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Still beats the hell out of Rafa's pancake draw at USO last year. And besides, it is a 500 level tournament, what do you expect? Maybe if he'd have met mighty Sam Querrey today he would've lost like Rafa did last year... alright could barely type that without laughing.
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The draw wasn't a joke, at all. It was a competitive field. It's not Roger's fault that some of the contenders fell out. But a final v. Dimitrov was seeds holding. I'm interested to hear why Grigor didn't hold his own (I didn't see the match,) but don't blame Roger, or the draw. That's very puny fanish-ness.
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"Pretty?" Because of two 1-handers? Looked like a snooze from the score line and your report that Grigor was injured. It was over in 55 minutes. How pretty could it have been?
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Apparently, Dimi was ill since Saturday. Dimi did not say anything about it. But, the Tournament Director mentioned it. Also, Roger said he noticed that Dimi was not 100%.
I heard that Dimitrov was sick. Roger said he thought Dimitrov was dizzy during the match. problem is - Dimitrov could have been 200% healthy and still lost by the same score. We all saw that at Wimbledon last year. As John McEnroe likes to say - Dimitrov plays like Federer but his problem is...Federer does EVERYTHING better. And really...Dimitrov, like the rest of the wannabes, has no 3rd gear against the top guys. On a good day he has got 2 gears. Today he was stuck in neutral and Roger's got 5 or 6 gears...and he only needed 1 gear against Dimitrov. In fact, this is why he should play Dubai. I saw the list of entrants and it ought to be an easy 500 points to cushion his points lead ahead of defending the Sunshine Double.
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Didn't Berdych withdraw will illness? Probably something like a flu going around. Too bad.
Come on man do you have to, talk about that match, with Querrey,Nadal was injured and sick and the court wore to fast and not fair
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Has there ever been a match Nadal lost where he wasn't sick or injured? Care to provide a source regarding his loss to Sam last year, it's the first I've heard of it.
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A Fed vs Dimi match is pretty not because of the one hander but because of their variety, shot-making, and attacking style. The antithesis of Djoke, Murray, Nadal.
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Seems like every time we lose a rabid Rafaelite, we gain another one.
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Wore too fast? So you're saying conditions weren't slow enough for your precious cripple? Nothing was ever said to be wrong with him at AO 2017. Roger's backhand held up and his mind did too in the fifth set. Now Rafa is just left to hope that Roger's backhand comes back down to Earth.
You do know the FO is coming up? King of clay Nadal will Destroy Federer, unless Federer to Scared to play on clay like last year. I think on clay Federer is Nadal door mat.
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This is a little late, but kind of cute:
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/ten...l-world-number-one-Rotterdam-Open-tennis-news
Rafa was in Holland during the tournament for a charity event, and Roger said he should come around and visit him, as he was a bit lonely without Mirka and the kids. They surely do get along better than their respective fan bases do.
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/ten...l-world-number-one-Rotterdam-Open-tennis-news
Rafa was in Holland during the tournament for a charity event, and Roger said he should come around and visit him, as he was a bit lonely without Mirka and the kids. They surely do get along better than their respective fan bases do.
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I also think they do get along, but that does not mean that they are not competitive. They will continue trying to outdo each other.This is a little late, but kind of cute:
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/ten...l-world-number-one-Rotterdam-Open-tennis-news
Rafa was in Holland during the tournament for a charity event, and Roger said he should come around and visit him, as he was a bit lonely without Mirka and the kids. They surely do get along better than their respective fan bases do.
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