Olympic Tennis

Weebull · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:40

Weebull said:
I was going to say, I thought his form at Wimbledon was good, but this is even better so far.

Although, that said, his serving is back to its inconsistent best today.

TWO NIL!

el_dazza · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:41

6-2, 6-1.. quite amazing tennis.

Irish_Tom · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:41

mranderson said:
Too late to pull it back.

He's come down from two sets to love on more than one occasion. It's never too late for Federer.

melchy · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:41

mranderson said:
Too late to pull it back.

I wouldn't entirely agree, Murray could still collapse or Federer could start playing at his absolute best. Its not over yet

I predict Federer will win this set ...

One · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:42

Panzerbjorn said:
He's come down from two sets to love on more than one occasion. It's never too late for Federer.

Yes but have those sets been as terrible as these ones? 6-2 and 6-1 that's quite a domination!

Pigeon_Killer · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:42

el_dazza said:
6-2, 6-1.. quite amazing tennis.

It's like watching Nadal bum Fed in a French Open final :eek:

Craig1981 · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:42

Federer could still win, but hes got a massive uphill climb to pull it back now.

Firestar_3x · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:43

I think Rogers feeling the effects of his long match the other day, his mind and body aren't in it.

el_dazza · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:43

desires said:
Yes but have those sets been as terrible as these ones? 6-2 and 6-1 that's quite a domination!

Federer was 2-0 down to Benneteau at Wimbledon but won (if I remember rightly) 4-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-1.

Pigeon_Killer said:
It's like watching Nadal bum Fed in a French Open final

Tbh bumpicker bums everyone in the French

Aesir · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:43

murrays first server percentage isn't great, should be ok aslong as fed dosen't come back hard in the 3rd set

Marmot · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:43

Let's hope the rain doesn't arrive in time.

Vtec9k · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:44

Federer with 0/7 break points! He's totally failing at delivering when it matters and Andy is pulling off some amazing shots.

If Andy can get gold here then I think he'll really turn around his Grand Slam performances in the future.

Aesir · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:44

Firestar_3x said:
I think Rogers feeling the effects of his long match the other day, his mind and body aren't in it.

didn't murray play twice yesterday?

Firestar_3x · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:45

Aesir said:
didn't murray play twice yesterday?

True but not 4hrs +

Danger signs from Fed.

Wizzfizz · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:45

Vtec9k said:
If Andy can get gold here then I think he'll really turn around his Grand Slam performances in the future.

Absolutely.

Irish_Tom · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:46

It was a good first service game for Federer there, signs of what he is capable of.

Weebull · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:46

If Federer manages to win this match I'm finding whoever invented the rules for Olympic tennis finals being five sets and burning their house down.

Skeeter · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:46

Firestar_3x said:
I think Rogers feeling the effects of his long match the other day, his mind and body aren't in it.

Andy's played more than double the matches Federer has this tournament, hasn't he?

NightSt@lk3r · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:47

Aesir said:
didn't murray play twice yesterday?

This is Murrays 5th Match in 3 days.

semi-pro waster · 5 Aug 2012 at 15:47

Purdy said:
All the Wimbledon trolls gunna be pretty damn mad is Murray manages to win this.

I fully expect that if Murray does manage to win the match we'll be told that it doesn't matter as it's an unimportant competition or that Federer just wasn't trying. Maybe even an argument about not having the best players there (it's only really Nadal who isn't of the top players isn't it?).

Murray is in a good position right now but there's still a lot of tennis to play, I hope that he can see it through but I wouldn't count out Federer just yet as he is one of the greatest players we've ever seen.

//edit I'll happily stump up for the matches and petrol Weebull should it become necessary.