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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 5, 2009 12:32:04 GMT -5
Holy shit Roderer vs Feddick was epic!
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Post by MasterSnit on Jul 5, 2009 15:53:19 GMT -5
Yes. I was quite gutted for Roddick. He gave his absolute best and still couldn't beat Federer. Three Wimbledon finals and every time Federer is just too good for him.
I think that, now after 21 matches against each other, Roddick has only beaten Federer twice. He must curse the day he was born.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 5, 2009 22:02:22 GMT -5
The Sport always needs a #2 guy nobody remembers who Sampras killed right?
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Post by MasterSnit on Jul 7, 2009 17:21:35 GMT -5
Andre Agassi was around at the same time when Sampras was dominating. Although Sampras won more slams (14), Agassi managed to win all four, something Sampras couldn't achieve as his big hitting wasn't as difficult to deal with for players on the slower clay courts at the French Open where he didn't win.
Wheras Agassi would win now and again, Roddick has constantly been second best to Federer. Not until the the last couple of years with Nadal's progression, Federer really didn't have anyone who could be looked at as a serious threat to his dominance.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 8, 2009 19:58:06 GMT -5
Yeah the Agassi/Sampras era seemed a little better era to me.
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Post by MasterSnit on Jul 9, 2009 16:52:07 GMT -5
That period from the early 90's to the early 2000's, there was Sampras and Agassi, as well plenty of other players who were multi-time grand slam winners all competing at the same time.
Until Nadal started becoming succesful on other surfaces than clay a couple of years ago, Federer never really had players who seemed as succesful or able as the chasing pack were in the Sampras/Agassi era.
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Post by Velkontés on Jul 9, 2009 18:43:19 GMT -5
I caught the last few minutes of the game. I got home and the match was STILL going on. Otherwise I don't care much for tennis.
Also, Andy Murray: British winner, Scottish loser.
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Post by MasterSnit on Jul 11, 2009 19:31:46 GMT -5
I thought Andy Murray was going to get to the final and get beat by Federer. I quite like Tennis, but there doesn't seem to be many players who are likable. Andy Murray being a good example. The coverage of him was quite annoying. I don't care if someone happens to be born in the same country as myself or not, that guy is just such a miserable bastard.
I'm not sure about the coverage in USA! but the verbal BJ'ing and bias towards Roger Federer can be sickening.
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Post by Velkontés on Jul 14, 2009 0:07:32 GMT -5
I quite like Tennis, but there doesn't seem to be many players who are likable. Andy Murray being a good example. The coverage of him was quite annoying. I don't care if someone happens to be born in the same country as myself or not, that guy is just such a miserable bastard. To be honest, most sportsmen fall into either the miserable bastard (Murray), clueless tosspot (Ashley Cole), preening narcissist (Cristiano Ronaldo), or blandified automaton (John Cena) categories. |
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Post by MasterSnit on Jul 14, 2009 14:58:41 GMT -5
That's a pretty accurate way of breaking it down.
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