FO 2008: Davydenko vs Safin

[mrDamien]

C'mon Safin throw/smack your racquet. Show your frustration.

 

[IvanAndreevich]

Safin said "blya" when the deep ball from Davydenko bounced funny. Hilarious!

I hope he stays in the match now.

 

[jmsx521]

Is Safin using a 98 sq.in. frame now, or is it still the same old 93 sq.in. with a paint-job?

 

[zagor]

Safin said "blya" when the deep ball from Davydenko bounced funny. Hilarious!

LO,I think I know what that means on Russian(I have relatives in Moscow) but I won't translate it literally here.

 

[jmsx521]

Davydenko's back to the regular 03 Orange? What's going on?

 

[boobik2371]

do you have sopcast or what type browser are you using? channel surfing will work on INTERNET EXPLORER

i use firefox but i have sopcast but i cant find it on there

 

[jmsx521]

3-0 already! My prediction for the remaining sets is 6-2 6-1 for the "machine."

 

[boobik2371]

10 sec delay

thanks i went back to explorer and it works, safins my boy i love to watch his matches

 

[jmsx521]

You have about 5-6 links on channelsurfing.net for Roland Garros.
The one before the last one works (for me) for this match!

 

[jmsx521]

Oh... I spotted a racket bounce.... Getting pretty close!

 

[mrDamien]

Good shot and nice backhand from Safin.

 

[mrDamien]

3-1........deuce now.

 

[mrDamien]

Yahoooooo at last Safin smack his racquet. Arrrrgh 4-1 to Davy.

 

[bodave2]

good thing im stuck watching marty fish, I'm american and I don't even care about fish. ESPN =(

 

[SAFINATORZ]

Too Tough

davy's too tough, he's eating up safin's pace. safin's moving well & he's going for his shots, however davy's winning most of the important points due to safin's errors.! :evil::shock:

 

[SAFINATORZ]

down 2 sets, against davy it'll be a huge mountain to climb.

 

[mrDamien]

1 more set to go.

 

[mrDamien]

The percentage of serve by Safin on 3rd set was just 38%. He going to lose. Davy leading 3-0 now. Poor Safin.

 

[boobik2371]

hes playing well but nikolay is just takiing it all in

 

[zagor]

Kolja is just amazing at handling pace.Safin doesn't have a chance here really.

 

[daddy]

Davydenko is tough for Safin. Human back board. He'd be a tough matchup anyways for in form Safin on clay.

 

[daddy]

ha ha. Broke a racket and said, yeah, warning abuse ..

 

[zagor]

MP for Kolja.He wins,Safin did show some flashes of brilliance in the first set but as I predicted Kolja in 3 sets.Right now he's a better player then Safin on every surface.

 

[grafrules]

Safin doesnt do anything as well as Davydenko at this point in time except serve better. Anyone who thinks Safin does everything better then Davydenko except movement in living in a time warp, this is 2008, not 2003. Davydenko in straights.

Just like I said. ROTFL at the 11 of you who actually thought a washed up Safin was going to take out the world #4 on a surface that favors him more anyway.

 

[zagor]

Just like I said. ROTFL at the 11 of you who actually thought a washed up Safin was going to take out the world #4 on a surface that favors him more anyway.

Even in his prime,Safin was nothing grand on clay anyway.I also think that Kolja is a bad match-up for him in general,he's just very good at handling Safin's power(and Safin although a great ball striker in his prime was always a little one-dimensional IMO and always tried to hit opponents off court and had no back up plan).

 

[grafrules]

Even in his prime,Safin was nothing grand on clay anyway.I also think that Kolja is a bad match-up for him in general,he's just very good at handling Safin's power(and Safin although a great ball striker in his prime was always a little one-dimensional IMO and always tried to hit opponents off court and had no back up plan).

Well exactly. Safin even in his prime wasnt a beast on clay like he was on hard courts and indoors, atleast not after 2000 (he was better in his younger up and coming/prime years for some reason). Davydenko is right now the much better player considering Safin is WAY past his prime, and the matchup sucks for Safin. It was easy for anyone with a brain to see where this match would go.

 

[jrachiever]

I thought Safin checked out mentally at up 4-3 with the minibreak in the first set tiebreak. It's a tough thing to watch a player of Safin's caliber struggle with confidence, but just about anyone who has attempted to play competitively can empathize with what he's going through out there.

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Everybody is so quick to point out that Roger Federer's days are behind of him, but some still think Safin has a chance?

 

[mengpower]

I didn't get to see this match as it wasn't shown on TV. Does anyone know if it is still available to watch somewhere on the internet? Perhaps they still keep some of it on site for viewing?

thanks