Probably won't be playing as many 250s this year Miami, trying a new schedule for the season. If I spot a play I'll post it but mostly looking at 500s, Masters and the Slams for 2014.
cheers guys
Nice match by Bouchard, I was like baby, baby, baby, oooo
then she mentioned Bieber, and I was baby, baby, baby, nooooo
pure cheese, had to do it
2-1 +2.35
(YTD 18-4 +33.74)
Remaining
2* Azarenka to win AO +119 (WTA)
Tuesday
2* Federer -113
This might be weird, ok yeah it's weird. I switch up my schedule for the AO every year so there's a bit of sleep deprivation early on leading to vivid and crazy dreams. Sometimes there's Cibulkova involved but that's another story...anyways I had one after round three, I was on my couch watching the finals and it was an all Swiss encounter with Roger winning in 4. Just putting it out there for a few laughs. I'm not insane
With that said, Fed was lethal last round yet I'm extremely nervous about how he'll play tonight. Tsonga has the worst return game in the top 10 so Murray scares the crap out of me in this matchup with his return of serve and defensive ability. His fitness level is fine I believe, it's the lack of match play that's really hurting him right now so he's slightly off on a lot of his timing. That built to a lot of frustration against Robert and Lopez and if he struggled there then this next jump in competition level will be tough to crack. No doubt Roger has looked sharper during the tournament but Murray's level will definitely rise tonight and there lies the dilemma.
Will Fed continue his good form or will he look old and flat like last season?
Have to say the form continues. He probably won't be as sharp or look as dominant as he was against Tsonga but the Edberg factor is definitely noticeable with the aggressive net approaches while the new racket is doing wonders with his ground strokes. More pop, a drop in errors and I'm less nervous about Shankerer showing up and that's a good thing. He also looks to have found a step or two in the last week that wasn't there in his loss vs Hewitt and he comes in fresh after avoiding any troubles in earlier rounds.
Can Murray up and sustain his play against the upper tier so soon after injury to frustrate Roger and grind out a win?
I have to say no. There will be moments, patches, throughout the match where Murray looks like he's fully recovered from back surgery but he's not quite there yet as evident by his play so far this year and in the tournament. In the coming months he'll round into form and I think peaking for Wimbledon was his goal all along so he's just going about his business here, round by round, with no real belief he can win the tourney.
That may have changed after last night but in the end, I like Federer to barely hang on in this one.
1* Dimitrov 1st set +477
Nadal's hand is wrapped like a mummy with blisters, Dimitrov will take any help he can get. He's taken a set off Nadal in every encounter and I think he's got a shot in this one if the Spanish bull maintains his play from last round. Going with the riskier option here as I think the young gun will come out firing and riding endorphins while Nadal won't be quite as sharp with his racket control from the tape job.
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