Hey guys, just a quick post about news from off the courts this week as Nadal has announced he’s playing the Swiss Indoors in Basel and tournament organiser Roger Brennwald has once again started stirring up a media storm with what appears to be his own personal anti-Federer campaign. I mentioned my dislike for Brennwald a couple of times in ... Read More »
Wahhhhhh, enjoyable final with a disappointing result as Fed failed to win his 6th Basel title losing in 3 close sets to Juan Martin Del Potro. Despite writing off Fed’s chances earlier in the week I went into the final with a degree of optimism as he’d improved quite significantly in his last two matches against Paire and Mathieu, I ... Read More »
Another solid performance from Roger as he swept past Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-4 in 86 minutes to make his 9th Basel final. After looking far better in his match against Paire, Roger continued in similar form today, serving fairly well and never really looking troubled by Mathieu. With Fed leading the H2H 5-0 it was always going to be an ... Read More »
Hey everyone, well somewhat back to normality with Roger as he dimissed Benoit Paire 6-2 6-2 in just 54 minutes to move into the semi finals where he’ll face Paul-Henri Mathieu. It was easily Roger’s best match of the week, breaking twice in each set and not facing a single break point on his own serve. He served a lot ... Read More »
Hey everyone, feels like I’ve been writing this for the last however many matches but this was yet again another sloppy performance from Roger as he edged past Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 in Basel. It wasn’t until late last night that we knew Bellucci would be Roger’s opponent after he beat Ge Soeda in 3 sets depsite being a ... Read More »
We’re underway in Basel and Roger got off to a winning start beating Benjamin Becker 7-5 6-3 in the night match at the St. Jakobshalle stadium. The scoreline looks straightforward enough but contrary to what I said in my prediction it was a rather tricky affair and had Becker kept his head when it counted then he could have taken ... Read More »
Hey all, just a quick update here to let you know that Jeremy Chardy has pulled out of Basel with an injury (neck pain I believe) meaning that Roger will now play German Benjamin Becker. I think this is a much easier match than Chardy so it’s a nice start to the tournament. Like Roger, Becker is 31 years of ... Read More »
The Basel draw is out and Roger faces Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the first round. There’s no easing into this tournament it seems as Chardy is quite a good player and capable of playing at a high level. The full draw is available here: http://www.swissindoorsbasel.ch/Tableau-Single.1024.0.html. This will be an interesting match I believe, they’ve never met each other before and ... Read More »
Well what can you say about that? Roger brought his A game to the party and totally outclassed Nishikori in 2 dazzling sets of tennis. In winning todays final Roger has now won a record 5 titles in Basel, something I doubt will ever be beaten. It’s such a great venue too so I’ve had alot of fun watching this ... Read More »
Very solid match from Roger here against his doubles partner Wawrinka. He’ll now face Kei Nishikori in the final after he took out Djokovic in 3 sets Read More »
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