Not cool Pillow.

Pretty much the last thing I expected to see when clicking on that link. I may be scarred for life.

But it doesn't hurt.

Well, as far as the French Open goes, what doesn't hurt is:

1) Federer's serve is not nearly as much of a weapon as it used to be. I guess a little of that is due to Nadal getting better at returning his serve. Most of it is because Federer is just not as consistent with his service game.

2) His return of serve (against Nadal) is also not as good as it was.

In this tournament, once they get into rallies, Federer is actually holding his own. I do not think Nadal is quite as dominant in that area of the clay court game as he was 3-4 years ago.

Facing a younger, quicker and better-serving opponent, Federer failed to make his big lead stand up and lost 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to 12th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the quarterfinals. Federer leaves Wimbledon in that round for the second consecutive year, after reaching seven finals in a row from 2003-09.

The rest of the field has obviously caught and passed Fed. Tsonga wasn't threatened on his serve in the last 24 games. That doesn't happen two years ago. This is good for men's tennis. As great as it is to see the top four in the semis all the time, it's nice to know that there are players outside of that subset who can jump up and win a tourney from time to time (Tsonga, Berdych, delPo).

Bernard Tomic and Milos Raonic are scary going forward. I hope Djokovic wins the next two majors though, he's been the best player all year except for one match on four days' rest.

I don't think it's his skill-set deteriorating. He's lost the hunger and that's to be expected.

Dude has nothing to prove. I repeat...nothing to prove.

I don't know. His reaction after beating Djokovic in the semis at the French says otherwise.

Yeah no doubt he stepped up his game in that match but I'm more inclined to think that the mental lapses Djokovic had were the deciding factor.

gluten-free diet for Djokovic. US Open is a mortal lock.

That was pretty awesome.

Tennis,gelf,rugby........they're all puckey to me.



I don't know what's worse...unless it's bowling.

Which it probably is.

Indians baseball it idn't.

It pulled me away from CFB. Helluva match. I love the look on Djokovic's face as he was facing triple match point. He just relaxed and went for it.

Epic final so far...

It's tough to find a sport that is being represented on such an elite level the past 10 years.

The tennis historians can have Borg and Lever. These two guys would absolutely dominate the both of them in their prime.

It brought Dahla and me closer.....so that's pretty good stuff right there.




I hope the Jets turn into Propellers.

:mad:

snort!!




:D

Admittedly, I watch very little tennis, but I know amazing when I see it. Djokovic is amazing.