Australian Open Tennis

[Silock]

I guess updated for 2012?

Americans are all out.

[Simply Red]

three ace game - good Christ. This kid can hammer.

[Simply Red]

Beautiful drop volley. I have to say, if Dimitrov could take a step back and focus on returning down the line to Nadal's backhand; he'd stay in more points on RN's serve.

[KC_Connection]

Nadal wins the clutch TB. Going to try to grind him down.

[kcxiv]

Federer vs Nadal in the Semis. Gonna be fun. Rafa obviously is the favorite. Hope to see a good match.

So many top seeds male and female got taken out early this year. Crazy shit.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja

Federer vs Nadal in the Semis. Gonna be fun. Rafa obviously is the favorite. Hope to see a good match.

So many top seeds male and female got taken out early this year. Crazy shit.

what was the match breakdown by set? Did Dimi get another set or only the first?

at 23 years old, the Bulgarian seems like he could be 'Andy Murray good' in a year or two. Just seems he lacks fitness and endurance to trade punches w/ these big banger's such as RN and RF.

[KC_Connection]

Federer hasn't beaten Nadal in a slam match in nearly 7 years (Wimbledon 2007). Can't imagine he'll start now, but maybe he has one last fight in him. The conditions are certainly playing quicker than at any time in recent years, which should help.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

what was the match breakdown by set? Did Dimi get another set or only the first?

at 23 years old, the Bulgarian seems like he could be 'Andy Murray good' in a year or two. Just seems he lacks fitness and endurance to trade punches w/ these big banger's such as RN and RF.

Dimitrov never won another set, but he outplayed Nadal in both sets 2 and 3 and lost TBs. Nadal was just better on the clutch points than him and wore him down mentally/physically over the match, but that's to be expected. Grigor is a great talent.

[Simply Red]

Where is Marty Fish ranked these days? So is Fish now the best American or is it Robbie Ginepri? Yuck!

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

Where is Marty Fish ranked these days? So is Fish now the best American or is it Robbie Ginepri? Yuck!

Fish barely played last year due to health issues. Not sure he has much of a career left as he's 32 now. Best American players are Isner/Querrey.

[kcxiv]

Rafa is hurt, he's getting his ass handed to him. This sux. I hate see'ing guys trying to play in pain in tennis. Makes it not so great

[kcxiv]

hmmm.. i have no words for what is happening in this final wow. This is crazy.

[Silock]

Spoke too soon. Stan's making a comeback.

[KC_Connection]

Stan always had the game to accomplish this, now he has the belief in himself to do it too. That Djokovic match last year here that he lost really changed his career trajectory.

I think there will be more where this came from.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Fish barely played last year due to health issues. Not sure he has much of a career left as he's 32 now. Best American players are Isner/Querrey.

Yeah - I've definitely missed out on some tennis over the last three years or so - things change quickly.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Stan always had the game to accomplish this, now he has the belief in himself to do it too. That Djokovic match last year here that he lost really changed his career trajectory.

I think there will be more where this came from.

Good run and win for Stan, but lets not kid ourself, Rafa was hurt and hurt bad. He was crying at one point because of the pain in his back. Yes, he was up a set when Rafa hurt himself, but it would have been alot closer then it was and Rafa still made a half ass match out of it.

They did say Stan will go to number 3 in the world. Good for him,hope he keeps it up. He seems like a very nice guy. Sucks he didnt enjoy his first grandslam like he wanted to because of how he won. Thats gotta suck ass.