*Spoiler* Safin vs. Federer

[mjcxp]

Saved One.

 

[PurePrestige]

I think with Lundgren helping Safin to stay calm and focused is resulting in him being able to hit harder consistently because he's alot more relaxed. Also he's had great serving records this tournament like they mentioned his match against Rochus i believe he had 33 aces and 1 double fault. Not to mention he's performing very well in tiebreakers which are normally a big problem.

Safin is strong now, very strong, Fed will have a tough time in the future as well as today.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Fed lost another bp:

Break Point Conversions 3 of 11 = 27 % 3 of 8 = 38 %

this might be fatal ...

 

[mjcxp]

Great clutch play by Fed.

 

[Xeq]

Whats the score!

 

[Marius_Hancu]

amazing, Fed broke back!! 4-5 now serving ...

 

[spinbalz]

Great, Federer broke back!

 

[tennis_prodigy]

Omg

OH MY GAAAAAAWWD

 

[sliceroni]

My goodness. Why the f#$k isn't ESPN showing this. This possibly could be the match of the year.

 

[AAAA]

Federer had two serves in 4th set tiebreak to win the match- he didn't.
Safin had a service game at 5-3 5th set to win the match - he didn't.

 

[spinbalz]

Drame, Drama, Drama...

 

[spinbalz]

Our sport is great

 

[mjcxp]

Match Point

 

[tennis_prodigy]

oh no, fed sqved it

 

[Marius_Hancu]

now safin had a mp ...

 

[sliceroni]

Man, Fed saves another match point.

 

[tennis_prodigy]

this is too much, its 5 all

 

[ian mercier]

5-5...whew

 

[mrwise]

5-5 in the fifth

 

[Marius_Hancu]

great no tieb. in the 5th
f*** Van Allen introducing tieb. in 1973
THIS IS TENNIS as it was meant to be

 

[spinbalz]

When I think that some tennis official instances want to avoid best of 5 sets matches, even for the slam events !!!

 

[mrwise]

I think we will see this on DVD on **** tomorrow...hehehe...

 

[JCF]

thats it Fed will win it 7/5
**** anyway he is killing the game

 

[HookEmJeff]

Anybody found a better tv feed than this BS Arab Tv crap? Amazing they can broadcast Osama from a cave with aluminum foil and a coat hanger for a signal, but they can't broadcast a decent signal from a major world sporting event with a dish the size of a small city? God, I woke up just to see who won, and it's still going on. ESPN, I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!

Jeff

 

[AAAA]

Federer is being made to play some real big points and he's hanging in there.

 

[tennis_prodigy]

Come Ooooooooooooooooooooooooonn 6-5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rickson]

6-5 Federer?

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Federer is being made to play some real big points and he's hanging in there.

well, at least he seems to have recovered physically from whatever he had ...

 

[HookEmJeff]

Marat has 20 winners in this set. That's a pretty nice number for a set and he's still only ahead 6-5? How many mp's has he had...about four?

Jeff

 

[AAAA]

Safin holds for 6-5 final set. He is a powerhouse. Noticed top trainer(former marine?) Walt Landers in Safin's corner.

 

[syntex1]

f%&^%$&^ BU*^&^& FU% ^%!#@ *&^*( & ^)(_)(* line calls

 

[tennis_prodigy]

oh I love this game............

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Safin holds for 6-5 final set. He is a powerhouse. Noticed top trainer(former marine?) Walt Landers in Safin's corner.

the blonde guy?

 

[spinbalz]

How many racquets will Safin break if he loses that match? Make your bets!

I say just 1 or 0.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

at least this is fair and square, no tiebreak here.

 

[HookEmJeff]

He will break all of them if he loses. I would too if I lost after having four match points in a Grand Slam semifinal.

Jeff

 

[mjcxp]

it is 6-6 now

 

[tennis_prodigy]

**** 6 all

 

[mrwise]

6-6 in the fifth

 

[Rickson]

it's on ESPN 2 RIGHT NOW!

 

[HookEmJeff]

ya think ESPN will show the match in its entirety tomorrow? Can you say INSTANT CLASSIC?

Jeff

 

[Marius_Hancu]

He will break all of them if he loses. I would too if I lost after having four match points in a Grand Slam semifinal.

Jeff

when did he have 4?
I only saw one at 5-4 40-30, but perhaps I missed the action)

 

[Rickson]

Espn 2 Right Now!

 

[Marius_Hancu]

again Fed has 0-30 on Safin's serve, let's see this time at
66

 

[AAAA]

Federer holds serve to level it at 6-6. Physically he looks real tired but big serving is keeping him in the match. Safin is still moving quickly like in the first set.

 

[Rickson]

Fed Has Break Point At 6-6

 

[HookEmJeff]

when did they finally decide this was worth showing? After the Mike and Mike show?

 

[mrwise]

Break chance for FED!!

 

[Rickson]

Back To Deuce.

 

[Rickson]

Advantage Safin