1. Birdshit (sucking shit)
2. Mugray (sucking dirt)
3. Nishikori (not sucking)
4. Raodic (has that 1st serve)
2. Mugray (sucking dirt)
3. Nishikori (not sucking)
4. Raodic (has that 1st serve)
who does federer want for his QF match? poll
Well this should be really interesting. As well as federer is playing he will still need some help getting to the aussie finals and or winning it. I think he has a good shot of getting through the first 4 rounds without much trouble. It gets insanely difficult starting at the quarters with the new breakouts and old nemesis's around. Also need to consider the kind of match that will play out and if it will cost fed the following round.
Who do you think federer wants in his qf section out of the 4?
1. Murray: even in post surgery he took a set and now is likely to be a tougher out 1 year later. Plus a match with murray could be draining and cost him the next round if he even makes it through.
2. Birdshit: Always seems to play 150% against fed regardless of how he has been playing. Fed barely squeaked by in dubai final when fed was in very good form after beating nole. This guy has beaten fed in wimbledon 2010 and us open 2012. Has had tough matches in australia against fed in the past.
3. Nishikori: seems to have been breaking out after beating djoker and looks to be improving. Fed may have won the last meeting very easily at wtf. Fed will likely have chances on nishikoris serve every time as he lacks the power of birdshit and ranoic to be able to blow him off the court.
4. Ranoic: May be his breakout year. Played back to back very high level matches. Again his groundstrokes love this fast court in brisbane but in australia while the court will be slower he will have even more time to line up and have kill shots. Not sure how much he redlined vs improved his backhand and general tactics against fed.
Fed has the best record against him over the others but this guy seems to be perhaps at the moment the most dangerous qf matchup as he has improved his ground game, tactics, and fitness. The advantage is fed will probably play a tactically different game vs roanoic after seeing his blasting bashing and draw him on a lot of short balls and drop shots going forward.
Thoughts??
Who do you think federer wants in his qf section out of the 4?
1. Murray: even in post surgery he took a set and now is likely to be a tougher out 1 year later. Plus a match with murray could be draining and cost him the next round if he even makes it through.
2. Birdshit: Always seems to play 150% against fed regardless of how he has been playing. Fed barely squeaked by in dubai final when fed was in very good form after beating nole. This guy has beaten fed in wimbledon 2010 and us open 2012. Has had tough matches in australia against fed in the past.
3. Nishikori: seems to have been breaking out after beating djoker and looks to be improving. Fed may have won the last meeting very easily at wtf. Fed will likely have chances on nishikoris serve every time as he lacks the power of birdshit and ranoic to be able to blow him off the court.
4. Ranoic: May be his breakout year. Played back to back very high level matches. Again his groundstrokes love this fast court in brisbane but in australia while the court will be slower he will have even more time to line up and have kill shots. Not sure how much he redlined vs improved his backhand and general tactics against fed.
Fed has the best record against him over the others but this guy seems to be perhaps at the moment the most dangerous qf matchup as he has improved his ground game, tactics, and fitness. The advantage is fed will probably play a tactically different game vs roanoic after seeing his blasting bashing and draw him on a lot of short balls and drop shots going forward.
Thoughts??
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This is a great question. All 4 opponents have their pros and cons from fed's perspective. I actually think raonic though. Firstly, I don't think raonic can beat him over best of 5 as I highly doubt he can maintain the level required for long enough. Secondly, I'm not sure but it seems to me that the courts in brisbane are faster than melbourne so it would be harder for him to redline in melbourne. He's also just played him so the serve will be fresh in his mind maybe so he could get a better read on it?Well this should be really interesting. As well as federer is playing he will still need some help getting to the aussie finals and or winning it. I think he has a good shot of getting through the first 4 rounds without much trouble. It gets insanely difficult starting at the quarters with the new breakouts and old nemesis's around. Also need to consider the kind of match that will play out and if it will cost fed the following round.
Who do you think federer wants in his qf section out of the 4?
1. Murray: even in post surgery he took a set and now is likely to be a tougher out 1 year later. Plus a match with murray could be draining and cost him the next round if he even makes it through.
2. Birdshit: Always seems to play 150% against fed regardless of how he has been playing. Fed barely squeaked by in dubai final when fed was in very good form after beating nole. This guy has beaten fed in wimbledon 2010 and us open 2012. Has had tough matches in australia against fed in the past.
3. Nishikori: seems to have been breaking out after beating djoker and looks to be improving. Fed may have won the last meeting very easily at wtf. Fed will likely have chances on nishikoris serve every time as he lacks the power of birdshit and ranoic to be able to blow him off the court.
4. Ranoic: May be his breakout year. Played back to back very high level matches. Again his groundstrokes love this fast court in brisbane but in australia while the court will be slower he will have even more time to line up and have kill shots. Not sure how much he redlined vs improved his backhand and general tactics against fed.
Fed has the best record against him over the others but this guy seems to be perhaps at the moment the most dangerous qf matchup as he has improved his ground game, tactics, and fitness. The advantage is fed will probably play a tactically different game vs roanoic after seeing his blasting bashing and draw him on a lot of short balls and drop shots going forward.
Thoughts??
If ranoic were to play fed it would be a night match on RLA with temperatures probably no higher than 70 to start the match and cooling as the match progressed.
Aussie is slower than brisbane but higher bouncing. The match vs ranoic would probably be the least taxing but at the same time a lot more on ranoic racket as he can hold most games without issue and go on ballbashing mode on all of feds games.
The slower court however does given ranoic more time to line up his ground strokes and the amount of pace he generates would still basically give him winners like we saw at brisbane. Fed would probably change the tactics thought and draw him closer to the net and serve and vollyey more if ranoic goes into ballbashin redlinei mode.
also note fed may want to place the other qf opponents with a chance to upset the other top 2.
I would say nishikori has the best shot to beat djoker and ranoic has the best shot to beat current form nadal. Murray im not sure how well he would do against djoke or current form nadal. Birdshit would be danger for fed given the history of his peaking during their matches.
Aussie is slower than brisbane but higher bouncing. The match vs ranoic would probably be the least taxing but at the same time a lot more on ranoic racket as he can hold most games without issue and go on ballbashing mode on all of feds games.
The slower court however does given ranoic more time to line up his ground strokes and the amount of pace he generates would still basically give him winners like we saw at brisbane. Fed would probably change the tactics thought and draw him closer to the net and serve and vollyey more if ranoic goes into ballbashin redlinei mode.
also note fed may want to place the other qf opponents with a chance to upset the other top 2.
I would say nishikori has the best shot to beat djoker and ranoic has the best shot to beat current form nadal. Murray im not sure how well he would do against djoke or current form nadal. Birdshit would be danger for fed given the history of his peaking during their matches.
Hopefully Federer is paired with Murray.
Raonic or Berdych
if I think who is likely to suffer a shock loss in early rounds, probably Nishikori
and I bet the draw will throw him Murray.
if I think who is likely to suffer a shock loss in early rounds, probably Nishikori
and I bet the draw will throw him Murray.
Murray is having shoulder issues I hear. May be the easiest match for federer. Everyone else is super dangerous.
Murray. After that, not much between Raonic and Nishikori and Federer matches up pretty well with both. I think Federer will want to avoid Berdych, he's the only one of these four I can see beat Federer even if the latter is playing well + he has historically done the most damage vs Federer at the Slams among these names.
Berdshit definitely.
He played Murray in QF last year and I don't think there is gonna be a repeat this year.
Both Nishikori and Raonic are in good form based on their performances in Brisbane.
So I guess Berdshit shall be the pushover, even given his multiple wins over Federer in the past, and thus Berdshit shall appear in dull's section (mark my words and don't be surprised if Dull gets another cake walk draw as usual)
He played Murray in QF last year and I don't think there is gonna be a repeat this year.
Both Nishikori and Raonic are in good form based on their performances in Brisbane.
So I guess Berdshit shall be the pushover, even given his multiple wins over Federer in the past, and thus Berdshit shall appear in dull's section (mark my words and don't be surprised if Dull gets another cake walk draw as usual)
Federer would want Raonic for his QF match, unless he thought he could be lucky enough to get him in the SF instead.
Raonic the most, Berdych easily the least.
Raonic obviously, there's basically no chance of Fed losing to him at a slam (outside RG).
Walk over so he can rest for the semi's.
From easiest to hardest :
Raonic
Nishikori
Berdych
Murray
Raonic
Nishikori
Berdych
Murray
I can't decide between Raonic and Berdych.
Berdych always plays amazing tennis against Fed and on a surface like this, he could very well beat him. (Remember when Roger had to come back from 2 sets down in 2009)
Nishikori has beaten Roger a couple times already but they have never met in a Slam so I would be curious.
Murray is a big question. Since he didn't play any Warm up tournament, nobody is really sure what kind of Murray is gonna show up. Even if its 2013Ray he is still dangerous but could lose early.
Raonic is prolly the best choice. Roger seemsto really know how to beat him and he has the best record against players whose serve are their main weapon.
The other best option would Ferrer to beat Berdych in the 1/8 and meet Fed in the 1/4 so they finally have a match in a slam.
Nishikori has beaten Roger a couple times already but they have never met in a Slam so I would be curious.
Murray is a big question. Since he didn't play any Warm up tournament, nobody is really sure what kind of Murray is gonna show up. Even if its 2013Ray he is still dangerous but could lose early.
Raonic is prolly the best choice. Roger seemsto really know how to beat him and he has the best record against players whose serve are their main weapon.
The other best option would Ferrer to beat Berdych in the 1/8 and meet Fed in the 1/4 so they finally have a match in a slam.
This. Berdych by far the worst option for Federer here, any of the three and I'll pencil Federer in for a SF showing.Raonic the most, Berdych easily the least.
The draw will be important for Federer here, he could both have an almost impossible Berdych-Nadal route to the final, or a much more straightforward Murray/Raonic/Nishikori-Wawrinka. R16 shouldn't be a problem in any case since the guys seeded 13-16 are RBA, Anderson, Robredo and Fognini, all pretty harmless.
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