Cincinnati Masters 2018, Ohio, US, ATP Masters 1000

[Front242]

I don't have a prediction; just a hope Goffin can keep Roger out there for a while to soften him up at least! Fed has 7 titles; he can let this one slide by! He needed help to get his FO; "be considerate Roger and let it go! Karma will reward you!" :whistle: :scratch:

Keep posting that every few days/weeks/months and someone may believe you some day. Btw, Djokovic needed Nadal to be complete shit the year he won his RG too but let's just conveniently ignore that and hope people don't notice

 

[Chris Koziarz]

I disagree & don't like you calling yourself names.

Let him do it, Horsa. We know he's a joker here, like his idol. I also do it sometimes. It's harmless here because it's laughable.

 

[Horsa]

Let him do it, Horsa. We know he's a joker here, like his idol. I also do it sometimes. It's harmless here because it's laughable.

Haha! O.K. Chris.

 

[Front242]

Roger can hardly win long points now. Ha can only hope for lightning-fast tennis, otherwise he is done winning big tournaments.

Try telling that to some of the clown Nadal fans claiming he revisited the fountain of youth. Most people who can see properly have noted Roger can't play back to back tournaments for years without fatiguing himself and can't play back to back long matches as he's likely to lose the next one. Ironic really when they support a guy who could probably run 15 straight marathons and they wouldn't even bat an eyelid

 

[Moxie]

Keep posting that every few days/weeks/months and someone may believe you some day. Btw, Djokovic needed Nadal to be complete shit the year he won his RG too but let's just conveniently ignore that and hope people don't notice

To be accurate, the year Rafa was complete shit and Novak beat him, he then lost to Stan. The year he won, Nadal gave him a w/o due to injury, so Novak didn't win it by going through Nadal, either.

EDIT: To date, no one has won RG by going through Nadal. Soderling lost to Roger and Novak lost to Stan. Those are Nadal's two losses there.

 

[Front242]

To be accurate, the year Rafa was complete shit and Novak beat him, he then lost to Stan. The year he won, Nadal gave him a w/o due to injury, so Novak didn't win it by going through Nadal, either.

My bad, forgot he lost the year he beat the uber-crap-shell-of-his-former-self-Nadal that year. It was a nice try by Fiero though alright.

 

[monfed]

Fred is so pathetic right now. Can't win a single bloody point that's not a great serve. Even Karlovic is better than this rubbish.

 

[DarthFed]

Roger's backhand is a real mess this tournament for the most part. Everything aside from that is at least adequate.

 

[monfed]

This is 2013 level shit.

 

[monfed]

All these unreturned serves are gonna come back with interest against faker if fraud survives this match.

 

[DarthFed]

Fred is so pathetic right now. Can't win a single bloody point that's not a great serve. Even Karlovic is better than this rubbish.

He is 37 and played 2 matches yesterday, 5 sets and 3.5 hours. Being really flat was always a possibility here. He isn't moving well at all and every backhand is barely even getting to the net.

 

[DarthFed]

The second serve returns are just bad. They need to fix that or it will be a quick exit in New York

 

[monfed]

I thought the first set and a half against fatrinka was the worst Fred played this year but this is even worse.

Oh and they've slowed down Cincy too.

 

[DarthFed]

Have they said why Ljubicic isn't there? I thought he'd come to every big tournament? I like when he is there, he seems to fire Roger up a bit.

 

[DarthFed]

Slice doesn't work on Goffin at all, he was eating it up vs DP all match last night.

 

[Moxie]

My bad, forgot he lost the year he beat the uber-crap-shell-of-his-former-self-Nadal that year. It was a nice try by Fiero though alright.

In fairness, I don't think he compared Roger to Novak's effort, only just dished on Fed.

 

[DarthFed]

Goffin doing his best to donate this game but Roger isn't accepting the gift.

 

[Moxie]

Slice doesn't work on Goffin at all, he was eating it up vs DP all match last night.

Yeah, passed him right there.

 

[monfed]

muffin is playing worse than fred if that's even possible

 

[DarthFed]

Yeah, passed him right there.

The short chip return would probably be effective on Goffin but that's it. And Fed doesn't seem to have enough confidence in his backhand right now.