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[John Dunbar]

There was no denying the Kerberator yesterday. She was just relentless. I don't know if anyone could have beaten her.

she lost her serve six times in two sets. halep was just rubbish.

 

[Simply Sami]

Tsonga knocked Federer out of Wimbledon before & Berdych has been a finalist.

Berdych was a finalist 6 years ago. What has he done since? He's done nothing of note at Grandslam level since. Murray will beat him in the usual three.

Tsonga isn't as dangerous as Cillic or Raonic on grass. These big servers are far more dangerous of causing upsets.

Tsonga will try to play from the baseline and that will suit Murray. As Murray does everything better than him.

 

[Yeezus H. Christ]

Anyone here ever bought a Federer hat on retail? I live in Canada and I've called just about Nike/Sportschek branch and all of them say they don't hold it in stock. Are they only available online then?

 

[Diprosalic]

Anyone here ever bought a Federer hat on retail? I live in Canada and I've called just about Nike/Sportschek branch and all of them say they don't hold it in stock. Are they only available online then?

the normal hat with RF on it? they are everywhere. granted i live in Switzerland.

 

[Diprosalic]

LET'S FORM A PRAYER CIRCLE

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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ROGER TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
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[John Dunbar]

failing to convert those two break points is going to come back to haunt federer in the breaker, i feel.

 

[oti]

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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ROGER TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ROGER TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
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[John Dunbar]

clearly you people are poisoning federer.

 

[sam777]

This is a clinical tie break performance by Cilic so far

 

[Diprosalic]

that one forehand wow.

 

[John Dunbar]

at least federer is making the tiebreak scoreline somewhat respectable. still won't be enough, i fear.

edit: yep, there she goes.

 

[oti]

Nein.

 

[Yeezus H. Christ]

the normal hat with RF on it? they are everywhere. granted i live in Switzerland.

No one on Amazon Canada who sells it has good reviews, and if you buy it from Amazon US, shipping makes it over $65.00. I ain't paying over $60 for a hat, damn.

 

[Ricker]

One set done,2 to go for Raonic...all you haters will repent ;p

Fed loses his first set at Wimbledon this year.

 

[John Dunbar]

murray now the only player left not to drop a set. the scot will be tough to beat this year.

 

[Deadman]

Is this drug cheat gonna steal another slam from roger? Please no.

 

[Niraj]

Sigh

 

[John Dunbar]

things going from bad to worse here.

 

[darkwing]

Federer is getting too old for this

 

[leng jai]

Cilic is a master tactician with this backhand spam. As usual Federer would be much better off slicing 70-80% of his backhands.

 

[PhantomZone]

On the Cilic bandwagon, hope he wins!

 

[Simply Sami]

Knew this would be a very tough match for Federer. Hopefully he improves in the second set as I don't him winning it if Cillic wins that too.

 

[Kotetsu534]

Cilic is a master tactician with this backhand spam. As usual Federer would be much better off slicing 70-80% of his backhands.

Exactly my thought. Dunno why Federer isn't just slice spamming his backhand. Murray did it to him at Queen's and it worked fine.

 

[Simply Sami]

Cilic was 3/1 before the game.

Very good odds for those who backed him.

 

[leng jai]

Federer returning from 2 metres behind the baseline and trying to hit topspin backhands from shoulder height. Ridiculous shot selection.

 

[Simply Sami]

Federer choked that.

 

[MIMIC]

Go, Cilic!

Long ago, I had him winning Wimbledon. Now that my fav is out, hopefully he can get it done ^_^

 

[sam777]

Come on Cilic one more set

 

[Niraj]

Can't see Roger winning three sets in a row.

 

[Kotetsu534]

Should've broken him at 4-5. He got tight but Federer missed two easy backhands and a second serve return. The miss at 0-15 was one of the worst I've seen this year. Still think he can pull it out, but mentally he must be reeling.

 

[tycoonheart]

Cilic is so much fun to watch. Power+precision.

 

[Zeeman]

The "ic"s are getting it done right now

 

[MIMIC]

Querrey's down 0-2? Not surprising. Raonic has made some tremendous improvements in his game...especially at the net. He was awesome to watch at the Australian Open. Raonic-Cilic would definitely make a great match (assuming Marin and Raonic get through today)

 

[Smellycat]

Federer

 

[Diprosalic]

expected a loss so not that let down.

 

[Simply Sami]

Federers backhand wow.

 

[leng jai]

Federer has never been a good tactician, and today is another example. Just continually hitting underpowered, unreliable topspin backhands that bounce right into Cilic's hitting zone instead of hitting low slices and making his opponent generate pace.

 

[Niraj]

Surprised he held there

 

[Frankfurter]

Dat challenge.

 

[perfectchaos007]

The Federer comeback begins

 

[Niraj]

Nice

 

[leng jai]

Cilic completely shit the bed after he went up 0-40.

 

[Smellycat]

Omg please hold

 

[John Dunbar]

well at least it looks like he wasn't straight setted. still a very steep mountain to climb. probably too steep for an old man.

of course i may have spoken too soon. still tennis left in this set.

 

[leng jai]

Federer winning the set with a backhand winner...

10/10

 

[perfectchaos007]

Federer wins set 3. A new hope....

 

[sam777]

My prediction of Cilic in 4 is on.

 

[darkwing]

well at least it looks like he wasn't straight setted. still a very steep mountain to climb. probably too steep for an old man.

of course i may have spoken too soon. still tennis left in this set.

Federer is getting too old to win 5 set matches, maybe a few years ago, but now, no hope

 

[John Dunbar]

Federer is getting too old to win 5 set matches, maybe a few years ago, but now, no hope

it's a bit different with a player like cilic as opposed to djokovic or murray. points are so short that physically he should be fine. might hurt him for upcoming matches though.

don't think he can come back though, so future matches are a non-issue.

 

[Smellycat]

Nice save Federer!