> >http://www.livetennisguide.com/2012/04/13/can-roger-federer-reclaim-n...
> also Rafa will do better in this clay season.
>He can but he won't, also Rafa will do better in this clay season.
and just WHAT makes you ***ing "think so" ?
oh Rafa ***ing. I see. I see.
> >http://www.livetennisguide.com/2012/04/13/can-roger-federer-reclaim-n...
> He can but he won't, also Rafa will do better in this clay season.
1. Fed is not 900 pts. behind Nadal, he's 350 pts. behind:
http://live-tennis.eu/
If Nadal loses in the final, Fed will be tantalizingly close to him.
2. Fed never "withdrew" from MC, it never was on his schedule this
year at all.
If Nadal loses in the MC final to Djoker, then an awful lot will
depend on Barcelona. Nadal is scheduled to play there, but even some
in the Spanish press are practically begging him to skip it to remain
fresher for RG and the summer. If Nadal does not play Barcelona,
Federer will almost surely overtake him at #2, unless Nadal wins MC
beforehand. However, most astute tennis fans know Nadal will play and
win Barcelona, thus protecting his 500 pts.
The problem will be that Fed won't hold on to #2 by the time of the FO
draw if Rafa wins either Madrid or Rome and Fed doesn't win one of
them. Another possibility (unlikely in the extreme), is that Rafa
loses second or third round in Rome and Fed wins it. Fed's best chance
to gain pts. in the clay season is at Rome, where he crashed out last
year in the third round.
It's confusing, but Rafa has to *not* win any clay event except
Barcelona and Fed has to get to the finals of either Madrid or Rome.
Or if Rafa crashes out early in either of the clay masters, that's
another way Fed can claw back to #2 and remain there by late May.
>1. Fed is not 900 pts. behind Nadal, he's 350 pts. behind:
>http://live-tennis.eu/
>If Nadal loses in the final, Fed will be tantalizingly close to him.
>2. Fed never "withdrew" from MC, it never was on his schedule this
>year at all.
>If Nadal loses in the MC final to Djoker, then an awful lot will
>depend on Barcelona. Nadal is scheduled to play there, but even some
>in the Spanish press are practically begging him to skip it to remain
>fresher for RG and the summer. If Nadal does not play Barcelona,
>Federer will almost surely overtake him at #2, unless Nadal wins MC
>beforehand. However, most astute tennis fans know Nadal will play and
>win Barcelona, thus protecting his 500 pts.
>The problem will be that Fed won't hold on to #2 by the time of the FO
>draw if Rafa wins either Madrid or Rome and Fed doesn't win one of
>them. Another possibility (unlikely in the extreme), is that Rafa
>loses second or third round in Rome and Fed wins it. Fed's best chance
>to gain pts. in the clay season is at Rome, where he crashed out last
>year in the third round.
>It's confusing, but Rafa has to *not* win any clay event except
>Barcelona and Fed has to get to the finals of either Madrid or Rome.
>Or if Rafa crashes out early in either of the clay masters, that's
>another way Fed can claw back to #2 and remain there by late May.
>Blindsided? He was getting humped left and right on the lead to clay....if
>he was going to address the problem and alter momentum for the rest of the
>tennis season, clay was where he was going to do it.....motivation was at
>it's max. What happened was that Nole dominated even more on clay than on
>HC....his results got better. I will be very surprised if Nole loses to
>Nadal on clay from here on....perhaps Nads will edge something on a bad day
>for Nole....but it just doesn't stack up well for Nadal against Nole now.
>His winning tactic on clay is to never miss....Nole does the same, but
>harder and faster and as the world saw - left Nads sucking air pretty bad. I
>think the clay walls begin to crush in on Nads this year..and still feel he
>will take non-Nole loss/es. We shall see!
> >Blindsided? He was getting humped left and right on the lead to clay....if
> >he was going to address the problem and alter momentum for the rest of the
> >tennis season, clay was where he was going to do it.....motivation was at
> >it's max. What happened was that Nole dominated even more on clay than on
> >HC....his results got better. I will be very surprised if Nole loses to
> >Nadal on clay from here on....perhaps Nads will edge something on a bad day
> >for Nole....but it just doesn't stack up well for Nadal against Nole now.
> >His winning tactic on clay is to never miss....Nole does the same, but
> >harder and faster and as the world saw - left Nads sucking air pretty bad. I
> >think the clay walls begin to crush in on Nads this year..and still feel he
> >will take non-Nole loss/es. We shall see!
> imho if djock thumps his ass in mc next week rafa is done and dusted. gone.
But why assign so much value to a meaningless tune up? I realize Rafa
wants to win it so he can have won a tournament 8 times. But no one
else ascribes much importance to that since MC is not a slam or the
YEC. Fed might eventually win Basel 8 times--- who besides Roger
really cares?
>But why assign so much value to a meaningless tune up? I realize Rafa
>wants to win it so he can have won a tournament 8 times. But no one
>else ascribes much importance to that since MC is not a slam or the
>YEC. Fed might eventually win Basel 8 times--- who besides Roger
>really cares?
> 1. Fed is not 900 pts. behind Nadal, he's 350 pts. behind:http://live-tennis.eu/
> If Nadal loses in the final, Fed will be tantalizingly close to him.
> 2. Fed never "withdrew" from MC, it never was on his schedule this
> year at all.
> If Nadal loses in the MC final to Djoker, then an awful lot will
> depend on Barcelona. Nadal is scheduled to play there, but even some
> in the Spanish press are practically begging him to skip it to remain
> fresher for RG and the summer. If Nadal does not play Barcelona,
> Federer will almost surely overtake him at #2, unless Nadal wins MC
> beforehand. However, most astute tennis fans know Nadal will play and
> win Barcelona, thus protecting his 500 pts.
> The problem will be that Fed won't hold on to #2 by the time of the FO
> draw if Rafa wins either Madrid or Rome and Fed doesn't win one of
> them. Another possibility (unlikely in the extreme), is that Rafa
> loses second or third round in Rome and Fed wins it. Fed's best chance
> to gain pts. in the clay season is at Rome, where he crashed out last
> year in the third round.
> It's confusing, but Rafa has to *not* win any clay event except
> Barcelona and Fed has to get to the finals of either Madrid or Rome.
> Or if Rafa crashes out early in either of the clay masters, that's
> another way Fed can claw back to #2 and remain there by late May.
Fed should play MC or Barca if he wants a realistic chance of seeding
# at the FO. Of course that undermines his Rome and FO chances. Better
to look at the FO through USO stretch to go for it. Better rewards in
terms of potential titles there as well.
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