Olympics 2012 Men's Singles Final: [1] Roger Federer vs [3] Andy Murray

[kevin_95]

Federer holds.

 

[Crayola Oblongata]

At least Fed and Del Po can hug it out during the medal ceremony.

 

[TennisTalkGuru]

Wooooooohooooooooooooooo 3 games for fed!!!!!

 

[-RF-]

Hold on. Hold on. Maybe, just maybe.

 

[BigServer1]

FED! Where have you been???

 

[Deleted member 120290]

A year from now no one will remember or care about Olympics. It's just not a big deal in pro tennis. But it will be a big boost to Murray and Delpo, both of whom should go on to win multiple majors.

 

[Magnus]

If Roger actually turns this match around and wins I will forever worship at the altar of the Fed.

Nah, its too late. I don't mind Murray winning, but that was embaressing to watch.

 

[StanW]

Lets Go Federer!

 

[jaggy]

Team great britain have to keep their bottle

 

[shanked_it]

feds angles havnt been there

 

[Tennis sensation]

roger holds..

 

[kevin_95]

Usain bolt better not screw up today as well.

 

[romeo8880]

On CLAY.

Riiiiiiight !

It is on clay in 2016???

 

[Cup8489]

 

[kishnabe]

Federer can still come back and with the 3rd set.

 

[zagor]

the Muzz offensive is too much to handle for the fed. Vamoz!

I know, just like Bastl was too good for Sampras at Wimbledon, just outplayed the so called grass GOAT.

 

[ductrung3993]

Why? Because they're not kissing Federer's ass?

You dont have to. Just stay classy like the crowd in WTF.

 

[The_Order]

So what ?

Well Rafa > Fed of course

 

[BigServer1]

Murraty certainly surprised me; to quote Brad Gilbert's oft-used line, he's taking Federer "to the woodshed!"

Yeah, because Murray is really a threat to Federer, right? Keep telling yourself this is going to be even a remotely competitive match.

I'd definitely say Murray has surprised you.

 

[90's Clay]

Well.. Fed got the bigger and more important match at wimbledon.. This shouldn't bother Fed to much anyways

 

[Sentinel]

Well it was good while it lasted but feds wont stay number 1 for long.

Now who cares. He;s gone beyond 286.

 

[rommil]

Looks like Federer will win a 6th game.

You can do that if you dont stay home

 

[Djoker]

One break and this thing is back on. That's all it takes.

 

[Cup8489]

Murray almost had him... there's still a tad bit of hope here.

 

[DavidGarcia]

A year from now no one will remember or care about Olympics. It's just not a big deal in pro tennis. But it will be a big boost to Murray and Delpo, both of whom should go on to win multiple majors.

I guess you did not see Djokovic or Delpo crying........

I've no clue if you think an Olympics medal means nothing.

 

[tennis_pro]

Oh snap! 6-2, 6-1, 4-2 Murray?!

Can someone tell me what's been happening? Is Murray playing incredible or is Fed just too tired from the semi's?

Both......

 

[All-rounder]

Why? Because they're not kissing Federer's ass?

Fed fans are too use to having the crowd support with Federer.
I'm loving that Federer doesn't get cheers, you can see he has no confidence.

 

[6-1 6-3 6-0]

On CLAY.

Riiiiiiight !

It will be interesting for sure. Nadal with the opportunity to win 2 Olympic singles gold medals, on 2 different surfaces, in 2 consecutive attempts (out of 2 total attempts). Nadal will be 30 then, almost in the same position as Federer.

 

[Leto]

Shaping up to be a disappointing final...

Expected more out of Fed, despite the hurdle of trying to win Wimbledon and then Olympic Gold back-to-back at his age.

Still thought that Murray was a big enough question mark, that Fed would have been able to win at least a set.

This signals to me that Murray has truly learned from his past disappointments, and that he will truly be a force to be reckoned with, no matter who he has to face amongst the top 3, in the slams to come (and let's face it...winning a slam, still remains a huge question mark for Murray to overcome).

Just as follow-up to my own post...a 3-set loss for Fed would have been at least "mildly" less surprising, if at least one of the sets had made it to a tiebreak. Let's face it...Fed's performance in this final, when compared against how much emotional capital he has invested into repeatedly discussing the personal importance of winning the gold, and how much it means to him, shows that he has always had problems with playing his best, when a match is REALLY important to him...

 

[TennisLovaLova]

Game summary: ******** tired vs a lucky pusher in great shape
And fed had 23.756 bp's he didnt convert cause he's a mental midget today

 

[Towser83]

Nadal still holds the record for least games allowing Federer to win in a best-of-5 final, at 4 games. Murray can come close, he's currently at 5 games.

what's interesting is now Murray will have won 2 olympic medals, maybe 2 golds, and beaten Djokovic and Federer in straights to do it in the singles which puts him above Nadal as an olympian. He also looks like beating Federer in straight sets on grass which Nadal has never done in 3 attempts :shock: Also never been bagelled by Federer on grass like Nadal was and he's breadsticked Federer which nadal has never done :shock:

What are the implications regarding Nadal's grass ability?

 

[TennisLovaLova]

Most important game of the match right now imo

 

[Crayola Oblongata]

Sexi Swiss Silver???

Eh? Eh? Has a ring to it.

 

[6-1 6-3 6-0]

Tim Henman: "Murray held steady at the back of the court, forced Federer into unforced errors."

 

[THUNDERVOLLEY]

I know, just like Bastl was too good for Sampras at Wimbledon, just outplayed the so called grass GOAT.

Bitter.............

 

[Cup8489]

Murray will probably choke in some way serving for the match. But that depends on if Federer can even hold next game.

 

[zagor]

Well Rafa > Fed of course

Because he has won one tournament Fed hasn't?

Not to mention that Fed has a Gold medal as well, on top of winning Silver one this year.

 

[BeHappy]

Well if Murray does win he'll eclipse Miroslav Mecir:

Mecir: Lost 2 slam finals and wins an olympics

Murray: Lost 4 slam finals and wins an olympics

 

[tom_asdelonge182]

Geez the BBC commentary suck

 

[-RF-]

omg all these ue's.......

 

[Deleted member 3771]

Too strong, Feeble Fed has no answers.

 

[Magnus]

Well.. Fed got the bigger and more important match at wimbledon.. This shouldn't bother Fed to much anyways

TBH though Murray has been playing much better on this match than at W final, I don't think I've ever seen that kind of performance, ever. He was painting lines constantly, not missing shots at all. Fed just looked clueless and failed at no matter what he tried. Perfromance from another planet by Muzz.

 

[BigServer1]

what's interesting is now Murray will have won 2 olympic medals, maybe 2 golds, and beaten Djokovic and Federer in straights to do it in the singles which puts him above Nadal as an olympian. He also looks like beating Federer in straight sets on grass which Nadal has never done in 3 attempts :shock: Also never been bagelled by Federer on grass like Nadal was and he's breadsticked Federer which nadal has never done :shock:

What are the implications regarding Nadal's grass ability?

Yeah Murray's Olympic resume is about to become the best of any active player.

Unless somehow he loses this match, which would shock me.

 

[90's Clay]

what's interesting is now Murray will have won 2 olympic medals, maybe 2 golds, and beaten Djokovic and Federer in straights to do it in the singles which puts him above Nadal as an olympian. He also looks like beating Federer in straight sets on grass which Nadal has never done in 3 attempts :shock: Also never been bagelled by Federer on grass like Nadal was and he's breadsticked Federer which nadal has never done :shock:

What are the implications regarding Nadal's grass ability?

Which makes it even more odd ... Is the number of Masters events Murray has won, the number of times he's beaten DJoker and Fed at non-slam events, 2 gold Medals,, yet he's still SLAMLESS:shock:

 

[PCXL-Fan]

Federer wins 1 more game each set.

So he will win the 7th set

 

[zagor]

Bitter.............

Nope, regarding Natural, that's an appropriate response to him.

And you're not the one to lecture me about bitterness.

 

[Hood_Man]

I'm still not convinced it will be any different in the majors. The Olympics is more on Masters Series/Davis Cup level.

I think being best of 5 on grass against Federer will be a big help for him though.

Saying that, and I hope I don't get flamed by anyone for this... but I think Federer's feeling the effects of that semi final and his packed season. Not massively, but one of those small margins that makes a difference.

Murray's taking every opportunity though And what a wonderful crowd!

LOL! My non tennis mate is texting me every anti Federer message he can think of, I was expecting sympathy!

 

[kishnabe]

Rain Dance needed right now!

 

[jaggy]

That service game was sick

 

[romeo8880]

lol who is this guy out there? Clearly not Federer.