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**boleroman** · 01-02-2009, 08:34 PM

Not the Djoker, not if you watched last years US Open. Murray...yes, sometimes.

@PeterSkan:
I can't see how him breaking down during the trophy ceremony would ruin his record or whatever. Seriously, dude, theres a limit to overstating the importance of things - if you had said even something along the lines of "Federer's washed up and is going to go down the tubes" it would have been ok since theres actual facts and results to back that up, but something like this - really? I'm not able to see any credible evidence to back the claim. That, and you positing what was in the minds of Laver, Newcombe, Rosewall, and Roche is probably out of line, because I doubt that one could ever really guess at what they were thinking.

Rog can still return to having his heebie-jeebie moments against players who had previously scared-him-to-death. So, not sure Rog is over the Novak Curse just yet (albeit obviously these days with the way he's playin', Christophe Rochus ain't afraid of Novak.)

It just infuriates me when Rog gets so timid against some players. He SHOULD be able to figure out how to beat players on grass and hard courts- at least faster hard courts. Not to diminish Rafa's greatness at all- but, if Rog isn't careful, his "rivalry" with Rafa will turn into what the "rivalry" between Rog and Roddick looks like. 'Cause, as Roddick has pointed out- ya gotta beat someone now and then for it to be a rivalry.

01-02-2009, 08:34 PM	#15
boleroman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 571 Senior Member	Not the Djoker, not if you watched last years US Open. Murray...yes, sometimes. @PeterSkan: I can't see how him breaking down during the trophy ceremony would ruin his record or whatever. Seriously, dude, theres a limit to overstating the importance of things - if you had said even something along the lines of "Federer's washed up and is going to go down the tubes" it would have been ok since theres actual facts and results to back that up, but something like this - really? I'm not able to see any credible evidence to back the claim. That, and you positing what was in the minds of Laver, Newcombe, Rosewall, and Roche is probably out of line, because I doubt that one could ever really guess at what they were thinking. Rog can still return to having his heebie-jeebie moments against players who had previously scared-him-to-death. So, not sure Rog is over the Novak Curse just yet (albeit obviously these days with the way he's playin', Christophe Rochus ain't afraid of Novak.) It just infuriates me when Rog gets so timid against some players. He SHOULD be able to figure out how to beat players on grass and hard courts- at least faster hard courts. Not to diminish Rafa's greatness at all- but, if Rog isn't careful, his "rivalry" with Rafa will turn into what the "rivalry" between Rog and Roddick looks like. 'Cause, as Roddick has pointed out- ya gotta beat someone now and then for it to be a rivalry.
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