Topic: Roland Garros 2009 (Read 4199 times)

justforkix · « **on:** May 30, 2009, 05:24:42 PM »

Nadal on course to meet his clone in the Quarters - could be best match of French this year.

Fedrer seems to have an easier road to the finals than Nadal, who has to beat Verdasco and Murray/Gonzalez to get to finals, while Fedrer possibly has only Del Potro to beat....

poondu · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2009, 05:46:55 PM »

Quote from: justforkix on May 30, 2009, 05:24:42 PM

Nadal on course to meet his clone in the Quarters - could be best match of French this year.

Fedrer seems to have an easier road to the finals than Nadal, who has to beat Verdasco and Murray/Gonzalez to get to finals, while Fedrer possibly has only Del Potro to beat....

clone? who is that?

justforkix · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2009, 05:56:24 PM »

Fernando Verdasco - from Spain and lefty too and his game is literal carbon copy of Nadal.

Both played a marathon match in the Aussie Open Semis earlier this year.

ganavk · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2009, 09:00:21 PM »

Djokovic loses in the third round.Federer's path to Final just got easier!

justforkix · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2009, 12:42:49 PM »

Nadal down 1-4 in 1st set against Soderling !!

justforkix · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2009, 01:08:26 PM »

Rafa loses 1st set in french after winning 32 in a row !!

justforkix · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2009, 02:55:16 PM »

king of clay in trouble - loses the 3rd set also

ganavk · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2009, 03:23:36 PM »

ridiculous Shrieking!
http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/blog/ten_experts/post/The-shriek-heard-round-the-world-must-be-muff?urn=ten,166928

http://www.tennis-channel.tv/tennis/console.jsp?catid=4&id=320

poondu · « **Reply #8 on:** May 31, 2009, 03:26:22 PM »

they are not showing the nadal match in US. A women's match is on..

ganavk · « **Reply #9 on:** May 31, 2009, 03:58:37 PM »

Nadal is out of French Open.!!!!!!!!!!!
Not showing the match live in US. bad

poondu · « **Reply #10 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:00:38 PM »

Quote from: ganavk on May 30, 2009, 09:00:21 PM

Djokovic loses in the third round.Federer's path to Final just got easier!

Is Murray in the same half as Federer?

ramshorns · « **Reply #11 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:14:11 PM »

Barring a few no one really cares about Tennis in U.S.. It is all about ratings and even local rodeo shows and 'X' games have higher ratings than Tennis. I live in New York City area and majority mistake U.S. Open during August for Golf and when you insist you are talking about Tennis they give you a strange look.

justforkix · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:24:29 PM »

Soderling played a superb game to beat Nadal !!!

This is Fedrer's best and probably last chance to win the French !!

poondu · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:36:53 PM »

Quote from: justforkix on May 30, 2009, 05:24:42 PM

Nadal on course to meet his clone in the Quarters - could be best match of French this year.

Fedrer seems to have an easier road to the finals than Nadal, who has to beat Verdasco and Murray/Gonzalez to get to finals, while Fedrer possibly has only Del Potro to beat....

clone in trouble too

. Down set and a break..

ganavk · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:44:46 PM »

Quote from: poondu on May 31, 2009, 04:00:38 PM

Quote from: ganavk on May 30, 2009, 09:00:21 PM
Djokovic loses in the third round.Federer's path to Final just got easier!
Is Murray in the same half as Federer?

no..he is number 3 seed and that means he is in the top half I think

justforkix · « **Reply #15 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:45:05 PM »

Quote from: poondu on May 31, 2009, 04:00:38 PM

Quote from: ganavk on May 30, 2009, 09:00:21 PM
Djokovic loses in the third round.Federer's path to Final just got easier!
Is Murray in the same half as Federer?

nope, nadal's draw. I think Soderling will be in the finals - he's playing like a psycho.

justforkix · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2009, 05:13:07 PM »

Quote from: ganavk on May 31, 2009, 03:58:37 PM

Nadal is out of French Open.!!!!!!!!!!!
Not showing the match live in US. bad

I thought ESPN/TNT covered all the Grand Slams live. At least it was the case till a couple of years back.

justforkix · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2009, 05:15:28 PM »

Quote from: poondu on May 31, 2009, 04:36:53 PM

Quote from: justforkix on May 30, 2009, 05:24:42 PM
Nadal on course to meet his clone in the Quarters - could be best match of French this year.

Fedrer seems to have an easier road to the finals than Nadal, who has to beat Verdasco and Murray/Gonzalez to get to finals, while Fedrer possibly has only Del Potro to beat....
clone in trouble too . Down set and a break..

With Davydenko vs. Verdasco, I guess this was expected to be the closest 4th round game to call. 8 vs. 10 seed anyways. I expect Verdasco to bounce back from 2 sets down and win in 5

vincent · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2009, 06:23:00 PM »

Well, great play by Soderling and even Davidenko. I agree with the above comment that if Federer does not make it this time he will never again. Watch out for Tsonga, Soderling, Kohlhaas and the dark horse - Andy Murray.

pieterSAN · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2009, 06:58:32 PM »

Very interesting match...Soderling was having a great day and that was going to be essential if he wanted to win against Nadal. I don't remember watching him play before but it seemed like he would really flatten out his shots and Nadal did not enjoy it. I have not seen players hit the ball so flat at Roland Garros throughout a match and have success...this guy must be pretty strong in the upper body to pull it off over for 4 sets against Nadal.

ganavk · « **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2009, 07:21:08 PM »

They are showing Nadal match now in US in NBC - 5

justforkix · « **Reply #21 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:23:59 PM »

Fedrer in deep trouble against Tommy Haas. down 2 sets, 6-7, 5-7 and 3-4 on serve in 3rd !!!

Never seen Fedrer yelling so much and so animated !!!

poondu · « **Reply #22 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:36:14 PM »

Fed up a break in the 3rd set now...

justforkix · « **Reply #23 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:42:18 PM »

And what a pointto get the break

Haas just choked for the last 3 games in that set IMO.

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #24 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:42:31 PM »

Quote from: justforkix on June 01, 2009, 12:23:59 PM

Fedrer in deep trouble against Tommy Haas. down 2 sets, 6-7, 5-7 and 3-4 on serve in 3rd !!!

Never seen Fedrer yelling so much and so animated !!!

what else would you do, if after seeing your only threat to unrivalled glory being packed away early from the tournament, you go down 2 sets and have to do magic to get out of it

justforkix · « **Reply #25 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:47:38 PM »

Now up 2-0 in the 4th !!!

justforkix · « **Reply #26 on:** June 01, 2009, 12:54:49 PM »

4-0 now, 7 games in a row !!! what a turnaround

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #27 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:00:27 PM »

hehe ...i dont think even federer will believe that the French is easier for him till he actually wins it

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #28 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:12:02 PM »

Wow he's blanked Haas in the 4th set. Was Haas just conserving energy?

justforkix · « **Reply #29 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:24:59 PM »

broken him in the 5th set - Fedex is 3-2 up now

He's destined to win French this time

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #30 on:** June 01, 2009, 01:49:06 PM »

Federer wins!

dhruvdeepak · « **Reply #31 on:** June 01, 2009, 02:04:23 PM »

i take it back.

dont think its magic when this psycho is involved.

i hate federer.

poondu · « **Reply #32 on:** June 01, 2009, 03:40:41 PM »

i don't think its easy. He is going to face winner of Monfils/Roddick and then Tsonga/del potro and then possibly Murray.

He will struggle against Monfils and if he gets through , Tsonga/del potro is also a very tough opponent. If Murray makes it to the final , he has a better record against Fed, though Fed has bet him in a GS final..

justforkix · « **Reply #33 on:** June 01, 2009, 05:00:22 PM »

As I mentioned much earlier, Del Potro is the only threat to Fedrer winning the French. I don't think Murray will get past Davy/Soderling. Fedrer will take care of Monfils/Roddick with reasonable ease.

Fedrer was probably just 5 points away from being ousted out of the French Open, 2 sets to love down, 3-4 down and 30-40 down !!!

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #34 on:** June 02, 2009, 12:49:02 AM »

It is amazing Roddick has come this far.

poondu · « **Reply #35 on:** June 02, 2009, 01:20:56 AM »

Quote from: keep-it-cool on June 02, 2009, 12:49:02 AM

It is amazing Roddick has come this far.

But now he has been kicked out by Monfils

gouravk · « **Reply #36 on:** June 02, 2009, 05:28:00 AM »

only one player can beat federer - and that is federer himself.

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #37 on:** June 02, 2009, 06:21:35 AM »

Quote from: poondu on June 02, 2009, 01:20:56 AM

Quote from: keep-it-cool on June 02, 2009, 12:49:02 AM
It is amazing Roddick has come this far.
But now he has been kicked out by Monfils

Order has been restored somewhat!

gouravk · « **Reply #38 on:** June 02, 2009, 07:48:43 AM »

fedex should get past monfils easily tomorrow ...

justforkix · « **Reply #39 on:** June 02, 2009, 06:03:05 PM »

Murray also gone, beaten by Gonzalez

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