And how’s the third guy helping?

Latest point totals.

Rank	Name & Nationality	Points	Position Moved	Tournaments Played
1	Nadal, Rafael (ESP)	11,880	0	20
2	Federer, Roger (SUI)	7,335	1	20
3	Djokovic, Novak (SRB)	7,145	-1	21
4	Murray, Andy (GBR)	6,125	0	19
5	Soderling, Robin (SWE)	4,825	0	24

 

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Did you know?

……………….that good deeds erase bad deeds? With freaks like you loaded with sins all over the freaking place, that’s your ONLY option now. Get down to it ASAP as a good deed from freaks like you will eek out once a month, if at all – even when armed with above fact.

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Today’s laziest tennis players.

Definition: Unwillingness to work on their weakness(es) / add new weapons to their repertoire – until pressed severely.

Roddick? Duh!!!!! He is considered a hard worker. In my book, it’s called mistaking activity for progress. Just working on your existing game endlessly does NOT constitute hard work.

Murray? Is more interested in exacting mileage with intermittent bursts of achievement to stay in limelight pushing the ‘real’ deal for ‘Judgement Day’.

Djokovic? Lacks balls to make a clean cut from what’s already milked to the last drop. You cannot steal second base unless you leave the first one?

You got more? No, you don’t!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you think is the dominant psychology in this setting?

You are on the run and lunging to barely make contact with the ball, as you watch the opponent moving to the net from the corner of your eye. You have two choices:

1. No matter what you do, the ball is not going in if you attempt to hit a passing shot from where you are. But you attempt it anyway sending the ball wide.

2. Best you can do is manage a weak return for an easy put away for your opponent at the net.

I think, most of the time players choose the first option (with minus zero chance of going in) grounded firmly in the bloated ego for not wanting to feel a bit humiliated to let the world watch an easy put away while they stand helpless.

Shouldn’t the second option be the more prudent one banking on at least making the opponent hit another shot with a better percentage of him messing it up than the percentage of you putting the ball in?

Roger Federer eyes return to No. 1. From Sarah. Thanks.

SARAH

Roger Federer eyes return to No. 1

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Did you notice Murray’s rendition of Nadal’s high shoulder ball against Federer @ Shanghai? No, you didn’t!!!!

Many times even when the ball came into his forehand hitting zone begging to be punished, Murray instead elected to step back and pass for that bullet train for a looping ball with enough pace, depth AND placement to deny Federer the luxury of running around for his forehand thereby replicating the Nadal shot that bothers Federer no end, as best as he can.

100% of the time it evoked a far weaker return as Federer not only had to deal with that bounce but also had to generate his own pace while on the back foot. About 50% of the time it probably won Murray the point – directly or down the line.

Swiss Tennis Association wants answers from Roger Federer.

“We need to have an answer [from Federer] – is he going to be part of the team or not?” René Stammbach, president of Swiss Tennis since 2006, told swissinfo.ch. “Any answer will be respected and accepted – but we want answers.”

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Someone’s dissolving.