TENNIS - Roland Garros: The 2009 French Open

[frank 7he t4nk]

Federer back at it.

Lets keep this going!!!!
Ugh, I need to go to sleep soon, class at 11....it's already 6 where I am.

 

[crazy dav0]

going to a 5th set !!!!!!!! c'mon fed!!!!!

 

[crazy dav0]

FED HAS to close this out ... he bout to win the 4th 6-0 ... needs to bring that momentum to the 5th ... i'm sure the stadium is roaring

 

[Sinner]

Splendid

Lets see... who's Fed playing in the next round???

Tommy has to go against Fed, the crowd AND himself...

 

[crazy dav0]

12 oclock can't come soon enuf ... feds 8 game streak is over ...

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

Come on Federer, you've come back this far. GET IT!

 

[crazy dav0]

haas has regrouped himself ... after the donut ...

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

YES! Haas broken! Come on Federer, you can do this!
Why do they have to play so early in the morning....ugh. Class in 4 hours and I haven't slept yet.

 

[njtrueast]

LETS GOOOOO...he got this

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

 

[youngbuck32]

Fed needs to quit with these bs 5-setters he seems to have a knack of playing now in GS's. Igor at the US, Berdych at the Australian, and now this. Thoughthe good is that when he's able to pull them out he seems to get on a roll for the rest of the tournaments (with the exception being when he plays Nadal).

 

[crazy dav0]

YES!!!!!

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

Game! Federer!

 

[Sinner]

ARGH... It was basically over when Fed was down 3-4 in the 3rd, with Haas having a breakpoint to go up 5-3 and serve for the match. Instead, Fed held hisserve, broke Haas and held to win the 3rd set. Oh well.

Originally Posted by Frank 7he T4nk

Agassi fan eh? I'd figure you for a Sampras fan since most are, or it seems to me that most are, quite the anti-Federer bunch.

Yep, been an Agassi fan since 1990. For me, still my #1 fav athlete.

But I've never been a Fed fan... early on when he started to become successful, I found him to be quite arrogant, especially during his interviews. Maybeit "lost in translation" or his youth getting the best of him. Anyway, I don't "hate" the guy... I just don't care to see him win. Don't get me wrong, I think he's the most naturally talented tennis player we've ever seen, but I'm just not a fan.

 

[tsamshox]

UH OH.....

Monfils looking crisp out there...Roddick is in trouble

Roddick desperately needs more pace on his groundstrokes....

 

[infinite04]

^ hey I'm a huge Agassi fan too but when he was younger he was the same way very arrogant....remember when he would play Wimbledon cause he didn't wantto wear white? I think it's just youth gotta remember these guys gain a lot of fame at such a young age they just don't know how to handle it...but Ido have to say Fed used to have quite the temper I don't remember Agassi being like that.

 

[proshares]

Wow Roddick dropped the first set...following on ESPN.com FTL.

 

[sirius lee handsome]

Roddick getting his @@# kicked right now. Ha ha! Dude's sore loser-ness is about to come out any minute now.

 

[651akathepaul]

Originally Posted by SIRIUS LEE HANDSOME

Roddick getting his @@# kicked right now. Ha ha! Dude's sore loser-ness is about to come out any minute now.

He is a bit of a whiner isn't he?

 

[Sinner]

Infinite ~ Yeah, but Agassi's "anti-Wimbledon" was only from '88-'90 (18-20yrs). Ultimately he caved and played in 1991 with hisall-white Air Tech Challenge III's and the rest, you know, is history... The thing with Agassi, some of the controversy with him early on in his career wasmore of Nike's campaign for him (Rock N Roll tennis) which many of the traditionalists didn't like. However I was one of the many youngsters that thisappealed to, which ultimately increased the overall interest of the sport.

Credit to Fed though, he really did a 180 on his temper. His early temper was almost Safin-like.

Roddick vs. Monfils ~ Gael's playing solid and smart tennis... mixing his shots up and serving well. Roddick's only shot is to stop the match(basically claim that its too dark) and hope for a turn-around tomorrow. Lol, the ump is having none of it... I think its up to the tournament director todecide on when to call off a match due to darkness... it does look quite dark out there...

 

[sirius lee handsome]

It doesn't look dark at the stadium at all. It's cloudy, but it's still light out. I bet if Roddick was winning he wouldn't be complainingabout how dark it is or whatever.

Monfils has what some NTers would refer to as "swag." Clowning Roddick. Love it!

 

[grusumm18]

classic rawdick...i can't see

darkness!!! twin brotha darkness!!!

 

[infinite04]

Originally Posted by SinnerP

Infinite ~ Yeah, but Agassi's "anti-Wimbledon" was only from '88-'90 (18-20yrs). Ultimately he caved and played in 1991 with his all-white Air Tech Challenge III's and the rest, you know, is history... The thing with Agassi, some of the controversy with him early on in his career was more of Nike's campaign for him (Rock N Roll tennis) which many of the traditionalists didn't like. However I was one of the many youngsters that this appealed to, which ultimately increased the overall interest of the sport.

Credit to Fed though, he really did a 180 on his temper. His early temper was almost Safin-like.

Roddick vs. Monfils ~ Gael's playing solid and smart tennis... mixing his shots up and serving well. Roddick's only shot is to stop the match (basically claim that its too dark) and hope for a turn-around tomorrow. Lol, the ump is having none of it... I think its up to the tournament director to decide on when to call off a match due to darkness... it does look quite dark out there...

I hear ya trust me all I wore playing were Agassi's........but I still think that with players coming in at 17/18 and being successful are gonna have anego......only one from that generation that didn't was prolly Chang winning at the French @ 17

 

[tsamshox]

Monfils and his drop shots

 

[curious24]

does monfils have a chance vs. fed?