Federer into USO final, defeats hewitt 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3

Blowe requested this :)

Lets follow it!!!! LIVE!!!!

When does it start?

They have a preview, and Roge imitates the gentle clapping of Wimbledon crowd, very funny

Roge to open with service

It has begun oneandonly

0-15 :(

and aced to equalize :)

thanks R.Fed (poster)

John McEnroe wonder if leyton should call Tonya harding to help him .... :mad:

Breakpoint for leyton on an errant long backhand from Roge

John McEnroe wonder if leyton should call Tonya harding to help him .... :mad:

Oh my God Jmac :smash:

Rogi slow start as usual

Fed "sometimes in new york the fans hit you or grab you. Its different...... but good"

:haha:

Roge first serve not going too well yet, maybe needs more warm up time
Ad Fed

They seem to still be warming up, esp. Roge not into his stride yet. Allez Roge!

Lleyton all blazing, maybe we will have a good match

Roger always gets broken in the 1st game, nasty habit

i love roger but i hope lleyton can make it a 5 setter

wtf rog?

maybe Fed is thinking that this is practically the final right here, and thats why he's a bit nervous

Okay not the smoothest start of all, but holds, Allez!

Awww blowe, give some credit to andre. It is not a given that Roge gets to final and that if he gets there he wins

wtf rog?

:wavey: Are you watching this on Tely, no channels showing it :sad:

Trivia time:

Who's JMac's fav player? (Nadal)
Who's PMac's fav player (The Duck)
Who's MaryC's fav player (Fed)
Who's DickE's fav player (AGASSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! YES! YES! YES!)

i give lots of credit to andre, but i am a cynic and a realist by nature, can't go against my grain

I'm glad we don't have to listen to android Tracy Austin anymore, she is the worst commentator EVER

That was a blown opportunity for Hewitt. He had three break points. He could have set a different tone from the start of the match.

Well no bagel set to start the match

That's sad if Hewitt's father is angry at him for not beating Feds.

That was a blown opportunity for Hewitt. He had three break points. He could have set a different tone from the start of the match.
Roge had one right the next game and could have taken that. So, that would be neutralized

That's sad if Hewitt's father is angry at him for not beating Feds.
That is sick. And apparently telling him not to say ComeAwwwn except when he wins a very good point

If true, bad parents :mad:

That's sad if Hewitt's father is angry at him for not beating Feds.
For real?

:wavey: Are you watching this on Tely, no channels showing it :sad:
no :sad: stupid cctv5 is showing football

Here is the break for Roge.

no :sad: stupid cctv5 is showing football

I know, dammit I hate being a poor student :crying2:

poor rusty :(

Yes Roger breaks, fight Rusty

Such a lame game from Hewitt to allow the break.

Look, leyton hewitt is giving WAY TOO MUCH RESPECT to Roge's speed and defense, going for SO MUCH on straightforward shots and missing by a lot. cannot be competitivelike this, must play like he is playing another very good player

I know, dammit I hate being a poor student :crying2:

will they show the final ?

Roge still trying to get into the groove with his serve

will they show the final ?

Who knows :shrug:

Agassi is a good commentator! Get him in the booth. He saw the serve Hewitt was sending and he knew what Fed was going to do with it.

Roge had one right the next game and could have taken that. So, that would be neutralized

I'm not saying it would have made a difference in the end. Only that Roger started a little shaky and Lleyton could have gotten off to a better start, it might have helped him

Instead it's 4-1 Roger and I'm sure Lleyton is already a bit demoralized, questioning what he can do.

What can he do? If he just plays defensive, he's fucked, but he can't sustain this level of aggression without errors.

will Rusty ever be a threat to Alien ?

leyton does seem nervous, but Roge is not on the top of his game yet. Maybe they can make this match a little more interesting by settling down a little bit. I bet they're both frightfully nervous underneath

c'mon roger, hold, no fucking about.

Don't know why Roge decides to throw in that random s/v

that was a heck of a point!

Roge not getting into his groove on service. Allez!

anyone watching the match? how they looking?

both of them looks bad

well Hewitt looks a bit down already but Fed is not playing great stuff. But certainly good enough stuff to have a 5-2 one break lead

lleyton looks like he'll get a piece of alot of roger's service games in this match..
you better keep the breaks coming rogi!

nice one rog

this match is boring. It seems as if Federer is resigned to play in auto-pilot as if waiting for Hewitt to play extraordinary or only when he is pressured. It's not interesting so far.

anyone watching the match? how they looking?


To be honest, not high quality yet. But ginepri match also took time to get on

leyton has had his chances. He is giving a TON of respect to Roge's speed and defense, going for too much even with the wide open court. he has the look of a man waiting for dentist appointment with drilling.

Roge 5-2, leyton to serve

Now Roge must serve it out himself to win set 1

as soon as Hewitt raises his level I am willing to bet that Fed will too

To be honest, not high quality yet. But ginepri match also took time to get on

leyton has had his chances. He is giving a TON of respect to Roge's speed and defense, going for too much even with the wide open court. he has the look of a man waiting for dentist appointment with drilling.

Roge 5-2, leyton to serve
cheers for the analysis
c'mon rog serve this set out, no fuck ups please

Beautiful shot to close out. CC FH
Not quite CC, but angled

first set to federer

its hard to get excited about a match when the outcome feels so inevitable. who here thinks that Hewitt will take a set from Fed

Yeah. Federer is just on auto-pilot. Too much cruising as if daring Hewitt to do something he has not seen before. Hewitt's strategy so far has been to play hard and flat to Federer's backhand, take the second serve returns early and re-directed to the Federer forehand just to keep him guessing but nothing outstanding from both players yet.

They must increase their intensity and quality. this is not comparing good to previous match.
Isolated "come on lai-tun" aussie posse shouts, but very lethargic crowd in general. Claps politely sometimes. All of them seem like they know what is going to happen and just waiting it out because of expensive tickets they buy?

its hard to get excited about a match when the outcome feels so inevitable. who here thinks that Hewitt will take a set from Fed
the way rog is playing, he can win it

For real?
That's what JMac said, but we all now JMac is the biggest gossiper on tour :o

There we go again.
These wide wide shots because he thinks he must go for a lot.
0-40
Allez Roge!

The quality seems low because Lleyton is going for a lot more than he usually does, so Federer is winning the points on Hewitt's errors rather than his winners.

its hard to get excited about a match when the outcome feels so inevitable. who here thinks that Hewitt will take a set from Fed

rather impossible knowing that the last set he took from Federer was in medieval ages.

That's what JMac said, but we all now JMac is the biggest gossiper on tour :o

Come on, though.... I dont think John McEnroe has guts to make up something so inflammatory if it is complete untrue and set himself up for suing by leyton

There have been rumours many years about leyton's father and his interference. No one is sure completely, but we hear he is very demanding

leyton saved 2 BPs
but Roge broke anyway

Only thing you can say that it's already a better match then the USO final last year.

Only thing you can say that it's already a better match then the USO final last year.
only for leyton.
This quality sucks. Last year at least, even though its one sided, some great shots at least by one person. Here, not many winners or great shots, very few.

Only thing you can say that it's already a better match then the USO final last year.

In terms of quality no way, maybe because Roger is not playing at the level he did in the final. Lleyton is fighting but I have said it for sometime, there is something wrong with Hewitt. He is not the same player at all :sad:

From 40-0 to deuce, leyton has upped his level

From 40-0 to breakpoint for leyton (on doublefaulting)

dont tell me your gonna get broke from *40-0 roger

Neutralized with ace

Again breakpoint for leyton hewit

The first COMEAWWN by leyton as he breaks for 1-all

Brilliant 25-shot rally :worship: Well done, Lleyton.

Roger needs to be put in a petri dish and studied by sports performance scientists.

Feds just pulled a Hingis. Hewitt was playing so bad that Feds fell asleep and Hewitt broke.

a C'MAWWWWN from Hewitt! whens the last time we heard one of those when he played Fed. Break back to Hewitt

gettin broke after being 40-0 up wtf is that about rog?fix up mate

Crowd now firmly in leyton's side. hoping he can make match out of this

leyton definitely increase his effort, Roge quite steady so far. But both need to up a little more

Even the commentators sound like they would rather be anywhere else right now. Agassi will come up again any second now.....

a C'MAWWWWN from Hewitt! whens the last time we heard one of those when he played Fed. Break back to Hewitt

:eek: Davis Cup 2 years ago

hold your fuckig serve rog

You will know when leyton has won a point because there is some noise from crowd. When Roge wins, a few claps politely (unless it is magic shot, then crowd really appreciates)

15-30 for leyton now. COME ON ROGI ALLEZ!

Another fantastique shot from Roge, FH on fire TOUCH WOOD!

Fourth foot fault for leyton hewit

Rog seems like he's missing a lot on his backhand today.

oh, whoa, i fell asleep :zzz: whats happening?

Roger certainly not getting any easy service games today!

Roger is playing so crappy!! :o

Lleyton is doing well.

Roger needs to hit more deeper balls to the baseline. He is letting Hewitt push him around too much. AWFUL CHOKE AGAINST HEWITT AFTER THE BREAK. He needs to get more first serves in too.

leyton playing much improved now. Roge needs to pick it up, but still seems like taking it easy

Shot of the match!!!! Allez allez allez Roge!

:eek: nice point

Is it me or are Fed's shots landing pretty short in the court today

Roge's shots are not all in perfection today. Many shots are missing on BH
But he is still playing very well, allez!

It is seems now that leyton is winning his service games much easier now, and Roge is having difficulties little more.

Roger needs to hit more deeper balls to the baseline. He is letting Hewitt push him around too much. AWFUL CHOKE AGAINST HEWITT AFTER THE BREAK. He needs to get more first serves in too.

i see this has already been observed :)

roger's first serve hasn't really shown up yet. so far he's been lucky that lleyton wasn't playing well either, now he's stepped it up and roger needs to as well.

oh, whoa, i fell asleep :zzz: whats happening?
:lol: Go back to sleep.

:zzz: I'll be dreaming of a more exciting match :p

does A-Rod pick up hitchhikers in his spare time or something? :shrug:

This quality from either play will not do good in Final. Roge seems like he is taking it too easy, only when needed really going for it. Allez Roge Wake up!

Roger just played a few great points to hold serve and break Lleyton.

you better hold it this time roger :fiery:

He hasnt been playing agressive enough this second set. Finally just a few seconds ago started to pick it up a bit. Hewitt's serve actually has been bigger than Feds. The first serve that is, well Fed doesnt go for more than 125 usually on his 1st, unless he hast to.

Allez Roge consolidate break!!!!

Bad BH error :mad:
30all

This quality from either play will not do good in Final. Roge seems like he is taking it too easy, only when needed really going for it. Allez Roge Wake up!

I hope Federer knows this and keeps it in mind!

ALLEZ ALLEZ ROGER FEDERER!!!!

leyton gets one break point

damn your 2nd serve today roger !

leyton has broken back now again 4 all

Federer is just asking to lose this set
and possibly the match today like this

leyton gets confidence from being able to break Roge 3 times in this match

Fifth foot fault for leyton hewit

3015

Seventh foot fault, and double to give Roge breakpoint

leyton goes to Norm Chrys for "discussion"

this is one ugly match.

Big "ComeAWWWN" shouted in direction of linesmen which called foot fault and it is deuce

5-4
Roge must serve to stay in set

fed has really f****d this second set up..
not taking his chances and Hewitt is gonna make this 1 set all soon

Lleyton told the umpire that he never been foot faulted on his second serve in his life, and that all the calls were being made by one end of the court. ie. by one linesman. Good point afterwards by Hewitt though, he didn't let it distract him

Big "ComeAWWWN" shouted in direction of linesmen which called foot fault and it is deuce

:lol: Lleyton :hearts:

This really sucks. What happened to Roger?

come on Roger...

1530

Roge now gets 15-40

Two set points for leyton hewit

saved one

Big "ComeAWWWN" shouted in direction of linesmen which called foot fault and it is deuce
Nice to hear the rascal Hewitt again.

OH MY GOD
IT IS TRULY MAGIC
Deuce
ALLEZ ROGE!

One more set point for leyton

unreal
blowing that 40-0 game at the start of the set has started the downward spiral in roger
Hewitt will be flying for the rest of this match now

set point again

Roge playing with fire

Another beautiful save on set point, Allez Roge! Serve two aces now!!!!

Deuce again

Game point Roge ALLEZ!!!!

:eek: :bounce: :eek:

3 set points saved!

FEDERER SAVES 3 set points, 5-all. Allez Roge!!!!

leyton shows great fighting spirit there

we want a break now

40-15

It's gettin' interesting as Hewitt changed his game!:cool:

Roge must once again serve to take this to Tiebreak and remain in set. Allez Roge Roge Roge!!!!

Has anyone else noticed that Lleyton has a grunt these days? I can't recall hearing him grunting before.

whats happened to Fed? I'm pretty ambivalent to who wins this match but I never expected to see Fed playing this poorly.

R.Federer, are you Mirka?:p:lol:

leyton is putting much more into shots this match, so maybe that is the reason for grunting. he has to increase power on shots to be more aggressive

:hug:

ace:fiery:

FH volley missed

Once again we have 15-30

will roger have another easy hold in this match again??
doesnt look like it :o

15-30, 2 sp

2 setpoints more for leyton hewit

OH MY GOD ROGE!!!!

Deuce

boah, FH DTL winner deuce

ahhh Roger :fiery:

:eek: he sure can raise his level on those set points down, Federer

point away from tiebreaker

Deuce again good shot from leyton

:woohoo: BH DTL winner:cool:

Lleyton is playing very well. Great to see this.

goddamn fault:fiery:

Alright, we are in a TB now. ALLEZ ROGE!!!!

tie break

does anyone know Fed's tiebreak record this year?

Beautiful shot by Roge
leyton did a very good rally
but Roge win the point
3-0 minibreak up

WOW

5-0

OH MY GOD ROGE!!!!

Where the F*** does he pull shots like that out of????

5-0

ALLEZ ALLEZ ALLEZ ROGE!!!!

6-0:eek:

6-0

After saving 6 set points, he ***has* 6 set points

does anyone know Fed's tiebreak record this year?
don't know the numbers but i know that it is good. i think he's lost like 9 this year and won 20something. something like that anyway.

oh, whoa, i fell asleep :zzz: whats happening?
Stop imitating Roger :( :p ;)

I guess Fed knew we were talking about him

Perfect tb from Federer

wow fed
but this is tough on Hewitt
the aussie played a great 2nd set, better player up until the TB..

woooooooooooooooooooow

So Roge DID GET THE BAGEL AFTER ALL!!!!

at least we have a bagel in this match

don't know the numbers but i know that it is good. i think he's lost like 9 this year and won 20something. something like that anyway.
It's 22/10 for the tie break
It's 23/10 now

Wow, Hewitt played one of his best tennis later in the 2nd set against pretty crappy Federer and yet lost this set.

Although Roger was really great on set points!

mini bagel... still delicious

If anyone expects symmetry from last year,

want to bet on 6-3 7-6 6-3 ?

:worship: NIIICE STUFF Roger!!


Lleyton shut out in the tiebeak 0/7 :lol: .. I love it.


ROGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! :worship:

nice one rog, but im pissed about your level of play, pick it up and take this set, dont fuck about, rocky is here to play tennis, he aint gonna let you cruise

Hewitt is absolutely retarded. All through-out his 5 set-points against Federer in the 2nd set, he kept hittting to his forehand - and I am not talking about close to the lines, either, but in Roger's wheelhouse.

Meanwhile, Fed's backhand is as bad as Agassi's today (outside of the tie-breaker, anyway).

What a waste. Game over.

I agree sun. I feel that andre is sitting back and thinking "I can beat Roge at this level"

Sick, sick, sick tiebreak from Roger. Good to see Hewitt fighting and forcing Roger to raise his level there.

well start or 3rd set

oh yay, sunshine tennis fan is back again :rolleyes:

I feel badly for leyton. it is very difficult to ordinarily come back from 2 sets down

But when you have had chances, 6 chances for set points and you cannot take and then lose set, it is very demoralizing. It is a pity.

And first point of his service games is 0-15. it is sad --all Roge fans must also agree to that. We would like some competition (I guess we got more than we expect in the 2nd set)

we want an early break

What a tiebreak! Ouch, that gotta hurt to Lleyton!! But Roger is just not of this world!

I agree sun. I feel that andre is sitting back and thinking "I can beat Roge at this level"
defintely, but even though roger is up 2 sets, i aint saying hes won, this is far from over

Bad luck on a netcord to Roge, gamepoint for leyton

oh yay, sunshine tennis fan is back again :rolleyes:
did you miss me? :ras:

Oh my God, Roge --- like does he have wheels for legs or what?>!!!!

:eek: what a backhand pick up for a winner!

did you see me? :ras:

not you sorry shoulda been more clear

sunshine agassifan

back to deuce

The guy is just a big point player....of course he needs to raise his level against Andre, but Andre didn´t look that brilliant during his match against Ginepri...it went 5 sets afterall.

First game of the third set is awesome.

Sixth deuce
now is an ad for leyton

not you sorry shoulda been more clear

sunshine agassifan
ok

not you sorry shoulda been more clear

sunshine agassifan
sorry i stuck my tongue out at you ;)

Foot fault number 8 for leyton

Deuce number 8

lleytons racket over net, he shoulda lost that point right?

I don't care if Federer played bad in the 2° set, if he was lazy, irregular or anything else. Everything that he might have done wrong he undid magically in the set points against him and in the tiebreaks.
And 70% of Fed's bad play in the second set are due to Hewitt agressive game putting Roger in the defense, Hewitt played very, very well and due to this, didn't give Federer a chance to play well.

If Hewitt loses this game, he'll be totally broken

What's the score?

The guy is just a big point player....of course he needs to raise his level against Andre, but Andre didn´t look that brilliant during his match against Ginepri...it went 5 sets afterall.
andre was just unbelievable...if fed kept on doing the same mistakes he is doing now... i'm afraid to say he is gonna lose to him

Number 9

Deuce 9.

Foot fault number 8 for leyton
he needs to cut that shit out

1-0 Roge
9 deuces while leyton tries to hold

lleytons racket over net, he shoulda lost that point right?
that's what i thought too.

lleytons racket over net, he shoulda lost that point right?

No, if it spins back over, he's allowed to go after it.

What's the score?
2 sets -0
1-0 in the 3rd

leyton has held!!!
1 all

lleytons racket over net, he shoulda lost that point right?
Commentators say sympathy call. :lol:

sorry i stuck my tongue out at you ;)

thats ok I like a little tongue :nerner:

Finally Rusty holds

1-1 in the 3rd

lleytons racket over net, he shoulda lost that point right?

Yeah, definitely!

watch rog get broken here

thats ok I like a little tongue :nerner:

http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/images/smiles/lmao.gif so you are into tongue action, mmh

thats ok I like a little tongue :nerner:
lol

No, if it spins back over, he's allowed to go after it.

Actually, the rule is that the opponent's racquet cannot pass over the net until the ball bounces. It can go around the side though.

Its not good when the commentators are cracking jokes about tv shows

http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/images/smiles/lmao.gif so you are into tongue action, mmh
:eek: you dirty little girl!!!! :devil:

leyton makes great return, 40-30
Roge has improved since Set 2
Little bit easier on service
Still, less aces than I would like

2-1 on service

dirty talk inspired by Roger's dirty play????

Actually, the rule is that the opponent's racquet cannot pass over the net until the ball bounces. It can go around the side though.
Yes this is correct
if you take the rule very seriously --i supposed they should-- then that point belongs to Roge
but this has happened in other matches during US Open and it is a call that is ignored, just like taking more than 20 seconds for service

andre was just unbelievable...if fed kept on doing the same mistakes he is doing now... i'm afraid to say he is gonna lose to him

The thing is...on the IMPORTANT points he was just BRILLIANT...you think Andre could have done against those shots Roger hit to save those sp´s and then to win the TB? Me says no.

Actually, the rule is that the opponent's racquet cannot pass over the net until the ball bounces. It can go around the side though.

If the opponent hits the ball with enough spin that it bounces and then spins back over, you can go after it across the net. I believe this question came up in one of Wertheim's articles a while ago.

Had Leyton won the 2nd as he should've, this match could have been something special.

Buty now, with Federer knowing he has SO much room for error, Leyton would have to play undogly tennis for 3 straight sets - for 3 more hours, basically.

Maybe next year. No go fuck Nicole Kidman since she knows all about your big dick and is available.

Yes this is correct
if you take the rule very seriously --i supposed they should-- then that point belongs to Roge
but this has happened in other matches during US Open and it is a call that is ignored, just like taking more than 20 seconds for service
it's stupid though to let something like that go "in the spirit of the match" as the commentators say, and then go a make the increadibly close call a couple of points ago.

leyton makes great return, 40-30
Roge has improved since Set 2
Little bit easier on service
Still, less aces than I would like
i hope he can improve more

Had Leyton won the 2nd as he should've, this match could have been something special.

Buty now, with Federer knowing he has SO much room for error, Leyton would have to play undogly tennis for 3 straight sets - for 3 more hours, basically.

Maybe next year. No go fuck Nicole Kidman since she knows all about your big dick and is available.

:eek: I didnt think Nicole had anything to do with Rusty, and holy profanity

I have to say I HATE that Chase Manhattan commericial "First Paycheck", since it reminds me I am broke and Chase Manhattan sued me over unpaid credit card debt :fiery:

like i said before, sunshine tennis fan over here

If the opponent hits the ball with enough spin that it bounces and then spins back over, you can go after it across the net. I believe this question came up in one of Wertheim's articles a while ago.

The point is, that the spin was created by the said player, and deserves the point as such. And Wertheim is Worthless.

Roge was 0-30, two very sad BH errors and 30-all