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10-14-2012, 10:21 AM
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The kid's tough. Can definitely see him winning at least 1 Slam title in his career.
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10-14-2012, 10:41 AM
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joker is the next generation warrior love his game and spirit
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10-14-2012, 10:45 AM
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NadalAgassi: I think Serena's final slam tally will be something from 18-27. My best guess is 24 or 25 though; Nole(2010) will never win Wimbledon |
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10-14-2012, 11:01 AM
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10-14-2012, 11:01 AM
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Credit to Murray's WEAK mentality as well
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10-14-2012, 11:19 AM
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Federer, Djokovic, Delpo fan (also like Nalbandian, Dimitrov, Tsonga) |
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10-14-2012, 11:27 AM
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in terms of being mentally strong, i think muster 1995 deserves a mention: in 6 of the 12 tournaments he won that year, he saved one or more match points !
i guess it's a record...
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10-14-2012, 11:38 AM
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"I can cry like Roger, it’s just a shame I can’t play like him." - Andy Murray |
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10-14-2012, 12:17 PM
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Nicolas Lapentti was also pretty mentally strong and such a huge fighter.
He won the following 16 matches that he faced match points in: Coral Springs 1996 R32 vs Wade McGuire - saved 5 match points Australian Open 1999 R128 vs Thomas Johansson - saved 2 match points Rome 1999 R16 vs Nicolas Kiefer - saved 2 match points Lyon 1999 R32 vs Jan Siemerink - saved 1 match point Lyon 1999 SF vs Magnus Gustafsson - saved 1 match point (he went on to win that Lyon 1999 tournament, having saved match points in 2 different matches) Stuttgart Indoor 2001 R32 vs Arnaud Clement - saved 5 match points Paris-Bercy 2001 R64 vs Anthony Dupuis - saved 1 match point Vina Del Mar 2002 QF vs Flavio Saretta - saved 2 match points St Polten 2002 R16 vs Irakli Labadze - saved 4 match points (he went on to win that tournament) Wimbeldon 2002 R128 vs Jamie Delgado - saved 4 match points Bastad 2003 QF vs Rafael Nadal - saved 5 match points Davis Cup 2003 vs Victor Hanescu - saved 3 match points Costa Do Sauipe 2008 QF vs Eduardo Schwank - saved 3 match points Davis Cup 2008 vs Ramon Delgado - saved 1 match point Davis Cup 2009 vs Frank Dancevic - saved 2 match points Monte-Carlo 2009 R32 vs Marat Safin - saved 3 match points |
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10-14-2012, 12:42 PM
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Felix Mantilla's list is also hugely impressive:
Monte-Carlo 1996 R16 vs Javier Sanchez - saved 1 match point San Marino 1997 R32 vs Richard Fromberg - saved 3 match points Dubai 1998 SF vs Wayne Ferreira - saved 2 match points Hamburg 1998 R16 vs Alberto Berasategui - saved 9 match points Santiago 1998 QF vs Jim Courier - saved 1 match point Monte-Carlo 1999 QF vs Albert Costa - saved 4 match points Palermo 2001 SF vs Albert Portas - saved 9 match points (he went on to win that tournament) Rome 2004 R64 vs Robby Ginepri - saved 4 match points Winning 2 different matches that he faced 9 match points in was incredible. Adriano Panatta saved 11 match points in his 1st round match against Kim Wawrick at the Italian Open in 1976. He went on to that tournament and capture his big home city title, beating Vilas in the final. Alberto Martin saved 10 match points before beating Adrian Voinea in their 1st round match at Bucharest in 1999. Rainer Schuttler also did that in his 1st round match against Andreas Seppi at Kitzbuhel in 2004. |
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10-14-2012, 01:08 PM
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10-14-2012, 02:18 PM
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@Gizo : wow, how do you find those stats?
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10-14-2012, 02:23 PM
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And he played against the toughest players, like Federer, Murray, Tsonga... Novak really is king of clutch |
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10-14-2012, 02:27 PM
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Oh really? You think he'll win at least one? That is so gracious of you. You are only talking about this year No1 player of the world, and 99% year end No1 tennis player, 5 time grand slam winner... and he is only 25. Has at least 3 years at top level, and 6 or 7 good years. And you think he'll win at least one more grand slam? Jesus Christ... it's like you're talking about Del Potro or a 100 year old Federer |
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10-14-2012, 04:37 PM
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"It was like watching Dolgopolov, except that it all made sense"- Mikhail Youzhny on Evgeny Donskoy |
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10-14-2012, 05:27 PM
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I was pretty much convinced of this at the aussie open. And all those masters wins last year against nadal where he came back from a set down. He does it where he takes a lot of risks even on championship or breakpoint.
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10-14-2012, 06:07 PM
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1999 U.S Open 3rd round- down 5-3 in 3rd set, opponent served for match 2002 French Open semis- down 6-3, 6-5 2003 Australian Open 1st round- down match points to Loit in 2nd set 2003 Australian Open semis- down 5-1 and match points in 3rd set 2005 Australian Open semis- down 6-2, 5-3, opponent serving for match, then down match points in 3rd set against opponents serve. 2005 Australian Open final- down 6-1, 2-0, won almost all remaining games 2007 Australian Open 3rd round- down 6-1, 5-4 opponent serving for match 2007 Australian Open quarters- opponent served for match 2008 U.S Open quarters- Venus had many set points in both sets, lost both 2009 Australian Open quarters- opponent killing her, served for straight sets win, lost in 3 2009 Wimbledon semis- down match points in 3rd set 2010 Australian Open quarters- down a set and 4-0 2012 U.S Open final- opponent served for match That is not even getting into all the ones in slams she didnt win in the end, other tournaments, etc..
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10-14-2012, 06:43 PM
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What exactly did Novak win today?
won 7 of 9 masters reached final of all masters won the China double went ahead of Sampras with 13 ( not sure about this) |
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10-14-2012, 06:54 PM
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There's no Dark Side of the Moon really, matter of fact it's all dark. |
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10-14-2012, 07:02 PM
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