Australian Tennis Open 2008

[Dirko]

Perhaps getting a little carried away with that statement.

Yeah re read it and I did carry on a bit !!

Still his tennis last night was awesome and I'm still in awe of the performance...

I'll wait until tonight to watch the King Rodger, and then read my post tomorrow when I say that Rodger (hopefully) will smash Tsonga !!

Fed is the BEST tennis player I have ever seen without a doubt (sorry Pete & Stefan)...

[JK]

Anyone else think that Tsonga's frame, height and athleticism looks similar to Buddy Franklin?

[Dirko]

Anyone else think that Tsonga's frame, height and athleticism looks similar to Buddy Franklin?

Yeah the commentators on ABC said the same thing. LMAO as Josh Eagle asked who Buddy was !! Was told then asked if he was better than Jono Brown !!
He's like Buddy in the way that Buddy only plays the freakish stuff as does Tsonga....

[rod_rooster]

Perhaps getting a little carried away with that statement.

Yeah re read it and I did carry on a bit !!

Still his tennis last night was awesome and I'm still in awe of the performance...

I'll wait until tonight to watch the King Rodger, and then read my post tomorrow when I say that Rodger (hopefully) will smash Tsonga !!

Fed is the BEST tennis player I have ever seen without a doubt (sorry Pete & Stefan)...

Tsonga was brilliant and i'd love to see him at his absolute best going head to head with Federer on Sunday. Would be an awesome sight.

[Blue Boy]

Wow Tsonga was outstanding last night !!!

Just a question did Ali ever fight in France around 20 years ago ???

[silicone skyline]

Tsonga's mix of power, finesse and placement was superb.
Federer works you out though, he will have a game plan.
His experience and ability to out-think opponents is his super strength.
The true test in world tennis.

[blink]

Anyone else think that Tsonga's frame, height and athleticism looks similar to Buddy Franklin?

I said the exact same thing to my mates last night.

[hearts on fire]

go Maria Sharapova!

[BJ Ernest]

Watching the news tonight Nadals bad sportsmanship in the press conference disappointed me.

I understand how upset he was to be made to look that inept in front of a huge TV audience and 15'000 fans but to say that Big Jo is not going to be up to the challenge of the final and that he will get overawed sounded a whole lot like sour grapes to me. Even clarifying it with he will need to be at his best and will still go down shocked me because that was THE most impressive display of tennis ive seen in a while.

6-2 6-3 6-2 says to me he handled the big occasion pretty well as the Semi Final for him would be as big as a Slam Final. Now he might get caught up in the moment but 18 games to Seven 'Rafa' shows how far you are off the ball on a hardcourt surface.

Just annoyed me and as the saying goes, Rant Over.

Also listening to the radio in the car home from footy training last night stated a few facts that im not sure are true or not. Tsonga is 6'4 and 122 kgs? runs the 100 in 10.86. If true that is an amazing human with some freakish athletic ability.

[magpie in the 80's]

Tsonga at the U.S. Open 2007
Country France
Residence Le Mans, France
Date of birth April 17, 1985 (1985-04-17) (age 22)
Place of birth Le Mans, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[[1]
Weight 90 kg (200 lb/14 st)
Turned Pro 2004

might have grown/put on weight since then

Early career
Tsonga had a successful junior career, winning the U.S. Open Juniors title in 2003 by defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final, and also reached the semi-final stage of the other three Grand Slam Junior events.

[BJ Ernest]

They may have been embellishing a little

[bayman]

federer just broke djokovic's serve in the first set & leads 4-3

[bayman]

consolidated now 5-3

[bayman]

djokovic has broken back it is now 5-5 in the first set

[bayman]

djokovic has won 4 games in a row & has taken the first set 7-5

[Dirko]

The worlds best player was outplayed tonight by Novak Djokovic.
7-5, 6-3, 7-6.

Roger couldn't hit the shots that he usually lands and Novak played very well.
Will be a good final.

IMO Tsonga on his form last night will beat Novak...but then again what the **** do I know !!

[NFC]

Watching the news tonight Nadals bad sportsmanship in the press conference disappointed me.

I understand how upset he was to be made to look that inept in front of a huge TV audience and 15'000 fans but to say that Big Jo is not going to be up to the challenge of the final and that he will get overawed sounded a whole lot like sour grapes to me. Even clarifying it with he will need to be at his best and will still go down shocked me because that was THE most impressive display of tennis ive seen in a while.

6-2 6-3 6-2 says to me he handled the big occasion pretty well as the Semi Final for him would be as big as a Slam Final. Now he might get caught up in the moment but 18 games to Seven 'Rafa' shows how far you are off the ball on a hardcourt surface.

Just annoyed me and as the saying goes, Rant Over.

Also listening to the radio in the car home from footy training last night stated a few facts that im not sure are true or not. Tsonga is 6'4 and 122 kgs? runs the 100 in 10.86. If true that is an amazing human with some freakish athletic ability.

There's NO WAY Nadal is unsportsmanlike, he can barely speak English, give me a break.

[NFC]

:evil:

The worlds best player was outplayed tonight by Novak Djokovic.
7-5, 6-3, 7-6.

Roger couldn't hit the shots that he usually lands and Novak played very well.
Will be a good final.

IMO Tsonga on his form last night will beat Novak...but then again what the f*** do I know !!

But you're discarding the guy who beat the #1 in STRAIGHT SETS? Gosh!

[Dirko]

Yeah but Tsonga beat the World number two easier...
If Federer lost to Blake, Rafa would've been the new number 1...

I'd juts like to see a "unknown" win it, if Fed can't...

[Dirko]

Well done to Maria. Great win and a great tournament.

Didn't drop a set all fortnight...

Just too good...