[Pirata.]

Originally Posted by Kat_YYZ

Did you just suggest that Chennai has a stronger field than Doha?

Right?

[Federer in 2]

Hmm...Looks like Ferrer has a bad shoulder. :\
Federer will play Haas in the exho instead.

[duarte_a]

Originally Posted by Bashkatik

Hmm...Looks like Ferrer has a bad shoulder. :\
Federer will play Haas in the exho instead.

He should recuperate in time for the 2013 season.

By the way, when is the exho?

[Mountaindewslave]

Originally Posted by redshift36188

Ferrer is one cunning vulture, he knows how to pick his fights.
- "Doha weak draw? Only "coming from injury" Nadal there? I'm on it! Perfect opportunity to destroy Rafa just before I overtake him in the rankings and justify my new highest ranked spanish title."




You think the majority of the other pros don't have a great work ethic?

don't be retarded, David Ferrer is obviously one of the hardest workers on tour just look at the # of tournaments he plays. if you know anything about tennis maybe you would recognize that the only way he can be #5 in the rankings without huge masters/grand slam results is working very hard in many smaller tournaments which he has been named a vulture for

vulture or not, YES, he works harder than most players on tour. included DC finals he had the most # of matches played

[Federer in 2]

Originally Posted by duarte_a

He should recuperate in time for the 2013 season.

By the way, when is the exho?

December 6
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan vs Bruno Soares/Marcelo Melo (not before 7:30pm local time)
Roger Federer vs Thomaz Bellucci (not before 9:30pm local time)

December 7
Maria Sharapova vs Caroline Wozniacki (not before 7:30pm local time)
Thomaz Bellucci vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (not before 9:30pm local time)

December 8
Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka (not before 7:30pm local time)
Roger Federer vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (not before 9pm local time)

December 9
Thomaz Bellucci vs Tommy Robredo (not before 4pm local time)
Roger Federer vs David Ferrer (not before 6pm local time)

December 12 and 13 in Argentina
Roger Federer vs Juan Martin Del Potro (not before 6pm local time).

December 15 in Colombia
Roger Federer vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

But as I said, it probably won't be Ferrer.

[Mark Lenders]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewslave

don't be retarded, David Ferrer is obviously one of the hardest workers on tour just look at the # of tournaments he plays. if you know anything about tennis maybe you would recognize that the only way he can be #5 in the rankings without huge masters/grand slam results is working very hard in many smaller tournaments which he has been named a vulture for

vulture or not, YES, he works harder than most players on tour. included DC finals he had the most # of matches played

You hit the nail on the head. That is exactly why he is a vulture.

[duong]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewslave

can anyone name a match they remember where David Ferrer was noticably tired or slow?

it's a legend that Ferrer is the king of consistency and never gets tired or injured, actually in last years he's regularly lost matches against lower ranked players because of that : in those matches he made a lot of unforced errors, that's how you can see it mostly.

And he withdrew from Toronto and Cincy last year.

Even though yes, tiredness and injuries happened less to him last year than previous ones, he's vulnerable to them like everyone.

And he withdrew from the exho with Fed because of a bad shoulder, not because he would be that much clever and less interested in money as Nathaliia suggested

[Gustavo Kuerten]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewslave

don't be retarded, David Ferrer is obviously one of the hardest workers on tour just look at the # of tournaments he plays. if you know anything about tennis maybe you would recognize that the only way he can be #5 in the rankings without huge masters/grand slam results is working very hard in many smaller tournaments which he has been named a vulture for

vulture or not, YES, he works harder than most players on tour. included DC finals he had the most # of matches played

Which lack of Masters/Grand Slam results do you mean? The two GS QF's and two SF's or his Masters title in Paris?

Without his results in smaller tournaments he would still be world number 5.

[duarte_a]

Originally Posted by Bashkatik

December 6
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan vs Bruno Soares/Marcelo Melo (not before 7:30pm local time)
Roger Federer vs Thomaz Bellucci (not before 9:30pm local time)

December 7
Maria Sharapova vs Caroline Wozniacki (not before 7:30pm local time)
Thomaz Bellucci vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (not before 9:30pm local time)

December 8
Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka (not before 7:30pm local time)
Roger Federer vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (not before 9pm local time)

December 9
Thomaz Bellucci vs Tommy Robredo (not before 4pm local time)
Roger Federer vs David Ferrer (not before 6pm local time)

December 12 and 13 in Argentina
Roger Federer vs Juan Martin Del Potro (not before 6pm local time).

December 15 in Colombia
Roger Federer vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

But as I said, it probably won't be Ferrer.

Roger is playing so many exhos......

How the hell will he have a proper off-season training?!

[Federer in 2]

Originally Posted by duarte_a

Roger is playing so many exhos......

How the hell will he have a proper off-season training?!

Yeah I wish he wasn't playing that...Oh well at least he is skipping Doha.

[GOATsol]

federer vs delpo

[Super Djoker]

Bad idea ! He ,s not going to make a serious impact at the business end in Australia anyway , so he might as well fluff his chances up even more ! I would say thought there,s nothing to stop him withdrawing from Auckland if he wins Doha !

[Hans Anders]

Originally Posted by pusher for life

Didn't make a research but (...)

Sadly, this short phrase defines you as the short-sighted person that you are.

[Sophitia36]

Originally Posted by duong

it's a legend that Ferrer is the king of consistency and never gets tired or injured, actually in last years he's regularly lost matches against lower ranked players because of that : in those matches he made a lot of unforced errors, that's how you can see it mostly.

And he withdrew from Toronto and Cincy last year.

Even though yes, tiredness and injuries happened less to him last year than previous ones, he's vulnerable to them like everyone.

And he withdrew from the exho with Fed because of a bad shoulder, not because he would be that much clever and less interested in money as Nathaliia suggested

This.

Of course he does get tired, but he seems to think playing a lot of tournaments is the best way for him to prepare for big tournaments. I don't know if he's right, but most of the time it seems to work quite well.

[duarte_a]

nadal has 6690 points while Ferrer has 6505 points.The difference is 185 points.

Since Ferrer can't add any more 250 tournament results to his countable results in the beginning of the year and andal is only defending 90 points from doha Ferrer can't overtake nadal for the 4th place.

Are my calculations correct?

As for the AO nadal is defending final points and ferrer quarters points. So ferrer has reaching the quarters and nadal losing in the semis or before would be enough for ferrer to rise to #4?