He prob. doesn't want t/b there! Even Masters events are a nuisance! At a certain age, it has t/b all about the majors! My detractors can KMA!
There was nothing for me to remember since I don't watch matches played by Rafa unless he's going down for the count! Not into UGLY tennis!
You don't watch GS finals? pity,under the circumstances with the weather at RG it wasn't your usual spring weather in Paris,still I was happy with the outcome.There was nothing for me to remember since I don't watch matches played by Rafa unless he's going down for the count! Not into UGLY tennis!
After Novak lost that 1st game in last year's final I turned it off! I knew what was going to happen and it ended up worse than I thought with a bagel in there! I can't even give you a good point out of the finals Roger played against Rafa! The gamesmanship and playing at his pace just ticks me off to no end! Few umpires hold Rafa to the rules about time and Roger may have been robbed a couple times with Rafa's slow play when Roger on a roll!You don't watch GS finals? pity,under the circumstances with the weather at RG it wasn't your usual spring weather in Paris,still I was happy with the outcome.
Oh well each to their own,you were a Roger fan at one time weren't you? times have changed.After Novak lost that 1st game in last year's final I turned it off! I knew what was going to happen and it ended up worse than I thought with a bagel in there! I can't even give you a good point out of the finals Roger played against Rafa! The gamesmanship and playing at his pace just ticks me off to no end! Few umpires hold Rafa to the rules about time and Roger may have been robbed a couple times with Rafa's slow play when Roger on a roll!
Only the Big 3 have any real consistency over many years! Other players come and go depending on luck of draws and playing "in the zone" at times!
It wasn't as much as I was a fan as Federer appeared to be the BOAT with a graceful and effortless game, but it took a while for him to get there! Unfortunately for him by him hanging on so long, 2 players came along to eclipse all his accomplishments sooner than he got there; that's a fact! It took him several years to win his 1st major, but Nadovic were already tearing it up as teenagers; actually defeating him along the way to win their majors/Masters 1000s! Times certainly have changed!
Nothing ever stays stat in our game of tennis,records are there to be broken,and they have been broken,It wasn't as much as I was a fan as Federer appeared to be the BOAT with a graceful and effortless game, but it took a while for him to get there! Unfortunately for him by him hanging on so long, 2 players came along to eclipse all his accomplishments sooner than he got there; that's a fact! It took him several years to win his 1st major, but Nadovic were already tearing it up as teenagers; actually defeating him along the way to win their majors/Masters 1000s! Times certainly have changed!
That last game serving at 3-5 was so unbelievably bad, Diego had 3 UFE’s and a matchpoint DoubleFault in an abysmal showing. Felix just stood there and received that gift wrapped love game.
I was very surprised to see Toni Nadal coaching him as I thought he was only gonna coach Rafa and no one else.
I was also surprised seeing that Toni over see's the coaching at Rafa's academy in Spain,after wanting a break from touring with Rafa apparently he is not here in Rome with Felix this week,though I expect he will go to RG.
I will briefly interject..Toni likes to coach a player who wants to listen, will adhere to coach by a disciplinarian and very respectful. Felix checked all of those boxes. I think Toni always appreciated Roger's gamestyle of coming forward instead of the behind the baseline approach that his nephew has mastered so legendary..Just my two cents worth.
Yeah, Schwartzman isn't having great results lately. Ran into an in form Karatsev and that was that. Speaking of Karatsev, can't say I agree with this prediction at all.
