*Official* Tennis Thread

[vcs]

No pressure on Feddy as well.. should be fun.

Really Nadal should be favourite though. Courts suit him and he is steadily getting better through the tournament and Fed is getting slightly worse and probably two weeks of tennis would have taken some toll. He's pulled off a great escape two matches in a row, luck is bound to run out at some point. I predict Nadal will sweep the claycourt season regardless of what happens here.

 

[vcs]

This Indian Wells draw is even more laughably lopsided now that Murray is out.

I always really struggle to see the relevance of Indian Wells and Miami in the calendar. Horribly slow HC surfaces that reward ugly, grinding tennis. The matches are usually error-fests. Just give them a break till the clay court season FFS.

So it turns out that my interest level in this part of the season is entirely dependent on how well Federer does.

Stand by the error-fest comment though.

 

[Anil]

So it turns out that my interest level in this part of the season is entirely dependent on how well Federer does.

sure mine too...but i was aware of that all along...just can't get hooked on grind fests like novak vs rafa, novak vs andy etc...i remember sitting through lendl vs wilander when i was much younger but just don't have the stamina for that anymore...

 

[Anil]

i think rafa will win this one...just don't see roger having the stamina to go through a 3rd consecutive gruelling 3 setter...

 

[vcs]

23-14 and possibly in Nadal's head now

What a start to the year for Federer.

 

[StephenZA]

Fed, what a champion.... what a great year this is already for him, long may it continue.

 

[Anil]

i think rafa will win this one...just don't see roger having the stamina to go through a 3rd consecutive gruelling 3 setter...

well...it wasn't a 3 setter and it wasn't all that gruelling either so technically i was not wrong...

anyway well done roger! damn that evil genius donskoy...it could have been 4 in a row...

 

[Anil]

23-14 and possibly in Nadal's head now

one can only hope...but clay season is coming and rafa has plenty of chances to get his head straight...federer has confirmed the only clay tournament he will play this year is rolland garros...

 

[vcs]

one can only hope...but clay season is coming and rafa has plenty of chances to get his head straight...federer has confirmed the only clay tournament he will play this year is rolland garros...

That's a shame.. playing this way he'd have a decent shot at Monte Carlo and Rome where he has never won despite multiple final appearances.

 

[vogue]

Yes,well done Federer. Hope it continues. Great sportsperson.

 

[Anil]

That's a shame.. playing this way he'd have a decent shot at Monte Carlo and Rome where he has never won despite multiple final appearances.

yeah rome is the only big tournament he hasn't won yet (4 finals if i remember correctly), like rafa in miami...i don't think it keeps him sleepless at night though and i don't see him playing there too much for the rest of his career...

 

[vcs]

yeah rome is the only big tournament he hasn't won yet (4 finals if i remember correctly), like rafa in miami...i don't think it keeps him sleepless at night though and i don't see him playing there too much for the rest of his career...

That 2006 final

What an incredible match it was though.

 

[Anil]

yeah, well most of his greatest contests against nadal are losses for him whether it is rome (2006), australia (2009) or wimbledon (2008)...even the wimbledon 2007 classic is overshadowed by those others...which is why i am very happy australia 2017 happened...i am sure it erased a lot of really bad memories for him...

 

[honestbharani]

Janko Tipsarevic: 'I'm not sure that Federer would beat Djokovic from last year'


Quite a bit of salt here from Tipsarevic.. Not sure what he is trying to say with these bits about courts being faster, balls being lighter. Its almost as if its a crime to have to conquer different challenges as a tennis player.

 

[vcs]

Janko Tipsarevic: 'I'm not sure that Federer would beat Djokovic from last year'


Quite a bit of salt here from Tipsarevic.. Not sure what he is trying to say with these bits about courts being faster, balls being lighter. Its almost as if its a crime to have to conquer different challenges as a tennis player.

Obviously entitled to his opinion, but did he follow Indian Wells and Miami which are the slowest HCs on the circuit?

And no, the current Federer probably wouldn't beat Djokovic in his peak '15 or '16 form, but then that Djokovic probably wouldn't beat the Federer of '04-'06 either. So who cares really.

 

[honestbharani]

That is what I am saying. Lets remember that an entire generation today plays in mostly homogenized conditions for tennis. Its the same baseline **** rallies on green, brown, blue courts all over the year. Yes, it is a little faster at Wimbledon but they slowed down courts and made the balls heavier simply coz Federer was becoming unbeatable except on clay. So obvious thing to do is to make every other surface a bit more like the clay. Now they are seeing that such homogenization has made the game even more boring, Nadal, Tipsaveric etc. are having a whine.

 

[Anil]

Obviously entitled to his opinion, but did he follow Indian Wells and Miami which are the slowest HCs on the circuit?

And no, the current Federer probably wouldn't beat Djokovic in his peak '15 or '16 form, but then that Djokovic probably wouldn't beat the Federer of '04-'06 either. So who cares really.

exactly...who the **** is tipsarevic?

 

[Anil]

weird interchange with a reporter for nadal after miami loss

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lame attempt at a save too

"You won anyway"

Yeah nah

 

[Niall]

exactly...who the **** is tipsarevic?

One of the biggest scumbags to play top level tennis in the last decade or so. He can **** the **** off.