OT: Federer vs. Nadal, Aussie Open semis
The great rivalry is renewed tonight Down Under in the Australian Open. The GOAT (greatest of all time) against the man who has owned him. Rafa has a strong winning record against Federer in the Slams, and Roger has not beat him in a Grand Slam since 2007. Fed is coming off of major wins over Tsonga and Murray and is playing his best tennis since at least 2012, while Nadal just took out the so-called "Baby Fed", Grigor Dimitrov.
Who knows how many more matches we will be able to see in this glorious rivalry which has produced the greatest match of all time, as well as quite a few other classics. So set your DVRs or wake up in the middle of the night for this one if you want to see some entertaining tennis.
Federer vs. Nadal, 3:30 a.m. EST live on ESPN
Come on Roger!
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:51 PM ^
Agree with you there, and that's coming from a huge Fed fan. Rooting for Fed tonight so Rafa can't get one step closer to the slam record, but then for Stan to get out from under Rog's shadow, if only for one day.
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
Yeah, it'd be nice to see Wawrinka get his first Slam.
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
I'm pulling for Fed, but I have a hard time seeing him pull it off.
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:07 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:00 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
and wouldn't mind seeing Stan the man win either. Never have been a fan of Rafa for some reason, although you have to give him credit for his play the past year or so.
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
my alarm for 3:30 am?
hmmmm...no!
But I did just set my DVR and plan on taking a look during morning coffee. Just not a big enough tennis fan to suffer sleep depravation for the sport. Even for a classic match like this one between two all-time greats of Men's Tennis.
Go Roger!
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
Rafa has had that bad blister on his left hand hamper him the past couple of games. Not sure if he can hold up against Federer carrying that.
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:58 PM ^
In this match and for one last Slam title to top off the career!
January 23rd, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^
And it is now in its sunset--we may never again see these two face each other in match of such consequence. I hope it's good. They are the loci of a golden age.
January 24th, 2014 at 4:31 AM ^
Still on serve late in the first set
January 24th, 2014 at 4:42 AM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 5:34 AM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 5:40 AM ^
This just hurts to watch...every time it seems like Roger has the small opening he needs, Rafa just shuts it down.
January 24th, 2014 at 5:44 AM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 7:01 AM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 7:27 AM ^
and another disappointing match between the two. Fed had his time alas - he cannot get past Rafa anymore.
I really really hope we don't find out, at some point, that guys like Rafa were doing some sort of PEDs.
January 24th, 2014 at 10:17 AM ^
Plus, nameless "high profile" tennis players have been seen in doping clinics by other dopers. At least, that's what they say.
January 24th, 2014 at 8:29 AM ^
Nadal never concedes a point. With or without PEDs, that's a huge part of what makes him so tough to beat. No one puts in more work out there than he does.
January 24th, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^