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Ninja Scooter said:
nice run by Agassi but Federer is going to destroy him. Federer is like some kind of robot.
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Oh that'd be funny. If like he tripped tomorrow and his battery cover fell off. Turns out he's a plot by the Swiss government to take over the media by monopolizing tennis events.

Federer = Big Boss
 
Damn. Agassi's going to win this, somehow
 
Now, I don't know.. Agassi is hitting the wall. You can HEAR him aging :lol
 
Agassi played his ass off and had federer on the ropes, but now he's down 2 sets to 1. I think federer's gonna take it in the 4th.
 
I'm going for Federer. He's on track to become the greatest ever so I just want to see him steam roll everyone. If Agassi does win, then this would be his time to retire like Pete did.
 
Well Agassi can look at it this way, he's one of only 2 other players that made Federer go more than 3 sets during the US Open. That's an accomplishment.
 
teiresias said:
Nice to hear the overzealous American audience silenced by Federer.
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what the fuck is that supposed to mean :lol

As if theyre not going to scream like a wild pack of crazy mofos for Agassi...
 
Ninja Scooter said:
"And Andre, for finishing in 2nd, here's a gift certificate to Taco Bell. Congratulations."
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Could you people PLEASE keep your homoerotic wrestling bullshit out of other threads? Fucking hell it's annoying.
 
Miroku said:
what the fuck is that supposed to mean :lol

As if theyre not going to scream like a wild pack of crazy mofos for Agassi...
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That doesn't mean they have to be rude and cheer at faults and bad breaks for Federer. Poor tenniquette if you ask me. By the way, I'm American and hate Agassi(I was rooting for Ginepri and Blake). Way to go Roger!

Speaking of Blake, I see him becoming the next Todd Martin and only showing up at the US Open. I have waited for him to breakout here for a while, especially a few years ago when he had a match against Hewitt and really pushed him.
 
SolidSnakex said:
I'm going for Federer. He's on track to become the greatest ever so I just want to see him steam roll everyone. If Agassi does win, then this would be his time to retire like Pete did.
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I'm with you on that. It feels special to watch greatness as it's happening and I just want Federer to continue his run to the top.
 
SolidSnakex said:
Well Agassi can look at it this way, he's one of only 2 other players that made Federer go more than 3 sets during the US Open. That's an accomplishment.
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:lol That right there shows how far ahead Federer is. He's as dominant as any athlete is in their respective sports, and he's only warming up.






Ninja Scooter said:
i agree.


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DMczaf said:
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"Wanna play with my balls?"
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:lol :lol :lol
 
teiresias said:
Nice to hear the overzealous American audience silenced by Federer.
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I hate it, I really do, but I'm forced to agree. I went to the Rogers Cup final in Montreal, it was Agassi vs. Nadal. Now, one thing was clear before I showed up, I hate Nadal. Not his game, but him as a tennis player, so far anyway. At the end of the final, I found myself PRAYING that Nadal takes it (He did).

It's the North American audience as a whole. Even here in Canada, they're nuts. They sound like children. But they're not. Which makes them doubly annoying.

I just watched the final, and even the woman commentator, a french canadian, got on my nerves after one game.

That said, I love Federer to death. He is one of the few, if not the only player who constantly manages to put a smile on my face, just from the way he carries himself. He's such a fucking monster. He's the James Bond of tennis.
 
Eh, I'm not sure it's a North American thing...fans in general will cheer louder for their own guy. Big deal. As long as they're deriding or booing the other guy (as I think some of the French fans were doing to Serena a couple years ago), I don't think it's an issue.
 
*rollseyes* I understand the etiquette, but the crowd today was hardly rude to Federer. Maybe it could be interpreted that way from the strictest sense of old fashioned tennis etiquette, but I think that all of that is loosening up a bit these days.
 
NEW YORK (AP) - Andre Agassi has battled the champions of three eras - Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl - and now he puts Roger Federer above them all.

''He's the best I've ever played against,'' Agassi said after falling to Federer 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 Sunday in the U.S. Open final. ''Pete was great. No question. But there was a place to get to with Pete. You knew what you had to do. If you do it, it could be on your terms. There's no such place like that with Roger.

''He plays the game in a very special way that I haven't seen before.''


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I cannot believe that Agassi put up such a convincing fight at 35. I was expecting that match to be an unmitigated bloodbath, but Federer really had to work for it. After seeing Agassi come back so spectacularly against Blake and Ginepri, I am more than satisfied to see him finally go down with honor.
 
sonarrat said:
I cannot believe that Agassi put up such a convincing fight at 35. I was expecting that match to be an unmitigated bloodbath, but Federer really had to work for it. After seeing Agassi come back so spectacularly against Blake and Ginepri, I am more than satisfied to see him finally go down with honor.
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Roger didn't play his best tennis by any means, I don't think. Agassi did. This was Andre's only hope, unfortunately for him, Roger decided to play his best in the third set tie breaker and the fourth set.
 
I don't like when people make the excuse that Fed didn't play his best tennis. Most of the time the only reason he doesn't play his best tennis is because of his opponent. Case in point being the Nadal match at the French Open. Federer looked terrible in the match compared to normal and people weren't giving Nadal the credit. Nevermind the poor play was because of Nadal's lefty spin and him playing with such little pace on the ball.

All I'm saying is when someone takes a set from Federer, it's almost always earned.
 
Peter Sampras = 12 letters

Roger Federer = 12 letters

Peter Sampras date of birth = August 12th, 1971

Roger Federer date of birth = August 8th, 1981

Peter Sampras height & weight = 6' 1" 175 lbs

Roger Federer height & weight = 6' 1" 177 lbs

Peter Sampras 5th Grand Slam = 1995 Wimbledon

Roger Federer 5th Grand Slam = 2005 Wimbledon


==========================================


Interesting ne c'est pas?
 
Fei said:
I don't like when people make the excuse that Fed didn't play his best tennis. Most of the time the only reason he doesn't play his best tennis is because of his opponent. Case in point being the Nadal match at the French Open. Federer looked terrible in the match compared to normal and people weren't giving Nadal the credit. Nevermind the poor play was because of Nadal's lefty spin and him playing with such little pace on the ball.
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This is true. But one of the easiest ways to tell he's playing his best is that you'll see him showing some emotion during the match. Most of the time he's oesn't really do anything like other players (jumping up and yelling after a point, getting mad at the ref constantly). If you watch his Wimbledon match this year, that was one of the times he was playing his best. He wasn't in any real danger of losing as he won in straight sets, but he seemed to want it bad enough that he got pissed at any small error the ref made against him. Everytime that happened he'd make some crazy shot against Roddick that'd make Roddick throw his racket on the ground afterwards. It's matches like those where you see the real seperation between him and everyone else.

Roddick was pegged to be the next Sampras or Agassi, he just came along at the wrong time in tennis to take that title.
 
Fei said:
I don't like when people make the excuse that Fed didn't play his best tennis. Most of the time the only reason he doesn't play his best tennis is because of his opponent. Case in point being the Nadal match at the French Open. Federer looked terrible in the match compared to normal and people weren't giving Nadal the credit. Nevermind the poor play was because of Nadal's lefty spin and him playing with such little pace on the ball.

All I'm saying is when someone takes a set from Federer, it's almost always earned.
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But in this match he was doing stuff like dumping backhand returns into the net after 90 mph second serves. He's often inconsistent (though even his mediocre play is usually enough), which is his only weakness. Agassi played just as well in the first set as he did in the second, but the results were very different. It's not an excuse, but it is a factor, along with (of course) what the other player is doing.
 
What the fuck is wrong with federer, can anyone actually stop him? I just saw the highlights now and Agassi did really well, but I had no doubt in my mind that Federer was going to win, he's unbelievable, he just keeps winning and winning and he's only 23! Im cheering him on though, I want to see him become the best tennis player ever. It was a good tournament. I was disappointed with the womens tennis though, I wanted sharapova to win. I should support a tennis player who is good and although Sharapova is a good tennis player, its not the reason I like her;)
 
When I was watching the niners own, I was switching it to the U.S. Open. I pretty much saw the entire match. Well, Federer is a monster, what else can you say? He's fuckin GOOD.
 
Agassi brings it to the point:

Federer the best I've played: Agassi

Andre Agassi considers Roger Federer the best he has ever played.

Agassi offered his appraisal after the world number one Swiss surged to his second successive US Open title by beating him 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1 in the men's final.

"He's the best I've ever played against," said 35-year-old Agassi, who has battled against the likes of tennis greats Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras, who won an all-time best 14 grand slam singles titles.

"I've played a lot of them over the years, but there's a safety zone, there's a place to get to, there's something to focus on, there's a way," he said about attacking those other esteemed rivals.

Federer, says the sagely Agassi, has no weaknesses and a seemingly endless variety of options to swing a match in his favour.

"Anything you try to do, he potentially has an answer for, and it's just a function of when he starts pulling the triggers necessary to get you to change to that decision," Agassi said.

"He plays the game in a very special way. I haven't seen it before."

Agassi, the oldest grand slam finalist since Australian Ken Rosewall at age 39 at the 1974 US Open, was lifted by the cheers of most of the 23,000 fans packed into Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Showing supreme fitness for an aging veteran who had laboured through three five-set matches to reach the finals, Agassi raced from corner to corner, ripped sizzling service returns and brushed lines with his ground strokes to make it a match before being overrun by the Swiss.

Even Sampras, Agassi's great rival through most of his career, was easier to play, said the American, an eight-times grand slam champion.

"Pete was great, I mean, no question. But there was a place to get to with Pete. You knew what you had to do. If you do it, it could be on your terms. There's no such place like that with Roger," Agassi said.

"I think he's the best I've played against. He does things that others just can't do."

Agassi would not go so far as to predict Federer, who now has six grand slam titles, would surpass Sampras's record of 14 grand slam crowns.

"I think the accomplishment of winning that many slams requires a number of things, including a little bit of luck to make sure you're healthy, and that nothing goes wrong," he said.

Agassi marvelled at Federer's record of winning his last 23 tournament finals. "I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody that's ever done that."

Asked if Federer, who improved his record this year to 71-3, was unbeatable, Agassi said: "He's lost three times. Yeah, he's definitely beatable. I just don't like those odds."
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http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200509/s1458232.htm

Fredi
 
Heh, that should be obvious to anyone with a brain...man's got 6 grand slam titles already, been #1 for 84 weeks, has won 23 finals in a row and lost like three sets in that little streak, and on and on it goes. Fed will be the best player ever when all is said and done, unless Nadal or someone else comes up to challenge him in the next ten years, or he tears an ACL.
 
Kind of a snip at Sampras!

Yeah, I couldn't beat you, but if you think YOU'RE special, try this kid.

Oh, and Federer will probably smash the record for most weeks at #1....unless somebody new comes up in the next three years or something. I am still not convinced he's not a freaking robot.
 
Nah, Agassi loves Sampras...he always insisted Pete was far better then he's ever been. It's just a testament to how good Federer is.

Heh, a match featuring Federer vs Sampras in his prime in a US Open final would be one for the ages...
 
This one from the Agassi interview sums up pretty well what makes Federer so good:

Q. Did you feel he was a little bit erratic off the backhand at times during the match? You seemed to be exploiting that.

ANDRE AGASSI: Yeah, I mean, it was a bit breezy. When I got on top of him, I could get to that. I certainly like my backhand to his backhand, or I certainly like that as a better option than his forehand.

But, you know, with that being said, he hit an inside‑out winner at 30‑Love, 4‑2 in the third set that found the line. He hit a few up the line. He hits that short chip, moves you forward, moves you back. He uses your pace against you. If you take pace off, so that he can't use your pace, he can step around and hurt you with the forehand. Just the amount of options he has to get around any particular stage of the match where maybe something's out of sync is ‑‑ seems to be endless.

His success out there is just a mere reflection of all the things that he can do.
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And this one:

So anything that you're trying to execute out there only lasts for a period of time till he makes the adjustment. Then you have to change it. All the while, everything you're planning on doing, you have to do well and you have to do it start to finish. So that's, you know ‑‑ you can only say it so many ways. You know, that's too good.
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http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/interviews/2005-09-11/200509111126483945617.html

Fredi
 
I was actually a bit more annoyed with the commentators than the audience actually. Everytime Agassi scored it was, "And Agassi has scored again!! Look at his wonderful technique, notice how he flows so well, and is so quick when his back doesn't give out!"

When Federer gets a set point they were like, "Federer scores, be sure and watch the premier of 'How I Met Your Mother's Dog' this Thursday at 9pm, and now a word from Lexxus."
 
Guess I should be thankful that I didn't have that problem, I'm from the same country as Federer and can watch it with a local commentary, the ex coach of Steffi Graf, so he was not only a fan of Federer as he knew Agassi's wife that well and of course the whole tennis scene. :)

Fredi
 
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