for the time being, having snuck briefly into the top 100 a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Filo V.]

Stebe isn't a good player indoors. Hopefully he can win a match or two at this event, though. He needs it to make Australia.

 

[STUHL]

Cedrik isn't a good player indoorslike Filo said and at the end of the second set the expirence of Sela helped him to save the set points and get the Match, I highly doubt after seing him today that Cedrik wins a Match....

 

[Ilovetheblues_86]

For some strange reason I feel that Bachinger will lose to Machado, but beat Stebe, then Stebe beats Machado. That would be funny.

 

[hotdog]

It's a bit early to say Stebe isn't a good player indoors. He's barely played any matches under a roof.

 

[STUHL]

But i have seen him two weeks ago in Eckental.Of course its his inexpirence,but one can clearly see that he has a bad shot selection indoors. He tries to play clay court tennis on an indoor court, with huge angles and a lot of spin, no rushing to the net. That worked beautiful in the summer, but right now he doesn't play on these slow courts...

 

[misty1]

How is this unexpected?

Sela is the better player and is higher ranked than Stebe. Also, Stebe has been poor himself the last couple of months. I think he's reached a plateau for the time being, having snuck briefly into the top 100 a couple of weeks ago.

like i said it was kind of because sela has been total crap for most of this year ..but i guess i underestimated just how awful cedrik is indoors