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We're doomed to more culinary blogging! Nalbandian def. Safin 6-4 6-7 7-6

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#1 ·
Damn, I so hoped to see a Safin-Federer semi.. :(

Ah well, MTF was once again proven wrong in predicting the outcome of Safin's matches :smash:

Not being able to serve out the match in the third :eek:
 
#2 ·
Well, he fought after a truly dismal first set. Nice run, Marat.
 
#13 ·
This is exactly why I don't like the limited challenge system and never have. Getting accurate line calls should not depend on how good your eyesight/wishful thinking was earlier in the set. Plus, he & others wouldn't spend so much time arguing with the chair ump trying to get him to overrule so a challenge doesn't have to be used.
 
#6 ·
bad match from marat :mad:

nalbandian challenged a serve call after playing the return - stupid ump :retard:
and he definately knew that marat got screwed on a call on mp at 6-5, he was right on top of the ball and shot spot showed the ball was inside the line. guess he's a scumbag too then :eek:
 
#38 · (Edited)
nalbandian challenged a serve call after playing the return - stupid ump :retard:
If he only returned the serve and did not play further, indicated he wants to stup and did not try to reach the next shot, this was within the rules because "stopping play" does not mean you may not touch the ball anymore. Same practice as stopping play on clay to have a mark checked.
 
#7 ·
I love the title :)

I doubt Safin will be loving hawkeye anymore after this. Without hawkeye Safin would've served it out in the third. Poor guy.

Congrats to Nalbandian, after getting tight and playing horribly at 5-5 he played really good to break Safin. Standard of play was okay for most of the match, Safin was relying on his serve a bit too much and too many UE's.

Good match guys. :) :) :worship:
 
#15 ·
One bad call, the other call which seemed as though it might have been bad was shown to be correct by hawkeye. Still, his forehand which went 'long' was a shame. Mistake for him to lose that point.
 
#17 ·
Nalbandian is pathetic...Marat played a match where he had almost 75 unforced errors!!!!!! And still barely won...

And the umpire completely messed up at 6-5 in the third...Nalbandian played the serve at 6-5, and only after the ball landed out did he attempt to challenge...Yes, the serve was out, but he played the ball...It should have been 40-15 because, according to my understanding, he should not have been able to challenge the serve after playing the point!!!

These umpires need to understand what the rules are...And then, the umpire seemed to be calling out the wrong score...what a crock for a match at this level!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
#30 ·
Nalbandian is pathetic...Marat played a match where he had almost 75 unforced errors!!!!!! And still barely won...

And the umpire completely messed up at 6-5 in the third...Nalbandian played the serve at 6-5, and only after the ball landed out did he attempt to challenge...Yes, the serve was out, but he played the ball...It should have been 40-15 because, according to my understanding, he should not have been able to challenge the serve after playing the point!!!

These umpires need to understand what the rules are...And then, the umpire seemed to be calling out the wrong score...what a crock for a match at this level!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Yeah, I noticed during the US Open, they were very strict on when you can challenge. If you returned the ball and kept it in play even if you thought the serve was out, you couldn't challenge. But I notice/d in Moscow last week as well now in Madrid, players were/are challenging calls even after the ball was hit a couple of times after.
 
#18 ·
Agh. This was such an intense match to watch, and I just started watching in the third set. That game at 6-5 was just so odd, I thought Safin had match point, but he didn't, the challenges... And the tiebreak was all Nalbandian. I didn't know how to feel at the end of the match, it was just weird. Though I guess they both have something left out there - Safin was quite calm and focused and fought though he probably deserved to lose in straights, and he came close to winning, while Nalbandian should be more safe for Shanghai and once again has fought out a close match. I just hope Safin can start winning some of these close matches near the ends of these tournaments now. :shrug:
 
#28 ·
Yes! He was almost way too calm in that third set, especially near the end. I kept expecting him to mutilate a racket, but he never did.
 
#29 ·
:sobbing:
 
#49 ·
nalbandian didn't deserve to win the match. :sad: :sad: :sad: safin played so awful and still nalbandian was waiting for him to make a mistake and didn't attack. miserable. anyway, safin showed that even with 100 unforced errors, he still can be a danger for every top seeded player. then we can only imagine what'll happen if he had a day. keep on fighting marat, cause you aren't like any other player in the world, you're special. :hug: :hug: :hug:
 
#57 ·
nalbandian didn't deserve to win the match. :sad: :sad: :sad: safin played so awful and still nalbandian was waiting for him to make a mistake and didn't attack. miserable. anyway, safin showed that even with 100 unforced errors, he still can be a danger for every top seeded player. then we can only imagine what'll happen if he had a day. keep on fighting marat, cause you aren't like any other player in the world, you're special. :hug: :hug: :hug:
Regardless of how he won, at the end of the day, he won. He did what he had to do to win and thus, deserved it. Every winner did something or another to deserve it.
 
#50 ·
grillotti let nalbandian challenge 2 of safin´s serves
once he played the whole point, once he played the ball
and than he dosen´t overulle a basline call which was clearly on the line
umpires are becoming sloppy
they don´t get the rules, ot they are just dumb
 
#61 ·
:haha: :haha: :haha:

I understand your frustation, really. First, you were very skeptical about Bennetau but suddenly he was serving for match and you couldn't believe your luck. But he failed. Then, you were cheering for Tim to do it and he was so damm close. But he failed too. Then, you thought "Marat is gonna do it, he always beat this fat bastard". And when Marat was serving for match you were already jumping. And then, it happened again. David fought back and the whining Croat cannot believe it. Good luck tomorrow with Roger. He'll probably beat David.
 
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