Busy on the other line.

Can they sustain this intensity for 3 sets (if that)?

Rafael serving to stay in first set at 5-6

I felt sorry for David Ferrer, having to leave London without a win, but realized last night that I didn't feel sorry for Andy Roddick. I should like him more, since there have been many plucky losers among my favorites, but it's too late now. I missed yesterday's match, being social. I have to find a way to watch the semifinal today without being rude.

Hah. Jason Goodall says Diego Maradona is supporting Djokovic this week. Roger's going to be upset to hear that. He thinks Maradona was over the moon to meet him.

Depth Rafa...DEPTH!!!

Eek Tie break time. Vamos Rafa!

Wonderful depth there ftlos. 1-1 in the tiebreak.

Mini-break for Rafa. C'mon Rafa!

Great rally there by Rafa.

I'd really like to congratulate thebigapple for not saying "first", you're a legend!!

I had to applaud Murray loudly for that point!
fantastic!

And THAT is why I will love him till the day I die....

Vamos Rafa!!

Phew! That's as close as sets can get.

Ok Rafa. Carry on. One more set. You can do it!

According to my commies, Rafa dropped 7 points on serve and Andy 8 in the 1st set.

Errr...that was for Rafa...no offense Andy fans...I think he's playing great...just that Rafa just ups the ante when he needs to...and that is super cool...

Now 3 more sets to go for Fedal final.

Awesome set! Reminiscent of Wimbledon.

Phew !!!

Murray only made one first serve in the tiebreak. After serving so phenomenally in the first set. Bad for Murray, but as a Rafa fan I'm awfully glad!

any food streams? mine have been crap

I love it when he gets a first set!!

I have a pretty good stream through Bet365. Ok off to watch the second set.

Pffft. Lucky Murray with that late call. Thank goodness Rafa won the replay.

People still think it's impossible for Djokovic to beat Fed?

Rafa won a mini-break, got up 5-2.
Murray won his service points to get to 4-5.
Murray played a brilliant 36-stroke rally (Rafa playing conservatively and played a drop shot that Murray returned curving away up the line - smothered the volley for a winner) much more aggressively than Rafa to get the mini-break back: 5-5
Rafa with a tough 1st serve: 6-5
Rafa wins the 1st set playing very aggressively: 7-5

i hope murray keeps his head up....this match could become a bust

Tina, not impossible, but why would Djoker want to ruin Fedal final? Everyone except you want the people's choice final. oh ha.

Tina: I believe that this surface is good for both Novak and Roger so I expect their SF to be very close. If Novak serves well, he can win.

Yeah, my Bet365 stream is working well too Angel, but I thought it was going to break up when this set started. I was panicking!

Tina I would like the other two to make it through to the final with either one winning. I guess you are not alone.

tina: afaik, some Djokovic fans always say that before a Fed-Novak match.
Its purpose is therapeutic rather than predictive if you ask me. :)
Rest assured, if you talk to any reasonable Fed fan, (s)he would admit Novak is certainly capable of winning it.

Tina, I think Nole can win against Federer, definitely! In fact I'll be cheering for him. I don't think Fed has been all that sublime this week. He's been good but he hasn't had a really tough opponent. Hopefully Djokovic can be one today.

Do you think Maradona was over the moon to meet Nole? Is that why one supports one person or the other?

Anyway, these guys should be bedazzled by Maradona..not the other way around.

El Pibe may feel like encouraging a youngster..not Fed that is already a grandmaster like him?

It would be a very good new if you could break here, Rafa!!

c'mon, 2 break points for Rafa! Take it to 2-0!

Oh no! This is what I was fearing. Is Murray going to go away now?
I hope not...

Murray is thinking too much. He is thinking too much. One could see him pulling back a tad bit to out-smart and maneuver that-which-cannot-be-maneuvered.

Nole has been playing very well for the entirety of this YEC. In fact he might've come out 1st in his group if not for that optical malfunction vs. Rafa.

Considering Nole beat Fed at the Open...of course, Nole can beat him.We all hope not, but such are things of sport.

Really well saved Muzz. But damn:((

Rats. Rafa, you have to take those chances when you get them! But credit to Murray for saving the break point.

Phew! deuce!
I just want another competitive set since I don't have a particular horse in this race :)

BIG THANKS for the detail AB!!
Tennis Earth is so dry...

Oh Rafa ABYSMAL bp conversion rate, as usual...sigh...

Nice hold in the end for Murray.
1 all in the second and no breaks for serve yet.

all fromsport streams died on me, ESPN VIVO at livescorehunter working so far, Spanish is fine for me... :)

NP,
I posted this other livestreams on the other thread.
http://nl.justin.tv/macareno57

http://nl.justin.tv/78780

http://nl.justin.tv/tvenvivo4

Good luck!

Finally found a good stream:

http://bit.ly/glXmik

thebigapple at 10:28 AM "Do you think Maradona was over the moon to meet Nole? Is that why one supports one person or the other?

Anyway, these guys should be bedazzled by Maradona..not the other way around."

Maradona has apparently known Nole for a couple of years and has been a fan for awhile. Of course the guys should be bedazzled by him but Roger, with his usual humility, said that Maradona was more excited to meet him (Roger) than he was to meet Maradona and he (Roger) was plenty excited himself.

zenggi, just took care of the prob, but gracias anyhoo.

Opening here for Murray 15-30

Don't you go giving bps Rafa!

NP (didn't even know there was a new thread), TAT is talkabouttennis.com, many twibers have registered there in order to play Suicide pool...I meant to PM you something if you were registered, but I guess that was a "no"

And a nice hold by Rafa this time.

2-1 Rafa.

On serve 2-1 for Rafa. I so much prefer Rafa serving first. Reduces the frazzle level a touch!

Shrewd bod serve by Rafa. He escapes a 15-30 hole unscathed. 2-1.

De nada, NP. :)

Great play by Murray to hold from 15-40 down - first BPs in the match. But he holds, as does Nadal. 2-1, on serve in the second set. Nadal is hitting a high looping 2H BH with a bit of side spin to the ad side, a shot I've never seen before. It's very effective.

I read what Roger said...he did not exactly say that.

lira vega, oh, I thought you were talking about my streaming problem. You don't seem willing to share this message here. May I at least ask what this is about?

Andy is getting reacquainted with his serve. Rafa may regret not taking one of those 2BPs early on.

tba - no, but that never stopped anyone who already thinks the Fed is an arrogant SOB, did it? Not that he isn't, of course... :)

jksn, I find Roger forthright and honest...but often in pedantic English though.

I am not one for false humilty. I find it gutless. And somewhat insulting to me - as a part of the public.

frankly, if you know the outward personality of Maradona, how is it even possible that anyone could be more excited about anything than Maradona??!!

Crap df for 30-30:( just no to a bp here, Rafa!

sorry - this is a thread for the Nadal-Murray match...lost my bearings a bit. Thats it from me on the topic. Back to regularly scheduled programming and apologies for the interruption!

What did Roger say big apple? Did he not say that Maradona was more excited to meet him and that he himself was plenty excited?

C'mon Rafa 3-2!

Two holds. Nadal's ploy of serving to Murray's FH has been outstanding today. 3-2 Nadal, on serve.

I was, NP ;) (talking about streaming that is). But I'd have to give you log in details, so I'd rather not do it here cuz I don't know if there's a limit on how many people can log in at the same time on same account. Anyway, I see you're set now

All right Rafa! On serve 3-2. Does the intensity seem to have dropped a tad to anyone else? Or is it just me who's a teensy bit less tense since Rafa has the first set in hand? LOL

Muzz needs to find an extra gear. He ain't gonna survive on his serve alone today. Rafa's playing too well for that.

More S&V would be a good start.

Yeah, Maradona was the subject of a documentary by the Serbian Emir Kusturica, and has traveled there over the years, meeting all Serbian "celebrities", including Novak. I can't think of any Swiss filmmakers, or football teams for that matter.

I'm surprised - and delighted - that this is on ESPN3. The stream I've been using all week suddenly went wonky today.

thanks for streams zenggi

Rafa! You should have done a lot more with those shots at the net. Argghhh.

Big mistake there by Rafa and I'm sure he knows it! He should have won that point. Maybe this will inspire Murray :)

lira vega, that's reasonable. BTW there's a separate stream for TAT members?

I like that last FH winner by Muzz. Keep it up, you're gonna need it.

Well, my frazzle certainly hasn't gone down! really good service game from Muzz.

Rafa is ahead in this match so far because he's been tough on serve. His ROS leaves quite a bit to be desired.

0-15:( Frazzle

Muzz upping the aggression. Crap 0-30 now:(((

Yep, the world is full of Serbian celebs.

It seems only fair that poor Muzz would get a set for his efforts.

What's with the ufes Rafa...and DEPTH???

Momentum changing here. Rafa's level has gone down... maybe he wants to play three sets for the heck of it ;-)

NO! 0-30... no no no. Fedal final?

tina, you could've let us know about ESPN3 earlier.

Muzz is playing like Sampras! Wow! What aggression!

Hi all! Good match so far, yeah?

Jackson, here's a test -- think it's tense now, at 0-30? If so it was probably you. :D

loving zenggi's justintv stream with TVE's teledeporte, for me the Spanish is so much easier to understand than the South American version... :)

Really well played Muzz. But urgghhhhh!!!! :((((

Andy is now taking it to Rafa who is a tad tentative now.

Muzz has really flattened out his groundies. A perfect CC FH sets him up for 3 BPs.

Darn it! 0-40?? We want Fedal final! We want Fedal final! Now win next 3 straight points, Rafa!

Rafa can't make a FS:((

Hee, idea was to send you PM (private message) through TAT with a link to a different site and username and password for it. I guess I've gotten English-rusty what with not posting here as much as before.

How did he make that? I really thought that was the break for Murray.

Anyway 2 more BPs

Muzz you dumbass!!!!!! You had a putaway shot right there! WTF was that DS?!!!!!!! Dumbass!!!!!

2 BPs left.