Scarface Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 ^Oops my bad I am watching today almost after a year and that too coz Fed was playing. Happy that Fed's 5-setter ended happily. Hope he wins this Aus Open since both the top seeds are out Cricketics 1
Cricketics Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 On 1/22/2017 at 11:27 AM, Scarface said: ^Oops my bad I am watching today almost after a year and that too coz Fed was playing. Happy that Fed's 5-setter ended happily. Hope he wins this Aus Open since both the top seeds are out Wawrinka heavy favorite who is currently in battle with Tsonga. Federer plays Zverev next up after this game on this same court.
I6MTW Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 A Swiss semi final between wawrinka and Federer.
Scarface Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Fed has awesome 18-3 H-H record against Stan and that too all 3 losses in Clay. But on recent form Stan is the red hot favorite. Predict Fed to pull off an upset win.
Cricketics Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Man What a story of this Lucic Banoni. She came in as a promising youngster as 15-16 year old in 90s. By 2000, she had faded away. And now after 20 years she reaches her first semi final. A brilliant sport story if one was ever looking forward to hearing. This is it. Class and hats off to her for hanging in there for a such a long time. Semi final of a grandslam is a big thing.
Cricketics Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Indian Junior girl Zeel Desai has reached quarter finals. Great run for her. Siddhanth Banthis plays his doubles quarter finals today.
Cricketics Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 And Sania/Dodiq beat Bopanna/Dabrowski in quarters of mixed doubles which means Paes and Hingis could face another Indian pair in semis if they get through their tough game against Stosur/Groth the Aussie team which will be playing at home. Meanwhile, match of the day has just started - David Goffin vs Grigor Dimitrov. Should be an epic. Very evenly matched players.
Cricketics Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 Federer is in the finalssssss. Brilliant match. Well played Wawarinka but Federerrrre What a big win and into the finalss. Class and now we might see a Nadal-Federer if Nadal is able to pull off his game. sourab10forever and kumar713 2
Yoda-esque Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 This makes me sad,he will lose to Nadal again Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk
kumar713 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Gutted for Djoker. But his level of play after winning French open was pretty low but i will take French open any day. Split with Boris was a wrong choice too. Hoping he will bounce back soon Good to see Andy getting knocked out My only positive of this AO since djoker is out early. As far as Federer he is playing at a pretty good level but Murray or Djoker would exposed him, still there is Nadal threat though. He was running through stan in first 2 sets today but suddenly stan decided to show up after medical time out at end of 2nd set. Federer started to play poorly in 3rd and 4th sets, stan capitalized on this and won next 2 sets forcing a decider. In 5th stan handed him a break which he capitalized on. Good win for him though. 2 complete days rest before final is good for him. He has a minor injury too. One last chance for federer to reach Magic 18. But nadal threat looms. Dimitrov needs to take out nadal for federer to have any chance in winning this AO, Dimitrov vs Federer too is not an easy one for federer but it is much better than facing Nadal. If final is between Rafa vs Federer, we all know what's gonna happen. Odds will be against Fed, lets see what he does. Hope roger wins this AO it will motivate Djoker too Cricketics 1
kumar713 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 23 minutes ago, Yoda-esque said: This makes me sad,he will lose to Nadal again Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Agree. Federer losing to Nadal again will haunt him in GOAT debate.
kumar713 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/24/2017 at 9:09 PM, I6MTW said: Hopefully a Nadal-Federer final. No if one supports federer.
I6MTW Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 2 hours ago, kumar713 said: No if one supports federer. I do support Federer, but I would like to see a nadal Federer final. This rivalry produced many great matches. While one might say the rivalry is one sided. That's actually nt the case. Nadal has only dominated in clay courts. While Federer leads in hard and grass courts. He will fancy his chances. Plus playing against dimitrov will be like playing against a younger budding version of himself(he has been labelled as having a Federer style of playing) on a side note, a Williams sisters finals, veterans are truly dominating this Open.
Yoda-esque Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 I do support Federer, but I would like to see a nadal Federer final. This rivalry produced many great matches. While one might say the rivalry is one sided. That's actually nt the case. Nadal has only dominated in clay courts. While Federer leads in hard and grass courts. He will fancy his chances. Plus playing against dimitrov will be like playing against a younger budding version of himself(he has been labelled as having a Federer style of playing) on a side note, a Williams sisters finals, veterans are truly dominating this Open. Nadal is Federers worst nightmare. The match up is as lopsided as possible. Nadal doesnt even need to do anything special to defeat Federer. If they meet it will be a 4 set win for Nadal. kumar713 1
I6MTW Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, Yoda-esque said: Nadal is Federers worst nightmare. The match up is as lopsided as possible. Nadal doesnt even need to do anything special to defeat Federer. If they meet it will be a 4 set win for Nadal. If this was a clay match, I would agree, but in hard and grass courts Federer leads nadal, with most of the matches being close. Nadal's 23 or 24-10(nt sure exactly) wins were mostly contested on clay.
Yoda-esque Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 If this was a clay match, I would agree, but in hard and grass courts Federer leads nadal, with most of the matches being close. Nadal's 23 or 24-10(nt sure exactly) wins were mostly contested on clay. When was the last time Federer defeated Nadal in a 5 setter? I think Wimbledon 2007...
I6MTW Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, Yoda-esque said: When was the last time Federer defeated Nadal in a 5 setter? I think Wimbledon 2007... yeah ur right, Federer has beaten nadal only in 3 set matches since then, with the most recent meeting going in favour of Federer.
Muloghonto Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) At this stage, Fed vs Rafa is a mental thing for Fed. They both have lost a step in speed- which impacts Nadal's game far more than Federer's. But for Federer to win, he has to believe he can and stick to the plan, instead of getting over-aggressive. For Nadal to win (if he beats Dimitrov), he'd have to hope Federer isn't seeing the ball as big as a football. Or he won't be able to dig out those monster forehands of Federer like he used to. Edited January 26, 2017 by Muloghonto
Yoda-esque Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 At this stage, Fed vs Rafa is a mental thing for Fed. They both have lost a step in speed- which impacts Nadal's game far more than Federer's. But for Federer to win, he has to believe he can and stick to the plan, instead of getting over-aggressive. For Nadal to win (if he beats Dimitrov), he'd have to hope Federer isn't seeing the ball as big as a football. Or he won't be able to dig out those monster forehands of Federer like he used to. Federer has to attack the forehand ,go big on it. Nadals backhand is still very reliable but his forehand on the run has lost its edge.Also Federer has to attempt more DTL backhands which will open up Nadals FH wing. Muloghonto 1
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