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*Official* Tennis Thread

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Pothas

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Oh yeah I expect him to make the semi but I think Murray has got under his skin now, just like Nadal has. Thin Federer's best chance of making the final is for Murray to lose the before the semi which is very possible. They could of course not be on the same side of the draw.
 
Magrat Garlick

Magrat Garlick

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Pothas said:
Will do if he manages to avoid Murray, if he doesn't then even on clay i would expect Murray to beat him.
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Murray's clay record: W11 L14.

I suppose his quite-decent first serve is negated a lot, and he hits too many unforced errors. Plus he doesn't play enough to get used to the length and so on. Will be very surprised if he makes the semi, anyway, lots of decent unseeded clay-courters atm.
 
superkingdave

superkingdave

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Yeah semi would be a massive achievement from Murray. Defnitely think his Clay court record is going to improve dramatically though. Reckon he'd be pleased with a couple of semis at the masters and 4th rd/QF at RG. That should be enough to get up to 3.
 
superkingdave

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Murray should struggle today against Davydenko, would normally expect Davydenko to win easily but he played a 3 setter earlier today and hasn't played a lot this year so fatigue might come in to effect.
 
superkingdave

superkingdave

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Decent effort from Murray, never really had a chance but to not bad to take one of the sets to a tb, Nadal hasn't lost a set at Monaco for a few years. Will be happy with his week.
 
Jono

Jono

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Yeah, nothing more needs to be said. Novak played a good match though. Collapsed mentally in the 3rd set when he didn't break in the first game.

How stiff was Davydenko to play two matches in a day lol.
 
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Anil

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nadal has to be the greatest claycourter ever, even the great bjorn borg didn't have this kind of an invincible aura on the surface...and that too at the age of 22!
 
Uppercut

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Jono said:
No he can't!

Wawrinka is the man! 6-4 7-5

I fail to see how anyone can argue that Roger is still be the #2 player in the world. He simply isn't atm.
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Simon said:
Federer lifts for big tournaments, hes been in this "slump" for over a year now and hes still managed to make pretty much every slam final in that time. Plus hes still on his ridiculous streak of what? 18 or so straight slam semi final appearances.
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Jono's a big tennis fan, he watches a lot of it and judges the players on what he sees. Me, i follow everything but judge players 95% on what they do in the Slams. Raising their game when it matters is what makes a player for me. In ten years, noone's going to look at Federer's career and point at that time he went out in the first round of an early-season claycourt tournament to Wawrinka (an excellent player on clay, incidentally). We'll look back at what he did on the biggest stage in tennis. That's why Federer's still number 2 for me without a moment's hesitation.
 
Simon

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I agree Federer is still the second best because hes ranked number 2, probably more so than any other sport tennis rankings are fairly accurate because to make progress you have to be consistent over a 12 month period, over the past 12 months Federer has gained the second most ammount of points through performing in the big tournaments. This imo makes him world number 2 fairly and squarely.
 
Jono

Jono

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Uppercut said:
Jono's a big tennis fan, he watches a lot of it and judges the players on what he sees.
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Correction - what I see in the Slams & Masters 1000 tournaments.

Look at the history of the big tournaments that aren't slams. They have often been won by the players who are winning the Slams as well. Particularly the end of season Masters Finals/Cup.

As far as I am concerned, Federer RIGHT NOW, is the equal #2 player in the world on clay, equal #1 player in the world on grass, and the equal #3 player in the world on all surfaces combined.

I do agree with Simon though, that the rankings system is the most fair way to judge players. Doesn't mean its always right IMO. At around the Aus Open time, Novak was one win (against Niemenen FFS) away from overtaking Roger. He lost it, because he was out of form. He's playing much better NOW than he was then. I take current form of around 6 months into place when I judge players, and then of course you look at a player's history to win big (Roger, Nadal) or not do anything in the big tournaments (Nalabandian, Davydenko).
 
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Jono

Jono

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Gonzalez vs. Ferrer has been a see-saw battle. Great clay court tennis to watch.

Gonzo smashed Ferrer in the first, and then Ferrer did the same to Gonzo in the 2nd.

Ferrer was up 5-3 but Gonzo fought back, and the match is about to be decided in a 3rd set tie-break.

Basically playing for runner-up, cos Nadal will smash either of them in the final :ph34r:
 
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