posted Jun 23, 2008

Djoko needs to make light work of this 4th set before the odds on him get slashed, if that hasn't happened already..

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posted Jun 23, 2008

I really don;t like Fed loosing so easily, it gets him into false sense of security hence tends to struggle in later rounds! Hope Sod makes Fed work a little harder! Saying that i can easily see Fed reaching the semis/Final without dropping a set!

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posted Jun 23, 2008

i dont know how djokovic has done to reach the 3rd world rank because hes not that good i reckon

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posted Jun 23, 2008

Sorry if this is harsh but the TV commentary is laughable. why get Borris Becker on when he can't speak English, just because he's German?

They should take a leaf out of the Aussie tennis commentators. Very quiet, very subtle, but very informative, no over-praise or under-praise that swings several times in a single match.

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posted Jun 23, 2008

Well I think that was fun until they told him he was needed back at the bar.

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posted Jun 23, 2008

Oh Tom you really are killing the man out there, if only he knew what you were saying about him. Genius!

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posted Jun 23, 2008

I believe the correct German is "ein schtinker." Following the verb to be, nouns are all in the nominative case. Standards at the Beeb these days ...

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posted Jun 23, 2008

it's odd isn't it. Fed plays Halle and gets ribbed for playing lesser competition. Then Nole plays Berrer in the 1st round, who Fed beat in the first round of Halle in straight sets, and loses at set to him.

Ok, Nole won and Halle is a weaker field..... i think not. Enough said.

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posted Jun 24, 2008

whoever said djokovic is not that good and how did he reach world number three...........wake up and smell the coffee.

In the past year, he has won the Australian Open, destroying Fed in straight sets, won Masters series titles, Runner up in US Open, semi final in the last two French opens giving nadal his toughest matches and you are wondering why he is world number three.

He has beaten all the best players in the world and has completely destroyed murray each time he has played him.

Why even say something as stupid as that. Djokovic may soon be world number one!!

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posted Jun 24, 2008

"In the past year, he has won the Australian Open, destroying Fed in straight sets"

Slasher, while I agree your overall assessment of Djoko's performance and his likelihood to be a future No1, I must object to the use of the word 'destroying'. I don't think a match in which a below par Fed served for the first set and had set points in the third counts as destruction (For a definition of destruction please refer to FO 2008 final).

Also, he never took a set off Nadal in the FO (Fed has done previously). So I don't believe that a 3 set match is actually tougher than a 4 set one!

A bit pedantic, I know!

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