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Title: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: danieltennis on January 31, 2009, 08:21:17 pm
Federer.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: kurrymuncher on January 31, 2009, 08:22:00 pm
I want nadal to win, but something tells me federer will take the title.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: transgression on January 31, 2009, 08:30:05 pm
team federer
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: dekoyl on January 31, 2009, 08:42:19 pm
I want Nadal to win as well but Federer is playing smooth and well this tournament. Don't know if last night's match will have a significant impact on Nadal's performance on Sunday.

PS. What a mediocre finale on TV at the moment :P
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: Damo17 on January 31, 2009, 08:46:45 pm
PS. What a mediocre finale on TV at the moment :P

All over now, only like an hour long. Not worth the near $200, but the mens would be.
When she was up 3-0 in the first I stopped watching because I knew she would win easily.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: ReVeL on January 31, 2009, 08:59:46 pm
I think Nadal, only because of his form earlier in the tournament, which I think he will regain.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: clinton_09 on January 31, 2009, 09:32:37 pm
I really hope federer wins so he can equal sampras's 14 grand slams
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mypurpleundercracka on January 31, 2009, 09:34:00 pm
i dont know who to go for.. there both great players
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: squance on January 31, 2009, 09:35:38 pm
Go Federer!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: Ken on January 31, 2009, 09:45:46 pm
Fedal.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: methodsboy on January 31, 2009, 09:58:39 pm
YEP FED!!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 01, 2009, 05:06:19 pm
Nadal has won the last 5 times they have played.

NADAL!!!!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: bilgia on February 01, 2009, 06:13:13 pm
feds.
its gonna be LEGEN wait for it DARY.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on February 01, 2009, 06:32:34 pm
feds.
its gonna be LEGEN wait for it DARY.

how i met your mother ftw!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 01, 2009, 07:20:54 pm
feds.
its gonna be LEGEN wait for it DARY.

how i met your mother ftw!

What?
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on February 01, 2009, 07:22:03 pm
feds.
its gonna be LEGEN wait for it DARY.

how i met your mother ftw!

What?

its a tv show.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 01, 2009, 07:24:26 pm
feds.
its gonna be LEGEN wait for it DARY.

how i met your mother ftw!

What?

its a tv show.

Yes i know that. But how is that related to the topic?
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: midas_touch on February 01, 2009, 07:54:52 pm
GO RAFA!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: kurrymuncher on February 01, 2009, 07:56:44 pm
GO RAFA
GO RAFA
GO RAFA
GO RAFA
GO RAFA
GO RAFA
GO RAFA
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: bucket on February 01, 2009, 08:30:07 pm
fuck nadal, come on federer!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: kurrymuncher on February 01, 2009, 08:56:41 pm
fuck nadal, come on federer!

whatever.


CMON NADAL. ONE SET DOWN, TWO TO GO.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: clinton_09 on February 01, 2009, 09:10:59 pm
NO C'MON FED!!!

its; not looking good for him atm
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: clinton_09 on February 01, 2009, 09:24:19 pm
Does anyone else notice the extreme bias from Courier towards nadal? Gee nadal is an angel in his eyes tonight!!

Comments such as "It doesn't matter if nadal loses tonight because he has won the mental battle"  Umm okay :S
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 01, 2009, 09:27:50 pm
NO C'MON FED!!!

its; not looking good for him atm

Dont worry, theres been instances where federer has not necessarily been the best player, but he wins the critical points and hence wins the match.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: lacoste on February 01, 2009, 09:29:01 pm
Thats because Federer has been hyping himself up in the media;being overly confident, saying things about the match.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 01, 2009, 09:40:17 pm
Thats because Federer has been hyping himself up in the media;being overly confident, saying things about the match.

WHat? I have seen it myself. Take the Berdych match. The roddick match where the 2nd and 3rd sets were both pretty even, but fed won the important points and hence won the match.
Federer is a pretty modest guy to be honest. If he is talking himself up, he can, he has won 13 slams.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: clinton_09 on February 01, 2009, 09:41:22 pm
Gotta agree with ya there mullum
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: lacoste on February 01, 2009, 09:45:04 pm
He has been hyping it up in the media.
Federer is the best at tiebreakers.
Roger hates Nadal.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: lacoste on February 01, 2009, 09:48:41 pm
Thats because Federer has been hyping himself up in the media;being overly confident, saying things about the match.

WHat? I have seen it myself. Take the Berdych match. The roddick match where the 2nd and 3rd sets were both pretty even, but fed won the important points and hence won the match.
Federer is a pretty modest guy to be honest. If he is talking himself up, he can, he has won 13 slams.


Gotta agree with ya there mullum

What is there to agree with?

I didn't say that Rog was not modest, I said he hyped it up in media.


Roger must be feeling really healthy before he started the game.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 02, 2009, 12:19:15 am
NADAL WINS THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN!! YOU ABSOLUTE SUPERSTAR!!!!!!

Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: vce01 on February 02, 2009, 01:14:36 am
twas pretty sad when the fed cried :(

great effort from nadal though, superhuman infact
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: vce01 on February 02, 2009, 02:58:50 am
nadal isn't entertaining?! he comes up with some of the craziest shots ive ever seen.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: cobby on February 02, 2009, 07:37:58 am
he lacks finesse.
i agree, Nadal comes out onto the court with brute force and pretty much hits every one off the court.
So shattered for Federer :(
IMO, Feds should've won that first set!
6 break points in the 3rd aswell :(

Credit to Nadal for gutsing that match out though.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: bridgethuss on February 02, 2009, 03:43:40 pm
i thought it was a real good match and nadal definitley deserved to win.
as much as i like federer, i really wish he didnt cry, like i understand his frustration with his performance etc, but hes lucky hes got to win it like what 3 times?
it was nadals time to shine, his first aus open title, and i felt that fed just took some of that away from nadals special moment.
i love both players though, and its great to see that despite being eachothers biggest rival, they still get along like very good mates.
man i love the tennis, esp. aus open, im sad its all over! :(
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: kurrymuncher on February 02, 2009, 04:49:58 pm
GO Nadal, I felt so sorry for federer when he started to cry. I actually want him to win the next open now.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: cobby on February 02, 2009, 04:56:01 pm
GO Nadal, I felt so sorry for federer when he started to cry. I actually want him to win the next open now.
Next open is french LOL

Federer for Wimbledon 09!!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: kurrymuncher on February 02, 2009, 05:01:16 pm
yeah wimbledon is mad. havent watched a wimbledon match in ages, do they still have that strawberries and cream thing?lol
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: lacoste on February 02, 2009, 05:18:22 pm
That was a great Win by Nadal seeming that he had played 5hrs 14mins two days ago.

Federer is still a Champion, Greatest of All Time, it doesn't matter how many Grand Slams he wins. But I myself hope he wins more than Sampras. No one will know how Federer really felt;reason behind it, at the end except himself.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: danieltennis on February 02, 2009, 05:41:53 pm
Federer for French 09!!!
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: lacoste on February 02, 2009, 05:44:00 pm
Federer for French 09!!!

Yep, and Rafa wins US Open so that both will have won on all courts
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 02, 2009, 06:28:46 pm
i thought it was a real good match and nadal definitley deserved to win.
as much as i like federer, i really wish he didnt cry, like i understand his frustration with his performance etc, but hes lucky hes got to win it like what 3 times?
it was nadals time to shine, his first aus open title, and i felt that fed just took some of that away from nadals special moment.
i love both players though, and its great to see that despite being eachothers biggest rival, they still get along like very good mates.
man i love the tennis, esp. aus open, im sad its all over! :(

Yeh i agree with you there, It definitely looked like it spoilt Nadal's turn in the spotlight. It made it hard for Nadal to feel elated because his opponent was crying.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: vce01 on February 02, 2009, 11:29:08 pm
he lacks finesse.

doesn't mean he's not entertaining.

he lacks finesse.
i agree, Nadal comes out onto the court with brute force and pretty much hits every one off the court.


ofcourse nadal's gonna smash any player who isn't good enough (and he probably does it intentionally as it makes no sense to lengthen a match) but when it comes to matches with federer and the like he spends a lot of the time running around defending whilst waiting for the right opportunity to strike. that's why you see him continuously returning balls that would pretty much be impossible for any other player.
imo the description you've given there applies more to someone like roddick or safin and not nadal.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: bubble sunglasses on February 02, 2009, 11:49:12 pm

  Is their Intelligence vs Power matching comparable to that of McEnroe vs Becker?
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: mullums1 on February 03, 2009, 05:20:14 pm

  Is their Intelligence vs Power matching comparable to that of McEnroe vs Becker?

Yeh thats a good comparison. Although, mcenroe had a bigger serve.
Title: Re: Federer vs Nadal
Post by: Over9000 on March 05, 2009, 07:38:43 pm
Nadal has an advantage over Federer because each year he has roland garros in the bag whereas Federer has to fight for every championship event to even win. Nadal is also mentally stronger (as you can see after the australian open). I think this year is Nadal FTW