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nuraman00
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* Clijsters vs. Capriati, 2001 French Open Finals.
Someone once said this was the best claycourt match he's ever seen.
After watching it, I have to agree.
Great rallies.
* Federer vs. Djokovic, 2011 French Open SF.
This match was spoiled for me before I got home, the day it happened, so I didn't really watch it. I just fast forwarded through most of the match. Since there's 2 SFs, and I already unfortunately knew the result of this one, I spent more time on the other one.
How was I to know FED would struggle beating Djokovic so much at majors after this?
From watching this match now, my biggest takeaway was how good FED's backhand was. He was hitting a ton of winners with it. And it was cool to see him do well in a match with hardly any aces. He just used his smarts.
Djokovic hadn't lost a single match in 2011, coming into this one.
Also, this match was much closer than the scoreline indicated.
* Graf vs. Hingis, 1999 French Open Finals.
This was another good match, especially in terms of strategy and style.
Hingis started to get erratic with her serve in the 3rd set.
Someone once said this was the best claycourt match he's ever seen.
After watching it, I have to agree.
Great rallies.
* Federer vs. Djokovic, 2011 French Open SF.
This match was spoiled for me before I got home, the day it happened, so I didn't really watch it. I just fast forwarded through most of the match. Since there's 2 SFs, and I already unfortunately knew the result of this one, I spent more time on the other one.
How was I to know FED would struggle beating Djokovic so much at majors after this?
From watching this match now, my biggest takeaway was how good FED's backhand was. He was hitting a ton of winners with it. And it was cool to see him do well in a match with hardly any aces. He just used his smarts.
Djokovic hadn't lost a single match in 2011, coming into this one.
Also, this match was much closer than the scoreline indicated.
* Graf vs. Hingis, 1999 French Open Finals.
This was another good match, especially in terms of strategy and style.
Hingis started to get erratic with her serve in the 3rd set.