Tennis
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Thats a huge win for Roger, huge. If he had lost, then the GOAT title would have always had a huge asterix beside it for the 10-2 loss ratio to Nadal in grand slams. I'm not saying 9-3 is much better, but the bigger stat of 18-14 in the grand slams easily over rides that now.
Not that it will last though ... Nadal is looking ominous once again.
Seriously though when your worth what he is (happy to wear a 300k USD watch), why wouldn't you chuck a couple of grand towards some hair implants?
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@MajorRage if Rafa can stay fit (and that's a big if) he'll be pretty fucking hard to beat on clay again later in the year.
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@mariner4life 100% for sure .. .although just looking it up, If you take out the French, then the different is 4-3 to Rafa ... The guy is just utterly dominant on Clay,
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@MajorRage said in Tennis match fixing?:
@mariner4life 100% for sure .. .although just looking it up, If you take out the French, then the different is 4-3 to Rafa ... The guy is just utterly dominant on Clay,
And that to me is why he will never be the tennis GOAT. I was amazed when he originally won at Wimbledon, to adapt his game that much from clay has put him way up there but he is still a boring base liner at heart.
The stats give a good summary of the AO final. Fed attacks and Nadal defends, in basic terms. Part of what the rivalry is about I suppose - the contrasting styles of the two. I know which I prefer.
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I thought both players were very aggressive last night, which made it such an incredible game to watch.
They were trying to hit winners with every shot, and they rattled through five sets pretty quickly (even with a few injury timeouts).
I think it's a bit unfair to say Rafa was defensive in that particular match, though I agree the 'boring baseliner' tag broadly fits his career.
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@barbarian O.K .Rafa is aggressive from the back of the court. He came to the net a few times but they were obvious situations to do so. He just doesn't have much variety in his game to make him interesting to watch compared to guys who will chip and charge, serve and volley every now and again.
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Never in doubt eh @Chris-B
I was away for the long weekend with no Sky TV so I didn't know the result until yesterday morning - pleasantly surprised and happy for Roger.
I did manage to watch the last hour of the replay last night, and if the rest of the match was as good as the 5th set it was an epic final. Kudos to Federer for coming back from a break down in the 5th set. That 8th game was the key to winning the match.
As others have said the post-match speeches summed up both players as they are both really likeable. I just find Rafa's style and OCD a bit much to watch.
3 of Federer's last 4 matches went to 5 sets, a first for him at a Grand Slam. Not bad for a 35-yr old!
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@Bovidae said in Tennis match fixing?:
Never in doubt eh @Chris-B
I daresay Fed reads my proclamations on tennis and that was just the little motivational kick he needed.
Typical of the fucker that he finally gets it done when he had absolutely zero right to and I finally gave up on him!
That said, despite knowing I would cop a bit of flak here, I was cheering for him in that final set. Mainly because he can now ride off into the sunset with wounds largely healed, while for Rafa it's just "for once I didn't win".
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If women's tennis generates the same money as men's then I have no problem with equal prize money.
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2 lame finals all up.
The women a 2-set snooze as per usual.
Roger cruising in 3 sets. Fantastic achievement all the same, my other country will be happy in the understated Swiss way that they celebrate sporting success.
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@Chris-B. said in Tennis match fixing?:
Mainly because he can now ride off into the sunset with wounds largely healed, while for Rafa it's just "for once I didn't win".
Not just yet he ain't! He was in sublime form all Wimbledon tourney. He said he wants to defend this in 2018. Hope it happens.
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I saw Fed on Friday. Sublimely elegant, but noticeably slower than a few years ago. Lost count of the shanked shots. The victory today (which owed an awful lot to Murray and Joker being crocked) shows that tennis standards are regressing significantly. The Fed of ten years ago would have beaten the 2017 version in three.
What has happened to mean the top 24 year olds no longer have the grit to see off the old timers -- too much money?
Venus is probably the best ladies grasscourter ever, but great for tennis that the 23 year old Spaniard put her away.
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35 year old wins Wimbledon without dropping a set. That's ridiculous. Just imagine his record if Nadal wasn't around.
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Amazing stuff by Federer. Being World No. 1 a real possibility too.
On Monday, Federer will be within 920 points of No. 2 Nadal and 1,205 points of current World No. 1 Andy Murray. But Federer has no points to defend for the remainder of the season, while Nadal has 370 points and Murray has a whopping 5,460 points to defend following his incredible run at the end of the 2016 season.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Tennis match fixing?:
35 year old wins Wimbledon without dropping a set. That's ridiculous. Just imagine his record if Nadal wasn't around.
I said something similar while watching the final and received a reply that he might not have been so driven if he didn't have such a great rival? Still think he might have a few more though. Certainly made the sport a far better contest with both of them, and then chuck Joker and Murray in. Some of the greatest ever players all competing at the same time and a significant gap back to the rest.
