Rafa Nadal wins his first Cincinnati Masters Trophy. Beats John Isner in a thrilling final 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-3).
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Rafa Nadal wins his first Cincinnati Masters Trophy. Beats John Isner in a thrilling final 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-3).
Great final...:clap: :clap: for both Nadal and Isner
Wow..really great effort by nadal against big serving isner...going by the scores...guess it was a very very tough match and nadal prevailed in the tie breakers.....which channel telecasted it live.....
Just watched the highlights of final! Wow! what a speed game it was! Each forehand winner from both went like a jet! Unreachable! Terrific performances from both! To me, both were winners of this tournament!
During the whole match, Rafa had difficulty dealing with Isner's 140+ mph (225+ km/h) serves. The match was so close that it could have gone either way. Isner said a few days ago that beating Djokovic in the quarterfinals was the greatest moment in his tennis career, but his performance today was amazing too. At the end, patience and persistence helped Rafa win his first Cincinnati trophy. Congratulations to both players for a superbly played and thrilling match!
WOW! Three posts at the exact same time! :)
Here is the full match:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tOGlVWqNuQ
Some trivia:
It has been a while since there was a player from the USA in the top 20 of the ATP rankings. The Cincinnati Open lifts John Isner's ranking to #14.
During the presentation ceremony, John Barrett, the CEO of Western & Southern Insurance Company (sponsor of the tournament), told John Isner [who is 6' 10" (2.08 m) tall]: "John; you have raised this tournament to "new heights"! :) Most people in the crowd thought it was funny and applauded; but a few people booed!
US Open Seedings 2013:
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
2. Rafael Nadal, Spain
3. Andy Murray, Great Britain
4. David Ferrer, Spain
5. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic
6. Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina
7. Roger Federer, Switzerland
8. Richard Gasquet, France
9. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland
10. Milos Raonic, Canada
11. Kei Nishikori, Japan
12. Tommy Haas, Germany
13. John Isner, United States
14. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland
15. Nicolas Almagro, Spain
16. Fabio Fognini, Italy
17. Kevin Anderson, South Africa
18. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia
19. Tommy Robredo, Spain
20. Andreas Seppi, Italy
21. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia
22. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany
23. Feliciano Lopez, Spain
24. Benoit Paire, France
25. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria
26. Sam Querrey, United States
27. Fernando Verdasco, Spain
28. Juan Monaco, Argentina
29. Jurgen Melzer, Austria
30. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia
31. Julien Benneteau, France
32. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia
இந்த முறை பெண்களுக்கான 2013 யு.எஸ்.ஓபன் கோப்பையை தலைவி அஸ்ரங்கா வெல்ல எல்லாம் வல்ல சோட்டாணிக்கரை பகவதியை வேண்டிக் கொள்கிறேன்.
Roger ends up in Rafa's quarter in US Open. So the Bull can feast on his pigeon again!!!
Excellent timing again by the Bull to boast up his meaningless H2H!! Way to go Bull!!
Possible matches:
Federer
1R: Zemlja
2R: Berlocq
3R: Querrey
4R: Nishikori
Q: Nadal
SF: Ferrer/Janowicz (Gulbis, Raonic outsiders)
F: Djokovic/Murray/Del Potro
Djokovic:
1R: Berankis
2R: Becker/Rosol
3R: Dimitrov
4R: Fognini/Paire
Q: Del Potro
SF: Murray/Berdych
F: Nadal/Federer
Murray
1R: Llodra
2R: Hanescu
3R: Monaco
4R: Almagro
Q: Berdych
SF: Djokovic/Del Potro
F: Nadal/Federer
Nadal
1R: Harrison
2R: Pospisil
3R: Davydenko/Verdasco
4R: Isner
Q: Federer
SF: Ferrer/Janowicz (Gulbis, Raonic outsiders)
F: Djokovic/Murray/Del Potro
Ferrer
1R: Qualifier
2R: Bellucci/Agut
3R: Gulbis
4R: Janowicz
Q: Gasquet/Raonic
SF: Nadal/Federer
F: Djokovic/Murray/Del Potro
^ Thanks for the draws, Omega.That was quick .Looking forward to a good tourney.
Brad Gilbert says "USOpen surface is slow and fluffy" (espn)...
We all know who it favours the most!! Seriously can't understand what ATP wants (other than 5+hours of basline bashing!!)
US Open 2013: time is catching up with Roger Federer, the Swiss master craftsman
By Oliver Brown - The Telegraph, August 23, 2013
"To Pete Sampras he was, and is, 'a legend, a stud and an icon'. For even John McEnroe, that tough-talking son of Queens, he is 'the most beautiful I have ever seen play'. In the estimation of the late essayist David Foster Wallace he represents simply – well, perhaps not so simply – the apotheosis of 'kinaesthetic virtuosity'".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ten...craftsman.html
:idontgetit: Can you please elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
Is it so? Thought this cement surface to be the fastest of all the surfaces.Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
What?? :omg: seriously :banghead:
Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
Thought I was stating the obvious!!Quote:
Originally Posted by leosimha
Inspite of winning his first grandslam in 2005, Bull never showed up at the US Open Finals until 2010. Expecially between 2005 & 2009 when Roger was promptly in the Finals.
Bull can now beat his bunny this year at the only GS even where they have never met, at a time when his bunny is at his weakest of his career.
Roger Federer Can Still Get His Game Face On
By Michael Steinberger - The New York Times, August 23, 2013.
"This article updates the print version, which had gone to press before Federer was defeated by Nadal on Aug. 16."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/ma...anted=all&_r=0
Rafa's "meaningless H2H" record against the top 10 players
By ATP Staff - (Source: ATP News - August 20, 2013) http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...ng-Record.aspx
"If the measure of a champion is the ability to defeat the best in the game, Rafael Nadal would come out on top on the ATP World Tour. The Spaniard, who captured his ninth title of the season on Sunday at the Western & Southern Open, has a winning record against all of the players currently in the Top 30 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. "Nadal has a winning percentage of over .650 against each of them, with the exception of World No. 1 Novak Djokovic - the competitor he has faced the highest number of times. Nadal leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 21-15, for a .583 winning percentage. "Against Roger Federer, whom he defeated in three sets in the Cincinnati quarter-finals, Nadal has a 21-10 mark and a .677 winning percentage. Djokovic and Federer are the only players to have beaten the Spaniard more than five times."
Nadal vs. Top 10 (as of 19 August 2013):
1. Novak Djokovic: 21-15
3. Andy Murray: 13-5
4. David Ferrer: 20-4
5. Tomas Berdych: 15-3
6. Juan Martin del Potro: 8-3
7. Roger Federer: 21-10
8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: 8-3
9. Richard Gasquet: 10-1
10. Stanislas Wawrinka: 10-0
true that the bull hasn't been in the USO finals between 2005 to 2009 until 2010 but couldn't meet during that time too. though I would tip the bull in the QF match-up if they meet up but I would rate this QF match-up 50-50 but with a slight edge to Feddy over the bull coz he has vast experience than the bull on this court. It would be entertaining and I wouldn't say Feddy the weakest taking only age into consideration. Feddy can bounce back to form. It all happens in his mentality to get over Nadal from his mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
Wow!! I mean waareh wow!!Quote:
Originally Posted by raagadevan
Forgot Bull has lost this many matches. I suspect he was injured in those...
:-D :smokesmirk: :smokesmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
Roger Federer's first match at the US Open postponed to tomorrow due to rain...
Guess it will be played in the morning session after the Kvitova match. Good that they are planning on getting a retractable roof to the Arthur Ashe stadium. A good number of games have been affected by the rain in recent years.
செப்டம்பர் மாதம் - நியூயார்க் பகுதிக்கு மழைப் பருவம். தெரிந்தே இதையெல்லாம் எப்படி ஏற்பாடு செய்கிறார்கள் எனத் தெரியவில்லை. ரசிகர்களுக்கு இழைக்கும் பெரிய அநீதி. அரையிறுதி / இறுதிப் போட்டிகளுக்கு டிக்கட் எடுத்தவன் எல்லாம் வயித்துல நெருப்பைத் தான் கட்டிக்கிட்டு இருக்கணும். எந்த நேரத்திலும் ஒத்திப் போடப் படலாம் போட்டிகள். வார இறுதியில் நடக்கும் போட்டிகள் திங்கள், செவ்வாய் போன்ற நாட்களுக்கு சென்றால் அவ்வளவுதான். ஆட்டம் ஆரம்பிக்கும் நேரம் கூட மாறுபடும். ஒரே கூத்துதான். கூரை போடுவதற்கு நல்லாத் தான் யோசிக்கிறாங்க்ய!Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
More "meaningless" ATP statistics
Roger Federer
(Source: http://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/...w/atpf324.html )
Age: 32 yrs
Career Singles Titles: 77
Career Doubles titles: 8
Career matches won: 910
Career matches lost: 209
Year to date matches Won: 32
Year to date matches lost: 11
Current rank for singles: 7
Career prize money: US$ 77,775,114
Year to date prize money for singles: US$ 1,757,971
Year to date prize money for doubles: US$ 2,365
___________________________________________
Rafa Nadal
Source: http://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/...w/atpn409.html
Age: 27 yrs
Career Singles Titles: 59
Career Doubles titles: 8
Career matches won: 636
Career matches lost: 125
Year to date matches Won: 53
Year to date matches lost: 3
Current rank for singles: 2
Career prize money: US$ 56,910,697
Year to date prize money for singles: US$ 6,838,849
Year to date prize money for doubles: US$ 10,020
Wow!! I mean waareh wow!! :-D :smokesmirk: :smokesmile:
raagavendran and omega sir, I am very poor in statistics. though I can see the statistical figures, I really can't deduce anything out of it. can you please explain the H2H statistical record of Federer vs Nadal and why it is meaningless?
Nadal defeats Harrison 6-4 6-2 6-2
So from what you said, I guess the retracted roof is long overdue. Glad they are thinking of doing it atleast now. It is unfortunate for the fan though .Quote:
Originally Posted by venkkiram
Sloane Stephens இன்னைக்கு ஜெயிச்சதே பெரியவிஷயம். தாவு தீர்ந்திடிச்சி அம்மணிக்கு! மொதோ ரவுண்டே மூன்று செட்கள் வரை நீடித்து டை பிரேக்கர் வரை போயிடுச்சி! நான் கூட, இந்த முறை செரினாவை வீட்டுக்கு அனுப்பக் கூடிய ஒரு வீராங்கனை என நினைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன்.
Quote:
Originally Posted by raagadevan
Absolutely!! Amazed that the Bull has lost 125 career matches.... How the hell did that happen??
It happened the exact same way as "Chocolate" losing 209 career matches!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by omega
scratching my head. nadal has won 83.57% of the matches against feddy's 81.32%.
leosimha: The head-to-head statistics show that 27-year-old Rafa Nadal has played extremely well on all surfaces, and against all the other top 30 top players on the ATP tour. His record against all players, including 32-year-old Roger Federer, is very impressive. He still has (hopefully) at least five more years of play left; and he could and would surpass and break many, if not all, present records. For that reason, I believe the statistics are indeed very meaningful.Quote:
Originally Posted by leosimha
Be careful making such statements; there are people who still think H2H comparisons are "meaningless"!Quote:
Originally Posted by leosimha
By the way, it is raagadevan; not raagavendran! :)
I think ALL records is really stretching it because he has only two Wimbledon titles as of date. So matching or surpassing Federer's 7 is going to take some doing. He MAY surpass Borg's 3 French-Wimbledon doubles but they won't be in three consecutive years....unless he has a fresh streak of back to back RG and SW for three years in a row. A lot of it depends on his fitness. He was simply amazing in Cincinnati but so too he was amazing in the 2012 and 2013 clay court seasons. Injury has hampered his schedule for the last couple of years. Any which way, it's good to have Rafa back for now because Djoko-Murray matches are very boring IMHO.
aiyoo aiyoo crimson tide.....shall we say it the other way, can federer match nadal's 8 FO? Nadal beat Federer on French Clay, Aus Hard Court, and on Wimbledon Grass. Now there is a very probable chance of Nadal meating Federer in the QF of US Hard Court.....this is it....hoping for an entertaining match...if we are saying aging Feddy, then we will have to say creaky knees of Nadal...so it is going to be creaky knees vs aging....
And I guess Borg had 5 FO-Wimbledon doubles consecutively....
thanks for the clarifications raagadevan :)