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You're not really being fair to krynn. I'm sure that there's someone here who cares about tennis.
 

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Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
 
I do! The rest of you don't have to, but you're missing out.

The Murray match was disappointing, I only saw the fifth set but he looked like he'd totally run out of ideas and was being out-thought as well as out-hit. I think it's going to be a Federer-Nadal final, probably with Nadal winning in a five set thriller. I have always liked Federer, I think he's a class act and his all-round game is phenomenal. Nadal has now developed the touch and finesse to go with his power and speed, and the combination is exciting to watch. I'd like to see Federer win, but I think Nadal might be too good.
 

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Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
 

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Originally posted by lobo:
tennis is almost as exciting as soccer... or golf...

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It is to bad that American tennis is just not what it was back in the 90's.

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I don't know, take Federer and Nadal out of the picture and I think Roddick may have 5+ grand slam victories by now. He's lost to Federer in 3 finals matches alone, and has been eliminated by one of the two several more times late in tournaments.

Sometimes its not that you aren't as great, it's that your opponents are even greater .
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Yeah, tell that to people who faced Sampris in his prime. I am sure they will agree with you.
 

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Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
 
I care, too!

We watched what matches we could while on vacation (since last Friday). We even had to ask the people at the rec center of the place we stayed to change the channel in the exercise room so that we could have the Open on. My dad and I finished and had cooled down when the Baghdatis/Djokovic match went to a tie-breaker in the third. The rest of the fam back in the condo had to wait breakfast for us because we couldn't pull ourselves away until we knew if it would go to a fourth set. Of course, then we got back and Baghdatis couldn't keep up the momentum... *sigh*

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Originally posted by krynn:
I'm a bit torn with the Federer/Roddick match. i want Roddick to keep improving his game and i look forward to him having a great year, but more than that i want Federer to show Nadal that he is still in top form. Unfortunately like i said before, Nadal just looks to be too good. Fingers crossed though.

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Originally posted by krynn:
Is there any question that Nadal will most likely play Federer in the finals? Here we go again. I'm a huge Federer fan. I really hope he can come back and show his determination to reclaim the number 1 spot. too bad its rarely ever been done. Nadal is just too strong, too fit, and has the best record out of any other tennis player against previous champ, Federer. If it turns out to be anything like the Wimbledon final, it should be some of the best tennis ever played.

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My thoughts exactly.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
So that's that. It wasn't that humiliating, but still a straight sets win for Federer.
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Well, that's another Federer - Nadal final. Epic match between Nadal and Verdasco, too bad one had to lose.
 

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Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :
 
My mom gave me the run-down over the phone, and now she's worried that Nadal won't be at his usual level for the final. She was going on like it was Nadal on the other line of the phone, talking about getting enough rest and eating well.
 

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Posted by EmpSquared (Member # 10890) on :
 
I remember thinking that once Nadal won his third set, that it was over in the fourth and that he would clean up, so I went to bed.

I couldn't sleep because of my leg, so I went back out to the TV and turned it on to see Verdasco pummel a serve for in the fourth set tiebreaker. Right when I turned on the tv.

The match was pretty good, but I think Verdasco hit too many unforced errors for it to be truly "great."
 

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Posted by Reshpeckobiggle (Member # 8947) on :
 
So I'm watching the replay of the Nadal-Verdasco match yesterday afternoon and right in the middle of the fourth set a promo for the Men's Final comes on, revealing the winner of the very match I'm watching.

Someone at ESPN2 should get fired for that. How many people do you think had the outcome of that amazing match ruined for them?
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
Ouch, that was pretty dumb on their part...
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
And Nadal won...

I was barracking for Federer, and I stopped watching (drove home from dinner) when it was 2-2. Seems like it was a good ending to watch though.
 

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Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
 
Oh...my....stars, what a match!
The fifth set was something of a let-down, Federer's legs were gone by then and he was moving slower around the court and just not himself. But the quality of the first four sets was about the best I have ever seen from a tennis match. I hope we have many more encounters between these two to look forward to - they have raised the standard of the men's game to a level that would have been unthinkable even in the Sampras era.
 

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Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
Those two are a couple of class acts.

I think Federer could have pulled it out, but his first serve failed him badly in the first set. If his first serve had been more consistent, I think the first set could easily have gone the other way. Nonetheless, great match, and kudos to Nadal for his outstanding play after such a grueling semifinal.
 

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Posted by EmpSquared (Member # 10890) on :
 
I'm pretty disappointed in Federer. A player of his caliber should have been able to convert at least one of those break points in the third set. If he had, we probably would have been looking at a different champion.
 

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Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
 
I'm not sure it was purely that Federer failed to convert. Nadal chose those moments to play what the BBC commentators called "outrageous" shots that I don't think anyone else could have pulled off. When you're faced with that, it's much more difficult to convert break points.

I was also intrigued by the view of one of the BBC commentators, who said that when people play Nadal, they know he is going to get every shot back, so they go for more than they would normally do, hence making more errors. I thought that was probably true of Federer - I mean, his game normally is more attacking than Nadal's, but playing Nadal seems to make him go for the lines more, and still Nadal gets the ball back!
 

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Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
That might have some truth in it. I remember reading something about how Sampras had a lot more missed first serves and double faults against Agassi than usual, but he also had a lot of aces, even on the second serve. This might be a similar situation.
 

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I was also intrigued by the view of one of the BBC commentators, who said that when people play Nadal, they know he is going to get every shot back, so they go for more than they would normally do, hence making more errors. I thought that was probably true of Federer - I mean, his game normally is more attacking than Nadal's, but playing Nadal seems to make him go for the lines more, and still Nadal gets the ball back!

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Originally posted by imogen:
And Nadal won...

I was barracking for Federer, and I stopped watching (drove home from dinner) when it was 2-2. Seems like it was a good ending to watch though.

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