Re: Side effect of Fed's win: asterisk protection
- From: "rupedski" <datacipher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:01:35 GMT
"MBDunc" <michaelb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 21 touko, 09:20, "rupedski" <datacip...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Mikko Ämmälä" <micha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joe Ramirez wrote:
A side effect of Federer's victory over Nadal in Hamburg is the
assurance that a French Open final win by Fed over someone other than
Nadal -- should Nadal lose in rounds 1-6 or withdraw with an injury --
will bear no "taint" or "asterisk."
For most people, a slam championship is a slam championship, and that
is almost always the judgment of history as well. (Maybe there are a
few odd exceptions, such as Kodes at Wimbledon.) But it's clear that
if Fed had never earned a win against Nadal on clay, and then had gone
on to win at Roland Garros without beating Rafa, Fed's critics would
have raised a din about how he was simply lucky and had stumbled into
the title without really deserving it. Now they can't.
Although I think Nadal remains the clear favorite at the French, a
scenario in which he fails to reach the final no longer seems
thoroughly implausible, after we factor in fatigue and review the
performances of Davydenko and Hewitt against him. Of course Fed is no
lock for the final either, but the point is that it's now at least
possible that the road to Roland Garros glory won't go through
Mallorca.
Joe Ramirez
Noone remembers to question Kafelnikov's FO 1996, when Muster was
Nadalish
favourite for it (and lost 4R to Stich).
.mikko
Mikko, this is just more BS from a sockpuppet. Frankly, I'm amazed it's
gotten this kind of play, I thought of replying but knowing what Ramirez
is
and considering the inanity of the post, I figured I just let it die!
??? I have been very open with my google-account (same signature, same
e-mail as in my "main" account ) the reason
I use those two accounts is that from my current work I am not able to
use my main account.
Unless you are referring some Raminez' possible sockpuppets which I am
unable to comment in which case I misunderstood completely (and this
reply turns irrelevant).
Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. I was TALKING to you but referring to the
'thread/Ramirez".
.
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