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Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:25 pm to
Fed wins,Nole struggling to stay in it saving MPs.

I'll be shocked if Nadal drops a single set the remaining 3 games.
Posted by dunkelman
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:28 pm to
That's two of the best holds you will ever see. heart of a champion. It's all about Tsonga's heart now. 2 all in breaker.
Posted by quail man
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:31 pm to
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Fed wins


it's amazing how many times that guy comes back from down 2 in majors...i'd love to see a stat on how many times he's done it and where it ranks all time
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:34 pm to
Somebody said he's only done it aganst Falla at Wimby '10 and Haas, French '09.

Nole turns it from 2-4 to 5-4 in the breaker.
Posted by barry
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:36 pm to
What a war going on
Posted by quail man
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Member since May 2010
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:36 pm to
no shite. i figured it'd be way more.

great comeback by Tsonga there.

ETA: all for not. Djoker takes the 4th.
This post was edited on 6/5/12 at 12:38 pm
Posted by Roscoe
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:38 pm to
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t's amazing how many times that guy comes back from down 2 in majors..


It's just simply amazing how he continues to go deep in a each and every major every year even as his game is "declining."
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:38 pm to
Tsonga f'ed up a pretty easy approach at 6-6 in the tiebreak. Going five.
Posted by dunkelman
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:38 pm to
This is a classic. Epic. Tsonga needs it to rain - bad.
Posted by TulaneTigerFan
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:54 pm to
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it's amazing how many times that guy comes back from down 2 in majors...i'd love to see a stat on how many times he's done it and where it ranks all time


I just saw a post on a different forum saying that it was his 7th time to come back from 2 sets down, not sure where that would rank all time.


Nadal is going to humiliate whoever he gets in the final
Posted by RedHawk
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:55 pm to
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Nadal is going to humiliate whoever he gets in the final


I agree, but how does the #2 seed get the easiest draw?
Posted by tigerfan88
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 12:58 pm to
I wouldn't count out the Djoker just yet
Posted by TigerDog83
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:03 pm to
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I wouldn't count out the Djoker just yet


I don't know. The winner of Fed/Djok (assuming Djok holds onto this last set lead) is going to be on clay against the best Nadal they have seen in a couple of years. Djoker was in his head pretty good last year but Nadal has beaten him this year on clay and appears to be playing on a different level than everybody else at R-G right now.
Posted by tigerfan88
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:05 pm to
Oh i agree Nadal should be favored, and pretty heavily at that. Still Djokovic has shown so much heart during the last year and a half, plus his record against Nadal in finals, makes me hesitate to call it a sure thing
Posted by TigerDog83
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:06 pm to
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Oh i agree Nadal should be favored, and pretty heavily at that. Still Djokovic has shown so much heart during the last year and a half, plus his record against Nadal in finals, makes me hesitate to call it a sure thing


Anything other than clay and I would probably take Djokovic, but not here.
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:17 pm to
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I agree, but how does the #2 seed get the easiest draw?


Yeah pretty ridiculous that Nadal drew the worst possible seeds for both his 1/4 and 1/2 final matches. Wouldn't matter anyway
Posted by Unbiased Bama Fan
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:20 pm to
Federer would have 20+ slams if he had the mental toughness of Djokovic or Nadal.
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:33 pm to
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it's amazing how many times that guy comes back from down 2 in majors...i'd love to see a stat on how many times he's done it and where it ranks all time


It's not that many. Maybe 3 or 4.

Also, I think Delpo was hurt. He wins the first two 6-3, 7-6; the trainer comes out; he loses the next three 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. That sort of thing only happens to scrubs, and JMDP isn't a scrub by any stretch of the imagination. He had to be injured.
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:35 pm to
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Federer would have 20+ slams if he had the mental toughness of Djokovic or Nadal.


I disagree. He doesn't lose to Nadal because he is mentally soft. He loses to Nadal because he just can't beat Nadal.
Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 6/5/12 at 1:35 pm to
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Oh i agree Nadal should be favored, and pretty heavily at that. Still Djokovic has shown so much heart during the last year and a half, plus his record against Nadal in finals, makes me hesitate to call it a sure thing


It's a sure thing. This is like Rafa 2.0. Dude is in the zone.
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