US Open 2018, Flushing Meadows, NY USA - Grand Slam (Men)

[Fiero425]

I am not the one who said that though. Roger has always won slams by himself.

Well there have been a few assists; a big one in 2009 on clay IIRC! :whistle:

 

[Carol]

Oh please, spare me of such statement. He was grimacing big time while he was sending over bullets, don't tell me those dhots don't take "any effort".

They always has to do "some effort" but clearly he knew that Ferru couldn't do too much

 

[Carol]

So let's see. This topspin bot has got a cake draw and the balls are the heaviest ever at USO and the court is high bouncing. I mean how many factors can you have in your favour and he STILL struggles to put away an injured opponent?

So....what did you expect he had to do "smart federiano"?

 

[Carol]

I am not the one who said that though. Roger has always won slams by himself.

Really?

 

[DarthFed]

I said this on the other thread just now. It's such a BS argument that someone was on the "sauce," and then, when they really need it, at the later stages of their careers, they demure. What sense does that make? It only allows you to say that if they play well, younger and fitter, they're doping. If they get older and have issue...oh, my! They forgot the phone number of their doctor? Is it too much to say that you play fitter and better when you're younger? No, probably too much common sense for you, and surely I'm just naive.

They put in the biological passport a couple years ago. No one has ever said athletes who dope are doing so 24/7 for 10 years straight. It's called cycling for a reason. His game was 100% tied to his physicality and now he sucks. Gave a nice assist to his amigo tonight though. Only time I'd root for him to win too . Well maybe against Juicic too!

 

[Carol]

They put in the biological passport a couple years ago. No one has ever said athletes who dope are doing so 24/7 for 10 years straight. It's called cycling for a reason. His game was 100% tied to his physicality and now he sucks. Gave a nice assist to his amigo tonight though. Only time I'd root for him to win too . Well maybe against Juicic too!

Are you blind or don't you see that he has the Achilles heel problem for a while? he didn't suffer injuries during his career but from the last year getting older he started with some issues. Be careful what you say, you could eat your own words

 

[Moxie]

They put in the biological passport a couple years ago. No one has ever said athletes who dope are doing so 24/7 for 10 years straight. It's called cycling for a reason. His game was 100% tied to his physicality and now he sucks. Gave a nice assist to his amigo tonight though. Only time I'd root for him to win too . Well maybe against Juicic too!

Actually, you rather have implied that they doped since the start of their careers. As to the bolded above, Ferrer is 35, has worked hard all of his career, could be drained, and, btw, he just had a baby. Or is Federer the only on who loses motivation because he has rugrats? Come on...there is actually reason the see the other side of everything you say.

 

[Jelenafan]

His game was 100% tied to his physicality and now he sucks.

Isn’t Ferrer like 36 years old?

 

[atttomole]

Well there have been a few assists; a big one in 2009 on clay IIRC! :whistle:

Using that reasoning, then everyone has received assists. I remember Federer taking out Djokovic's bogey man, Wawrinka, at the 2015 US Open, opening the way for Djokovic to win the US Open.

 

[Fiero425]

Using that reasoning, then everyone has received assists. I remember Federer taking out Djokovic's bogey man, Wawrinka, at the 2015 US Open, opening the way for Djokovic to win the US Open.

Now you've flipped out! Stan's had a few wins, but for the most part Nole's owned him! One player has 3 majors and has struggled to win even a handful of matches from Fedalovic while another has 13 majors with a few of them going thru Stan! :whistle:

 

[The_Grand_Slam]

Using that reasoning, then everyone has received assists. I remember Federer taking out Djokovic's bogey man, Wawrinka, at the 2015 US Open, opening the way for Djokovic to win the US Open.

Helped by Gasquet as well the same year when Wawrinka lost 9-11 in the fifth in the Wimbledon QF just weeks after that famous RG 2015 final upset

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Ferrer should just retire.

He did. :lulz2:

 

[Moxie]

He did. :lulz2:

I'm not clear why that's funny. Especially since he retired injured. You're such a piece of work. PS: I guess you're a chick? You always use the laughing girl icon. You don't have to say, but I wouldn't have pegged you for one.

 

[Front242]

I'm not clear why that's funny. Especially since he retired injured. You're such a piece of work. PS: I guess you're a chick? You always use the laughing girl icon. You don't have to say, but I wouldn't have pegged you for one.

GSM is a dude if you've ever copped any of the comments on females in threads. There's a closet Nadal fan here with a chick nick on the other hand.

 

[Front242]

Actually, you rather have implied that they doped since the start of their careers. As to the bolded above, Ferrer is 35, has worked hard all of his career, could be drained, and, btw, he just had a baby. Or is Federer the only on who loses motivation because he has rugrats? Come on...there is actually reason the see the other side of everything you say.

Or he could just be off the sauce for years as Darth pointed out. He was always the number 1 most obvious doper on tour and the dirty scumbag won't be missed by millions worldwide given his Tenisval links to Luis Garcia Del Moral, Lance Armstrong's doctor. He's 36 btw and good riddance to him. Won't be hitting any balls at babies in the crowd anymore.

 

[Front242]

Tell that to those that thinks it all comes out of a bottle. I really don't think you can manufacture this much heart except that you have it. People are so cynical.

When he never, ever got tired for years it was all heart I guess. By that logic all non fatiguing dopers have massive hearts OR it could simply be the dirty bastards never get tired, which the Nadal camp seem to love and see it as nothing out of the ordinary. It's like a non stop game of Pong between Lance Armstrong bots. Thing is, this is tennis and not track and field. Some of us prefer watching shot making than endless retrieving like a dog playing fetch.

 

[lob]

........Thing is, this is tennis and not track and field. Some of us prefer watching shot making than endless retrieving like a dog playing fetch.

This.^ Unfortunately, this has become a minority view. I take that back. It has become a fringe view.

Even shot making legends like Johnny Mac, Becker and Agassi don't so much as mention the elephant in the room. Obviously, they are more interested in staying a part of the conversation. It's obvious in Johnny's case. His point by point analysis is spot on. Always. On pretty much everything else, he is asinine. Long points and high bounce entertains the plebs. It gets free spectator roars like a cheap laugh track on a bad comedy. The prick tournament directors, who love ratings above all else, have caught on. Topspin plus ball 'weight', fur/material have made point length, pace and bounce easy to control.


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