Roland Garros Order Of Play - Day 1: Sunday, May 26
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First post again~ Glad to be apart of the new forum.
Hope Federer can keep this up!
First post again~ Glad to be apart of the new forum.
Hope Federer can keep this up!
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Watching Milos on Sportsnet in replay, he has played well today. Hope he keeps it together for a few more rounds, he has an opportunity to make it for the first time in the second week at RG
Watching Milos on Sportsnet in replay, he has played well today. Hope he keeps it together for a few more rounds, he has an opportunity to make it for the first time in the second week at RG
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Was Ljubicic in his box? I read he's Raonic's new coach.
There is something on atp website and the forums developed by brit that make my computer running like a dog. atp website all the time, the forum sometimes.
herios said:
Was Ljubicic in his box? I read he's Raonic's new coach.
Moxie629 said:Mastoor said:
Not the forum, old sport...no one else seems to have a problem. Perhaps that slate tablet that passes for your computer?
There is something on atp website and the forums developed by brit that make my computer running like a dog. atp website all the time, the forum sometimes.
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You're not alone. The ATP site slows my computer down to a crawl sometimes. I think it has to do with the live scores always being at the top of the page. It didn't used to do that, but over the past 6-12 months it has. I'm not having a problem here, though. Honestly!
Mastoor said:
You're not alone. The ATP site slows my computer down to a crawl sometimes. I think it has to do with the live scores always being at the top of the page. It didn't used to do that, but over the past 6-12 months it has. I'm not having a problem here, though. Honestly!
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What web browser are using Mastoor? The quickest of the lot is Google Chrome.
Mastoor said:herios said:
Was Ljubicic in his box? I read he's Raonic's new coach.
Moxie629 said:Mastoor said:
Not the forum, old sport...no one else seems to have a problem. Perhaps that slate tablet that passes for your computer?
There is something on atp website and the forums developed by brit that make my computer running like a dog. atp website all the time, the forum sometimes.
What web browser are using Mastoor? The quickest of the lot is Google Chrome.
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I've been using Firefox, but this made me curious, so I'm trying Chrome. You're not kidding! It's lightning fast compared to Firefox. Thanks for the tip.
britbox said:
I've been using Firefox, but this made me curious, so I'm trying Chrome. You're not kidding! It's lightning fast compared to Firefox. Thanks for the tip.
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Brands is good, Nadal was fortunate not to be down two sets to love. This guy has real power and terrific serve, he is capable of hitting winners any time but has zero defense ability. Again Rafa's mental prowess pulled him out of a possible hole.
Brands is good, Nadal was fortunate not to be down two sets to love. This guy has real power and terrific serve, he is capable of hitting winners any time but has zero defense ability. Again Rafa's mental prowess pulled him out of a possible hole.
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I'm not sure. It essentially came down to 2-3 points in the tie-break that changed the entire match. The first one was when Brands completely made a mess out of a backhand slice approach to the open court (Rafa's mental prowess didn't have much to do with that), the other two were the final couple of points in the breaker, where Nadal hit two winners a row, the first being set up with a deep return followed by a FH to the open court, and the second being a backhand return winner on set point. He just upped the aggression, hit two great shots and took the set.
Before that, Nadal was holding serve comfortably throughout that set, and was actually the closer player to break. Meanwhile, he got broken in the first set in a game where he committed two double faults, one of which on break points. Not much mental prowess there. Though Brands was definitely on fire for the first two sets.
ricardo said:
I'm not sure. It essentially came down to 2-3 points in the tie-break that changed the entire match. The first one was when Brands completely made a mess out of a backhand slice approach to the open court (Rafa's mental prowess didn't have much to do with that), the other two were the final couple of points in the breaker, where Nadal hit two winners a row, the first being set up with a deep return followed by a FH to the open court, and the second being a backhand return winner on set point. He just upped the aggression, hit two great shots and took the set.
Before that, Nadal was holding serve comfortably throughout that set, and was actually the closer player to break. Meanwhile, he got broken in the first set in a game where he committed two double faults, one of which on break points. Not much mental prowess there. Though Brands was definitely on fire for the first two sets.
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I probably could've rephrased it, and talked about the lack of mental prowess instead - it's all relative really. The one you pointed out, where Brands messed up that shot to open court showed why he was much worse when it counted. The reason i chose to point out Rafa's mental prowess was that, the way Brands was able to fire winners at will, would've upset many players and not let them play their own game as it put tons of pressure on the opposition. However Rafa hang tough enough and kept it close, then Brands felt the pressure and made bad mistakes which he didn't make previously.
Good example just after he lost the tie-break, his serve was immediately broken - he served much better before then. Then right after he lost the third 6-4 he was broken again to start the fourth set. In both set it came down to just one break each set when Brands temporarily lost it, thus his lack of mental toughness as compared to Rafa. I don't think at any stage Nadal was outplaying him, he stayed consistent and played tough, defended well when it counted.
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I probably could've rephrased it, and talked about the lack of mental prowess instead - it's all relative really. The one you pointed out, where Brands messed up that shot to open court showed why he was much worse when it counted. The reason i chose to point out Rafa's mental prowess was that, the way Brands was able to fire winners at will, would've upset many players and not let them play their own game as it put tons of pressure on the opposition. However Rafa hang tough enough and kept it close, then Brands felt the pressure and made bad mistakes which he didn't make previously.
Good example just after he lost the tie-break, his serve was immediately broken - he served much better before then. Then right after he lost the third 6-4 he was broken again to start the fourth set. In both set it came down to just one break each set when Brands temporarily lost it, thus his lack of mental toughness as compared to Rafa. I don't think at any stage Nadal was outplaying him, he stayed consistent and played tough, defended well when it counted.