Tournament Review : (ATP 1000 - Monte Carlo) Seeds : 1. Rafael Nadal 2. Novak Djokovic 3. Stanislas Wawrinka 4. Roger Federer 5. Tomas Berdych 6. David Ferrer 7. Richard Gasquet *withdrew 8. Milos Raonic 9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10. Fabio Fognini 11. Tommy Robredo 12. Grigor Dimitrov 13. Mikhail Youzhny 14. Kevin Anderson 15. Nicolas Almagro 16. Jerzy Janowicz Last 16s : Nadal vs Seppi Dimitrov vs Ferrer Wawrinka vs Almagro Robredo vs Raonic Tsonga vs Fognini Rosol vs Federer Berdych vs Garcia-Lopez Carreno Busta vs Djokovic Quarterfinals : Nadal vs Ferrer Wawrinka vs Raonic Tsonga vs Federer Garcia-Lopez vs Djokovic Semifinals : Ferrer vs Wawrinka Federer vs Djokovic Final : Wawrinka defeat Federer (4-6 7-6 [5] 6-2) Nadal was still struggling and his performance now was not able to win against any of the top 5 players or some of the youngsters and Gabashvili nearly beat him in the second round. Simon, Youzhny, Chardy, Cilic, Thiem, Robredo, Delbonis, Janowicz, Karlovic, Dolgopolov, Berdych, Gulbis, Anderson and Paire was struggling during their early round matches. Dimitrov didnt played his best during his match against Ferrer. Ramos , Ferrer, Lu, Llodra, Garcia-Lopez and Carreno Busta improved a lot. Wawrinka played absolutely different to his performance during Indian Wells and Miami after he won the Australian Open. He finally advanced to his 3rd career ATP 1000 final and won his first career ATP 1000 title after defeat Federer. Federer was a bit struggling during his quarterfinal match but he back in form during his semifinal against injured Djokovic but lose to Wawrinka in a terrific 3-sets final. Djokovic played unbelievable in his second and third round match but he was struggling during the first and second set of his quarterfinal match. He meet Federer for the third time in 2014 while Federer leads their head-to-head record by 17-16. But unfortunately, Djokovic was injured and didn’t played well during the semifinal match and Federer eventually leads the record by 18-16 after defeated him in the semifinal. Tournament facts : Player(s) who won bagel set(s) : - Novak Djokovic (2R against Albert Montanes - 6-1 6-0 , 3R against Pablo Carreno Busta - 6-0 6-1) - David Ferrer (2R against Jeremy Chardy - 6-3 6-0) - Tommy Robredo (2R against Julien Benneteau - 4-6 6-0 6-1) - Stanislas Wawrinka (2R against Marin Cilic - 6-0 6-2) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3R against Fabio Fognini - 5-7 6-3 6-0) Qualifier(s) / Lucky Loser(s) / Wild Card(s) who won against seeded player(s) : - Michael Llodra [Q] (1R against Jerzy Janowicz - 6-4 6-2) The youngest player - Dominic Thiem (World no. 84) - 20 years old and 7 months (lost in 1R) The oldest player - Radek Stepanek (World no. 41) - 35 years old and 4 months (lost in 2R) The shortest singles match of the tournament - Novak Djokovic [45 mins] - (2R against Albert Montanes - 6-1 6-0) The longest singles match of the tournament - Andreas Seppi [2 hours and 48 mins] - (2R against Pablo Andujar - 7-6 [5] 5-7 6-4) Special Summary : ‧Ernests Gulbis (lost in 1R) - 88th career clay-court match played (the 1R match) ‧Benoit Paire (lost in 1R) - 55th career clay-court match played (the 1R match) ‧Vasek Pospisil (lost in 1R) - 44th career match loss (the 1R match) ‧Jerzy Janowicz (lost in 1R) - 100th career match played (the 1R match) ‧Mikhail Youzhny (lost in 1R) - 150th career ATP 1000 match played (the 1R match) ‧Albert Montanes (lost in 2R) - 44th career ATP 1000 match loss (the 2R match) ‧Marinko Matosevic (lost in 1R) - 66th career match loss (the 1R match) ‧Dmitry Tursunov (lost in 2R) - 222th career match win (the 1R match) - 44th career ATP 1000 match loss (the 2R match) ‧Roberto Bautista Agut (lost in 2R) - 44th career match loss (the 2R match) ‧Julien Benneteau (lost in 2R) - 55th career clay-court match loss (the 2R match) - 100th career clay-court match played (the 1R match) ‧Albert Ramos (lost in 2R) - 44th career clay-court match loss (the 2R match) ‧Nicolas Almagro (lost in 3R) - 350th career clay-court match played (the 1R match) ‧ Gael Monfils (lost in 2R) - 55th career ATP 1000 match win (the 1R match) ‧Grigor Dimitrov (lost in 3R) - 44th career clay-court match played (the 2R match) ‧Lukas Rosol (lost in 3R) - 22th career clay-court match win (the 1R match) ‧ Pablo Carreno Busta (lost in 3R) - 1st career ATP 1000 match win (the 1R match) ‧Rafael Nadal (lost in QF) - 300th career clay-court match win (the 3R match) - 22nd career clay-court match loss (the QF match) ‧Milos Raonic (lost in QF) - 44th career clay-court match played (the 2R match) ‧Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (lost in QF) - 77th career ATP 1000 match win (the 2R match) ‧ Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (lost in QF) - 33th career ATP 1000 match win (the 2R match) ‧ Stanislas Wawrinka (the) - 200th career clay-court match played (the QF match) - 99th career ATP 1000 match win (the QF match) - 100th career ATP 1000 match win (the SF match) ‧Roger Federer (the) - 950th career match win (the QF match) - 250th career clay-court match played (the 3R match) Awards (by myself) : The well-played players - No.1 - Stanislas Wawrinka (the champion) No.2 - Roger Federer (the runner-up) No.3 - Novak Djokovic (lost in SF) No.4 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (lost in QF) No.5 - Milos Raonic (lost in QF) The best young star (must be 23 years old or below) - Milos Raonic (lost in QF) The best veteran (must be 30 years old or above) - Roger Federer (the runner-up) The most improved player - Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (lost in QF) Next will be Barcelona and Bucharest.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:57:30 +0000
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