John Dunbar
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magnificent. tennis saved in asia.
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greenleaves
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Fed playing so well after the L.Mayer match. Some of those approach shots were iffy though.
Sax Russel
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Final is 3:30 am here. Ughhhhh. Probably won't. Maybe will. -______-
John Dunbar
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in retrospect you do have to say that djokovic has been pretty bad (by his standards) since his wimbledon run (and even there he pretty much fluked the title). who has he exactly beaten since then? andy "my back is broken" murray a bunch of times and really no one else. except berdych, lol.
Yeah, he came in a bit hastily, shall we say, on a few occasions. But he stuck to his guns and it paid off on more than enough points when he needed.
John Dunbar
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i think rushing the net even when djokovic was passing well was a good strategy to stick with this time. djokovic was clearly off his game from the baseline, but he's such a robot that he would surely have zoned in eventually if federer had just kept rallying with him. keeping the points short, even if it meant losing some he might have otherwise won, was ultimately beneficial.
According to himself he was 'best ever' in that final though..
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
God I wish yhere was an indoor slam.....
Bbbbut Berdych said he played like a god!
I hear that
That's why the World Tour Finals exist.
Didn't see the match; will have to watch it later. Was out playing tennis.
Wimbledon 2012
Anyway, I played Australian doubles (2 v. 1) and won 6-0. lol Then I played one of them in singles (I guess he was a little irked that he was beaten so badly) and I won 6-1. I had 0-40 in his first service game, but he held somehow.
My serve was absolutely unbelievable. It had to be somewhere in the low 80s or high 70s. I only had to hit a couple second serves. I only hit 1 ace, but 90% of my serves went unreturned.
Wimbledon 2012
Anyway, I played Australian doubles (2 v. 1) and won 6-0. lol Then I played one of them in singles (I guess he was a little irked that he was beaten so badly) and I won 6-1. I had 0-40 in his first service game, but he held somehow.
My serve was absolutely unbelievable. It had to be somewhere in the low 80s or high 70s. I only had to hit a couple second serves. I only hit 1 ace, but 90% of my serves went unreturned.
John Dunbar
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oh god, broken right at the start.
if he messes this up like monte carlo i don't even know
if he messes this up like monte carlo i don't even know
Sax Russel
Banned
I stayed up for this shit?
perfectchaos007
Member
Bencic era delayed again. Still searching for her first title.
John Dunbar
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at least federer is holding his serve now. hopefully simon gets a bit tight late in the set.
perfectchaos007
Member
Simon couldn't serve it out. chooooooooke
Coldnoodle
Member
A wild Breakerer appears.
John Dunbar
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simon getting tight. fedbot might steal the set here.
Coldnoodle
Member
Simon is a goddamn human backboard.
Sax Russel
Banned
Hoooowwwww doooooo youuuuuu misssss thaaaaaaat
Coldnoodle
Member
YES MOYES
John Dunbar
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beautiful pass to finish the set.
Sax Russel
Banned
GOOD NIGHT
John Dunbar
correct about everything
federer actually has a small chance now to finish the year as number one. pretty good for a weak era relic.
RedAssedApe
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this trophy presentation is ridic lol
Djokovic: 11.510
Federer: 9.080
Djokovic has to defend 1000 points from Paris and 1500 points from the WTF. Federer 360 from Paris, 300 from Basel and 400 from the WTF.
Federer has to catch up 2430 points. Basically he has to win Paris & the WTF to be the #1.
John Dunbar
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points to defend don't matter in the year end race. djokovic is now at 9,010 for the year, federer is at about 7,900 or 8,000 i think (edit: he has 8,020 points now). federer has one tournament more with 500 possible points in basel. if federer does better than djokovic in paris (who might not even play if his kid is born, although it's unlike he will miss it given how close it would make the race) it can be neck and neck in the tour finals. plus federer has a chance to win another 150 from the davis cup final (although i think the davis cup points might only count towards the 2015 race).
as i said, it's a small chance. too much tennis to come for an old man, i think, but it's at least in play now. so he has 990 points to catch up, nothing close to 2,430 (no idea where you got that figure).
So Fed won, huh? Seems that he and Djokovic are the only "consistent" players these days. Nadal is falling apart. Murray isn't getting it done anymore. Wawrinka certainly isn't living up to his ranking. Berdych looks to be on the downswing.
I won't be surprised if they're the last two standing at the WTF. But I think Nishikori will probably continue his good form.
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I won't be surprised if they're the last two standing at the WTF. But I think Nishikori will probably continue his good form.
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Coldnoodle
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Rafa=FedKilla
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nadull won't be having surgery.
perfectchaos007
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Still only 4 players have qualified for the YEC's. Murray, Ferrer, Cilic, Raonic, Berdych, and Dmitrov all playing in small ATP 250 events this week. You don't see that too often
Yeah everybody is that rich. I thought she was intelligent?
You cant be serious. In no way she implied that with that post.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Yep. Eugenie just doesn't want to be lonely no more....
Oh, I can keep her company anytime. <3
Lone_Prodigy
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Here's a write-up on Federer's chances at No. 1: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/roger-federer-number-one-atp-ranking-novak-djokovic-2014-no-1
Kind of a longshot, but at his age and after his 2013 it's been a good year for him.
Then again I think 2014 was a different year, with new GS champions and all.
Kind of a longshot, but at his age and after his 2013 it's been a good year for him.
Then again I think 2014 was a different year, with new GS champions and all.
Plus Nadal maybe won't play the WTF, so an extra slot could be up for grabs :
Christopher Clarey said:
In other news, Davydenko just announced his retirement. Never won a slam, which is a shame. Has a Davis Cup and one WTF to compensate. He's the only player who has played Nadal more than ten times and has a positive Win/Lose ratio against the Spaniard (6-5 total, 6-1 on hard courts !!!).
Video tribute from the ATP.
Plus Nadal maybe won't play the WTF, so an extra slot could be up for grabs :
In other news, Davydenko just announced his retirement. Never won a slam, which is a shame. Has a Davis Cup and one WTF to compensate. He's the only player who has played Nadal more than ten times and has a positive Win/Lose ratio against the Spaniard (6-5 total, 6-1 on hard courts !!!).
Video tribute from the ATP.
Delpo should've won that
And can't wait for Singapore, hopefully could see injury free Serena