indiaholic
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Welp!
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*Official* Tennis Thread
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OverratedSanity
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LOL I know. He called it a "lucky shot" or something. Classic Fed.
That's why Wimbledon 2012 was so awesome for him to beat Novak and Andy back to back after that heartbreak moment.
Anyway, Fed coming back after a 6-month injury layoff at 35 to make the final in his first tournament at a Slam, no less (discounting Hopman Cup). Absolute legend. Enjoy him while he's around because we probably won't see his like again.
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indiaholic
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He is never good at losing. Usually makes an effort to hide it but good god he was terrible at that press conference.
indiaholic
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IT IS HAPPENING!!!! So happy!
Federer is asked about the possibility of meeting Rafael Nadal in the final for the first time in six years. “It’s real now. I can actually talking about playing a finals for the first time. I’ve been dodging that bullet for the last couple of days. But this is the last one. I’ll leave it all out here in Australia and if I can’t walk for another five months, that’s ok. Rafa is the biggest challenge. This court allows me to be offensive. I’m probably his number one fan. We’ve had some epic battles over the years. It would be unreal to play here. I don’t think both of us though we were going to be here potentially playing in the final because I went to open his academy in Mallorca with him a few months back and I told him ‘I wish we could do a charity match or something’, but I was on one leg and he had the wrist injury and we were playing some mini tennis with some juniors and we were like ‘it’s the best we can do right now’. A few months later, we are maybe going to be in the finals. It’s a very special tournament for us already.”
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Federer is asked about the possibility of meeting Rafael Nadal in the final for the first time in six years. “It’s real now. I can actually talking about playing a finals for the first time. I’ve been dodging that bullet for the last couple of days. But this is the last one. I’ll leave it all out here in Australia and if I can’t walk for another five months, that’s ok. Rafa is the biggest challenge. This court allows me to be offensive. I’m probably his number one fan. We’ve had some epic battles over the years. It would be unreal to play here. I don’t think both of us though we were going to be here potentially playing in the final because I went to open his academy in Mallorca with him a few months back and I told him ‘I wish we could do a charity match or something’, but I was on one leg and he had the wrist injury and we were playing some mini tennis with some juniors and we were like ‘it’s the best we can do right now’. A few months later, we are maybe going to be in the finals. It’s a very special tournament for us already.”
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indiaholic
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Lol I know he will lose.. But I just keep hoping for a shot at redemption.
indiaholic
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Where did the retirement news come from?
Burgey
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Frothing for tonight. Been such an enjoyable AO this year.
Poor Dimitrov. Normally a comparatively new face having such a good run and a bit of a break out tourney down here would have the crowd right behind him, but I think if he ends up serving for the match tonight or on Sunday he'll have most everyone against him.
Poor Dimitrov. Normally a comparatively new face having such a good run and a bit of a break out tourney down here would have the crowd right behind him, but I think if he ends up serving for the match tonight or on Sunday he'll have most everyone against him.
Anil
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i don't know if people will be rooting for rafa over him other than spanish fans, the majority want federer to win the aussie open and they know he has a comparatively better chance against dimitrov so i wouldn't be surprised to see dimitrov suddenly becoming very popular at least in the semis...if he serves for the match against federer though, totally different story...
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
This is just not correct at all. The public mood here is overwhelmingly for Roger vs. Rafa. Its not even a question. Whilst people want Roger to win the Aus Open, they don't want it at the expense of what will be a magnificent story and tremendous moment in tennis history. That was obvious during Roger's post-match on-court interview when the prospect of Roger vs. Rafa got huge cheers, compared to just a few chuckles about the singing video when Dimitrov was talked about. And the media, social media and everything else which you can gauge public opinion supports this too.
i.e. what the public here generally value is the history and spectacle rather than just being one-eyed. They'll cheer Roger over Rafa, but not Dimi over Rafa.
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Jono
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Weird this got 4 likes. Novak getting knocked out opened up Nadal's draw.