posted Jan 25, 2007

I am surprised the match lasted only 90mins. We need to ask why Roddick brings out the best in Federer. Roddick seems to just collapse as soon the person on the other side of the net is Federer. Roger, c'mon have some pity on A-Rod......next time let him win a set at least........plzzzzzz

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posted Jan 25, 2007

Excellent performance by Federer! Weighing up his possible Final opponent... I have been looking at Federers record against Haas and to be fair to Tommy, at his best, could worry Federer a little. I've just got a weird feeling about Haas all of a sudden and he has winning record against Federer in Australia. His only Australian loss to Federer was a 5 setter last year at this very championship. Prior to this Haas beat Federer last year in AAMI Classic Kooyong 2006.Overall Haas is 2 -7 Head to Head with Federer but he has been known to take the odd set or push to tie breaks which is no mean feat. 40-1+ with Betfair is a little tempting especially as those odds would shrink to at least 16/1 if he gets past Gonzales and a split stake on Federer would then mean a major profit if the impossible happened and a break even scenario if Federer wins. I know it appears a big imponderable but Haas got past both Davydenko and Nalbandian who are ranked higher. If Haas brings his 'A' game we could be in for an unexpected treat in the Final. A Gonzales Federer would be very one sided as the head to head shows 9 - 0 and memories of ATP Madrid are still so so clear

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posted Jan 25, 2007

prindle23 - In total agreement, I think it has done Roddick more harm than good linking up with Connors, Andy's not a serve volley player, Connors sees a lot of himself in Andy and is trying to teach him to be like he was. Although Federer was excellent today, if Andy had played his own game from the back of the court, the score would have been closer and the Fed express would not have looked so invincible.

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posted Jan 25, 2007

Obviously I’m in minority that starting to find it boring to watch Federer dominate (or people in generally dominate their chosen sport) and not seeing that anyone can really pose a threat in the near future. He plays great tennis and of course it’s a privilege to watch someone like him play. But I enjoy matches where things aren’t very one sided and when you can’t really say who will win which he doesn’t seem to play too often. Of course he does lose from time to time and he is yet to be the king of clay, but that is probably only a matter of time since there is only one guy standing in the way of that at the moment.

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posted Jan 25, 2007

"Just like Sampras did in Wimbledon 2002,but he will return them back to u"

What did Sampras do in 2002? Federer beat him at Wimbledon 2001.

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posted Jan 25, 2007

"But you guys got to remember that if federer was playing in the 90's, against Sampras, Marcelo Rios, Jimmy Connors, Agassi etc... He would not be dominating like he would now..... Not to metion he would get wipped by Kuerten at the French open etc..."

Connors wasn't around in the 90s. Besides, Federer DID play - and beat - Sampras, who was 29 and not exactly a spent force.

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posted Jan 25, 2007

" guess I was referring his recent comments that Federer should simply leave so he can have rivalries with other younger players."

Hi TennisMasta - I'm afraid you misunderstood Murray there. That was supposed to be a joke! Typical ironic Scottish humour - maybe you're not familiar with his sense of humour, but what he meant was that none of the younger players will have a chance until Federer leaves because he is so good.

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posted Jan 25, 2007

That match was a tennis clinic. Fantastic display by Federer, who is truly a delight to watch. The second set was an outstanding display of shot making. 7 GS finals in a row, 35 match winning streak. What more can one say? He'll surely take the final, and it will be well deserved.

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posted Jan 26, 2007

Just seen the second semi, on holiday in Chile btw. What a display by Gonzalez. All this talk about Nadal being the clear number 2 and Murray and Gasquet being potential challengers to the great Federer with hardly anyone mentioning the Chilean... It makes me wonder whether those contributors actually watch tennis. So extreme and onesided, these comments, still apart from the blasphemous nature of a number.

Some have said that Gonzalez is in the "form of his life" which is true in that he is playing better than before but has the connotation of being temporary. However I don´t see why it would not last - he and his team have added more tennis intelligence and even more speed to great natural ability. Note that Gonzalez does not have a clear weak surface either - he has come relatively far in all Slams.

I think Federer will beat Gongalez on his backhand, as I stated earlier in this strand, but the match I have just seen and the unbelievable results before confirm my view on Gonzalez as the true number 2 in tennis. Note that where Federer only played (very) exceptionally once this tournament, Gonzales on the other hand trashed the in-form Blake, the Murray-beater Nadal and the talented Haas who ousted Davydenko.

I hope for a good final, with quality tennis and hopefully some true suspense!

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posted Jan 26, 2007

what ever be the case federer seems invincible...other guys need to work hard to catch him

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