Miami Open, ATP Masters 2018

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Looking like a bad loss for Anderson and potentially first time losing to this guy.
 

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You want me to be NICE, huh..Deliver my verbiage in spoons of sugar instead of bad medicine, huh..you want me to say, if Roger h2h was so one sided maybe we should question Roger’s pre Rafa and the birth month twins (Novak and Andy) arrival.. Is that what you want?
Not really. Your original point was that Tsonga and Berdych are better than Roddick, which I also don't agree with, and responded with irony saying that Roger is also overrated because he owned Roddick. Federberg did give the numbers (titles won) to show that Roddick was better. You are also free to talk about Roger's performance pre-Rafa and pre-Novandy, and his performance after those guys came into their own. And we can debate.
 
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Let's go big guy. That's more like it from Anderson. One of the few tall players I like.
 

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Darth..I have had this debate for years about Andy..I guess it really boils down to I just wasn’t ever a fan.. I felt his tennis patterns were so predictable and the numerous conversations I had with ex tour hitting partners and coaches on the USTA..they all stated his ball striking was just at the NCAA level..I wasn’t going by his h2h only vs Roger but really what I have witnesssed first hand..If Andy era would’ve started when Novak’s or Murray’s, I doubt Roddick would’ve been a top ten player..He would’ve been at the same level as JoWillieTs or Berdych.

Nah, Roddick stayed up there in rank until 2011 and the competition around then was way harder than now. The top 4 were still in their primes or close to it. If he was playing right now he'd be taking advantage of this pathetic tour.
 

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big choke as Busta doesn't cash in the 2 mp's and then drops the set w/ 2 DF's.
 
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Agreed. Roddick, if not for his slowed movement with late career injuries, would've still been 15-20 at worst and maybe top 10. He'd be acing the current Djokovic off the court btw.
 

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Big change of fortunes. PCB had 3 MPs and tightened up.
 

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Agreed. Roddick, if not for his slowed movement with late career injuries, would've still been 15-20 at worst and maybe top 10. He'd be acing the current Djokovic off the court btw.

I just don't understand how anyone could say that Tsonga and Berdych are better :help: