Great win for the Swiss as they lead 2 - 1 after the doubles (6-3, 7-5, 6-4 against Benneteau/Gasquet) - Stan was especially brilliant today!
Hope Federer can seal a win tomorrow, otherwise Stan will have to battle Monfils in the deciding rubber.
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- 22-11-2014 19:41
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- 22-11-2014 20:09
Having predicted 3-2 to both already I mustn't change my mind again. Doubles was pivotal though, Stans really stood up.
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- 22-11-2014 20:43
Word on the street is that Tsonga is carrying an elbow injury: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/1...0J60NV20141122
Looks like a good chance then that Federer will seal the deal early tomorrow. -
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- 22-11-2014 21:04
Apparently Jo Willy begged Clemaut not to select him for the doubles.
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- 23-11-2014 00:02
(Original post by Badshah)
Brilliant from Stan-Roger. They are a great team and Roger already looks better than he did yesterday so he might have a chance against Jo Willy. If not, then Stan will hopefully finish off Monfils. It was a brave decision to play Fed-Stan for the doubles but it turned out to be the right one so huge credit to Swiss DC captain. OTOH, French DC made a huge mistake by playing Gasquet for the doubles. He is clearly not the man for the bigger occasions. Tsonga-Benneteau would have been better. What about Roger Vesilan-Benneteau? This team qualified for the world tour finals and French DC doesn't select them to play the doubles. What a total idiot. -
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- 23-11-2014 03:49
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Should have just thrown Tsonga and Monfils out together and made sure they shouted at the crowd a lot. Guaranteed chaos. -
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- 23-11-2014 13:00
Tsonga replaced by Gasquet. Federer takes the first set 6-4.
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- 23-11-2014 14:05
Federer def. Gasquet 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Switzerland WIN the Davis Cup!
Congrats to Wawrinka and Federer. -
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- 23-11-2014 14:39
GOAT keeps adding to his legacy. Congrats to Switzerland. I can't wait for 2015.
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- 23-11-2014 16:55
Great win for Switzerland and the perfect way for Wawrinka and Federer to cap a brilliant year! Although most of the focus will be on Federer's achievement Stan's performance was instrumental in the victory so it was very classy of Federer to acknowledge that
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- 24-11-2014 09:07
Who else can claim to being the GOAT other than Federer? He's now basically won everything there is in the game of tennis and set plenty of records which may never be broken.
His peak was phenomenal but such a long and successful tennis career is unheard of? -
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- 25-11-2014 00:21
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Who else can claim to being the GOAT other than Federer? He's now basically won everything there is in the game of tennis and set plenty of records which may never be broken.
His peak was phenomenal but such a long and successful tennis career is unheard of?
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- 25-11-2014 00:28
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The only problem is Nadal made him his *****.
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- 25-11-2014 00:52
To be fair as well, the results are somewhat flattered by half the matches being on clay.
If take the Ausi, French, Wimbledon and Masters Cup/WTF as representing all surfaces equally then Fed has 66% on grass and 80% on indoor hard over Nadal. The final slam/season end totals end up only as 63.5/36.5% to Nadal. -
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- 25-11-2014 00:59
Federer H2H against Nadal after the French Open is 6-3 in Roger's favour and two of those loses for Roger came in 2013, definitely his worst year on tour. So you can see why Nadal has such a lopsided H2H against Federer. I would take Federer's career over Nadal in a heartbeat.
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- 25-11-2014 08:53
That is quite possibly the only stat that seems to go against Fed (and perhaps the OSG). Still the most complete resume I've seen.
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- 25-11-2014 08:53
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The only problem is Nadal made him his *****.
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Who are you saying is the GOAT if not Federer? I don't think Nadal has dominated as much overall to be called the GOAT and Nadal himself has been dominated by Federer and Djokovic at various times on other surfaces. -
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- 25-11-2014 23:07
(Original post by Zerforax)
Nadal will go down as the greatest player on clay surface of all time. Others have pointed out that Nadal didn't dominate Federer on all the other surfaces.
Who are you saying is the GOAT if not Federer? I don't think Nadal has dominated as much overall to be called the GOAT and Nadal himself has been dominated by Federer and Djokovic at various times on other surfaces.Last edited by Complex Simplicity; 25-11-2014 at 23:09. -
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(Original post by Complex Simplicity)
Don't get me wrong, it has to be Federer as no one's CV comes close. I just find it hard to say that one player is the greatest of all time when every time they face a player they are guaranteed to lose. It's like saying hypothetically Real Madrid is the greatest team of all time but they lost 6 times in one season to the eventual winners of la liga but overall they've won more. But every time they face Barcelona they get battered and are guaranteed to lose. Are they really the greatest? Or Mike Tyson is the greatest boxer but he lost 5 times in a row to lennox lewis who is also his rival. Can Mike tyson then still be said to be the greatest? Is Federer really the greatest?. Even when Nadal and Federer are equal in ability, Nadal's mental strength is far superior to Federers and that alone ensures his victory.
The only thing Nadal really did was stop Federer from having another 3-5 grand slams on his CV. -
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(Original post by Complex Simplicity)
Even when Nadal and Federer are equal in ability, Nadal's mental strength is far superior to Federers and that alone ensures his victory.
You can't win 17 slams without being very mentally strong.