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Berdych serving well at the moment, difficult for Murray to get anywhere in his service games.

Reply 7522

Original post by Krish4791

Very true - he cannot beat Djokovic or Nadal (consistently at least), and he used to get owned by Federer several times, but that changed in 2010 when the latter started declining and was easier to hit off the court. Berdych naturally matches up quite well against Murray, which is quite surprising - you'd think Murray's defensive skills would frustrate the Czech as with Djoko/Rafa

Even Ferrer has a close 5-7 H2H against Murray and we all know about his awful record against the other 3. I wonder why that is the case?

Berdych used to own Rafa at one stage but now has lost like 11/12 in a row. It's probably because he is a 'Rafael Nadal' fanboy. Seriously, take a look at his twitter account. The guy is literally singing praises of Rafa. A very pathetic attitude to do that to one of your rivals.

Another reason could be that he hits with a lot of pace and very little spin. It's easier to direct the powerful shot back into play if hit with proper connection than the one with lots of spin on it.

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Reply 7523

ubi1

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Original post by Krish4791

True.

When Rafa beats Roger, he doesn't always have to play his best tennis purely because of how advantageous the match-up is for him. However, when we have the opportunity to see Federer crush Rafa, Rafa may be a little off but usually it's Federer who plays his absolute vintage best, and that's a joy to watch.

When they both turn up, then we get our more competitive deciding-set matches.

I mean Rafa doesn't need to try his best today H2H is so in his favor that he knows the future matches with Fed are his for the taking he could tank like murray and Nole for the US OPEN.
Also Nadal has a better chance of winning Cinci now.

Reply 7524

Original post by ubi1

I mean Rafa doesn't need to try his best today H2H is so in his favor that he knows the future matches with Fed are his for the taking he could tank like murray and Nole for the US OPEN.
Also Nadal has a better chance of winning Cinci now.

Rafa vs Roger on senior tour. Who would win? I honestly feel the older they get, the better the Federer's chances of beating Rafa.

Reply 7525

Poor from Andy. 2 loose service games and after that Berdych didn't have to do much special. No 2 ranking up for grabs now, if Rafa doesn't get it this week he will surely get it at the US Open.

Reply 7526

ubi1

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Original post by Roger1

Rafa vs Roger on senior tour. Who would win? I honestly feel the older they get, the better the Federer's chances of beating Rafa.

I want Nole, Fed, mURRAY and Nadal to become commentators after they retire.

Reply 7527

Krish4791

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With Berdych's victory, the Roger-Rafa match becomes very significant in terms of ATP Rankings.

If Nadal wins, he should win the tournament (I don't see anyone other than Fed stopping him) and so can actually leapfrog to No. 2 and Federer would drop to No. 7. Rafa would then be in fantastic position to take the No. 1 spot

If Federer were to somehow win, Rafa would stay where he is and Roger would need to win the tournament anyway to protect his own ranking.

Reply 7528

michael clayton

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Draw has really opened up now for Rafa and DelPo but I'm expecting the Federer match today to be a lot closer than people are saying.

Reply 7529

Original post by ubi1

I want Nole, Fed, mURRAY and Nadal to become commentators after they retire.

I was reading some article time ago about Fed saying that he wants to play on the senior tour after retiring. Murray will probably indulge in his hotel business. Poker and golf tournaments await Nadal and no idea about Djokovic though. It'll be nice to see them all commentate together in a match though.

Reply 7530

Murray has been pretty awful at the Masters this year bar Miami. He was a lot more consistent in them before he started winning slams.

Reply 7531

xxxKINGxxx

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Murray sounds like a boring commentator.

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Reply 7532

Original post by xxxKINGxxx

Murray sounds like a boring commentator.

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Indeed, he doesn't have the voice for it.

Reply 7533

Seeing Murray and Novak struggle makes me wonder how consistent Federer and to some extent Nadal were in their prime years. After Nadal comes back to earth, we are headed towards another transitional era. Let's hope the younger guys can step up and take advantage of that.

Reply 7534

TheNacho63

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With Robson not at New Haven, what are the chances see stays seeded for US Open?

Reply 7535

Krish4791

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Original post by Roger1

Seeing Murray and Novak struggle makes me wonder how consistent Federer and to some extent Nadal were in their prime years. After Nadal comes back to earth, we are headed towards another transitional era. Let's hope the younger guys can step up and take advantage of that.

Nadal will be brought down eventually, but 2013 has been his fairytale year really. Making it to the finals of Cincinnati would be a record for him in itself.

Reply 7536

xxxKINGxxx

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Original post by Prendah

Indeed, he doesn't have the voice for it.

I haven't heard nole speak much and nadal has his Spanish tone to it, but I very much like federer accent.

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Reply 7537

Rakas21

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Original post by ubi1

I mean Rafa doesn't need to try his best today H2H is so in his favor that he knows the future matches with Fed are his for the taking he could tank like murray and Nole for the US OPEN.
Also Nadal has a better chance of winning Cinci now.

Lets not forget that the man who was a set and a break up in Indian Wells has this time not had to go through Murray and Djokovic.

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