Does anybody know why Tipsarevic lost so badly to Montanes?

Question

Why did Tipsarevic lose so badly to ugly Montanes when he recently beat Blake? Did he have an injury or something?

Answer 1

Winning yesterday and losing so badly today. Hmmm, I think he should see the doctor... these are tell tale signs of mononucleosis!

Answer 2

My nephew could probably beat Blake. Blake is a has been. He should retire. Tipsarevic is not that good so he played to his potential today and lost. Albert Montanes is a good Spanish player who gets to hit with Rafa upon occassion so his ranking which is #44 may not be impressive but he has been steady and is getting better as witnessed today by his 6-2,6-1 azzwhoopin of that poor excuse for a tennis player Tipsarevic.  He tore that Serb apart. He made him look like a lil girl not a man. Vamos Alberto! He did what Rafa will do to Djokovic when they meet in the semis. Oh and did you see Rafa & Moya and Roger they kicked ash. What a great day for tennis.

Answer 3

Blake is not a good clay-court player.  Americans tend to do poorly on clay.  On clay, you need patience and consistency.  Blake's game is go-for-broke...  so I'm surprised whenever he has any success on clay.

Montanes is Spanish and practices with Nadal, -- he's a good clay-court player.  And it's hard to defeat the Spanish armada and the latin americans on a clay court.

Tipsaravec hits hard and flat...  depends on lots of winners while making lots of errors, too.  not a great combination for clay-court success.  To be good on clay, you need consistent, penetrating shots, which Nadal has.  Tipsaravec probably made a ton of errors which is expected with his style.

Very few players are able to play well every single day and win almost every sinlge time.  There are only a few of them... Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic... that's why they're the top 3 players in the world.  I wouldn't put Tipsaravec in the same league as those guys.

The mononucleosis virus doesn't leave your system once you get it.  It only goes into dormancy -- so that would be a pretty stupid thing to lie about.  Like lying about Aids.  It's crazy to lie about something that can be clearly proven or disproven by successive test and health-checkups.  I have no doubt Federer had mono. Some people need to let it go... let it go...