Djokovic is gonna destroy Murray/Fed in the final.

[jwjh]

Originally Posted by ark_28

It is not an excuse it is a fact! Murray won fair play to him but the Semi final was a ridiculous state of affairs surely even a Murray **** can see that! chairs being blown onto court?? really they were not tennis conditions

It is not a foregone conclusion but Novak is a heavy favourite against Federer or Murray.

Congrats to Nole on his 4th AO and 6th overall slam. After today's practice session with Ferrer, he will now have 2 days to prepare and rehearse his post-match celebration for Sunday while Murderer still has to slug it out tmr.

Pity Isner wasn't around to stop Nole with his monster serve at the SF stage because we all know what happened at last year's IW SF.

[ark_28]

Originally Posted by joeri888

Whats ISner got to do with this?

Evne Isner can take pace of the serve and although the wind is an issue the moevement he is able to generate would make the serve even more unplayable for sure.

If only Ferrer had a serve half as good as John we would have had a more competetive match today

[syc23]

Originally Posted by ark_28

It is not an excuse it is a fact! Murray won fair play to him but the Semi final was a ridiculous state of affairs surely even a Murray **** can see that! chairs being blown onto court?? really they were not tennis conditions

It is not a foregone conclusion but Novak is a heavy favourite against Federer or Murray.

What was a fact is that the wind was blowing on both sides of the court. What are you saying that Murray had Jedi powers and shielded himself from the winds?

[Hawkeye7]

If either Murray or Federer win in 3 tomorrow they might have a chance, a slight one. But I think they should give the trophy to Djokovic already... This isn't gonna end well for either of the other two.

[ark_28]

Originally Posted by syc23

What was a fact is that the wind was blowing on both sides of the court. What are you saying that Murray had Jedi powers and shielded himself from the winds?

The fact is that Murray is a more defensive player than Berdych and Novak and wind played into his hands because attacking player can not set up properly and where the ball bounces becomes a lottery Murray was able to revert to his old passive way in those conditions and it worked fair play to him for doing what he had to do, and I have no problem with a bit of wind but those conditions were crazy and not fit for professional tennis even DJokovic complained about his semi

[DeShaun]

Haven't you seen it too many times by now that simply because player A looks fabulous against player B today, this is no guarantee that A will look so against player C tomorrow? I have seen it so many times when a player looked clearly to be THE on-form player who was absolutely gunning his way through a tournament, only to get vanquished inexplicably around the next corner.

[ruerooo]

Originally Posted by syc23

When Novak destroyed Ferrer at the USO SF, everyone thought there was no chance for Murray. So what happened there?

He didn't destroy him. Ferru took the first set in about half an hour - I was there. The conditions changed and went against him, and a lot of people believe that if they'd been playing on Armstrong at the same time MAndy and Berdych were playing their semi, in the same conditions, Ferru would have been in that final.

[Terenigma]

Originally Posted by Terenigma

Everyone is getting way too ahead of themselfs saying this djokovic is unbeatable.

Murray - equal with Novak with both being able to retrieve balls that most players wouldnt even attempt to try and get back and an equally strong baseline game and wont be bossed around from the back of the court.

Federer - Will push tight angles and force novak around and end points alot quicker and mixing it up with suprise winners.

Neither Federer or Murray will worry about how djokovic is playing right now, Murray will be enjoying those icebaths and Federer is feet up somewhere getting his hair done.

Quoted my own post from another topic, but same thing i wanna say here.

[nikdom]

Calm down people. Ferrer is a mug that's all. Murray/Fed will pose a greater challenge than Ferrer, but yeah Djoko remains the favorite.

[Russeljones]

Basing this on the performance vs Punchbag-Ferrer?

[sbengte]

I think Fed-Murray semi will be a tankathon to avoid humiliation from Nole in the finals. Remains to be seen who can convincingly tank

[veroniquem]

He destroyed Ferrer for an appetizer...

[Feather]

Originally Posted by sbengte

I think Fed-Murray semi will be a tankathon to avoid humiliation from Nole in the finals. Remains to be seen who can convincingly tank

I have faith in Roger Federer, the magician, untill he retires. I won't never count against him. Especially after RG 2011 and W 2012. In any case, AO 2013 is NOT as slow as RG 2011 and still Roger won..

So anything can happen though Novak is the favorite

[Feather]

Originally Posted by smoledman

"Creeping Death" is an appropriate song for the final.

Metallica opened their concert in Bangalore belting that song. It was awesome

[forzamilan90]

Originally Posted by sbengte

I think Fed-Murray semi will be a tankathon to avoid humiliation from Nole in the finals. Remains to be seen who can convincingly tank

Well Fed has never lost to Djoko in a final of a major. At the same time it'd suck if he was a runner up to him

[forzamilan90]

Actually you know what? Djoko is going for tying the record, so Fed will likely want to have it in his hands preventing Djoko from that. Fed will win the match...hopefully

[Russeljones]

Originally Posted by Feather

Metallica opened their concert in Bangalore belting that song. It was awesome

Hands down my favourite Metallica song. Double the fun when you're a big Charlton Heston fan like myself

[Feather]

Originally Posted by Russeljones

Hands down my favourite Metallica song. Double the fun when you're a big Charlton Heston fan like myself

I have to disappoint you here. I am not a big Charlton Heston fan, saw few films thats all

[Povl Carstensen]

Originally Posted by smoledman

Why even bother to watch.

Why even bother to post.

[sdont]

From what I saw of the SF, Ferrer's shots were lacking depth.

SF in Doha + W in Auckland + 5-set QF = Poor showing in SF.

I don't think this changes anything regarding the final. Nole was the favorite anyway, especially with his draw.