2019 halle open SF :- [1] Roger Federer v/s Pierre Huges Herbert

[BeatlesFan]

Fed on court!!

 

[BeatlesFan]

What time is it in your place?

6:31 am in California.

 

[Breakpointerer]

Medvedev overhitting three straight times to get broken. He's either a step slower now or the strings are loose and he needs a racquet change.

Wrong thread.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

It would be nice if Federer beat this guy in straight sets.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Only 1 vote for Herbert... Is that NadalGOD /aman92/clayqueen or AndyM ?

Let me see who that is

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Medvedev overhitting three straight times to get broken. He's either a step slower now or the strings are loose and he needs a racquet change.

Not much a fan of Medvedev. He’s like another zverev to me.

 

[mightyrick]

Wrong thread.

Yep, I saw that after the fact. Wrong tab. My bad.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

17 minutes till they're on court.

They're on court now...
Maah goati rogi is playing

What time is it in your place?

She's an American so It'd be morning right now

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

We're in Germany over here.

True Federer is not in Germany today
That beast is sleeping

 

[True Fanerer]

True Federer is not in Germany today
That beast is sleeping

His Doppleganger is a pretty good tennis player

 

[Otacon]

6:31 am in California.

Dedicated Fedfan

 

[NatF]

Apparently Federer's missed first serve early on was 212 kmph.

 

[BeatlesFan]

I like Herbert's style of play, but not that weird service motion.

 

[AndyM]

two points before I go one the mighty fed is going to get destroyed by golf on tomorrow to there's no chance to Mighty Federer wins Wimbledon discuss

 

[MeatTornado]

Lol, did you guys see that sigh of relief when his challenge was right?

 

[Breakpointerer]

two points before I go one the mighty fed is going to get destroyed by golf on tomorrow to there's no chance to Mighty Federer wins Wimbledon discuss

What a treat

 

[icedevil0289]

ohhhh so close.

 

[icedevil0289]

im ngl ive seen a couple of pierre/mahut matches on the doubles court and i enjoy him playing but lets get him roger!

 

[icedevil0289]

Lol, did you guys see that sigh of relief when his challenge was right?

lmao yes, oh roger

 

[Breakpointerer]

Fred breaks

 

[icedevil0289]

early break, i dont anticipate a major test here, hopefully anyways

 

[BeatlesFan]

Four pathetic bad calls in just the third game.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Herbert is terrible.

 

[MeatTornado]

Imagine Roger's record if tennis matches were just 1 set?

I'm not in the mood for another easy opener from Dr. Jekyll and then a 2nd set from Mr. Hyde.

 

[mightyrick]

Eesh, terrible match. It's like a practice match. Not sure why Herbert is playing singles. The guy is clearly doubles-only. The only balls he can keep in court are down the middle. Whenever Herbert hits to the sidelines, he overhits (he's used to doubles lines). And terrible backhand.

 

[Breakpointerer]

3-0 in a jiffy

 

[icedevil0289]

pierre has such an "interesting" serve motion

 

[nikshalamov12332]

They both have terrible hair. Or rather haircut

 

[AndyM]

Another another joke opponent for federal just wait till Djokovic destroys him at Wimbledon

 

[True Fanerer]

This could be over in less than an hour.

 

[AndyM]

Federer vulturing another small tournament as usual

 

[nikshalamov12332]

Eesh, terrible match. It's like a practice match. Not sure why Herbert is playing singles. The guy is clearly doubles-only. The only balls he can keep in court are down the middle. Whenever Herbert hits to the sidelines, he overhits (he's used to doubles lines). And terrible backhand.

What a moronic comment. Is this the first match you see him play?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Another another joke opponent for federal just wait till Djokovic destroys him at Wimbledon

Federal is coming after Djokovic’s taxes and he won’t like it.

 

[Breakpointerer]

Federer vulturing another small tournament as usual

What is this I'm seeing, a coherent post?

 

[icedevil0289]

ooh another bp due to pierre's df

 

[ACE of Hearts]

This guy is no match for Federer.

 

[Breakpointerer]

This could be over in less than an hour.

Never underestimate Fedr's ability to go off the boil out of nowhere

 

[arvind13]

fed cant convert BP on pierre hughes herbert''s serve?!?

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Come on Federer? Really

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Pierre wins a game.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Never underestimate Fedr's ability to go off the boil out of nowhere

Lol even I will admit I’m tired of mental walkabouterer. It’s really bizarre and makes it so much more difficult than it needs to be so often.

It used to pretty much be one break and set is over but now it always feels tenuous.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Never underestimate Fedr's ability to go off the boil out of nowhere

A lot of what people see is just his opponent getting better. Federer is probably the best starter ever and so his level tends to improve less than his opponent's and that makes it look like he's playing worse.

 

[Breakpointerer]

Lol even I will admit I’m tired of mental walkabouterer. It’s really bizarre and makes it so much more difficult than it needs to be so often.

It used to pretty much be one break and set is over but now it always feels tenuous.

Exactly.
I fully expect Federer to lose the second out of nowhere.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

pierre has such an "interesting" serve motion

 

[True Fanerer]

Never underestimate Fedr's ability to go off the boil out of nowhere

Herbert won a game. Going three sets.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Exactly.
I fully expect Federer to lose the second out of nowhere.

He will probably win in straights but throw in a couple of love 40 service games he makes himself have to dig out of

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Lol even I will admit I’m tired of mental walkabouterer. It’s really bizarre and makes it so much more difficult than it needs to be so often.

It used to pretty much be one break and set is over but now it always feels tenuous.

Fed finally realised that HenmanGOAT and is trying to emulate Tiger Tim.

(Sent from my mobile phone.)

 

[icedevil0289]

anyone know how goffin has been playing?

 

[arvind13]

federer has to break here. and give a breadstick to pierre hughes herbert. if he can't breadstick herbert, how is he going to win wimbledon?

 

[mightyrick]

What a moronic comment. Is this the first match you see him play?

Actually, no. I've watched Herbert quite a lot because I like doubles. But the guy simply doesn't have a measurement for singles point construction. He can only keep the ball in court hitting down the line (middle) and has serious problems in cross-court rallies. He also doesn't know how to cover the net in a *singles* context. His singles movement is also weird... because the movement in doubles is different.

The guy is an incredibly good doubles player. But watching Herbert is like watching Paes play singles.