Australian Open Day 8: Monday, Jan 20 - Order of Play

[Denis]

By the way Denis, tented was not threatening you. He was pointing out the irony of a Novak fan complaining about delays.

You can't play by two hats and then choose later which one you had on.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Deliberately delaying the game to get the mental edge over your opponent.

Tread VERY carefully.

:huh:

Oh, wait this is a Nadal tennis forum. Sorry!

Irony is not exclusive to Nadal tennis forums. Please, stop playing that victim card every time. We get it, Novak fans are outnumbered here. It's sad. But then again, they're outnumbered everywhere (except Serbia).

tented is a moderator here isn't he? No need to start threatening people here.

Read my post above. You got it all wrong if you thought it was a threat. Listen, Nadal fans happen to be numerous here but it's hardly a dictatorship. Stop acting like it is. Feel free to state your opinion. People will answer back though, so be prepared.

 

[tented]

He gets the break! Roger better not blow this, or things could go to hell.

 

[brokenshoelace]

By the way Denis, tented was not threatening you. He was pointing out the irony of a Novak fan complaining about delays.

You can't play by two hats and then choose later which one you had on.

There was only one hat. You missed it and went for the one placed on the shelf.

 

[britbox]

Bit more zip on that return - made the world of difference.

 

[DarthFed]

Crazy net cord but he will take it, Tsonga was living on the edge all set.

 

[brokenshoelace]

By the way Denis, tented was not threatening you. He was pointing out the irony of a Novak fan complaining about delays.

You can't play by two hats and then choose later which one you had on.

By the way, from experience I'm telling you this, moderator "threats" are made by PM, not publicly. And they certainly are NOT made because someone said Nadal takes too much time in between points. Lighten up.

 

[brokenshoelace]

GENIUS!

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

fed breaks 6-5..whoooooooooooooooooooooooo .

 

[Denis]

Tread VERY carefully.

:huh:

Oh, wait this is a Nadal tennis forum. Sorry!

Irony is not exclusive to Nadal tennis forums. Please, stop playing that victim card every time. We get it, Novak fans are outnumbered here. It's sad. But then again, they're outnumbered everywhere (except Serbia).

tented is a moderator here isn't he? No need to start threatening people here.

Read my post above. You got it all wrong if you thought it was a threat. Listen, Nadal fans happen to be numerous here but it's hardly a dictatorship. Stop acting like it is. Feel free to state your opinion. People will answer back though, so be prepared.

Not acting. And don't give me this crap. If he was going to talk about Djokovic's ball bouncing, he should have. I cannot read minds here.

 

[Denis]

Not looking good for Jo. I must say Fed looks good.

 

[tented]

By the way Denis, tented was not threatening you. He was pointing out the irony of a Novak fan complaining about delays.

You can't play by two hats and then choose later which one you had on.

Good grief. Broken is correct: I was only pointing out the irony of a Djokovic fan calling out Rafa for taking too long between points, etc. It was not -- repeat, not -- a threat.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the fedster and Edberg and the new wand means...

 

[Goldenboy]

2 sets to love for Roger. He should finish it in 3, he will need the energy for Murray.

Roger will need to keep up the aggression and net play against Murray, who defended very well today.

But based on what I have seen, I have to pick Roger to win.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Really hoping Roger doesn't mess this up because I can't wait for him vs. Murray.

 

[Goldenboy]

Watching this makes me smile a little at the folks who were sure Tsonga would win easily and got annoyed at anyone who said otherwise.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Roger needs to fully realize that Tsonga is not that good at passing shots so he doesn't risk as much. Despite attacking the net a lot, you can see him hesitating at times (ie after that drop shot return). There's no reason to do that. Tsonga hates feeling rushed, and generally will not come up with a great pass. If I'm Roger, I'd keep moving forward all day.

 

[DarthFed]

No let ups here, Roger should know how quickly 2 sets can go if the ball basher gets on fire.

 

[tented]

Not looking good for Jo. I must say Fed looks good.

Yep. Jo is beginning to get that "I can't wait to get back to the locker room" look about him.

 

[DarthFed]

No mercy!!