Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

Dr Karlovic bombs out the Bird with 45 aces! Up next in the firing line is Fed. Basel got tricky last year and the slick grass of Halle will make it even harder to return Karlovic. I don't know if even Isner can generate as much kick as he does. Amazing serve he has.

[omega]

Well I hope Fed can get that one break in each set with his knee wrecking slice return.
If anything Fed's return game is improving. Yes it would be a very tough match.
Grass is the most rewarding surface for Karlovic's serve.

[omega]

Horrible first set so far. On serve Karlo serving 5-6.
Fed has not won more than 3 or 4 points in Karlo's serve.
Had to save couple of break points already.

[omega]

Takes the first set in the breaker 7-3 by virtue of Karlo's second serve & a double fault.
Fed is not even trying. They are just playing for the tiebreaker. Borefest so far.

[omega]

Takes the second set as well in tiebreaker. Atleast second set had a few interesting exchanges.
Still very poor ground game. Will not get it done against Nishi. Atleast he has gained 300 points (which is +50)...

[Arvind Srinivasan]

One of the problems playing Karlovic is that it sets your baseline game off for the next game. Federer's is already bad at the moment and with absolutely no practice on the baseline play, it wouldn't be surprising if it comes a cropper tomorrow in the final.

EDIT: Well at least the match went on familiar lines.

[ajithfederer]

Cha, was watching eng vs nz and missed fed's match... 7/6 7/6/.. Thanks omega for the commentary.

[VinodKumar's]

Good that you missed the match. I chose this one and as omega said it was a borefest. Kei is in good form and I dont think Fed's current baseline game is good to defeat him. Lets S&V more .

[ajithfederer]

Can't wait for the wimbledon draw..

This is the 1st year in god knows how long they've postponed Wimbledon by a week. Otherwise by now we would have the draws in our hand.

[JamesDap]

Nishikori out with injury. Fed to play Seppi who beat him at this year's AO. Given Fed's current form, it's not a done deal but at least it gets easier. Nishikori played quite well against Janowicz who was on a tear.

Meanwhile, Kevin Anderson beats Simon to reach the final. Was not as aggressive today as earlier in the tournament. Should be playing Murray in the final and it would be a surprise if he wins that match. Murray was already making some incredible passes against Troicki.