AO is really the slam where there are more than 1 favorite to win. It depends on Andy Murray I think. Which shape he arrives there.
Rafa won USO after 3 years. He can win AO again too.
Nole has the perfect game but this year he has more threat in Rafa as ever before there. Rafa hasn't played there in 2 years. He will be fit and injury free. Delpo I don't see winning it.
I am so curious how the draw will be!!!
the title is rafa's......the last time he played he should have won it but had a mental hurdle......this time it's going to 4 sets at max in the final even if it is nole on the other side.......hardcourter nadal is pretty much unbeatable at best of 5 on hardcourts.......so he's my favourite for the title.......
welcome back general shanks.
he has some extra motivation. I think that loss at the O2 arena is going to be the kicker. he will be thinking about it as he starts his preparations soon.
he was playing at 60% capacity in AO 2012, the backhand was still not there.......he will play close to 80% next year like at the us open recently.......i am giving zero chance to djokovic and others.......rafa 3.0 is basically unbeatable at best of 5 on hardcourts.......
No player out there plays 100% of his or her capacity - not just Nadal.
both your favourites do.......djokovic is always the same, his backhand down the line works all the time and the defense is never down......not much variation in level of form.......same thing could be said about murray's game.......
nadal and federer have a lot of variations, both for different reasons........nadal often lands his backhands in the service box and his forehand down the line does not work all the time.......federer's game is just about perfect whenever he faces somebody who is totally capable of beating but his form dips the moment somebody challenges him.......nadal's form rises when he is challenged, like in the roland garros semis 2013.......
Start da Game,
That is a great analysis of the Big 4's games.
Hi swordtennis, how do you mean 'winning it with Lendl'?
thanks......welcome to camelot......did you see this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugXraineODE[/quote]
I see it, but I can't hear it. I don't know what's going on, but the only place that my sound works right is Facebook. I use it there to play Bejeweled Blitz and I need to hear it, ha ha ha.
But even on YouTube, it's so low that I can't hear it.
Very weird.
thanks......welcome to camelot......did you see this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugXraineODE
I see it, but I can't hear it. I don't know what's going on, but the only place that my sound works right is Facebook. I use it there to play Bejeweled Blitz and I need to hear it, ha ha ha.
But even on YouTube, it's so low that I can't hear it.
Very weird.
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i could hear it but i could not understand what he was saying. he said something nalby in Spanish too.
AO is really the slam where there are more than 1 favorite to win. It depends on Andy Murray I think. Which shape he arrives there.
Rafa won USO after 3 years. He can win AO again too.
Nole has the perfect game but this year he has more threat in Rafa as ever before there. Rafa hasn't played there in 2 years. He will be fit and injury free. Delpo I don't see winning it.
I am so curious how the draw will be!!!
i have a feeling that rafa is taking it.
it is going to work out just like the u.s. open did. he could not play there last year so he was eager to do well there. he was focused and ready to make something happen.
it is exactly the same scenario in Melbourne: he could not play there last year. and now he has some extra motivation for historical reasons also.
he is going to want to tie pete Sampras and get it over with before moving on to other quests.
Oooh!
That is so cool.
You are so cool.
we are down to just 40 days now:
better get ready for Melbourne.
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=152&iso=20140113T11
Lol, I got nausea for some seconds thinking about it!
Building it up in my head and feelings.
After AO there are tournaments all the time, don't have time for the building up. I need to have the scotch ready for AO...