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JM1138


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Happycynic wrote:

Yay.

Now looking forward to finding out what Fed says his injury is.



I'm guessing either finger or eye. Any other takers? wink

 



Ego? biggrin



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Ah Us Open is Andy's !!!!!

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I am ridiculously pleased about this result.
Happy days  biggrin

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Madeline wrote:

 

Happycynic wrote:

Yay.

Now looking forward to finding out what Fed says his injury is.


Good choice of username!

 

 



Apologies... it has always saddened me that the person who is possibly the most graceful tennis player of all time has, in the past, been something of a graceless loser.

Its why I root for Nadal after Andy. Great tennis player, great sportsman, great person.



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'Graceless Loser'...thats a perfect description !

Let me make a prophecy...within the next couple hours Fed will say...

"You know Andy has just beaten me in a final...ok that's good...but its not a grandslam final...its no big deal until he eats me in a GS final...blah blah blah"

Am I wrong ?

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I'm so pleased that Andy ruined my pick em!

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Drew wrote:

That was great stuff from Andy...i wonder what excuse Fed will come up with this team for his defeat....he did get one in during his losers speech..." I havent played for 6 weeks..." honestly Rog get a grip.


I quite liked Andy's perhaps rather pointed "first win in final against Roger" given Roger has said more than once that despite the H - H Andy had never beaten him in a final.

Anyway, I'm not really wanting to have a go ( much ) but agree Rafa does come across as a much better sportsman, especially in defeat.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 15th of August 2010 09:58:31 PM

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SMC1809 wrote:

I'm so pleased that Andy ruined my pick em!



 Heck, I'd almost forgotten that, the ******   !     Couldn't be happier !    biggrin



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Not Andy's best performance, altough some great stuff at times, but in someways that makes it more impressive. To win both sets after having given up a break (a double break in the first set) against a player like Federer is very encouraging.

Matches like this really make me wish I could show a video of it to all those two week of the year tennis fans who think a) Andy isn't good enough to beat top players or b) has psychological problems that hold him back.

All in all a fantastic week which puts him in great place ahead of the US open. Hopefully it will be another good week in Cincy but I wouldn't be too worried if he had a poor result.

This week was possibly the most encouraging of Andy's career so far. Those desperate days of the spring (Miami and Monte Carlo) seem a long time ago.

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oh the look on the Roger's face when Andy said he wanted to repeat the result in 2 weeks time...

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The Knight wrote:

oh the look on the Roger's face when Andy said he wanted to repeat the result in 2 weeks time...



I guess Andy meant 4 weeks time.

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What happened to the presentation ceremony on Sky. I was looking forward to hearing what Andy and Fed had to say, but we only got about 5 seconds coverage of Andy receiving the trophy.

Great effort by Andy, got his swagger back as Greg said and he really hit some monster serves in that last game. Overall very happy and I expect him to be a big factor at the US open, not the favourite but certainly in with a big shout. Also looks very fresh having played far fewer matches than normal by this time of the year.

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he probably did say 4 weeks, im just remembering it wrong...any which way Fed was giving him daggers

"beat me at a slam! how dare he say that?!?! i am Lord Roger, King of the universe and i will never be beaten (unless my back gives in)"

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The Knight wrote:

he probably did say 4 weeks, im just remembering it wrong...any which way Fed was giving him daggers

"beat me at a slam! how dare he say that?!?! i am Lord Roger, King of the universe and i will never be beaten (unless my back gives in)"



Or unless there are rain delays, or unless I couldn't really be bothered to play in this event, or unless (insert any excuse that comes to mind)



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I know, in the grand scheme of things, this win is not really very important. But I think it WAS very important to Andy: I was terrified that if Fed won again, for the 4th time in a row and the third time in a final, it would do terrible damage to Andy's just rediscovered confidence. And at least now Fed can no longer say, "I always beat him when it matters, in finals" - he'll have to change it to "in slams" or " in best-of-five". Even if he does, Andy can think, well, if I can win the first two sets in a slam, I'll have a darn good chance!

Despite the Federer fanatics on other boards claiming Fed doesn't care about this level of play, I think it would have been important for his own confidence to win this. He reckoned he had Andy sussed. He hasn't done too well himself since winning in Australia. His very loud yell of "C'mon!" when Andy put the ball long to give him the break-back just after the rain delay in the second set, showed to me that he cared about winning this one.

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