Indian Wells Masters 2019 R3 :- Federer v/s Wawrinka

[HetTheGreaterer]

Match of the tournament so far surely..
Fed came of a tricky 6-1 7-5 match in 2nd round, whereas wawrinka survived a scare against Martin fuscovics 6-4 6-7 7-5....

Their last match on HC
2018 Cincinnati masters QF :- fed def. wawa 6-7 7-6 6-2.....
Btw, Last match at IW was a tight affair though roger won in straights 6-4 7-5...
H2H is 21-3 federer
Hard court h2h 16-0 federer

What are your predictions friends?

 

[True Fanerer]

Thinking Federer can get this done in 2 competitive sets.

Going 6-4 7-6

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Thinking Federer can get this done in 2 competitive sets.

Going 6-4 7-6

What if wawrinka starts zoning??
Its a slow HC after all

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Going with Federer

 

[Nadal_Django]

Stan's lapdog mentality to prevail in this matchup again. Fed in 2 easy sets.

 

[chola800]

rog in 2 7-6 6-4

 

[Deleted member 756514]

6-3, 6-2

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Where? Switzerland!!!??

Going with Federer

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Roger in 3

 

[Pheasant]

Nobody beats Stan 17 straight times on hard courts.

 

[-NN-]

I'll give Fed a marginal edge, but the court conditions look clay-ish and so Stan has good chances, no?

 

[I Am Finnish]

Fedr

 

[I Am Finnish]

6-3, 6-2

Who?

 

[Deleted member 756514]

Who?

Fed

 

[Red Rick]

Routine win for Fed I hope.

Now watch TTW brainstorm over why I would root for Fraud here.

 

[VaporDude95]

Fed in 2 or 3.

Have a feeling it’ll be a very “meh” match

 

[True Fanerer]

What if wawrinka starts zoning??
Its a slow HC after all

Federer has straight setted Wawrinka 66.666666666666667% of the time he's won, which is 88% of the time.

 

[True Fanerer]

Routine win for Fed I hope.

Now watch TTW brainstorm over why I would root for Fraud here.

You saw the light?

 

[Red Rick]

You saw the light?

Fed needs to disprove Stanimal myth some more

 

[junior74]

Stan the fighter in 3 sets of poor returning

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Routine win for Fed I hope.

Now watch TTW brainstorm over why I would root for Fraud here.

For Wawrinka to surpass Roddick

 

[True Fanerer]

Fed needs to disprove Stanimal myth some more

Switching to Fed in 3 now

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Fed vs Stan? On a hard court?

 

[Petike]

I think Fed himself will make the second set difficult for himself, as it is carved in stone these days.
6-3 7-6 Fed

 

[heninfan99]

Wawrinka has been extra congratulatory with is opponents recently. Forcing a hug on the Hungarian and even having a long chat with Kyrgios after his loss last week.

Will he finally forgive Mirka?

 

[prairiegirl]

As much as I love Roger, I'm going with my sentimental favourite, Stan. Would love to see him win here. But, likely Roger will take this.

 

[underground]

Woah I didn't realise their H2H is the same as Fed-Roddick now lol

Still in recent years their matches are pretty competitive:

2012 Shanghai - Stan won the first set and pushed Fed to second set tiebreak
2013 IW - Stan break up in the third before Fed wins 7-5
2014 MC - Stan wins from a set down
2014 Wimbledon - Fed wins from a set down (but Stan had to play 3 days in a row)
2014 WTF - Fed saves 3 MPs
2015 RG - Stan wins in straights
2017 AO - 5 setter with BPs for Stan in the 5th
2018 Cinci - Stan 2 points away from winning in the second set tiebreak.

Only been a few blowouts (2015 Rome, 2015 USO, 2015 WTF). Conditions will also suit Stan (Fed says the ball just sits up during the night session), so I expect a tough one here.

 

[3fees]

Federer in 2 or 3

Cheers
3Fees

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Expect Wawrinka to be calling Federer an a****** again after the conclusion of the match.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

@Federer and Del Potro

Tsits guru ftw. You know it.

 

[Sport]

Wawrinka has a good chance to break his ridiculous record agaist Fed on hard.

Still, Fed is the favorite given their H2H.

 

[Yugram]

Federer too old to beat someone in decent form. Wawrinka in 3.

 

[tennisfan2015]

Stan in 2 easy sets.

 

[AndyM]

I really hope Stan gets his revenge finally

 

[TennisLBC]

I am hoping for the Staminal to return.

 

[Steve0904]

Expect Wawrinka to be calling Federer an a****** again after the conclusion of the match.

You just reminded me how funny that moment was. Only Stan could get away with saying that to Roger too given their friendship.

 

[Capulin Zurdo]

Rogerer vs Stanwrinka

 

[tennisjedi]

Wawrinka to bend over in 2 easy sets.
I hope I'm wrong and it's a competitive match.

 

[Icsa]

The only way Fed can win this is by outsmarting Stan and getting him frustrated.
Other than that, Stan was hitting very well in the second round while Fed looked bored, slow, rusty and back to slicing the backhand.

This could go either way, Stan is rarely consistent while Fed can raise his level of performance out of nowhere.

 

[HetTheGreaterer]

Federer has straight setted Wawrinka 66.666666666666667% of the time he's won, which is 88% of the time.

Lol....
Roflmao....
Htwwmhlal....

Expect Wawrinka to be calling Federer an a****** again after the conclusion of the match.

Well, first of all, Congratulations to roger... He's laughing, he's an S-hole but....

 

[-NN-]

You just reminded me how funny that moment was. Only Stan could get away with saying that to Roger too given their friendship.

I reckon Roddick would have got away with it. Actually, didn't he say something similar one time? But yeh of active players..

 

[Red Rick]

Woah I didn't realise their H2H is the same as Fed-Roddick now lol

Still in recent years their matches are pretty competitive:

2012 Shanghai - Stan won the first set and pushed Fed to second set tiebreak
2013 IW - Stan break up in the third before Fed wins 7-5
2014 MC - Stan wins from a set down
2014 Wimbledon - Fed wins from a set down (but Stan had to play 3 days in a row)
2014 WTF - Fed saves 3 MPs
2015 RG - Stan wins in straights
2017 AO - 5 setter with BPs for Stan in the 5th
2018 Cinci - Stan 2 points away from winning in the second set tiebreak.

Only been a few blowouts (2015 Rome, 2015 USO, 2015 WTF). Conditions will also suit Stan (Fed says the ball just sits up during the night session), so I expect a tough one here.

Lol Stan is such a choker vs post peak Fraud it's not funny.

 

[underground]

Lol Stan is such a choker vs post peak Fraud it's not funny.

Yeah true, but still, majority of their matches haven't been straightforward for Fed even if it ended up being a win for him.

 

[Steve0904]

I reckon Roddick would have got away with it. Actually, didn't he say something similar one time? But yeh of active players..

Yeah, Roddick did say something like it. 2004 Toronto Final I believe (seen it in highlights, memory's not that good). Federer just laughed at him.

 

[Steve0904]

Lol Stan is such a choker vs post peak Fraud it's not funny.

Actually I think it's kinda funny.

 

[Red Rick]

Actually I think it's kinda funny.

I overuse that phrase so much it's not even funny

 

[Steve0904]

I overuse that phrase so much it's not even funny

I know what you mean. I say it all the time too.

 

[NBP]

Wawrinka in 2 I'm afraid

 

[jga111]

Wawrinka in 2 I'm afraid

In theory yes. But Wawrinka looks up to Federer. He is too mentally owned.

 

[jklos]

Match is starting at 6pm and it will be fairly cold and very slow conditions. Advantage for Stan in that regards.