slapshot1540
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is anyone getting tired of federer killing everyone?
Watcher said:Last time I checked, Rafael Nadal has had Fed's tunic in a knot.
Breaker said:Last time I checked, Fed bageled Nadal in the finals of Wimbledon.
No because his all around game is spectacular and his one handed backhand shows that the best player in the world plays with a traditional backhand and finds a lot of success with it.slapshot1540 said:is anyone getting tired of federer killing everyone?
Watcher said:It's all a moot point. Federer beat Nadal at Wimbledon, well guess what? That was one in five matches this year, Nadal won the other four. The point is, Federer is in fact NOT killing EVERYONE.
And it isn't just Nadal he's had trouble with this year. He barely survived Nicolas Almagro in Rome, he had an even closer shave with Olivier Rochus in Halle, not to mention all the other players who tested him that week. He only took three sets to beat Ivan Ljubicic in Miami, but don't forget that they were all in tiebreaks. David Nalbandian could very likely have taken Fed out at Roland Garros had he not been ill and had to withdraw.
Despite all appearances, Roger Federer does not always blow everyone completely away if their name isn't Rafael Nadal.
Ummmm.....Regardless of toughness of individual matches, Federer has yet to lose to anyone this year whose name is not Nadal. Federer gave Nadal a run for his money in the French Final, and took him to 5 sets and had two match points against him in Rome, those are heavily contested matches. He is fun to watch, and I root for him to win because he has a complete game with very few holes in it. No one plays perfect tennis, but he comes pretty close.Watcher said:It's all a moot point. Federer beat Nadal at Wimbledon, well guess what? That was one in five matches this year, Nadal won the other four. The point is, Federer is in fact NOT killing EVERYONE.
And it isn't just Nadal he's had trouble with this year. He barely survived Nicolas Almagro in Rome, he had an even closer shave with Olivier Rochus in Halle, not to mention all the other players who tested him that week. He only took three sets to beat Ivan Ljubicic in Miami, but don't forget that they were all in tiebreaks. David Nalbandian could very likely have taken Fed out at Roland Garros had he not been ill and had to withdraw.
Despite all appearances, Roger Federer does not always blow everyone completely away if their name isn't Rafael Nadal.
Watcher said:It's all a moot point. Federer beat Nadal at Wimbledon, well guess what? That was one in five matches this year, Nadal won the other four. The point is, Federer is in fact NOT killing EVERYONE.
And it isn't just Nadal he's had trouble with this year. He barely survived Nicolas Almagro in Rome, he had an even closer shave with Olivier Rochus in Halle, not to mention all the other players who tested him that week. He only took three sets to beat Ivan Ljubicic in Miami, but don't forget that they were all in tiebreaks. David Nalbandian could very likely have taken Fed out at Roland Garros had he not been ill and had to withdraw.
Despite all appearances, Roger Federer does not always blow everyone completely away if their name isn't Rafael Nadal.
superman1 said:Years from now, no one will remember that Rochus had match points or that Almagro was giving Fed a hard time. All that matters is that Federer won. That's called dominance. You don't have to win 6-0 6-0 to be dominant.
Watcher said:None of that matters. He's winning the matchs, yes. But he's not KILLING EVERYONE not named Rafael Nadal. Thank you.
pretty mutch...well nalbandian does trouble him...kiefer always seems to take a tiebreak set of him,and hewitt and roddick have been known to push fed to his limitt..but other then nadal and nalbandian...fed pretty much knows he will win the matchVamosRafa said:Federer kills everyone but Nadal.
Long live the King of Clay. ;-)
clayman2000 said:i cant believe everyone thinks nadal got whoped by fed at wimby...sure it was a four setter with a bagel...but if nadal had converted that game at 5-4 in the second....he would have been up two stes to 1....and the final 3 sets were very close ...
its true...and chang its not that the field isnt stepping up thier game...it that fed (and i feel nadal) has stepped up his game soo much (in fact too much) that the fairly good field cant competecshokraii said:not at all!! his tennis is so brilliant it is like a work of art. No-one has ever dominated people like he has. He's tennis's version of Mike Tyson in the 80's!! Virtually unbeatable!! It's fun to watch him and see how far he goes in his carreer.
Watcher said:I'd like to point out the 2-0 record Dominik Hrbaty holds on Federer. It's not hopeless for other players.
I'm not so sure; if his level is regarded out-of-this-world, others won't try to compete.OrangeOne said:Domination such as Federer's can only be good for the game in the long run - as the standard will just raise overall...eventually.
exruda said:I'm not so sure; if his level is regarded out-of-this-world, others won't try to compete.
Some, like Roddick, obviously do try to raise their games;
but others may just give up and wait patiently for the time when Federer is not around.
Last time i checked Nadal was only winning on one surface.zhan said:last time i checked nadal almost got bagled at roland garros this year and then whooped federer's arse
says who? if i want to watch beautiful movements i go watch ballet dancer.AJK1 said:No, he is the most talented and varied shotmaker in the game.
framebreaker said:says who? (that Fed is the most talented and varied shotmaker in the game.)
if i want to watch beautiful movements i go watch ballet dancer.
Duzza said:Last time i checked Nadal was only winning on one surface.
VamosRafa said:Guess you haven't checked in a while. ;-)