peasy23 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 He's lost 10 sets in a row against Federer so he definitely needs to have a rethink on how he is playing him. As you say Federer does far more with his second serve than any other player and he is playing at a terrific level just now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Federer wins in straights.... guys the best 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Federer wins in straights.... guys the best Didn`t watch the match but ATP stats saying Novak didn`t have a single break point! Edited August 23, 2015 by Distant Doonhamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The man knows how to hit form at the right time, I'll give him that. On that form, he's the best in the world, the best ever and potentially the best there will ever be. A true great of the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC90 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Don't suppose anyone knows where I can watch it ? I thought it was on at 8 like the Murray game. I usually just stream it live on the internet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Didn`t watch the match but ATP stats saying Novak didn`t have a single break point! Yeh. And to think some people back in 2010, said the guy was finished :lol: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Sportello Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The man knows how to hit form at the right time, I'll give him that. On that form, he's the best in the world, the best ever and potentially the best there will ever be. A true great of the game. Settle. Djokovic is still the best in the world by a fair distance. Hardly saw any of Federers matches this week due to work(including semi and final) but Djokovic has looked off the pace this week and last week. Probably saving himself for the US Open. Not really surprised Federer has won pretty handily tbh. With Federer and Murray currently playing the best tennis they've played in years and Djokovic having a somewhat iffy past two weeks(albeit still reaching two finals) the US Open looks like it's is going to be a cracker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Federer was again a demon on his second serve. The greatest second serve in Men's tennis for sure. Murray is probably too aggressive on Federer's serve. In the last five sets of tennis against Federer he has carved out one break point. That to me suggests you have to change tactics on return of serve. Djokovic today will be outside the court on return of first serve, and will move to the baseline on the second serve. This will limit Federer's effectiveness on serve, as Djokovic will have more time. Murray wasn't awful yesterday just didn't do enough to win. Federer's back spin drop shot on return of serve at 5-5 in the tie break was brilliant. The extra time didn't even matter. Federer delivered another serving master class. Andy Murray and Novak Djokvic pulled similar numbers against the Federer serve. Statistically speaking Murray and Djokovic are two of the greatest returners the game has ever had (Agassi completes the top three) and Federer didn't even face a break point in the two matches. Djokovic won 13 of 61 Federer service points. Faced eight break points, was broken once. Federer served at 57% Murray won 14 of 64 Federer service points. Faced four break points, was broken once. Federer served at 55%. Both players groundstrokes were slower than they had been the rest of the tournament. Federer would probably be more likely to lose to Wawrinka or Nishikori where they would just swing away in that form. In that kind of form he can win the US Open though. With that result it means Andy Murray wins the US Open Series, and if he was to win the US Open he would get an extra $1m in prize money. The draw comes out on Friday. The top 8 seeds are as follows: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych, David Ferrer and Rafa Nadal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Kyrgios was fined 25K and banned for 28 days today because of the Wawrinka incident. This of course will be a suspended sentence where if he is a good boy for 6 months it will all be forgotten about. I wouldn't be surprised to see him have an outburst at the Paris Masters to get his 28 day ban during the off season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 How shit is the Davis Cup tickets website? Got there in the end - can't wait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-coo-shed Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 How shit is the Davis Cup tickets website? Got there in the end - can't wait. It's absolutely awful. Managed to get some for Friday though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 It's absolutely awful. Managed to get some for Friday though. They've totally mangled this. The "priority link" being a password everyone would have had by last night who wanted it didn't help - I'd assumed you'd have to enter your BTM number and be authenticated that way. I've not even had the money taken from my bank account yet. Bet they are holding tickets back as well, which is fucking pointless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yeah it says on the website, the "priority" tickets are sold out. Suggests to me that there is still another batch that'll be on sale for general release. Just as well because I didn't get any, since I've only just woken up, since I'm off work ill. Guess I'll be sitting at my computer refreshing at 6.59am on Thursday then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yeah it says on the website, the "priority" tickets are sold out. Suggests to me that there is still another batch that'll be on sale for general release. Just as well because I didn't get any, since I've only just woken up, since I'm off work ill. Guess I'll be sitting at my computer refreshing at 6.59am on Thursday then. Apparently today it opened at 6.55 - so worth checking that on Thurs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Apparently today it opened at 6.55 - so worth checking that on Thurs. Ahh cheers, will do. Here's hoping I can get some on the Friday, since that's the only day I can go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Also, given they haven't taken any money yet, I'm not sure what they will do if cards decline... Might be more tickets pop up throughout the day? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Federer's back spin drop shot on return of serve at 5-5 in the tie break was brilliant. Could be wrong but I think he mishit that. He certainly apologised to Murray after the point. The DC tickets was a nightmare. I've got the amounts showing as pending on my card though so presumably gone through ok. I kept refreshing from 6.55am and it opened up around 6.57 so worth taking that approach tomorrow. Was done by 7.05. Then trying to do 2 other orders for friends took me 45 minutes. Agree that they should have BTM login requirements and individual passwords/links if they want to extend it to people who were at the previous rounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Agree that they should have BTM login requirements and individual passwords/links if they want to extend it to people who were at the previous rounds. How hard would it be to have a field checked against a database? Idiots. Also, why are they holding any tickets back from priority sale? Why should their own LTA members lose out to joe publics because they've stopped them buying tickets on the Tuesday? I don't even have a pending debit card transaction against my bank account. Edited August 26, 2015 by H_B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Probably because mine is on a credit card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtie95 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Anyone going to be trying for Davis Cup tickets tomorrow? I'm a BTM member and tried on Tuesday but it was an utter shambles!! Hopefully tomorrow will bring more success!! I'll be taking anything it throws at me!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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