who else in the way of federer?
forget about all the warm-up tournaments to aussie open. the result (of the warm up tournaments) doesn't necessary reflect on the out come of the first grand slam. now, i am looking at the draw (not really coz the draw will only out on this sunday, 15jan06) and finding out who else is standing the way of federer reclaiming his trophy this year after the withdrawal of nadal, safin and andre-the old man-agassi.
a look at the top 10 men - roddick, hewitt, nalbandian and ljubicic are the only few men that i believe are the strong contenders besides federer. even though federer lost to nalbandian last masters cup but i strongly believe he can triumph over nalbandian any given day now than last year.
i was rather surprise to learn my former favourite, coria, defeated ljubicic in the warm up invitation only tournament. that shows, size is not a matter though sometime it does. i'm pretty proud of coria for defeating someone like ljubicic. he has his speed and arrogance to thank for too. :-)
i'm not expecting federer to be undefeated through out 2006 but never thought that he'll lose in the opening match of any tournament too. though he says he doesn't need to up his game to keep winning, but i really hope he will improve and not just stay at the same level in the years to come.
why? looking at roddick - he improved on his volley but he still sucks on other area. i hope he'll do better this year than last. same goes to coria. also, i'm hoping to see monfils and gasquet more. and the US young hopeful - donald young.
a look at the top 10 men - roddick, hewitt, nalbandian and ljubicic are the only few men that i believe are the strong contenders besides federer. even though federer lost to nalbandian last masters cup but i strongly believe he can triumph over nalbandian any given day now than last year.
i was rather surprise to learn my former favourite, coria, defeated ljubicic in the warm up invitation only tournament. that shows, size is not a matter though sometime it does. i'm pretty proud of coria for defeating someone like ljubicic. he has his speed and arrogance to thank for too. :-)
i'm not expecting federer to be undefeated through out 2006 but never thought that he'll lose in the opening match of any tournament too. though he says he doesn't need to up his game to keep winning, but i really hope he will improve and not just stay at the same level in the years to come.
why? looking at roddick - he improved on his volley but he still sucks on other area. i hope he'll do better this year than last. same goes to coria. also, i'm hoping to see monfils and gasquet more. and the US young hopeful - donald young.
posted by smellyfart at 2:53 PM
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i think hewitt & nalbandian should be federer's biggest threat.
even though hewitt has such a lousy record against federer, his best chance of beating federer is probably at the aussie open.
for nalbandian, don't forget he still holds winning records against federer, and his style seems to bother federer.
roddick sometimes has too much respect for federer, i think once thing doesn't goes his way, he will accept being 2nd best to federer.
ljubicic? he is such a choker.
i think the AAMI Classic is a roundrobin event, so federer will still have a chance to defend his title. he will play ljubicic tommorow.
no, federer will not be able to defend his title.
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