Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
It's not lately. He's always been one for records. Different strokes I guess. It's fine with me, you just have to learn to not take it too seriously or ignore it altogether.
AO 2019 - R4 : (3) "Zeus" Federer vs Tsitsipas "Apollo"
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It's not lately. He's always been one for records. Different strokes I guess. It's fine with me, you just have to learn to not take it too seriously or ignore it altogether.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
There really is no controversy. Only haters see it as such because they are trying to cling to anything to belittle Fed.
AnOctorokForDinner
Talk Tennis Guru
I'm sure Federer realises this. You can't just will your game to work as required, however, which is why the concept of choking is so prevalent. It's not a new development, now that Fed's game is down he's vulnerable against lesser players.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
To quote a certain classic, which is you:Wow, just woken up to see the result - huge congrats to Stefanos!Looks like Djokovic's record of being the only male player in the Open Era to reach 3 consecutive finals in all 4 majors will remain for some time to come.
LOL who cares?
VaporDude95
Banned
We all know he'll bounce back from this and be winning tournaments again in no time at all.
Uh no. We don’t know that at all.
His slam results over the last year have been:
DNP
QF
4R
4R
With all of those losses coming in a pathetic choking fashion.
Tennisgods
Hall of Fame
I’ve seen it quite a bit. But sure, it’s certainly not all of them.
minorchords164
Rookie
That slice BH actually annoyed me quite a bit.
Felt it allowed Tsitsipas too much time to reposition and re-enter the rally. Too neutral.
And his movement this stage in a Grand Slam later in the match is concerning me too much.
I think he needs to start training more with Rafa.Tennisgods
Hall of Fame
Time and a place though surely?
racquetreligion
Hall of Fame
Xactly, watched him bit over 3 years ago mainly clay events and was totally impressed this kid didnt go away at all
However the only way Tities can beat Nadal on clay is for the goons at RG to finally use level 1 speed balls and
even then Nadal can destroy most OHBHs on most surfaces 98% of the time.
I dont see Nadal going away in 3 years, his going to stay with Nole as much as he can while Fed
has to face that he beat Nadal after hit a wall while leading the 5th in that famous AO final due to
the Dmitroll 5 hour battle.
Now with night matches at the AO you need incredible stamina and baseline game as conditions
and balls slow down favoring the best defenders. Old Fed has more than not gotten erratic at the 2hour
and ugly after 3hr in the last 5 years. If he wants that number 100 wins and 109 record of Connors,
he will have to just to eat his pride and focus on BO3. The only way he could win Wimbledon is by
begging the LTA to use the fastest balls allowed and to water the courts every night.
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TearTheRoofOff
G.O.A.T.
I care, because it's important despite initial inconsistency. Oh, agreed though; I imagine he has plenty of upside, I just feel more power overall will help the most. Roger certainly added it in spades early days.
AceSalvo
Legend
Fed has only himself to blame here. That Wimb QF is where he lost all momentum. Such a mess.
I was much more disappointed in that loss than anything after that. We are talking about the King of Grass going out to some nobody on grass. If he cannot perform there, then that something of big concern.
Big impact servers with some decent game got him KAndy, Millman and Tsitsi.
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mike danny
Bionic Poster
Both Cilic and Fed were told that the match might be played under the roof. Fed prepared accordingly, Cilic didn't.
It's really Cilic's fault.
TearTheRoofOff
G.O.A.T.
Oh yeah, in that context it is absolutely no fun whatsoever. More oomph on the groundies is what I mean, of course.Impotent is no good. Quite possibly the most insulting thing you could've said.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
It's not early. He's the prohibitive favourite to make it now that Federer is gone. He gets Tiafoe (I really can't see him losing), and the winner of Tsitsipas and RBA. He'll wreck RBA, and unless Tsitsipas comes up with another monster performance he'll beat him too.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Subway Tennis
Legend
I would encourage you not to think of Federer's last major win as "controversial". It's not his fault if the organiser's did something, and unless there is evidence to indicate anything underhanded, his win shouldn't be minimised. It's in the books as his major regardless of how others feel about it.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
Yeah I mean I like djokovic2011 for most part but he also enjoys imo sticking it too fed fans which is why I presume he is like that. I mean lately everything seems to be revolving around fed like his thread asking if only nole could defeat fed which is hilarious now
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
He doesn't really care.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
As roger once said " nobody cares nobody cares"
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
There is no controversy. It was all a load of butthurt on TTW.
Tennisgods
Hall of Fame
Well, plenty of time to improve!
Bottom line, he’s 20 and he just beat Roger Federer, the defending champion, in a slam.
All that said, he’ll likely crash to RBA now! It seems to be how it works...
Tennisgods
Hall of Fame
Ah, I see.
Subway Tennis
Legend
How do you think he will go against this version of RBA if he were to get to Nadal? RBA has wins this year over Djokovic, Wawrinka and Cilic. I think the fast court is suiting Nadal. Even though it is quick, it is lively and is taking his spin, but I can't help but think that RBA is also loving this slick surface?
mike danny
Bionic Poster
He will trash RBA.
Subway Tennis
Legend
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
He may love the surface, but he's already played 3 5-setters just to reach the QF, imagine if the Tsitsipas match also goes the distance...
V
Vamos Rafa Nadal
Guest
I am hoping that Tsitsipas's win will help boost the confidence of other players, particularly Medvedev anything can happen in tennis, that is why they play the matches!
anything can happen in tennis, that is why they play the matches!minorchords164
Rookie
Subway Tennis
Legend
That was what I thought was going to affect him against Cilic, too.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
Fed
idk that pretty much looked like a goodbye from him normally he just walks off
V
Vamos Rafa Nadal
Guest
Medvedev, Coric, Zverev and either Nishikori or Carreno Busta! Hope I get a few of my favorites into the semis!
Hope I get a few of my favorites into the semis!
Subway Tennis
Legend
Can you imagine what clay is going to be like this year? THIS version of Tsitsipas going head to head with the Bull, Djokovic, Thiem, Zverev and Jarry on red clay? Going to be incredible.
TearTheRoofOff
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, it is a goat scalp, but it would be totally sick if a new gen player beat someone like Roger while he was playing well. Like young Nadal over Roger, or Roger over Pete, for example.
Definitely rooting for him vs RBA.
racquetreligion
Hall of Fame
if you notice my posts Doperpova doesnt deserve an S
tennistiger
Professional
Think Federer struggled with the new Balls the whole Tournament, but 8 unused break- (=setpoints) in the second Set...
It is not the Federer from 2017! Last year despite winning was also no more that Performance.
It is not the Federer from 2017! Last year despite winning was also no more that Performance.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
RBA hasn't improved dramatically or anything like that. He's scored a few impressive wins but it's not like his career will be vaulted to a new level because of them over the long run. He's playing well now, but he won't beat Nadal in a major SF, especially after three 5 setters and a match with Tsitsipas in between.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
That was "only" 2 5-setters at that point heading into this match
Now he's got through 3, which is great - but surely he'll feel something? Has anyone made it through 4? Or even had to play 4 in a Slam? Guess we'll find out
Stanzad
Rookie
I am hoping that Tsitsipas's win will help boost the confidence of other players, particularly Medvedev
Sorry, but against this version of RBA he can’t.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
Be careful now you'll get a lot of posts analyzing how true of a fed fan you are
Stanzad
Rookie
Fed
Unfortunately the end is near for the GOAT.
marc45
G.O.A.T.
[B]Christopher Clarey[/B]Verified account @[B]christophclarey[/B] 3m3 minutes ago
Seems the right time to repost this: “Sampras and Federer, those two guys were the ones I was looking up to and watching on TV when I was young" - Tsitsipas
Seems the right time to repost this: “Sampras and Federer, those two guys were the ones I was looking up to and watching on TV when I was young" - Tsitsipas
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
He won't win, but a problem will arise if he makes the final and then gets destroyed by someone (probably Djokovic). That's why the earlier he loses now the better.
minorchords164
Rookie
Yeah, the draw was relatively really incredibly easy. I actually thought Cilic would have had some new tactic he would try against Fed. I thought he would've still lost badly though. But he didn't do anything different from Wimbledon from what I could see. Except not be "injured".
Not sure if Fed struggled with the new balls the whole tournament though.
minorchords164
Rookie
True, I don't want another Wimbledon 2018 final.
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