USO 2015 Talk (The Draw Is Out!)

noleisthebest wrote:
Where did he say that?
I don't remember it at all.

But I still think it frustrates him he has to play like he does. Especially when Federer beats him with that effortless tennis.

Tenez wrote:What woudl be Federer's ideal draw?

No Murray, No Monfils, No Nishi. The rest he can do with I think. I'd choose Stan over an inform Nishi for Fed.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:
Where did he say that?
I don't remember it at all.

He said after his gluten free diet: "It seems I can fly now" it made the headlines of some interview article, I posted it here.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

But I still think it frustrates him he has to play like he does. Especially when Federer beats him with that effortless tennis.

deep down certainly. A bit like a politician knowing he has to get the support of the media and betray his people to be elected.

FedererKing wrote:

Tenez wrote:What woudl be Federer's ideal draw?

No Murray, No Monfils, No Nishi. The rest he can do with I think. I'd choose Stan over an inform Nishi for Fed.

Federer has a winning streak against Murray atm and so I think Murray would be the perfect one to be in Fed's half. Nadal is a bd match up for roger and best avoided unless on a fast court (there are none).  Although it's prob possible for Fed to get both in his half... so hopefully one pest would annihilate the other.

FedererKing wrote:

Tenez wrote:What woudl be Federer's ideal draw?

No Murray, No Monfils, No Nishi. The rest he can do with I think. I'd choose Stan over an inform Nishi for Fed.

Federer has a winning streak against Murray atm and so I think Murray would be the perfect one to be in Fed's half. Nadal is a bd match up for roger and best avoided unless on a fast court (there are none).  Although it's prob possible for Fed to get both in his half... so hopefully one pest would annihilate the other.

Tenez wrote:I predicted some time ago that Fed's best tennis if injury free should be around his 30s. But to be more precise, it's his best tennis against today's top players and against those new conditions. Though I think he would be even more impressive if he were to play under 2000s pace conds versus 2000s top players.

We can see his body has not bulked and that very sadly he gets tired very quickly. So once again, if he dopes, he is not very good at it!

noleisthebest wrote:

FedererKing wrote:

Tenez wrote:What woudl be Federer's ideal draw?

No Murray, No Monfils, No Nishi. The rest he can do with I think. I'd choose Stan over an inform Nishi for Fed.

Federer has a winning streak against Murray atm and so I think Murray would be the perfect one to be in Fed's half. Nadal is a bd match up for roger and best avoided unless on a fast court (there are none).  Although it's prob possible for Fed to get both in his half... so hopefully one pest would annihilate the other.

I disagree.
Murray is a tough opponent over the best of five.
Nobody wants him on the semi.

He'll drain the life out of whoever he plays.

noleisthebest wrote:....

How very Machiavelian of you!!!

noleisthebest wrote:Are you saying I am ashamed of being a nole fan and pretending not to be one?

FedererKing wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:
I disagree.
Murray is a tough opponent over the best of five.
Nobody wants him on the semi.

He'll drain the life out of whoever he plays.

Murray hasn't had a set off Federer in ages.  If Fed finishes him off fast, he won't have any impact.  Murray would be far harder for Djokovic.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Are you saying I am ashamed of being a nole fan and pretending not to be one?

That was not the point of this clip especially as i'd rather be the italian migrant than the Swiss. The point is that one cannot deny his origins as it is funily presented in this movie's football match scene.

noleisthebest wrote:

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Are you saying I am ashamed of being a nole fan and pretending not to be one?

That was not the point of this clip especially as i'd rather be the italian migrant than the Swiss. The point is that one cannot deny his origins as it is funily presented in this movie's football match scene.

I am not danying my origins.
Is that how I come across?

Tenez wrote:Bad draw for Fed......unless Murray or Djoko loses early.

Why isn't Stan mentioned in the draw?

FedererKing wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/34078388

She's so far up her own arse, it's frightening.  Imagine calling it a "Serena Slam" yourself, like that.  My god. Lmao.

legendkillar wrote:Very interesting piece from tennis.com NITB and I agree with the context in which one of them said look at the top of the sport as a whole.

For me it is very much muddied waters. I can't think of any sport that has any lingering purity in it.

Sadly sport went commercial and like anything that embraces that, it loses that purity.

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Are you saying I am ashamed of being a nole fan and pretending not to be one?

That was not the point of this clip especially as i'd rather be the italian migrant than the Swiss. The point is that one cannot deny his origins as it is funily presented in this movie's football match scene.

noleisthebest wrote:

legendkillar wrote:Very interesting piece from tennis.com NITB and I agree with the context in which one of them said look at the top of the sport as a whole.

For me it is very much muddied waters. I can't think of any sport that has any lingering purity in it.

Sadly sport went commercial and like anything that embraces that, it loses that purity.

Yes, it's quite interesting and logical to assume that it's impossible to be clean at the top of any professional sport.
Tennis has become so physical.
One only needs to try and play to see how unrealistic levels of fitness pros have despite their fitness coaches, prime age etc...

Yet because of his extraordinary talent, Federer allows us to contemplate a dream.

What is upsetting in tennis compared to other sports and disciplines is that talent is pushed away.

I am still heart-broken because of Henin's retirement.
She couldn't survive in the sea of muscles.

legendkillar wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

legendkillar wrote:Very interesting piece from tennis.com NITB and I agree with the context in which one of them said look at the top of the sport as a whole.

For me it is very much muddied waters. I can't think of any sport that has any lingering purity in it.

Sadly sport went commercial and like anything that embraces that, it loses that purity.

Yes, it's quite interesting and logical to assume that it's impossible to be clean at the top of any professional sport.
Tennis has become so physical.
One only needs to try and play to see how unrealistic levels of fitness pros have despite their fitness coaches, prime age etc...

Yet because of his extraordinary talent, Federer allows us to contemplate a dream.

What is upsetting in tennis compared to other sports and disciplines is that talent is pushed away.

I am still heart-broken because of Henin's retirement.
She couldn't survive in the sea of muscles.

Nothing was more disappointing than watching Henin come out second best to the Williams and brute force. I guess even back then it was what was to come on the Mens side. I think that's why (and the only instance I might add) I cheered when Sharapova at Wimbledon did to Serena what she had done to the whole tour.

It's with any sport NITB. I look at football and think where are these 'World Class' talents? So I ask has sport gone too far in search of inhuman perfection or there just not the talents out there anymore?

That's why I do implore people to watch Federer when they can. Least they can say they lived in the same era. One of the very last exceptional talent's left in the world of sport.

noleisthebest wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:

legendkillar wrote:Very interesting piece from tennis.com NITB and I agree with the context in which one of them said look at the top of the sport as a whole.

For me it is very much muddied waters. I can't think of any sport that has any lingering purity in it.

Sadly sport went commercial and like anything that embraces that, it loses that purity.

Yes, it's quite interesting and logical to assume that it's impossible to be clean at the top of any professional sport.
Tennis has become so physical.
One only needs to try and play to see how unrealistic levels of fitness pros have despite their fitness coaches, prime age etc...

Yet because of his extraordinary talent, Federer allows us to contemplate a dream.

What is upsetting in tennis compared to other sports and disciplines is that talent is pushed away.

I am still heart-broken because of Henin's retirement.
She couldn't survive in the sea of muscles.

Nothing was more disappointing than watching Henin come out second best to the Williams and brute force. I guess even back then it was what was to come on the Mens side. I think that's why (and the only instance I might add) I cheered when Sharapova at Wimbledon did to Serena what she had done to the whole tour.

It's with any sport NITB. I look at football and think where are these 'World Class' talents? So I ask has sport gone too far in search of inhuman perfection or there just not the talents out there anymore?

That's why I do implore people to watch Federer when they can. Least they can say they lived in the same era. One of the very last exceptional talent's left in the world of sport.

Yes, we are very, very lucky to be his contemporaries.

And to see him live is an extra treat.

If I may suggest, O2 in WTF is quite reasonable compared to Wimbledon and a great chance to see him. We won't get many more.
I am even planning a trip to Halle next year

Patrick McEnroe said Kyrgios’ fitness is also an issue.
“He’s got a flair,’’ McEnroe said. “He could be a great player. But the bottom line is if he doesn’t become more professional, not even talking about the way he acts on the court, if he doesn’t become more professional in how he prepares himself, there’s no chance it’s going to happen. I’m talking about doing the physical work because this guy is getting a lot of injuries at 20. He’s not as fit as the other guys. But he’s got an unbelievable upside. He could be incredible for tennis.”

noleisthebest wrote:
....
The next match was Kyrgios-Monaco.
Nicely seated in row one I had an excellent view and was able to fully "examine" Nicky boy.

First thing I noticed was the white sleeve he had over one of his arms which I saw heavily tattooed the other day. It looked like snake skin.
Did Wimbledon order him to cover that mess up?
If so, good in them!

Nick Kyrgios is one if the players I thought could have a good future before I saw him live.

Yes, he is definitely talented: plenty of easy power, great serve, excellent hands...and you'd think: well, that's enough, isn't it?
Well, no.
His FH though loose shouldered and quite free and whippy is a bashing shot. He, like many other players now born with this new technology is enjoying whacking rather than playing the ball and being pleased with himself too much with the effect... (Verdasco is another one). There is very little thinking and creating.

He is a showman extraordinaire!

But unlike Monf, who is a class clown, Kyrgios is a thin-skinned egomaniac.
When he served for the match (a break up!) I told him: come on Nick, give us serve and volley! and he just banged a serve in won the point from the baseline and then growled like an angry animal in my direction.
How dared I ask for what he's got no guts for and show him up?

Tenez wrote:Rublev...in trouble. 1 set all!

Tenez wrote:no why?

just wasted 2 BPs.

Tenez wrote:oh i see...

i was thinking it's not very nice to want a 26yo trying to make living to lose to let our prefered player go through.

It's tough life out there.

noleisthebest wrote:

Tenez wrote:oh i see...

i was thinking it's not very nice to want a 26yo trying to make living to lose to let our prefered player go through.

It's tough life out there.

What a funny thing to say...
What did you have for dinner?

Tenez wrote:he needed 5 BPs in that 3rd set to break! Poor German double faulted at 4 all.