Madrid SF: Federer defeats Del Potro 6-3 6-4

Solid performance from Roger, executing some stunning drop-shots today. Now to face Nadal in the final.

Useless match, after first 4 games I knew the final scoreline of this match :o

Nadal-Federer in the final :banana:

del Potro just played very poor match out there, as usual against Federer

Now to face Nadal in the final.

his back part of the body will be facing Nadal

Roger looks back-in-form with few errors against Juan Martin Del Potro. He will take on Nadal in the finals.

Go Roger!!

Madrid F: (1) Nadal vs. (2) Federer

DropShots and Serve.... Brilliant today.

Still leaky forehand, but I think he might have some chance to win tomorrow.

Federer's groundies don't look all that great to me.

What time UK is it on tommorow the final? would love it if someone told me quick :)

That, Ladies and Gentlemen, was a high quality match. Now keep deluding yourself....

Fed smokes these unidimensional power mugs.

The junior member of the "Big 5" couldn't hack it tonight. :(

Gotta laugh at the people who thought he would win. When will people realise that Fed is a terrible matchup for Del Potro?

Good performance from Fed. I thought he looked in good shape.

Go get em in the final Roger!!

clinical performance from Federer, Murray must be gutted while watching this result..

I expect a straight sets victory for Nadal tomorrow, but if Federer managed to win a set a la Hamburg last year, I will be pleased.

When is the FINAL?

Del Potro was beyond terrible....no passion or enthusiasm from the Argentine.

Fed was just going through the motions....and that was good enough to win in 2 easy sets.

Tomorrow sometime, OOP isnt released because Del Pony is playing dubs with Mardy Fish!!

Federer really cut down on the errors, maybe not as many winners, but its clay and he needs to cut down errors! Great job Rog!!!

clinical performance from Federer, Murray must be gutted while watching this result..

I expect a straight sets victory for Nadal tomorrow, but if Federer managed to win a set a la Hamburg last year, I will be pleased.
Del Potro kept hitting harder and harder into Fed's hand and the end result is no secret. Murray, on the other hand, does junkball dancing on court and Fed somehow doesn't handle that pretty well. What an irony...

Del Potro was beyond terrible....no passion or enthusiasm from the Argentine.

Fed was just going through the motions....and that was good enough to win in 2 easy sets.

He did show some passion in the first set when he blew all those break points, but for the most part him having no enthusiasm was due to him being tactically beaten at every part of the game - net play, baseline, serve, etc.. How can you be optimistic when you are being outclassed completely?

Pony only wanted to beat murray :haha:

Shocking result

Crappy SF after the previous one.
Hopefully JMDP will do better in the upcoming doubles;)

Well, he isn't going to get a much better chance to beat Nadal (on clay) than he will tomorrow. Sure, Rafa will be well up for the match (as with any match against Fed, and everyone knows about the Masters record), but I can't imagine him being 100% ahead of it (physically and mentally), and the conditions are a little faster than other clay court venues too.

Rafa spoiled Roger's party at Wimbledon and the Australian Open...and now Roger has a chance to spoil what would be an historic achievement tomorrow (capturing all 3 clay Masters in a year), in front of Rafa's countrymen. Would be a devilish dish of revenge to serve out, but I guess Fed will probably find a way to stuff it up (from the first 2 minutes)...

clinical performance from Federer, Murray must be gutted while watching this result..


I wouldn't think so. It's all about matchups. Del Potro is a tougher matchup for Murray than he is for Federer. I'm surprised anyone expected DP to win. Not only that, but Federer played great to compound the matchup problem

Looked kinda colorless after that other epic SF.


Fed looked a bit rosty. lets see if he can pull another "Hamburg"

So Nadal's match was a dramatic battle and Federer's was a formality. Really, it sets up the final perfectly. With these circumstances, there is actually some chance that Federer will win.

He won't of course. :shrug:

But it's a fittingly dramatic end to the pre-Roland Garros swing. The last (pre-RG) clay match of the year and we finally get to see Federer 2009 vs. Nadal 2009.

I can't wait.

Le federer is back.

expected win from roger. can't wait to see the final against rafa

There are some players like Ancic, Soderling - just to name the few, which game is suiting to Fed incredibly well . When Roger plays them the tennis looks so easy to be played. Everything is clicking in his game.
I am afraid that Del Potro is becoming a new member in that list.

I wouldn't think so. It's all about matchups. Del Potro is a tougher matchup for Murray than he is for Federer. I'm surprised anyone expected DP to win. Not only that, but Federer played great to compound the matchup problem

No he didn't, he played adequate (let me dumb it down to your level - he played his C game).

Del Potro a little tired, ridiculous scheduling didn't help either - finished ten hours later than Fed yesterday.

His level has been dropping every match since playing Berdych unfortunately (tweaked his back in practice after that), and combined with a bad matchup he saw early on there was little chance here - he needed Fed to have a really bad winners/ues day, and he didn't.

Roger was clinical today, not so many UEs, everything looked pretty solid :yeah:
that said, he won't beat Rafa tomorrow, he is simply unable to do so anymore :shrug:

Tennis wins

Here we go Roger!!

Del Potro = mug

congrats Rafa on the title :yeah:

Even tho JMDP is my 2nd fave player, i wanted Fed to win & imo he has a great chance tomoz

Useless match, after first 4 games I knew the final scoreline of this match :o

:shrug: The entire clay court season has been useless.

:shrug: The entire clay court season has been useless.

So has the HC season and the Grass season.

Infact tennis is useless :o:sad::sad::sad:

Impossible to judge much from this match as Del Potro obviously never thought he could win, and Federer almost always plays well when he doesn't feel threatened. Federer should have a good chance against Nadal tomorrow though. Like Koenig said it could be another situation like Hamburg 2007.

So Nadal's match was a dramatic battle and Federer's was a formality. Really, it sets up the final perfectly. With these circumstances, there is actually some chance that Federer will win.

don't get your hopes too high, AO this year should have taught us all the lesson :o

del Potro against federer is completely disaster story, del Potro's groundstrokes completely falling apart when facing Federer.

Disappointing from Del Potro, I thought he'd be able to be more of a challenge on clay to Federer.

del potro gave up after being broken and didnt seem to put any effort.
federer played well but only because he has the mental advantage, also the constant dropshots were annoying to watch.
hopefully rafa rips him a new one tomorow.

anyone else saw when Mirka's boob came out :lick: ?

:lol:

Expected one.

Bad match-up + terrible scheduling = GSM Federer

Very disappointing match indeed. I expected a lot better from DelPo. :tape:

For Roger, a - mediocre - "Day at the Office".
Glad to see him try out some dropshotting and the like, and it worked out well. Don't know if it will work out equally well against Rafa, of course :help:. In fact - don't think so at all.
Roger's serve was working better as well. That, at least, is a little Sign of Hope, for all those sillies around loving both Fed AND Nad, and who'd like to see 'The Rivalry' restored, like me. :)

Congrats, Rodge, for making the final! :hatoff:
DelPo - not quite a True Ninja yet, but I surely remember your great effort against Da Muzza. :hug:

Whatever, I am so HAPPY to see Roger make the final again. It's been such a long time, whatever happens tomorrow, I don't care. I just hope for a good MATCH for once. :yeah:

anyone else saw when Mirka's boob came out :lick: ?

:lol:

:haha: Yes I did. Truth be told, those boobs have reached some kind of ENORMITY after she got preggers, no wonders. :tape:

Bless the lucky lady. Roger likes a soft landing, apparently. :)

Tennis wins

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anyone else saw when Mirka's boob came out :lick: ?

:lol:

Did that really happen? I didn't saw the match.

Clydey's post deleted :sad:

RagingLamb's on the rampage. He is the law.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/8073/Sylvester-Stallone_Judge_l.jpg

Clydey's post deleted :sad:

what was the post about Clydey?

RagingLamb's on the rampage. He is the law.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/8073/Sylvester-Stallone_Judge_l.jpgis that... a lawgiver :eek:

what was the post about Clydey?

Clydey was complaining that he got an infraction for an innocuous post from him in WWW thread

lol del potro got roasted

6 - 3 6 - 4 if i play bad yes?

it was potro who played very bad match, and Federer served very well.

6 - 3 6 - 4 if i play bad yes?
6 - 3 6 - 4 if i play bad, you know.

Expected result. Pony is too uni-dimensional.

Of course its expected, like every match when Nadal plays against Federer.

is that... a lawgiver :eek:

Judge Dredd.

Joke claycourts in Madrid, but it isn't going to help Federer in the next match.

anyone else saw when Mirka's boob came out :lick: ?

:lol:

She just wanted to feed the child who stormed the court earlier.

I hope that Federer defeat Nadal

I think the Federer/Potro rivalry is going to become even more one-sided than the Federer/Roddick rivalry. :lol:

He will, he is better than nadal, so is djoko.

I thought Federer was kinda lethargic at the beginning of the match ... can't afford this tomorrow.

This is extremely bad match-up to del Potro, but at least allmost all of the baseline rallys were even...del Potro served today 232km/h serve when he faced bp, never seen him serve that fast before...but the difference was serve, and surely Federer owns better one.

as usual del pony was stinking up the joint

Del Mugro is pretty much useless - can't wait for GriGOAT to get GOATish on us...

FedFan, im sure you have mentioned that 1000 times already, in tennis there are bad matchups and this is the one.

King Of The Fickiing Dflcay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oD DAMN!!!!!!!!!

Just finished watching this taped match tonight (Canada) and am pleased with what I saw...a good serving Fed, lots of variety in his game and just more positive than he has been so hopefully he can muster up some "old time" magic tomorrow against Rafa...if so...it should be a "barn burner"!:worship: Nole threw everything he had at Rafa today so we might just see a "tired" Nadal that Roger should capitalize on...good luck guys..go bring it!!

Hingisova:wavey:

Hingisova, I would like to offically buy you a drink!

D-pot had is HC lesson, today he got his clay schooling. Fed serves just to much for the big man. Fed exposed movement shortcomings, and as predicted utilized drop shots to keep him off balance.

very boring match, we'll see in Fed can defeat Rafa tomorrow with the same ease he did to pony ;) :haha: :haha:

Fed was taking the ball early on the FH and JmDP looked like a clown during grounstroke exchanges as a result. Hence how the current generation of bicept-busting ball-bashing baseline mugs can still be made to look weak. Real tennis is not dead, not yet.

What I can say is that it is really a terrible matchup. It seems that most people have forgotten two 0-6 in AO... Delpo has improved all the same this time...

:yeah:

people keeps bringing up the word "bad matchup" all the time, that's not the accurate description, Federer has far so much variety, talent and skills to frustrate Del Potro who is a very uni-dimensional pure baseliner player, same thing to variable degrees to all of Federer's pigeons, or even Verdasco and Tsonga to name a few, ALL credit to Federer for this.

yes it's a bad matchup, but it's not a bad matchup a la Nadal/Federer one, it's more of a complete player versus a player with too many weaknesses.

Excellent stuff Roger, it will be great to see you in a final again. :D

Fed has just too much variety in his game for a one dimensional player like del Potro. :)

"one dimensional" folks, its Federer who is one dimensional, he never changes anything his game when facing Murray, Nadal, he is just highclass ballbasher as his unforced errors shows us this.This matchup is all about bad matchup, fanboys

"one dimensional" folks, its Federer who is one dimensional, he never changes anything his game when facing Murray, Nadal, he is just highclass ballbasher as his unforced errors shows us this.This matchup is all about bad matchup, fanboys

So why does Roger have so many players who are a "bad matchup" to him? Youzhny.. 9-0 record.. Ferrer... 7-0 record (I think)... Davydenko... 8-0 record?... Robredo 9-0 record... Roddick 18-2 record... Blake 9-1 record..

Do all of these players have Roger as a bad match-up? Hmmm....... Your post just makes Federer look more of a super player.

very boring match, we'll see in Fed can defeat Rafa tomorrow with the same ease he did to pony ;) :haha: :haha:Yes, he can.;);)

Yes, he can.;);)

Yes, he did. :angel:

:haha: