Rome Masters 2015

[nehmeth]

Stan should be kicking himself... he'd have been serving for the set now. :nono

 

[Denis]

Nice Stan!

 

[Puppet Master]

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Shankdal with the power to create problems for himself in matches he should win without much trouble.

 

[Kieran]

Bloody hell. Rafa owns the record for dropping your serve straight after you broke serve. :cover

 

[Kieran]

Stan should be kicking himself... he'd have been serving for the set now. :nono

Or vice versa, to be fair. Neither of them look particularly settled on serve out there...

 

[Denis]

Bloody hell. Rafa owns the record for dropping your serve straight after you broke serve. :cover

He also owns the record of fending off a zillion breakpoints and breaking serve right after.

 

[nehmeth]

If only there were some way Ralf could pick out that wedgy that has inexplicably formed between his ears.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

ufedal made an unwelcome appearance in that rafa service game.

 

[Kieran]

Dang! I hate it when the stream is a full two points behind the scoreboard. I'm switching between the two, now... :cover

 

[Denis]

If only there were some way Ralf could pick out that wedgy that has inexplicably formed between his ears.

:ras:

I think I can live with it.

 

[Kieran]

A clever second serve. High pitched on the Stan backhand. Vamos!

 

[Kieran]

Couple of really short shots from Rafa, and Stan keeps charging forward...

 

[Kieran]

It's more tense than brilliant, isn't it? Tiebreak...

 

[Denis]

Nadal is getting worse than Ferrer with the grunting. Clearly he's struggling.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

not the highest quality match so far then......still interesting/

 

[Kieran]

I'll be seriously unhappy if Stan wins this set. GSM will turn up... :snicker

 

[rahulpawar]

Nadal is shanking but at least he seems a touch faster than he has been in past 5 months

 

[Denis]

Lucky break with that shank.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

class shot by dr vamos..5-2.

 

[DarthFed]

Wafa back to his pushing best this set. Still lacking the usual heaviness on that forehand but he's moving well.