2011 Roland Garros Livescoring / Commentary Thread

Fed will have NO chance......

Here comes the famous Fed bp conversion

If Federer can beat Djokovic with 3/60000 break points converted, he can definitely beat Nadal like that.

Dude, Federer is outmoonballing Rafa. Brilliant strategy.

If Roger keeps to play this agressive and to be so motivated he'll definetly win this
But it will be hard to keep his level raised so high during the entire matchup

oh no :( here we go with the BP crappy convertion

3rd BP Fed will blow.

Nadal has no power, no strength, even his movement looks rank.

Already Nadal is taking 30-35 sec between points.

Rafa's BH :lol:

Another break point!

Roger is really attacking Nadal atm. Nadal can't really do anything! Yes!

Mary Carillo randomly somehow made a good point. Federer hasn't played Nadal since he won here. So in that sense he isn't playing to finally win RG so some of the pressure is sort of off. More so than usual.

BP fed :o

bottom of net

BP #3 blown

FFS!!!!!!!!!!

Roger just going for it.

Fed likes to burn bp´s to Nad, like always

Right idea, bad execution

Run around the BH and smack the 2nd serve

Roger really went for that one :lol:


I feel bad for Muzza that he lost to that Nadal on Friday.

He tried to do too much on BP in my opinion

way to prove me wrong

Nadal, what the?

Rubbish. :o

0/3 first game..about to be 0/4

BP #4 to blow

Time to burn another bp...... :haha:

omg :( 4th one :) come on roggie!!

Dont feel bad for Muzza he was injured mate 4th BP now

Guys, don't panic about Roger's bp conversion. It can only take one to win a set and only 3 to win a match :shrug:

Man, Rafa looks tight early on. Another BP.

4th break point for federer

It's okay guys. Roger just wants to set the record for most BPs wasted in a game. He already has the other ones.

Fed breaks :)

Finally.:)

Fed's aggressiveness has Rafa rattled

First blood!!!!!!!!!

Nice gift by Rafito. Only way Fedmug was going to break.

wow.
did not expect that one, for sure.

Give him the title now, she's done.

Rafa is just not the same.

Well Roger isn't missing the BPs with easy slice BH returns so that's refreshing :lol:. Easy miss for Rafa

Thanks Rafa.

Yours Sincerely,
Roger

Thanks, Rafa. No way Roger was going to break any other way.

Fed tried his best to choke that game away but Rafa was just too awful

Oh Rafa, went for the right serve got a short reply.... dumps it into the net.

Roger :aparty: Good strategy so far :worship:

Crowd 80-20 in favor of Roger?

0/3 first game..about to be 0/4

for a moment i thought, wait a minute, we're not even in the second game yet. and then realised it was the :o break conversion you were talking about

Dont feel bad for Muzza he was injured mate 4th BP now
He wasn't injured in any match except against Berrer. His ankle was stiff against Troicki, his ankle was ok against Chela and he just didn't play very well against Nadal. A semi-final is still great.

Hopefully Roger will take out the trash anyway :)

:d

Serverer :D

so good

this is actually looking good.

The Federer! The French Crowd Going Ooooooooooooooooo

This serving is GOATlike.

Nice start, Rog! Go!

I do, however, expect to see a turnaround.

Roger :aparty: Good strategy so far :worship:
Yeah, he's destroying Nadal so far. 6-1 6-3 6-0?? :devil:


Two aces in this game!

Nadal is ridiculously nervous. I don't see the same intensity from him

Crowd 80-20 in favor of Roger?

More like 95-5 :lol:

Serve and voley on clay :yeah:

First time ever Fed plays good against Rafa here.......but unfortunatellelelelyy it will not last

Two aces, an unreturned serve and a volley winner. Amazing :worship:

Nice start, Rog! Go!

I do, however, expect to see a turnaround.

triple bagels for rafa!!!

Serverer. :o

As I expected, Nadal is still in crappy form. Federer is still playing amazing. Federer in 3

I predicted Fed in 4, now I'm thinking Fed in 3 :o

Serverer as usual :haha:

Thanks Rafa.

Yours Sincerely,
Roger

:haha:

Fed already trashing Nadull:bowdown:
No wonder Joker was helpless against him too

expect a strong fightback by rafa soon.
its as certain as feds walkabout.

Every point Roger wins just makes me feel worse. It's really crazy how much I feel like "I've seen this one before."

If Rafa can't pressure Roger's serve he's going to have a tough go, no matter how awful Roger's BP conversion is.

3-0 lead come on Fed!

Fed's level will drop. This may become like the 2007 final. The real question is can Roger recover from his inevitable clown mode and pull out the win like yesterday.

Yeah now everyone is a visionary and says Federer in 3, Federer in 4... before the start it was all about Nadal's thrashing-to-be.

Djokovic would have absolutely destroyed Nadal today.

Damn you Roger.

Exactly the start the good ol Fed needed. Coming out on fire was the strategy to go

Relax guys it is early still

hopefully roger can keep it going, nadal has played like crap all week and really..this week shouldnt be rewarded with a title

Nadal is ridiculously nervous. I don't see the same intensity from himWhat the hell does he have to be nervous about? The last time they played here Fed won, what 4 games total?

people already overreacting here...

6ue already for nadal. thats a whole sets worth.

this is horrible from rafito

Rafa's nervous, but he has more riding on this than Federer. He's trying to tie Borg.

Bloody hell, Nadull is playing like rookie. This one and only time I bet money on him, he is gonna lose !

Who hits the first drop shot?

Allez Federer, keep this up !!

Nadull the coward hitting 2000 shots to Fed's backhand. :zzz:

hopefully roger can keep it going, nadal has played like crap all week and really..this week shouldnt be rewarded with a titleFed's the perfect opponent for him though. In the 2008 final I think #1 served 100% of his serves to Fed's BH.

2 aces and it's only halfway through the 1st set! Wow.

I've heard Nadals parents is leaving the arena! omg omg omg :) no just kiddin. Still early

I say 6-2 first set Roger....

Yeah now everyone is a visionary and says Federer in 3, Federer in 4... before the start it was all about Nadal's thrashing-to-be.

Look at the match prediction thread, I called this.

Yeah now everyone is a visionary and says Federer in 3, Federer in 4... before the start it was all about Nadal's thrashing-to-be.
i called fed in 4. its a long-ass way away still.
fed has started well before in these. its the second hour that makes or breaks it.

Cmon Roger

Get NOLE his no 1 ranking plzzzzz

Good play from Oldie

Rafa on the board, fist pump doesn't rear its head yet

Hold now Rog time to hold

Needs to hold here to keep the set his

im calling it RIGHT NOW, nadal will come back to win this set

Well, he's finally on the board. Go Fed! Go Rafa! I'm suddenly conflicted. I don't know why.

Nadal beats both fed and nole with his moonballing in the final. But this is 10x better than any Nadal match.

expect a strong fightback by rafa soon.
its as certain as feds walkabout.

here it comes.

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!! very gandalf's style

Calling it already, Rafa is done.


2006 french open final score: 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4) <--- as you can see, losing the opening set ultimately means absolutely nothing to rafa..

Rafito will rebreak here.

Nadal will wake up, it won't last. :o
If he can break back, the set (and the match) is his.

come on roger, dont get broken here

i have never hoped for him to win before but i do now

Uh-oh, Federror is here

Great FH Rogie boy

Uncharacteristic errors from both.

olderers serve dropped dramatically

sweeeeeeeeet backhand

Nadal doing his best to moonball.

Federer backhand :o

Nadull to break now. NID

Federer going to get broken here..

Too many long rallies.

What the hell does he have to be nervous about? The last time they played here Fed won, what 4 games total?

He is human and even for an tennis athlete, I would say his nerves this season has been quite bad

lmao nadal hitting every single fucking all to feds backhand

fed is moonballing rafa lol I like it

Rafa's starting to get tough. Yes! Go Rafa! Go Rog!

Federer needs a serve now

Federer backhand :o

:lol: it was predictable. Nadal's top spin:o

Federer somehow holds.

Nice hold

Great hold, Roger. Nadal's moonballs aren't really troubling him atm :bigclap:

roger holds, 4-1

Fed already equals his 2008 RG final performance. :D

Boring match. Federer not even serving well there and still too good for Errordal.

lmao nadal hitting every single fucking all to feds backhand
well, duh.

i think it was like 80% in that AO final, it was ridiculous. and it got the job done, so expect more of the same.
fed seems to be handling it though. so far.

Federer has equaled his total games from 2008 ! Yes!

Rafa is making a lot of UE when that stops and it will we shall see...

Well, he's finally on the board. Go Fed! Go Rafa! I'm suddenly conflicted. I don't know why.

I think any rational neutral wants Fed to get this, it's about time he beat Rafito in this final.

Great Rogie

Boring match. Federer not even serving well there and still too good for Errordal.
not high quality, but i know at least i am tense as hell. cannot imagine what they must feel like.

Theses moonballs :smash:

Nadal and his furrowed brow when things arnt going his way :lol:

Fed needs to cut short those bh rallies wither with some slices or a dropshot or going for a big DTL winner. Right now he's serving well enough to not get into too many but he'll need to eventually solve that problem. Looking good though :yeah:

Let's break Nadal here, Roger! Let's break this clown!

love it that Fed doesn't mind to do some moonballing of his own. Patience is the key. Can't hammer that FH on the first 3-4 shots all the time.

That'll do nicely.

Good to see Fed running around the bh on the returns

Boring match. Federer not even serving well there and still too good for Errordal.
Is Nadal not winning? :awww:

nadal on moonball alert

Fed cant go BH to BH but he is still going good....

Too many UEs from Fed. :(

now the game is heading to typical slowly. soon we will have the old scenario

nadal on moonball alert

tell us sth that we don't know:rolleyes:

im still semi optimistic about this match. nADNADAL is nervous as hell, and federer is playing DECENT.... Nothing too great.

Federer must keep his patience. Don't break down to the moonball

Federer outmoonballing Nadal, strange....

Great return! Keep forcing errors out of that clown, Roger :yeah:

not high quality, but i know at least i am tense as hell. cannot imagine what they must feel like.

From the look's of it, Fed is perfectly comfortable. I think winning in 09 really helps relieve the pressure.

what a fucking return by fED!

Lucky hold for Nadal.

come on roger, just 2 more holds

fed has studied moonballs. no chance for nadull

If Nadal takes the first set, Federer is certain to lose.

That was a great shot from Rafa! GO!

Federer outmoonballing Nadal, strange....


Seriously, not what i find entertaining lol.

Moonballing is so zzzzz

Ok, Roger. Your serve better still be here.

Yes, yes!!! Keep forcing Nadal back! Let's end this clown's RG dreams!!

Not surprising that Feds FH side is left wideopen at times because of all his running around to the BH. Luckily Nadal isn't smart enough to use it more often

Break coming.

Great return from Nadal.

If Nadal takes the first set, Federer is certain to lose.

no shit?

oh crap 15-30, come on roger!

Break is coming now. For certain.

Problems!!!

federers serve is still not as good as it was in the dkoker match

What a poor serve

Nadal's saturnballing :o

The Federer!!!!!

Break is coming now. For certain.


yea haha. fUCK

Break is coming now. For certain.
Oh really?

40-30.

nadal is playing uncharacteristically bad..... what the fk is going on!

Cmon Federer, keep it up

What's Nadal yapping

Federers FH looks razorsharp! what power and angles. Keep it up!

nice hold roger, one more

I think Nadal is asking for the trainer. LOL game, set, match

Nadal was like call outs next time I suck today...

Federer holds.

Fed holds somehow.

Nadull complaining the match fix isn't going his way. Ump is gonna be fired if NAdull loses.

Oh really?

40-30.

fEDERER HOLDS! i dont believe this shit

here we go

time to fake some injury for Nadal to get out of this soon

Serve for Fed is good enough to keep holding and make his move once a set on Rafa's serve.

Nadal calls for trainer? :/

FFS :/

Oh no rafa is injured? :/

of course Nadal pretends to be injured :rolleyes:

The 1st set is almost over. Who thinks Rafa takes the second set?

Nadal calling for trainer already? Not a good sign...

Here come the excuses

Is Nadal "injured"?

Awesome stuff from Roger.
What's Nadal's problem?

Oh really?

5-2.
Nadal is getting the trainer. What's wrong with him :rolleyes: Broken fingernail? Maybe an eyelash fell out?

Is Nadull really calling for the trainer? No class, what a sore loser this mug is :o

anyone who says #1 isn't playing his best.....well was Fed playing his best in '06 and 07? I leave out 08 b/c I don't think it would have mattered how Fed played that day.

Rafa's getting nowhere today moving this poorly.

Injured? Seriously?

Seriously, not what i find entertaining lol.

Moonballing is so zzzzz
it is. but its also interesting and refreshing to see players go out of their comfortzone to overcome a bad natural matchup. murray vs nadal is another good example of this.

Nadull complaining the match fix isn't going his way. Ump is gonna be fired if NAdull loses.

nadal is not going to lose.

Expect a second set beating by nadal to fed

NAdal with his unsportmanship acts again.. Calling the trainer.

Dodgy foot.

oh boy

Nadull already taking his fake injury timeout when he's losing. :rolleyes:

fed almost equal favourite according to bookies now.

O shit Nadal is putting on a new pair of socks Roger is screwed...

interesting match so far

#1 asking for the trainer late in a set when he's down. why am I not surprised. :lol:

nadal injured!

If fed wins this (which i doubt), it doesnt COUNT!

lmfao

LOL "Sorry Pascal"

Go fuck yourself Rafa. You don't deserve anything.

Got to think Nadal does this to get Federer out of his momentum. same old same old

Hater fest, expected.

Seriously, not what i find entertaining lol.

Moonballing is so zzzzz

Probably the only way he can beat Nadal in RG.

Nadal does have a habit of calling for trainers when he's struggling.

Good plan from RafitoGod. Take 3 minutes break with the trainer and then come out all guns blazing, swooping the crowd off their feet and claiming his 6th RG title :D :stupid:

Fed:o

Got to think Nadal does this to get Federer out of his momentum. same old same old

yea. He is trying to get fed out his groove, and find his own groove. Pretty fucking evident

AND IT looks like its fucking working

Here comes the Nadull comeback from 2-5 down.

I have seen Nadull come back against Fed from positions like this on clay lots of times. :o

Federer playing decently, but his return game has deserted him big time.

And here comes the errors after that longer than normal break. Fed needs to relax.

Df from Nadal. A very rare thing indeed.

Probably the only way he can beat Nadal in RG.

dood, do you think hes still gonna beat nadal here?

lmao. What nadal come out guns abalazing in the second set and taking JESUSFED, to federror

That double fault was hilarious.

Typical nadal timeout

Got to think Nadal does this to get Federer out of his momentum. same old same old

Thats a ridiculous thing to say. They both respect each other too much to attempt to do something like that.

Fucking moonballing from both.

this moonballing is fucking ridiculous

What a lucky shot :rolleyes:

Well, Fed always was the guy who deserved beating Rafa here more than anyone else. Poetic justice: Rafa kept Fed from his 6th WB in 2008, Fed may avenge himself today. Fed got his anyway a year later, Rafa is sure to do likewise.

Nadull complaining the match fix isn't going his way. Ump is gonna be fired if NAdull loses.
LOL,
you are such a lovable little troll.

hehe Federer had to jump AND hit that at shoulder height. A prime quality moonball!

Risky returning for Fedex

Big backhand return!! Eat that!!

wow at federers return on nadal... jesus

:hysteric:

Fed will break here

Crowd are way too excitable.

Allezzzz

what a forehand by fed!

ROGER being ROGER

Fed painting he lines.

What a fucking point from the God of Tennis :worship:

Deuce! Let's break!!!

Federer. Too good to be human!

Hot damn Rog...

WOW shot from Fed!
no doubt Novak lost to him

set point federer

Sp for Federer.

The moonballing for both continue.

Set ball! :D

Roger isn't fazed by Nadal's saturnballs! Break point!!!