2016 Australian Open Semifinal: Federer vs. Djokovic

[El Dude]

I voted with my heart - Roger in four - but think Novak wins it in 4.

 

[prathew]

Your bias is evident, but it's a good assessment. I appreciate your writing. If I were a Fed fan, I would enjoy the preview, right up until the prediction.

Ditto, good article, although of course for us Novak fans... At least glad you picked him, haha.

I gotta say tennis fans are pretty defensive... In this good, if rather standardized article, the author is honest enough to let clear who he is rooting for, but is pretty straightforward in his
analysis. Whenever he goes technical, he is explaining why Djokovic should win. And he states (the obvious) that he is #1 by a landslide. He gives some hope to Federer supporter's, which is reasonable, as every match has to be played, and the guy has 17 slams to his name and some wins over Djokovic last year. I am really curious, apart from the "I, inexplicably, do not like him one bit", where are you guys seeing bias?

I'm glad it did not come across as biased. Slightly surprised too since I'm a mad FedHead through and through.
Anyway, thank you guys very much for reading it through. Cheers!

 

[crystalfire]

so do i get up in the weeee hours of morning to watch a match that i hope fed wins but cant really guarantee anymore or do i just sleep and catch the highlights. sleep will save me yelling a lot at feds stupidity probably too. and i wont be dead tom

 

[Puppet Master]

so do i get up in the weeee hours of morning to watch a match that i hope fed wins but cant really guarantee anymore or do i just sleep and catch the highlights. sleep will save me yelling a lot at feds stupidity probably too. and i wont be dead tom

Just sleep through it and check the score when you get up. If Fed's name is not flashing don't even bother watching the highlights. At least I will do that

 

[nehmeth]

so do i get up in the weeee hours of morning to watch a match that i hope fed wins but cant really guarantee anymore or do i just sleep and catch the highlights. sleep will save me yelling a lot at feds stupidity probably too. and i wont be dead tom

Going to record it on the DVR. If I wake up at 4 or 5 I'll turn the live match on and go back and watch the rest later.

 

[crystalfire]

so do i get up in the weeee hours of morning to watch a match that i hope fed wins but cant really guarantee anymore or do i just sleep and catch the highlights. sleep will save me yelling a lot at feds stupidity probably too. and i wont be dead tom

Just sleep through it and check the score when you get up. If Fed's name is not flashing don't even bother watching the highlights. At least I will do that

haha thats what i normally do. if fed wins watch the highlights if not meh who cares. we pretty much know how he blows it

 

[crystalfire]

so do i get up in the weeee hours of morning to watch a match that i hope fed wins but cant really guarantee anymore or do i just sleep and catch the highlights. sleep will save me yelling a lot at feds stupidity probably too. and i wont be dead tom

Going to record it on the DVR. If I wake up at 4 or 5 I'll turn the live match on and go back and watch the rest later.

your guy should win haha so you shouldnt even be worried

 

[Ilovetennis2]

Djokovic in three. I normally vote with my heart, but if Federer can't beat him at Wimbledon or the USO, he isn't doing anything here.

 

[Srini]

Sadly cant see Fed winning this. Djokovic in 4.
However, if Fed wins the first set, there is a possibility of an upset.

 

[shawnbm]

Roger in four sets. He is due and he has played Novak tough in the big events--not much has separated them. He appears to be quite comfortable with the speed of this court; it is faster by all accounts. That is a key factor, which will be accentuated by closing the roof. It will be interesting and the winner here wins the whole thing.

 

[mrzz]

You guys keep saying that the winner here will win the whole thing... if Federer wins and goes on to lose the title, I will be so mad, so angry, so full of hatred against all of you that I will, I swear I wll, I promisse I will dislike all your posts!

 

[shawnbm]

You guys keep saying that the winner here will win the whole thing... if Federer wins and goes on to lose the title, I will be so mad, so angry, so full of hatred against all of you that I will, I swear I wll, I promisse I will dislike all your posts!

I retract what I said--I don't want to jinx your man. lot

 

[Carol]

Not surprisingly Nadal fans are routing for the guy who hasn't been destroying their beloved for the past 10 matches :snicker Probably the one and only time they ever will cheer for old Wodger.

:snicker Why would they even care? Er...except for that whole thing with Roger putting more distance between himself and the fading Nadal in the Slams count. :laydownlaughing Gonna be hard for Nadal to get to 15 the way he's playing - let alone 18.:lolz:

Well, to put more distance Roger first would have to get the '18' and Nadal not more GS. Sorry contradict to you but even what is going on with Nadal I see more dificult that Roger wins another GS than Nadal not a single :lolz:

 

[HSD]

I am a rabid Federer fan. But I think Djokovic takes this in 4 at most. If only Federer can keep the unforced errors in check then he might have a chance. Also guys, can anybody help me change the random password generated by the tennis frontier email? they are saying to go the control center which is not there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Carol]

Lol, too much propaganda, we'll see....

http://media.fyre.co/XGqAB0OnR4Oa6z5dRb8d_image.gif

 

[golds girl]

I am a rabid Federer fan. But I think Djokovic takes this in 4 at most. If only Federer can keep the unforced errors in check then he might have a chance. Also guys, can anybody help me change the random password generated by the tennis frontier email? they are saying to go the control center which is not there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Welcome HSD.
I'm sure one of our great mods will get back to you on password problems.

 

[Front242]

Gutted I'll miss this with work. Plenty of highlights later please, pavlik!

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTizOaIWVb0[/video]

 

[Fiero425]

Nole's crushing the ball in the 1st couple games! This may not be pretty for the Federer Fans! ;-)

 

[Frode789]

Federer broken in first game... Yupp, this will be a clean 3 set win for Djoker..