Arrogant Federer - Comments on Nadal's loss

[mightyrick]

Originally Posted by sandiegoman

How do you think Fed would have done against Rosol?

Believe me, every player still alive in the Wimbledon draw was thanking their lucky stars that Nadal was facing Rosol on that day.

The question is not "how do you think X player would have done against Rosol?"

The question is "how badly do you think Rosol would have beaten X player on that day?"

The score of any match against Rosol could be debated. But the outcome could not be debated. Rosol was not losing to any player on that day.

[tank_job]

Originally Posted by mightyrick

Believe me, every player still alive in the Wimbledon draw was thanking their lucky stars that Nadal was facing Rosol on that day.

The question is not "how do you think X player would have done against Rosol?"

The question is "how badly do you think Rosol would have beaten X player on that day?"

The score of any match against Rosol could be debated. But the outcome could not be debated. Rosol was not losing to any player on that day.

p!ss off.

Rosol is not God.

He was merely serving well for a few sets, and exposed Nadal's sh!tty returning ability.

Also he was able to tee off on Nadal's loopy balls because of his height. A smarter player would have sliced and used junk to throw him off, and attacked when given the chance, either by hitting a hard flat shot or by coming to net.

Federer , Djokovic and maybe even Murray could have gotten the job done in 4.

[DavidGarcia]

Gulbis also had one of those silly day against Berdych. He would have possibly taken out anyone in the draw that day.

[rommil]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

Arrogant Fed is arrogant

[Wolfman Jack]

Originally Posted by rommil

Arrogant Fed is arrogant

At least he is not as pathetic as baby-has-a-booboo Federer. LOL

[Tennis_Hands]

Originally Posted by rommil

Arrogant Fed is arrogant

This GIF is hilarious in so many ways.

Fed laughing at Nadal, who is wrongfooting himself in an attempt to not step on the baseline.

[FD3S]

Originally Posted by tank_job

p!ss off.

Rosol is not God.

He was merely serving well for a few sets, and exposed Nadal's sh!tty returning ability.

Also he was able to tee off on Nadal's loopy balls because of his height. A smarter player would have sliced and used junk to throw him off, and attacked when given the chance, either by hitting a hard flat shot or by coming to net.

Federer , Djokovic and maybe even Murray could have gotten the job done in 4.

mightyrick may have been exaggerating a little, but there's no doubt that when some players redline, it takes the other guy doing the same thing to pull out a win. Rosol was playing as well as he possibly could have, and Nadal wasn't. A subpar Fed/Djoker/Murray would have probably lost as well, a testament to how little really separates these guys in the grand scheme of things.

[InvisibleSoul]

Agree with some of the other posters.

There is no questioning that Rosol played out of his mind, but part of it is also the match up that allowed him the chance to play out of his mind.

It would be a completely different game if he were to play someone else like Federer, who has much more variety and can keep the ball much lower with his slices. Rosol probably wouldn't have been able to blast winners quite the same way on those low balls.

It's impossible to know how it would have played out if Rosol played other players that day, but it's not a guarantee the result would have been the same.

[purge]

Originally Posted by mightyrick

Believe me, every player still alive in the Wimbledon draw was thanking their lucky stars that Nadal was facing Rosol on that day.

The question is not "how do you think X player would have done against Rosol?"

The question is "how badly do you think Rosol would have beaten X player on that day?"

The score of any match against Rosol could be debated. But the outcome could not be debated. Rosol was not losing to any player on that day.

you mean like berdych and tsonga wouldve nuked nadal on the days they took out fed in 2010 and 11?

[TennisCJC]

Federer's point is very valid. When courts were faster, upsets like this were more common. Slower surfaces act as an equalizer and certainly have helped Nadal more than other top 4.

Federer has had this happen to him. Tsonga caught fire and took him out last year in the QF. Tsonga is a far better player than Rosol but Tsonga usually goes through a few patches where he is inconsistent - makes silly mistakes going for too much. In last year's QF, it was like Tsonga just went all out on his serve and FH in the last 3 sets and made practically no errors.

Berdych has done it to Federer before too.

So, it happens still in todays game but not as much as 8+ years ago when grass played like grass and USO was faster.

[NamRanger]

Originally Posted by FD3S

mightyrick may have been exaggerating a little, but there's no doubt that when some players redline, it takes the other guy doing the same thing to pull out a win. Rosol was playing as well as he possibly could have, and Nadal wasn't. A subpar Fed/Djoker/Murray would have probably lost as well, a testament to how little really separates these guys in the grand scheme of things.

No.

Rosol had days to prepare for his groundstrokes and serves. He played no different against Kohlschreiber the next day but was completely flat out beaten because Kohlschreiber has more variety and can take time away from Rosol unlike Nadal.

[rommil]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

Hehehe.........

[FD3S]

Originally Posted by NamRanger

No.

Rosol had days to prepare for his groundstrokes and serves. He played no different against Kohlschreiber the next day but was completely flat out beaten because Kohlschreiber has more variety and can take time away from Rosol unlike Nadal.

Really? Missed the Kohly match, from what I heard he was going for his shots but just not making as many. Kind of disappointing to hear, I like to watch balls-out tennis be rewarded. Still going to disagree with tank's assertion though

[Zarfot Z]

Originally Posted by tennisaddict

How will the forum react if Novak or Nadal had said 'It is good to see a upset' if Fed lost to Julien B ?

The forum wouldn't react. Only hypersensitive schmucks like you would have the 'sense' to pick out small things people say and make a big deal out of it. Honestly, grow up.

[Zarfot Z]

Originally Posted by Atherton2003

I wonder if Federer would be laughing if he was on the receiving end of the display by Rosol instead of Nadal.

There's no way Federer would let a 100 ranked nobody beat him at his favorite tournament.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by tennisaddict

How will the forum react if Novak or Nadal had said 'It is good to see a upset' if Fed lost to Julien B ?

Actually a lot of us would have been just as happy if Murray won his first, and we've said it before the match too.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by Zarfot Z

There's no way Federer would let a 100 ranked nobody beat him at his favorite tournament.

Not only that, but also check my sig (courtesy Sir Zagor).

[rommil]

Originally Posted by Tennis_Hands

This GIF is hilarious in so many ways.

Fed laughing at Nadal, who is wrongfooting himself in an attempt to not step on the baseline.

Maybe Rosol could have "missed" a couple of serves and hit Wafa's water bottles

[merwy]

Originally Posted by Tennis_Hands

This GIF is hilarious in so many ways.

Fed laughing at Nadal, who is wrongfooting himself in an attempt to not step on the baseline.

Haha I just noticed that now. Although I've heard players talk about it I've never seen someone actually avoid stepping on the line like this. Nadal is so crazy, even holding on to his neurotic habits after he's lost.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by rommil

Maybe Rosol could have "missed" a couple of serves and hit Wafa's water bottles

We would have had threads such as "How come the *******s didn't start 20 threads on Rosol kicking Rafa's preshus bottles but start threads when Rafa breaks rules" popping up everyday