[lunahielo]

Originally Posted by rargeyy

Good to know!Thx. I'm Violet by the way And I kinda worried after the Davis Cup thing, he would quit Shanghai 1000 again! I have already booked the tickets and hotels and it probably the last chance I could see him .

Hi Violet, (What a pretty name) Welcome to the forum! I hope you get to see Roger play! I don't know if he will play in Shanghai or not. Maybe someone else has this information!

Luna M

[duong]

Originally Posted by lunahielo

I don't know if he will play in Shanghai or not. Maybe someone else has this information!

he has confirmed 2 days ago that he will play

[Looner]

I think we have a fine example of the following here on MTF and we have even one-upped it .

[Panthera]

Welcome

[duong]

Originally Posted by duong

he has confirmed 2 days ago that he will play

corrected : René Stauffer who is near from him tweeted that it's not certain yet, he will decide next week

[Eden]

Originally Posted by alypen

Guten Morgen, Eden (well, it is sort of Morgen, if only just ...).

Excellent German

Originally Posted by alypen

I think he was just playing a blinder. (I'm trying to remember what the commentators were saying, but my memory's gone at this time of night.) I know Roger indicated afterwards that he'd mentally been facing the real possibility of coming away without a medal - again. I can't start to think how tough it must be to be under the pressure to hold your serve 12 times or whatever it was in succession or be out. I suspect he hadn't fully recovered emotionally/mentally for the final 2 days later.

Roger and JMDP played tough matches against each other this year (Dubai and RG) but I really thought that grass would be the surface to give Roger the least problems with his opponent compared to other surfaces.

Well, that's just another proof that tennis isn't predictable.

I also think that there was a lot of pressure on Roger's shoulders to "finally" win a medal in singles and then in the deciding set to hold his serve.

It's really great that he came through this match but it's obvious that it was tough for him to recover from it within 2 days and be ready to play a final against Murray in front of his home crowd.

Originally Posted by alypen

I've already discovered quite how tough it can be on GM (once I worked out what GM stood for!). That's why I tend to hide in the player forums: it's friendlier

Good decision

Originally Posted by Doris Loeffel

Hmmmm hmmmm Doris I wonder who that Swiss person was who was with you THAT Saturday night ;-)

Look who's here

Good to see you Doris

Originally Posted by Doris Loeffel

Have to addmit it was a blast hehehe - still have to laught when I think about it - especially about the "fan-competition" in the tram hehehehe

I also can't get the songs and our topics out of my head

I'm already looking forward to Basel in 3 weeks

[juninhOH]

Damn I dreamed we were in 2013 and Roger had just won Wimbledon again (Murray won AO and Djokovic won the French). It felt so real that when I woke up I was still under the impression it was true. And LOL at his opponent in the final: Marat Safin. By the end of the match, Roger had a break up in the 5th and looked very tired, the same as Safin. Then something happen on the TV and I couldn't watch the rest of the match. After a while the TV worked again and I was seeing the trophy ceremony, but I still didn't know who won the match. Then Roger appeared cradling the trophy while Safin held the plate. Both looked incredibly fatigued, sweaty and had their faces swollen (huge wtf).

btw where is Rita? My MSN account got blocked because I forgot my password and I lost contact with her.

edit- haha I remember thinking "they can't say any bad thing about Safin now, he was just in a final 13 years after his first title"

[Eden]

Originally Posted by juninhOH

Damn I dreamed we were in 2013 and Roger had just won Wimbledon again (Murray won AO and Djokovic won the French). It felt so real that when I woke up I was still under the impression it was true. And LOL at his opponent in the final: Marat Safin. By the end of the match, Roger had a break up in the 5th and looked very tired, the same as Safin. Then something happen on the TV and I couldn't watch the rest of the match. After a while the TV worked again and I was seeing the trophy ceremony, but I still didn't know who won the match. Then Roger appeared cradling the trophy while Safin held the plate. Both looked incredibly fatigued, sweaty and had their faces swollen (huge wtf).

Those tennis related dreams are always weird.

I guess though that a lot of people would love to see another match between Roger and Marat but even more so we would love to see our man lifting that Wimbledon trophy one more time

Originally Posted by juninhOH

btw where is Rita? My MSN account got blocked because I forgot my password and I lost contact with her.

You can contact her here via PM as she is still around on the forum

[SUKTUEN]

Originally Posted by Looner

I think we have a fine example of the following here on MTF and we have even one-upped it .

[Federer in 2]

Roger has odds of 13.00 for RG 2013. Isn't that way too much even at RG?

[juninhOH]

Btw I just read what I wrote about the dream I had and I cant remember a single moment of it. No "picture" memories from it lol

[The Bulldog]

Originally Posted by Bashkatik

Roger has odds of 13.00 for RG 2013. Isn't that way too much even at RG?

Hmm, would be tempted by those odds, but it just seems a little too out of reach. What are his odds like for Wimbledon (if available)?

[Federer in 2]

Originally Posted by The Bulldog

Hmm, would be tempted by those odds, but it just seems a little too out of reach. What are his odds like for Wimbledon (if available)?

WTF:
Djokovic 2.75
Murray 3.25
Federer 4.00
Nadal 7.00

AO:
Djokovic 2.50
Murray 3.25
Federer 5.50
Nadal 5.50

RG:
Nadal 1.83
Djokovic 2.87
Murray 9.00
Federer 13.00

Wimbledon:
Djokovic 3.25
Murray 3.75
Federer 4.50
Nadal 4.50

Djokvoic MASSIVELY overrated everywhere, especially Wimby and WTF. Murray overrated at RG. Nadal underrated everywhere a little bit. Federer MASSIVELY underrated everywhere.

[juninhOH]

Not like he's playing better each year though...

[TechnoViking]

Originally Posted by Bashkatik

WTF:
Djokovic 2.75
Murray 3.25
Federer 4.00
Nadal 7.00

AO:
Djokovic 2.50
Murray 3.25
Federer 5.50
Nadal 5.50

RG:
Nadal 1.83
Djokovic 2.87
Murray 9.00
Federer 13.00

Wimbledon:
Djokovic 3.25
Murray 3.75
Federer 4.50
Nadal 4.50

Djokvoic MASSIVELY overrated everywhere, especially Wimby and WTF. Murray overrated at RG. Nadal underrated everywhere a little bit. Federer MASSIVELY underrated everywhere.

Murray at third favourite for RG Huge lay. He should be below Delboy and equal with Ferrer in odds. Murray in general, outside of the Aus and Wimbledon, the latter of which he should be fav for, is being a bit under priced based on his rather fortunate slam win.

The other price that stands out is Roger at the WTF. He is still by far the best indoor player and should be at least joint fav with Nole there.

I would agree that Roger is worth backing at the other tournaments as a trade. QF is pretty much a lock and semis is very likely if avoiding Berdych and Tsonga. The odds tend to remain at least stable if all the big four stay in so it's a break even situation at worst.

Djokovic is overrated at Wimbledon/ WTF, but have to disagree with you about RG and AUS. He's by far the best slow hardcourt player and I would price him at 2.50 and he's way above everyone, but Nadal on clay.