good to see safin making a good tournament
interesting match up nadal-murray

Vamos Rafa!! (but i hope fed wins the tourny)

Fantastic match between Nadal and Djokovic, especially the first two sets. Djokovic should have won the first set, he was 3-0 up playing attacking net charging tennis, but then for some reason stopped and played more from the baseline, which helped Nadal a lot to get back into the match. In the second set the Serb's play was just too good, he wasn't missing as much as in the first set, while Nadal's level slightly dropped. In the third Djokovic kinda lost it mentally after being broken in the opening game and then losing many breakpoints in next two Nadal's service games. Maybe his fitness for which he was often criticized in the past also contributed to his loss.
Regardless of the result Djokovic showed he is capable on every surface, even though the clay in Hamburg is reported to be a low bouncing one, therefore slightly changes match up against Nadal in Djokovic's favor.
Federer will probably win tomorrow, Nadal probably doesn't have much more left in the tank, but let's see.

Thanks god Rafa won against Djokovic yesterday. That was quite a close match til the third set. In middle of the third I think Djokovic wasn't fit enough to stop Rafa anymore.

I hope Rafa will win the tourny, but honestly I think it will be very tough for him after such a long and hard match yesterday. Federer won quite easily and saved a lot of energy.

so far: Federer wasted his 2 breaks and they are back on serve 5-4 for Roger, Nadal serving


and I miss having DSF. Seeing that screen shot reminded me of a time when I have DSF.

well rafa won. 75 67 63. it was a really weird match!

Fortunately we have a better broadcaster here, so I had no problem to watch the match till the end.
Nadal is simply a monster on clay, his mental toughness and fighting spirit on this surface is unbelievable. Quality-wise it wasn't a better match than yesterday, but intensity was comparable. I don't remember so many momentum changes during one match, Federer just couldn't sustain high level of play long enough to win.
By this win Nadal completed his collection of claycourt Masters series titles, only Rios and Kuerten did the same.