*Official* Tennis Thread

[vcs]

Btw, I'm generally not a huge fan of Wally Masur's commentary, but he got something right today.

Federer's shots of a half volley are the best in the game. So good.

I think it's fair to say Soder choked a bit though in that game.

True, even I agree with that. He double-faulted and made a few errors in that game. But Soderling didn't play well at any stage today, never got into his hitting rhythm at all. Credit to Federer for mixing it up nicely and keeping points short on his own serve.

 

[Burgey]

Most definitely. Knew someone would point that out when I posted that

hypocrtical posting ftw.

Yes, lucky I never do it to suit my own POV on any given day

Still think Fed will be happy to get past Soderling - bloke's a dangerous player no doubt.

 

[Spudsy2061]

Yes, lucky I never do it to suit my own POV on any given day

Still think Fed will be happy to get past Soderling - bloke's a dangerous player no doubt.

Indeed but I think it was in the way he did it. AKA straight sets (especially the first two he played rediculously well in) that will help his confidence.

 

[vcs]

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are in the men's doubles finals.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

So you're the person who likes Novak?

Think he's a **** personally.

I used to really hate him, but reckon he's a bit of champ now. Seems like a pretty quality guy and gives the best post-match interviews.

I can't go on hating someone because their father is a ****head.

 

[vcs]

I haven't done the calculations but I suppose Federer and Djokovic will be playing off for the No. 2 rank in the semis.

 

[blahblahblah]

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are in the men's doubles finals.

well it was quite an obvious thing after they defeated that number 2 seeded pair

all the best to them in the finals

I haven't done the calculations but I suppose Federer and Djokovic will be playing off for the No. 2 rank in the semis.

is it so?

novak is so near to fed in rankings? i dont really think so .. can u make sure?

 

[biased indian]

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are in the men's doubles finals.

who they are playing in finals?

 

[Uppercut]

Love that Clapo is a Novak fan. Even though I give him **** when Rafa crushes him.

Otherwise without Clapo it'd be a whole bunch of Fed fans in this thread and me

Hey, I'm a Rafa fan too!

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

I haven't done the calculations but I suppose Federer and Djokovic will be playing off for the No. 2 rank in the semis.

Yep. As it stands, Federer is on 6,735 and Djokovic is on 6,665.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Federer has 7215 points. Djokovic would have to win the title to become number two.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Federer has 7215 points. Djokovic would have to win the title to become number two.

Well no, because he's defending points from making the final last year. So if Djokovic wins here, Federer loses 480 points.

 

[shivfan]

Gonna put this out there, other than Rafa vs. Fed, Soder vs. Fed are the best matches to watch in tennis atm.

Didn't quite materialise, did it? There's still a huge gap between the duopoly of Federer-Nadal, and the rest of the field....

 

[shivfan]

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are in the men's doubles finals.

Good to see an Indian and a Pakistani forming a partnership that has done well....

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Well no, because he's defending points from making the final last year. So if Djokovic wins here, Federer loses 480 points.

Federer is 550 points ahead, so even if Djokovic beats him he'll still be 70 points ahead.

 

[marc71178]

No, because when you remove last years, Federer is only 70 ahead and if Djokovic beats him, he'll get much more than 70 points more than Federer this year.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Ok, I'm with you now.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Federer is 550 points ahead, so even if Djokovic beats him he'll still be 70 points ahead.

If Djokovic beats him he gains 480 points because he's defended semi final points from last year. That gets him to 7,145 regardless of the reslt in the final while Federer is at 6,735.

I could very well be going wrong somewhere here, but that's how I'm reading it.

EDIT: Didn't see it went to another page.

 

[marc71178]

It's academic anyway, as Federer will beat him.

 

[blahblahblah]

It's academic anyway, as Federer will beat him.

i too hope the same


btw wozniacki seems to be in the form of her life