The tennis thread.

Wont be easy though, Berdych is tough, great serve and when he's on his game he rips that ball, could easily do something tomorrow.

Yeah, should be a great match.

Tsonga a set and a break up on Delpo.

I've got this tournament down as a Berdych - Federer final on my picks, and I think it could come true, I hope to see Federer v Novak in the semi's should be a great watch, they always produce good quality matches.

Julia is currently the World Number 29

if it stays like this, she'll defo be in NZ

Shit Rafa breaks the first game, brilliant game from him.

Vamos! What a performance from Rafa, Berdych played the best I've ever seen him on clay and Rafa won 6-4, 7-5, amazing performance, clay GOAT.

Expect Novak to dick on Tsonga.

Ooo, Tsonga had a break point at 5 all in the first set and missed a backhand down the line, Novak held.

kyro7 wrote:Vamos! What a performance from Rafa, Berdych played the best I've ever seen him on clay and Rafa won 6-4, 7-5, amazing performance, clay GOAT.

So Rafa gets Ferrer now?

Juventino. wrote:

kyro7 wrote:Vamos! What a performance from Rafa, Berdych played the best I've ever seen him on clay and Rafa won 6-4, 7-5, amazing performance, clay GOAT.

So Rafa gets Ferrer now?

Yep, if he plays like he did v Berdych he should honestly win, it's the best I've seen him play in a long while, maybe since 2010, but Ferrer is always tough, and if Rafa has any type of off day it'll be a struggle because Ferrer doesn't give up on points and will make you play the extra shot.

So Novak v Federer in the semi, should be great.. before that IS Rafs v Ferrer though, so I wont enjoy the Novak-Fed match as much if Rafa is out, either way I'm going to predict a Federer win.

Both should be great matches. I'd like to see a Rafa-Fed final, tbh.

I'd like to see it as well as long as Rafa won, because if Rafa lost to Federer on clay in a final so close to the French Open it would fuck his mind, if he loses to Novak, he knows Novak is the best anyway, and if he managed to beat Novak it'd be a confidence boost, like in Monte Carlo.

That said, Rafa still has to get to the final himself.

Maria defeats Kerber 6-3, 6-4.

First 2 games of this have taken about 20 minutes, Federer's first set last night was 19 minutes.

Fuck, what a tight first set, 1 hour and 30 minutes for that set, went to the tiebreak and was still so tight until 6-6 in the tiebreak, Ferrer was dominating the point, played a volley drop and Rafa somehow got to it and got a pass off of it, that point was the set basically, Rafa had 50 points, Ferrer 48.. so tight.

Ferrer will take the second set, this will go the distance I feel.

Rafa's about to wrap this ish up.

Nadal whooped that ass.

What contrasting sets, Ferrer gave his all in the first and still came out second best, second set to get bageled like that, you've got to feel for him.

7-6, 6-0, Rafa in the final.

Yeah, he didn't even know what hit him in the second set. Pure class by Rafael.

Look forward to Novak v Federer now. at 7pm I think, hour and a half away.

I've only just realised this is going to clash with CL final. Will just have to get a stream of the match and keep up to date with the score, what a shame.

Ooh I'll see if I can watch some of it at least. I might not be able to watch either on the TV because my sister wants to watch the a-team

Just had a complete mindfuk there, one minute I'm talking to Juventino, then you with Juve Ava.

I'm loving that ava/sig combo, Mick.

kyro7 wrote:Just had a complete mindfuk there, one minute I'm talking to Juventino, then you with Juve Ava.

Just thought I'd mix it up a bit, been a while with the Fed stuff.

Juventino. wrote:I'm loving that ava/sig combo, Mick.

Aye, true legend First football shirt I ever had was an Italy top with Del Piero on the back.

Federer is playing like a clown at the moment, hitting stupid unforced errors and his forehand has been awful.

Was looking like an easy Novak win, but Fed saved a match point and broke.

Lets see what that does for his confidence.