tennis fans.

[Garrick]

Re: tennis fans.

andy needs to learn how to volley and how to pick better approach shots to come in on. that and he needs to learn how to stay focused when he's playing roger. i know he was trying to get the crowd into the match, but he seemed to lose some focus in doing so. its hard to stay focused as well when you've been boning maria sharapova and mandy moore. :P

[thesightless]

Re: tennis fans.

andy needs to stop worrying about MTV and the rest and focus between the lines.

and federer, while GREAT, has the charisma of a homeless guy cornering you in penn station and demanding money.

[Garrick]

Re: tennis fans.

just like sampras. their charisma may not be great, but they are great at what they do.

[thesightless]

Re: tennis fans.

but sampras had guts, and like i have said before, guts earn you more than anything outside of championships. federer hasnt had to show guts. the only times he has gotten in trouble and fell behind he has lost. it doesnt happen a lot, but go ask rafael nadal.

guts is agassi going down 4-0 in the third set, coming back and winning. with a bad back.

[Kobe]

Re: tennis fans.

andy needs to learn how to volley and how to pick better approach shots to come in on. that and he needs to learn how to stay focused when he's playing roger. i know he was trying to get the crowd into the match, but he seemed to lose some focus in doing so. its hard to stay focused as well when you've been boning maria sharapova and mandy moore. :P

Spot on Garrick, Andy did well with charging the net but I think he used it a little too much and Fed burned him with the killer passing shots. If you can't hang back on the baseline and slug away with ground strokes, you simply can't hang.

Focus is the key to playing Federer. He's done it time and time again, his rival with scrape claw and fight his way to a set win, and then in the next set trys to take a breather and before you know it Fed is serving out at 6-0, like WTF? You simply can't let up on that guy for a second, he can win a set on you in a blink of an eye.

In the Blake match I went to Fed won the 1st set in a very close a tie breaker. I got up to take a piss and when I got back it was 4-0, again, WTF?

I agree with you guys Roger is a too robotic, but perhaps these types of players only get the appreciation they deserve later on. He is composed and austere, so there's nothing for the fans to latch onto other than his skill. You can say Sampras had guts now, but would you have said the same in his prime when he dominated and it was boring?