Roland Garros / French Open 2023 [Men] - Grand Slam

[Nadalfan2013]

Let's go Sascha! Save Tennis and win RG!

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Oooof! I see a bad day to have a bad day at the office Carlitos!

 

[Front242]

Lessons to be learned. He's got to learn to hydrate, and to pace himself. Hopefully he gets past this cramping issue soon.

Really has to or he hasn't got a leg to stand on....

Sorry!

 

[don_fabio]

 

[Moxie]

I actually don't remember that...was the forum dominated by Roger fans? I remember it being more balanced, but that's all.

To be honest, I just don't think Novak has as many fans! Haha.

Earlier on, as you might imagine, of course it was mostly Fed fans. And for a long time. There was also a time when there was a fair smattering for all, but the Djokovic fans don't come around here much any more. And yes, they've always complained that Roger and Rafa had more fans, but that was to be expected.

 

[El Dude]

Re: Andy Roddick's comment.

 

[Front242]

Anyway, enough slagging. Great win today.

 

[Kieran]

I actually don't remember that...was the forum dominated by Roger fans? I remember it being more balanced, but that's all.

To be honest, I just don't think Novak has as many fans! Haha.

Oh he has fans, they’ll turn up today and vanish on Sunday if he loses.

In fairness, Don Fabio and Fiero are his fans on this forum, others fell away when he was kicked out of Oz..

 

[Front242]

Re: Andy Roddick's comment.

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Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!

 

[nehmeth]

Ruud is continuing his good form so far.

 

[Moxie]

That was a cat and mouse point!

 

[nehmeth]

Zverev made Ruud earn that. Hopefully Sasha’s worked the nerves out. I don’t think his forward movement was helped by last year’s injury. Still moves great from side to side, but getting to the dropshots….

 

[Moxie]

Zverev made Ruud earn that. Hopefully Sasha’s worked the nerves out. I don’t think his forward movement was helped by last year’s injury. Still moves great from side to side, but getting to the dropshots….

Still a lot of UFEs, and his 1st serve pct. in the 1st was in the 50% range. He'd better clean it up quick.

 

[nehmeth]

Still a lot of UFEs, and his 1st serve pct. in the 1st was in the 50% range. He'd better clean it up quick.

Yep. That’s what I meant about, him getting the nerves out. Ruud has a rather compact service motion, less chance for it to go awry unless the toss is too low. And he gets a lot of power. Sasha’s serve, by comparison has a lot more components that could affect it.

 

[nehmeth]

Had Ruud at 0-40 and let him back in. 2-2

Second set to Ruud. Sasha is 0-8 against top 5 players here.

 

[don_fabio]

Ruud leads 2 sets to love. When he played Rune the other day commentators said he never lost a 2 set lead on a slam.

 

[Moxie]

Well, this version of Sasha ain't beating Novak, and Ruud is a great clay man.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I picked Ruud to win in 4 sets, so at present I am kind of on track lol!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

What a shot from Ruud passing shot on the line

 

[nehmeth]

I picked Ruud to win in 4 sets, so at present I am kind of on track lol!

Me too. Sasha is killing himself when he doesn’t need to. It may be over in 3. He had Ruud down 0-40 in the 2nd set and 0-30 here to get back on serve.