Wawrinka exposing Federer's flawed strategy and Nadal's weakness....

[Front242]

Well, let's not try and distort any of the facts here, as good as Wawrinka played. Previous to this meeting, Nadal was something like 13-0 against Stan, and the latter had not even taken a set in all of those matches. He definitely did well, tactically, in the first set and a bit, but that is only a small portion of an overall very, very one-sided matchup. Then again, this is Stan 2.0...

Never won a set but how quickly things can change. Fed had never lost to Davydenko or Blake or about a hundred others at this stage (insert unhappy smiley here) and suddenly they beat him. It's pretty incredible the winning records the big 4 (Nadal in particular) have over the lower ranked players and even the tier 2 near elites but they're bound to win a match eventually.

 

[britbox]

The blueprint is all about execution, not some paper gameplan locked in a vault.

 

[Front242]

The blueprint is all about execution, not some paper gameplan locked in a vault.

Yup! So true and it's good to see some players managing the feat. It ain't easy to beat these guys as their records show over the years.

 

[TsarMatt]

Well, let's not try and distort any of the facts here, as good as Wawrinka played. Previous to this meeting, Nadal was something like 13-0 against Stan, and the latter had not even taken a set in all of those matches. He definitely did well, tactically, in the first set and a bit, but that is only a small portion of an overall very, very one-sided matchup. Then again, this is Stan 2.0...

Never won a set but how quickly things can change. Fed had never lost to Davydenko or Blake or about a hundred others at this stage (insert unhappy smiley here) and suddenly they beat him. It's pretty incredible the winning records the big 4 (Nadal in particular) have over the lower ranked players and even the tier 2 near elites but they're bound to win a match eventually.

True. It'll be interesting to see how their inevitable matches in the future will pan out.

 

[Front242]

More than that it'll be interesting to see if Stan can maintain this form. The form of set 1 and up to 2-0 anyway. I'd rather never watch the rest ever again

 

[TsarMatt]

More than that it'll be interesting to see if Stan can maintain this form. The form of set 1 and up to 2-0 anyway. I'd rather never watch the rest ever again

I hope Stan will maintain his form, too. He considers clay to be one of his best surfaces, so I can see him causing some trouble during the European clay court season, particularly at Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome. And, of course, Roland Garros.

I don't expect Stan to win another GS title this year (let alone make a final) but a few Master 1000 titles would be great. Obviously, I'd love to be proven wrong.