Berdych of all people wasn't going to beat Fed at Wimbledon? Look it's why they play matches, nothing is set in stone. You never know. All I ask is that it's not a beatdown like he got in the Semis a couple of years ago. In fact all I really care about is that he makes it to the QF because he needs to maintain points, whatever happens from there is up to Andy.
Well, you never know, but we've seen enough Roger-Andy matches. Andy needs to be aboslutely at his best to make the match competative. They played twice in AO, in semifinals - 2007 and 2009 - Andy was playing well, and he still got a beatdown.
And at this point of his career, QF is nothing. He has played enough QFs. It's Slam or not. Here, though luck. Maybe at Wimbledon will be better.
I just want Andy to get as far as he can by playing how I know he can. Maybe Fed will get sick, whatever and end up not even making it all the way...not likely but this is tennis where anything happens. I'm not disappointed he's not getting a slam; I'm more disappointed that he's not playing anywhere close to where he needs to play in order to win that slam, except for Wimby 09.
I just want Andy to get as far as he can by playing how I know he can. Maybe Fed will get sick, whatever and end up not even making it all the way...not likely but this is tennis where anything happens. I'm not disappointed he's not getting a slam; I'm more disappointed that he's not playing anywhere close to where he needs to play in order to win that slam, except for Wimby 09.
Jan can play brilliant at times and he nearly beat Fish at US Open until he got injured. But it is rare he can keep it up for a long time so Andy should win in 3 sets. Jan has also just came back from injury and has not played for a while so this makes it easier for Andy.
I agree. The only ones who are funny and have a sense of entertainement are Andy and Novak. The rest of them do not know what to do.Hewitt is cute but not that funny.
murray was pretty good out there. :lol: ia that he's better with the physical comedy. and of course novak and andy -- surprise, surprise -- were their usual charming selves out there. the girls weren't that bad, either (i thought ana and novak were pretty amusing together). i've only watched the first segment so far, though, but rafa and roger are usually amusing together and kim is fun, too -- last time i saw sam she was a bit awkward, hopefully she loosened up some this time.
Hopefully Andy just bought the owner of that hat a new one and didn't return it soaking wet with Andy sweat. He was pretty funny when he sat in the linesman chair and went on about how easy it was to call lines.
Andy just produced another performance playing like just a pusher. Well, I don't know how he thinks he will do something in this tournament playing like this.
It is just painfil to see that players twice smaller than Andy hit the ball twice harder...
who knows? I dunno if it has to do with the forehand specifically, but the way he's playing, he's having to work and run a lot harder to win matches, and that obviously causes injuries (see Exhibit A: Rafa). Plus Andy is just clumsy. Now they're saying he has changed his FH this season to hit it a little flatter. i did not notice the difference but ok if they say so :lol:
I think the commentators just like to talk about things. No one really knows why Andy changed up his game like he did. It's a mystery, even to those who follow tennis closely. It's just like one day he decided he was going to move away from the stuff that brought him all his success early in his career. It's not a loss of form/technique or anything like that; he didn't forgot how to hit the ball flat. It was a conscious decision made by Andy that he would out steady and outlast his opponents rather than take unnecessary risks.
Some experts like to say the power game has gone away and this switch was made to keep up with the competition. I disagree though, players are more powerful than ever with guys like Soderling, Tsonga, Del Potro, etc. I think it's been proven you can still win by hitting the ball hard and flat, over powering your opponent and going for winners. I don't know what goes on in Andy's head but for him to become relevant again it won't be a change in the forehand technique that will be required, it will require a change in mentality; from passive/defensive to aggressive/offensive.
I don't think his forehand has something to do with injuries. Actually, in couple of matches per year, when he decides to hit it hard, he has one of the most powerful and fast forehands on tour. So it is his decision. And I agree with Deboogle, there is no difference this year. His forehand is the same.
Yes, Fumus is right. He made the best explanation.
I don't know about you, but I wonder why nobody asks him about it? He makes like hundreds of interviewes per year, and nobody asks him why he made such a drastic and dramatic change to his game. I'd absolutely love to see his own explanation.
Slice slice slice serve. The only set that wasn't as embarassing was the third set because he at least made some winners that weren't aces. It's frustrating because you can see a forehand wanting to come out and it just...doesn't. Andy's forehand was such a thing of beauty. His backhand has more power to it now so I don't get why he doesn't try to hit winners off that side now. The few times he tried, it worked, lol. He's such a tactics midget.
Don't you realize that the opponent always plays on his backhand.He won in straights sets so he must be doing something right. It is the win that is important.
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