Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

^^ Yeah, given how disastrously Fed was playing towards the end around US Open, this is very welcome. We have to be realistic. He's 32. Another grand slam is a long shot now. Just be happy if he keeps playing well at least up to whatever point he gets to in the tournaments. Meantime, title no.14 coming up on Sunday. Would be nothing short of a miracle if Wawrinka can actually beat Nadal. My dad joked yesterday that Wawrinka would have a much better chance of winning the title if Federer won the semi, else Nadal would crush him. No mercy for Wawrinka, sadly.

[venkkiram]

Floored Roger Federer complains at Rafael Nadal's grunting after losing semi-final

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/t...l-9084007.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/29311723.cms

[omega]

Floored Roger Federer complains at Rafael Nadal's grunting after losing semi-final

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/t...l-9084007.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/29311723.cms

What the ****, he himself was grunting on a few occasions.
Looks like thats what Rafa can do to you..He instills his qualities to the opponents.
Roger seems to have caught a few (whining, grunting etc etc...)

[raagadevan]

Rafael Nadal's game can scarcely be described as normal

"... what Nadal plays on the court is not always tennis. It's akin to some kind of tribal dialect. Yes, it bears a resemblance to the court game involving a racket, balls and a 78-by-27-foot grid of boxes. But it is wildly different from any other player's game -- past, present and, we can safely say, future. Nadal, a natural righty, holds his racket with his left hand when he plays. He pounds his shots, but also imparts unholy amounts of spin, on his forehand in particular. You think the bathwater here swirls down the drain in a strange direction? It has nothing on Nadal's shots, what with their ducking and dipping and swerving. He hits serves that land in the court, often on the lines, and then bounce at an altitude three times higher than the net. Mentally, he is impregnable".

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ten...stralian-open/

[raagadevan]

Highlights - Roger Federer vs Rafa Nadal - Australian Open 2014:

[raagadevan]

Federer optimistic despite defeat to Nadal

"But I think this is a very good start to the season for me overall. I played some really good tennis here. I still feel my best tennis is only ahead of me right now. So I'm looking forward to the next couple of months, how they're going to play out and hopefully by April I feel like I'm going to be at 100% again."

http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/276771.html

[ajithfederer]

What the ****, he himself was grunting on a few occasions.
Looks like thats what Rafa can do to you..He instills his qualities to the opponents.
Roger seems to have caught a few (whining, grunting etc etc...)

[JamesDap]

Thalaivar-ku vayasu ayiduchu, romba oda vaccha mudiyala. If Nole goes for a bit hit on the return and manages to put it in, he polambi-fies (see US Open 2011), if Nadal grunts, he polambi-fies. What next?

[raagadevan]

Li Na beats Dominika Cibulkova to win Australian Open final

It was the 31-year-old's third Australian Open final and brings her a second major title after the 2011 French Open.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/25875113

[omega]

Thalaivar-ku vayasu ayiduchu, romba oda vaccha mudiyala. If Nole goes for a bit hit on the return and manages to put it in, he polambi-fies (see US Open 2011), if Nadal grunts, he polambi-fies. What next?

I still think his "lucky shot" comment after US Open 2011 SF loss was valid which Novak himself admitted...
I don't think his complain was about Nadal's grunt. No one was clear about that incident when it happened.
Commentators were wondering if it was against Nadal's time taken between points. Nadal's grunting is nothing new & Roger was not playing against him for the first time.