Roland Garros Day 4: Wednesday, May 28 - Order of Play

[tented]

Nole wants to get off court quickly.
Um, how tall is Schwartzzman? 5'5, 5'6?. I remember when guys like Chang had a chance with that height. Nowadays you may as well try soccer, cause everyone's over 6' in tennis.

He's listed as 5'7"/1.7 meters.

That's very short. Not Olivier Rochus short, but short nevertheless.

 

[Riotbeard]

Go Novak. Little stress in that match.

 

[golds girl]

^I dunno Tented. 5'7 might be a stretch. ..no pun intended

 

[tented]

^I dunno Tented. 5'7 might be a stretch. ..no pun intended

:laydownlaughing :clap :lolz:

That deserves more than just a "like".

 

[Murat B.]

Bad miss at the net. Roger gets his break.

 

[DarthFed]

Bad miss at the net. Roger gets his break.

How is Roger looking? Not so well or is this guy a tougher/more stale cupcake than anticipated?

 

[Murat B.]

^He is alright, I guess. But I feel like the game is not being played in a tempo Roger likes. Not a lot of flow to it. It happens when you play against guys you have no clue about . Roger has a lot of room to improve.

 

[Murat B.]

Milos has seriously righted the ship in the last hour or so. Up a break in the third.

But Vesely is going to be a player. I am certain of it.

 

[Murat B.]

Next up for Milos is Simon. It will be tricky.

 

[Murat B.]

Haase-Klizan is in the 5th. set. 3 of those sets were 6-1s. Weird.

 

[Moose]

Kind of disappointed with Vesely. Was expecting him to make much more of a match out of this.

 

[Murat B.]

An ace from Schwartzman...and he finishes the next point nicely at the net.

 

[Murat B.]

Kind of disappointed with Vesely. Was expecting him to make much more of a match out of this.

He went up a break in both of the first two sets, just could not hold the leads. Ran out of gas in the end.

He is good though...

 

[Murat B.]

A player's best return, hands down, is the nonchalant one that he hits after a serve is called out. Only if they could return like that every time.

 

[Murat B.]

Federer closes it out. Lots of room for improvement. Good debut from Schwartzboy .
Roger chatting with Santoro. Cracks a smile. First time I saw one today.
Speaking of Santoro, anyone not familiar with him should watch some Youtube videos of him. He was fun to watch, frustrating to play against.

 

[tented]

Speaking of Santoro, anyone not familiar with him should watch some Youtube videos of him. He was fun to watch, frustrating to play against.

He was a blast. I really miss him.

 

[shawnbm]

A player's best return, hands down, is the nonchalant one that he hits after a serve is called out. Only if they could return like that every time.

:nono LORD knows I am way too familiar with the truth of that observation, Murat. It saddens me.

 

[Federberg]

He was decent to watch but I could never understand the big deal made about his grand slam appearances. I mean... so what!? Celebrating mediocrity when it comes down to it...

 

[Murat B.]

Berdych-Agut in the third round is a tricky one. My money is on Agut.

 

[Murat B.]

He was decent to watch but I could never understand the big deal made about his grand slam appearances. I mean... so what!? Celebrating mediocrity when it comes down to it...

It was more like celebrating personality for me. I never expected him to do great. I just liked watching him.