Wimbledon Day 10 MENS QUARTER FINALS

Wtf 0:3 down on BP now 5:3 up, Fed magic

Absolute god mode

Done hahahaah warm up

There isn't any words for what I just witnessed there.  He's a total freak.

What a genius! Amazing TB...from 0/3 down!

Double mini break down -Daniel starts moaning- and BAM! There's the goat for ya

Daniel wrote:There isn't any words for what I just witnessed there.  He's a total freak.

We can agree on that!

Tenez wrote:

Daniel wrote:There isn't any words for what I just witnessed there.  He's a total freak.

We can agree on that!

Stop the presses!

Can he beat Berdy? God I hate that prick

Don't get too exited Roj..

2 to go

Jahu wrote:Can he beat Berdy? God I hate that prick

Does the pope wear a dress?

If he carries this form on - no-one can beat him.  He has to keep this up - esp if he's against cilic in the final.

gallery play wrote:Don't get too exited Roj..

2 to go

I agree. And I am sure he won't underestimate the task ahead.

gallery play wrote:

Tenez wrote:

Daniel wrote:There isn't any words for what I just witnessed there.  He's a total freak.

We can agree on that!

Stop the presses!

Fed even made me make a bad sentence  *aren't.

gallery play wrote:

Jahu wrote:Can he beat Berdy? God I hate that prick

Does the pope wear a dress?

Heavy one

I've never seen a player as good as Federer at returning huge serves.  No-one.  Krgios earlier this year came up against a god.  Same thing here. Roddick was pasted and would have won multiple slams without Federer thwarting him.  Sampras would have suffered the same outcome more often than not.

Fed will beat Berd easily and even if it's a struggle, Berd will choke at the most important juncture.

...but it is his to lose now though. he needs every rest he can get. I hope he plays first on Friday though he probably won't.

Ok, now I'm in disbelief

You go back to early January and I was just hoping he'd play the Australian. Now we're where we are.

Please, don't snatch this from us.

BB, not much of a tennis expert are you?

Frankly, I don't care 

I'll happily declare myself a tennis prediction clown if he wins this.

However, we go back to pre-Australian Open and I kind of think I might have company....... fair enough?

There goes your theory, Tenez

"It was a little damp - not as hot and crisp, so not as fast as the first week". - Federer

bogbrush wrote:Frankly, I don't care 

I'll happily declare myself a tennis prediction clown if he wins this.

However, we go back to pre-Australian Open and I kind of think I might have company....... fair enough?

I predicted he would reach a final and come back fresh - but I thought his days of winning slams were gone.

Daniel wrote:There goes your theory, Tenez

"It was a little damp - not as hot and crisp, so not as fast as the first week". - Federer

damp is good, for an attacker. more skidding of the ball

Just lurked on 606v2. It's a morgue in there with temp bemoaning Federers easy run. Fucks sake.

I will never return but just for an instant I felt a tweak if temptation...

gallery play wrote:

Daniel wrote:There goes your theory, Tenez

"It was a little damp - not as hot and crisp, so not as fast as the first week". - Federer

damp is good, for an attacker. more skidding of the ball

yes, but tenez point is the ball speed

bogbrush wrote:Just lurked on 606v2. It's a morgue in there with temp bemoaning Federers easy run. Fucks sake.

I will never return but just for an instant I felt a tweak if temptation...

lol a run which he MADE LOOK EASY.  He had the hardest draw of all.  It's fitting that he at least got away with having to play Djok!

bogbrush wrote:Frankly, I don't care 

I'll happily declare myself a tennis prediction clown if he wins this.

However, we go back to pre-Australian Open and I kind of think I might have company....... fair enough?

Deal deal, January after he lost Brisbain, I thought a 1 or 2 SF in Slams, maybe a Master in US, and he would chase some more ATP500s, thats about it.

gallery play wrote:

Daniel wrote:There goes your theory, Tenez

"It was a little damp - not as hot and crisp, so not as fast as the first week". - Federer

damp is good, for an attacker. more skidding of the ball

What do you make of teh conds GP on Monday? There was none of those high bouncing Nadal shots we could see when playing Khacha for instance.

It might be due to Gilles flatter shots as well of course...but everything seemed to Rush Nadal more than in Week1.

ES:

Raonic 4-6 2-6 (4)6-7 Federer
Federer inches ahead with a drop-shot and OH MY DAYS! OH MY EXPLETIVE DAYS! Raonic plays to the forehand corner, the ball is behind Federer and the line is covered, yet somehow he bends the ball onto the top of it! Wow! This is Michaelangelo, this is Matisse, this is George Eliot, and very soon Federer has two match points! He takes the second, that's seven of eight points, and what an absurd human being he is. We are privileged to be living in his time, and how on earth is anyone going to stop him winning yet another Wimbleon, yet another Slam? They are not.

Jahu wrote:ES:

Raonic 4-6 2-6 (4)6-7 Federer
Federer inches ahead with a drop-shot and OH MY DAYS! OH MY EXPLETIVE DAYS! Raonic plays to the forehand corner, the ball is behind Federer and the line is covered, yet somehow he bends the ball onto the top of it! Wow! This is Michaelangelo, this is Matisse, this is George Eliot, and very soon Federer has two match points! He takes the second, that's seven of eight points, and what an absurd human being he is. We are privileged to be living in his time, and how on earth is anyone going to stop him winning yet another Wimbleon, yet another Slam? They are not.

That's as graceful a description as Raonic's footwork...

Maestro deserves only poets.

btw, who/what is "ES"?

ES=EuroSport love.

Jahu wrote:ES:

Raonic 4-6 2-6 (4)6-7 Federer
Federer inches ahead with a drop-shot and OH MY DAYS! OH MY EXPLETIVE DAYS! Raonic plays to the forehand corner, the ball is behind Federer and the line is covered, yet somehow he bends the ball onto the top of it! Wow! This is Michaelangelo, this is Matisse, this is George Eliot, and very soon Federer has two match points! He takes the second, that's seven of eight points, and what an absurd human being he is. We are privileged to be living in his time, and how on earth is anyone going to stop him winning yet another Wimbleon, yet another Slam? They are not.

Absolutely first  rate Fed-worshipping. I can't do much better myself.

Tenez wrote:

gallery play wrote:

Daniel wrote:There goes your theory, Tenez

"It was a little damp - not as hot and crisp, so not as fast as the first week". - Federer

damp is good, for an attacker. more skidding of the ball

What do you make of teh conds GP on Monday? There was none of those high bouncing Nadal shots we could see when playing Khacha for instance.

It might be due to Gilles flatter shots as well of course...but everything seemed to Rush Nadal more than in Week1.

Yes, i think i've posted about it in the live thread on monday.
Today Federer referred to the lower temperature, thus more air resistance. But on screen a court shows it's speed right after the bounce.  At least for me it is. The grass looks more juicy now, which could mean lower bounce and optically faster. Besides the rise of decent grasscourt players like Muller, Cilic and Querrey, Federer looks a reborn player this week.
So yes: in my view the conditions are faster now.

Nevertheless: i'm still baffled Nadal chose to stay so far back against Muller throughout the match. That was a losing tactic, regardless the conditions

Good. Nadal being pushed was also a clue about court pace (or Gilles).

Anyway. Amazing this jaw dropping tennis feom Federer .....14 years on.

Time for me to ramp up my pessimism.

Berdych held match point in their last meeting at Mami. I know, Miami isn't Wimbledon but I put it out there....

So Djokovic reveals he has a bad elbow for a year and a half..

gallery play wrote:So Djokovic reveals he has a bad elbow for a year and a half..

where'd you get that?

Wouldn't shock me, both he & Murray are, as they say, writing cheques their bodies can't keep cashing.

Yeah and between pills and operation, chosen pills, will take a break now.

Load of crap, he is getting worst than Nadal with these injury explanations.

bogbrush wrote:

gallery play wrote:So Djokovic reveals he has a bad elbow for a year and a half..

where'd you get that?

Wouldn't shock me, both he & Murray are, as they say, writing cheques their bodies can't keep cashing.

It was on Eurosport, post match interview

gallery play wrote:So Djokovic reveals he has a bad elbow for a year and a half..

I believe this actually. First you could tell he lost precision in his shots (for having had tennis elbow for years that's the first thing that goes) and only such injury can explain such a sudden drop of level from holding the 4.

For the ones who missed it, here's the magic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-i-hPnyS9k

Nothing to do with Djoko being caught cheeting with Williams sisters cook? He is toast on court, trying to fix family stuff.

Though a year and a half means he won 2 slams with tendinitis....strange but probably got it on and off.

gallery play wrote:For the ones who missed it, here's the magic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-i-hPnyS9k

he played it as if the championship depended on it. You can tell he is on extra pressure to spend as little energy as possible....but he plays as if he had no pressure.

Again being able to raise his game at will. Really amazing.

It's going o be an intense Friday...and hopefully Sunday too.

In order to get the double minibreak back, he hit 2 returns with high risk/low percentage. So can also say: he wasn't afraid to lose the set, or afraid to play a long match. 
He won't panic if he loses a set upcoming matches

So 2017 Fed Nad Fed Fed?

gallery play wrote:In order to get the double minibreak back, he hit 2 returns with high risk/low percentage. So can also say: he wasn't afraid to lose the set, or afraid to play a long match. 
He won't panic if he loses a set upcoming matches

In any case he did his best not to lose that set. I just remember Wimby and USO 15 where he only lost one set i believe in 12 matches, yet arrives quite tired in the final and lost to Djoko.

Sure we have the AO 17 as an odd one but lets not forget he has 2 days rest there before the final.

Anyway, Berdych will be fresh on Friday so let's hope Federer gets very rested cause when he is not, Berdych can hurt him.

Federer needs that zippiness in the Courts to hurry Berdych, who needs a lot of wind up on his shots. Hopefully the courts will retain their life.

If he can get past a Berdych I'm really hoping for Sam to be in the other side. I'm not saying Cilic is so brilliant but he has very dangerous weapons, Sam is more an up & down player.

Berdych has not beaten Federer in their last 7 encounters. In those last 7 matches, Berdych won 2 sets out of 18 sets!!! Last time berdych beat fed was 2013 when Fed had known back problems.

Though the bad news is that Berdych had match point in their last match.

Indeed I think Sam is much less dangerous than Cilic.....However a Fed v Cilic final could be exciting.