US Open Day 8: Monday, Sept 2 - Order of Play

[DarthFed]

I'm definitely not seeing the same match Broken. The forehand is good and everything else is ghastly.

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

^ exactly. another BP. Tommy is returning from New Jersey.

and tommy breaks, and will serve for the match.

 

[DarthFed]

Pathetic

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

1) Tommy guesses the direction of Fed's volley perfectly
2) Tommy plays an unbelievable curveball passing shot


*3) Tommy falls apart and hands back the break.

 

[Moxie]

What a shot from Robredo! I'm happy for him to make a good showing here, but I really want the R & R QF, so don't be TOO good, Tommy!

 

[DarthFed]

God he is getting awful at net, just worse and worse

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

i can still see why Broken got to the assessment... for a moment, he looked like he did in the earlier rounds. and now again, there's flashes of great play. but very very patchy today.

 

[atttomole]

Its painful to see Roger exchanging breaks with someone he used to beat so handily in the past. The end is nigh for Great One!!

 

[Johnsteinbeck]

God he is getting awful at net, just worse and worse

oh, don't be such a pessimist all the time. yeah, he seemed to be having a completely off day at the net (and partly elsewhere) today, but he also showed some pretty good hands in ths tournamet so far.

 

[DarthFed]

i can still see why Broken got to the assessment... for a moment, he looked like he did in the earlier rounds. and now again, there's flashes of great play. but very very patchy today.

Usually when his forehand is good the rest of his game is there too, that's not the case today.

 

[DarthFed]

God he is getting awful at net, just worse and worse

oh, don't be such a pessimist all the time. yeah, he seemed to be having a completely off day at the net (and partly elsewhere) today, but he also showed some pretty good hands in ths tournamet so far.

The hands aren't the problem, the decision making and coming in on garbage is the issue,
like this now

 

[DarthFed]

Is he trying to lose this??

 

[DarthFed]

Losing on fast hards to an ancient clay courter. Unreal

 

[tented]

Excellent tiebreak from Robredo. However, Roger better win this match!

 

[atttomole]

God he is getting awful at net, just worse and worse

oh, don't be such a pessimist all the time. yeah, he seemed to be having a completely off day at the net (and partly elsewhere) today, but he also showed some pretty good hands in ths tournamet so far.

The thing with us Roger fans is that we have been spoiled with the high standards he has reached over the years, so it becomes hard to watch him missing routine forehands. And he loses the first set.

 

[Moxie]

God he is getting awful at net, just worse and worse

oh, don't be such a pessimist all the time. yeah, he seemed to be having a completely off day at the net (and partly elsewhere) today, but he also showed some pretty good hands in ths tournamet so far.

The hands aren't the problem, the decision making and coming in on garbage is the issue,
like this now

I agree...he has looked oddly indecisive at times, and got caught in the middle, at least once, critically.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Fed is not awful at net. The problem is he is coming in after poor approach shots
or poor serve and getting passed.

 

[crystalfire]

this is really poor stuff from fed so far. if he continues like this hes gonna lose. that might be a good thing. i dont need rafa drubbing him.

 

[DarthFed]

Fed is not awful at net. The problem is he is coming in after poor approach shots
or poor serve and getting passed.

Approach shots and deciding when to come in are parts of net play. Roger's volleys have always been great.

 

[Moxie]

Ferrer made some tired looking errors and dropped serve. Tipsy serving for the 2nd.