Indian Wells 2015

[Murat Baslamisli]

Roger playing vintage stuff today. And of course I just cannot say " If he plays like this against Rafa in the semis, should be an easy win" Because match ups are what they are. But he can make it competitive maybe.

 

[Denis]

herios will kill me for this but episolde # ten million of fedal in all likelyhood coming up. A previous one here at IW had the potty-break affair.

actually looking forward to it.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Roger basically nullified everything that usually bothers him against the Birdman...brilliant.

Going for the bagel. Totally unexpected. Maybe it was a matter of figuring the balls out, eh Mrzz?

 

[crystalfire]

fed about to bagel berdman. hes playing great but berds also helping his cause by terrible play

 

[ftan]

My father is here watching the Roger rout of Berdych. He's quite happy. Me? Not so much. :nono

Oh Nehmeth you should be happy when your old man is happy clap:clap

 

[Kirijax]

That was a terrible outing by Berdych. Time to re-reevaluate him. Horrible.

 

[ftan]

A Bagel set, never saw that coming

 

[mrzz]

Roger basically nullified everything that usually bothers him against the Birdman...brilliant.

Going for the bagel. Totally unexpected. Maybe it was a matter of figuring the balls out, eh Mrzz?

I've been telling for years that those are the best balls on the market, but no one listens to me.

 

[Denis]

Roger basically nullified everything that usually bothers him against the Birdman...brilliant.

Going for the bagel. Totally unexpected. Maybe it was a matter of figuring the balls out, eh Mrzz?

I've been telling for years that those are the best balls on the market, but no one listens to me.

What balls are they playing with?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Back to the drawing board for Birdman,Federer schooled him on all levels

 

[crystalfire]

wow what a surprise we will most probs have the big 4 in the semis. when was the last time this happened

 

[Denis]

is Rafa - Raonic next?

 

[Denis]

Roger picked Rafa over Milos as a winner for the next match. No kidding. I wonder who he hates playing more Rafa or boom boom Milos.

 

[nehmeth]

My father is here watching the Roger rout of Berdych. He's quite happy. Me? Not so much. :nono

Oh Nehmeth you should be happy when your old man is happy clap:clap

I usually am.

In the next quarter, we will both be cheering on Rafa, (although Carol35 tends to make me lean toward Raonic). :snicker

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I am not a fan of Milos or his game,I only watch him if he is playing against Rafa or Novak.

 

[bobvance]

The one thing that worries me about a performance like this is how infrequently these days Roger will back up a great outing with another one the next match. If I had to guess I'd say he's going to struggle next match regardless of the opponent (but obviously more so if he's playing the lefty barbarian).

 

[Kirijax]

:snicker

 

[Moxie]

Even if I 67% agree with Murat, if Federer wants to beat Nadal, the time is now.

"If?"

 

[rafanoy1992]

wow what a surprise we will most probs have the big 4 in the semis. when was the last time this happened

The last time the Big 4 were in the semis at the same tournament was 2012 Australian Open. What's interesting about is that Murray has not won a major yet at that point of time.

 

[Kirijax]

Just saw the record on Twitter:

Leigh Walsh ‏@LeighWalsh87 4m4 minutes ago
Big 4 in semi-finals:
2008 - USO
2009 - Cincinnati
2010 - Toronto, WTFs
2011 - RG, USO
2012 - AO
2015 - Indian Wells?