Indian Wells - Semifinal #1 Dog vs. Master

[GameSetAndMath]

It is the Dog versus the Master.

Will the dog listen to His Master's Voice or will it play its own tune?

These two have played only once before, with the Master winning. But, that was
in 2010 when the Dog was a puppy. Dog registered in the radar only in AO 0f 2011
and is now fully grown.

 

[Moxie]

RE: Indian Wells - Semifinal #1

Great post. No poll?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

RE: Indian Wells - Semifinal #1

Great post. No poll?

There is poll, are not you able to see the poll?

 

[Moxie]

RE: Indian Wells - Semifinal #1

Now I see, thanks!

It's a bit skewed, though.

 

[Kieran]

Doggie will be fetched by the Stick...

 

[El Dude]

The Master will scoff at the Dog's hyper antics and say, "heel, boy!" And the dog will approach, tail between legs, shame-faced and subdued.

 

[isabelle]

Will the Dog eat a piece of Swiss chocolate ?? Hope so but no sure he can do it, I'll root for him anyway

 

[shawnbm]

Doggie will listen intently and with great eagerness to obey--two routine sets.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Roger's record against Dolgos generation is near perfect (talking about Tomic, Milos, Grigor, Kei). I am thinking he will in 2 hard fought sets. Their previous match was not complete. Roger will have an adjustment period at the beginning, I am sure.

 

[nehmeth]

The Dog will poo in the master's shoe... and win it in two.

(I actually picked him in three, but it didn't rhyme)

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

The Dog will poo in the master's shoe... and win it in two.

(I actually picked him in three, but it didn't rhyme)

You could have said " Dog will win in three, in master's shoe he'll pee"

 

[brokenshoelace]

Federer's got this.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Roger's record against Dolgos generation is near perfect (talking about Tomic, Milos, Grigor, Kei). I am thinking he will in 2 hard fought sets. Their previous match was not complete. Roger will have an adjustment period at the beginning, I am sure.

Federer was leading 6-4, 5-2 (this was a best of 3 match in Basel) and at this time
Dog retires. Whose fault is that the match was not complete? Further, look at the time
of retirement. One more game and the Master wins. This is the worst time to retire
for anyone.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Roger's record against Dolgos generation is near perfect (talking about Tomic, Milos, Grigor, Kei). I am thinking he will in 2 hard fought sets. Their previous match was not complete. Roger will have an adjustment period at the beginning, I am sure.

Federer was leading 6-4, 5-2 (this was a best of 3 match in Basel) and at this time
Dog retires. Whose fault is that the match was not complete? Further, look at the time
of retirement. One more game and the Master wins. This is the worst time to retire
for anyone.

There are no faults brother, I was just stating what happened. I was trying to establish that that match might not be a good gauge because Dog might have played with the injury up until that point. Of course I wish he completed the match but sometimes you just can't.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Roger's record against Dolgos generation is near perfect (talking about Tomic, Milos, Grigor, Kei). I am thinking he will in 2 hard fought sets. Their previous match was not complete. Roger will have an adjustment period at the beginning, I am sure.

Federer was leading 6-4, 5-2 (this was a best of 3 match in Basel) and at this time
Dog retires. Whose fault is that the match was not complete? Further, look at the time
of retirement. One more game and the Master wins. This is the worst time to retire
for anyone.

There are no faults brother, I was just stating what happened. I was trying to establish that that match might not be a good gauge because Dog might have played with the injury up until that point. Of course I wish he completed the match but sometimes you just can't.

Ok. Point taken.

Since there is not much of history, although improper, let us look at Master's history
against, Radek Stepanek, another player who has somewhat similar game that does not
give rhythm to the opponent (of course, their games are not identical and different in
many ways; but, this is the best we can do).

Master has a 13-2 record against Worm. The first loss happened in 2002 before
Fed won a single GS. The second loss happened in 2008 Rome when Fed was going
through mono.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I expect a fairly tough, but not extremely tough, first set. Fed winning with a score
like 6-4 or 6-3 (with just one break). Then in the second set, once Fed gets used
to the fact that you cannot get used to Dog's game, I expect the dog to be
completely subdued as the Master would have figure out how to tame.
I do not expect any tie-breakers in this match.

 

[nehmeth]

The Dog will poo in the master's shoe... and win it in two.

(I actually picked him in three, but it didn't rhyme)

You could have said "Dog will win in three, in master's shoe he'll pee."

This. Thank you Murat.

Of course Federer is favored and would imagine Dolgo will have a boatload of nerves to contend with. Still, a guy that charges toward Raonic's first serve?! You gotta like him to throw everything into this match against Fed.

 

[Rose]

Roger

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

The Dog will poo in the master's shoe... and win it in two.

(I actually picked him in three, but it didn't rhyme)

I will go with this!

 

[tented]

Federer in two. Dolgopolov's game isn't the kind which bothers Roger, even at this stage.