Nadal 6-3,6-3

Djoker 7-5,6-4

Nadal 6-4, 6-3

Djokovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

With the nadal vs ferrer match, if the rally goes on for more than 4 swings, ferrer may as well just hit the ball into the stands.

Nadal 6-3 6-3
Djoker 7-5 2-6 6-2

everyone welcome mriiidula as today's guest picker. Impressive picking in the quarterfinals!

Nadal 6-3, 6-4

Djokovic 7-6(3), 6-2

nadal 6-3 6-2

djokovic 5-7 3-6 6-4

Homos, your second score isn't possible:)

whoopsy :) thanks for pointing it out champion 7. it should be 6-3 for the second set (djokovic)

Nadal vs Ferrer- Nadal 6-4 6-3

Djokovic vs. Verdasco- Djokovic 7-5 6-4

Nadal vs. Ferrer 7-5, 6-2(nobody, except Cheryl and Kelli,whome I full respect still predicts more than 10 games, I am the first one:))
Djokovic vs. Verdasco 6-4, 7-5:) And...Sunday is coming, I feel that will be another epic match,maybe not like last year Madrid SF,but fully classed:)

And I must add,the day before I think that rafa and ferrer will be 3 sets match,but,I change my mind":))

I knew that nobody would pick the underdogs! My picks:
Rafster 6-3, 6-2
Djoker 7-5, 6-4

Mriiidula: "I'm going to have to go with the top seed."

as if ud be able to pick this one objectively :)

haha stu, u know me well :):)

Nadal 6-2 6-3
Veradasco 3-6 6-4 6-4

Nadal 6-4, 6-3

Djoker 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3

Everybody does, so I am tempted to blot my picks too ;-(

Nadal 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 - Nadal will start very strong at first set and will drop his intensity at second set due to stamina issue. Then he will prevail at 3rd set as Ferrer will be running out of gas by that time.

Jowker 6-2, 7-6(3) - same thing with Jowker, he will start strong at the first set and then will run out of gas at the second set but will manage to close out the match in 2 sets.

Here are mine

Nadal: - 7-5, 6-4
Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

my predictions
nadal 6-3 6-4
djokovic 2-6 6-4 6-1

and mine:

Nadal 6-4 6-3
Djokovic 6-4 7-5

Nadal 6-4 6-3
Djokovic 6-4 4-6 6-3

nadal 6-3 6-2(if he serves first)
6-4 6-2(if he serves second)
verdasco 2-6, 6-4,7-5

More rain :( . You go clayking with your Verdasco prediction ... it could happen.

Rafa tanked his last service game just to make my scoreline true... :-)

Hope veradasco will make my day by winning over Djoker...

janadevchp hits the Nadal-Ferrer mark ON THE NUMBER. Nice one!

clayking was damn close too :) welldone janadevchp

well well well, the semifinals jinx is vanished, finally.

Congrats Janadevchp.

Thanks Ricky.. hoping for Veradasco win.. fingers crossed :-)

got mine backwards :P
rafa did that on purpose.

well done janadevchp!

My goodness. So far the 2nd semi-final seems mainly to be focussed on answering the burning question "which is the biggest DChoker?"

Verdasco is up a set and a break ... I'd say Djokovic has it in the bag.

djokovics new nickname mite b chokovic..*sigh*

It's not over! Don't forget, we got two world class chokers here!

Well, not really. Djoko's got all kinds of 1st serve problems. But he's also mixing some really awful groundies in with really good ones.

it's over. were clayking and janadevhp the only ones who predicted a nando win?
ricky, will you have to pass your silver racket to janadevchp?

Vamos! An all spanish final! I didnt watch d match, so can anyone tell me if nando played good or nole was having a vacation inside his head?

This sucks. I'm soooo disappointed. Actually, disappointed is an understatement. I don't know what the hell happened coz I had a horrible stream goin on, but losing 6-2 6-2 means it was a freaking demolition :(

Wow...went out after the first set expecting a fight back from Djoker, by the time I came back it was an easy win in the end for nando..

somebody just tell me???
is anything wrong with my eyes or did djokovic get drubbed 2-6, 2-6..
i could not watch the match, nor could follow it, but now i just checked it and i think i'm seeing things.. help me guys..
p.s. even thouh my prediction is right, but the scoreline is just out of any realms of imagination..

Well well well, after rafael nadal lived up to expecations surprising whereabouts were on display. Our experts struggled big time too and here is how they stand

1.Kelli Demario=9 points : she did what was required to sustain the lead and stands a VERY good chance of winning the 1st ever masters 1000 on clay.

2. Cheryl Murray= 8 points: she is still in contention but looks like her chances of wining the title are infinitesimally small.

3. Ricky Dimon = 7 points : like the top seed djokovic, out top seed Ricky dimon has been ousted from the title. He has already headed towards the practice courts to maek amends come rome masters :)


*Cheryl can level things up the top and then a tie-break will decide the winner
* It has been an entertaining week and hope we have a great ending tomorrow, until then, good bye :)

you are right clayking, no one can imagine that score line..Djoker was making a match in the begining, but in the end he lost the plot completely..

hey vamosrafa another good one from you!! keep it up!!

Nicest thing you could say about Djoko's play today was: inconsistent. First serve % hi 40's - and it didn't seem that high! Tons of UFE's especially late in the 2nd set. Dunno, maybe he's sick. If he wasn't he probably is now. Nando played pretty well but nothing astonishing. Certainly nothing that explains the scoreline.

hey!!
actually i'm quite new to tt..
just 2 weeks old...
and i was wondering..
why is there never a discussion about doubles..
as far as i know, it is also part of atp..
i know everyone loves to see two guys slugging it out than four guys playing shorter matches...
but still just curios to know why is doubles not discussed?

Good to see Verdasco make it to his first Masters final but he won't have a chance tomorrow. Djoker did look winded from the start. I thought something may have been wrong. That was confirmed for me when I saw him blow his nose into the towel. Glad I wasn't that ball kid. No Kleenex on court though I guess so no choice. If he's sick, it's just as well he didn't get to the final. Better luck next time.

@HOMOS...thanks....glad you liked it :) . now lets hope rafa wins tomorrow , group hugs and collective fist pumping awaits :P

janadevchp wins it with an absolutely amazing day of picking. EXACT score of Nadal-Ferrer and correct upset winner in Verdasco-Djoker.

janadevchp - email me ASAP at ridimon@gmail.com or ricky.dimon@tennistalk.com to do guest picks for the final.

DAmn I won yest and i just found out. Had no access to comp for a day! But I am happy i won.
ANyway prediction for final is Nadal 6-3 6-3 :)

clayking, I've asked that question about doubles as well. Many years ago, they used to pay a lot of attention to doubles because the top singles players were also the top doubles players, but becuase the top singles players only play as and when they feel like it, they just ignore it. They should at least show all the doubles finals on TV, and they should be played on the show courts.

clayking, a lot of it does seem to be what nadline alluded to.
I know there was a lot more attention paid to the doubles at IW when Rafa and Marc won their championship.

(The cynic in me wants to say the singles game also shapes itself to a more dramatic sports narrative. Even with the ladies.)

I *can* tell you Nestor/Zimonjic will play Bhupathi/Mirnyi tomorrow for the championship, following Rafa and Fer's final. :-)

final expert picks - http://tiny.cc/uia1d

doubles pick - Mirnyi/Bhupathi 7-6(5), 4-6, 10-8

well nadline and mara..
what i am asking is why is doubles NOT discussed in a tennis forum like tt..
showing it on tv or playing it on show courts is beyond our reach..
but what we can do is atleast have some discussions about it in say once a week or so..
in 2 weeks i'm yet to see a doubles discussion..
well maybe i'm saying this because my country has produced two great doubles players and none in singles, but even you would accept that a part of atp tennis deserves a mention on tt..
p.s. i'm from India.. time difference.. +5:30 GMT

And, clayking, the doubles final will be on Court Central.

(I do share some of your annoyance with TV coverage. I remember for the first two rounds of Miami, you couldn't even get coverage on TC. Of a US tournament! In the States! For even the singles rounds, let alone doubles! *mutters*)

clayking: I find lack of doubles coverage/discussion strange too and for me especially just now cos Murray/Hutchins seemed to put up a really good fight against those maestros the Bryan Brothers and there was NO mention anywhere, leave alone opportunity to see it.