2025 ATP General News

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rome Update:
OUT: Djokovic, Tabilo
IN: Marozsan, O'Connell

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

BTW,
After his win today Mensik d Bublik 63 62 he moves into his 3rd Masters 1000 QF, first on clay, he is the fifth teenager to reach this stage in Madrid tournament history. Mensik is up 3 spots to a career high No 20 in the ATP live rankings

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Have you been watching Novak's matches recently? lol!, last year was last year btw, there is no way he will make a deep run at Wimbledon this year on his present form or Roland Garros

Novak has been feast of famine this year. Either he makes a deep run (Australian Open, Miami) or loses in the first round (pretty much every other tournament). I still think that until Novak loses early at Wimbledon, he deserves the benefit of the doubt there. After all, he's made the final the last 6 times it's been played.

Now, do I think Novak will win Wimbledon? Probably not. However, I would not be surprised if he did. After all, he has the best track record of anyone there. If he shows up to Wimbledon with his form at Miami, he's going to be very tough to beat. But that's a big IF.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak has been feast of famine this year. Either he makes a deep run (Australian Open, Miami) or loses in the first round (pretty much every other tournament). I still think that until Novak loses early at Wimbledon, he deserves the benefit of the doubt there. After all, he's made the final the last 6 times it's been played.

Now, do I think Novak will win Wimbledon? Probably not. However, I would not be surprised if he did. After all, he has the best track record of anyone there. If he shows up to Wimbledon with his form at Miami, he's going to be very tough to beat. But that's a big IF.

Please go and watch high lights of Novaks Current Play on Clay this year, I call it Low Lights ! he is in no physical state or mental state to go deep at RG
The youngsters are not afraid of him , you must arrive at RG in top physical and mental state for starters, it is the hardest GS to win!
If you think winning 2 matches on clay so far this year, and now withdrawing from Rome, he is going to run deep at RG your kidding yourself for starters
Novak needs to ask for a WC at either Hamburg or Geneva before playing RG,
Wimbledon is too far away to talk at present

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Last match of the day
Round of 16 match,
Casper Ruud with a much needed win, defeats Fritz 75 64 extends his H2H 3-1 and 2-0 on clay

 

[Moxie]

Have you been watching Novak's matches recently? lol!, last year was last year btw, there is no way he will make a deep run at Wimbledon this year on his present form or Roland Garros

It's hard to imagine that he likes his chances at all at RG, on present form. Maybe he's going to skip that one, too, and focus on grass?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

It's hard to imagine that he likes his chances at all at RG, on present form. Maybe he's going to skip that one, too, and focus on grass?

There are rumors about today after he withdrew from Rome, he may also skip RG? as yet there isnt a reason why he withdrew from Rome

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP1000 Madrid
4 Mens round of 16 matches
Wednesday 30th April, matches starting at 1.00pm local time,

Draper (5) vs Paul (11) Draper leads their H2H 3-2 first meeting on clay
de Minaur (6) vs Musetti (19) Musetti leads their H2H 2-1
Tiafoe (16) vs Arnaldi Tiafoe leads their H2H 1-0 first meeting on clay
Dimitrov (15) vs LL Diallo First meeting

 

[Moxie]

Of today's matches, de Minaur d. Shapo was entertaining. Shapo is fun to watch, but he refuses to be disciplined enough.

Musetti practically stole that first set from Tsitsipas. Didn't see the second, but it looked like a good match. BTW, that's Tsitsipas and Zverev out, two who would be in the short list for RG, and they're not improving their chances. (Which I'm not in the least sad about.) Cerundolo's stock goes up, however. He played in the wind like a clay master today.

Any word why Berrettini had to retire out of his match?

 

[Moxie]

There are rumors about today after he withdrew from Rome, he may also skip RG? as yet there isnt a reason why he withdrew from Rome

No hint of an injury. I saw a practice clip from Madrid before ND played Arnaldi, and Novak was pretty edgy, implying that he's still not finding his clay game. Which was apparent in his match. Rome may look like too much competition? Maybe play either Geneva or Munich before RG, then hope for a good draw and the benefit of best of 5? Nah, my money is on he's done with clay for this year. He loves Rome! This looks like a white flag for the clay season.

 

[don_fabio]

I'll wait until Wimbledon to make that determination. Novak has proven that he can still make deep runs at the biggest tournaments, like Wimbledon and the Olympics last year, as well as the Australian Open this year. Now, if he loses early at both the French Open and Wimbledon, then I know it's over.

That is a fair assesment. I just don't have much hope for him going forward. At this rate he'll be lucky to snatch that 100th title somewhere. It's like his fire and passion is gone and maybe the recent injuries during the slams affected him too.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

ATP1000 Madrid
4 Mens round of 16 matches
Wednesday 30th April, matches starting at 1.00pm local time,

Draper (5) vs Paul (11) Draper leads their H2H 3-2 first meeting on clay
de Minaur (6) vs Musetti (19) Musetti leads their H2H 2-1
Tiafoe (16) vs Arnaldi Tiafoe leads thei

Of today's matches, de Minaur d. Shapo was entertaining. Shapo is fun to watch, but he refuses to be disciplined enough.

Musetti practically stole that first set from Tsitsipas. Didn't see the second, but it looked like a good match. BTW, that's Tsitsipas and Zverev out, two who would be in the short list for RG, and they're not improving their chances. (Which I'm not in the least sad about.) Cerundolo's stock goes up, however. He played in the wind like a clay master today.

Any word why Berrettini had to retire out of his match?

Matteo has a ongoing 'oblique' injury he had to have a MTO in match against Giron the other day, I am not surprised he retired

See I was right about my dark horse Cerundolo, yep playing the wind on clay is a tough ask he handled it well

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

No hint of an injury. I saw a practice clip from Madrid before ND played Arnaldi, and Novak was pretty edgy, implying that he's still not finding his clay game. Which was apparent in his match. Rome may look like too much competition? Maybe play either Geneva or Munich before RG, then hope for a good draw and the benefit of best of 5? Nah, my money is on he's done with clay for this year. He loves Rome! This looks like a white flag for the clay season.

Was that the video clip where Novak was saying F tennis etc lol! he wasnt a Happy Chappy at all
No there isnt a hint of injury
I will post if I hear anything more
Also I am waiting to hear from Alcaraz camp he was to have more scans, there is also a hint he may skip Rome, still I am not concerned he has made 2 finals on clay

 

[kskate2]

There are rumors about today after he withdrew from Rome, he may also skip RG? as yet there isnt a reason why he withdrew from Rome

He can ill afford to skip RG. He made QF last year, will it drop him out of the top 10 for Wimby? Some points are better than a goose egg.

 

[kskate2]

Was that the video clip where Novak was saying F tennis etc lol! he wasnt a Happy Chappy at all
No there isnt a hint of injury
I will post if I hear anything more
Also I am waiting to hear from Alcaraz camp he was to have more scans, there is also a hint he may skip Rome, still I am not concerned he has made 2 finals on clay

just like Madrid, he can afford to skip Rome too and just show up at RG a week early and practice.

 

[kskate2]

ATP1000 Madrid
4 Mens round of 16 matches
Wednesday 30th April, matches starting at 1.00pm local time,

Draper (5) vs Paul (11) Draper leads their H2H 3-2 first meeting on clay
de Minaur (6) vs Musetti (19) Musetti leads their H2H 2-1
Tiafoe (16) vs Arnaldi Tiafoe leads thei

Matteo has a ongoing 'oblique' injury he had to have a MTO in match against Giron the other day, I am not surprised he retired

See I was right about my dark horse Cerundolo, yep playing the wind on clay is a tough ask he handled it well

Babycakes is probably trying to rest up so he can play at home. Next week is big for all the Italian players.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Babycakes is probably trying to rest up so he can play at home. Next week is big for all the Italian players.

The return of Jannik, I have been watching his practice video's at MC country club and I am not happy about his new cougar girl friend

 

[Moxie]

He can ill afford to skip RG. He made QF last year, will it drop him out of the top 10 for Wimby? Some points are better than a goose egg.

Than how can he afford to skip Rome? How much can he expect out of RG with no prep, given the state of his game? While I can understand that seeding is part of the calculation for Wimbledon, Novak is making decisions at a level that isn't normal for tennis. He clearly sees his window closing, because we all see it. We don't know why he's decided to skip Rome, but putting the puzzle pieces together, it doesn't add up to prioritizing RG.

 

[Moxie]

The return of Jannik, I have been watching his practice video's at MC country club and I am not happy about his new cougar girl friend

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess he's not dating her to make you happy.

 

[Jelenafan]

My best guess is that Novak at this point doesn’t think the FO is attainable, so why bother with the warmup clay Masters if he’s not feeling it.