When's the last time Roger served 3 DFs in a game that never went to deuce?

[DeShaun]

It is rare that he serves three double faults in a single game, losing it before the score has reached deuce.

[kalyan4fedever]

never.......

[batz]

Originally Posted by DeShaun

It is rare that he serves three double faults in a single game, losing it before the score has reached deuce.

Someone yesterday said that he did it at Basel last year v Niemenen.

[No1e]

Don't worry. It will appear increasingly more often from now on.

[-RF-]

How is that even possible?

[Tony48]

Originally Posted by -RF-

How is that even possible?

Well you know a game of tennis can have many, many points right? When it gets to deuce, it can see-saw between game points and break points, during which Federer can double fault 3 times and still win the game.

Game point, *DF*, deuce, *ace*, game point, *DF*, deuce, *error*, BP, *winner*, deuce, *DF*, BP, *ace*, deuce, *ace*, game point, *ace*, game.

If's very rare for ANY top player to serve that many DFs in only a few points.

[merlinpinpin]

Originally Posted by -RF-

How is that even possible?

Forget once served four in a row in Roland Garros to get broken to love by Emilio Sanchez (who had just served his first three aces of the match--in a row!--to save his service game from breakpoint down in the previous game). That sealed the fourth set--and the match.

So that was three aces by Sanchez, who almost never served any, immediately followed by four double faults by the big server Forget. Pretty funny.

[Hood_Man]

Originally Posted by batz

Someone yesterday said that he did it at Basel last year v Niemenen.

That rings a bell actually.

[-RF-]

Originally Posted by Tony48

Well you know a game of tennis can have many, many points right? When it gets to deuce, it can see-saw between game points and break points, during which Federer can double fault 3 times and still win the game.

Game point, *DF*, deuce, *ace*, game point, *DF*, deuce, *error*, BP, *winner*, deuce, *DF*, BP, *ace*, deuce, *ace*, game point, *ace*, game.

If's very rare for ANY top player to serve that many DFs in only a few points.

but the title of this thread reads "in a game that never went to deuce" ??

[Tony48]

Originally Posted by -RF-

but the title of this thread reads "in a game that never went to deuce" ??

Right. In my example above, the game went to deuce. When Fed double faulted yesterday, the game didn't go to deuce....which is extremely, extremely rare

[-RF-]

It is IMPOSSIBLE to lose 3 points in a game and not go to deuce....

[Warmaster]

Wrong thread!

[TheFifthSet]

Originally Posted by -RF-

How is that even possible?

fed loses the first point via unforced error: 0-15

wins next point: 15-all

double fault 1: 15-30

double fault 2: 15-40

double fault 3: game, murray.

[-RF-]

Oh right, I thought the thread was talking about fed df'ing 3 times and winning the game....

[kaku]

at 0-15, Fed dropped 3 pts on DF's. 3 pts, 30, 40, game

[underground]

The 3 DFs in a row against Nieminen in Basel, they were at the very start of the game though so it resulted in a 0-40 situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFKwpVTIBI&t=2m34s

[Gonzo_style]

Also RG 2005 vs Hanescu i think...