AO 2014 SF: Tomas Berdych (7) vs Stanislas Wawrinka (8)

Who wins?

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People are selling Berdych short. Please cast your minds back to a similar difficult task Nadal had to endure before losing to Djokovic in 5 at the 2012 AO, where he barely scraped past Berdych in 4 (Berdych had legit. chances to go 2-0 up... 2-0) and then beat Federer in 4.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
People are selling Berdych short. Please cast your minds back to a similar difficult task Nadal had to endure before losing to Djokovic in 5 at the 2012 AO, where he barely scraped past Berdych in 4 (Berdych had legit. chances to go 2-0 up... 2-0) and then beat Federer in 4.
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whats that got to do with the price of eggs?
 
Berdych looked a bit despondent after Waw's fast hold and must hold it together here.
 
Good morning fellow tennis fans. Time to watch possibly the last set of this semi or maybe the last 2 sets depending on how much chokahol Stan had before the match.

It been a good match so far? Either player looked weak/strong?
 
Terenigma said:
Good morning fellow tennis fans. Time to watch possibly the last set of this semi or maybe the last 2 sets depending on how much chokahol Stan had before the match.

It been a good match so far? Either player looked weak/strong?
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It's been a really boring match.
 
good morning....according to the comical australian commentators berdych is dominating with one break point opportunity in the match and is waiting for stans level to drop so he can polish him off
 
furryballs said:
good morning....according to the comical australian commentators berdych is dominating with one break point opportunity in the match and is waiting for stans level to drop so he can polish him off
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If Stan starts to drop off, Berdych will follow suit.
 
Sabratha said:
What a shot from Wawrinka.
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There have been a lot of absolutely stunning shots in this match which have been, it seems, largely ignored by the followers here.

The drama feels low but some, no, a lot of the individual shots have been more than impressive.
 
Nathaniel_Near said:
There have been a lot of absolutely stunning shots in this match which have been, it seems, largely ignored by the followers here.

The drama feels low but some, no, a lot of the individual shots have been more than impressive.
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I think the whole match has been ignored by the followers here.
 
The quality is okay, but nothing special for a semifinal of a Grand Slam. Regardless of the level it is a really boring game. First set Stan was better second and third Berdych was better but in the 3rd breaker he chocked big times with 2 double faults.

I am already switching to other things and waiting for another breaker. Maybe if it goes to a 5th set the game, get some drama and has excitment in it I will watch again.

Taking all that into account, both will be trashed by Nadal or even Federer in the finals if Fedal aren't play for 5 hours or are injured!
 
Sid_Vicious said:
Always providing the bonehead take on things, aren't you?

Federer was hanging out with Stan and Luthi before this match. He is probably watching because Stan is his friend. :-?
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It isn't like Federer wants to be against Wawrinka in ominous form either.
 
Sid_Vicious said:
I was watching and then I started playing the newest Assassin's Creed game. Now I'm back because the story line started annoying me.

How has this match been? High quality or just a closely contested match with average quality?
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Low levels of drama probably because it's been almost impossible for them to get into each other's service games. But they are playing with high quality from the baseline and many thunderous winners have been struck.

The hitting form and penetration of both sets of ground-strokes has been really good.
 
Sid_Vicious said:
I was watching and then I started playing the newest Assassin's Creed game. Now I'm back because the story line started annoying me.
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I recently completed that and i love the ship and exploration but the combat and story were the weakest by a long way. I miss AC3's combat so much :(

But yeah, back on topic. Looks like we're going to another TB, Neither player looks good enough to force a break right now altho id say Wawrinka is the more likely. Last service game for each before that happens tho, will we see a choke?
 
Berdych is so frustrating, he gets given a 0-15 start, then has a chance on Stan's 2nd serve and rallies for a bit then hits it so far out, it's unreal.

It doesn't look likely but if Berdych makes it to the final, there's no chance he'll win it.
 
Ralph said:
Why thank you.

But it's my twin brother with the hair that everyone is infatuated with here, not me. He's busy fixing his infamous blister at the moment...
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Nonetheless, you have him beat for looks. You might consider adopting my white fro, tho.
 
Solid hold there from Berdych who desperately needs to change shirts because he looks awful. Wawrinka's turn to try and seal the TB. Berdych should attack this service game so much, force a choke.
 
Sid_Vicious said:
I was watching and then I started playing the newest Assassin's Creed game. Now I'm back because the story line started annoying me.

How has this match been? High quality or just a closely contested match with average quality?
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there's been pretty high quality from both players. But mainly in their ability to hold their serve and come up with good stuff when it got just a bit close. Berdych has had 1 BP and Stan has had 4 or so. Essentially, both have been to weak on return/strong on serve to make it interesting - despite some pretty big and good shots and solid play from both players.
 
Terenigma said:
I recently completed that and i love the ship and exploration but the combat and story were the weakest by a long way. I miss AC3's combat so much :(

But yeah, back on topic. Looks like we're going to another TB, Neither player looks good enough to force a break right now altho id say Wawrinka is the more likely. Last service game for each before that happens tho, will we see a choke?
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Agreed. I love the game because of the sailing and exploration. I sometimes have 4-5 hours playing the game where I do nothing but plunder loot and upgrade the ship. Then I try to do some missions and its nothing but "Tail this dude. Eavesdrop on this dude. Chase this dude." and I can't last more than 30 minutes at a time.


Also, is there a reason why Stan's first serve got weaker? Fatigue?
 
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