2018 AO Men's QF: Federer-Berdych

[Denis]

So what do you Fed fans think of Fed playing Chung? End of the road for Fed?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Just woke up, missed two full sets.

A bird in the hand is worth two sets.

 

[I.Haychew]

Who did he play besides JMDP? I can't seem to remember?

R1: deMinaur
R2: Garcia-Lopez
R3: del Potro
R4: F3
QF: Federer

 

[kskate2]

R1: deMinaur
R2: Garcia-Lopez
R3: del Potro
R4: F3
QF: Federer

F3 is the only person I can see would have given him any grief before QF

 

[Denis]

F3 is the only person I can see would have given him any grief before QF

DeMinaur was not an easy first round. It also took him five sets I believe.

And DP?

Come to think of it, its a pretty tough draw for Berd.

 

[DarthFed]

So what do you Fed fans think of Fed playing Chung? End of the road for Fed?

Haven't seen too much of Chung yet aside from a couple matches the last few seasons which isn't too relevant. The way Roger has played since 0-3 down in the first set...he isn't losing to anyone left in this draw. But obviously he could slip up, it hasn't been great on serve for him today but Berdych has forced his baseline play to come alive in a big way.

 

[DarthFed]

Wow if the AO site is right Roger is serving 43% first serves this match. That's by far the lowest I can remember from him.

 

[britbox]

DeMinaur was not an easy first round. It also took him five sets I believe.

And DP?

Come to think of it, its a pretty tough draw for Berd.

yeah, De Minaur is one to watch - he's been playing well. Hewitt has also been mentoring him, although he's not his official coach.

 

[britbox]

Another bad line call - albeit that one was about half millimetre.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Oh boy, Fed even gets Hawk-eye challenges right!

 

[britbox]

Break... All Federer now.

 

[britbox]

Oh boy, Fed even gets Hawk-eye challenges right!

Lol. How close was that one - the smallest of margins... although Fed sounded so convincing you'd have thought it missed by 30 feet.

 

[DarthFed]

That break near the end of set 2 seems to have broken his will a bit. Hope Roger can keep the foot on the gas here.

 

[DarthFed]

Oh wow, Berd missed a sitter for a 0-40 lead

 

[DarthFed]

Loose game there from Roger to get broken right back

 

[Bert]

Haven't seen too much of Chung yet aside from a couple matches the last few seasons which isn't too relevant. The way Roger has played since 0-3 down in the first set...he isn't losing to anyone left in this draw. But obviously he could slip up, it hasn't been great on serve for him today but Berdych has forced his baseline play to come alive in a big way.

I don't see Fed losing against Chung if they meet in SF. Chung is playing good but I think he is not at this level yet and the tension will be bigger for him as well.

 

[DarthFed]

That BH down the line is $$$ today

 

[DarthFed]

Ok now the AO site is showing 64% first serves for the match from Fed. Seems they are a bit messed up. Roger's serve has seemed off but 43% was extreme.

 

[El Dude]

This is kind of ugly. Roger is just toying with him. He occasionally loses focus, but then tightens the reins and utterly dominates.

 

[britbox]

That BH down the line is $$$ today

Always a good indicator of how Roger is playing.