Sunday, June 05, 2005

french open ..

I had time to sit through the men's semifinals and the finals at Roland Garros.

The finale was a treat, Great match, could have been better if Putera hadnt tried to mimic Nadal (especially the drop shots) or mock him.

Nadal's moves were awesome, in the finals. But, in semis the credit should go to Fedrer's erratic tennis than Nadal's clay court prowess. Such poor quality wasnt expected from the reinging number 1 of world tennis. Fedrer lacked in every department he is famous for. His movement was sloppy, temparment was nothing less than hot, improvisation best not seen. I was greatly disappointed and rightly fell asleep by the end of second set.

It looked like Nadal was destined to win, what was called the 'virtual finale' and the classic 'semi finale'. The match between davydenko and nadal was far more superior. Though on the outlook both the players looked sluggish, worn out and out of class, they managed to display a gritty and nerve biting 5 setter.
I did not manage to bite my nails, as I ahd no favorites for the match.

1 comment:

test123 said...

I believe that Federer was only allowed to play that well or badly by Nadal in the semis :). The final was terrific, and Puerta ran Nadal ragged, but for Nadal's jinke like fleet footedness, the match could have been won by Puerta. Puerta tried the same tactics with Davydenko, outslugging the Russian in the 4th and 5th sets..

Finally the womens finals was enjoyable to say the least, with the princess of roland garros and her antics being annihilated by Henin( who played a gr8 match).