papsrus Posted June 30, 2010 Report Posted June 30, 2010 Didn't he run into a bit of trouble in his opening match? ... Looking back, yeah he did struggle a bit out of the gate, before rolling in the final set. Federer vs. Alejandro Falla -- 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7-1), 6-0. Highlights and scores from the Berdych match (4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6) seem to indicate he wasn't really in the match at all. Was that the case? Quote
Dan Gould Posted June 30, 2010 Author Report Posted June 30, 2010 On 6/30/2010 at 3:36 PM, papsrus said: Didn't he run into a bit of trouble in his opening match? ... Looking back, yeah he did struggle a bit out of the gate, before rolling in the final set. Federer vs. Alejandro Falla -- 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7-1), 6-0. The first post in the thread dealt with that particular near-disaster. Quote Highlights and scores from the Berdych match (4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6) seem to indicate he wasn't really in the match at all. Was that the case? I turned it on as he was winning the second set and I presumed he'd get through. But as I said his serve was way off and out of the gate he was behind in the third set and lost it badly. He regrouped a bit in the fourth but possibly the turning point was when he had 15-30 on the other guy's serve, hit a deep volley but let the lob bounce instead of going for the overhead, Roger had to play a forehand and ended up losing the point. Should have been double-break point but instead the guy held. The way Roger served he deserved to lose. He had no answers for the other guy, and that's not the Roger who has won six or seven Wimbledons. Losing in the quarters is nearly as shocking as if he had lost that first round match. Quote
Dan Gould Posted June 30, 2010 Author Report Posted June 30, 2010 Roger falls to #3 when this is over. About the best thing to be said is that if he can pull himself together for another run, winning it all in 2011 will be a big help in the points department. Just as Nadal skipping Wimbledon last year and then probably winning it this year is an even bigger jump for him - and the Times pointed out before Wimbledon started that with Nadal on top he'd be in position to solidify his number one ranking because Roger is defending points earned a year ago while Nadal is gaining points for anything he does. Semi-final points are better than no points. Quote
papsrus Posted July 5, 2010 Report Posted July 5, 2010 Why does that guy always try to eat the trophy? Quote
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