Basel 2017 QF - Roger Federer (1) vs. Adrian Mannarino (7)

[Pagoo]

Okay, let's take this match point.

 

[tennis_pro]

fedr fru

 

[existential dread]

Order is restored.

 

[NatF]

Why do you think I'm rooting so hard for Federer to win this tournament?

Thought it was for my benefit...

 

[PrinceMoron]

Mannarino will be signing copies of his book "Losing ugly"

 

[Djokovic2011]

Great backhand passing shot to finish.

 

[SQA333]

Federer humiliates him with another backhand flick!!

Moving on to the SF

 

[Pagoo]

Phew! Go away Adrian Mannarino.

 

[NatF]

And there's the win...the Fred train keeps on rolling.

 

[George Turner]

Game, set and match the GOAT!

Whose gonna watch Goffin vs Sock?

 

[Pagoo]

Federer humiliates him with another backhand flick!!

Moving on to the SF

That was Federer smashing @ultradr.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Booooom!

Get the hell out of Maestro's house, Adrian.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Phew! Go away Adrian Mannarino.

He played really smart tactics against Roger. He played very well... but what a pain in the ass.

 

[underground]

If Fed ends up YE#1 bookmark that BH DTL flick.

 

[abmk]

fed finishes it off in style !

 

[Djokovic2011]

Game, set and match the GOAT!

Whose gonna watch Goffin vs Sock?

Moi! Go David!

 

[Pagoo]

Okay folks. Class dismissed. Nothing to see here after all.

Always nice to talk tough after the fact, no?

 

[BeatlesFan]

Whose gonna watch Goffin vs Sock?

Goffin's mom and Sock's mom.

 

[Russeljones]

Gj Federer. Never simple with the openly Mannarinos.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Good effort from Mannarino to be honest.

 

[SQA333]

Right, so how did Rogers form compare with Delpo's?

 

[sliceroni]

Crushed that bh passing shot on match point. Reminded me of Becker's bh passing shots in 89.

 

[abmk]

27 W to 34 UEs for fed.
One of the rare times, he's gone in the -ve this year.

 

[Red Rick]

Booooom!

Get the hell out of Maestro's house, Adrian.

I suddenly find out why Federer is a classy person

Spoiler

He's trying to cancel out his own fans.

 

[merlinpinpin]

What was this 4/6 first set? Otherwise, Fed winning 6/1, 6/3, business as usual in Basel this year...

 

[ultradr]

Wow I just never saw a player who hits a ball on the rise better than Federer.
Federer is a half volley genius.

 

[Pagoo]

Federer has a target on his back when it comes to the French players.

 

[User123]

NID result. And Federer still doesn't look tired at all.

 

[SeeingDusk]

The GOAT pulls through. Allez Fed!!!

 

[tennisaddict]

Mannarino has improved leaps and bounds . Tested Novak at Wimbledon , reached finals of Tokyo and now came so close to beating Fed.

Nice effort and a good third set

 

[johnnyb]

Fed finished in style, nice match!

 

[Pagoo]

What was this 4/6 first set? Otherwise, Fed winning 6/1, 6/3, business as usual in Basel this year...

Straight set minus the first set, no?

 

[BretH]

GOAT last service game from Fed. That's how you hold serve when the pressures on!

 

[George Turner]

Goffin's mom and Sock's mom.

Bless them, they're so proud of their boys.

The lack of love players ranked 10th-30th get here is quite appalling

 

[speedysteve]

Mannarino will be signing copies of his book "Losing ugly "

Cruel but fair.

 

[existential dread]

This is why one-handers should live on. It's just unfortunate that it takes a freak like Federer to truly showcase it's mastery.

 

[ultradr]

He played really smart tactics against Roger. He played very well... but what a pain in the ass.

He is indeed tricky pain.
Even more annoying thing is he doesn't exactly look like an athlete.
Looks like government office worker or something if you know what I mean.
If I'm his opponent, I would be super annoyed wondering why I'm losing to this guy.

 

[Chanwan]

Good effort from Mannarino to be honest.

it was indeed. His best ever vs. Fed by a margin. Still, the match being as close as it was had a lot more to do with Fed being off than Mannarino pulling a 'god-mode'.

Onwards to McFly, I presume.

 

[Pagoo]

NID result. And Federer still doesn't look tired at all.

You keep harping about tiredness. How long was the match? What do you want him to do? Collapse on the floor and pant like a dog? Sheesh!

 

[Chanwan]

He is indeed tricky pain.
Even more annoying thing is he doesn't exactly look like an athlete.
Looks like government office worker or something if you know what I mean.
If I'm his opponent, I would be super annoyed wondering why I'm losing to this guy.

haha, spot on. His attire is also more like a weekend hacker.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

NID result. And Federer still doesn't look tired at all.

Why should he even look tired?

 

[PrinceMoron]

Sure it is past Goffin's bedtime

 

[existential dread]

He is indeed tricky pain.
Even more annoying thing is he doesn't exactly look like an athlete.
Looks like government office worker or something if you know what I mean.
If I'm his opponent, I would be super annoyed wondering why I'm losing to this guy.

The Kevin Youkilis of tennis.

 

[Pagoo]

Federer isn't as dramatic as some of the others. Even when he's hurting, you won't see him clutching his back or any of that stuff. I've seen him blow out his checks, and take deep breaths, so I don't know what that poster is talking about "looking tired."

 

[ultradr]

Federer's backhand suffered all day against maraninno side spin.

At the end, Federer picked flat balls and went aggressive with his backhand.

 

[Chanwan]

Why should he even look tired?

he's played almost 4 hours of tennis in 4 days. Of course he should be dead tired by now ;-).

 

[Red Rick]

The hate for Mannarino on here is nauseating

 

[User123]

Why should he even look tired?

Because he used to get tired really fast in 2013-2016. But this year he doesn't get tired at all.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

he's played almost 4 hours of tennis in 3 days. Of course he should be dead tired by now.

I thought he had one day rest between some of the matches, plus didn't think he spent that much time on the court.

 

[cc0509]

Because he used to get tired really fast in 2013-2016. But this year he doesn't get tired at all.

LOL, do you ever stop crying?