Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

Ha ha, Berd bagelled Nadal. Guess it's the Rosol effect. Everybody wants to just have a swing against Nadal and see how it goes, even guys like Berdych who used to lose all the time to him.

[venkkiram]

Berdych waited this long to break the losing streak. And the bright future is waiting for him to march toward. On the other side, Nadal's future looks very dark with this pathetic loss. When we witnessed Nadal in past without winning a single game in a set? Right from first serve of the match, Berdych looked so composed and his first serve was lethal. Gutsy play.

[JamesDap]

Wawrinka v/s Djoko for the third straight year at the AO. Murray v/s Berdych. Pretty tough semis...on paper, anyway.

[raagadevan]

Oh! AO is still going on? I thought it was all over and done with!

[JamesDap]

Madison Keys may have lost but was sensational even in defeat. Move over Bouchard, Keys is the next big thing of women's tennis and she sure hits a pretty big groundie. The aces she fired facing match points, and knowing full well Serena would serve out the match comfortably in the next game, were amazing. After a long time there is an exciting new player on the WTA.

[ajithfederer]

Comeon Stan....Unleash those killer/destructive backhands....

[JamesDap]

Another five set epic and this time Djoko prevails.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

^ Epicaa....The quality was way down when in comparison to their last two bouts....The better UE machine lost.

[JamesDap]

It was but nevertheless the match of the tournament. Djoko is clearly disconcerted by Stan's backhand. This match made it clear that Stan loses matches more in his head. He can beat just about anybody on the ATP when he's on. I can understand the power of the stroke but the sheer variety of angles he creates is astounding. He converted even out of court positions into DTL winners yesterday!

[raagadevan]

Brain Game: Djokovic's Mental Resilience

-By Craig O'Shannessy (of braingametennis.com); From ATP News, January 30, 2015

"Novak Djokovic employed a boxer’s mentality of jabbing, weaving and enduring to defeat Stan Wawrinka in five sets in their Australian Open semi-final on Friday night." "Like a classic 'Rocky' theme, Djokovic absorbed countless groundstroke punches from Wawrinka, making the Swiss take one more swing, until there was no gas left in his mental tank. It was not a classic encounter like the last two years at Melbourne Park, but style points were of no concern to the Serb."

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...-Wawrinka.aspx