Yeah, really solid win. Glad to see him playing well.
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Yeah, really solid win. Glad to see him playing well.
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If he makes the final, he'll get himself seeded for the US Open, so I hope he does. That plus Murray winning the title would make my day.
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It's hard to believe Gasquet was once considered the most promising out of the Gasquet/Murray/Djokovic trio of youngsters.
EDIT: Having said that, he's about to take the first set.
EDIT: Having said that, he's about to take the first set.
That Monte Carlo match way back in 2005 was incredible
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See, now would have been a good time to do this. You blew it, kid.
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What can I say? Murray is a forgiving and merciful man, another one of his impressive personal qualities that keep us all fans.
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I think Murray's finally mastered Djokovic's skill of somehow winning when playing at ~20%.
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Le Frenchman surrenders yet again
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He sounds depressed as hell in his post-match interview. I kind of agree, I feel like a loss here isn't so bad. The only caveat is he really needs that #2 seed, so... pray for Lopez, I guess?
perfectchaos007
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Nah. A week is a long time to recover. Keep in mind many players will be in Connecticut and Winston-Salem playing a tournament next week while the big 4 will be resting
Nah that's his appearance regardless of mood
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Well he was down 0-30 when the commentator said it.
0-15 is when the graphic was up, I wasn't actually quoting an announcer, though I guess it looked that way. My bad.
Lopez couldn't play as well as he did yesterday. Pretty solid from Roger.
Think it was something like "you didn't expect me to get to that did you?" and Fed something like "you've still got a few more years"
Ah alright, I could see that. Thanks dude
Just replayed it, hard to make out Lopez but he said 'So you still flying all over the court, huh?' Fed replied 'Don't worry you still got a few more years'
Another good match from Federer. Lopez wasn't going to be much of a challenge for him but Feli's been in good form this week.
Would love Fed to beat both Murray and Novak to win.
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I'm going to cry so hard when Fed retires. I'll have to take a week off work.
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I'm predicting a repeat of Wimbledon, Fed will beat Murray tomorrow but lose to Novak in the final.
Ah alright. Yeah, I'm hoping for that too. Though I do hope Dolgopolov wins or at least plays a good match, really like him.
Definitely going to suck :/
Hope you're wrong, but it's definitely possible.
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i'd tentatively agree with this, djokovic hasn't looked all that great but he can do it on the big matches. but federer looks supreme and he's the freshest of the big ones over the last 2 weeks.
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it's going to be another big final federer will lose after playing a great tournament.
i hope at the us open federer will be drawn on djokovic's side. i like his odds in a semi-final much more so than in a final.
i hope at the us open federer will be drawn on djokovic's side. i like his odds in a semi-final much more so than in a final.
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I mean, he has has almost five weeks off. It'd be a bit embarrassing if he lost to Murray at this point, and also not very promising for his US Open chances.
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He has no concept of a 'low risk shot'. The Dog's first serve and second serve are essentially the same.
False. They are quite a bit different.
EdibleExplosives
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I hope I'm wrong as well (well, about the Fed/Murray match).
Yep, exactly. Federer seems to be much more on point compared to Murray and Djokovic, but it wouldn't surprise me if Djokovic is back on form for the final.
Edit: That's of course assuming Djokovic actually gets to the final, which is looking less likely right now.
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How? He uses the same grip for both and there's a surprisingly small speed differential.
He kicks his 2nd serve while the 1st is sliced most of the time. Though the pace and placement of the second serve are very good, provided he doesn't double fault
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He kicks his 2nd serve while the 1st is sliced most of the time. Though the pace and placement of the second serve are very good, provided he doesn't double fault
His second serve has a little kick, but it's not hugely different to his first serve and to get the extra topspin on it despite it only travelling slightly less faster than his first serve means he's hitting them roughly with equal pace. I think you're definitely stretching it to say they're "quite a bit" different.
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Dolgopolov is playing well, but it helps Novak is looking like he's somewhere else entirely.
Regardless, he's 15/36 on getting the first serve in and 19/21 on getting the second serve in. "essentially the same" would result in 12 or so double faults in the match.
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Yeah, but I think the difference is more attributable to where's he's trying to put it than how he's hitting it.