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*Official* Tennis Thread

GIMH

GIMH

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Can you guys get the BBC iplayer? Guessing not but if you can you'll be able to view the presentation there
 
Sanz

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Mr Mxyzptlk said:
Nope. If you get the chance, take a look at those first two sets again. Federer wasn't being dominated by any means. In fact, Federer was outplaying Nadal is virutally every area except for, crucially, break points. Remember Federer was up 4-1 in the second set, so it's ridiculous to say that he was dominated.
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6-4. 6-4 was the result after 1st two sets in favor of Nadal, fair indication of the way match was going. In Tennis you can not claim that 'A was dominating every area except break point'. It is not so simple really. Roger was not only able to get any break points but unable to hold his own serve as well. Basically that is how you win or lose Tennis matches.

And no roger didn't dominate Nadal in every other area either. Roger committed too many errors, his serve was inconsistent between games. His net game was ineffective. Very defensive game. He woke up in the 3rd set and since then we have seen a different match .
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

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Sanz said:
6-4. 6-4 was the result after 1st two sets in favor of Nadal, fair indication of the way match was going.
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If you weren't actually watching the game, yes. :sleep: One break in it and a very close first two sets.
Sanz said:
In Tennis you can not claim that 'A was dominating every area except break point'. It is not so simple really.
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Yes it is. If Player A is holding serve comfortably and taking Player B to break points often, but is unable to break. Simple as.

And I never said "dominating". Just "outplaying". Subtle difference being that you can outplay someone in a close match.

Sanz said:
Roger was not only able to get any break points but unable to hold his own serve as well. Basically that is how you win or lose Tennis matches.
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You what? For the first set and a half Federer only faced one break point. He lost it, but he had about 4 or 5 against Nadal. Again, anyone who was watching the game could tell how comfortable Federer looked on serve for most of the first 2 sets.
 
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Great stat - 1/1 serve and volley points won for Nadal

Shows how amazing his groundies are
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

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Disappointed with that final point. I was hoping Nadal would win it with an excellent shot, not a Federer mistake.

Congrats to Rafa though. Hardest fought match of his career.
 
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