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Who has had the most inspiring win(s) so far @ WTF?

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:55:10 +0000

For whom can this year-end event turn most embarrassing for?

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:26:23 +0000

Nadal? Duh!!!!!!

Guy has had a miserable time against the top ten players ever since he came out of that cave resounding with divorce, FO, Wimbledon, No. 1 rank and who knows what else.

With this line up he is like being stripped of all his clothes with no tomato cans to hide behind. Even Verdasco, with his losses, is making it look close and competitive. Nadal may not be able to come even close to it by the time he is done here.

With the only carrot worthy of producing any magic already gone, Nadal is now looking for straws to not get ridiculed and embarrassed. His next match against Davydenko who just got done playing a thriller will further cement this claim.

Nadal is like a former king now looking for mercy to be allowed to live – forget about the throne and everything else. Soderling, the weakest link on the draw, provided him a not so nice preview of what Nadal is headed for.

As things stand today, Nadal may have won his last Slam already (yes, the FO included) if not the last title in the presence of the big boys.

It will be a miracle if Nadal is able to escape with some semblance of dignity and respect by the time WTF is done. Right now just winning a set is what will get him there – forget about a win.

With everyone else pulling their weight and more, it will only add to the torture and torment – specially Verdasco. Yeah, it’s come down to that.

Sometimes it seems that weight loss is more out of the shock of divorce and personal issues than any striking career strategy.

Guys, need a reason to keep it in the pants?

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:06:20 +0000

Here’s a reason you cannot refuse.

From the findings of why women have sex, here’s one reason you might consider when you suddenly feel they are falling like flies in your lap.

“I was surprised by the importance of revenge. A few had sex in order to give someone else a sexually transmitted disease. More commonly, women’s revenge sex involved getting back at a cheating partner, or having sex with the partner of a friend who had poached her partner.”

Or you could just switch to goats.

WTF standings at London.

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:51:16 +0000

Sex, Please, We’re British: London’s Erotica Expo.

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:31:30 +0000

Click here.

Chakvetadze and Jankovic get pampered.

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:26:14 +0000

Click here.

Murray interview after losing to Federer.

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:20:50 +0000

Click here.

Federer interview after beating Murray.

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:16:10 +0000

Click here.

Federer explodes into form to clinch year-end No. 1 rank for the fifth time.

tennisplanet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:55:18 +0000

The second and the third set explosion almost made Murray wish he had not won the first set to infuriate Federer.

Federer is now tied with Connors with five year end No. 1 ranks with Sampras ahead at six. Sampras of course did it in straights to claim that as probably the only record as bragging material vis-a-vis Federer.

But this remarkable turnaround in Federer’ game specially at this time in his life and career was rooted in lot more than just a need to win a match. This was a statement game in destroying the guy who has had his number reflected in 3-6 H2H stat. Then there was that added mustard of pulling it off in his backyard.

And if all that wasn’t enough the third set toying just knocked it out of the park.

This match was also a signal to how competition can elevate or deflate your game significantly. Add the setting and the carrot to be had after the win and you have a perfect landscape for a break out game.

How about the opponent? Both Murray and Djokovic are not the first ones Federer looks for when taking people out for dinner. Is that what’s missing in that Nadal dynamic, masterfully crafted by Nadal, to shut out any possibility of such a massacre against him?

Or does this glorify Nadal’s H2H against Federer even more? 7-13.

Nonetheless, Federer has been able to cap the phenomenal year, professionally and personally, with the fireworks it truly deserved.

With Del Potro barely making it against Verdasco, Delpo will need an explosion of similar proportions when he meets Federer on Thursday or else that US Open win may suddenly begin to lose some of its lustre if the beating gets brutal and humiliating.

Only Djokovic now seems to be the real hurdle for Federer. Djokovic’s had an amazing match against Davydenko. That match may have added another layer of conviction to the already bursting bag of confidence Djokovic is currently carrying around.

But if Federer even remotely duplicates the form displayed today, Djokovic is in for a thrashing himself. Wonder who the crowd will root for in that match.