Just when you think that he would finally defend a non clay tournament comes a bizarre injury announcement!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
There goes another 2 chances to do it. Hope he recovers on time to try and defend US Open!!
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Just when you think that he would finally defend a non clay tournament comes a bizarre injury announcement!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
There goes another 2 chances to do it. Hope he recovers on time to try and defend US Open!!
The official announcement from his side says he will out of action for 2-3 weeks which leaves just about a week out for the US open. I guess he wants to play but I feel there is an equal chance of him pulling out if he doesnt recover in time.
According to the National Post, "Nadal suffered the injury to his right wrist in practice Tuesday. "Nadal is left-handed, but the 28-year-old uses a two-handed backhand. In a statement, he said he would be out for a least two to three weeks."
The New York Times reports that Nadal’s wrist will be casted for two to three weeks.
All Canadian power hitting final lined up at D.C - Raonic v/s Pospisil. Be prepared for plenty of aces...and for ATP to start talking about making the balls even heavier to solve the problems of You Know Who. In spite of ATP's best efforts, the rising stars of tennis are bound to play in a very different way from the current top players - Raonic, Pospisil, Kyrgios, Dimitrov, all of these players are attacking and have a big serve.
Roger Federer's neighbors are making him tear down his kids' playhouse
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/08/roge...rland-children
I wonder whether this is part of that great conspiracy between ATP and "You Know Who"! :)
Canadian Milos Raonic beats countryman Vasek Pospisil 6-1, 6-4 to win the Citi Open crown...
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...-Pospisil.aspx
"Evidently, Federer lost the fight, which makes sense because he’s always been terrible at challenges." LOL.
By the way, it's not a conspiracy theory but pretend it is if you like. Last year, there was a report in the paper about ATP considering heavier balls just because a few players had started exceeding 150 mph serve speeds. This is ridiculous, tennis was not born the day Rafa decided to play it, you know.
Federer happy to be 'laid-back' going into Rogers Cup
-TSN/The Canadian Press; August 5, 2014
"I feel like I don't really have to prove anything to anybody, even though people are always going to disagree with that," Federer said. "For me it's about how do I feel in practice, how is my motivation, how am I actually really playing, how do I feel it, rather than how is everybody else thinking they see and know it. I can analyze it much more clearer today than I ever have."
http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/story/?id=458776
Rogers Cup Updates:
-Wawrinka wins a close match against Paire.
-Federer easily beats Canadian wildcard Polanski.
-Pospisil loses to Gasquet.
-Women's fifth seed Eugenie Bouchard loses to Shelby Rogers.
Djokovic almost loses to Monfils, but wins the third set tiebreaker. Score: 6-2, 6(4)-7, 7-6(2). Other winners so far: Tsonga, Murray, & Gasquet.
Rogers Cup:
Men's Singles third round...
Kevin Anderson beats Stan Wawrinka 7-6, 7-5.
Doubles, second round...
Sania Mirza & Cara Black defeat Karolína Plíšková & Kristýna Plíšková 6-4, 7-6.
Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek beaten by Richard Gasquet & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7, 4-6.
Julien Benneteau & Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeat Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7-5, 6-4.
…and Tsonga crushes Djokovic 6-2, 6-2!
What a match! Roger Federer beats Marin Čilić 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 in a marathon match! Roger had 7 match-points in the second set, and the 11th game in the second set had 11 deuces!
It has been his problem for so many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by raagadevan
Happy Birthday to "Tennis Maestro"
Aged to peRFection!!
Rightly so!Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
33-year-old Roger Federer is the 'last man standing' among the four top seeded players at Rogers Cup! Djokovic (1), Wawrinka (3) and Berdych (4) have all been eliminated! And this is not the result of any conspiracy, match fixing or use of PED!:)
Wish Roger many many more years of peRFection on and off the court!
Happy birthday Roger. Keep it going
Tsonga in the semifinals, beating Murray 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
Fed through. Probably would have been home in 2 sets if he didn't suddenly go completely off the boil at 4-4 in the second. Lopez-Raonic match was brilliant. Had to give the third set a miss to get at least a few shots on the racquet before the rains return but glad to hear Lopez won. Lopez's volleys were so good the commentators even compared them at times to Johnny Mac. The semi line up is promising, hope both matches are hard fought.
Fed had an average day in office yesterday. Some of his volleys were outstanding!!
Glad it didn't end out to be a "No one beats David 15 times in a row" moment....
Hope he can win a Masters after nearly 2 years..
Calling Federer's performance yesterday as average or ordinary would be an understatement. He was poor IMHO. Blew hot and cold throughout the match.
Semifinals action…
Venus Williams beats Serena Williams 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Agnieszka Radwańska beats Ekaterina Makarova 7-6, 7-6.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overwhelms Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3.
It will be Federer against Tsonga in tomorrow's finals. Tonight was easy-going for Roger!
Sania Mirza & Cara Black will meet Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci in tomorrow's Rogers Cup Women's Doubles Finals.
Tsonga should be the favourite to win but (a) he is inconsistent and (b) he is a bit of a Federer fan (I think) and seems to revere him too much. Many of their matches have been close and this one should not be different. Or if Fed has a bad day again, it might be a straight set romp for Tsonga. I feel the chances of the reverse happening are less.
Fed is 2/6 in Finals this year...........This match seems to be definitely in Tsonga's racquet!!
Jo-Wilfried denies Roger the Rogers Cup! Wins 7-5, 7-6.
Fed yet again failed in important moments...
Tsonga deserves a lot of credit too. He was ranked World #15, but defeated Djokovic (#1), Federer (#3), Dimitrov (#8) and Murray (#9) in this tournament. How often does that happen?
Tsonga's the man...Well done..Didint need to do anything spectacular with Federer handing the match to him on a silver platter....But still a win's a win...:clap:
Poor poor display from Federer. Couldnt get anything out of the backhand. Tried to balance it with some forehand play, overbalanced himself on the forehand causing him to shank those too. Dont know if the scheduling had a say on his performance. Had his first day match today. That could have had an effect on him finding it hard to cope with the pace of the court. But that's no excuse for a man of such experience. Lost his 5th final out of the seven he played this year.
If anyone is interested in trivia, superstitions and/or statistics, Tsonga's lucky number seems to be #13! He was seeded 13 in Rogers cup 2014 which he won, and was also seeded 13 in the only other Masters-1000 tournament that he has won to date, the 2008 Paris Masters! :)
Federer's ground game was pathetic today. But I liked the way he compensated with some spectacular net game expecially in the 2nd set. Those pickup volleys were out of the world. Atleast he made a match out of it. If not for his net game & serve the score wouldn't have looked this decent...
^^ So is Edberg modeling Fed's game along the lines of his own style (shades of which were always there in Fed's game anyway)? More serve and net game and less groundstroke domination. That is how it was in the Wimbledon final too and possibly one of the keys to Djoko's victory because he simply wasn't pressurised enough on his own serve games. I think this strategy might help prolong Fed's career in terms of physical effort but maybe not so much in terms of winning titles. He has won lots of matches this year but only two titles, neither of which were 1000 series.
CK, its kind of unfortunate that he hasn't been able to convert his good streak to titles. But he's been very close to winning in atleast two to three - Indian Wells, Wimbledon come to mind. I would definitely draw my conclusions once the year finishes.
He hardly won rallies today. Its kind of amazing as to how the second went to the breaker.Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
I will not be surprised if Federer loses early @ Cincinati.
He is a 5 times champion & loves the pace of the court. Will have to see how he gets going...
Winning 5 matches in as many days could be impossible at this stage.
Anyway the proposed opponents,
2R - Pospisil
3R - Monfils
QF - Murray
SF - Berdych / Raonic
Finals - Novak
Think he should have a better indoor season this year than last. Still, the weakness on the return game is a problem.
3/4 semi finalists from Toronto have lost in their first match @ cincy. We will know shortly if fed will join them.
Federer beats Pospisil 7-6, 5-7, 6-2. Other winners include Djokovic, Ferrer and Murray.
Djokovic loses to Robredo in the third round 6-7, 5-7.