GRASS SEASON - General Discussion

[monfed]

grass season has started!!! THANK GOD REAL TENNIS FINALLY!!

 

[Horsa]

grass season has started!!! THANK GOD REAL TENNIS FINALLY!!

We can't have that yet. My strawberries aren't ripe yet.

 

[monfed]

We can't have that yet. My strawberries aren't ripe yet.

Your strawberries will be ripe just in time on 2nd Sunday when the great Roger Federer hoists his 9th on the hallowed grounds of center court. Vive le beau Jeu!

 

[Horsa]

Your strawberries will be ripe just in time on 2nd Sunday when the great Roger Federer hoists his 9th on the hallowed grounds of center court. Vive le beau Jeu!

I hope so. Merci beaucoup!

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Not much love for Stuttgart?

 

[Moxie]

A question about Wimbledon seedings: I know they do it there own way. Is there a chance that Rafa won't be the 2nd seed? (Roger will be first based on grass performance, even though Nadal will be #1 in the rankings, correct?)

 

[monfed]

Read somewhere that Fed will be seeded #1 because he gets points for winning last year and some more points for going deep in the previous years.

 

[rafanoy1992]

I am actually interested on how Federer will play these upcoming two tune up grass tournaments. While he does want to play well and win both tournaments, he has to be thinking about resting his whole body for the fortnight. Also, as amazing he is (TMF!), he is almost 37 years old and playing 3 tournaments in a span of 4 weeks will be tricky for him physically.

Last year, while he lost to Haas in Stuttgart, he was able to reset and rest to win both Halle and Wimbledon.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I am actually interested on how Federer will play these upcoming two tune up grass tournaments. While he does want to play well and win both tournaments, he has to be thinking about resting his whole body for the fortnight. Also, as amazing he is (TMF!), he is almost 37 years old and playing 3 tournaments in a span of 4 weeks will be tricky for him physically.

Last year, while he lost to Haas in Stuttgart, he was able to reset and rest to win both Halle and Wimbledon.

1. Grass matches are not tiresome. Especially, Fed will usually get his matches over in about an hour. So, going deep in both
tourneys will not hurt his chances.
2. He won't be playing 3 tourneys in a span of 4 weeks. That will be in a span of 5 weeks.
3. Finally, he just had 11 full weeks of rest and he cannot possibly get tired that soon.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Anyone knows Rafa's grass plans?

 

[Moxie]

Anyone knows Rafa's grass plans?

Rafanoy says he's a maybe for Queens.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Rafa, Novak and Andy all are in the entry list for Queens at the moment. But, they can always withdraw if they wanted.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Last month, I told you the answer to a trivia question "Name a clay tourney that Roger has won, but Rafa has never won".

Now it is time for a follow up trivia question "Name a grass tourney that Rafa has won, but Roger has never won"

p.s. For extra credit, provide two different answers to both the questions.

 

[Chris Koziarz]

Last month, I told you the answer to a trivia question "Name a clay tourney that Roger has won, but Rafa has never won".

Now it is time for a follow up trivia question "Name a grass tourney that Rafa has won, but Roger has never won"

p.s. For extra credit, provide two different answers to both the questions.

Basic answers are very easy, from the top of my head:
Istanbul 2015 & Queens 2008. The reason is very simple: Nad never plays Istanbul & Fed never plays Queens.
EDIT: worth noting Fed played Istanbul only once. Lost interest after winning it, which is understandable.

 

[Chris Koziarz]

Your strawberries will be ripe just in time on 2nd Sunday when the great Roger Federer hoists his 9th on the hallowed grounds of center court. Vive le beau Jeu!

You've just contradicted yourself here. Near the beginning of this very thread:
https://www.tennisfrontier.com/tennisforum/threads/grass-season-general-discussion.6031/#post-336860
you said: "faker [Djokovic] will play a decisive role and unfortunately I think he'll beat Fed at Wimbledon"
How do you explain such radical changes of your opinion about the form of "the only player who can save tennis"... ?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Basic answers are very easy, from the top of my head:
Istanbul 2015 & Queens 2008. The reason is very simple: Nad never plays Istanbul & Fed never plays Queens.
EDIT: worth noting Fed played Istanbul only once. Lost interest after winning it, which is understandable.

No, the only reason he played in the inagural edition of Istanbul was to milk multi-million dollars in appearance free from Turks. They don't have that kind of money to offer him again.

 

[Chris Koziarz]

No, the only reason he played in the inagural edition of Istanbul was to milk multi-million dollars in appearance free from Turks. They don't have that kind of money to offer him again.

What money are you talking about?
ATP lists Fed's earnings for winning that obscure tourney as €80,000 only which appears even less than an average 250 level. I thought Fed went there out of curiosity/tourism rather than to boost his finances/resume/ranking because his win had a negligible effect on all of those.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

What money are you talking about?
ATP lists Fed's earnings for winning that obscure tourney as €80,000 only which appears even less than an average 250 level. I thought Fed went there out of curiosity/tourism rather than to boost his finances/resume/ranking because his win had a negligible effect on all of those.

I am not talking about prize money. Small tourneys usually pay appearance fee to bring in starts to play in them.

 

[monfed]

You've just contradicted yourself here. Near the beginning of this very thread:
https://www.tennisfrontier.com/tennisforum/threads/grass-season-general-discussion.6031/#post-336860
you said: "faker [Djokovic] will play a decisive role and unfortunately I think he'll beat Fed at Wimbledon"
How do you explain such radical changes of your opinion about the form of "the only player who can save tennis"... ?

Novak's form is a question mark. He is still not back to his best but the fire is back so his performance is anyone's guess.

 

[the AntiPusher]

A question about Wimbledon seedings: I know they do it there own way. Is there a chance that Rafa won't be the 2nd seed? (Roger will be first based on grass performance, even though Nadal will be #1 in the rankings, correct?)

Not a chance in Hades..Roger will be the number seed at Wimbledon this year and next regardless if Rafa is number one ranked.