Which Slam court is faster? From Wuiches. Thanks.

WUICHES

TP,

There is a question that is killing my soul since some time ago, many people say that now the USO’s courts are faster than Wimbledon’s courts, but I watch again and again some matches on youtube and it seems to me that the ball runs faster at wimby than at USO.

I’ve found an article that supports my point of view, dates back to 2007 but I think it’s still valid, however I’m open to other opinions, this is the link:

http://www.sportingo.com/tennis/a4653_us-opens-hard-courts

This is important to me because it happens that in the past everybody used to say that grass was the best surface for Roger, but when Nadal defeated him at OZ and Wimby now everybody say that Roger’s best surfaces are “fast hard courts” like those of the USO.

I hope that the wise men (and women) of the free tennis planet world have an answer to my question

Who will win Legg Mason title?

One-on-one with Federer. From Claire. Thanks.

CLAIRE

First time we’ve heard from Federer since Wimbledon?

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Here’s another player competing with Federer for a not-so-desirable showing.

Roddick’s nose-dive appears to be even more sudden and vertical making Federer look like …… Federer. If this keeps up, without even escalating to another level, this may prove to be Roddick’s last year as a tennis pro.

Just a cursory look at the following numbers (since winning @ Miami) leaves you with no other conclusion:

Roland Garros: Lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili – Rd 3.

Queens: Lost to Dudi Sela – Rd 3 in straight sets.

Wimbledon: Lost to Yen-Hsun Lu – Rd 4.

Atlanta: Lost to Fish and Turtle – Semis in straight sets.

Washington: Lost to Simon – Rd 3 in straight sets.

Is marriage on the rocks already?

Can you find it in your heart to forgive me for my existence? Remove the freaking mask and behave like regular people. Geeeezzzzz!!!!!!!

Who has the toughest draw at Toronto?

Round	Nadal	Djokovic	Federer	Murray
1st	Bye	Bye	Bye	Bye
2nd	Wawrinka	Ben&Two	Falla	Malaise
3rd	Querrey	Melzer	Almond Grower	Monfils/Lopez
Quarter	Roddick/Cilic	Verdasco/Davydenko	Berdych	Soderling/Ferrer
Semi	Murray/Soderling	Federer/Berdych	Djokovic/Verdasco	Nadal/Cilic
Final	Federer/Djokovic	Nadal/Murray	Nadal/Murray	Federer/Djokovic

Only scenario when Federer’s total shut out against Nadal on clay wouldn’t have mattered.

Historically most former greats have had zero success at the FO in particular and clay in general leaving some wiggle room. But if you have the GOAT of clay running wild, smack in the middle of your reign, it adds that much more room for play – for legit discounting.

Translation: If Federer had not won a single match against Nadal on clay – FO or otherwise – just the fact that he managed to get to the finals so many times would have more than compensated for his dismal record given what’s on the record from the beginning of time / sport.

But a certain record injected itself – forcibly – into the equation to deny Federer that allowance. Have a clue? No, you don’t!!!!!!

It’s got something to do with these numbers: 5-4.

If Federer was to brush aside his poor showing on clay against Nadal, he shouldn’t have allowed even ONE win on ANY other surface – irrespective of how insignificant the event was. Forget about a win, EACH of those matches should have been such lopsided wins so as to leave nothing open for debate.

Not only did that not happen, Nadal won two SLAMS by beating Federer in the final – one on Federer’s home turf – GRASS. Not enough? What Federer should have achieved was actually produced by Nadal in reverse by not letting Federer extend him to five sets on clay – ever – with couple of lopsided wins to seal the deal. Still not enough? Nadal beat Federer in straight sets – on a hard court back in 2004 at the very height of Federer’s career.

Need more? Of the five times Federer has won, for two of those he was extended to five sets.

Here are the matches on surfaces not called red:

Player	Surface	Event	Score	Year	Round
Nadal	Hard	AO	7-5, 3-6, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-2	2009	Final
	Grass	Wimbledon	6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7	2008	Final
	Hard	Dubai	2-6, 6-4, 6-4	2006	Final
	Hard	Miami	6-3, 6-3	2004	R32
Federer	Hard	Tennis Masters Cup	6-4, 6-1	2007	Semifinal
	Grass	Wimbledon	7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2	2007	Final
	Hard	Tennis Masters Cup	6-4, 7-5	2006	Semifinal
	Grass	Wimbledon	6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3	2006	Final
	Hard	Miami	2-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1	2005	Final

Draw possibilities: Toronto Roger’s Cup 2010.

Round	Nadal	Djokovic	Federer	Murray
1st	Bye	Bye	Bye	Bye
2nd	Wawrinka	Ben&Two	Falla	Malaise
3rd	Querrey	Melzer	Almond Grower	Monfils/Lopez
Quarter	Roddick/Cilic	Verdasco/Davydenko	Berdych	Soderling/Ferrer
Semi	Murray/Soderling	Federer/Berdych	Djokovic/Verdasco	Nadal/Cilic
Final	Federer/Djokovic	Nadal/Murray	Nadal/Murray	Federer/Djokovic

Toronto – Roger’s Cup draw.

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Photos.

Also ran Sumo wrestlers?

Shouldn’t ATP just freaking designate a spot for him already – with a hole? Geeeeezzzzz!!!!!

She is trying hard to get my attention.

This IS the ‘terminator’ finger.

Navratilova’s and Graf’s mind boggling numbers. Geeeeeezzzzzzz!!!!!

Navratilova:

167 singles titles out of 239 finals
177 doubles titles out of 223 finals
15 mixed doubles out of 22 finals
332 weeks at No.1 in singles
237 weeks at No.1 in doubles
59 Grand Slam titles
18 Grand Slam singles titles out of 32 finals
31 Grand Slam doubles titles out of 37 finals
10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles out of 16 finals
8 WTA Year-end Tour Championships
*She holds the open era record for most singles titles (167) and doubles titles (177). She recorded the longest winning streak in the open era (74 consecutive matches).

Graf:

107 singles titles out of 132 finals
11 doubles titles out of 18 finals
377 weeks at No.1 in singles
23 Grand Slam titles
22 Grand Slam singles title out of 31 finals
1 Grand Slam doubles title out of 4 finals
5 WTA Year-end Tour Championships
1 Olympic gold medal (singles)
1 Olympic silver medal (singles)
1 Olympic bronze medal (doubles)
*Graf became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year.

Nalbandian interview in Washington. From Jenny. Thanks.

JENNY

Nalbandian interview in Washington.

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US run of 37 years in ATP top 10 over. From Overcaffeinated. Thanks.

OVERCAFFEINATED

TP, this one ought to make your little peepers weep some… and then when you’re done, they will weep some more.

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“No American player will be listed in the ATP Tour rankings top 10 next week for the first time since the system began 37 years ago, tour officials said on Friday. US second seed Andy Roddick lost 6-3 6-3 to Frenchman Gilles Simon in the third round of the ATP Washington Classic, ensuring the ninth-ranked American will tumble from the top 10 next week.”

I suppose you now have to turn your energy to your new favourite sporting hero, in Tyson Gay, as he seems to be the only person from the US doing anything significant on a global sport stage at the moment.

Man argues with spitting goat. From Sol. Thanks.

SOL

TP, is that you?