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Federer's chance (to get his French Open) has come.

Roddick's playing very well too. If he can get past Monfils, he's in business. That was a giant, giant upset today.

That fkn lurch isn't gunna win the French. Actually, someone should beat Federer, but they might lay down for him.

Nadal did not play well.
But he got hammered.

That kid took all Nadal's shots early at the
top of the bounce and hit down on them.
He was crushing the ball, looked like ping pong
if you get the ball too high.

Not looking good for Federer

edit, I take that back, looking much better now!

Buckwheat is demolishing Roddick.

Roddick is the most overrated player in any sport.

I knew the second Rafa lost, the American writers would be all over the "Roddick can win this thing" story. Ha. As if Nadal was the only reason he hasnt won a Grand Slam since 2003. Could it be hes just not that good?

If he wasnt an American, would anyone even talk about him?

He's got good stuff. To me he's like a strikeout pitcher who can't get any other outs. Just relies too much on his serve and is too impatient.

Federer/Monfils is going to be a treat. Jankovic/Cirstea was a real good one today.

I dont know Joey. I havent seen good stuff from him in a real long time, save for that good match he played against Fed in last year's US Open. Personally I cant stand the guy so I may be a little biased, but Americas men's tennis is really in the toilet if he's our #1 player.

I know we were spoiled in the mid 90's having Andre and Pete, as well as Courier, Chang, Krickstein and Wheaton, but still?

I keep rooting for James Blake to break through in a major but its not happened.

Fed and Monfils will be dynamite!

Man Gander please dont put Courier et al with
Andre and Pete. Taint close.

Wheaton? Yikes...

James Blake is an utter failure. At least Roddick can make some noise at a major. Blake is routinely put in an early primetime match only to fall on his face.

Blake roots for his opponent. He might as well be pregnant with slippers on out there.

I like him but I am sick of all the attention he gets at the US Open, specifically in those prime time night matches.

I see that once again, Andy Roddick cant lose a match without complaining and being condescending to the linesperson. What a complete baby and poor sport he is. Makes me sick how guys like Brad Gilbert and Patrick Mcenroe suck up to him and talk as if hes this great player or something. Not only cant he beat any of the top players, he has a very disenchanting way to go about his losing. Hes awful for the sport.

.....what are you talking about?? golf.

Courier was a fabulous player Pgard. He had far more success against Andre and Pete than Roddick is having against Roger and Rafa. He obviously wasnt as good as them but he was far closer in talent and accomplishments to his rivals than Roddick is. Not to mention Courier also had to contend with guys like Edberg, Becker and Rafter.

Tennis and the absurb talk about Andy Roddick.

yeah, i know......lame attempt at not caring about tennis. although the skill level is insane, just cant do it.

Ok keep Courier at a level below.
He just had a complete collapse.
fell off the face of the earth it seems.

To be "a level below" Andre and Pete is quite an accomplishment. Ask Andre and Pete if they enjoyed playing Jim Courier and they will grimace. Ask the same question to Rafa and Roger about Roddick and they will grin and laugh.

Jim Courier was an overachiever from the start. He wasnt blessed with the talent of his 2 American rivals but he sure did a lot with what he had.

The match that got me really into tennis was when Courier beat Agassi in the finals of the French for his first Grand Slam. That was some match.

Waiting to watch Monfils and Federer. Should be great tennis and Federer better not lose the first two sets to this guy!

Fed beats Monfils in straight sets. Its semis for him. He plays the winner of Soderling/Gonzalez.

Could this be the one that completes "The Slam" for Fed?

Gonzalez is just not that good. Amazing how that guy gets as far as he does. That's a guy getting quite a bit out of the potential he was given. Soderling should beat him, and Federer, but (realistically) he will probably get to choking. Federer is pretty good at getting inexperienced players to choke really hard(Monfils etc.) That's especially true in a final match. Don't know anything about the guy Feds gunna play in the semi(assuming Robredo did lose that quarter final match.)

Yes, Potro ended up blasting Robredo in straight sets. What a demolition that was. Now he faces Federer, and as you would imagine, is 0-5 against Fed.

Federer has now reached 20 straight semifinals in Grand Slams. Thats very impressive, considering hes gone down 0-2 in sets more than a couple of times during this stretch.

Del Potro routinely laying down in the semi or quarters against any top player. Couldn't get a set off Federer in the Australian or at Madrid. Fed is all about intimidation, confidence, n' fear. He shouldn't fear Del Potro. Should be ugly. Finals should be Federer /Sorderling. He can beat Federer if he continues to play well, but you've got to think the nerves are going to come. Federer is especially good at getting them to choke. Reminds me of the way a member of the "in crowd" in High School treats someone who is of a "lesser" status. Can tell ya one thing. If Federer wins it, the guy is gunna cry like he lost a family member.

Quick trivia question for you Scuds...if Federer does win this, he'll have won all 4 majors. Who was the last player to accomplish this feat?

AGASSI(I GUESS)

That was too easy.

NBC is terrible. They have the rights to the French Open semis and finals yet decide not to show it live on one of their other channels and tape delay the f.ucker so people can be sure to watch Dave Matthews make cat noises on the Today Show.

Match tied ... Argentine cat up a break in the third


Can't imagine Fed's gunna let this opportunity slip away...

Not only that, but they cut it off at 1:00 in the middle of the Fed/Delpo match to show Days of Our Lives. If you're not going to show the matches in their entirety, don't prevent other channels from showing them. Ridiculous.

Should be a good final

Would luv to see Fed get the career slam

LOL! This just sounds funny.
Funnier that I use to be a big fan of this show during the "Patch and Kayla" days.

Final should be good.
The kid that beat Nadal made a professional comeback in the semi.

Nadal has Federer's number now.
Nadal plays well, Federer loses.
Yes, even at the big W.

Now? Nadal has had Federer's number for the last 3 years. He owns a commanding advantage in head to heads.

Dont be so sure about Wimbledon. It's still Federer's tournament.

No he did not mentally.
Nadal may have beaten him, but Federer thought
he could beat Nadal. Federer knows he cant now
unless Nadal is way off.

Even with his tremendous ability,
Nadal has exposed the mental side of Federer.
It became clear to me in the last French Nadal destroyed
Federer. And then at Wimbledon this was born out.
Its not surprising, tennis is very tough too
stay on top of mentally.

Nadal's strength is Federer's weakness.
But I dont think Nadal will be around as long.
I think he is more likely to run into injury.

all imo opinion of course...

Safina was content with being number 1 and didn't challenge herself mentally. What she said at the start of the tournament was flip and proved to be part of her epic choke job in another slam final.

I never thought I would see anyone as personally elegant and gracious and Bjorn Borg, and then, Roger Federer showed up...

Im headed to the toilet.

Well, there's the career slam for the great Swiss. Only the sixth player in history to turn that trick if I'm not mistaken.

Couple that impressive achievement with the 14 Slam titles and I think we can safely hoist a cold one to the greatest player ever to step onto a tennis court...

He beats a healthy Nadal on clay, I call him the greatest of all time.

imo...
1. Borg
2. Sampras
3. The Crying Swede

I dont know how you can put Sampras over Federer. He never came close to winning the French Open. His best showing there was 1 semifinal. He in fact only won 2 tournaments ever on clay, 1 of them being the Italian Open, which was pretty significant, the other a US Clay tournament which isnt really a significant win at all.

Federer has reached at least the semis in the last 20 Grand Slam events. Hes went on to the finals in 19 of those. Of those 19 finals hes lost to only 1 player- Nadal, and won 14 of them. His only galring weakness is very obvious...his bad record in head to heads against Nadal. But he still has time to win 2 or 3 key matches against Nadal (preferrably at the French) to make that go away.

Greatest ever? A judgement call but to put Sampras over Federer just plain nuts.