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I think they took the new evidence, weighted it against the old, and formed a new conclusion. The change in tone is as sudden as the change in Federer. I fancy Federer less when he is spraying his shots than when he is playing sublimely, this is a by-product of my ability to think rationally.

IMO, if both play their absolute best and the luck is shared out evenly, then Federer wins. For this reason, coupled with the experience factor, I don't think anybody could reasonably deny that he ought to be considered the comfortable favourite. Fortunately (otherwise it would make for a dull...

I voted Murray in 3, but I think the pusher might get a set, so could be Murray in 4.

Thanks! Now I don't have to repeat myself. Okay, I'll do it anyway: Some people have a really curious set of morals, where saying "C'mon!" after winning a point is terrible but personally attacking someone (normally on appearance) is absolutely fine.

Why do you think that it is up to you to decide what "quality tennis" is? The reason people get so "uppity" is that you (in the plural) undermine his achievements by using derogatory names for him and for his style of play too. The fact is that he is currently #2 in the world as judged by a...

Fixed your post. And I'm being generous, at that. At the start of the tournament, most bookmakers had Fed and Murray at the same odds as joint favourites, and some even had Fed slightly ahead. I'm not denying that there may have been some bookmakers (maybe even a consensus) who at some point...

In tennis, you have one shot to hit the ball over the net and into the opposite court before it bounces more than once on your side of the court. The first opponent to make a mistake loses the point. Murray is currently #2 in the world at this game. Just because you think something is wrong...

I think it is best in life if people can do whatever they wish so long as they don't encroach on other peoples' right to do the same thing. In tennis, we have a set of rules. As long as the player stays within the rules, then it should be all about winning. Don't players get fined if they're...

I've always found this route fruitless because normally it slows the connection down so that streaming is impossible anyway. The one that does work though is hotspotshield.com. Download it, install it, run it and it should just let you browse to the stream. A couple of things though: 1. If it...

This. I'm in England and also watching. Am I allowed to say how? Also, that High Quality stream is absolutely amazing. Too bad my internet is a bit too slow to handle it so I have to use the Low Qual one so that I'm not buffering every 5 seconds. Thing is, I would be very happy with the LQ if...

US Open 2009 - Day One Paul-Henri Mathieu(FRA)[26] vs. Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) Youzhny in 4 Potito Starace(ITA) vs. Marco Chiudinelli(SUI) Starace in 3 Mischa Zverev(GER) vs. Marcel Granollers(ESP) Zverev in 3 Jan Hernych(CZE) vs. Rainer Schuettler(GER) Schuettler in 4 Peter Polansky(CAN) vs...

No, they're not deceptive at all. Unfortunately, people will insist on using them to make inferences that the h2hs just don't support. I assume that you're asking how much they tell us about who will win an upcoming match between 2 players. If so, the main problems with h2hs are (in order)...

I want Murray to win, but I'll be betting on Del Potro. Federer looks good. Really good. But he isn't unbeatable. It's just my opinion but I think there's a few guys who could win and it's as wide open as a major could be.

Maybe timezones complicate the process. Where I am right now, it is 15:28, but it isn't 15:28 everywhere in the world. I might be way off and you specify an hour at local time but I just thought I'd throw it out there. Also, it looks like this was taken from Murray's blog or something similar...

I can't let this go. #2 is a subset of #1. Scottish people are British people. Obviously Federer is favourite. Before Cincy, I might have said he was a slight favourite over Murray and that they were both overwhelming favourites over the field. Now I'm convinced that he is a clear favourite and...

Fixed your post. You might think you said the same thing in different words, but you didn't. Anyway, Betfair has the percentages at roughly: Federer (48%) vs. Murray (52%) Nadal (59%) vs. Djokovic (41%) For Nadal to take #2, we first need both Federer and Nadal to win. That's...

I'm not disagreeing that Murray plays defensively and even too passively at times. I just think you're overstating your case. You say elite offense trumps elite defense almost 99.99% of the time, and you say that Murray is far too defensive. Yet he is #2 in the world. This doesn't add up.

Murray could accurately be described as a conservative player (for the record, I'm not conceding that this is the only way he can play). The problem with using this word is that it doesn't have the negative undertones that allow the hater to succinctly say exactly what they mean. "Murray is a...

Hey Love Game, it's the 17th. Just saying so people don't get confused. Anyhow... I picked Djokovic. Although he's out of form, the fact that he hasn't gone deep into a tourney for a while means he may be fresher than his main rivals. A quick glance at the draw reveals good news for Djokovic...

Are you guys voting who you think will win or who you want to win? Betfair traders say Murray wins approx. 2/3 of the time vs. Del Potro's 1/3. So why do so many people think Del Potro will win? For what it's worth, I think it'll be close, as both guys are in excellent form. But Murray has...

Roddick in 3 seems right to me. But I keep getting it wrong, so it probably won't be.

This is very entertaining!

I think the serve will be a big factor. It is my opinion that Murray will return the Roddick serve more often than Roddick will return the Murray serve. If this is true, which I think it is, then there's only one winner (Murray). In fact, thinking of all the ways that this could pan out, I just...

Somehow, JCF is a player I haven't seen much of in this tournament. Obviously he must be playing well to be at this stage. But he was playing well at Queens too, and Murray took care of him. Also, if anybody is tired, you'd think that it would be JCF. So I say, Murray will probably win and it...

I think Fed will win, but it's hard to say in how many sets, so I won't.

I could write a really long post about how boring and repetitive the Murray haters are but I just want to make one point: Many of you would have it that Murray somehow consistently beats players who play better tennis than he does. I suggest that anyone who holds this opinion has a good think...

I'm certain that Talk Tennis is the most cynical bunch of people I have ever come accross! Players don't retire in slams when they could reasonably continue. I can see players retiring at smaller events as a preventative measure when perhaps they could continue but not in slams, not just...

I find you very boring

I think Ivanovic is by far the prettiest.

Of course he does. I'd say he wins about 40% of the time. Maybe a tad less.