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Same with Fed vs Nadal or Nole in fairness though.
Not sure Novak is all there yet. And I think Roger has Rafa's number now. The last match in China really nailed it for me. Roger wasn't playing particularly well until he faced Rafa in the final and he beat him easy
 

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I'd much rather Fed plays KA. Monfils has caused him trouble the last 5+ years. With that said this is a major and you'd figure Fed steps up and Monfils steps down if it comes to it.
 
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I'd much rather Fed plays KA. Monfils has caused him trouble the last 5+ years. With that said this is a major and you'd figure Fed steps up and Monfils steps down if it comes to it.
yup. Gael's inner clown would be forced out
 
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I'd much rather Fed plays KA. Monfils has caused him trouble the last 5+ years. With that said this is a major and you'd figure Fed steps up and Monfils steps down if it comes to it.
Exactly my point. We're talking about the same guy who tanked a SF against Djoke
 

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Not sure Novak is all there yet. And I think Roger has Rafa's number now. The last match in China really nailed it for me. Roger wasn't playing particularly well until he faced Rafa in the final and he beat him easy

Roger would have way more on the line than Rafa if that's the final, and that's what would worry me most. If things don't go perfectly vs Nads at majors they usually go terribly. It'd take an awful match for Roger to lose to anyone here though. Garbage surface or not he has the best game for it.
 

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Vasoline broke Ralphy from 40-15 down? Let's see how long that lasts. I set over/under on 1 game.
 

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Lol, 15-40 already. Damn cream puff gets me excited for half a minute
 

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Actually, maybe he would have won one in 2004 before the rise of Nadal, so you're right.

Or maybe Nadal doesn't win it every single year and maybe Roger beats him there in 06 and/or 07 before he was mentally destroyed. Anyways chalk it up to a difference in opinion.
 

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I already know. You don't have to tell me. Anyone who clowns around the way Gael does is not going to trouble Fed in the QF of Wimby. Watch and learn!

I will be sure to bump your post after the QF. :good:
 

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I don't know why kskate is unfriendly to me. LOL

Anywho, anyone who's seen USO 14 QF knows what I'm talking about. This is a high bouncing grasscourt so Fed WILL struggle against Monfils because Monfils groundstrokes are loopy and heavy, exactly how Fed does not like them.
 

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Roger would have way more on the line than Rafa if that's the final, and that's what would worry me most. If things don't go perfectly vs Nads at majors they usually go terribly. It'd take an awful match for Roger to lose to anyone here though. Garbage surface or not he has the best game for it.

Yes. It will be a very high pressure situation for Roger and Rafa'd know it better than anyone else.
 

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Kandy is choking left and right here. Doesn't convert BPs and keeps giving him momentum. Kandy is a useless choker with a good game.
 

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I don't know why kskate is unfriendly to me. LOL

Anywho, anyone who's seen USO 14 QF knows what I'm talking about. This is a high bouncing grasscourt so Fed WILL struggle against Monfils because Monfils groundstrokes are loopy and heavy, exactly how Fed does not like them.
That was 4 years ago and Fed will not be beaten by Clownfils here. If he loses at all, it won't be to Gael in full clown mode.
 

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That was 4 years ago and Fed will not be beaten by Clownfils here. If he loses at all, it won't be to Gael in full clown mode.

My point is that Clownfils won't be easy for Fed as you had asserted. Nothing more ,nothing less so learn to read and chill out please.
 

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Kandy can't get an easy hold at all. He's going to get broken here.