posted Jun 25, 2008

This is what safin has needed in the early stages of past wimbeldons. I see him going a long way this year on the strength of this win, we all know he has the talent.

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posted Jun 25, 2008

the safin post-match conference is a funny read. damn honest this guy - he even joked that the umpire was half sleeping in his previous match on court 11.

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posted Jun 25, 2008

Wow. WHAT A DAY at wimby.
Awesome stuff.

Would just like to put forth some views of mine.

To all the Fed doubters out there or haters. Any which way you want to put it. I have read many threads on the 606 website in the last week or so about fed and nadal and who is better and why and what not.

WELL let me just put it this way. Did anyone see Djoker lose today. This is a very pertinent question as people have been saying the fed express is on his way down and that the likes of djoker and nadal are going to beat him from now on. Djoker himself said that too.

The mark of a great champion is how he deals with adversity and how he they play the big points. Djoker was quite sure fed was on the way down and that he is nervous that there are so many great players out there now.
And why did he say this just because fed has been winning three GS'S per year for the last three years and just because he lost the aussie open final to djoker.
Let me put it this way. What happpened to the joker. Forget djoker. Joker is more like it. He spoke big just because he won one grand slam and was berating a man who has won 12. It aint that easy now is it evidenced by his thrashing by safin. Let him win 5 gs at least before he starts berating a guy of fed's caliber. It is not easy to play as consistent as fed does. You ARE bound to have some losses along the way. Even sampras referred to that recently in an interview. He said fed is still the best just going through abit of a bad patch right now.

Well lets examine fed's supposed bad patch. the guy actually makes two grand slams finals in a row one where he loses to a guy who played better on the day the joker and whilst suffering from mono along the way. Second final he lost to the best clay courter to have ever played the game . That is a sign of a person losing his way or ability? I think not!

Fed is still the most consistent player on all surfaces. He will win not 15 but 20 Gs's BEFORE he retires mark my words. He is def not on the way down. Evidenced by making two gs finals even this way whilst suffering from mono. Others would have taken 6 months of

Nadal is def the only player close to him but umtill he starts to winning more regularly on hard court he will never be considered fed;s league. His hard court game has to improve. He might win a wimbledon in the future in fact he def will but hard court i dont really know and his knees i doubt will hold up another 5 years with the amount of battering it receives with nadal's never say die attitude on the court and his supreme fitnesss. He tries to get every ball. Unfortunately his game will just ruin his knees. He definately will retire with about 9 to 10 grand slams always second best to roger thoug.

So for the roger haters out there or doubters I would request people judge fed with more realistic barometers of ability like the fact that he has already won 12 grand slams and in fact regularly makes the semis or the finals of gs he does not win. Dont hold it against him that he wins three grand slamsx a year and judge him by that. His form now is supreme if any body has watched his first round match or if they are watching his current match against soderling.

aS THEY say:

FORM IS TEMPORARY BUT CLASS IS PERMANENT.

cHEERS

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posted Jun 25, 2008

got to love that woman on centre court who tried, somewhat unsuccessfully thanks to the tv cameras, to hide the ball that got booted into the crowd.

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posted Jun 25, 2008

Yups. That was pretty funny. I suppose even with the fact that she knew cameras were there she still did it. God knows why.HIlarious though

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posted Jun 25, 2008

I only came here to moan about the lack of 'Quotes of the Day' but it seems I've been beaten to it. You can stop it as soon as Roddick and Serena are knocked out but those two produce a constant stream of gold.

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posted Jun 25, 2008

Flicked through the live report of the day and felt glad that all was well in the tennis world. (Not surprised about the Novak result) Imagine my horror when I then wandered over to the Wimbledon site and saw that Gonzo had been knocked out!!! How could you not mention something like that? I am devastated and still begging him, as I have been for months, to change coach.

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posted Jun 25, 2008

After watching Federer win today I cannot see him beating Raffa should they both reach the final. His net game is missing - too many poor approaches. His only strengh at the moment is his serve. If that goes he has no chance.

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posted Jun 25, 2008

I would disagree. Fed's movement was sublime. On grass more than any other surface great movement makes a big deal. He won again in straight sets. Soderling is no mug. Came back from the first break on his serve on grass in 2007 broke back and closed out the set and match.

Rafa's grass court game although improving is no match for Fed's grass court game.

LaSTLY on grass rafa's forehand does not bounce as high against feds backhand like it does on clay.

All in all fed's game on grass still negates rafas. 5 wimbys already. Nadal might take him to 5 sets if they meet up like last year but even if it goes to that distance fed still has enough weapons on grass to pull it out.

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posted Jun 26, 2008

No matter what the BBC says, Malisse is Belgian, not French. He's not even from the French speaking part, although I have to admit that his pronunciation is so bad that half the time you can't be sure exactly what he's saying.

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