Interesting stat ...
"Only swiss players has beaten Novak since US open 2013".
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Interesting stat ...
"Only swiss players has beaten Novak since US open 2013".
Another one ...
Stan's only win against Roger in 14 attempts has been in Monte Carlo in 2009.
On current form, I would have to back Wawrinka. Fed is also coming into some form but his backhand side is significantly weaker than Wawrinka. On the flipside, he has won so many ATP 1000 titles so he knows what to do whereas Wawrinka might get overawed by the occasion.
CK,Quote:
Originally Posted by crimson king
Now just rewind back to the comment from RF after his 2011 US SF loss to Nole.....
Does it make sense to you now? (With Nole's latest wrist condition...)
Fed definitely wants his compatriot to win his first Masters offcourse, but MC 1000 is something missing in his own cabinet, so it would be a good match.Quote:
Originally Posted by crimson king
If Stan can play freely, he has the edge for sure, but often he gets a little subdued when playing his senior...
But a dream final atleast for me & it is a win-win situation..
Not at all. I don't see the relevance. So was there something wrong with RF's technique that he had a back injury last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
He then said it is a lucky shot, may be that is how he is brought up (taking undue risks)...Quote:
Originally Posted by crimson king
Federer was like, if that is what it requires to beat me, good for you....
Fed will never do that & duely gets blamed for not showing intensity.....
These players showing intensity is what causes them all these injuries.....
You are kidding with the back injury right?
Yeah sure...I was being sarcastic there to show you that you are making a false equivalence. You know even Agassi had wrist injuries, right? It's part and parcel of top level sport. So just because Djoko has had an injury doesn't mean what Fed said then were wise words uttered underneath some Bodhi tree. He was just being a sore loser, period. Fed must be one of the rare guys whose body is seemingly perfect for the game he plays (McGrath was another). Otherwise, even players with great technique like Graf have gone through injuries. Djoko used the intensity to hang in there at that time and turn tables on Fed in a match he was winning. It would be good for both you and Fed to just accept that and let it go.
In his peak years, Fed himself used to orchestrate the crowd after his tweeners fell in, as if he was 100% sure they would be WINNERS. Djoko was just extracting subtle vengeance at US Open and that obviously found its mark and didn't go down well with Fed.
Gonna be good tomorrow..Didnt see the match. So can't comment as to how the match went about and on Djokovic's injury and how it affected his play.
So you want to equate a tweener with that extravagant forehand crosscourt stretching far to his right?....Quote:
Originally Posted by crimson king
Never did I say that Roger was not butthurt. He was however, all that he said was so true... An absolute peak Novak had to come up with such a risky shot to win against an after shelf Roger.... Novak pulled up that shot mainly because he was up against all odds, with the whole NY crowd against him. That surely irked him...
Anyway Novak is my 2nd favorite after Roger. Hope he recovers soon to win RG!! We need Novak to certainly stop Rafa!!
Wish #1: We want our GOAT (Roger Federer) to win a few more masters and/or grand slam titles, so that we can continue to sing that he is the GOAT! We don't care whether the matches are fixed and/or his opponents are injured, as long as our GOAT wins.
Wish #2: If our GOAT does not win, we want ABB (Anyone But Bull) to win. A lot of people think that the Bull (Rafa Nadal) is justifiably the real GOAT, but we have to make sure that we have enough statistics to twist and misquote to prove our point! Of course "We need Novak to certainly stop Rafa!!"
Meaningful head-to head statistics:
Federer 17; Djokovic: 16
Federer: 10; Murray: 11 (very close!)
Federer: 14; Ferrer: 0
Federer: 13; Wawrinka: 1
Federer: 12; Berdych: 6
Meaningless head-to-head statistics:
Federer: 10; Nadal: 23
Quote:
Originally Posted by raagadevan
peRFect!!
Thanks for putting it together...
Actually no, because that forehand was far less flukey. It was in the slot and the only possibly risky thing about the shot was the power with which Djoko sought to hit it (which might have dragged it wide on another day). You can watch it again if you like. Djoko was well balanced and was obviously seeing the ball well when he hit it. I have seen Sampras hit a similar stretch cross court forehand and standing on his toes to boot and still hit a return winner...at Wimbledon when it used to be faster, against Andre Agassi. That is high percentage but to deride it as a fluke is just sour grapes. To pretend it was not the way people used to play tennis is just ageism.Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
Look, I am a huge Federer fan but in this case, it was simply his reluctance to accept Djoko as the new champion. I am not able to see at all how on earth Fed was justified in talking down his opponent like that and trying to write it off as lucky. It wasn't any luckier than any number of trick shots he used to pull off in his peak to win important points. It's not going to make me like him less for that because Fed is actually pretty cool compared to any number of 90s players who seemed to think they had some obligation to be nasty to their opponents. But I certainly don't find an iota of truth in what he said. Djoko following later in the press conference was correct to say that at the highest level, you have to take your chances because there are bound to be very few. That is the way tennis has been played for years and years and there's nothing new about it except Kaiser Fed was at the wrong end of it and didn't enjoy it.
Wawrinka wins 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2!
Fed had the match on his racquet. Wawrinka hadn't really turned up for the first half of the match. Fed should have killed it before the tiebreak itself. That was a lifeline for Wawrinka and he grabbed it and got back to the fluent rhythm he showed yesterday.
Congrats Wawrinka !!!
A First For Stan: How The Monte-Carlo Final Was Won
-By Josh Meiseles; ATP News, April 20, 2014
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...w-Was-Won.aspx
Stan Wawrika....:clap: :clap:...Well done mate....
:clap: Wawrinka
Emirates ATP World Rankings (April 21, 2014)
1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 11,040
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 10,580
3. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6,580
4. Roger Federer (SUI) 5,805
5. David Ferrer (ESP) 4,910
6. Thomas Berdych(CZE) 4,720
7. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4,215
8. Andy Murray (GBR) 4,040
9. Milos Raonic (CAN) 2,715
10. John Isner (USA) 2,555
11. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2,545
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 2,370
13. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 2,190
14. Tommy Haas (GER) 2,075
15. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 2,065
Emirates ATP Race to London Points (April 21, 2014)
1. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 3,535
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3,050
3. Roger Federer (SUI) 2,920
4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2,775
5. Thomas Berdych (CZE) 2,135
6. David Ferrer (ESP) 1,440
7. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 1,175
8. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 1,150
9. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 1,105
10. Andy Murray (GBR) 1,065
Wow, at this rate, Andy Murray may not make it to London (though it's too early to comment of course). Wonder if the quest for Wimbledon took too much out of him and he doesn't have motivation to pursue any other goals now that that is done. Wawrinka finishing the year at no.1 would be a welcome break from the big four monotony (but looks very distant right now).
How the Krishnans brought Wimbledon home
http://www.thehindu.com/features/met...?homepage=true
Looks like we had two Good Fridays in a row!!!
^^^ lol. Already the worst clay court season for Rafa in a very long time. Back in 2003, he was the winner of the Monte Carlo event, right? Maybe his body finally can't cash the cheques he's been writing, to refer to Agassi's comment years back. Forehand is just gone. Even last year, the topspin on his forehand was just not what it used to be but he compensated by using more aggressive tactics. He is simply too tentative to try that this year and, as he himself admitted, losing to Wawrinka hasn't helped at all.
Also a more graceful acceptance of defeat this time by Rafa, unlike the cold handshake he offered to good friend Ferrer at Monte Carlo. Getting used to the feeling, perhaps?
Rafa has never been able to dominate for a full complete year.
Normally he tames off by USO and completely loses steam by the indoor season (End of year).
He has been competing non-stop starting from Feb 2013 last year going deep in many tournaments, so its obvious his body is not able to handle the physical toll.
Its a tricky situation for his camp that it has come around during his favorite time of the season (clay) where he rakes 60% of his points.
He should have took a good break after the AO loss and skipped all those tournaments (Rio/IW/Miami) and come fresh for the Clay swing. Toni the mastermind got it completely wrong on the schedule... With 4000 points still to defend in clay, losing to lapdogs in his favorite surface is doing no good for his already sinking confidence.
Still he is the favorite for FO, but lot will depend on how he does in Madrid (his weakest clay tournament) and Rome. I am sure Nole will have a big say on FO..
Very interesting clay season ahead!!
Yeah, I can somewhat understand losing to Ferrer even though Nadal has always beaten the latter very comfortably. But if he starts losing to Almagro on clay, he is losing the plot. Djoko himself is struggling with that wrist problem, so, as my dad put it, Nadal's very presence in the RG draw will deem him a favourite. But this should be his toughest defence yet as if Nole didn't push him around enough the last two times.
My man - Stan(wawrinka) the man - posted this pic in his twitter account and is trolling everyone . :lol:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmIwkpIIcAAcHxJ.jpg:large
Leander Paes receives Padma Bhushan award
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/34259087.cms
Kei Nishikori wins the Barcelona Open; and Grigor Dimitrov wins BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy.
Emirates ATP Race to London Points (April 28, 2014)
1. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 3,535
2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3,050
3. Roger Federer (SUI) 2,920
4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2,865
5. Thomas Berdych (CZE) 2,135
6. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 1,525
7. David Ferrer (ESP) 1,440
8. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 1,355
9. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 1,175
10.Fabio Fognini (ITA) 1,150
Madrid draws is out ..
Roger Federer
1R: Bye
2R: Simon/Paire
3R: Seppi/Robredo/Verdasco
QF: Murray/Tsonga
SF: Nadal/Berdych
F: Djokovic/Wawrinka
Evalo mukkunalum SF thaanda mudiyaadhu until unless there is a new Almagro/Ferrer :noteeth: ...
Sania-Cara win first title of season in Portugal
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/34598067.cms
Novak withdraws from Madrid due to right hand wrist injury!!! Good for him considering the toughest draw ...
Looks like trouble all the way for Fed!!Quote:
Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
He has to take one at a time. With Paire retiring he is up against Simon first, which he could get thru'.
Somehow I feel he may be troubled by Bautista Agut Roberto in the the 3R if he makes thru'.
If Fed does play well & reach SF, I really fancy his chances against Nadal!!
Fed withdraws from Madrid Masters to be with his wife the next few weeks (hopefully doesn't include RG)...
https://www.facebook.com/Federer/pos...1?stream_ref=1
Stars couldn't have aligned this well for the "Son of Madrid"
:twisted: :lol:.
Mirka delivers twin boys Leo & Lenny...
Congrats Fed!!
Time to rewind back to 2009 & deliver natural surface twins FO & Wimbledon....