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Agree 40-50 seconds. BTW, I think Roddick should slow down a little bit in his game to be collected.

Thank both you and Park for clarifying the time rules. IMHO, this rule needs to be changed for tiebreak because it is too hard to be carried out. Nowadays, players take good care of themselves in every detail. Most of them stop to take some fluid during the changing end in tiebreaks. And it...

Are you sure that the 25 second rule applies to the changing side during tiebreak?

Because nobody has come close to break it, untill Rafa has a chance this year. Borg's Wimbledon record was challenged by Pete (4+3) and Roger (5). So Wimbledon got more hype.

It doesn't solely depend on how Roger is playing and will play. [/I]

He may lower the tension to counter hard-hitting youngsters. But I don't you can trust your hearing because they record matches differently.

That's why Roger has so many fans. He is a player playing with instinct. He developed a perfect package with his supreme shot-making ability and intelligence. But he has been relying on it for too long. Other players start to figure out how to bring it down. Now he is asked to change his...

Even you take physical aspects out of foowork, I still can't agree with you. Because "foowork" you called is permanently integrated into a player's DNA and becomes a second nature after years and years training. It interlaces with a player's ball-striking mechanism and routine tactics. If you...

Right, Roger's movement in AO really surprised me a lot, he must have had done tons of footwork drills everyday during the off-season. As for the 5th set, I didn't feel he slowed down a lot. He might. It was like long distance running, there would be a period of time the runner felt extremely...

Man, you were one step ahead of me to point out the same thing:)

I think when we compare those footages we have to consider another factor that would affect Roger's swing path and speed: the height of contact point. For example, on forehand side, the optimal height to generate maximum racket speed is around the waist level, where angular and linear momentum...

You mean 3 slams in one calender year, Olympics champion and DC champion?

Why always blame Roger's foot speed and not give the credit to the shot-making ability of his opponent? Age of 27 should be one of the best years for most track athletes. So why should Roger lose his speed and agility? In tennis, when you are out of position to prepare your shot, it is usually...

Just look at Kiefer's knees. They were so stiff like Agassi's. His movement was pathetic. But his shot-making ability is nowhere near Agassi's. IMHO, beautiful tennis must be produced between two great players.

I felt Roger's forehand became loopier since Tony Roche came into his box. It was not a bad tactical change at all because it allowed Roger to open up more angle with his shot-making abilities and play high-percentage and high-intelligence tennis. It worked greatly against his main rivalries...

I was surprised that Roger refused to shake hand with the umpire after loss to Andy.

Agree. As for Wimbledon, Roger still has his best shot to tie Pete's record there because he will be seeded as No.2, no matter what happens in the clay season. If he fails to do that, his ranking will most likely drop to No.3 before US open. Right now, Roger has less problem with Novak. If both...

Agree. If we take off the points on clay for both Roger and Andy, Roger has 7970 left and Andy 8320. It is almost even. Thus, Andy will take over No.2 spot, if he can collect as many points as Roger in the coming clay season, he will be the No.2. However, it will be tough because Roger has the...

It was Fed that felt offended by being called "world nr.2" during Shanghai mastercup 2008. He wanted people to call him either former nr1 or grand slam champion. At that time, he believed he would get back nr1 soon. Therefore, all the commentators respect Fed's opinion and start calling him so...

You and OP mixed up supination and pronation. http://www.answers.com/pronation?afid=TBarLookup&nafid=27

Yeah, I think this was what happened. In serve, I prefer to start with pronation in preparation and then it goes to supination and back to pronation during the wrist snap.

It was not supination in this picture. It was like neutral or more pronation. However, whether it is a pronation or not doesn't matter in the preparation. To generate power in serve, you need to snap the wrist from supination to pronation.

Nothing we can do. Tennis evolves as technology improves and human being becomes stronger and faster. Players get less margin for errors as they start hitting the ball harder and harder. Meanwhile, the harder you hit, the less geometry you can exploit on tennis court. Spin is the only way to go...

I like both Hingis and Fed very much and I am trying to learn from them as much as I can. Intelligence plays a big part in their games. They are the masters of exploiting their talents and capitalizing on opponents' weakness. When they execute their game plans well, it is like they have some...

Then Hingis is more talented than Serena. Fed definitely would do better than Nadal in billiard, which is not as physically demanding as tennis.

Fed reached FO semi 2005 at age of 24, final 2006 at age of 25 and lost both. Nadal reached HC semi 2008 (both AO and USO) at age of 22, HC final (AO) 2009 at age of 23 and won it. When you compare the achievements of Fed and Nadal, please keep in mind they are not the same age. Based on your...

I have one question on mono, please consult your mom. How likely the following case would be? A doctor diagnosed mono with confidence 3 month after its onset, meanwhile it was such a mild version that it was complete over when diagnosed and the patient was allowed to participate in world elite...

Well said.

So you think Fed is a faster mover and better shot-marker (omni-dimensional) than Nadal, then let me know why he lost to Nadal on all three surfaces? Is that because Nadal has some supernatural mental ability which can mess up Fed's brain function at a key moment? It is not a question whether I...

:)It depends on what and how many other reasons are on your list?