Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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What is with the criticism of Serena Williams? Very unfair and needlessly cruel.
So are you saying she will never do this well again, I would bet she will make the final in the next three years
David Ferrer is atrocious. I hate his "style". Really poor player, but from monday he will be world number 3. By default. Federer dropping to #5. Ridiculous.
David Ferrer is atrocious. I hate his "style". Really poor player, but from monday he will be world number 3. By default. Federer dropping to #5. Ridiculous.
It's down to ranking points. Federer had a lot of ranking points to defend which he lost by virtue of him losing in the 2nd round. Whereas, win or lose, Ferrer has reached the same stage in the tournament he got to last year. Indeed, even though Nadal went out a round before Federer, it won't have had that bad an effect on his ranking points because he went out in the 2nd round last year. They perhaps need to do the rankings on a 2 year cycle, rather than penalising players that don't 'defend their points'. That, and place more weighting on the Slams and the Masters series tournaments where the points are concerned because where Ferrer has been able to get above Federer in the first place is because he's playing more tournaments, whereas Federer at his age and with a family, has decided to cut down his schedule.
He is very fit, but if Del Porto can survive long enough it will be excellent, love the way he is so laid back but then smashes the ball so hard. I'm glad Murray will miss Ferrer if he makes the semi as I can see him losing to him. Wife and daughter are lucky enough to be on centre today.
He is very fit, but if Del Porto can survive long enough it will be excellent, love the way he is so laid back but then smashes the ball so hard. I'm glad Murray will miss Ferrer if he makes the semi as I can see him losing to him. Wife and daughter are lucky enough to be on centre today.
Murray lose to Ferrer? He'd have thrown in the towel during the warm up, if not before. .
Strange choice of phrase. Surely Ferrer is just about the last tennis player in the world to be 'throwing in the towel'?? The guy never knows when he's beaten.
Murray lose to Ferrer? He'd have thrown in the towel during the warm up, if not before. He has beaten only one top 10 player this year. He is fantastic against the level below the top 10, his relentless blocking back is enough. Against the better players it isn't.
How did you see Ferrer beating Murray exactly? Murray beat Ferrer at Wimbledon last year and has beaten him twice since, if I recall correctly and Murray is a much more accomplished player on grass than Ferrer.
With the weight of expectation on his shoulders in a year with the shock defeats that have handed Murray with an "easy" ride to the final. I agree he is much stronger and "should" win, but with tennis you never know
With the weight of expectation on his shoulders in a year with the shock defeats that have handed Murray with an "easy" ride to the final. I agree he is much stronger and "should" win, but with tennis you never know
If Andy Murray can thrash arguably the best men's tennis player of all time to win an Olympic gold medal in front of a British crowd 3 weeks after the same player beat him in the final at Wimbledon, then I'm pretty certain he'd have handled the pressure of beating a guy he beat in the quarter-finals a year ago. As for an easy ride to the final, today he plays a man who reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open 4 years ago and narrowly lost to Nadal in a match that lasted nearly 5 hours and who has won an ATP tournament on grass. Win that and he could play a semi-final against Janowicz, who has an incredibly powerful serve.
If Andy Murray can thrash arguably the best men's tennis player of all time to win an Olympic gold medal in front of a British crowd 3 weeks after the same player beat him in the final at Wimbledon, then I'm pretty certain he'd have handled the pressure of beating a guy he beat in the quarter-finals a year ago. As for an easy ride to the final, today he plays a man who reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open 4 years ago and narrowly lost to Nadal in a match that lasted nearly 5 hours and who has won an ATP tournament on grass. Win that and he could play a semi-final against Janowicz, who has an incredibly powerful serve.
I don't rate Janowicz, his game is error prone and he is constantly offering up a free point or two. I'd love to see Kubot win that quater - just for the laughs.