Madrid Masters

[Coolhand Texas]

Hey guys,

Baghdad OrgaSIM and I have teamed up and have given you a preview for the madrid masters.

Here is the link for the article: Madrid Preview

Please give us your opinions on the article, and if you would like to see something added or changed to future previews.

Also please use this thread to discuss matches in the tournament. This will help the news team get out more accurate articles about matches being played.

Thanks!

[retos1]

I like that article very much !!! hope you are wrong on the final score

[tigerofintegrity]

This is awesome stuff! I always loved tournament previews and 'expert' predictions. Makes the upcoming tournaments that bit more interesting. Nice job and hope to see more of this stuff from you guys!

[OuiMr BersonBANNED]

I am not Benson , I am Berson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_Berson The BEST

[Coolhand Texas]

I am not Benson , I am Berson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_Berson The BEST

Very sorry about that. It is fixed now.

[lucagiaco]

Great article...

[Baghdad Baghdatis]

Glad you liked it guys - Coolhand and I put a good amount of work into it and we are planning to continue to do so for all Men's Masters 1000 and Grand Slam 2000 tournaments. As Coolhand said feel free to give any feedback in this thread or by private PM if you have any suggestions on what you would like to be included.

Right, down to business and the first match to report on:

Baghdad OrgaSIM vs moreau 6-1 1-0

A very straight forward match in the end. Moreau used an Instant Rocket + Monster defense set-up and I used a nicer more SIM like setup as follows:

FH 72 BH 79 SE 62 VO 45 PO 68 ST 75 SP 73 RE 66

"Fatality Baghdad" named after Fatality & Serve Shot Counter coach skill

In the first set I was moving my opponent around with plenty of control shots, not only topspin (B) but also with my preferred shot at the moment, flat (A) shot - both long and deep down the line and cross court and when you get perfect timing, especially effective when countering the obvious short cross court topspin shot by cruising the ball across court and it just travels away at a cute angle and rivals off to the back of the court - LOVE IT!

My opponent was struggling to keep up with me and on his service games went for the 100% slice out wide serve to the deuce court but I was reading it well and putting the ball back with interest.

In the second I broke in the first game and he had had enough.

My next round opponent in R32 is brazegoesmoo and I am looking forward to playing him because the whisper around ITST is that he is a nice SIM player....

Baggy

[Hollaa Itz Mike]

this draw is rough....
R1: time nutter
R2: aboyadrian
R3: Dapery
QF: lukkystef
SF: Baghdad
F: retos?

if it falls out like that, thats 6 tough matches, lol

[OuiMr BersonBANNED]

this draw is rough....
R1: time nutter
R2: aboyadrian
R3: Dapery
QF: lukkystef
SF: Baghdad
F: retos?

if it falls out like that, thats 6 tough matches, lol

You are wrong for the final

[brazegoesmoo]

Look forward to playing you too, Baggy (can I still call you that? haha). I'm nervous already, but I hope it's a good match and that I learn stuff.

btw, does SIM mean simulated or is it some sort of acryonym? I never bothered looking up the definition ;p

[Sherlock 117]

btw, does SIM mean simulated or is it some sort of acryonym? I never bothered looking up the definition ;p

Ha! Good question. I suppose we could just refer to it as sim with no caps. It is an abbreviation of "simulation" or "realistic". As in, "This game is a good simulation of real life tennis".

[VillaJ100]

Or baghdad's phrase "sports in motion"

[Mack2300]

I was wondering where I was in the draw and why I couldn't see myself and then noticed I am playing some challenger tournament instead lol

[Dynushi]

and i was wondering why this tourney is actually played in rome

[SlicerITST]

and i was wondering why this tourney is actually played in rome

Thanks for letting us know. I changed it.