Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
wanting your favourite player to lose for the possibility of his main rival losing in the following round is absurd...
you're not really a fan, you're more defined by hating the rival player than anything else... no?
Well I guess I could say yes and no. The circumstances at RG 2011 were very strange. Above all else I did really want Federer to win, but as bad as Nadal played on clay in 2011 (for his standards), Federer still had virtually no chance to win IMHO. I've just seen it too many times to believe anything different. That ship sailed after RG 2008.
So, because of this, I would've preferred if Novak beat Nadal in the final (which still wasn't a guarantee, but was much more likely) rather than go through the torture that is Federer blowing half the chance he had in the 1st set which was inevitable if you know anything about the Fed-Nadal rivalry especially on clay, and losing the match to Nadal. Above all, I was a bit disappointed we didn't get the "best" possible match in 2011. I do "forgive" Federer however because I watched him play incredible that day.