Steve

You are nothing if not consistent, still picking Nadal to win everything eh?

That being said I enjoyed your blogs from Toronto and always look forward to reading your comments. Have a great time at the beach.

Oh..by the way, my first FIRST!! yay ( or not)

though luck antoinette lol.

Or not haha

Shouldn't it read: 'to you and me'? Sorry to be nit-picky, and my own posts are full of errors, but there seems to be some massive disease affecting all media, print, tv, radio, etc., that causes misuse of first person pronouns. Your writing is usually quite good, although I know you are pounding words out without benefit of copy editors and so forth, but I've just seen and heard this first person pronoun thing too often recently.

Hope Novak really does something and reaches the final or else. However I'm more interested in his form at the USO which is what counts.

Murray just played as well as he ever has and you say GULBIS?!With all due respect, you, my friend, are nuts.

Semifinals: Nadal d. Federer, Murray d. Djokovic

Nadal d. Murray

Steve,

When can you say boldly," Federer d. Nadal?Why?is it a given thing?

I throughly enjoyed Toronto posts,you simply are a great Tennis writer,wait...non-tennis too.

Just reading about Federer eating pasta in the player's lounge makes me giddy. Oh to have been there. What is wrong with me?

Also, I don't think Nadal will win this or the US Open -- ever.

Good catch, Fedfan. As an old codger, hearing "to she and I" or "He gave he and I" drives me nuts. I remember when high schools taught direct objects and objects of the preposition, but even highly skilled writers misuse these pronouns now. Still hardly anyone (even today) would say "give it to I." But they say "Give it to he and I" or even more confusing "give it to him and I." In my day, admittedly quite a while ago, the big problem was the opposite with people using "me" instead of "I."

The problem now is that because nearly everyone misuses these pronouns, it sounds funhy to say the right thing. I grew up with parents who spoke well and thus the correct usage sounds right to me. There are many other irregularities in use today and I won't bore the readership here except to say I wish people would quit saying, "I feel badly" instead of "I feel bad" when their physiology is out of sorts (now meaning that their tactile facility is lacking).

Yes, there are bigger problems, but being constantly bombarded with this stuff must be like a person with a fine musical ear hearing music or singing off key. I would not know the latter due to my tin ear. :-)

Semifinals: Federer d. Nadal; Murray d. Djokovic

Final: Federer d. Murray

"A glimpse into the glamorous life of the tennis superstar".How true,indeed!
Steve...you pick the best of words,to describe the-best.

Everytime I watch Federer play,I began to imagine,about his life.That's the only way I shut myself out from the match especially when Fed is behind and trying to rally.I begin to wonder about the life he leads,the way he lives and how devastatingly handsome he is.Hmmmmmm

Zarko,

THANK-YOU,THANK-YOU..."n" number of times.
I like your predictions.

Hope Steve can get the courage from you.

Thanks feedforward. I, too, am an old codger with an otherwise tin ear. I hear this mistake made so many times by speakers whose grammar is generally very good, that I assume it is because 'I' just sounds inherently more correct than 'me' to many.

Steve, personal pronouns aside, as an old codger, I think tennis and writing about tennis are worthwhile and honourable occupations.

again this article confirms my theory about steve `jerk´ tignor, he fell in love of nadal, as in toronto he is putting a medium level nadal as a winner on cincinnaty, I would say that the winner is roddick or federer or even murray but nadal???? gulbis on a semifinal ????? please, it looks like tignor knows much about everything but knows anything about tennis........ please stop posting these articles stinknor

That would be so awesome if Gulbis did make the semis. Lets hope your predictions are right! :)

feedforward, you really need to get a LIFE..... are we in grade 5?????? ps,if you don,t like , don,t read..................

sooner or later you stick your hand in the hat, and the rabbit bites you. that time is nigh,for federer..... hoping finesse stays in the mens game.....

those predictions of stinknor are always wrong, nadal and gulbis in the semifinals ???????oh `please ........... djokovic and fed and murray of course but those two, hummmmmm i doubt it

Steve,
Monfils have lost to Falla and you are reaching with your Gulbis pick for a SF as he is still coming back from injury.

SRao,
Hello! It has been a while since I have "seen" you.

Prediction : See Zarko post at 11:15 AM but if Novak is not in the SF, do not be surprised as he has a tough draw with Andy, Robin and David.

If Fed and Rafa do meet in Semis and Rafa beats Fed, it will be the first time for Rafa to beat Fed in a late season hard court match, if my memory serves right....

Murray vs Nadal in hardcourt - I'll pick Murray easily. The consistent bounce of hardcourt helps Murray and his backhand cross-court is one of the top 3 shots in the game right now...one of the few shots that gives Rafa real (REAL!) trouble...

Rafa vs anyone else in the final goes to Rafa....

Fed vs anyone else in the final this time goes to Fed...don't see him dropping this final if he gets there...esp. if he beats Rafa to get there...

again this article confirms my theory about steve `jerk´ tignor, he fell in love of nadal, as in toronto he is putting a medium level nadal as a winner on cincinnaty, I would say that the winner is roddick or federer or even murray but nadal???? gulbis on a semifinal ????? please, it looks like tignor knows much about everything but knows anything about tennis........ please stop posting these articles stinknor

"nadal???? gulbis on a semifinal ????? please, it looks like tignor knows much about everything but knows anything about tennis........ please stop posting these articles stinknor
"

relax dude

To the Grammarians(Fedfan, Feedforward)
Thanks for the grammar tips. I needed to get back up to speed myself so I Googled and found this.

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Jayden and I versus Jayden and Me

For some writers and speakers, the case of a pronoun becomes especially troublesome when that pronoun is compounded with something or someone else. When the pronoun is being used as a subject, there is usually no problem:

Jayden and I are playing tennis this afternoon.
Jayden and she are playing tennis this afternoon.

We learn this lesson so well — getting cuffed on the ears and being forced to stand in the corner when we say "Jayden and me are playing tennis. . . " — that when the object form of the pronoun is truly called for, we're apt to come up with the subject form instead, as in "Grandma left Jayden and I her rocking chair," which is bad form, indeed.

There is a simple rule here that seems to work very well, at least in writing. Ask yourself what pronoun form you would use without adding the other person — "Grandma left me her rocking chair" (coming up with the correct form for the indirect object) — and then, when you add the other person, don't change the form of the pronoun: "Grandma left Jayden and me her rocking chair."

This rule works whether the pronoun is being used as an indirect object, as above, as a direct object — "The policeman stopped Jayden and me" — or as the object of a preposition — "Grandma gave her rocking chair to Jayden and me." Some writers and speakers will mistakenly say "This is just between Jayden and I," not realizing that the preposition "between" calls for the object form of both pronouns, including "me."

The rule also pertains to sentences in which a pronoun is compounded with yet another pronoun: "Grandma gave her rocking chair to him and me, but that's just between you and me."

Notice that when "I" is compounded with another subject, the "other person" or people get first billing: "Jayden and I are playing," not "I and Jayden." This is one of the very few polite forms in English.

again this article confirms my theory about steve `jerk´ tignor, he fell in love of nadal, as in toronto he is putting a medium level nadal as a winner on cincinnaty, I would say that the winner is roddick or federer or even murray but nadal???? gulbis on a semifinal ????? please, it looks like tignor knows much about everything but knows anything about tennis........ please stop posting these articles stinknor

shooting the s h i t about tennis, who gives a crap about grammer.....are these guys for real.???? i don,t get all these people on nadal,s band wagon either?? who ever,s winnig all you guy,s like????i like the way he compete,s....thats it, he cheats,picks his azz, gets coaching from box,ask,s for trainers,when hes losing,grunts like a girl,takes forever between points,shall i go on........oh sorry grammer and spelling police i forgot the N in winning....man oh man what shall i ever do,maybe go back to , too.... school, or maybe ill just buy a school..... any one see tsonga???

of fish

again this article confirms my theory about steve `jerk´ tignor, he fell in love of nadal, as in toronto he is putting a medium level nadal as a winner on cincinnaty, I would say that the winner is roddick or federer or even murray but nadal???? gulbis on a semifinal ????? please, it looks like tignor knows much about everything but knows anything about tennis........ please stop posting these articles stinknor

Hey Steve,

Great blog - I read your stuff all the time (but I don't post). I wish I'd known you were at our ancient club last weekend hitting with Tom Tebbutt - I would have liked to see that western forehand you've been writing about !! Oh well, I guess I'll just ask Tom to give me an overview ;-) Keep up the great writing!

again this article confirms my theory about steve `jerk´ tignor, he fell in love of nadal, as in toronto he is putting a medium level nadal as a winner on cincinnaty, I would say that the winner is roddick or federer or even murray but nadal???? gulbis on a semifinal ????? please, it looks like tignor knows much about everything but knows anything about tennis........ please stop posting these articles stinknor

Michele,

I am so glad what you think has no significance on the outcome of the matches.

Any of the top five players in the world certainly have
a great chance to win the U.S. open or any other professional tournament.

fed fan: I grew under an English/British based school system and I was taught that "you and I" was the proper way and "you and me" was wrong grammar.

Steve: Once again thanks for not picking Federer to win. That being said, Nadal is not going to win Cincy for the mere fact that the speed of the court does not suit his game.

SF: Federer d. Nadal
Djokovic d. Soderling

F: Federer d. Djokovic

@feedforward

Are you a control engineer? Why the name feedforward? Why not feedback?

Steve,
Although I know that you love Nadal above all - I forgive you, because you bring out the writer in me. Recently I visited Sea World and the Seaquarium (I live in Miami) and found myself looking at the interesting people around me and wanting to describe them like you. At the Seaquarium last Sunday, I sat beside a Scandinavian family at two of the shows (just by coincidence), and I wanted to write how beautiful the 12 year old boy was, and although we smiled at each other in recognition, we did not speak, because we both thought of the language barrier. Later, I regretted not addressing him in English, as I remember how all the Scandinavian tennis players speak good English. Because of the way you make the people you meet at these events come alive - even Federer lifting a forkful of pasta to his mouth, becomes very real, I want to copy you. You have a special gift, but I don't want you to get swell-headed (ref. Ja Karen), so I'll still rip into you if I don't like what you write. Keep sweet (one of our nicer expressions),
Ruby

Speculating (i.e., criticizing )on others' speculations leaves something to be desired. Many things are possible, including a Gulbis, otherwise considered not a serious threat, to emerge. In last year's US Open pool, I picked Del Potro to get to the final and thus beating Murray. Based on form, Murray had been considered one of the favourites to win the Open last year.

So, relaxxxxxxxxxxx everyone.

Ah, my mistake.....Murray did not lose to Del Potro last year (it escapes me to whom he lost)........but my point was that Murray had been considered a favourite to get to the final at least.......

It was Cilic, now that I think of it...........badly in straight sets, too.

Even as a Rafa fan I can't pick Nadal to win Cincy. Not based on Toronto for sure.
I am not even too concerned about his result here. I hope he can defend last year's points. That should be enough match play for the USO without putting too much strain before getting there.

I have no idea who will win but I will see the other top four have a good chance. I doubt we'll see a surprise winner and as much as I would like Gulbis to reach far I don't see him making a semi here.

Rafa will get to the SF vs Roger, and then he will play once again relentlessly (sorry if it is not relentlessly; member boldly go...) to his backhand, and will most likely beat him once again; but he could lose to him if Roger plays very well. Rafa has reached the level where he has bigger fish to fry.

I would expect Rafa to beat Roger and then an interesting matchup with Murray/Djoker (most probable) where Rafa could get beat, letting all the haters come out of the woodwork to proclaim how ineffective he is and has been on hcs (internet myth).

The bigger prize awaits, but I will be watching with my son as he has now become a big Rafa fan. Will be fun to watch.

Vamos Rafa!

I thought that Fed should be and is encouraged by Toronto. He wanted to avenge some matches that slipped away earlier in the spring and showed in the quarters and semis that he can fight, even when the tide seems against him, and win a tough 3rd set. May have run out of gas due to previous match timings and intensities in the final - also a superbly on form Murray may have had a role - but this grittiness and desire look to be taking hold at a good time. Next time Steve you should get around TO some more...lots to do.

Very interesting picks and each person is entitled to his opinions. I do thoroughly dislike the show of bad character in some of the comments. I would love to see Nadal go through and win this final and I wouldn't be surprised if he did beat Fed and Murray. Nadal wasn't in his best form last saturday. He was catching the tape much too often on some routine shots and his first serve percentage was what sealed him down in it all. Assuming he fixes those things Nadal could very well go on through to the final and even win Cincy. Also, to those who came onto this just to criticize other peoples opinions... You weren't forced to come to this website. You weren't forced to read this article. You weren't forced to read peoples comments on this. Stop the trolling please :D

Vamos Fed!!

Nadal beating Djokovic on a fast hard court? Even I'm stretched for that one.

thank you Ryan!!!

Wilson75, please read post from pov. pov, thanks for the clarification. I know that many posters on this site are native speakers of other languages and I am always impressed by their expressiveness and fluency in English, as Americans are woefully lacking in language skills, myself included. The little grammar gripe was not directed to those who are not native English speakers. My gripe is with newscasters, actors, scriptwriters, etc., who are native English speakers, who make this error constantly. I actually don't include Steve in this group as his writing is normally of a very high standard, even though I know he is pounding out words on his laptop without benefit of the proofreaders or copy editors that he would have if this were printed in his snail mail magazine.

sebastian-whatever:

Give it a rest already. Posting the same thing five or six times doesn't make in any more interesting. Resorting to insulting Steve with names like "Stinknor" is just beyond childish. If you don't like something say so, but try not to sound like you're sticking your tongue out and going nyah nyah at the same time.

As far as Rafa and Cincy/Toronto, I saw him not really putting forth his A game. In my mind I feel he is truly saving all his best for the USO. He wasn't running to get a lot of shots and not really playing that aggressive. I take that as a sign he's trying to just work on his hard-court game getting ready for the big one.

Sebastiandiplo
I WISH THE MODERATORS would ban all your posts. Steve Tignor writes some Amazing articles
Thankyou Steve

Hmmm nice blog but a bit too wistful. I loved Judy Murray's blogs on the LTA site. Very informative and entertaining. Made me giggle a few times. I went to all the quarter-finals, the evening semi-final and the final. Federer, by far, is the most popular player then comes Rafa then Djokovic and Andy takes the very distant last place. For me, it's Andy then Rafa. No one else comes close. It was very hard for me to be surrounded by Fed fans. But I'm happy that Andy shut them all up come Sunday. Actually, I don't know what made me happier - Andy winning a final in my hometown (finally!) or him beating Fed in straights. Or both. But Sunday was one of the happiest days of my life.

sebastiandiplo back off Tignor, we all enjoy his posts, if you dont like his posts read ESPN

If Fed can up his serve, attacking game, cut down on unforced errors he is our US open winner, If his serve or attacking game or errors are what they are now, Murray is the winner. Same thing at Cincy.

fedfan, I agree about all the misuses of grammar. And it does matter! With some posters, you can't make head or tail of what they're saying because of lack of it.

If tennis is so ignored in the US, as Steve says, that seems to bode badly for the future. What's the USTA doing about it?

I agree with some of the comments about a certain sebastiandiplo and some other federer fans. Such mean comments have no place in polite society. If you do not like Steve's blog, why can you not disagree politely like well mannered people do?To name-call Steve that way- how childish. I feel so sorry for you.
And to a certain wjr saying Rafa grunts like a girl and printing some indelicate terms(with wrong spelling), grow up. If you're a guy, I don't know what kind of girls you date! They must be pretty manly since Rafa is the most macho-looking guy in the circuit! Or if you're a girl/woman, do you grunt like Rafa? That would be pretty scary.

Nadal again?

he he he, reading this blog I can see clearly tha Fedex KADS. They'd love to see him winning everything, match by match, tournament by tournament, nobody else, just Fedex. it looks like a *secta*, really ridiculous
Hey guys, there are another players!!!!!! there are another winners!!!!there is the #1

mel

+100000000000000000

Sebastiandi...whatever---I'm a great fan of Federer, but I find your posts insulting. Here's something for you to ponder: only an adolescent mind could write such drivel, so if you're an adult, you suffer from arrested development.

sebastiandiplo

Now that I've read your comment let me tell you that you are a ridiculo, envidioso y acomplejado "sudaca". You understand perfectly well what I say to you because your lenguage is spanish but not from Spain.........
Go to another blogs full of people like you, you know what I mean.......

Fed will win at Cincy.

Relax Fed, nadal, Murray etc etc fans. Toronto was a practice tourny. We'll see how they play in this one. Results will be different and it doesn't matter who is going to win, USO will be different too
Calm douwn!!!!!!!

Steve, amazing article, hope you are right like in FO and Wimbledon.
Rada didn't play so well in Toronto but he wasn't the only one.
Cincy is going to be a little different, I don't care if he wins or not but I wish he will bite the USO trophy

Sorry I'm late responding, but like i said before davydenko is always in federer's section or set up to meet federer in the quarters or the semis. check out the draws of the first half of 2010 with these 2 and watch for the upcoming draws. I'm a big fan of davy and he's always set up!! I'm sure davy would not mine meeting fed, but is the ranking system being rigged? what is going on...? nobody is in a players section that many times for years.

oh steve picks nadal, what a shocker! has he ever picked anyone OTHER than Nadal like the whole year? lets review :)

that said, if Nadal had the week Feddie had in Toronto, wouldnt everyone be talking about his 'ominous' form, beating Berdy and djoker on a hard court, and testing murray severely in the final?

lets he honest now...

hey, that's good. You write well, it's reads with a nice journeyman's sweat on the brow. Maybe it's time for you to come up with some tennis based fiction- it'd suit you.

gos u r all wrong nadal d fed???jaajajaj how fed has been playing he could beat nadal easilyyyyyy....and gulbis!!!!!!

Sebastiandiplo....

How can I say this....

You are a moron and an idiot the knows nothing about tennis.

Go away and stop bothering everyone with your insane comments.

Thooz,

You comments are appreciated.

Cheers Mate!!!!

A fan that makes sense.

Whenever, Tignor has Djokovic advancing, he regulary does not. So the predictions are lame. Of course it does not matter because he;s been playing bad. In any event, I believe an American will win the title.

Why is everyone so heart set on nadal to win everything? Federer and Novak have equal if not a better chance on the hard courts then Nadal. My pick Novak Djokovic D. Andy Murray.....Nadal goes out in the quarters Berdych is quite good on hard courts anyways.

djoker won't make to semis its going to be nalbandian or soderling

Steve Thanks.Well Toronto in my view isnt really a great indication for Cinncy or the USO.Though well done Murray for his great week and win.

Cinncy being a fast hard court will give everyone a better indication which players have the game not only to win in Cinncy also the USO.

In saying that draws are also a key factor.

In Masters Series you cant really hide cause the competition is strong usually from the first rounds.

In Grand Slams the seeded players are given some shelter before the quater finals start.

In Cinncy again the draw cant determind though we have already seen some upsets.Marin Cilic for one.Whose game I feel is suited on the hard courts.Since the AO this year he appears to be in some type of "slump" hopefully before the USO he cant get himself together he also has youth on his side.

Federer,Murray,Nadal,Novak will play all eyes will be on them.Though there are a few other players that can also play on the fast hard courts.

At least Rafa this year has arrived at Cinncy without injury and not fatiqued like in past years.He has never made the final.He can make a statement for sure.

Though I am certain the rest of the big 3 will be out to do the very same thing.

Aussiemarg: 3:00 a.m.

Well said. I totally agree. Toronto is no indication of what will happen at the USO, or even Cincy. It's the first tournament back after a long break. They guys were just stretching out their muscles and tuning their games. Cincy will be the fine-tuning before the USO. I think the top four are all just as capable of winning in Cincy, and I don't think any of them is a clear favourite, and I'm a Rafa nut. But I'm also a realist and know that hard-courts seem to be the great equalizer.

Federer was asked this question before the start of Australian Open 2010. This answer just shows why Federer is the GReatest Ever to play the game. He KNEW that Rafa would be back with guns blazing. That is why Roger has won 16 slams and hopefully will win more, if he says so. Just appreciate this champion and great Tennis Thinker.

Q: Nadal has not won a tournament since Rome last year, in May. Some think he’ll never be what he once were.
RF: This is bullshit ['conneries' in French]. It reminds me what people said about me last year. I’ve seen Rafa play in Abu Dhabi and in Doha: he lacks absolutely nothing. Granted, he’s not won in a long time. But look at those who beat him: Del Potro, Murray, Davydenko, Djokovic, Soderling… They’re not bad! Think about it: had he played Wimbledon last year and not lost 2,000 points from his victory in 2008, where would he be right now? He came back from injury, so it’s normal that he lacked confidence. But to me, the really great Rafa is still to come.

Damas y caballeros:

Para evitar cometer errores escribiendo en inglés, lo hago en español. Viendo el nivel poco convincente y efectivo del mestro suizo, me late que pierde con el "terror de los clasificatorios": Mr Alejandro qualy Falla.

Saludos

Hey tigs you got a crush on nadal you tip him for everything how about getting real and relise nadal is not that good on hardcourts as shown in toronto when murray destroyed him. My tip Fed to beat joker and tignor you are a loser

Hey brent and you got a crush on federer who I can bet he won't win Cincy and USO and probably same about Murray so maybe the loser are you

Prashant: 5:54 a.m.

Wow, what a nice response from Rog about Rafa. I always love it when the two guys defend each other. Maybe we should get them to come on here and teach a few of us how to respond to each other with the same kind of respect. :) I'm just now reading Strokes of Genius and it's so cool to get that inside look into the two great champions. It'll be a very sad day in tennis when we no longer have these two in the game.

brent:

I guess I must just be getting too old or something because it just really irks me to see people having to resort to calling a professional doing what he's paid to do a "loser." There must be more mature and effective ways of getting your point across without having to use adjectives like that. Do you really think anyone takes you seriously when you write like that? I'm guessing you're still a teenager.

A lot of hot air on the board these days......it's giving a voice to some who should not have one, choosing to spew garbage while hiding in the anonymity of it....Come on.....

Back to tennis, how times have changed! Saying that the champion of Wimbledon, once the fastest surface, may be less of a favourite at the US Open because the surface is faster!!!! Times have changed. Perhaps Wimbledon is now the "neutral" surface ??

Agreed with all posters who feel we are lucky to have Federer and Nadal, and I am one who began watching tennis with my father in the 60s.

watching the great Roger over the weekend, my wife loved his pink/kakhi combination and subsequently ordered if for me.

if only i had the game to carry if off!!

SFs: Berdych vs. Federer; Murray vs. Nalbandian
F: Federer vs. Murray
W: Federer :(

i think miss spelling was on purpose???? wry humor love it. ill be back,right after i get my underwear out of my mouth,i mean azz?????

Gulbis knew Steve picked him to the SF so he's really fighting to stay in this match. lol! He was down match point but held on. So this is 2 3-set matches so far. He keeps this up he will really be 'match ready' by the SF (or dead tired). lol!

It was a good win for Nadal over Taylor Dent.

Taylor is a member of the famous Dent Family.

There is his father Car and mother Pepso....
Along with the siblings, Major and Minor..

They live next door to the Wrightnows.

Well, Gulbis fought like hell today, saving 3mp in the last tie break and walked out victorious over Meltzer(13) 6-7(8) 6-3 7-6(5) and smashed 21 aces.
So up to Murray tomorrow; at least, he is up to 3rd round and we could have a good match.
Too bad, there were no streams for his first 2 matches.
So a Steve's prediction almost concluded. Chapeau!

The top players are just not in great form.

It was impossible to tell where FED is at over 7 games.
Soderling is not playing at a high level.

Murray looked hung over from his victory in Toronto.

Rafa is still not on his game but Taylor still couldn't make a Dent in it...

The Joker is so inconsistent it is frightening. Querry does vary from week to week.

Zarko,

I love your predictions.

Way to go out on a limb and pick FED...
That takes some guts Skippy.

The thing I love most about you predictions is they are always wrong.
Yet, you keep making the same ones over and over.

I am a Rafafan, but after watching Toronto I have to say: Rafael Nadal can only win the US Open with luck. He still plays the topspin balls to the backhand side of a rightie. He has not hit the ball flatter, and his serve was better at Wimbledon. There are too many guys who can beat him with his style of play. They are: Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, Roger Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro (assuming he is healthy again) and even Robin Soderling. The last two are less dangerous, but the first two are a real threat! Let's see how far can he go at Cincinati.

I like the tennis, my favorite star is Andy roddick.

Federer - Kohlschreiber will be an interesting match, a very good preparation for Fed. Too bad Falla didn't make it, he's a gifted player.

bah, everyone in this blog say that my comments are insulting and blah blah blah............ yeah four sure....... but I think that the one who is insulting and also someone who overrates rafael nadal is mr stinknor... not me.... he is the one that says that federer would ever win another gran slam, he is the one that said that roddick should retire... he is the one that says that underrates the remain top 20 players on the tour not me......... so for those rafa fans who say that rafa is the best ever bla blah blah, andy roddick would beat nadal as easy as he do it in miami or you dont remember?????? are you suffering from amnesia???? pos: nadal would NEVER win the us open, and federer is the best in the whole tennis history......

mr stinknor predictions are just trash, oh and he has a crush on nadal................ roddick champion in cinnci and the uso.. nadal wont go beyond third round in this years uso

WHy do u love Nadal?
Everyone knows that Berdych can easily defeat Nadal. I dont see Nada winning the tournament after beating Berdych, Federer and Djokovic
This preview of yours sucks.

oh finally some one who thinksd that steve predictions are just trash and sh!t

I dont like nadal, therefore i dont live mr stinknor blogs, im just writing here because i love when stinknor predictions are wrong, well taking into account that stinknor always put nadal as winner in every single tournament...... jajajajaj

Predictions are exactly that - predictions. For anyone who could have foreseen 9-11 or the economist who predicted the 2008 financial market collapse (forget his name....Roubini ??) may have been disregarded as nonsense or not possible.....we all know what happened in those cases.

They're predictions, people, and tennis is a game. Get a grip.

Sebastian... My prescription to you is: Stop immediately watching tennis on tv. You'll discover that there is a way to be happier and more productive in life.

Watching Gulbis in this Murray match makes me realize why I would NEVER predict him to get to a SF or F of ANY tournament.

FOT: why do you say that about Gulbis?

TO THOOZ: Your comment is well appreciated considering especially so because your a Federer fan.Thanks for putting that Diplo guy in his place.

TO JOHN: Completely agree.

TO A CERTAIN BRENT: We all wish you and DIPLO will grow up and please don't read Steve Tignor's blogs anymore. Read someone else's so as not to plunge your surly and mean streak further down to the pits. Like JOHNP said, these are predictions!!!

AND AGAIN TO DIPLO: GET A GRIP. WE DON'T WANT YOUR COMMENTS IN THIS CIVILIZED BLOGS. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR YOUR INSULTING COMMENTS HERE. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! AND BTW, THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS "THINKSD". MR WEBSTER WILL TURN IN HIS GRAVE. AND IF YOU DO NOT READ STEVE'S BLOGS AS YOU CLAIM, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT HIS PREDICTIONS ARE? WHO ARE YOU? WHAT KIND OF CHILDHOOD DID YOU HAVE TO TRANSFORM YOU INTO A MEAN-SPIRITED,FOUL-MOUTHED,VENOM-SPEWING, SAD CREATURE? YOUR ORAL DIARRHEA IS SICKENING.AND TO SAY THAT STEVE'S WRITINGS ARE TRASH IS LIKE THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK. GO AWAY.