[SirFozzie]

Substack 2-B

Tim Henman (3-C, VOLLEY, footwork, SAVVY, hard court, -forehand (Grass Court) vs Andrei Pavel, (7-A, backhand, footwork, endurance, -forehand (Clay)

Note: While there's no Henman Hill in the Dynasty Open, if he can set the tempo, he's the clear favorite to win, as he has VOLLEY and SAVVY, while Pavel's game is to work on his backhand and try to make the serve and volley specialist work hard for his points.

Set one: Footwork-Hard Court (Advantage: Henman (Small)), Henman led 5-0, Result: Henman 6-2

Set 2:Forehand-backhand (Advantage: Pavel (Small), Pavel led 5-3, Result: Pavel 6-4

Set 3: Footwork-Endurance (Advantage: Pavel (Small), Pavel led 5-4, result: Pavel 7-5

Set 4: Footwork-Savvy (Advantage: Henman (moderate), Henman led 5-4, result: UNUSUAL (Attributes: Backhand, Volley (Advantage: Henman (Small), Final Result: Henman wins tie-break)

Set 5: Forehand-Savvy ((Advantage: Henman (Moderate), Henman led 5-3, result: Henman (6-3)



RESULT: Tim Henman defeated Andrei Pavel 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3

Note: Henman came so close to handing Pavel a bagel in the first set, but Pavel took Henman to the brink with his superior backhand and endurance, but the savvy veteran Henman managed to hold off Pavel and advance to the Round of 16. Feels like one of those matches that went 4-5 hours before Henman managed to seize control of the match against an opponent he likely took lightly, based off the differences in rankings and early results.

Match #2

Novak Djokovic (1-A, forehand, BACKHAND, volley, FOOTWORK, ENDURANCE, HARD COURT) vs Pablo Carreno Busta (4-B (Footwork, ENDURANCE, SAVVY (Hard Court), -BACKHAND (Clay Court)

Note: I'll be surprised if Careno-Busta takes a set here, but he really needs to hope that his savvy can put Djokovic in situations that he'll have trouble with.

Set 1: Backhand-Volley (Advantage: Djokovic (LARGE), Djokovic leads set 5-3, RESULT: Djokovic 6-3

Set 2:Forehand-volley (Advantage: Djokovice (Moderate), Djokovic leads set 5-1, Result: Djokovic 6-1

Set 3:Footwork-Endurance (Advantage: Djokovic (Moderate), Djokovic leads 5-1, Result: Djokovic 6-1

RESULT: Novak Djokovic defeats Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-3, 6-1, 6-1

Note: Yeah, as expected. Careeno-Busta was at a huge disadvantage the entire time, his only stroke skill, BACKHAND was negated because it wasn't on Clay, so where Djokovic had forehand, BACKHAND and volley it was going to be a long day for Carreno-Busta, and a short one for Djokovic.

So, half the Round of 16 is set

Guillermo Coria-Leyton Hewitt
Rafael Nadal-Milos Raonic

David Ferrer-Jo Wilifried Tsonga
Tim Henman-Novak Djokovic

Here's tomorrows schedule:

Round of 32 (Men's)

Stack 3-A
Tommy Haas-Roger Federer
Marat Safin-Nick Kyrgios

Stack 3-B
Thomas Berdych-Cameron Norrie
Thomas Johansson-Greg Rusedski


Stack 4-A
Danil Medvedev-Andre Agassi
Viktor Troicki-Andy Murray

Stack 4-B
Janko Tipsarevic vs Ivo Karlovic
Alexander Zeverev-Andy Roddick

Notes: Definite Center Court matches in Medvedev-Agassi and Zeverev-Andy Roddick.