Topic: Ye Olde Castle - Vol.8 - Without Music, Life Would Be A Mistake...

[Clay Death]

i think the difference boiled down to 4 factors general duncan:
 
1. murray`s improved fitness
2. murray`s improved serve
3. murray`s improved state of mind. he has more belief now
4. fed not having his best stuff with him: his big serve and his devastating forehand let him down when he needed them the most. he had had always been able to call on those 2 shots to keep his edge in matches of this magnitude
 
 
 
also it had to happen sooner or later. fed is getting old and murray keeps improving. this is the first time murray has beaten roger in a slam.
 

[Clash]

true CD, Murray will only get better...
still Fed can't be written off just yet, he will remain a contender in the slams this year I think..with his best shot coming at Wimbledon

[Clay Death]

agreed. this might motivate roger even more. he was in the hunt here to the last minute.
 
grass suits his game the best. also the surface is less demanding.
 
 

[Clay Death]

roger is likely to spend more time on clay after rotterdam to fine tune his ground game and also to keep himself healthy.
 
i know nole practices year around on clay. if only nadal had been born bright enough.

[JayR]

Ann

You make a top 10 then 

Duncan. 

Now you know how long it takes me to put one of those together.

hola general duncSANITY. i saw that match until fed went down 0-3 in the 5th. that is when i decided to grab some sleep.
 
 
ann i did not follow soccer until recently. i am reading now that he was an ac milan legend.

He was Samson. Was at the club from boyhood and played for the first team at the age of 16. An excellent defender and a very cultured footballer indeed.  Milan retired his shirt when he finished playing.

[Clay Death]

wow ann. that is an awesome looking sig.
 
you can even use it at mtf. everybody is going to ask you about it. tell them its top secret stuff.
 
i use my sig at TF.

[Clash]

Ann

You make a top 10 then 

Duncan. 

Now you know how long it takes me to put one of those together.

hola general duncSANITY. i saw that match until fed went down 0-3 in the 5th. that is when i decided to grab some sleep.
 
 
ann i did not follow soccer until recently. i am reading now that he was an ac milan legend.

He was Samson. Was at the club from boyhood and played for the first team at the age of 16. An excellent defender and a very cultured footballer indeed.  Milan retired his shirt when he finished playing.

 

[Clash]

cool sig indeed yes Ann !

[Clay Death]

and here is the one for which ann selected her own pictures:
 

[Tennis4you]

Andy was brilliant. Roger was sub par.

I know its only natural, but its painful to see such a bright star slowly fade.. 

Now you can understand why Sampras ended on a GS win.

I think Rogers best chances come at Wimbledon and US Open now.

roger did not have his best stuff---he serve and the forehand---when he had to have them. 

andy played as well as i have ever seen him play. his improved serve and his significantly improved fitness was the difference maker.

who do you like in the final?

Andy, in my opinion, is the real #2 player in the world and this final is the best possible outcome for an epic match.  I love Federer, but Andy is playing better these days.

[FedFanForever]

CD - I thought Roger fought like great lion king he is, but lost to the younger male in the pride.

[Clay Death]

does that change if andy takes this slam?

[FedFanForever]

CD - no it doesn't. Nole & Andy are a class above on hardcourts. Nobody can stand up to them.

[Clay Death]

roger proved that he is still among the best of the best.
 
with his old forehand and his old serve he wins that match. the serve and the forehand let him down in key moments.
 
also he was not effective enough at the net. he was not really able to take the net away which is what he did at wimbledon.

[Clay Death]

one man could and did but he was born stupid so it did not last.

[FedFanForever]

roger proved that he is still among the best of the best.
 
with his old forehand and his old serve he wins that match. the serve and the forehand let him down in key moments.
 
also he was not effective enough at the net. he was not really able to take the net away which is what he did at wimbledon.

#1 - the serve & forehand were not clicking until the 4th set
#2 - the drop shots do not work against Andy, just don't bother with it
#3 - his fitness let him down. He needs another 1-2 training blocks to get back to peak fitness in time for Roland Garros.

I have a feeling this Roland Garros is gonna be epic with Nadal's return and Nole/Andy/Roger in peak form at the same time. It will truly be a battlefield of the gods.

[Clash]

we'll see how rafa deals with his schedule having been away from the tour for so long...at least he starts playing on clay again

[JayR]

wow ann. that is an awesome looking sig.
 
you can even use it at mtf. everybody is going to ask you about it. tell them its top secret stuff.
 
i use my sig at TF.

Awesome thanks to your good offices Samson. Thank you so much! :hug:

Lol! I'll never divulge my source.

Ann

You make a top 10 then 

Duncan. 

Now you know how long it takes me to put one of those together.

hola general duncSANITY. i saw that match until fed went down 0-3 in the 5th. that is when i decided to grab some sleep.
 
 
ann i did not follow soccer until recently. i am reading now that he was an ac milan legend.

He was Samson. Was at the club from boyhood and played for the first team at the age of 16. An excellent defender and a very cultured footballer indeed.  Milan retired his shirt when he finished playing.

 

 

cool sig indeed yes Ann !

Thanks Duncan. 

and here is the one for which ann selected her own pictures:
 

Random choices whichturned out oh so well thanks to you sir. 

[FedFanForever]

One thing that was interesting to me was Roger made only one backhand shank the entire match and the rallies were generally played at a very high pace, so that's a shockingly(good) stat for him. I'm sure Roger will not be despondent over this loss. In a way it was an improvement on last year's 4-set loss to Nadal.

[Clash]

listening to one of my favourite albums of all time, Siamese Dream by the Smashing Pumpkins 
already 20 years old this stuff , i'm getting old fast !!!