Anyway, wouldn't be unhappy if Djoko wins either. Either way, it's a great result for tennis.
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Anyway, wouldn't be unhappy if Djoko wins either. Either way, it's a great result for tennis.
Haha..Same case here. Been whistling through MTF for the last many days to check the live commentary. And I concur with the general consensus. The match is in Federer's racquet. It depends on as to which Federer's on court. And it might rain on Sunday and it's been forecasted that it could start before the final. Are we heading for the first final that's completely played under the roof..Quote:
Originally Posted by crimson king
PS: Wishful thinking....But anything that gives Federer the title. Wouldn't be unhappy at all if Djokovic takes it. Just wanting a good competitive match.
Ha ha, right, MTF. I was checking out MTF too. I like to find out what they are thinking, don't necessarily like the tard/GIF driven style of argument there. :P One Fed fan I know on facebook (who's quite well informed about tennis) said emphatically that should Fed play like this, Djoko has no chance. That's going too far. Djoko is much mentally tougher than Murray. He's the best out of the big four when it comes to winning ugly. He doesn't get perturbed at all if his rhythm isn't great. Yes, it is on Fed's racquet but that is usually the case on these fast courts. Djoko can't outplay him here. He has closed the gap because Fed is on the decline as a player otherwise the match up is in Fed's favour on these surfaces. Also, the baseline is super worn out this year which will also aid Fed's first strike approach. It would be pretty awesome if Fed actually goes serve and volley again in the final and still wins. Would do a lot of good for tennis. I think just the fact that he's able to get to the final at his age with that tactic shows it can still work, provided the serve volleyer also makes good returns (sadly Fed is the only one today who meets that criterion). But people are intent on not interpreting it that way and point to Fed's loss last year as proof that serve and volley cannot work.
If Fed plays the level he did in SF he will surely win this one in 4.
While I agree Nole is a richer version of Murray, still grass is not his favorite surface. The biggest question is if Fed can play @ the same level today?
All possible signs are there.
If any his progression this year had been picture perfect compared to last year. Starting with big hitters gradually taking on solid baselines. Simon is a poor man's Murray while Murray is a middle class version of Nole. The bigger plus is he is not physically spent as Nole who has spent 3+ hrs more than Fed. But yes he is much younger so it evens out.
From the outset it looks like we are ready for the first GS with
PS 97 under Fedberg. Most of the time conqueror of Queens champion have ended up winning Wimbledon. Let's hope Roger can keep that up. We bel18ve!!
It was hilarious how most of the commies picked Murray to win easily the SF.
Argument was last time Fed won as roof top favoured him. Can't these idiots know that when the roof was closed Fed already had the momentum in his side.
Another commie said Fed has maxed out winning against Murray. He had never won against him >3 in a row. That he even did that year during Murray's recovery period.
This is the Murray with 2 GS + Olympic Gold medal. That he is playing his best possible tennis post his marriage (19 match winning streak I believe)
Fed delivered like a Boss. To serve @ 74% first serve against one of the all time best returners, and return when Murray himself was serving @ 72% first serves was truly remarkable.
Let's hope he can do it one more match. Go Fedberg!!
The best was Wilander saying Murray's net point conversion is higher than Fed's. Yeah over far fewer points. I too rated Murray's chances slightly better...because I never thought this version of Fed would turn up out of nowhere. By the by omega Murray was the Queens champion while Fed won Halle, which he won even in 2013, his worst Wimbledon campaign.
Novak wins it in 4. :clap::clap: The third and fourth sets were quite underwhelming and so was Federer's performance in those. He had to get the first set. Had his chances to do so, but failed. The pattern followed in the third, when he was looking all set to break, but lost serve himself. Djokovic played superbly especially in the third and the fourth. Gave nothing away. And completely imposed himself with his returns in the fourth. A tad disappointed that Federer had to endure another final loss. But the thought that the guy's doing this at the age of 33 makes me proud that I am his fan. Anyway I am looking forward to the North American circuit. Hopefully he does well there.
PS: And not to mention Djokovic's serve. He looked more a servebot than Federer
Two Indians win Championships at Wimbledon (2015)! :clap:
Sania Mirza wins her fourth Grand Slam (women's doubles, with Martina Hingis)...
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/12/te...hingis-tennis/
…and Leander Paes teams up with Martina Hingis to win his 16th Grand Slam!
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/...ay2-paes-mixed
Nole just brutally broke down Fed, his shots and his stamina till he had no fight left in him and simply disappeared in the 4th set. He has learnt from their previous epic at Wimb and avoided the mistakes he made then. Fed let it all out in the 2nd set, played far better esp in the tiebreak than at any point in last year's match. But that did not perturb Djoko. He got back to serving big in the 3rd sight right away and put the pressure right back on Fed. And receiving 5-3 in the 4th, really went after Fed's serve to close it out without having to serve. There has been talk of Fed's unforced errors. Well, what people are not taking into account is how well Djoko made Fed do all the running. He ran about 300 m less than Fed. He controlled the match beautifully. Yes, it's true; playing Fed and Nadal over and over has moulded Djoko into a great champion. Yesterday I was wondering how he lost the French to Wawrinka; guess he was mentally exhausted after having had to play two more sets on Saturday. Because he was so sharp yesterday, didn't put a foot wrong while Fed, having to make the play to get to Nole, made many misjudgments and paid the price just about every time. I am not disappointed in the least. Losing like this at his age is much more honourable than his chokes against Nole in 2010/11 USO semis. Those were matches he had controlled; not this one. He had to put up a titanic fightback just to win one set. I loved it when he did the 2nd but part of me was also thinking, "If he has to work this hard to take a set off Nole, there's no way he's winning this."
இந்த முறை ஃபெடரருக்கு உண்மையான சவால்கள் நிறைந்த ஆட்டம் தொடங்கியது என்றால் அது முரேவுடன் மோதிய ஆட்டத்திலிருந்துதான். நேர் செட்டுகளில் முரேவை கதற கதற தோற்கடித்தது அதகளம். Serve, Volley, Fore and Back hand எல்லாமே சொன்ன நேரத்தில் செயல்படுத்த முடிந்தது. எந்த நேரத்திலும் முரேவினால் ஃபெடரருக்கு மனதளவில் பாதிப்பு இல்லை. கவலையே படாமல் ஆடினார் ஃபெடரர். ஆனால் இறுதிப் போட்டியில் ஜெகொவுடன் மோதிய ஆட்டத்தில் முன்பு போல, ஃபெடரர் மனோதிடம் குறைந்து காணப்பட்டார். உண்மையில் ஜெகொவிக் ஜெயிக்கவில்லை. ஃபெடரர்தான் தோற்றுபோனார். சம்பந்த சம்பந்தமில்லாமல் பந்துகளை கேலரிக்கு அனுப்பிக் கொண்டிருந்தார். Unforced errors நிறைய செய்தார். பார்ப்பதற்கே கொடுமையாக இருந்தது. ஜெகொவிக்கின் சர்விஸ் கேம்களை முறியடிக்கவும், முக்கியமான நேரங்களில் தனது கேம்களை தக்கவைக்க வேண்டிய தருணத்திலும் கோட்டை விட்டிருந்தார் ஃபெடரர். போனவருடம் ஐந்து செட்டுகள் வரை சென்ற ஆட்டம் இந்தமுறை நான்கு ஆட்டங்களிலேயே முடிந்து போனது. ஆரம்ப செட்டுகளில் ஜோகொவிக்கின் இரண்டாவது Serveகளை கூட திருப்பி அனுப்ப முடியாமல் திணறினார். Back hand பொலிவிழந்து காணப்பட்டது. பல நேரங்களில் ஃ பெடரருக்கு தனது மனதில் சம்மணமிட்டு உட்கார்ந்திருக்கும் ராட்சசனை அழிக்கவே நேரம் சரியாக இருந்தது. மற்றுமொரு ஜீரணிக்கமுடியாத ஃபெடரரின் பங்களிப்பு. மற்றுமொரு ஜீரணிக்கமுடியாத ஜெகொவிக்கின் வெற்றிவாகை.
http://www.tennis.com/tags/50th-anniversary-moments/
A list of articles from pivotal moments in tennis history.
Interesting to read about the 1977 US Open. Connors' cheating easily casts Nike draws and slow court spartan tennis propaganda into the shade. It's hard to even accept what Connors did as something that can happen on a pro circuit.
http://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/NET-P...urg-Chang.aspx
No change in behavior. High time ATP calls him out for his repeated shenanigans.
I agree with ajithfederer... It is high time ATP calls him [Fabio Fognini] out for his repeated shenanigans! :)
Yes. damn you fognini..
How dare he question his highness the holiness naadar on his repeated shenanigans!!. Nadal must demand ATP not to schedule any more future matches with fognini. Fucking wuss.
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Fabio Fognini king of the 2014 tennis tirades (ESPN):
http://espn.go.com/blog/espntennis/p...tennis-tirades
Chair umpire refuses to shake Fabio Fognini's hand after he loses in Paris (Sports Illustrated):
http://www.si.com/tennis/2014/10/29/...he-loses-paris
Wimbledon Outbursts cost Fabio Fognini $27,500 (ESPN):
http://espn.go.com/tennis/wimbledon1...edon-outbursts
Federer defeats Djokovic for seventh Cincinnati title
The victory in 90 minutes means the Swiss will be seeded second behind Djokovic at Flushing Meadows.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/tenn...cid=spartandhp
Amazing win for Roger Federer to win his 1st Masters of 2015 & record 7th @ Cincinnati.
To do it @ 34 w/o being broken & losing a set is awesome.
I for one thought that he would stumble in the finals @ the hands of Novak going by how all their recent Finals (GS & Masters) have gone.
Incidentally Federer wins a Final @ Masters against Novak after 2012 Cincinnati.
The way he did, playing all court tennis being ever aggressive was the highlight.
His recent Charge & drive while facing 2nd serves was something we are seeing after a very long time.
That he did it to a reasonable success against all the players was even more impressive.
His return of serve was another area he showed tremendous improvement. Its amazing how he can use his complete repertoire in a fast court which is far & less these days.
Hoping for a good draw @ the Open...
I was at the Stadium yesterday to watch the final and it was great pleasure watching him play. He's been the best fast hard court player in the world for a while now. Its to his disadvantage that most of the courts are medium slow in the ATP circuit. And his backhand has never been this solid. Its become hard for players to make him commit an error on that wing. And the return of serves has been exquisite all week. Trolling at its best from Federer though with the service line returns......
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Wow that's great Arvind. I was planning to go for QF but couldn't in the end.
How was the experience? You picked the right event when Maestro was at his best...
Ya, I took a chance. Bought the finals ticket when it was cheap. After Novak won, tickets were being sold at a starting price of $295. Was planning on selling the ticket if Federer lost as I would have made a profit of almost 400% Was more like a win-win situation for me. But I enjoyed every moment of this. Made a hash of last years USO final as both Roger and Novak lost in the SFs. But this event made up for it.
There were a bunch of desi guys with a big banner 'Roger you are our hero' 'If tennis is a religion Federer is God' blah blah. Were u part of them?
^ LOL....I travelled alone to Cincy....And the line above is just too cheesy for my comfort....:wink:
:lol: Andre, annan gounder sonnar --- Bleddy Indians
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Originally Posted by omega
Cool pics, arvind. :)
US Open draw:
Nadal:
R1 Coric
R2 Schwartzman or Qualy
R3 Fognini
R4 Raonic
QF Djokovic
SF Nishikori or Ferrer
Federer:
R1 Mayer
R2 Baghdatis
R3 Kohlschreiber
R4 Karlovic/Isner
QF Berdych/Gasquet
SF Murray/Wawrinka
F Djokovic
Djokovic:
R1 Souza
R2 Pospisil
R3 Seppi
R4 Goffin
QF Nadal (o Raonic)
SF Nishikori
F Federer
Murray:
R1 Kyrgios
R2 Mannarino
R3 Bellucci
R4 Anderson
QF Wawrinka
SF Federer
F Novak
Looks like Federer has similar draw like 2012 when he got knocked by Berdych in QF.
He should be relatively fresh this year but age is not in his side.
Nevertheless a tough draw. Looks like its Novak's trophy to lose.
Have a feeling Nadal may finally come thru' this one as a dark horse!!
If Nadal comes through Novak, he will win for sure !!!
Even if Roger reaches semi/final he will tired as he has to come through tough fellows. Next year Wimbledon la 18ku try pannuvom ;).
You might never know. I for one however find it incredibly difficult to see Nadal getting through Djokovic. This has traditionally been the worst part of the season for him and I really cannot see him having a resurgence like the one he had in 2013. He won both the follow up events that year and made a clean sweep at the US Open.Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
As for Federer, I don't know what to expect of him for this one. An SF appearance looks highly probable and then it's anybody's game. Berdych's looked spent all year and apart from Isner, I dont think anybody can cause him much trouble.
Agree that both Berdych & Murray doesn't look like a threat on paper as Fed has been able to win over them comfortably in their last few meetings. Fed needs to keep all his matches as short as possible leading to SF. However anything can happen if somebody zones in.
Hope he could play his aggressive all court tennis & results should follow.
^ That's true. And if reports are to be believed, Arthur Ashe is faster than last year. That should bode well for Federer
Where did you read this?. Any links?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
I got it from Menstennisforum.com...there is a separate thread for the US court speed. Apparently a few players who played the qualifiers talked about it....Not conclusive though
http://www.menstennisforums.com/show...=694753&page=2
Sania Mirza conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Sania, clad in a maroon saree and blue blazer, amid thunderous applause at the Darbar hall where sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal was among the attendees. Sania became the second tennis player to receive the country's highest sporting honour after Leander Paes...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/48723693.cms
Doesn't look any faster than it has been in the last few years or so. But the on going work of building a roof for Ashe has already had the effect of blocking out the wind, apparently. And without the wind to worry about, players will go for their shots a lot more. THAT should help Fed. Wimbledon-like conditions, probably, but unlike grass, this won't wear down by the second Sunday and should still be playing about the same pace as day 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
last year runner-up Kei lost in first round.
Watching Halep-Erakovic. Ball does seem to go through noticeably faster in the day session. Seen a fair few outright winners already and ball isn't stopping through much after bounce. When I watched the night session earlier today, it looked slower. Maybe it gets humid under the lights.
It''s definitely slower at nights. Good thing that the semis and the finals are to be played at noon. And it does seem faster this year compared to the previous years.
First tough test coming up for Nadal. Foginini is not the best on hard courts but he is still a pretty solid player. Nadal struggled to beat Schwartzmann and the final tally doesn't tell the full story, that Diego held breaks/mini breaks in all three sets and still lost. If he gets past Foginini, I would back him to also beat Raonic and line up for the Djoko clash. Can't see him beating Djoko too. Djoko was cruising in his second round match, almost like playing a practice session.