Rolex Shanghai Masters 2018, China

[isabelle]

Tsitsi beat Karen, Juanito beat Richie

 

[Carol]

Watch the ball boy, he was surprised by the Zverev celebration lol

 

[isabelle]

poor ballboy...he seems to be afraid

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Wow...Roger wags the finger after the win. He must have really taken this one serious. Finger wag is only reserved for special occasions, as far as I can remember.

 

[monfed]

Wow...Roger wags the finger after the win. He must have really taken this one serious. Finger wag is only reserved for special occasions, as far as I can remember.

I think it's more like the prestige of finger wag went down after celebrating this win. Fred is just desperate now.

 

[DarthFed]

Wow...Roger wags the finger after the win. He must have really taken this one serious. Finger wag is only reserved for special occasions, as far as I can remember.

Pretty surprising to hear that but I will take it. A bit of fire even after the first match is a good sign. Master of coin gave him trouble, can't say it's much of a surprise. Like Cincy and Halle this is just a great surface for Fed (one of the few remaining). Even terrible play from Roger could see him make the finals like it did in those two tournaments.

 

[atttomole]

Roger got a lucky break to win the match. I expected the match to be more straightforward, given the surface, but nothing comes easy for Roger these days.

 

[monfed]

Ofcourse Fed has to draw the previous tournament winner, most inform player on fast HC in his very first round even when he's the #1 seed. And ofcourse faker has to draw an opponent who has never won a set against him in 100 matches in his first round.

 

[Fiero425]

Djokovic is a great player, but in a way it would be worse for the resume, it just wouldn't be a pathetic loss. Losing to anyone but him with this tour is a pathetic loss unless it's Nadal on clay. Also, I never said losing a final is the same as losing a first round match. I've just said losing the final doesn't mean you're playing good tennis. The finalist this week went 4-1, finalist of a major went 6-1. Neither gets me hard...

Well I saw a bit of the 1st set when Roger was in control! I guess when I nodded back off things got a little tougher! Medvedev kept him out there for a while I see! Not sure if this wouldn't have been a bad loss or not; the guy has been on a great run of his own! That should be his biggest comp. until the final so now he's under the gun! We'll see I guess! :whistle:

 

[Fiero425]

Ofcourse Fed has to draw the previous tournament winner, most inform player on fast HC in his very first round even when he's the #1 seed. And ofcourse faker has to draw an opponent who has never won a set against him in 100 matches in his first round.

OCO; Nole's got no cupcake draw there regardless of their record against him! He still got the raw end of the deal with the seeded players he's getting! Look again! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Shanghai_Rolex_Masters_–_Singles#Finals - :whistle: :cuckoo:

 

[Fiero425]

Roger got a lucky break to win the match. I expected the match to be more straightforward, given the surface, but nothing comes easy for Roger these days.

I'll take Roger's opponents over what's in the bottom half with Anderson, Sasha Z., & Tsitsipas! Those shorts showing off those spindly legs of Stefanos with the long hair's taking me back 40 years! :whistle:

 

[Mastoor]

Wow...Roger wags the finger after the win. He must have really taken this one serious. Finger wag is only reserved for special occasions, as far as I can remember.

He must be very proud of beating a player who played 9 matches in last 10 days.

 

[Mastoor]

Ofcourse Fed has to draw the previous tournament winner, most inform player on fast HC in his very first round even when he's the #1 seed. And ofcourse faker has to draw an opponent who has never won a set against him in 100 matches in his first round.

Federer, aka the greatest scheme in the history of all the sports, "drew" a player who played 9 matches in last 10 days and barely beat him in 3 sets.

 

[DarthFed]

I'll take Roger's opponents over what's in the bottom half with Anderson, Sasha Z., & Tsitsipas! Those shorts showing off those spindly legs of Stefanos with the long hair's taking me back 40 years! :whistle:

Sascha is a much easier semi than Delpo and Nole is only playing one of the other two. Neither QF opponent is anything special. Anyways they could both play C- tennis and make the finals.

 

[DarthFed]

He must be very proud of beating a player who played 9 matches in last 10 days.

21 year old who did nothing all year until this month. If he's tired he isn't fit

 

[Fiero425]

He must be very proud of beating a player who played 9 matches in last 10 days.

Oh I've always hated the finger wag; so beneath him really, but it goes back years when he felt fortunate to have a win over Rafa or Nole! Now he's doing it against players not in his class! Very tacky; glad I missed it! It's not a good look IIRC! :whistle:

 

[Fiero425]

Sascha is a much easier semi than Delpo and Nole is only playing one of the other two. Neither QF opponent is anything special. Anyways they could both play C- tennis and make the finals.

Upsets occur! I wouldn't be that definitive thinking either will make the final; esp. Roger! Who thought he'd drop a match to Millman of Aust. at the USO? Roger looked genuinely "gassed" due to a lack of circulation, heat, & humidity at that HELL hole we call a major! Something always seems to go wrong going back to the 70's when a shot rang thru Forest Hills! It's such an embarrassment with the scheduling, weather, a problem with noise (airplanes among other things), shady dealings with the draw; I could go on! :whistle:

 

[Moxie]

that HELL hole we call a major! Something always seems to go wrong going back to the 70's when a shot rang thru Forest Hills! It's such an embarrassment with the scheduling, weather, a problem with noise (airplanes among other things), shady dealings with the draw; I could go on! :whistle:

Not sure what you have against the USOpen, but it's a bit too much. Weather is weather, and all Majors have their issues with that. They actually moved the plane patterns from flying over the Open...years ago. But, "shady dealings with the draw?" Put some tin foil in your hat, and get out the smelling salts while your at it.

 

[Fiero425]

Not sure what you have against the USOpen, but it's a bit too much. Weather is weather, and all Majors have their issues with that. They actually moved the plane patterns from flying over the Open...years ago. But, "shady dealings with the draw?" Put some tin foil in your hat, and get out the smelling salts while your at it.

Well my memory isn't what it was, but @ least twice they had to redo the men's draw; something about the seedings 1 of those times! :cuckoo:

 

[DarthFed]

Roger having trouble with the pushing spoiled princess. It's time for him to take the short bus back to Switzerland and rest for a couple months before training for next year. Coming out here and getting embarrassed cuts into rest and isn't going to result in him playing out of his current horrific form.