Roland-Garros 2011

[saad1024]

French Open 2011 starts on 22nd. It'll be interesting how Nadal recovers in time from the Madrid and Rome debacles. For the first time in last six years, we have in Djokovic someone who can finally challenge Nadal's clay domination. Should be very interesting.

I'm always with the underdog, and invariably its Federer at this time of the season. Unlikely but hey, C'mon Roger!

[SempreSami]

Djokovic has a projected third round meeting with Del Potro, so that'll be a good early test for him.

[saad1024]

Originally Posted by SempreSami Djokovic has a projected third round meeting with Del Potro, so that'll be a good early test for him.

Indeed. That'll give Djokovic his first stern test, but Del Potro is still not 100pc fit - a torn hip muscle.

Any chance of Soderling emulating his 2008-ness? Nadal is scheduled to meet him in the QF. And he also has a third round fixture against Davydenko. So a hard first week for him.

Fed's part of the draw is quite open. And I discreetly fear if Monfils could be the dark horse...

[Noman]

Djokovic is playing the tennis I have seen ever.. The way he is beating Nadal game after game is amazing. he hasnt lost any match this year... WIll be nr. 1

[Seen Sheen]

Big match coming up, Djokovic v Del Potro.

Its going to be a real test for Djoko. Delpo certainly has got the game to trouble him and if anyone ,outside top 3, is capable of ending the streak, its got to be Del Po.

[Seen Sheen]

And the two are putting up an axxcellentt show, playing tennis of jaw-dropping quality.

[kingusama92]

Solid battle going on.

[Seen Sheen]

1-1 set apiece, bad light means the match will go into a second day..

[Toe Crusher]

Originally Posted by Noman Djokovic is playing the tennis I have seen ever.. The way he is beating Nadal game after game is amazing. he hasnt lost any match this year... WIll be nr. 1

Murray ran him seriously close in the last Masters tournament, should have actually won the match.

But yeah, Novak has certainly gone on some sick streak, and the way he's dealt with the world's #1 on numerous occasions deserves huge respect

[talha3]

Guys it's all about Aisam ul haq. Into the third round of mens doubles and into second round of mixed doubles.

[Pak_Pace]

more importantly, Davydenko lost in five sets.

He is one of the few people to have a superior head-to-head record against Nadal. Of course all his wins are on hard, but then again, who has a superior head-to-head on clay against Nadal?

Would probably have been a great match, but not to be. Tbh, not even sure it would have been that good considering Davydenko's horrible form this season.

Anyhow, as usual I will root for whoever is playing against Murray (and Federer to an extent as well)

[Seen Sheen]

^^ Davydenko is history now. The guy has lost all his touch and his results of late have been pretty poor. He is ranked outside top 30 I think.

The match of the first week would resume tomorrow, DelPo v DJoko.

[iHammad]

I like Andy Murray, he's always been my favourite.

Aisam doing well mashallah. I hope him and Bopanna win the double's title this year!

[iHammad]

Nadal bt Veic
Andy Murray bt Berrer

[iHammad]

Aisam plays in Mixed doubles tomorrow
Sania Mirza also plays in double tomorrow

Federer and Novak Djokovic both play tomorrow, against some random ppl (mens 4th round)

[saad1024]

All top seeds intact going into the second week.

[iHammad]

Men's Singles - 4th Round Roger Federer(SUI)[3] def. Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[14] 6-3 6-2 7-5

Sania Mirza also won the Women's double 3rd round

Novak Djokovich playing right now

Aisam to play later today

[SempreSami]

Djokovic is giving Gasquet a pwning atm.

[iHammad]

Aisam and Peschke lose the first set 6-4

Mixed doubles 2nd round

[iHammad]

Djokovic wins

6-4 6-4 6-2

[iHammad]

Potential Djokovic - Federer Semi Final!

[iHammad]

Aisam's game on Court 2 not even being broadcasted, this is stupid.

[iHammad]

Aisam, Peschke lose Mixed Doubles Round 2

6-4, 6-4

[iHammad]

Men's Doubles - 3rd Round Andrey Golubev(KAZ) / Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Rohan Bopanna(IND)[5] / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[5]

C'mon guys, don't lose this now!

[Pak_Pace]

Quarter-final vs the Bryan brothers later on today.

[talha3]

The Indo-Pak express have taken the first set against the Bryan brothers!

[ehtesham]

on tie breaker 7-2... well done guys... keep the gud work up for the coming set

[ehtesham]

break point for indo-pak express in the 1st game of 2nd set

[ehtesham]

bryan's serve broken indo-pak jodi leads 1-0 wid serve in hand

[ehtesham]

2 game points to make it 2-0 in the 2nd

[ehtesham]

a.h & r.b leading 2-0

[ehtesham]

2-1 it is at suzanne lenglan wid bopana to serve

[talha3]

I hope they can come through this. They would be favorites to win the tournament if they did.

[ehtesham]

bopana serving and its luv 30

[ehtesham]

0-40... 3 break points for bryans

[ehtesham]

15-40

[talha3]

Bryans broke back

[ehtesham]

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[ehtesham]

Originally Posted by talha.raja I hope they can come through this. They would be favorites to win the tournament if they did.

right bro... this is the hardest it gets for indo-pak jodi.. if they get through this successfully (which they inshaALLAH will) it wud be a walk in the park inshaALLAH.... now wat they need to do is dont let the set go to tie breaker... just finish it by breaking their serve coz if it goes to tie breaker.. bryans are too gud at tie breakers (even they lost the first set on tie breaker, but its once in a blue moon) wid their big serves

[talha3]

Originally Posted by ehtesham right bro... this is the hardest it gets for indo-pak jodi.. if they get through this successfully (which they inshaALLAH will) it wud be a walk in the park inshaALLAH.... now wat they need to do is dont let the set go to tie breaker... just finish it by breaking their serve coz if it goes to tie breaker.. bryans are too gud at tie breakers (even they lost the first set on tie breaker, but its once in a blue moon) wid their big serves

That's exactly what happened.
Anyway it's a good effort. Lost by the tightest margin. Hopefully one day they can beat the bryan's and win a slam.

[ehtesham]

Originally Posted by talha.raja That's exactly what happened. Anyway it's a good effort. Lost by the tightest margin. Hopefully one day they can beat the bryan's and win a slam.

inshaALLAH G

[SempreSami]

Great performance by Murray today, shame he'll probably get pulverised by Nadal in the semis.

[talha3]

Originally Posted by SempreSami Great performance by Murray today, shame he'll probably get pulverised by Nadal in the semis.

Probably yes, but there is a good chance of Murray beating Nadal if he's on his top game. He's beaten him in slams before.

[Guy of Pi]

Wow... two great men's semi-finals to look forward to . I'm rooting for Roger but it will be a tough ask to get past Djokovic and then probably Nadal on clay in consecutive matches.

[iHammad]

Men's Singles Semifinals

Nadal vs Murray

Djokovic vs Federer

tomorrow, go Andy Murray!

[kingusama92]

Both should be great battles.

I hope Fedex delivers.

[iHammad]

Sania Mirza is playing the Women's doubles final tomorrow!

[SempreSami]

Originally Posted by talha.raja Probably yes, but there is a good chance of Murray beating Nadal if he's on his top game. He's beaten him in slams before.

Yuhuh, but that was on hard courts where I feel Nadal will always be vulnerable against a player like Murray.

[ehtesham]

wud luv to c federer delivering the goods n push djokovic out but wid the form djokovic is in... it is a hell of a task..... although i am a big nadal hater (coz m a big federer fan) still i believe, even in the "bestest" of form murray wont be able to get better of him.... schiavone vs li na another big tie.... wud go for li na.... n sania is just in finals coz of vesnina hope she looses

[talha3]

Originally Posted by SempreSami Yuhuh, but that was on hard courts where I feel Nadal will always be vulnerable against a player like Murray.

True. Let's see how it goes and how much of a fight murray can put up.

[saad1024]

Big, big match tonight!

Please Fed, please win...

[James]

Murray is playing very very well v Nadal. Pulled back 1-5 to 4-6 and was slightly unlucky to lose the set in the end. It was the highest quality of tennis from both men. Murray is rattling Clay Nadal as much as you're likely to see.

[Poison]

Not really, Rafa has just had a pretty poor French Open by his standards. Looks a bit lethargic.

[James]

Credit where it's due Murray has looked very decent in the last match and a half or so. Very very decent. I still think he's a miserable sod and a rung below the Big Three and probably always will be, but he's a fine fine player. He's already had two Slam finals and numerous Slam semis which makes him better than most GB players of the past, and he may yet win a Slam or two which for a GB player would be amazing given our useless structure.

[Poison]

Am watching it now, this is quality tennis.

And yeah, Murray always seems on the cusp but fails due to a number of reasons, for me it's his temperament that causes the issue; he chucks a bit of a hissy fit when things aren't going his way, and this really affects his tennis.

[James]

Yeah he's a tool. He tends to play well for 2 or 3 sets out of every 5. That's usually good enough against everyone except the Big Three.

[James]

Brilliant break from Nadal there. Every single point could have gone either way.

[Poison]

This is worthy of a final. Class from both players atm, Murray is retrieving everything

[Poison]

As expected Murray is slowly losing it in the head. Down 2 sets and 2-0 in the 3rd.

[Mohsin]

Murray reminds me of South Africa...its all there, just doesnt happen when it should.
He's improved his temperament a lot in the recent past, but obviously does have a tendency of suddenly reappearing every so often.

Though his fitness is still shocking imo, still easily prone to injury

[Fireworks11]

Nadal is really rollicking along here, Murray looks a lost man.

[James]

Small margins have counted for everything in this match. Rafa still the better player though.

[saad1024]

Fed vs. Nole match in progress. Unusually many exchange of breaks in first set, and its gone to a tie-break. Good to see Fed putting up a fight....

[James]

This is a great match, trumping the last one even. Andrew Castle just came out with 'O M G' as in the internet expression. Really suited!

[SempreSami]

Much more exciting this match, Murray always manages to frustrate when playing the rest of the top 5.

[saad1024]

"Enjoy the tie break everyone!"

Andrew Castle sounds as if he's leaving us

[saad1024]

Wooohoooo! Fed takes the first set

[saad1024]

Even if Djokovic wins, Federer will take something out of him it looks like. And if Federer wins they might as well give Nadal the trophy before the final even starts.

Nadal must be cartwheeling, it's a win-win for him...

[kingusama92]

Fedex is in cracking form.

[saad1024]

Woah! Federer takes the second set 6-3. Awesome.

[James]

Federer can win the tournament if he maintains this form in the final.

[saad1024]

Djokovic takes the third set 6-3. It will be a choke job of enormous proportions if Fed lets this one slip

Andrew Castle reckons there's another hour to play.

[Kray_jackson7]

Hoping for this to go into final set. Come on djokovic

[SempreSami]

So sick of this **** licking Roland Garros crowd. Federer so much as shanks a winner and they're all on their feet, Djokovic does something awesome and they're as quiet as if someone had died.

It's like crowds at Indian cricket grounds.

[saad1024]

Game, Set and Match Federer! 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6.

[Toe Crusher]

the streak ends! high quality tennis..

Murray was outclassed but if he had taken the various opportunities that came his way, perhaps he still may not have won, but would have been a lot closer. Had a few break points... did well to get through the previous rounds, and what a 5 set-er earlier on, winning from the brink of defeat!

anyway... back to the special 2... Rafa and Nadal final!

[ehtesham]

federer prevails nole!! simply out classed... luddian pao

[Toe Crusher]

Originally Posted by Whippy Credit where it's due Murray has looked very decent in the last match and a half or so. Very very decent. I still think he's a miserable sod and a rung below the Big Three and probably always will be, but he's a fine fine player. He's already had two Slam finals and numerous Slam semis which makes him better than most GB players of the past, and he may yet win a Slam or two which for a GB player would be amazing given our useless structure.

pretty much agree there...

although he's been in 3 slam finals not 2

[SempreSami]

You mean the Sri Lanka - India tie of tennis? Meh.

Roll on Queen's, at least I don't have to put up with Federer being there.

[ehtesham]

so when it comes to ending big winning streaks its either pakistan or its roger