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9th July 2012, 05:30 PM
#241
Senior Member
Seasoned Hubber
wow....What a match!!!
Very high quality tennis from both the players. Well done Murray. I surely feel you deserve more than nil on GS count.
The way Murray started the match was breathtaking, particularly his FH (which has never been a weapon thus far). He surely gave a wake up call to Roger, who normally starts a match cleaner & crispier. It was a very tight 2nd set which was a huge turning point (thank god, Fed did win the 2nd set when the roof was open & made the match even before rain forced the roof to be closed). Once the roof was closed Roger was a different animal altogether (awesome ball striking). His movement which was a little worry in the match against Novak (those running FH cross court which he missed many) was gone & legs felt younger than Murray's for sure. Those volleying & disguised semi drop volleys' were an absolute treat to watch (Thank God, we were saved from the baseline slugfest between two unimaginative robots this time around).
It was a very complete match played by Federer after so long. Congrats!! Roger. Keep dreaming & everything will fall in place...
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9th July 2012 05:30 PM
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9th July 2012, 05:37 PM
#242
Senior Member
Veteran Hubber
http://nymag.com/news/sports/roger-federer-2012-7/ (Pre-final article)
His skid started with a drop shot. At the French Open last year, Federer had put an end to Novak Djokovic’s white-hot streak in the semifinals and was manhandling Rafael Nadal in the final, taking an early lead, only to end a dramatic rally by attempting a dazzling backhand slice drop shot to win the set. Walking to check the mark, the umpire ruled the ball out by less than an inch. Federer seemed flustered after missing the shot, and Nadal won the game, then the next six, and eventually the match. At Wimbledon—Federer’s favorite tournament, partly because the faster grass surface favors his aggressive style of play—he was up two sets against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but lost the match. This had never happened to Federer before; his record after having won the first two sets was 178-0.
Then it happened again. In the semi*finals of the U.S. Open last year, Federer was somehow in the same situation, up two sets against Djokovic, who was playing erratically—whereupon Federer lost his rhythm and Djokovic climbed back. In the fifth set, Federer fought his way to two match points. On the first of them, a Federer first serve wide to the forehand side, Djokovic rose up with a mixture of desperation and faith and appeared to hit the serve back harder than it came—a cold winner. Djokovic won the crowd with the shot, and the match was *essentially over.
Afterward, Federer was annoyed with the shot, which he believed to be lucky given that Djokovic was “mentally out of it.” *Federer wondered if that shot was somehow divine punishment from the tennis gods for all he’d achieved. “Maybe you’ve already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes,” he said at the time.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"
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9th July 2012, 05:39 PM
#243
Senior Member
Seasoned Hubber
Just before the SF match between Fed & Nole, there were discussion about who will be favoured if the roof gets closed in the event of rain....
Mats Wilander --> It will be advantageous to Novak, who takes the ball so early & hits will much more pace on both wings. Fed even though good at indoors will find it difficult to deal with Novak. Mat was really shocked (even worried) that Fed won another GS (which he believed he will, may be not so soon) & more so in taking the No. 1 ranking.
Boris Becker --> It will favour the more aggressive player which is offcourse Federer, who hits the ball cleanly taking it early & can mix it up very well.e
Off all the morons out there Patrick Mcenroe gets the egg all over his face. Idiot never gave Roger a chance right from 2009. There are so many out there (Martina Navro.. who said that Fed will never win a GS hereafter!!) but hey who cares...
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9th July 2012, 05:40 PM
#244
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Yeah that !@#$ MN said Roger could never come back to 1. In your face MN.
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9th July 2012, 05:51 PM
#245
Senior Member
Platinum Hubber
Aanalum 2 1/2 varusham(Again 2 1/2 here) was a painfully long time with no Grandslams. Couple of times came very close USO 2009 and 2011 were good examples. 2 ATP WTF's and host of other 1000 events were appetizers but grandslam victory is always the main course. Naan french ellam edhirpaakaradhe illa. Even this year's AO was brilliant till the semi's only to lose steam.
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9th July 2012, 05:57 PM
#246
Senior Member
Platinum Hubber
The kids :beautiful:
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9th July 2012, 08:59 PM
#247
Senior Member
Seasoned Hubber
Originally Posted by
omega
Just before the SF match between Fed & Nole, there were discussion about who will be favoured if the roof gets closed in the event of rain....
Mats Wilander --> It will be advantageous to Novak, who takes the ball so early & hits will much more pace on both wings. Fed even though good at indoors will find it difficult to deal with Novak. Mat was really shocked (even worried) that Fed won another GS (which he believed he will, may be not so soon) & more so in taking the No. 1 ranking.
Boris Becker --> It will favour the more aggressive player which is offcourse Federer, who hits the ball cleanly taking it early & can mix it up very well.e
Off all the morons out there Patrick Mcenroe gets the egg all over his face. Idiot never gave Roger a chance right from 2009. There are so many out there (Martina Navro.. who said that Fed will never win a GS hereafter!!) but hey who cares...
Boris Becker is a great sportsman and he is not vayiththerichchal party like other guys who don't want federer keep adding trophies to their count.Look at his comments on BBC and you will understand how much regard he has for Federer. Becker and Sampras have very great regards for Federer because Federer plays so well on grass even when the grass is slowed down and Becker and Sampras were great indoor players themselves like once Sampras once famously said Becker is the best indoor player he ever faced. Federer is the second most like person in the world according to the survey and most of the former and present players can't handle that because no body from tennis became that popular.
Mats Wilander was a big joke in indoor courts during his career anyway.
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9th July 2012, 10:09 PM
#248
Senior Member
Seasoned Hubber
Leave the whiners for the moment...It is the time for us to applaud the great man..Its been a wonderful year for him.....Was slowly getting closer to the number one ranking and it was a little shocking for me to see Federer playing so many tournaments on the trot. But it is gratifying to see all his efforts pay off..
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9th July 2012, 10:20 PM
#249
Senior Member
Seasoned Hubber
Originally Posted by
ajithfederer
Yeah that !@#$ MN said Roger could never come back to 1. In your face MN.
Here onwards MN should not comment on anything about tennis because she has lost her credibility. That was a big statement.
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9th July 2012, 10:51 PM
#250
Senior Member
Seasoned Hubber
Federer has to defend only 970 points till the US Open. If he does better than Djokovic then it is very likely that he would remain no. 1 till after the US open. Even if he loses to No.1 spot to djokovic he can regain it before US Open. After US Open he has lot of points to defend and things could change before the year end.
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