Tennis Forever

**raagadevan** · 2nd September 2013, 05:40 AM

Update on Indians at the US Open...

Doubles 3rd Round:

Sania Mirza & Zheng Jie defeat Anna-Lena Gronefeld & Kveta Peschke (6-2, 6-3)

Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek defeat Michael Llodra & Nicolas Mahut (7-5, 4-6, 6-3)

Rohan Bopanna & Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated by Colin Fleming & Jonathan Marray (4-6, 4-6)

Rajeev Ram (Indo-American) & Brian Baker defeated by Jamie Murray & John Peers (7-8, 5-7, 6-7)

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**venkkiram** · 2nd September 2013, 06:12 AM

Serena Williams wins grudge mtch against Sloane Stephens 6-4 6-1. So far going strong!!

**JamesDap** · 2nd September 2013, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by omega

Sampras was not a great problem solver you see....
When Sampras's own competitor Agassi won the Olympic Gold Medal, it was not seen as a missing piece in Sampras's resume.
Must be because both were Americans. Sampras inspite of not even reaching a single French Open Final he was considered the best just by him winning 14 GS titles. Little did these American clowns know that a Swiss Maestro will eat up all his records in no time......

Er, by the same logic, then neither is Nadal for he took even longer to win a slam on hard court. And his first HC slam was Aus Open, which some clay court players have won in the past. e.g Carlos Moya.

**omega** · 2nd September 2013, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by crimson king

Er, by the same logic, then neither is Nadal for he took even longer to win a slam on hard court. And his first HC slam was Aus Open, which some clay court players have won in the past. e.g Carlos Moya.

You know I was just kidding. Anyway I can understand if it takes longer to win Wimbledon as we have only two tournaments in grass (one ATP 250 & one GS) which could be tough to get used to as they are quite rare. With more than 70% tournaments in the tour being played in Hard court it is quite extraordinary why a great problem solver like Bull took that long to figure out those....

**leosimha** · 2nd September 2013, 07:18 PM

Federer says he is up for challenge with Nadal. That's a good sign of confidence on the part of Federer.

**raagadevan** · 2nd September 2013, 11:32 PM

Roger Federer to meet Tommy Roberdo tonight; rain permitting...

Roger Federer - Tommy Robredo

10 -H 2 H Wins- 0

31 -Age- 32

Basel, Switzerland -Birthplace- Hostalric, Spain

Bottmingen, Switzerland -Residence- San Cugat del Valles, Spain

6'1" (185 cm) -Height- 5'11" (180 cm)

187 lbs (85 kg) -Weight- 165 lbs (75 kg)

Right-handed -Plays- Right-handed

1998 -Turned Pro- 1998

32/11 -YTD Win/Loss- 32/17

1 -YTD Titles- 2

910/209 -Career Win/Loss- 453/287

77 -Career Titles- 12

$77,775,114 -Career Prize Money- $10,186,775

**venkkiram** · 3rd September 2013, 04:21 AM

Just now started watching the match. Shocked to see that match already going strong. Robredo got the first set. Wishing Federer controls his emotions and get all the next 3 sets.

**Arvind Srinivasan** · 3rd September 2013, 04:25 AM

Federer's backhand is a problem. It was targetted specifically by Robredo in the early parts of the first set. Add the bad winning percentage of the second serve.He is hardly winning points on the second serve. Federer looking way below par here.