fed is almost god, he was done but its obvious he’s possesses as an extra ability called the fed effect where it becomes near impossible to close him out. fed is still gonna win it all imo.
roddick looked amazing, damn i wish he wasnt in feds draw. i feel bad for roddick, he would have won at least 1-2 us opens and at least 3 wimbledons if it wasnt for fed.
Nadal was already up to Federer’s game. He owned him on clay while Fed won those matchups on a hard surface aside from last year’s Wimbeldon. They’ve been pretty much even.
Roddick on the other hand has only beaten Federer once, in 17 tries, and only in one of their earliest meetings. There is just something about Federer that Roddick cannot get around, and that’s what’s stopping him.
yeah that matchup is impossible for roddick because fed can read his serve better than anyone. then fed has a top tier serve that roddick cant break which results in no chance for andy.
i think fed can or should have beaten nadal at roland garros. i always thought he did much better coming to net against nadal on clay because nadal camps behind that baseline living for the long rallies. i know nadal has some sick passes but you have to take them every now and then, but i think feds best and maybe only chance to beat nadal is to charge that net. its not like nadal is leagues better on clay than fed.
god damn i didnt know it was that damn hot. why would they make them play in that kind of heat? seems odd, or maybe some facts werent straight. maybe 104, but 140 seems outragous. either way sucks for novak. i saw the match and didnt know it was that bad. lookin forward to seein the “new and improved” stiffler vs federer if he doesnt fuck up.
also wanna see nadal v tsonga if they dont mess up either. wanna see nadal get his revenge from last time.
my predictions: nadal v roddick. i say stiffler finally gets over his hump that is federer.
novak is a bird, just as i thought. he’s easily intimidated and doesnt belong mentioned in the top 4.
roddick v fed will be nice but i’m realllllllllllly hoping for tsonga vs nadal. thats 2 guys who are probably the most athletic and fit in the game who actually hit hard(/me looks at monfils…).
a lotta people said federer was a boring uncharismatic player who just whooped everyone. then he started losing… and started getting more into the game. (in his olympic match against blake he did some warcries on random winners.)
“I’m almost in favor of saying, you know what, if you’re not fit enough, just get out of here,” Federer added. “If Novak were up two sets to love I don’t think he would have retired 4-0 down in the fourth. Thanks to Andy that he retired in the end. Andy pushed him to the limits. Hats off to Andy.”
THE BEAST WANTS IT. australian open is the equivalent to marvels seasons beatings last year. all good, deserving players in the top 8 who all had sick matches against each other.
This Verdasco v Tsonga is great, but Verdasco so far has been controlling a ton of the points. Tsonga has been fucking trucking around like a mad man, if the roof were open he’d probably have keeled over by now.
damn it! i haven’t watched a single match of the aussie open this year because my grandfather wouldn’t let me in his castle where there’s cable. i hate the senile old man. :sad:
Poor Stiffler, wish he had faced Nadal in semis instead. I think he can beat him in hard court.
Pairings rant
Which reminds me of the coincidence of Federer always facing either Djokovic or Roddick or any other anti-Nadal player even though now he is #2 seed. Call me paranoic but I swear the ATP wanted Fed’s reign to be over so it would be more appealing to watch. IMO it always seems like Nadal’s bracket is cake all the way to semis. Just my 0.02