Dil Dil India Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 2004 French Open for a GS and 2002 for Wimbledon - saw on twitter. Woah. That is nuts.:haha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Would haves don't matter You are talking as if Federer is unbeatable on grass. He has lost 3 times here in the last 4 years to players against whom he was expected to win and came very close of losing twice (Falla and Benneteau). The way Stan was playing in the first 2 sets, it would have been awfully tougher for him. I don't see why it is so difficult to accept that. No one is saying here that Federer is lucky to win. He is capable of beating anybody on grass, we all know that. But today he did get a lucky break, he would have had to work a lit harder otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Very interesting semi final lineup. Youth vs Experience. Champions vs Challengers. I am really excited to see if the young guns have it in them to dethrone the champions or is it still too early for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda-esque Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 You are talking as if Federer is unbeatable on grass. He has lost 3 times here in the last 4 years to players against whom he was expected to win and came very close of losing twice (Falla and Benneteau). The way Stan was playing in the first 2 sets' date=' it would have been awfully tougher for him. I don't see why it is so difficult to accept that. No one is saying here that Federer is lucky to win. He is capable of beating anybody on grass, we all know that. But today he did get a lucky break, he would have had to work a lit harder otherwise.[/quote'] I have not said that at all,in fact am tipping Djokovic for the title But history ,H2H,playing style,temperament and a sense of occasion made me very confident about Federers ability to beat Stan . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 All the people that I didn't want to see winning Wimbledon (Nadal, Murray) are out. Now, anybody winning is okay. Federer vs Djokovic would make a great final if they get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surajmal Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 GD Rafa, why u svck at wimbledon so much lately? Atleast Raonic and Bouchard made it to the semis. :two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muloghonto Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 People keep saying Stan has the best backhand. Based on what ? His slightly superior backhand ground stroke speed and range ? That is not all there is to a backhand. Fed has the best ever single handed backhand by a country mile. Reason ? He has the most COMPLETE AND COMPETETIVE SHB ever. Stan does not slice nearly as much or as well as Federer. Can Federer rip winners with his SHB 95% as good as Stan ? yes. Can Federer do backhand drop shot ? Yes. Backhand smash ? Yes. Backhand half volley from the baseline- well only he can with frequencies of once a tournament (everyone else either cant play that shot period or play it once a year!) Therefore, Federer has the best SHb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dil Dil India Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I thought I made it clear that I was talking about this Federer vs this Stan. Over the years obviously Federer's backhand has been impeccable (has to be for a bloke to be able to win 17 slams); that is not in question at all. As at this point in time however, Federer's backhanded is possibly his biggest weakness along with his ailing body. An overwhelmingly large proportion of his unforced errors tend to be backhand ones. Even today he started off with 3 backhand errors in a row. I really do not see how you could possibly argue otherwise. His backhand is still good, I am not disputing that; but it is something of a vantage point for his opponents and something that has been exploited time and again by players in recent years (most often by Nadal). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dil Dil India Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 On an unrelated note, just read that Nadal's parents had separated a few years ago. I did not have a clue. To be able to cope with that and still play on and smash all and sundry is incredible. Moreover, he is agnostic. Officially, my second favourite tennis player now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Kyrgios lost in QF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Kyrgios lost in QF? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainfade Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 And the Leander-train keeps on rolling! In the semis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 So Goran Ivanisevic almost in the same age group is playing senior Tennis where as Paes is still playing competitive doubles :blink: Must be really easy to play doubles comparitively or is the average prize money for doubles less than say an invitational game like the one seniors play every wimbledon? Even a 50 year old Martina made a comeback to competitive doubles a few years back....Anyways good for Paes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainfade Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 So Goran Ivanisevic almost in the same age group is playing senior Tennis where as Paes is still playing competitive doubles :blink: Must be really easy to play doubles comparitively or is the average prize money for doubles less than say an invitational game like the one seniors play every wimbledon? Even a 50 year old Martina made a comeback to competitive doubles a few years back....Anyways good for Paes Doubles may be easier from a stamina/physical ability standpoint. But, it also takes a specific skill-set - court awareness, understanding and team-work; not all great singles players can be good doubles players. At any rate, there is no singles invitational at Wimbledon. For doubles invitational, the winner's prize money is GBP 21,000 per pair. For regular gentleman's doubles, it is GBP 325000 per pair. I think Goran is just not good enough anymore to play competitive doubles :-)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Doubles may be easier from a stamina/physical ability standpoint. But, it also takes a specific skill-set - court awareness, understanding and team-work; not all great singles players can be good doubles players. At any rate, there is no singles invitational at Wimbledon. For doubles invitational, the winner's prize money is GBP 21,000 per pair. For regular gentleman's doubles, it is GBP 325000 per pair. I think Goran is just not good enough anymore to play competitive doubles :-)!! Doubles need very good hand eye coordination as it involves a lot of net play, often second and third volleys. Leander is a natural volleyer, in fact one of the very best I have seen but it is incredible that he has been able to maintain that high level at this age. Hats off to him. :hatsoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akshayxyz Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Djokovic concedes 2nd set, and looks like getting impatient also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akshayxyz Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 some high quality battle going on between Novak and Dimitrov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akshayxyz Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 What a match!!! It could have gone either way. One has to feel sorry for Dmitrov, he slipped so many times at crucial points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep1706 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 What a terrible match, Djokovic somehow found a way to win this with the help of a mot of chokes from Dimitrov. If Federer wins today he would be the clear favorite against Djokovic. Djokovic can't handle variety on grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
India-KXIP fan Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 IF FEDERER WINS THIS SLAM HE WILL FOREVER BE THE GOAT NO IFS NO BUTS :orderorder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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