Henman vs Federer

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RE: Henman vs Federer

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Tim serving at 4all in the third
0-15. The unfavourable net cords return.
15-15 US.
15-30. UE from tim.
30-30. Fed nets.
40-30. Easy overhead.
Fed goes long and federer is serving to stay in the set!

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Fed serving at 4-5 in the third
0-15. Fed goes long
15-15 Easy overhead. Tim was always hanging on in that pt
30-15 ACE
40-15. Unreturnable.
5-5. ACE

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

tim serving at 5-5 in the third
15-0. Easy put-away
15-15. brilliant running backhand pass from fed.
15-30 he does the same again!
15-40. Tim whips a forehand wide.
another poor shot and fed is servin for the match

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Mr Federer serving for the match at 6-3 6-4 6-5.
15-0 US
30-0. Cross court backhand winner
40-0 forehand winned DTL
GAME. US

Fed wins 6-3 6-4 7-5. A decent match and fed got tested a bit but nothing too strenuous for him.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Thanks for the commentary Mkk, it was much closer than I'd feared, and certainly closer than at Wimbledon.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I missed the first two sets, was watching the third on the Eurosport livestream, it got to 3 all and the screen went blank. Tried to reload, without success. Tried to log in here and couldn't - the computer just took a complete set of sulks.

I do hope I can get the picture back again for Andy's match, but if I do I'm not at all sure I can post on here as well.

The six games I saw, Tim was playing well, some lovely volleys, but he had no hope really. Federer is simply better.