Roland Garros- The French Open

[guyver01]

i hope pele comes out of retirement...


hmm..

is this the right sport?

i dont follow wussy tennis.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: guyver01
i hope pele comes out of retirement...


hmm..

is this the right sport?

i dont follow wussy tennis.

Then why post here?

Oh wait, you're TROLLING...

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: guyver01
i hope pele comes out of retirement...


hmm..

is this the right sport?

i dont follow wussy tennis.

ur so kool dude

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Oh wait, you're TROLLING...

naw... ya think?

im bored... its 1:15am... i'm at work..

i need something to keep me awake, since there's nothing to do at 1:15am..

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Oh wait, you're TROLLING...

naw... ya think?

im bored... its 1:15am... i'm at work..

i need something to keep me awake, since there's nothing to do at 1:15am..

*Sigh*... you know what, that actually is an acceptable excuse for trolling. Now I need to act provoked...

Whaddya mean, tennis is "wussy"!!!!!11 You can't be serious!

Ah hell, I'm going to bed. Good luck in finding what you're looking for. :moon:

 

[BrokenVisage]

Whew.. looks like Federer is gonna survive after being down 2 games. Would have freaked if he blew a chance at the slam against an unranked Haas. Stars should be aligned for him now that Rafa is gone, he has only himself to blame if he doesn't roll from here on.

 

[Miramonti]

For whatever reason, Nadal couldn't get many ground strokes much beyond the service line, which is when he's the most vulnerable. The few times I've seen him lose, this was the case each time (altho his first serve really sucked yesterday too.)

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Whew.. looks like Federer is gonna survive after being down 2 games. Would have freaked if he blew a chance at the slam against an unranked Haas. Stars should be aligned for him now that Rafa is gone, he has only himself to blame if he doesn't roll from here on.

Damn I can't believe he came back from that. Haas was sooo close!

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: jjsole
For whatever reason, Nadal couldn't get many ground strokes much beyond the service line, which is when he's the most vulnerable. The few times I've seen him lose, this was the case each time (altho his first serve really sucked yesterday too.)

The announcers kept mentioning the windy conditions being a big part of why Nadal lost, but it's hard to see that when watching it on TV and I can't imagine him not being able to overcome that. From what I could see Soderling was just overpowering him with his forehand and Nadal wasn't able to set up for those tricky shots that he places so well. First serve suckage hurt too I'm sure but he should be able to overcome that as well, even though it helped contribute to 5 breaks. Incredible.. Federer has a hard enough time holding serve against him, then someone like Soderling breaks him 5 times.

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: jjsole
For whatever reason, Nadal couldn't get many ground strokes much beyond the service line, which is when he's the most vulnerable. The few times I've seen him lose, this was the case each time (altho his first serve really sucked yesterday too.)

The announcers kept mentioning the windy conditions being a big part of why Nadal lost, but it's hard to see that when watching it on TV and I can't imagine him not being able to overcome that. From what I could see Soderling was just overpowering him with his forehand and Nadal wasn't able to set up for those tricky shots that he places so well. First serve suckage hurt too I'm sure but he should be able to overcome that as well, even though it helped contribute to 5 breaks. Incredible.. Federer has a hard enough time holding serve against him, then someone like Soderling breaks him 5 times.

damn that one-sided wind...

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: jjsole
For whatever reason, Nadal couldn't get many ground strokes much beyond the service line, which is when he's the most vulnerable. The few times I've seen him lose, this was the case each time (altho his first serve really sucked yesterday too.)

The announcers kept mentioning the windy conditions being a big part of why Nadal lost, but it's hard to see that when watching it on TV and I can't imagine him not being able to overcome that. From what I could see Soderling was just overpowering him with his forehand and Nadal wasn't able to set up for those tricky shots that he places so well. First serve suckage hurt too I'm sure but he should be able to overcome that as well, even though it helped contribute to 5 breaks. Incredible.. Federer has a hard enough time holding serve against him, then someone like Soderling breaks him 5 times.

That must have been a major factor. I wouldn't call nadal's strokes 'layups' but have never seen so many non-attacking shallow shots from him before.

Soderling was 'on' in almost every way. His forehand rocked, and his two-handed backhand hit some absolutely vicious shots. And that's coming from a guy who's also serving up to 137mph.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Whew.. looks like Federer is gonna survive after being down 2 games [sets!]. Would have freaked if he blew a chance at the slam against an unranked Haas. Stars should be aligned for him now that Rafa is gone, he has only himself to blame if he doesn't roll from here on.

Fixed...would have loved to watch this one! Federer won 9 consecutive games to pull even, and swept the final 5. :Q

Its a shame Rafa's out, but there's still a lot of great tennis to come.

link

 

[zebano]

Wow, crazy weekend and I didn't get to watch any of it =(

Djoker... out
Ivanovic ... out (but that was expected).
NADAL.. gone .. I've gotta watch this match.

Fed.. struggles mightly again but survives in 5 sets against Haas.

Roddick.. alive.. WTH

Tsonga & Monflis ... kicking ass and taking names!

 

[Casawi]

Originally posted by: jonnyjack

Originally posted by: aldamon

Originally posted by: jonnyjack

Wow. I don't know who to root for now. Both he and Verdasco lost and they were headed for a quarterfinal matchup.

Root for Roddick. Poor guy was even beaten to the altar by Federer.

Roddick won in the wife hotness department though, haha.

Roddick is cool but Monfils won me over with that dive. Looking forward to their matchup tomorrow.

I don't want Federer to win Roland Garros, I'll root for him at Wimbledon.

Yeah I would like to see Roddick succeed. I think he works hard and deserves another slam.
But I am rooting for Federer I guess, or Tsonga cause his dad is African ...lol
Roger dodged one today.

 

[Casawi]

Originally posted by: Red Irish
Crazy and unexpected upsets this year: Nadal, Verdasco and Djokovic.

Djokovic was not really an upset. Although he was the 4th seed, he was never a threat in my opinion. Robredo would have crushed him or Del Porto.

 

[Casawi]

Originally posted by: guyver01
i hope pele comes out of retirement...


hmm..

is this the right sport?

i dont follow wussy tennis.

Get out of here.

 

[Casawi]

Originally posted by: zebano
Wow, crazy weekend and I didn't get to watch any of it =(

Djoker... out
Ivanovic ... out (but that was expected).
NADAL.. gone .. I've gotta watch this match.

Fed.. struggles mightly again but survives in 5 sets against Haas.

Roddick.. alive.. WTH

Tsonga & Monflis ... kicking ass and taking names!

I have those matches recorded ! no idea how to get'em on my rig.

 

[zebano]

Originally posted by: Casawi

Originally posted by: Red Irish
Crazy and unexpected upsets this year: Nadal, Verdasco and Djokovic.

Djokovic was not really an upset. Although he was the 4th seed, he was never a threat in my opinion. Robredo would have crushed him or Del Porto.

You haven't watched much tennis have you? Djoker lost in the semi's in 2007 & 8 meaning the only two people better than him on clay were Roger and Rafa.

 

[aldamon]

Originally posted by: Casawi

Yeah I would like to see Roddick succeed. I think he works hard and deserves another slam.
But I am rooting for Federer I guess, or Tsonga cause his dad is African ...lol
Roger dodged one today.

And Roddick lays another egg. Any time a player can handle Roddick's serve he pouts and loses promptly.

 

[nCred]

Yay, Söderling goes through to the final.

 

[KeithTalent]

Nce work by Soderling! :thumbsup:

What time does Federer play? Everything is showing TBD for me.

KT

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Nce work by Soderling! :thumbsup:

What time does Federer play? Everything is showing TBD for me.

KT

I'm getting 2-1 federer in the first set at rolandgaros.com, live scores.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Nce work by Soderling! :thumbsup:

What time does Federer play? Everything is showing TBD for me.

KT

I'm getting 2-1 federer in the first set at rolandgaros.com, live scores.

It's only showing me the mixed-doubles final.

KT

Edit: it's working now. :thumbsup:

 

[Miramonti]

Del Potro has a freakin crushing serve. :Q

1st set: del potro, 6-3

 

[KeithTalent]

Damn, that was barely competitive.

KT