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US Open 2007
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Anyone watching Federer v Roddick? Awesome match. Roddick playing awesome but down 2 sets to love. How good are Feds nerves. The ace at 6-5 in the 1st tie break and the backhand return off a 140mph serve at 4-4 in the 2nd tie break
GOAT
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LukeParkerno1
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It will be Federer's 12th slam coming up. Djokovic to take a set off him in the final.
I was coming on here to post that. Roddick would have beaten anyone in the world today except Federer.Anyone watching Federer v Roddick? Awesome match. Roddick playing awesome but down 2 sets to love. How good are Feds nerves. The ace at 6-5 in the 1st tie break and the backhand return off a 140mph serve at 4-4 in the 2nd tie break
GOAT
Roddick:
71% first serve, serving 130-147 range
14 aces
0 DF
42 winners
24 errors
And lost in straight sets. Federer didn't even need his A game.
Fed = GOAT.
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Ferrer played the best match of his life, give him some credit FFS. Ferrer's off-FH was sublime. Nadal didn't lose the match and he'd be the first one to agree. Ferrer was incredible and won the match on his own racquet.
LukeParkerno1
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Absolute rubbish. He may not have lost the match alone, but his dumb defensive tactics sure helped him lose!
i agree, rafa was pathetic, his groundstrokes were dropping as short as anything, ferrer played excellent tennis but rafa would eat ferrer for lunch if he was at full flow.I barely ever saw rafas groundies cross the service line to be honest.Maybe he is carrying an injury, not sure
LukeParkerno1
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Agreed TP. This isn't a shot at Nadal, but jeez he looked pathetic out there. I had never seen him hit so many balls that short like EVER! Not to mention he needed to flatten out his groundstrokes a bit more.
Rafa's game is essentially about endurance. he runs harder adn works harder than anyone. his game is basically about getting the ball back over the net again and again. he doesn't have a great arsenal of winning shots for a player at his level in the rankings and as a result will struggle at NY and Melbourne where endurance simply isn't enough.
To be absolutely honest 4th round or Qtrs is about his level at Flushing meadows or melbourne. He doesn't have the weapons and is too predictable to win consistently against top opposition on hard courts.
To be absolutely honest 4th round or Qtrs is about his level at Flushing meadows or melbourne. He doesn't have the weapons and is too predictable to win consistently against top opposition on hard courts.
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I completely disagree.
Rafa hits some unbelievable shots, and while his main strength is his ability to get the ball back over the net, it doesn't mean he doesn't have the ability to win rallies. Have you seen his forehand??
One day in the not too distant future Nadal will win the US and Australian Opens, he is nearly there now.
talking crap as usual GT. His 2nd half of the year is always bad... the guy can win big tournaments ffs, like hardcourt masters series events. Rafa doesnt have a great arsenal of winning shots? thats a disgraceful comment. Most are baseliners in todays game and gone are the days of big servers.His angles on the court and big bouncing deep groundstrokes are his major weapon.When he is not playing well you can tell, his groundstrokers are short, he goes into his shell by getting defensive etc etc. But what would you know since you are one eyed
Rafa has bigger weapons then Ferrer, and Ferrer beat him through better endurance (could be due to injury).
Your comments are way off.
why do you hate novak??
Djokovic into the semis with a demolition of old man Moya. He should take care of Ferrer quite easily the way he's playing. Could be a genuine threat to Federer, if not this year, in the years to come.
Haha yeah, I enjoy his antics. Bouncing the ball alot before a serve is annoying but what's worse is when players like Leander Paes hold their racquet in suspense at chest height for like 10-15 seconds. Frustrating routine.
mark woodforde anyone?
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LukeParkerno1
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Honestly he looked spent to be honest. Everyone knows that Rafa has a long season between the clay season to the end of Wimbledon. He really has to make a decision of whether he just wants to concentrate on those slams OR does he want to be fresher for the US Open. Mentally and physically and I don't love Rafa but he was gone. He probally needs to cut back the tournaments on clay to give himself a chance at the US Open.
I agree, this is a problem every year, not just this year.2 masters series events and one small tournament is enough for F.O preparation, no need to play useless tournaments like barcelona.He definately looks tired out there, ever since wimbledon..he has gone downhill...just like last year.The ATP needs to do something about the schedule as well, the current schedule is a joke. Is tennis the only sport in the world without an off season???
LukeParkerno1
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Pretty spot on, and this has to be fixed. I firmy believe they can cut the clay season by a week easily, and give the players a offseason after Wimbledon (say 2 weeks or so). But really it is up to the players to give themselves enough rest. Nadal is good enough to play the French Open under a limited preparation- as it is he can use the first 3 rounds at the French for practice anyway. Like you said 2 masters series events are plenty! Nadal playing Hamburg, Barcelona was just stupid. Whilst I can see why (maximise points), physically it is just going to kill him! Nadal needs rest, hopefully he gets rest from now till the Australian Open.
LukeParkerno1
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Pretty spot on, and this has to be fixed. I firmy believe they can cut the clay season by a week easily, and give the players a offseason after Wimbledon (say 2 weeks or so). But really it is up to the players to give themselves enough rest. Nadal is good enough to play the French Open under a limited preparation- as it is he can use the first 3 rounds at the French for practice anyway. Like you said 2 masters series events are plenty! Nadal playing Hamburg, Barcelona was just stupid. Whilst I can see why (maximise points), physically it is just going to kill him! Nadal needs rest, hopefully he gets rest from now till the Australian Open.
What you say is true but he still wouldn't win the Open due to his limited game adn need to wear down opponents before beating them. That attritional stuyff does not work at Flushing Meadows where Djokovic with his greater variety adn more developed game is the only real consistent threat to Federer. Rafa is essentially a Spanish clay courter and is short of true all time great class on other surfaces. He has won events on other surfaces but clay will always be his forte
He could cut back on the clay tournaments but that would only sacrifice ranking points with no real expectation of gaining more later in the season.
His incredible work rate and application makes the most of his talent but unfortunately as the years go by that very work rate will leave him open to injury and fatigue. It is highly unlikely he will ever win a slam away from Paris. He simply doesn't have the talent to.
absolute rubbish ...he has beaten nole on hardcourts as well, its just that he needs to realise that playing tournaments is not the way to win majors.It takes one hell of an effort to beat rafa at full flow, only fed is capable or that.
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