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El Dude

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If Roger can win this and get some good rest, I think this is a good match to have played before facing Roger - it has forced Roger to tighten up his focus. Of course he's probably going to be tired and will have to beat Rafa in two sets to win it.

Of course this isn't over yet.
 

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Too good of sportsmanship from Kyrgios there. Mo clowned him with an incorrect overrule
 

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Does anyone know what happened to fed in the last two matches? Was it a case of playing to the level of opponent or boredom from having to execute again and again?
 

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I wish Rafa having those kind of serves :boxing:
 

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Front242 said:
the AntiPusher said:
Front242 said:
He's way older than Kyrgios who I guarantee will have much better slam results when all is said and done. There are tons of things Monfils can't do such as having the brainpower to realize he should not try to out rally Nadal, Murray or Djokovic. I'm calling him a moron because he could be so much more and his tactics absolutely SUCK. I very much enjoy watching him play when he does it the way he should, that is using his great shot making skills and ability to hit blazing fast winners. But he hardly ever does that. So moron it is. A guy with great aggressive skills should not play like a pusher. And if he's so supremely talented why is he tanking matches so often? Surely a talented guy wouldn't do that, he'd win them and have the grey matter to know how to play and that means NOT pushing the ball.

Front. Gael has not been smart about being a champion and he wasted his talent.. unlike Safin who also wasted his talent but did win a couple of slams and make a few finals

Fed and most players have said that Gael is the most talented player they ever faced but not the best

Anyone who has said that needs to rethink things more clearly. Edited to make it clearer. I was replying to the bolded part. Even just off the top of my head, Nalbandian was clearly more talented than Monfils and also reached a slam final and made monkeys out of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal at 2 big masters tournaments in 2007.
Nalbandian was clearly more talented than Monfils and also reached a slam final and made monkeys out of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal at 2 big masters tournaments in 2007.

You are completely out of your mind , You must be missing the clown from the west coast who was in :basiate with :basiate Nalbandian :basiate that now resides in cyberspace:clap
 

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GameSetAndMath said:
Does anyone know what happened to fed in the last two matches? Was it a case of playing to the level of opponent or boredom from having to execute again and again?

Quite possible he was conserving energy as he knows this match and the final are the toughest ones. But maybe he just had some poor matches too. No one is perfect :D
 

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Nick is gonna loose this match because of clowning around and not being focused on winning
 

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GameSetAndMath said:
Does anyone know what happened to fed in the last two matches? Was it a case of playing to the level of opponent or boredom from having to execute again and again?

Kyrgios is playing amazing - let's not put it all on Roger's racket. This kid is legit.