French Open

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:55 pm

This has to be in the Top 5 upsets in any sport for this decade. Soderling is known as a notorious choker, I still can't believe he pulled it off. Fuck, these French Open are fucking incredible.

I somehow have a bad feeling about Federer screwing up even though he has coped with immense pressure incredibly well, especially if he's not facing Nadal.

Hoping for a Tsonga - Fed semi now

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:46 pm

let's hope monfils can fuck up federer now and win the whole thing..i dont know/care about any of the other players left

and i cant wait to watch ms sharapova again

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:19 pm

Monfils could be Fed's biggest test here, even bigger than Haas today.

Oh yeah and

at all the haters that used to say Federer lacks fighting spirit. He frankly doesn't really care about all the Masters Series events anymore but it takes a Spartan effort to defeat him in a Grand Slam.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:22 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:Gael Monfils is my darkhorse (not really a darkhorse but anyone but feds and nadal is a real sleeper in actuality).

Psychosis · Post by **Psychosis** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:27 am

This is Federer's only chance at the French. He's had a couple of tough matches though.

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:29 am

Gregg Popabitch wrote:
Gregg Popabitch wrote:Gael Monfils is my darkhorse (not really a darkhorse but anyone but feds and nadal is a real sleeper in actuality).

coldwatermusic wrote:1/4 final:monfils - federer (fed in 3)

I'd probably change this to Fed in 5 though.

Did anyone catch the Soderling - Davydenko match? The Swede is playing unreal right now. He actually might be the favorite to win this right now if he doesn't face Federer in the final, who is a terrible match up for him.

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:22 pm

im so sad i missed ivanovic's matches/she got knocked out..another serious dime piece

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:50 pm

All my Polish sisters have been eliminated. :ignore:

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:30 pm

So my initial prediction turned out to be correct. Monfils got owned out there today. 20 GS semis in a row for Federer. Incredible.

This is the greatest and weirdest Roland Garros ever, not a single pusher/retriever in the semis. Soderling vs Gonzales is either gonna be a UE marathon or a ridiculous winner onslaugt.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:29 pm

coldwatermusic wrote:So my initial prediction turned out to be correct. Monfils got owned out there today. 20 GS semis in a row for Federer. Incredible.

GOAT, just 2matches left to remove any doubt

Trub320 · Post by **Trub320** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:10 pm

eternalreflection wrote:
coldwatermusic wrote:So my initial prediction turned out to be correct. Monfils got owned out there today. 20 GS semis in a row for Federer. Incredible.
GOAT, just 2matches left to remove any doubt

Damn can someone please knock out Federer. Hopefully Soderling can.

Calm down with that GOAT status.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:35 pm

oh yeah you got a boner for Sampras, but Feder is clearly a better overall player

had to work for it, but into his 4th straight French final, Soderling has been playing great should be pretty amazing

Trub320 · Post by **Trub320** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:58 pm

Federer might be the only player ive seen that can be down 2 sets and 5 love and i still would think he has a chance to win.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:38 pm

NBC has failed miserably in the french, they show the Serena match 3times, they don't show the Fed/Del Potro match live I mean it'd be hard to fail harder if you actively tried

but pretty standard for NBC, remember how they didn't show the Usain Bolt 100m race live? fuck NBC

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:09 pm

THE GOAT

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:51 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:THE GOAT

he played amazingly well, Soderling didn't play bad and it didn't matter

thankfully the retard from the stands wasn't going out there to stab Fed

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:58 pm

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:16 pm

Gregg Popabitch wrote:THE GOAT

No doubt about it anymore. I'm really happy for Federer, this must surely be the sweetest victory he's ever had. Dude has won all of the Grand Slams and is still going strong.

He's officially better than Pete. Sorry Sampras fans, but you guys should man up and just admit it now.

coldwatermusic · Post by **coldwatermusic** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:44 pm

Yeah, Sampras is definitely out of the equation now, the only one left that might be considered GOAT instead is Rod Laver. In terms of the Open Era, Fed shozld be undisputed. I think his 20 semis in a row might be the most remarkable of his records.

Pete agrees btw:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sn ... 3409.story

"What he's done over the past five years has never, ever been done ג and probably will never, ever happen again," Sampras said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "Regardless if he won there or not, he goes down as the greatest ever. This just confirms it."

Incredible serving today, impressive mental strength and great variety. The first set was one of the best sets Federer has played since the AO 07. The tie-break was just amazing and the way he kept his cool in the 3rd is also noteworthy. Holding serve throughout the entire final under these conditions is just

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:46 pm

now all federer has to do is win a single's gold medal at the olympics.