Nadal Service Games: 8. Total Serves to Federer FH: 7. #BNPPO13
One thing Federer might want to try when he next plays Nadal - taking some of those looping returns in the air. #BNPPO13
Nadal Service Games: 8. Total Serves to Federer FH: 7. #BNPPO13
Willing to bet this is slowest avg Federer serve speed in years. #BNPPO13
Nadal Service Game: 7. Total Serves to Federer FH: 7 (3 were Federer step arounds) (3 were in this game, up 2 breaks) #BNPPO13
Nadal Service Games: 6. Total Serves to Federer's FH: 3. #BNPPO13
Said it last night. Take "rusty" over "hurting" player every time. #BNPPO13
Nadal Service Games: 5. Serves to Federer's FH: 2. #BNPPO13
5th Fed Service Game: 6-12. Still at 70% for match. But about only thing going right. Absolutely nothing on groundstrokes. #BNPPO13
Nadal Service Games: 4. Serves to Federer FH: 2 (one was body serve Fed stepped around). #BNPPO13
4th Nadal Service Game: Federer's come over 4 more BH. Attitude is great. But other parts of game on ground letting him down. #BNPPO13
Federer 4th Serve Game: 8-12 . Serving at 71 % for match. Doing every right, except get any depth on his groundstrokes. #BNPPO13
Nadal service games: 3. Serves to Federer FH: 1. Fed came over all 4. #BNPPO13
Nadal's BH was great v. Gulbis too. Much better on that side than he'd been in a while. #BNPPO13
Fed needs to mix up shots. throw some droppers. charge the net. Make Nadal think. #BNPPO13
So far, Nadal has served once to Fed's FH. #BNPPO13
Federer's 3rd service game: 5-8 first serves in. 71% for match. Now if only he could get some depth. #BNPPO13
Federe not getting any depth on shots. Serves are in, but not deep. #BNPPO13
Fed's 2nd return game: 4 serves to BH, came over 3. Still has good return attitude. We'll see if he keeps it up #BNPPO13
2nd Fed service game: 4-6 first serves in. Good serving start for Fed. Needs some more depth on groundstrokes. #BNPPO13
Good returning attitude for Fed. Had 4 serves to BH, came over return on all of them. #BNPPO13
#BNPPO13 Good serving start for Fed. 7-8 first serves in,
Other key, for Federer, is stepping around BH on serve as much as possible. Especially in deuce court. Needs to get on top of pt. #BNPPO13
Fedal match depends completely on how well Federer serves. 65%+, and he'll be fine. But if he's in the 50%s, this wont be close. #BNPPO13
@tennischannel "...stakes sky high?" Um no not really. This match cant be more overhyped. #BNPPO13
Worst thing about Rafa winning this match with the "He's BACK" headlines. #BNPPO13
Gulbis had 3 chances to pound short balls, and didnt. Got an off-balance high forehand, & went for it. Bad choices lose matches #BNPPO13
Will be very interesting to see if Nadal stands as far back on return against Federer tomorrow. #BNPPO13
How can a BH be so good when hit one way, and so bad when hit the other way? #WhoKnows #Gulbis #BNPPO13
Gulbis got 4 straight Nadal balls short of service line. Missed easy put away DTL. #BNPPO13