ATP 500: Barclays Dubai Championshiop, Feb 23-28

Who will win Dubai 2009?


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tennis_hand

Hall of Fame
gasquet, if still plays so back behind the baseline and still hit that lousy forehand, is never gonna be in top 5. let alone win some Slam.
His backhand is damn good, but his forehand is 2 levels below his backhand.
 

seffina

G.O.A.T.
I feel like crap now for not even putting Ferrer in the poll. That's what I get for trying to make a prediction. Good for him, though. Hope it's a good final.
 

seffina

G.O.A.T.
Quando as Galinhas tiverem Dentes... or Quando os Porcos tiverem Asas...

when chickens grow teeth... or when pigs grow wings...
Maybe different parts of Portugal have different ones? When I was there, we went to the small town of Mértola for a festival of sort and one of my friends said "when pigs fly" referring to something. The guide didn't know what we were referring to even after we translated and he said oh like "when a cow coughs". And I remember commenting that I didn't know cows couldn't cough and it has always stuck to memory. But it could have just been this one person...

Sorry for getting off-topic again.
 

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
Crazy translation... fr to uk to pt to uk to gr

Jedes sein Geschmack, n' Ost nicht

Love baby...
i was originally just joking... it was a joke about the translations . . .

Just a joke baby... nothing more, nothing less... i have way too much worries to go "politics" in my life too!

Hi, Goreki! :)
I'm glad you were joking, but you've really put me through a lot of posts just to find out what you were saying in your response in pink above. Obviously, the best way to joke with someone is to do it in a language that they understand. So I still want to understand the joke. Would you please translate your post to me (the one in pink above) into English so that I can understand it?

p.s. this is language, not politics ... what language was your post to me in?
 

DarthFed

Hall of Fame
crap...i wanted a Djoko Gasquet final....i already voted for Djoker to win it from day one...before murray even pulled out so lets see if my prediction is right
 
Djokovic should win in straights. The only time Ferrer beat him on HC was at TMC2007, where Djokovic lost all 3 matches and played like crap.
 

seffina

G.O.A.T.
I have the TTC's encore of the Simon/Djokovic match on in the background right now. Simon definitely made him work for the win. Hope this win gives Novak a lot of confidence.
 

Ripster

Hall of Fame
Big win for Novak. He was struggling in the 1st set pretty much playing at 60% of his level. He could have mentally folded in the second but he fought through Simon's retrieving and started really constructing the points and finishing them off with winners.

A solid mental and physical victory as he had to beat a good top ten opponent and 36 degrees of heat.
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
Big win for Novak. He was struggling in the 1st set pretty much playing at 60% of his level. He could have mentally folded in the second but he fought through Simon's retrieving and started really constructing the points and finishing them off with winners.

A solid mental and physical victory as he had to beat a good top ten opponent and 36 degrees of heat.

Well said,it was a hard fought victory for Novak in tough conditions,it was obvious that it meant a lot to him.What do you feel are his chances against Ferrer?
 

marc45

G.O.A.T.
ferrer vs. joker hardcourt final on saturday followed by five sets on clay in spain on friday?....joker has to win that match to set up a showdown with rafa on sunday...assuming rafa will be playing
 

Love Game

Talk Tennis Guru
ferrer vs. joker hardcourt final on saturday followed by five sets on clay in spain on friday?....joker has to win that match to set up a showdown with rafa on sunday...assuming rafa will be playing

assuming rafa w/b playing where?
 

Ripster

Hall of Fame
Well said,it was a hard fought victory for Novak in tough conditions,it was obvious that it meant a lot to him.What do you feel are his chances against Ferrer?

I picked Djokovic at the start of the tournament and I'm sticking with him. I like Djokovic's 3-1 H2H on hardcourts against Ferrer. That said, Ferrer destroyed Gasquet in the other semi and seems to be in top form. Novak in 2 close sets.
 

shadows

Legend
I'm going to pick Ferrer in 3 I think, I was very impressed with him in his semi and whilst Novak had a much better semi than his previous rounds I'm still not convinced on his form (that said i said that the last 2 rounds and he came through lol)
 

Ludas

New User
I hope Joker but he might still be tire from yesterday. As long as he doesn't retire it could be a very entertaining match.
 

nadalfan!

Professional
Does channelsurfing.net work? Because when I go on it, the window pops up but its still a black little screen even when it says its running. :( Anyone else have this problem?? :confused:
 

nadalfan!

Professional
Ok, nevermind I fixed it. It has a sign saying the live event will be starting shortly please stand by. Come on already! :D
 

Ludas

New User
Right now it says that the live event will start shortly. I guess it begins in half an hour or so.
 
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