US Open

[resistanze]

Henin dominates in tiebreak. Don't know if Venus can recover.

[1Parker1]

Rod : I have a feeling he'd be winning a lot more Slams if a certain guy named Federer wasn't always in his way. Yes, Rod has weaknesses in his game, but he isn't exactly a scrub...if he played the way he played against Federer the other day, he'd be able to beat at least 98% of the compe ion...just not Federer


And Novak's post game interview was hilarious with him doing imitations of Nadal and Sharapova...he was right on! Did anyone else catch that?

[Shaka]

I come from China,but our sports channel CCTV5 doesn't concern much about the US OPEN.
BTW:I like Andy Rod

[dbreiden83080]

Rod : I have a feeling he'd be winning a lot more Slams if a certain guy named Federer wasn't always in his way. Yes, Rod has weaknesses in his game, but he isn't exactly a scrub...if he played the way he played against Federer the other day, he'd be able to beat at least 98% of the compe ion...just not Federer


And Novak's post game interview was hilarious with him doing imitations of Nadal and Sharapova...he was right on! Did anyone else catch that?

Rod is a heck of a player he just gets no respect because he is playing in the Federer era and can't beat him ever. He has been to the Wimbledon finals twice the US open final last year, losing to yeah you guessed it. If not for Roger he would be in the discussion of all time great American players but with Roger seeing to it he never wins slams that is never going to happen.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7OKS9fU14

Djokovic is hilarious

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Rod is a heck of a player he just gets no respect because he is playing in the Federer era and can't beat him ever. He has been to the Wimbledon finals twice the US open final last year, losing to yeah you guessed it. If not for Roger he would be in the discussion of all time great American players but with Roger seeing to it he never wins slams that is never going to happen.

bull... Rod is a decent tennis player, nothing exceptional. You can't compare him with any All Time great American players, are you ing me?? With Sampras? Connors? Agassi? McEnroe? Rod isn't even worthy of being named in the same freaking paragraph as all those, no matter what era he's playing in. You're delusional buddy

[Whisky Dog]

Rod : I have a feeling he'd be winning a lot more Slams if a certain guy named Federer wasn't always in his way. Yes, Rod has weaknesses in his game, but he isn't exactly a scrub...if he played the way he played against Federer the other day, he'd be able to beat at least 98% of the compe ion...just not Federer


And Novak's post game interview was hilarious with him doing imitations of Nadal and Sharapova...he was right on! Did anyone else catch that?

Yes you are right, because Rod only loses to Federer and never drops matches to weak ass, unranked players who should have no business winning.

, COME ON!! Rod drops those all the time because he's a flake. Get real and get a clue.

[smeagol]

Federer might simply be the best tennis player ever.

[dbreiden83080]

bull... Rod is a decent tennis player, nothing exceptional. You can't compare him with any All Time great American players, are you ing me?? With Sampras? Connors? Agassi? McEnroe? Rod isn't even worthy of being named in the same freaking paragraph as all those, no matter what era he's playing in. You're delusional buddy

Dial it down a notch jackass. In terms of accomplishments he would be in the discussion if not for Federer. Do i put him in there with Agassi or Mcenroe, no i don't, Connors i always thought was overated though. Don't sit there and tell me that if he had 3 or 4 slams right now which he would if not for Federer that he would not even be in the realm of those guys in most peoples minds because he would be.

GS les.

McEnroe 7
Agassi 8
Connors 8

Andy would easily have 3 or 4 by now if not for Fed and did any of those guys face a guy like Fed in there day? No they didn't nobody ever has he is the best ever. Agassi had to deal with Sampras and even he is not on Fed's level. The only guy that could challenge him year in and year out would be Sampras. So again do i put him with some of those all time great players, no but he would be having a much greater career and be getting a lot more respect if he was not playing in the Roger Federer ERA.

[L.I.T]

I'm going to wade back into this, Andy Rod may have 3 or 4 if not for Federer, but he isn't an all-time great player. He's on the same level as a Hewitt or a Ivanisovic. How many GS would Ivanisovic have if not for Sampras and Agassi?

Rod is a very talented player; but in no uncertain terms, no matter what he would not be considered a great. This very argument is why I consider this era to be one of the weakest top to bottom in terms of men's talent.

Rod is Greg Rusedski or Mark Philoppousis (sp) or Richard Krijeck. Big service, big forehand...average (for pros) the rest of his game.

[dbreiden83080]

I'm going to wade back into this, Andy Rod may have 3 or 4 if not for Federer, but he isn't an all-time great player. He's on the same level as a Hewitt or a Ivanisovic. How many GS would Ivanisovic have if not for Sampras and Agassi?

I agree with you that he is not an all time great overall. However i do think he would be in the conversation of an all time great American player. Not as good as Mac or Agassi or even Connors but if he had say 4 GS by age 25 i don't think it is fair to say he is nowhere close to them, just like it is not fair to say Rog is easily the best ever because who knows how many GS he would have if Pete was still in his prime. I do think Roger is the best ever but he does not have 12 GS in 4 years if Pete were around. I know you and i also disagree about the level of depth in the game today. I think it is quite strong and you don't. Agassi himself though at the open this year when talking about Fed commented on how amazing it is what he is doing because of the depth in the game.

[L.I.T]

I agree with you that he is not an all time great overall. However i do think he would be in the conversation of an all time great American player. Not as good as Mac or Agassi or even Connors but if he had say 4 GS by age 25 i don't think it is fair to say he is nowhere close to them, just like it is not fair to say Rog is easily the best ever because who knows how many GS he would have if Pete was still in his prime. I do think Roger is the best ever but he does not have 12 GS in 4 years if Pete were around. I know you and i also disagree about the level of depth in the game today. I think it is quite strong and you don't. Agassi himself though at the open this year when talking about Fed commented on how amazing it is what he is doing because of the depth in the game.

Good point.

Actually, I just get annoyed with Rod . He seems like he has the talent, but it's like he's missing some fundamental aspect of his game that allows him to win consistently. I wish Connors could switch his instincts with Rod s; jeez that would be a great player.

I enjoyed listening to Agassi during the tournament; he's a classy guy and I don't think is going to say anything negative about any generation. My favorite crack of his was when he said he married the greatest forehand in history.

Re: Connors (just read that). I've always thought he was slightly overrated; his record in the Slams was not nearly as impressive as his record in other tournaments. That being said, the guy had a serious flair for the dramatic; which is why he ended up being more of a tennis hero and icon than other players of his period.