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it is good to see you as always.

2nd set and the 3rd set to Spartan Stan.


stan takes the 3rd set 6-2.

I am floored.

unbelievable performance by Stan.

ferru is removed from the facilities in 4 sets.


can berdych make the final? he still manages to get a little tight in clutch situations.

he must have had around 62-65 unforced errors today. that is a lot of errors in just 4 sets.


he really needs to take a few months and fix that serve. he is nearly 6 foot 6. he should have a world class serve with that kind of height.

he is not fluid enough with his movement being such a big fellow. so one way to compensate for that is to have a dominating serve.

the toss is too high for one thing. it is difficult to have a consistent serve that is also a dominating serve with a mile high service toss.

I think he can. Though Stan has the lead in the H2H and the last two wins, he is coming off a tough win and a long match. Berdy should be fresher of the two in the semi; however, Stan might want to get to the final for the first time and that should motivate him.

Quote from: Clay Death on January 21, 2014, 01:36:24 am

ferru is removed from the facilities in 4 sets.


can berdych make the final? he still manages to get a little tight in clutch situations.

he must have had around 62-65 unforced errors today. that is a lot of errors in just 4 sets.


he really needs to take a few months and fix that serve. he is nearly 6 foot 6. he should have a world class serve with that kind of height.

he is not fluid enough with his movement being such a big fellow. so one way to compensate for that is to have a dominating serve.

the toss is too high for one thing. it is difficult to have a consistent serve that is also a dominating serve with a mile high service toss.

I think he can. Though Stan has the lead in the H2H and the last two wins, he is coming off a tough win and a long match. Berdy should be fresher of the two in the semi; however, Stan might want to get to the final for the first time and that should motivate him.

will Stan have enough time to recover from yesterday's match?


he spent a tremendous amount of mental and physical capital out there last night.



this one is tough to call. I am not sure who takes this one.

great to see you general backspin.

I was just reading an article about this very match. I think this was one of the greatest hard court matches of all time.

and we have it at the CETSVids Global Tennis Video Center here now.

I will watch it again in a day or so.



here is a take on this match:


http://www.tennisviewmag.com/tennis-view-magazine/article/wawrinka-turns-tables-djokovic-eyes-berdych-next



basically stan held his nerve and hung in there long enough for nole to finally crack just a little bit.

it was stans's all court game and his strong mental outlook this time around that is largely responsible for this win but there was one other element:


pressure.


I think nole finally caved in a little bit under pressure. he knew he had to defend his crown here. his #1 rank had been taken away from him and he had a lot to prove.



I am very impressed with stan. he too deserves his moment in the sun and he showed the world that he has major game.

I was afraid that Spartan Stan was going to develop cramps. he kept on stretching out there in the latter stages of the match.

well he finally took that next step that we were talking about general masterclass.

this has to be one of his biggest wins ever if not the biggest win. we knew had enormous talent and amazing power off the ground.

he still missed a lot of backhands but some of that had to do with nole's unbelievable court coverage.


nole engulfs the whole court in a mere second with his movement.

stan had to go for more because of that.

now the big question is this: can he make his first slam final?

I don't know if he'll be able to recover from that match mentally or physically but personally I wouldn't want him to make the final anyway. It will be his first final and he's already a pet to both Nadal and Federer and there will be some massive choking; in short, it will be a very ugly final.

Berdych has experience playing in Slam finals and he's deadly to Federer, that is, if Fed makes it and against Murray, he's got results as well, so it's a better scenario for fans. His experience might come handy should he meet Nadal. I hope he keeps things very short against Stan if he were to win.