Backspin1183
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The serve is going to have a big say for this year's Tour Finals. Federer and his fans will love this.
I am a realistic (i.e. "hand wringer") fan of Roger and I think he beats Thiem easily in straights.My expectations are extremely low.
If he doesn't beat Thiem, he can kiss his SF qualification goodbye.
My expectations are extremely low.
If he doesn't beat Thiem, he can kiss his SF qualification goodbye.
Agree fully on the Zverev part.Thiem and Zverev have won too many matches on luck against Fed. Time to stop that.
Thiem - IW, Madrid, Stuttgart
Zverev - Halle, Canada
My expectations are extremely low.
If he doesn't beat Thiem, he can kiss his SF qualification goodbye.
Thiem and Zverev have won too many matches on luck against Fed. Time to stop that.
Thiem - IW, Madrid, Stuttgart
Zverev - Halle, Canada
But Fed also won a few against them on luck too. Surely luck won't always favour Fed?
Luck really hasn't favored Fed for 10 years. He can't catch a break.But Fed also won a few against them on luck too. Surely luck won't always favour Fed?
My expectations are extremely low.
If he doesn't beat Thiem, he can kiss his SF qualification goodbye.
Exactly.I am a realistic (i.e. "hand wringer") fan of Roger and I think he beats Thiem easily in straights.
Then it's not really luck if it keeps happening. Fed is a mental midget. Nothing to do with luck.I don't think so. Those matches were all where Fed had match points or was 2 points away and he did not close it.
In Canada, he was totally sick.
Then it's not really luck if it keeps happening. Fed is a mental midget. Nothing to do with luck.
IW 2019..I don't think so. Those matches were all where Fed had match points or was 2 points away and he did not close it.
In Canada, he was totally sick.
I am not impressed by that anymore given that he is just delaying the inevitable. He never goes down easily, but he always goes down regardless.Well, other players lose badly when they do.
Fed keeps it close even when he is not in full form.
Thiem and Zverev have won too many matches on luck against Fed. Time to stop that.
Thiem - IW, Madrid, Stuttgart
Zverev - Halle, Canada
Spare a thought his contemporaries are coaches and retired professional and they don’t need to slug it out against ATG and players 15-20 years youngerI am not impressed by that anymore given that he is just delaying the inevitable. He never goes down easily, but he always goes down regardless.
That's why feder goatSpare a thought his contemporaries are coaches and retired professional and they don’t need to slug it out against ATG and players 15-20 years younger
"pretty quick" LMAO
It's too much to call him a mental midget.The greatest tiebreak player and a winner of 20 slams can't be a mental midget.He is just not as strong as Nadal and Djokovic.There is no perfect player after all.Then it's not really luck if it keeps happening. Fed is a mental midget. Nothing to do with luck.
Rafa likes fast conditions, but not low bounceThis is just how Rafa likes it. Hope he is fit enough to play.
Woah bold statememtAs I’ve sometimes said in the past, we’ll see.
He is the least perfect of all the GOAT candidates.It's too much to call him a mental midget.The greatest tiebreak player and a winner of 20 slams can't be a mental midget.He is just not as strong as Nadal and Djokovic.There is no perfect player after all.
Better than making a fool of yourself as you would very well know.Woah bold statememt
They don't.Spare a thought his contemporaries are coaches and retired professional and they don’t need to slug it out against ATG and players 15-20 years younger
He doesn't like low bounce especially if his knees are bothering him.Rafa likes fast conditions, but not low bounce
no I dont please elaborateBetter than making a fool of yourself as you would very well know.
Agreed.It's too much to call him a mental midget.The greatest tiebreak player and a winner of 20 slams can't be a mental midget.He is just not as strong as Nadal and Djokovic.There is no perfect player after all.
So if federer wins now, nadal trolls will start the conspiracy theories about establishment favoring him and servebots ruining tennis , blah blah
predictable ****
LOL! get off drugsThey don't.
But if Fed is, he has to stop slugging it out and win already.
He has proven he can slug it out, but he hasn't proven he can win.
Tennis didn't began until 2011.Let's wait and see if Djokovic wins it, then the surface can be proclaimed super slow, tennis died, yada yada.
B.S.Agreed.
I root for Rafa and Novak, but also like and have huge admiration for Fed.
It's Federer fans who obsess over court conditions and start these threads before EVERY tournament.
They don't.
But if Fed is, he has to stop slugging it out and win already.
He has proven he can slug it out, but he hasn't proven he can win.
Do yourself a favor and pick another player to root for.
I can be a fan and also acknowledge his flaws.LOL! get off drugs
Correct.
I can be a fan and also acknowledge his flaws.
Not quite.If he wins now, it is a bonus. Expecting him to win majors at this age is greediness.
Not quite.
We were saying the same thing in 2014 and look at Djokodal winning everything.
I am. Djokovic is still beating Fedal mostly though.You do realize the caliber of players they are facing to win major titles ?
It's such a pleasure to discuss tennis with respectful intellectuals such as yourself.LOL! get off drugs
Tennis didn't began until 2011.
B.S.
I am. Djokovic is still beating Fedal mostly though.
I am. Djokovic is still beating Fedal mostly though.