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Why worry so much about Fed? If a not so fresh but still playing well Stan could give Fed so much troubles, with the possibility of pushing it to five sets had Stan held his lead in the third set, why would Rafa […]

Yes, Rafa should be fresh for the SF. Vamos!

If the fourth set goes to a TB, then Fed will win the match in four sets. If Stan breaks serve and wins the fourth, the fifth set is very much a toss up.

Stan has himself to blame, for losing the third set […]

Rafa looking ok, playing well but not necessarily at his current best form yet; to me not at Rome level but that’s enough to have double breaks already against Kei.

And Fed finished off his SF opponent, Roddick, back then in straight sets, to add salt to the wound.

Yes he did, don’t deny that! AO2009 final was a typical example, when Fed even had an extra day rest!

Flat out winners? Well those winners were after some incredible long rally exchanges? You talked as if they’re from some big booming serves! Lol!

Jim, you forget Fed wasn’t 37 in 2009 either but 27! Not forgetting, Fed back then had an extra day rest before the final! The AO2009 SF between Rafa and Verdasco was equally if not more physical than the S […]

And AO2009 final.

And, Laslo and Paire didn’t peak before the FO, they came in TOP form and both lost to Kei in five sets!

Rafa was supposed to meet Pella in R3 and Medvedev in R4 but both lost early.

You talk about the quarter, not the QF opponent that the top four guys are likely to meet hence my response.

And Sasha was in bad shape coming into the FO, who cares what he has done before or what he will […]

Actually the easiest quarter is Djoko’s! He has Foggy, who bows to him (he’s 8-0 against Foggy), and a Sasha who’s having problem with his game and in bad shape and form coming into the FO. He has a Struff who’s […]

He he Amy, its the same old same old from Joe!

Stan has never been a problem for Rafa on clay, don’t even need to talk about the FO.

His SHBH, no matter how great that is/was, its not enough to trouble […]

Would Thiem prefer to face Khachanov in the QF or Delpo? It looks like it’s Khachanov that Thiem has to play in the QF.

If Khachanov makes the QF, by my calculation, he should then be in the top ten after the […]

Yes, Sasha wins and into the QF, vamos!

He will still be ranked ahead of Tsitsipas, so it’s good for him. I hope he improves from now on and gives Djoko a good fight in the QF.

Whatever problems he has, I […]

Of the four men’s matches played so far, I think I enjoyed the Kei/Paire match the best though it’s such an erratic match and it’s until the last point then I knew who’s the winner.

I didn’t watch the Djoko […]

Yeah, Monfils still a no show after the first set and lost easily in straight sets, what a shame. I feel he could do better than that. Congrats to Thiem for the win, he’s such a sweet guy.

After sleeping through the first set, Monfils has finally woken up and is playing well now in the second set. I think he’ll make a match of it from now on.

Sasha’s tennis has really deteriorated so much, don’t understand why. One year ago, he was the number two or three guy on clay, now he’s struggling to win matches on the surface!

What happened to his serve […]

The Paire and Nishi match was quite entertaining, not because of its good quality but because of the erratic qualities that both players displayed. Nishi really made hard work of it, could’ve finished it in t […]