Brisbane 2014 - ATP 250

[bobvance]

Just an ugly match by Federer. Hewitt deserved to win.

 

[Front242]

Well, he deserved that. Very good game to serve it out. But Roger, oh man. That was bad today.

 

[Front242]

Hope they put up the stats soon. First set was probably the worst set he's ever played. gotta be right up there anyway.

 

[tennisville]

well safe to say Fed wont be making the quarters in AO :cry

 

[Front242]

well safe to say Fed wont be making the quarters in AO :cry

It's only one match. I'm still confident he will. Remember it's best of 5.

 

[Moxie]

I fell asleep waiting for that match to start, and it's over. From the sound of it, it wasn't good.

 

[tennisville]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/roger-federer-says-hes-a-better-player-and-hungry-for-open-title-20131213-2zd0q.html

Old broken down Hewitt better than prime Fed cry

 

[Front242]

I fell asleep waiting for that match to start, and it's over. From the sound of it, it wasn't good.

You're lucky. I went to bed for about an hour and a half and woke up for that steaming pile of cack lol.

 

[tennisville]

well safe to say Fed wont be making the quarters in AO :cry

It's only one match. I'm still confident he will. Remember it's best of 5.

Cmon mate have you even seen Fed be so slow on the court unable to get to balls and missing 1 of every 2 returns . If you cant return the serve , the point wont even begin . Add to that the horrible serve and you get a classic combination of how to lose

 

[Front242]

well safe to say Fed wont be making the quarters in AO :cry

It's only one match. I'm still confident he will. Remember it's best of 5.

Cmon mate have you even seen Fed be so slow on the court unable to get to balls and missing 1 of every 2 returns . If you cant return the serve , the point wont even begin . Add to that the horrible serve and you get a classic combination of how to lose

I'm not disputing he's crap right now but I'm telling you he'll at least make the quarters. Mark my words. He'll have best of 5 to start playing better and he needs the practice clearly of longer matches.

 

[Front242]

Don't forget to thank Roger for playing so crap, Lleyton.

 

[the AntiPusher]

This is not a good sign for Fed fans. Roger probably hasn't lost to Leyton in 10 years

 

[kskate2]

Front, that's a brave outlook, but Fed is in trouble if he couldn't get past Rusty today. A QF berth is not a guarantee. We'll really have to see how his draw shapes up. Anyway, congrats Rusty. I thought you could win this.

 

[Front242]

This is not a good sign for Fed fans. Roger probably hasn't list to Leyton in 10 years

He has. A few years ago in Halle. I had a feeling Hewitt would win. Home tournaments often make the underdog likely to win. Just look at Haas also in Halle.

 

[Front242]

Front, that's a brave outlook, but Fed is in trouble if he couldn't get past Rusty today. A QF berth is not a guarantee. We'll really have to see how his draw shapes up. Anyway, congrats Rusty. I thought you could win this.

Nah, not brave. He'll make the quarters there no problem I guarantee. Remember he did better there than any slam last year.

 

[Front242]

The stream I was watching never showed the final stats. Probably a good thing.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Several observations at night 3.49 a.m.

1. Roger had about 6 or 7 break points in the first game of third set and then another
3 or 4 in second service game of Hewitt in the third set. He let them all evaporate.
This is the same statistical problem he used to have against Nadal. Poor conversion
ratio.

2. On a different angle, many of the shanks are miles away indicating that he is
still not used to the new stick.

3. I think no one (other than Rafa) plays each point as if your life depended on it
like Hewitt. He does not give anything easy.

4. The first set is definitely the worst in his career, both score wise, UFE wise
and pure ugliness wise.

5. See my OP. As I mentioned, nothing short of winning a title can be considered
a good result for Fed in view of the fact that this is a top 15 free field.

6. Fed said he wants to win 5 titles this year. How is he going to do that if
he cannot grab the title in a top 15 free field. In Dubai, Novak will be there.
In Basel and Halle, Rafa will be there. In all other tournaments everybody will
be there.

7. Serve and Volley works; not as a strategy for Fed, but as a strategy
against Fed. Lleyton proved that today by executing it even on break points.

8. This year will just be a dead cat bounce. Nothing major (pun intended)
will be achieved.

off to bed.

 

[Front242]

Likewise. Bed here at 9am lol.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Roger's break point conversion ration in this match is 1 out of 10. i.e, 10%.

This should be considered in conjunction with the fact that, Hewitt had 49%
first service in ratio.

 

[Front242]

Roger's break point conversion ration in this match is 1 out of 10. i.e, 10%.

This should be considered in conjunction with the fact that, Hewitt had 49%
first service in ratio.

Horrendous stat alright. Ok, definitely bed time now!