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Nope, since NBC has the rights to that match it the won't be shown until later on in the day and the Tennis Channel isn't allowed to showit during their live coverage
TENNIS - Roland Garros: The 2009 French Open
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Originally Posted by Fear The Ibis
Serena's expression @ the press conference.
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Let's Go Gael
No better chance to win your country's national Chamionship
Now Gotta beat Kool-Aid Roddick
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Nadal lost
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YoungBuck32 wrote:
SinnerP wrote:
^ did you watch the match?
Nope, since NBC has the rights to that match it the won't be shown until later on in the day and the Tennis Channel isn't allowed to show it during their live coverage.
Then why did you want an "investigation into match-fixing"? Or did I fail to read the sarcasm...
The upset was a combination of Rafa having a poor day and Soderling playing like a possessed man. Sod served very well and was keeping his groundstrokes verydeep, pinning Rafa well behind the baseline. Rafa on the other hand, made a lot of uncharaceristic errors, especially on his usually trusty forehand. Hisgroundstrokes were also landing very shallow (sometimes bouncing inside the service box), which allowed Sod to take control of so many rallies, running Rafaaround the court. A vital stat which popped out to me was in the 3rd set where Rafa, despite getting 92% of his first serves in, still lost 6-4. Sod alsohad more winners in each of the 4 sets than Rafa. Yeah, he had more unforced errors as well, but he also (almost) had twice as many winners as Rafa. Rafaonly winning 45% of his second-serve points was also crucial.
[table][tr][td] [/td] [td][/td] [td]Nadal (ESP)[/td] [td][/td] [td]Soderling (SWE)[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] 1st Serve %[/td] [td]99 of 128 = 77 %[/td] [td]91 of 143 = 64 %[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] Aces[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]9[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] Double Faults[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] Unforced Errors[/td] [td]28[/td] [td]59[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] Winning % on 1st Serve[/td] [td]66 of 99 = 67 %[/td] [td]62 of 91 = 68 %[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] Winning % on 2nd Serve[/td] [td]13 of 29 = 45 %[/td] [td]32 of 52 = 62 %[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td] Winners (Including Service)[/td] [td]33[/td] [td]61[/td] [/tr][/table]
From what I've seen over the years, Rafa appears to be a pretty honest guy on the court. I don't believe, for a minute, that he "took adive"...
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yes nadal loses
. hope roger can win his first french open. sucks ivanovic lost though. shes agreat player and imo sooo hot
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I literally went "
" when I read that Nadal lost. Are we gonnaput an asterick next to Federer's name if he wins the 09 French Open? You gotta beat the best to be the best.
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Nope, since NBC has the rights to that match it the won't be shown until later on in the day and the Tennis Channel isn't allowed to show it during their live coverage
Then why did you want an "investigation into match-fixing"? Or did I fail to read the sarcasm...
The upset was a combination of Rafa having a poor day and Soderling playing like a possessed man. Sod served very well and was keeping his groundstrokes very deep, pinning Rafa well behind the baseline. Rafa on the other hand, made a lot of uncharaceristic errors, especially on his usually trusty forehand. His groundstrokes were also landing very shallow (sometimes bouncing inside the service box), which allowed Sod to take control of so many rallies, running Rafa around the court. A vital stat which popped out to me was in the 3rd set where Rafa, despite getting 92% of his first serves in, still lost 6-4. Sod also had more winners in each of the 4 sets than Rafa. Yeah, he had more unforced errors as well, but he also (almost) had twice as many winners as Rafa. Rafa only winning 45% of his second-serve points was also crucial.
[table][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [td]Nadal (ESP)[/td] [td][/td] [td]Soderling (SWE)[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]1st Serve %[/td] [td]99 of 128 = 77 %[/td] [td]91 of 143 = 64 %[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Aces[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]9[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Double Faults[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Unforced Errors[/td] [td]28[/td] [td]59[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Winning % on 1st Serve[/td] [td]66 of 99 = 67 %[/td] [td]62 of 91 = 68 %[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Winning % on 2nd Serve[/td] [td]13 of 29 = 45 %[/td] [td]32 of 52 = 62 %[/td] [/tr][tr][td][/td] [/tr][tr][td]Winners (Including Service)[/td] [td]33[/td] [td]61[/td] [/tr][/table]
From what I've seen over the years, Rafa appears to be a pretty honest guy on the court. I don't believe, for a minute, that he "took a dive"...
Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
I literally went "" when I read that Nadal lost. Are we gonna put an asterick next to Federer's name if he wins the 09 French Open? You gotta beat the best to be the best.
Nope. Only way there would be an asterisk is if Nadal was in the final and had to retire while winning the match. No matter who wins the championship the titleisn't diminished since Rafa couldn't win his 4th round match.
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PSSSSSSSSSSH!Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
I literally went "" when I read that Nadal lost. Are we gonna put an asterick next to Federer's name if he wins the 09 French Open? You gotta beat the best to be the best.
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Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
I literally went "" when I read that Nadal lost. Are we gonna put an asterick next to Federer's name if he wins the 09 French Open? You gotta beat the best to be the best.
no 1 will put an asterisk ... no 1 had won 5 french opens ... he was due ... w/ that being said we all know that fed has to win it this year or he will neverwin ... and to b considered the greatest imo u have to win a career grand slam ... all he can do is play those in front him
w/ that being said GO FED!!!
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federer first win in french. lets go
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Let's Go Roddick!!!
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I would give my left pinky toe to see Roger play at the French Open Finals. It seems like Roger's mentality has been completely shook by all the losses soclose to Sampras's record but I BELIEVE!
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could not believe my eyes when i saw that rafa lost
but hopefull fed will finally get his french open title
but hopefull fed will finally get his french open title
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As long as Federer avoid Murray at the Finals he should win it. Murray's been owning Roger as of late so I don't think this title will come easy forRoger.
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I really hope Federer finally gets this grand slam
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Not necessarily. Clay has been Murray's least favorite surface. I think he'll probably win at Wimbledon before he even comes close to winning theFrench. Fed's a much better clay-court player than Murray is. I really hope I'm wrong, but like I mentioned before, its Fed's tournament to lose. He is, after all, the second-best clay-courter right now...
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WOW ARE U @$@%$%$ SERIOUS?
I almost damn near cursed up a storm in church when I checked on my iPhone that Nadal lost
. Is Soderling even a top 25 player? Well....this isRoger's last chance to win a French Open and if he doesn't he is DONE. I will be rooting for A-Rod tho
I almost damn near cursed up a storm in church when I checked on my iPhone that Nadal lost
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cant believe that *+@$.....soderling??
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is roger that old?
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Roger is not old, but I guess he is Tennis old. People are starting to write him off as past his prime, but I still think he has a few slams left in him. Imean, look at Rafa, if he can lose at RG of all places, I'm sure Roger still has room to win when others are not playing at the top of their game.
Roger is not old, but I guess he is Tennis old. People are starting to write him off as past his prime, but I still think he has a few slams left in him. Imean, look at Rafa, if he can lose at RG of all places, I'm sure Roger still has room to win when others are not playing at the top of their game.
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Roddick gonna take it now that Nadal's out
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i think Roger lost a step after mono but thats just me...i would watch out for nadal at wimbledon though
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Oh no doubt in my mind, Rafa will be a force at Wimby. He proved it last year. He will be in contention and will win a majority of the tournamentshe enters, maybe excluding hard court events, but even that is not certain given how good Rafa is.
Originally Posted by Kobe4MVP12
Roddick gonna take it now that Nadal's out
I don't want to say anything is certain, I mean Rafa lost in RG, but if the past is any indication of how things are gonna turn out, come the Quarters, ifRoddick and Roger play each other, Roger will be Roddick's "daddy" once again, word to Pedro and the Yankees.
