How about that? Defending champion Nadal pulls out. No Federer-Nadal epic finale again.
A Federer vs Murray finale would be amazing. This country would explode if Murray wins.
Go Tsonga!!
Would be super crazy if Nadal ends up crumbling with injuries from here on out. I ing fell asleep during the last Nadal/Federer supermatch and forgot to record it. I had stayed up for hours waiting then fell asleep during the 2nd set. ing sucked. Then Nadal loses in the second freaking round in the French....now this?
Hope he recovers. I want more supermatches.
Nadal is way too talented a player and is a great sportsman off the court as well. It'd be a shame if his career pans out like this with injuries. But luckily he's still pretty young people forget and he's incredibly fit and strong.
It'd be a black spot on Federer's resume I think if Nadal ends up bowing out due to injuries during major slams. Imagine how many more les Sampras could have won if his biggest adversary was injured during all majors? Federer really needs to show he can beat Nadal in a Finals, both healthy, to truly show he's the GOAT.
James Blake already out. Rod is overrated. I miss the days of Agassi and Sampras.
Shame that Nadal is out. I would like to see Federer break Sampras' record by beating Nadal in the final.
James Blake. He was up 5-0 in the tiebreaker and gave up seven straight points to lose the match.
And WTF are there so many female tennis players that can't seem to get a ing first serve over the net? Someone should tell them that serving is one of the more important parts of tennis.
More serves = more ass shots.
And WTF are there so many female tennis players that can't seem to get a ing first serve over the net? Someone should tell them that serving is one of the more important parts of tennis.
I don't know Fed beat Nadal two years in a row at the Wimbledon Final. For me the biggest black eye is losing to him at the Aussie Open final. Nadal was beat up going in and Fed choked that one away in 5 sets, he had him and let it go. Nadal is the best clay courter of all time so i don't kill Roger for losing those finals too badly. Certainly though Roger has to know with Nadal out, if he brings his A game he'll regain his Wimbledon crown. And i think the length and overall scope of Roger's career makes him the best ever. I have to put him ahead of Pete because of his clay court prowess. Roger is every bit the grass court player Pete was, i think he is better on Hard courts and we can't even compare the clay court resumes. I think if Pete was in his prime he'd be winning some majors but be the clear number 2 in the world to Roger's 1.
And as for Nadal as great as he has been, i don't see him staying healthy enough to have a big career past maybe a few more years. He has already 6 GS, which is amazing but he just breaks down so much. He what 23 and has been having these knee issues since he was like 19 on and off.. Don't get me wrong, i love the kid but he is really having problems. Tennis is such a physical sport, most great players are done by 30 or 31, some even younger than that. Tennis is really the only sport where you can be that young but be coming to the end of the road. IT doesn't look like Nadal will be this great when he is 27 or 28, i hope so but it's not looking good..
9 times out of 10, Blake falls apart when under pressure in big matches, he always has..
Yeah, it's too bad. He's a choke artist. He and Andy Rod are both getting by on talent and have nothing upstairs.
Rod might have more than one GS le if not for Fed but he is not only a headcase but incredibly one dimensional. He has had the same game for years. Big Serve and forehand, try to blow you off the court. If he can't get you with his power he can't beat you. He's never developed much of a backhand, doesn't change speeds well, and has little to no net game. How the does a guy that serves that hard, never serve and volley? Ask Pete Sampras how serving and volleying worked out for him?? He's gone through a million coaches in the last 4 years, likely because they tried to implement changes and he wouldn't hear of it. He's not retiring with much of a legacy in terms of American all time players..
Andy's biggest problem is that he doesn't take chances, and that's either on his coaches, or as you said, his failure to listen. I saw him play an injured Novak Jokovic last year and Rod absolutely destroyed him because, he said later, he didn't want to extend the match out any longer than he had to. He showed that he has the ability to make all those shots, it's just that he almost never does. If that became an at ude he could take into every match, his fortunes would change quickly. If he set people up to crush them and tried to paint the lines, I think he'd start winning tournaments.
In my opinion Rod never would have won a grand slam tournament if it wasn't for the rather mediocre field of players back then. He has a great serve and a nice forehand, but that's about it.
Federer is looking good so far this year. The only players who could be dangerous should be Murray and Djokovic.
aww poor ivanovic, crying cos of injury had to retire.
Great match between Murray and Wawrinka tonight, the best game so far this year.
The QFs look promising:
Murray-Rod should be a great game if Rod continues to play like he has this year.
Hewitt-Ferrero; both are flying under the radar, but both could make a great opponent for the SFs.
Federer-Karlovic; usually, Roger adjusts very well to players with a great serve but nothing else.
Djokovic-Haas; well, Haas beat Djokovic in Halle, but I'd go with Djokovic in a best-of-five match.
It's Murray vs Ferrero and Rod vs Hewitt.
The winners of the quarters will be: Murray-Rod Djokovic-Federer.
Damn, I should have checked again before posting.
Thanks for the correction.
Work and sleep have been preventing me from watching the matches.
I should be able to watch the semifinals and finals at least.
This Hewitt/Rod match is awesome, after being down 2 sets, Hewitt fought back to win the next 2. The 5th and final set is about to start on ESPN2
Rod serving for the match...come on Andy.
Rod is playing very well; should be an interesting match against Murray.
I don't know what's wrong with Djokovic, though; he's been out of form for quite some time now. Haas usually matches up well with Roger, but I think Federer will win again.
Last edited by quentin_compson; 07-01-2009 at 07:36 PM.
Federer and Rod to the final.
so Dementieva vs Serena is a good one: Dementieva held serve and sent it to a 1st set tie breaker which is now 3-2 Serena
starting at 3-3 in the tie break, Dementieva started hitting her shots and Serena did not, Dementieva won the tie breaker 7-4 and now up 1 -0 in sets
Dementieva had the 1st serve in the 2nd set and was broken by Serena to go down 0-1 and eventually 0-2 after Serena's serves. Dementieva though broke back to get the set back to 3-3 and held her serve to lead 4-3 in the 2nd set.
wow big turn of events, earlier in the 2nd set, with Dementieva up 5-4 , Serena went for the baseline backhand , called in but was reviewed and was in by shortest of margins.
Later in the match with the set tied at 5-5, Dementieva hit a shot off the net and was called out , she challenged again, and it was again out by the shortest of margins which would have put her serve at deuce instead Serena won the break point
Serena is currently up 6-5 in the 2nd, serving for the match it is deuce right now on her serve
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