U.S Open 4th round Blake vs Haas

Blake vs Haas

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I want someone who can give Federer a good match in the semis to get there. Although to be honest I dont think ever of these players can so I dont think this match makes any difference in that regard.
 
I gotta go with Blake in 4. Playing very well now and I think will just be to much for Blake. His forehand will do some damage on Monday.
 
grafrules said:
I want someone who can give Federer a good match in the semis to get there. Although to be honest I dont think ever of these players can so I dont think this match makes any difference in that regard.
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Yeah that is the part that sucks. None of the players left in this half can give Federer any trouble. What a joke draw he has to the final.
 
Here is hoping Blake serves a little better, and recovers from hislast 2 night matches.

Blake in 4 sets, but I have a bad feeling about this match :o
 
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My heart is really with Haasy....however, having said that, I think this might go all the way with Blake taking it in 5...I'm not rooting against Blake, just really want Tommy to win;)
 
I voted Haas in 5 but Blake has been playing really well though I couldn't completely watch the match again Koubek. I supremely get tired of watching, "bash-bash-bash, net. bash-bash-bash-out..." and so forth. Am not in any way doubting or knocking their skills, but a little change up would be refreshing. Haas might be able to do it, though he started very slow against Petzschner the other day.
 
I wouldn't mind the outcome either way, since both players are interesting to me. Like mentioned before, neither of 'em will present a problem to Fed, but if I had to pick, I'd say Haas...simply because I've already seen enough of Fed demolishing Blake.
 
blake has been strugglin but has prevailed in his previous matches.

but my gut is just telling me haas is going to take this one in 4. gotta go with my gut
 
Just when you think Blake is playing well, he makes a number of unforced errors to give Haas the lead.
 
If your challenge is wrong, you lose a challenge. Likewise, it seems to me they should amend the rule so that if a challenge is right, you gain a challenge, instead of merely keeping the challenge.
 
What happened? I turned to golf for like 20 minutes while Blake was up 2-0 in the second and all of a sudden he's lost the set
 
psamp14 said:
indeed it is....blake got on some sort of a roll at the end of the 3rd and immediately gets broken....now haas is facing 15-40
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These kind of matches are hard to watch. Nice to watch too, since you seem some quality tennis and rallies, but so many periods of uncertainty and loss of confidence. It pretty much spells out why two pretty good players who have been near the top a certain period of time will never win a Grand Slam.
 
After Blake breaks Haas to win set 3 with a double break advantage, Haas starts the 3rd by breaking Blake. Haas fights off some break points in Game 2, and is now fighting to break Blake again in Game 3.
 
anointedone said:
These kind of matches are hard to watch. Nice to watch too, since you seem some quality tennis and rallies, but so many periods of uncertainty and loss of confidence. It pretty much spells out why two pretty good players who have been near the top a certain period of time will never win a Grand Slam.
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its just tough to predict, but fun to watch..haas is a shotmaker and blake is an entertainer

right now it looks to go to the 5th, and we all know what lurks there...blake's like 0-10 in 5 set matches....
 
psamp14 said:
its just tough to predict, but fun to watch..haas is a shotmaker and blake is an entertainer

right now it looks to go to the 5th, and we all know what lurks there...blake's like 0-10 in 5 set matches....
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It is entertaining for sure, and since I dont personally favor one player much over the other it does not grate on the nerves too much either. Also though Blake is 1-9 or 1-10, whatever starts with a 1, in 5 set matches now after beating Santoro in 5. :p
 
haas is on fire right now and he's just going all out on those winners. not much blake can do when he's firing away and the balls go in.
 
blake loses the 4th 6-0.

looks like he's running out of gas. maybe the monkey is starting it's climb up his back again.
 
sorry i stand corrected...how could i forget blake won his 1st 5 set match against santoro?

well in any case this match is into the 5th, and we'll see what happens..

i just want to see a federer-blake or federer-haas semifinal
 
as john mcenroe said....tremendous game by haas....this is just great to watch right now...what a beautiful backhand haas possesses
 
blake doesn't seem to be moving his feet and he's feeding the ball right to haas' forehand, or at least he's letting him tee off on all of his weak groundstrokes. i think he's tired. he needs to really go toe to toe with the power on the rallies, playing it safe is not working at all. its painful to watch right now, i can almost smell another bagel
 
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