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Haven't seen all the match by any means but what I have seen showed Henman serving to the Fed b/h more often, but Fed was not chipping the return as he normally does, he was playing a blocked return with more pace and unsettling Henman early in exchanges if he was coming to the net. The big...

W2004 - he does use string savers but not in the shape of a 'w' which is how they'd need to be to cast a 'w' shadow. He uses them across 4-5 cross strings through the middle 6-7 main strings, give or take. I'll go with the gut explanation for now and try it on mine and see if it works. I'll let...

... and five sets in the W final a couple of years before that if I recall correctly. For sure not Jimbo's best but I'm not sure it would have mattered who was the other side that day, or maybe my rose tinted glasses need a clean? Would love to see stats if anyone has them. For a not so...

There may be but I'm probably the worst person to ask about that sort of thing. I've just picked it up on some of the tv here in Asia this morning.

Thanks hummer, that makes sense at least. I thought that it was just another impossible thing that Federer can do on a tennis court. Seen some highlights from the Henman final and if Tim reckons he's in form playing some decent stuff on a fast court, then I hate to think what Fed will do next...

Is it my imagination or can you see the W string stencil in the shadow on the ground ... is that even possible?

Jimbo probably still trying to get a little back for his Wimbledon final smackdown at the hands of Mac! I always go to that match when I want to think how gifted Mac was and imagine how dominant he could have been if his head had been screwed on even just a little straighter. Talent and purpose...

Be the ball Danny, be the ball ....

Very fair summary. He never packed enough heat as has been mentioned before and that's caught up with him in today's game. He'll still be dangerous but that run in the majors losing to the eventual winner sorta proves that he'll be consistent enough for a while yet to take you out if you're not...

Nice post. I think I agree, I'm still workng the mechanics out in my head! So refreshing to read something that adds to your understanding of the game rather than the endless prattle of "U shut up Nadal Hater" .. "No you shut up Fed Hater, I told you first" stuff. I am always surprised, and...

In a few stills I've seen of him he reminds me of McEnroe in his set up on the forehand at times - very straight arm and looking to hit with the shoulder. Supposedly his change of pace is something that disrupts opponents and it may be that he does get some snap into the shot, just not all the time.

Superman did you read the serve stats for the season YTD earlier ... you'd have hard time saying Fed has an above average serve when he's 4th and 1st in % first and second serve points won ... it doesn't get much better than that. Roddick at 2nd and 4th respectively on the same stats is arguably...

Thanks BP - haven't been about as much as I used to. Asian n90 going very well indeed and the 6.095s haven't had an airing for a while now. Might have to get my hands on a US version someday and see if I like the little extra weight ... no rush though! The Japanese version is a real tease -...

Does anyone else find it a bit wierd that the Pros have been wearing Oscillates selectively until just a couple of months ago but all seem to have been moved to Breathe IIs ... and now they become available to the public once more? Not reading anything into it, just that the timing is odd given...

Can anyone tell me what the story is with "federer" advertised stick in Japan - presumbaly a different version again to the Asian n90 that i thoroughly enjoy hitting as the pallet is back to PS85 dimension and the weight a little heavier ... Thanks in advance

I think Arjun Atwal gets closest to filling this role for golf and India. The much discussed Sonia Mirza is of course the tennis example.

The US Open is a "global" GS tournament and beamed around the world, but tell that to the screaming masses in the stadium from NY-abouts, the US production, tv, commentary and just about every other team that has anything to do with the event. It's the US of A Open. To be fair I get pretty tired...

Well logic would suggest that doing anything that is outside the rules WILL affect the outcome of the match, assuming the other guy is obeying the rules.... that's why you have rules. A major part of any professional athlete's success is being able to play "your" game and not your opponents. How...

The pyscho babble is always fun. I just wonder whether he's going through a phase at the moment. Big mental hurdle getting over the first GS but then rattled through to four fairly quickly ... then bit of a mental thing with RG which sort of slowed him up a bit and now he's GS finalled 6 times...

Yup you've got most of it there Defcon! I'm not quite sure at what point he got it all under control - for I think we can agree he's got it pretty much taped now. Seems to me that outwardly he may have dropped the tomahawk routine around say 16 -17 or so, but that the "demons" for want of a...

Others will know exactly where and when but I can recall once in open play and then also Gerry Armstrong talking to him before a match or during a changeover or somesuch, not an actual call during a service game ... there may be more. These were a couple of months back. I didn't see much of his...

Defcon if you listen to Federer on this he attributes a lot of what's happend the last 3 - 4 years to getting his head right in the years preceeding, for which Lundgren must take a good share of the credit ... and his Dad who'd refuse to drive him home or watch his matches or somesuch when he...

I suspect the stands will be a little busier in Argentina this week ...

He would be playing in a fair manner if he took his time to think about what he wants to do inside the 20 seconds prescribed by the rules. Consistently taking longer than that is not playing fair - it stands to reason. To claim that he is doing it inadvertantly would be silly. The matter has...

Well you could ask the same about Hingis, who's story is perhaps more extraordinary. It's called having a decent acadamy and a system that doesn't let talent fall through the cracks. Having grown up in the UK I'll spare you the broken record, put simply the same cannot be said of the UK. The odd...

You have to fight fair, logic and facts are not admissible.

On the basis that if God had wanted us to fly he'd have given us wings, I think that as we've been given high velocity amunition, telescopic sights, carbon fibre and jolly clever looking lures then, in my book, we've clearly been given a divine green light to take out whatever tasty morsal...

Murray seems to blow hot and cold, not helped by injuries and loss of momentum, but to date he's been patchy. Gilbert's very positive attitude can only help in this department I think. As to no weapons etc, he hits plenty hard enough when he wants to and if you watched the demolition of Roddick...

Has to be one of the better pre match calls I've seen hereabouts. Good work, Sir. You'll be telling us next you had Italy on penalties ....

It may yet be a fed / nadal final. However I can't help but look at the draw and wonder if nadal would have got through gasquet, henman, mahut, berdych and ancic at all, let alone without dropping a set and only 2 service games? By all manner of reasoning Ancic would have beaten any other player...