Roland Garros - Day 10

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Thought I'd take my turn.

Djokovic v Tsonga.

Could stretch Noles nerves, as he'll have the crowd very much against him, which he's been known to be a bit funny about. Djokovic in 4.

Federer v Del Potro.

Fed may approach this with more confidence than he would have Berdych, as he seems to have been owning JMDP this year. Then again, he did him up like a kipper at AO 2009 and was lucky to get past him at the French. The cold damp conditions may help Del Boy too. However I think Federer will move the big man around more than he likes. Fed in 4, maybe 5 though I think it may be one of those annoying matches where he looks weak.


Do I have to do the Womens? No, I should;

Cibulkova v Stosaur

Stosaur. In 3 interminable sets.

Errani v Kerber

I have no idea who these people are.

Mad for Chelsea wrote:you see, this is what I was talking about for Tsonga, get the crowd going, get them cheering wildly your every point, suddenly Djokovic's body language goes a bit negative, Tsonga looks to have renewed energy, and we have a match on our hands!

But there are always two Djokovics to beat.

You start beating the first Djokovic, maybe you win a set or two, and this first Djokovic looks exhausted and ready for defeat. But then along comes Djokovic number two who seems unbreakable and indefatigable and crushes the opponent. As yet Djokovic number two hasn't been called in.

Of course to beat Djokovic, you need to be expecting the Djokovic number two to arrive, and then try to outlast him / outpower him.

Nore Staat wrote:

Mad for Chelsea wrote:you see, this is what I was talking about for Tsonga, get the crowd going, get them cheering wildly your every point, suddenly Djokovic's body language goes a bit negative, Tsonga looks to have renewed energy, and we have a match on our hands!

But there are always two Djokovics to beat.

You start beating the first Djokovic, maybe you win a set or two, and this first Djokovic looks exhausted and ready for defeat. But then along comes Djokovic number two who seems unbreakable and indefatigable and crushes the opponent. As yet Djokovic number two hasn't been called in.

Of course to beat Djokovic, you need to be expecting the Djokovic number two to arrive, and then try to outlast him / outpower him.

true, but Tsonga is at least doing a decent job of making Djokovic mk II appear...

Fed starting to move DP around

Crucial break point for Fed...great play from both players!

Fed brakes. Some screaming is helping. Crowd going crazy

Much better game from Fed

Tsonga finding some inner belief and pulling out some crazy shots atm. Superb stuff.

Good to see Fed has broke.

Tsonga with 2 BP's

Moanovic is blaming everything but himself today. What a shyt set for a number 1 player, getting the run around from a poor mans Ljubicic.

The eurosport commentator is hopeless.

Twice he has stated that DP has won 2 of his 9 meetings against Fed.

Ugly return from Tsonga.

Thats why I turned off emanci

Delpo brakes back 3:3

Tsonga on fire, where level. Fed 4hand avin a shocker.

Tsonga takes second set 7:5

Tsonga takes the second set

Tsonga seals the 2nd set.

Federer with a dreadful slice to hand the break back.

So could this be another five setter for Djokovic?

Tsonga takes the set. Hitting the lines at the moment, but can he keep it up for the whole game?

He broke his legs after Aussie open winner. Djokovic is a poor mans Murray today.

Sport Junkie wrote:Tsonga on fire, where level. Fed 4hand avin a shocker.

It's almost as if Federer cannot seem to find his game. He gives the break back to Del Po after getting a lead.

Someone give Federer a 100in head racquet!

Fed in a need of a cold glass of water on his face.

Pathetic display from Federer today, or shall I say this whole tournament.

Federer playing at pretty much the level he's been playing so far this tournament. It won't be enough to beat Del Potro (who's playing decent, but not spectacular tennis). Djokovic gesticulating frustratingly every time he misses a shot.

Fed need to slow it down, slice it 2 thee big man feet, hitting his 4hand wild 2day.

legendkillarV2 wrote:Someone give Federer a 100in head racquet!

The Fedmeister doesnt seem to understand that the consistency required in modern day tennis doesn't allow you to shank every few minutes.
But maybe he thinks he's too good to play with a bigger racketface.

another mini-battle overcome by Tsonga there, who holds with two very solid points after being pegged back to deuce.

Finally a good point from Fed. First one since Madrid!!!

DP is just crushing the ball!

The idiot commentator is now mixing DP up with JWT

Ah gosh, seriously though Fed was on the way out there but somehow he's dug in and saved the situation, let's hope he can take this second set and he might play more consistently thereafter!

Moanervic incompetence to handle an easy player like Tsonga, nearly everytime they play, says what a fluke his career has been. Had the 2nd set in hands at 3-1 then shanks it up better than Fed.

much better from Fed in the last ten minutes or so, can he keep it up?

If only that forehand at 40-30 was a few inches inside. Oh well, it's been this kind of tournament for Federer.

Fed has to win this set

If Fed does not take this set, no chance to come up from 2 sets down.

Djoker breaks as Tsonga goes off the boil again.

a rubbish game from Tsonga, as he makes four awful errors to gift Djokovic the initiative. The "highlight" being a point where he first plants a simple volley at his opponent, before doing the same with an easy overhead, only to plonk his next resulting overhead into the bottom half of the net

MfC

Scotland will win the World Cup before Tsonga stops gifting crappy games away with the pressure on the other player..

kemet wrote:If only that forehand at 40-30 was a few inches inside. Oh well, it's been this kind of tournament for Federer.

yep, that shot was unlucky, but in general Fed's standard of play has been pretty poor so far. At first I thought it was because he hasn't had to play that well, but on today's evidence I'm having doubts.

what's happened to Djokovic? Cruising at 40-0, goes walkabout and faces BP

and Djokovic gives up a break! What was that?

and he duly gift-wraps another point to get us back on serve

JM: haha! wimbledon QF last year springs to mind though...

I think Federer is on the verge of playing really well, he's showing flashes mixed with errors. He is only going to get better, but has to win this tiebreak

very naughty from Djokovic there, pointing to the wrong mark. The umpire corrects him though, and a big serve from Tsonga duly gives him the game.

Tsonga's poor game plan is enough to put Djokovic on the road to ruins, wonder what his fanboys/girls have to say about him now?

When Fed slices, plays drop shots and and comes to the net he'll beat DP, but he's going toe to toe with him and he's getting blasted out of here, like anyone would.

In between the errors there have been some awesome points in this match

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I'd love to comment on the Fed match too guys but the streams I have are too laggy to summarise the action.