Two more break points for Stan!
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Two more break points for Stan!
Stanislas Wawrinka breaks again and will serve for the Championship! COME ON!
Stan to serve it out, 15-0.
30-0. Nearly there. :pray:
Three Championship points!!!!!!!
Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland beats Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 to win the Australian Open and his first Slam title! :bow: :bow: :bow:
Nadal. :lol:
Maybe injured but even so...oh dear. :haha:
Switzerland has two Slam Champions. :faint:
Presentation time.
Thomas Oh. :haha:
Brilliant name.
Nice speech Nadal.
Time for the Champ. :bow:
Shame it wasn't Federer in the semi-final just now.
Well done Stan. :bow:
Tennis lives.
I think watching Nadal lose is the thing I enjoy most about Tennis, I think if Djokovic had not bottled it in the fifth set at Roland Garros last year I'd have enjoyed that more than Murray winning at flushing meadows and Wimbledon. I think my favourite tennis moment in the last ten years was when Soderling beat Nadal in the French open fourth round in 2009.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
The Soderling win was crazy. Then the next day Fed nearly messes it up against Haas - down two sets along with nearing being broken in the third, if he missed a crosscourt forehand. :yikes:
I honestly thought his name was Mr Tomato.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
:haha:
That tournament was crazy. Not just the Haas game (and I remember that forehand, my jaw dropped!) but I think Del Potro also took him to 5 sets. Federer's best chance ever to get the French Open and he kept making us worry...Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
That's right, he was 2-1 down to Del Potro then for some reason DelPo capitulated.
Djokovic getting straight setted by Kohlschreiber. :wacko:
2009 was a strange year in the grand slams in general, first Nadal beats Federer in a five set thriller in the AO which everyone thought represented a changing of the guard. Then there was the crazy French open and Federers tears at finally winning at Roland Garros. Then Wimbledon where he was outplayed for most of the match by Andy Roddick who only had his serve broken once in the five set encounter and had Federer On the ropes in the second set tie break. Than the US open where Del Potro got his revenge for the French open semi finals in a match Federer had a mental meltdown where he should have won easily having been the better player for four out of five sets.
Only 2012 matched that for sheer drama
Would love to see Djokovic win at Roland Garros, but i think Nadal will his ninth title there....unless there is a repeat of 2009 that is. I think mentally Djokovic has found it difficult besting his rival, he should have won the fifth set at Roland Garros and the third set at Flushing meadows in their last two encounters. Plus I think Becker is a poor choice of coach, Becker and Djokovic are two completely different types of player unlike Lendl and Murray .
Wimbledon is a three way competition, four way if Federer carries on his good form and avoids Nadal in the draw, US Open will be between the big three.
Wasn't following this tournament, but turned on the tv for the final and was expecting Federer in the final :lol:
That being said, congrats Stan
Stan :bow:.
Mauresmo backed up her never-would-have-won-if-the-opponent-wasn't-dead Aussie Open victory over Henin by winning Wimbledon. I'm not sure if Wawrinka will ever do it. Would be a shame if this hangs over him, but these situations are just horrible for both players.
Stan up to third in the rankings :bow:.
Muzza down to sixth :lol:.
Federer is eighth. :haha:
The Big 8. :bow:
I don't think this should look too badly on Stan, he was after all a set and a break up on Nadal before he really had that injury, so at the very least he would have been competitive. And Nadal could always have just not got injured, plus, Stan did get through Djokovic too.
Nadal wasn't fit for the entire tournament otherwise Wawrinka would not have been able to hit double the amount of winners that Nadal managed in that first set or so. I think the back injury was just a result of not being fully fit in the first place.
Nadal got to the final because he hadn't played any genuine counter punchers in the draw leading to the final, when he is not fit you can tell he doesn't move around the court as much as he would do usually.