edberg505
Legend
Nah, because Roger Federer is clutch. He has the 12 slam titles to prove it.
Fed vs Tipsarevic "live"
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Nah, because Roger Federer is clutch. He has the 12 slam titles to prove it.
Dimonator133
Banned
5:18 where i am
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TennisandMusic
Guest
Dude chill...Federer deserved to win because he outlasted his opponent. And I don't think Monaco would kill him at all. It's just tennis, relax.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Wow, Rickson! If you had a million dollars to bet, you'd be a million richer right now.
Dimonator133
Banned
already main story on www.espn.com
"Friday was full of five-set drama Down Under. But Saturday morning started with an epic starring top-seeded Roger Federer, who survived 10-8 in the fifth set to turn back unheralded Janko Tipsarevic."
"Friday was full of five-set drama Down Under. But Saturday morning started with an epic starring top-seeded Roger Federer, who survived 10-8 in the fifth set to turn back unheralded Janko Tipsarevic."
iradical18
Professional
Fed's serve was a dead give away, there was no way he was going to be broken. That and the fact that there is no way he will lose a match due to nerves.
Breaker
Legend
Wow, Rickson! If you had a million dollars to bet, you'd be a million richer right now.
Nah, hundred thousand dollars richer, the odds on Tipsy winning were 1 to 100.
i've been up since 5.30am but yup, just got a coffee for the rest of the matches
hope williams gets out of the way before 11pm local time thats all, so hewitt can get on.
Dimonator133
Banned
ahhahaha dude you need to chill out. We're all just having fun here. Relax.
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TennisandMusic
Guest
Well I don't want to get into this really, but who has Federer defeated to win those slams? He has one great player to stop him. Just one. Every other generation has had at least 3-4 at a time. This is by far the worst tennis I have yet to witness in my admittedly relatively short life (27, been watching since my first memories). There is no contest between this era and pretty much every other one that preceeded it, it's vastly vastly inferior, with the exception of two men...
But Federer is still the best right now and deserves to win.
Rickson
G.O.A.T.
Wow, Rickson! If you had a million dollars to bet, you'd be a million richer right now.
Thanks, BP. If you wanna make some $$$ this year, bet that Federer will not take the Grand Slam because he'll take 3 of 4. I'd bet 2 million on that prediction.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
What I can't believe is that Tipsaravic was broken after being up 40-love!!!
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TennisandMusic
Guest
Hard to tell with some of these people! :wink:
ninman
Hall of Fame
Well I think Federer needed a match like that just to waken him up, remember these are the first matches he's played all year. Tipsaravic played the best tennis of his whole life against a Federer who really didn't play nearly as well as he did in his first two matches and still lost!
SalvadorVeiga
Rookie
yeah sure but he had 66 unforced errors if i recall correctly.... better was that German guy I dont remember the name that defeated ( ??) Roddick... 105 winners and 31 unforced erros... now that's playing
DDRnrgONxtc
New User
only caught that last set starting at 5-6 but those were pretty exciting to watch, woo federer
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TennisandMusic
Guest
You think the fifth set was the best tennis of Tipsarevic's life?
Dimonator133
Banned
very true, but still
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Maybe at the beginning of the match, but not at 8-8 in the 5th set when Rickson wanted to place his million dollar bet! At that point, it was 50-50 in my book.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Wow! Amazing match. Tipsarevic's groundstrokes were
really penetrating and consistent all match long. In the
end Fed's superior serving was the difference.
Sort of reminded me of the final against Nadal at Wimbledon.
I was impressed with how well Tipsarevic's backhand was able
to handle Fed's low slices. His BH's also seemed to have more
depth than Fed's.
really penetrating and consistent all match long. In the
end Fed's superior serving was the difference.
Sort of reminded me of the final against Nadal at Wimbledon.
I was impressed with how well Tipsarevic's backhand was able
to handle Fed's low slices. His BH's also seemed to have more
depth than Fed's.
ninman
Hall of Fame
Damn right it was, he had Fed's on the ropes a few times, even though he didn't trouble Federer's serve he was still beating him from the baseline.
Rickson
G.O.A.T.
He's definitely not 5'11.
Rickson
G.O.A.T.
8-8? I said it way before that!
Wow, Rickson! If you had a million dollars to bet, you'd be a million richer right now.
According to one of the ESPN commentators, the betting odds on Fed was 100:1 (you'd have to put down $100 to win $1). So, you'd be only $1K richer.
Not the cleanest match, but definitely exciting and dramatic. Both players played with guts and poise. Fed was clutch money in this match. Tipsy pounded and pounded and very nearly broke down the wall. Gusty. And please, to all you people saying that Fed sucks, I bet you would take that win if you were in Fed's shoes. I bet if you were playing a match, any match, you would rather win ugly.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
FedExpress
Rookie
No, because from 40-0 down on Tipsarevics' serve, he raised his game and played a collection of excellent points.
DavidGarcia
Hall of Fame
Nerves and inexperience!
M
Morrissey
Guest
OH that's low. After saying that I no longer accept you. You can't flip flop. ;-)
ninman
Hall of Fame
FFS can nobody do maths on this forum at 100:1 $1million would win you $10,000.
M
Morrissey
Guest
Kurwa macz
BackHander22
Rookie
WHAT A MATCH!!!
Federer got taken to the limit, but still prevailed at the end.
Federer got taken to the limit, but still prevailed at the end.
Rickson
G.O.A.T.
That's 10 thousand, not 1000. BTW, BP. Check page 27, post #522. It was around the 4 game mark.
Satch
Hall of Fame
I already said that this will be the hardest match for Roger so far and i was right.
Sorry gor Tipsarevic he had a once-in-a-life time chance.
Anyway now peoplearound the world will see that he is very underrated player.
And I hope that Joker will win in 1/2 over Roger, one serb almost did it, now it's time for Joker to revenge to Roger for Janko.
Sorry gor Tipsarevic he had a once-in-a-life time chance.
Anyway now peoplearound the world will see that he is very underrated player.
And I hope that Joker will win in 1/2 over Roger, one serb almost did it, now it's time for Joker to revenge to Roger for Janko.
5:30AM and Math...don't mix too well. Good catch. Props to you.
M
Morrissey
Guest
Damn you, it's Namranger.
samrocksmyshire
New User
awesome match!
Go Federer!!!! WHOOOO!
Go Federer!!!! WHOOOO!
fednad
Hall of Fame
True - Fed was way below his standard whereas Tipsy boy was playing out of his mind. Am sure, if Tipsy sees a recording of this match , he would wonder if that was him on the court.
On a serious note - I have seen Tipsy play for the first time. Is he always this good and consistent or today was his b'day?
Also, no doubt Fed played badly, but was this another case of a bad matchup, particularly because Tipsy was beating fed in basseline rallies?
BigServer1
Legend
Regardless of what fairweather fans and Fed haters will say, I think that this match proves how great of a champion Federer is. He withstood the best that Tipsarevic had to offer, and he weathered the storm. He didn't play his best tennis, but came up with huge serves and big points when he had to. I know that a lot of people will say how this proves how beatable Fed is, or how his reign is coming to an end, but I see a great fight and a great win for Federer. Hats off to Janko, he truly played incredible, inspired tennis. Look for Federer to shake this off and play well from here on out.
SalvadorVeiga
Rookie
I said so...that Tipsy would give Federer a bad time and he might have won the match... I've been watching Tipsarevic attentively for 3 years now and he usually plays like this...very solid, big grounstrokes... it's a surprise he's not better ranked that 49th actually
Match stats:
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/stats/day11/1301ms.html
RF had 64 UEs, but still got it done -- an example of win ugly.
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/stats/day11/1301ms.html
RF had 64 UEs, but still got it done -- an example of win ugly.
5'9", wish I was about 6"0-1" though. I like seeing smaller guys do well against some of the bigger guys, like Tipsy, even tho I'm glad Fed won, and Kohlschreiber.
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