You Saw It Here First...now That He's Got A Good Coach In His Corner, Just Wait And See. Everyone Is Looking Past Him...he'll Be There When It's All Done.....
You Saw It Here First...now That He's Got A Good Coach In His Corner, Just Wait And See. Everyone Is Looking Past Him...he'll Be There When It's All Done.....
You Saw It Here First
You Saw It Here First...now That He's Got A Good Coach In His Corner, Just Wait And See. Everyone Is Looking Past Him...he'll Be There When It's All Done.....
so that means i can consider djoko, roddick davey for a darkhorse?
to be honest i dont think nadal will make finals...
You Saw It Here First...now That He's Got A Good Coach In His Corner, Just Wait And See. Everyone Is Looking Past Him...he'll Be There When It's All Done.....
He HAD a good coach before -and before that - and before that- and before that.............
OK, he may not be a dark horse but i don't think he is even in the Top 3 in contention this year based on current form. Djokovic is second favourite at this point. People like Ferrer, Davydenko and Nalbandian and many other clay court specialists will take Federer on his current form. I don't think Fed will have a great clay court season this year to be honest, let alone make the RG final.
I do, however think he'll be back to somewhere near his best in the grass season and after.
what now? 90% of the Fed threads since AO has said that he's finished so at this board he's definitely a darkhorse!
Djokovic second favorite on clay. When hell freezes over. What is his big achievement on clay, making the semis last year with the most farcial draw to the semis in history almost (not even a top 50 opponent). What is his biggest ever head to head win on clay as well. Even in current form Federer is over him on clay easily. My order would be something like:
1. Nadal
2. Davydenko
3. Federer
4. Ferrer
5. who cares, neither Nalbandian or Djokovic probably though
Nalbandian a clay court specialist? Ok he can play on clay but calling him a specialist makes me laugh. His best surface is indoors, clay is probably his worst even though he can play well on it.
Federer will NOT win the French Open this year. If anyone else wins it, it might be Djokovic due to his 2 hand backhand and great all-around game.
Federer is about as far from a darkhorse as you can possibly get other than Nadal. Moya would be my darkhorse even though he won it in 98.
Federer can't handle all the high topspin to his backhand. A 2 hand backhand is much more equipped to handle that. Djokovic's improving rate is much higher as proved by him beating Federer at the Aussie Open. Nadal's biggest threat on red clay this year is Djokovic.What does a 2HBH have to do with anything???
Federer will NOT win the French Open this year. If anyone else wins it, it might be Djokovic due to his 2 hand backhand and great all-around game.
Federer can't handle all the high topspin to his backhand. A 2 hand backhand is much more equipped to handle that. Djokovic's improving rate is much higher as proved by him beating Federer at the Aussie Open. Nadal's biggest threat on red clay this year is Djokovic.
Djokovic second favorite on clay. When hell freezes over. What is his big achievement on clay, making the semis last year with the most farcial draw to the semis in history almost (not even a top 50 opponent). What is his biggest ever head to head win on clay as well. Even in current form Federer is over him on clay easily. My order would be something like:
1. Nadal
2. Davydenko
3. Federer
4. Ferrer
5. who cares, neither Nalbandian or Djokovic probably though
Nalbandian a clay court specialist? Ok he can play on clay but calling him a specialist makes me laugh. His best surface is indoors, clay is probably his worst even though he can play well on it.
What does a 2HBH have to do with anything??? Then I suppose Santoro is a contender?? Djoker's biggest strengths are his serve his movement and his ground game (off both wings). If he didn't win the AUSO by playing all court tennis he's certainly not going to win the French that way.
I still think that all it would take is a tough 4-5 setter in the first couple of rounds to deplete him. Unless the courts are playing super fast and he can beat everyone in straight sets I think Djoker's not physically strong enough yet for RG.
Your post is slightly misleading. True, Djokovic didn't play a top-50 player at Roland Garros, but he did beat Andreev (ranked 125 cause of injury) and Verdasco (why was he so low I wonder). He also beat Gasquet earlier in the season. So he's definitely in the mix with everyone but Nadal on clay. I wouldn't be completely surprised if he manages to beat Federer either.
1. Nadal
2. Davydenko
3. Federer
4. Ferrer
5. who cares, neither Nalbandian or Djokovic probably though
Federer is the 2nd choice to win the FO. Nadal of course having won it for 3 years is the favorite, but his knees are more and more a problem.
Robredo is a far better claycourter than Ferrer.
1. Nadal
2. Federer
3. Djokovic
4. Ferrer
5. Davydenko
You are expecting to see the same Federer as of the last 3 years? Those are his prime years. Clay is a young players surface. Nadal and Djokovic have a much bigger upside and game style more suited to clay. Djokovic losing a lot in the indoor season didn't stop him from straight setting Federer at the Aussie Open. Yes you are a ******* as you know you are. I would even say Federer was the closest to winning the French Open in 2005. Last year was Nadal's easiest matches against Federer in Monte Carlo and Roland Garros. Hamburg didn't count since Nadal was exhausted. Federer always has trouble generating pace on his backhand up high. He was taking a conservative root with it and Nadal made him pay the price that way as well. Fed still can't change the direction of the ball or take the ball early like some 2 handers can. Davydenko most notably. Djokovic is learning to do it as well.It was Federer's forehand that let him down last time, not his backhand. And, what are you smoking? Federer has won a set each everytime he's played Nadal at RG. That's a lot better than going 0-5 in sets as has Djokovic. So your post is, as usual, fairly ********. But that's what's expected of you. Now go be as unpredictable and childish as you always are, and call me a '*******.'
Like mentioned already, Novak bounced back just fine after his rough indoor season to take the Aussie Open and Indian Wells. Yeah it is probably not to his best interest to play a lot of tournaments before the French Open.I love it how everything is based on playing Nadal. Both Fed and Djokovic can loose to a number of players before even getting the chance to play Rafa. Novak couldn't defend his Miami title and going down in the first round speaks volumes to his conditioning.
Let's let a couple of clay tournaments go bye before seeing who comes in the hottest of the two.
Gasquet isnt even a top 10 clay courter, in fact the only reason he has a top 10 ranking for now is his fluke run at Wimbledon last year. Once Wimbledon is done this year he will be back out of the top 10 where he belongs. .
Djokovic has no really big wins on clay up to now, period. He has really proven nothing other then he can get to the semis with a dream draw that atleast 20 players could have made it there with.
You are expecting to see the same Federer as of the last 3 years? Those are his prime years. Clay is a young players surface. Nadal and Djokovic have a much bigger upside and game style more suited to clay. Djokovic losing a lot in the indoor season didn't stop him from straight setting Federer at the Aussie Open. Yes you are a ******* as you know you are. I would even say Federer was the closest to winning the French Open in 2005. Last year was Nadal's easiest matches against Federer in Monte Carlo and Roland Garros. Hamburg didn't count since Nadal was exhausted. Federer always has trouble generating pace on his backhand up high. He was taking a conservative root with it and Nadal made him pay the price that way as well. Fed still can't change the direction of the ball or take the ball early like some 2 handers can. Davydenko most notably. Djokovic is learning to do it as well.