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what time is the match west coast?
Not even in the 1st set? You really are a hard one to please!
Didn't you confidently predict the same thing for Nadal vs Murray?![]()
I thought you would be happy a bit with this final, no Djokovic or Murray in it.
What final would you consider exciting now?Thank goodness for thatbecause that result is never in doubt these days but I'm not sure the Nadal-Monfils final will be much more exciting/competitive.
What final would you consider exciting now?![]()
When JWT pulled his shirt up to dry his face his stomach didn't look very athletic. I don't think he's been training hard.Was Tsonga drained from the previous match?
Re Tsonga: Maybe the fitness. Thinking Monf deserves a ton of credit.When JWT pulled his shirt up to dry his face his stomach didn't look very athletic. I don't think he's been training hard.
I have a feeling it's going to be just like today's match with Monf assuming the Murray role. He'll come out on fire and win the first, then fall apart quite spectacularly.
Something like Nadal: 36 62 63.
But Murray might have as well lost in straights because after that first set that Murray won (which I didn't see by the way) what happened? He lost the plot and Nadal was all over him. It was a bad loss for Murray considering how easily he won the first set. I don't dislike Murray at all so please don't take this the wrong way but Murray has turned into the the chief poodle against Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. I have no confidence that Murray would beat any of those guys these days and let's face it, he should be beating at least Nadal and Federer who have been far from their best due to decline/confidence issues, etc. I see Nadal perhaps bouncing back and regaining some top form but it's hard to say the same about Murray at the moment.
Might as well have lost in straights? Doesn't the fact that he took the 1st set so easily not give you more confidence he might beat him at some point rather than a straight set beatdown would? Especially considering how far off his top form, Murray is at the moment? Well, each to his own I guess!
Not really. What good is it to beat somebody so soundly in the first set only to lose your sh*t in the second and third sets? I said the same thing when people were so excited when Nadal took the first set off of Djokovic at IW and then collapsed in the second set. Who cares. Nadal lost to Djokovic and pretty badly in the end.
This is going to be tough. Le Monf is in the form of his life. He has steamrolled everyone in straights and very easily spanked the guys that beat Djokovic and Federer.
But by winning the 1st set, you give yourself a much better chance of going one better next time than if you lose in straights. That's how I would feel if that were me and I'm sure I'm not alone. Murray usually does well when he wins the 1st set and if he had been at 100% capacity, who knows what might have happened? Ditto Nadal with Djokovic. Winning a set comfortably at least gives you something to build on. Getting a straight sets beatdown doesn't unless the sets are particularly close.
Not really. What good is it to beat somebody so soundly in the first set only to lose your sh*t in the second and third sets? I said the same thing when people were so excited when Nadal took the first set off of Djokovic at IW and then collapsed in the second set. Who cares. Nadal lost to Djokovic and pretty badly in the end.
Nadal didn't win the first set off Djokovic at IW.
Ok. But for me personally I would never bet on Murray over Nadal on clay. I know it happened once in Madrid but I think unless Nadal is really off, that encounter on clay has only one winner. As for Murray not being at full capacity. Why? It's been two years or more since his back surgery. What's the problem? I think you are making too many excuses for him. I was with you at first and felt compassion for Murray but it's been too long now since he's defeated the other Big Four members.
Any final between two great players which is competitive and where the result is a toss up or at least the player you don't expect to win has a decent chance.
Make it 2 sets please......Nadal in 2As much as I like Monfils' game of late and the fact in 2016 his form is pushing him closer to the top ten, I have to lay my hat with Nadal in 3 tough sets.
Notice how Monfils is less of a showman more focussed on his game this season?
0530 am.what time is the match west coast?
Tell me one realistic combination of players who meet the above criteria in today's game. Either the players are not great or if at least one of them is great, the result is completely predictable so you are asking for the impossible.
True. We'll soon see anyway...This should be the official thread. It came first. Respect. ...
Think Fed has some very positive take-aways.