Shanghai Masters ATP 1000

[kskate2]

4-2 Fed at the change

 

[kskate2]

sweet pickup 5-2

 

[tented]

4-2 Fed at the change

Somehow the stream I'm watching is now behind. :huh:

 

[kskate2]

followed by a monster CC FH. 4 MP's

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[kskate2]

Great job by the Maestro coming through in straight sets and a return to world #2. :clap

 

[tented]

Congrats to Federer! Saved 5 MPs in his first match, and is now the victor.

 

[Federberg]

Impressive the way he figured out what he needed to do to beat Simon. Both he and Rafa are so good at working problems out.

 

[kskate2]

^ Broke serve in the 1st set at 4-5 and saved SP's at 5-6 in the 2nd set. Great win when he wasn't near yesterday's level.

 

[kskate2]

Alright gang. Back to bed for me. Chow!

 

[Ilovetennis2]

Good job Federer! Always happy to see him win a title.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

simon gets half a symbol .

 

[Cosmo]

Congrats to Roger!

 

[Murat B.]

Good job Roger. I wonder what Mayer is thinking right now. He had that match won...almost.

 

[tented]

Congrats to Roger!

Hi, Cosmo. Great to see you here.

 

[tented]

Good job Roger. I wonder what Mayer is thinking right now. He had that match won...almost.

"I had that match won...almost."

 

[Murat B.]

Good job Roger. I wonder what Mayer is thinking right now. He had that match won...almost.

"I had that match won...almost."

:laydownlaughing

 

[brokenshoelace]

If slams were played best out of 3, Roger would be a co-favorite in all of them but the FO. It's pretty telling how he's able to roll back the years so often in Masters 1000 events for the past 3 years, and have these vintage performances.

It's not that he's not able to do it in slams, he does it at times, but the task is so much difficult when playing best out of 5 set tennis. Wimbledon 2012, to me, will always remain one of his most remarkable achievements for precisely that reason. He came close to replicating that this year, but again, the challenge of doing it over 5 sets against younger, fitter guys (I'm referring to the obvious three guys here, or even some big hitters) is just that much more daunting.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

hurrah and huzzah for the fedster. :celeb:

 

[britbox]

Winning ugly is probably the best description for the final... but as a Federer fan I'll take it and the semi-final performance was a treat.