Official French Open thread: 2008

andrewww · Post #21 » by **andrewww** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 2:15 am

at this point, roland garros is nadal's and ivanovic's to lose. both have been incredible so far.

Holmes · Post #22 » by **Holmes** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 3:05 am

Ivanovic has never beaten Dementieva in 4 tries. But has beaten Kuznetsova 5 out of 6 times. If she gets through Jankovic she'll be money if she gets to face Kuznetsova. She'll be dying to avoid Safina or Dementieva.

Post #23 » by **BlackMamba** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 1:49 pm

ivanovic-jankovic will be a very good match.

and was watching part of nadal's game yesterday, wow, he makes it look soooo easy. i know almagro might not be the best opponent, but still.

and i saw most of the djokovic-gulbis and it was a pretty intense game, they both hade some great moves and took it to the max. djokovic looks solid, but i don't know if solid enough to win it.

Holmes · Post #24 » by **Holmes** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 2:45 pm

Rooting for Dementieva is like rooting for the Chicago Cubs. However positive you feel about there chances year after year they both always find a way to screw themselves over.

And to think I was about to turn it off when she was up 5-2 in the second. Then she loses 11 of the last 12 games.

Post #25 » by **Slava** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 4:11 pm

Ivanovic is married to Nemnja Vidic?

Post #26 » by **BlackMamba** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 6:55 pm

^didn't know that... if indeed they did get married... maybe it's a costume party...

and wow! was that first set of the federer game scary. i was thinking of gonz

Post #27 » by **Slava** » Thu Jun 5, 2008 2:17 am

Nah I just checked it on wiki. She Ana's namesake and looks pretty much like her too.

Yeah, that Federer game was disappointingly easy.

Post #28 » by **BlackMamba** » Thu Jun 5, 2008 5:02 pm

ivanovic-safina for the final. i think it's going to be very very very difficult for ivanovic, not an easy task, a surprise on the way?

and on the jr. side mexican c

Post #29 » by **Slava** » Thu Jun 5, 2008 7:03 pm

These junior champs often disappoint me. I was watching Gael Monfils teairng up the youth circuit a couple of years ago and with his athleticism and drive, I thought he could be something really good but he's not even a top 30 player in the mens bracket right now.

Post #30 » by **BlackMamba** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 1:32 pm

i'm watching the nadal-djokovic game.

good game, a lot of quality in each play. but nadal sometimes makes it look sooooo easy on clay.

Post #31 » by **BlackMamba** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 2:08 pm

no surprise there, nadal to the final. very good last set.

Post #32 » by **BlackMamba** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 3:58 pm

wow, monfils giving federer a hard time, after losing 6-2 the first set, wins 7-5 the 2nd one. he looked very energized, federer maybe a little calm and confident.

GQStylin · Post #33 » by **GQStylin** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 9:37 pm

I'm hoping against hope that Federer can win the title this time around. Would be so great to see him finally get all the slams and see his reaction if he could beat the best clay courter today for it.

But if I had to bet money, I'd put it on Nadal. He looked so good against Novak, its going to be tough for Federer to take him unless he goes Superman and plays near flawless tennis.

But hey, stranger things have happened... :pray:

UrbanLegendMD · Post #34 » by **UrbanLegendMD** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 9:49 pm

j-far wrote:These junior champs often disappoint me. I was watching Gael Monfils teairng up the youth circuit a couple of years ago and with his athleticism and drive, I thought he could be something really good but he's not even a top 30 player in the mens bracket right now.

I am waiting on Donald Young to pan out. Luckily, he's only 18.

Post #35 » by **BlackMamba** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 10:11 pm

man, c

Post #36 » by **Slava** » Fri Jun 6, 2008 11:32 pm

Hmm.. so federer and Nadal again. I would have bet against federer not making it this far at the start of thr tournament but neither player was tested much and whatever happened to all those clay court specialists that used to come up from South America and Spain. Very few to watch this season.

I like the French open more when there were guys like Sergi Brugeuera, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Rios, Guga Kuerten, Ferrero , Coria, Davydenko and Portas pulling off upsets every now and then.

Post #37 » by **BlackMamba** » Sat Jun 7, 2008 1:10 am

yeah, this french open was kind of weak and there were really no surprises, at least not any big surprise.

well, safina could count as a surprise.

GQStylin · Post #38 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Jun 8, 2008 4:32 am

Well no surprise that Ivanovic won easy. Maybe Henin should have waited until after the French to retire. I think she could have beaten Ana easily.

Also I guess there won't be any surprise either when Nadal wins in three or four sets max. I want to believe Federer has a chance, but just can't see Nadal losing with the way he's been playing.

But cmon Roger, shock the tennis world and win this thing! :pray:

GQStylin · Post #39 » by **GQStylin** » Sun Jun 8, 2008 1:48 pm

Dang......Federer getting completely owned in the 1st set. He needed to have a great serve today and have few unforced errors and he's failing at both now.

Also his backhand just sucks and is getting attacked like crazy by Nadal. If only his backhand was more useful, he'd have a chance at winning this thing. :cry:

Point forward · Post #40 » by **Point forward** » Sun Jun 8, 2008 2:58 pm

Nadal is simply OWNING Federer. Never seen that Federer is looking SO UTTERLY befuddled. It is like watching Bradley trying to guard Shaq.

Note: unforced errors Federer 30, Nadal 4, Nadal 4-0 in 3rd set