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Originally Posted by Looner
I am happy he's still successful and has shown such resilience and ability to adapt but I started watching and admiring his game because I love the way he played back in 2003-2005/6. Now even his game has gone somewhat boring, otherwise he just loses. It's so frustrating. Dubai was such an enjoyable tournament this year.
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Yup, his game was definitely more exciting back then. The need to adapt definitely made it more boring.
Dubai was not a super fast hardcourt, but it was the fastest we had this year for sure. There were some really good matches, particularly liked the Federer vs Del Potro semifinal.
I really enjoyed the Madrid tournament; although I believe such surface shouldn't be introduced on clay, but on hardcourts, it was nice to see something different for a change. The semis with Berdych/Del Potro and the final with Federer/Berdych were very enjoyable matches, as were some of the early round matches namely Fed vs Raonic. I didn't like seeing a clay tournament play like that, but it's good that there was at least one tourament that rewarded serving and shotmaking over defense and movement.