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

[djokovicisananimal]

This match reminds me Berdych-Almagro in 2012.
I miss Almagro

Almugro:-|

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

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.

This sums it up.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

This is CLUTCH.

 

[FreeBird]

Almagro for 2014 RG SF! :lol:

I don't watch Almagro from the start. Rather only after he is one set up. IT is very entertaining to watch him choke.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Yet another breakalicious tie.

 

[ditli04]

another breaker ...

 

[Terenigma]

Into the TB we go... Anyone wanna call this? Im going to go with Berdych, he's looked solid on serve from what iv seen and combined with Wawrinka's mindset to close this out, it just feels right.

 

[FreeBird]

Who is that? Luthi's wife?

 

[djokovicisananimal]

It's game over for Tomas Birdshit.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Wawrinka is a man on a mission.

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Berdych is cracking and not in the hot way.

 

[idioteque]

Man. This hurts. This is gonna hurt Tomas, long-term.

 

[ditli04]

WTF another double!

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

what a choker... imitating his best mate Almagro

 

[Sid_Vicious]

Oh god, that is just ugly, Berdych.

 

[Terenigma]

As usual, my prediction is totally wrong xD 4-1 Wawrinka...

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Wawrinka is a man on a mission.

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

He reminds me of Fernando Gonzalez a lot.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

what a choker... imitating his best mate Almagro

:lol: (10lols).

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Waw serves an ace for 5-2**

 

[Ralph]

Nonetheless, you have him beat for looks. You might consider adopting my white fro, tho.

Would you be able to send it to me? It's a bit nippy in fairness here at the moment, so I do feel the cold more.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Would you be able to send it to me? It's a bit nippy in fairness here at the moment, so I do feel the cold more.

I will make it so, just as I did for the equally bald Patrick Stewart.

 

[furryballs]

c'mon stan whack a whopper

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Three. Match. Points.

Stanislas Wawrinka.

 

[aldeayeah]

Wawrinka's "thinking man" gestures remind me of Verdasco in 2009.

 

[Terenigma]

3 Match points for Stan!! 2 on his serve. Cmon!

 

[Ralph]

Come on, let's have at least one swiss in the final!

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Wawrinka has this. Berdych making my prediction reality.

 

[Sid_Vicious]

Berdych's shots just don't have margin.

 

[ditli04]

It's over!

 

[Fedinkum]

Well done Stan.

 

[Ralph]

Go Stanimal! Nice embrace at the net there from both of them.

 

[Terenigma]

Fantastic result! Well done Wawrinka We are one match away from a swiss final...

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

This is an AMAZING run for Wawrinka!


He's reached a Major final and he's done it in style.

He'll have enough left in the tank too for the final methinks, physically and emotionally, but how about tactically...

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Vamos!!!!! Great win for Stan and a great win for professional tennis!

 

[aldeayeah]

No BPs yet, not even close. At this rate it's going to be an all-tiebreak affair.

close enough

The most popular poll result turned out right after all.

 

[Fedinkum]

The tie breaks were nice, they both played decent, but the rest was just boring, why was it such a boring match up?

 

[tennismonkey]

way to go stan!

i like berdych. seems like a nice guy. and in the game of life he seems to be doing pretty well.

 

[furryballs]

stan got over his letdown and is now flying high on confidence

 

[Nostradamus]

Stan's Agent to his Girlfriend as he was kissing her ""Hey, our sponsorship potential just went up 200 % with this Boring man""" Hewwwwwww, mmy job is tough

 

[Ralph]

I will make it so, just as I did for the equally bald Patrick Stewart.

I was just about to say that sounds like something Picard would say

 

[idioteque]

Well done, Stan. Probably better for the final anyway. I fear Berdy would not hold up to the expectation.

Good tournament, though. he made some ground.

 

[The-Champ]

So Stan is the runner up this year ...

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Stan has done it! I didn't think my farfetched prediction would come true, I thought it was wishful thinking but he's come through!

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Vamos!!!!! Great win for Stan and a great win for professional tennis!

A win like this further illustrates your theory that we only need look at Nole's result here as 'playing a bad match'. Sometimes a player just gets hot and it's fitting that the slayer of the Australian Open king has reached the final in the end too.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

This is an AMAZING run for Wawrinka!


He's reached a Major final and he's done it in style.

He'll have enough left in the tank too for the final methinks, physically and emotionally, but how about tactically...

Hopefully he can peak for the final tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

A win like this further illustrates your theory that we only need look at Nole's result here as 'playing a bad match'. Sometimes a player just gets hot and it's fitting that the slayer of the Australian Open king has reached the final in the end too.

Nole played great tennis against Wawrinka but it just wasn't enough. His performance tonight supports that fact.

 

[The-Champ]

Let it be known that Rudolph resides in Stan..

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

LOL. Stan kind of avoided the Fed question, clearly likes Nadal more.

 

[syc23]

Give the trophy to Fedal already.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Hopefully he can peak for the final tomorrow.

Yeah, well he has two FULL days of recuperation so he'll be physically ready and mentally fresh. If he gets his tactics right? You never know...