Nadal loses to Monfils!
What happened to both my picks in Doha?? lol
"I just played my game," said Monfils, who defeated Viktor Troicki of Serbia to reach the semifinals. "I think last night I played a good match and felt very good about it. I knew today if I did it in same spirit against Rafa, it would be great."
Monfils broke Nadal to go up 4-2 in the first set. Nadal recovered to lead 4-1 in the second set but Monfils stepped up his game. He won 16 of 21 points -- including several jump volleys -- to go 5-4 up before closing out the match when Nadal hit a return wide.
Monfils said the key was not getting rattled, even when down in the second set.
"It was just a break, so I was just trying to adjust the way I played," he said. "I was just thinking, 'it's one break and I know I can break him."
Nadal praised Monfils for his performance, saying he had "fantastic shots with very good backhands, good forehands, his movements were fantastic."
from espn.com/ tennis
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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on
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"his movements were fantastic" - say that in your head with a Nadal voice. perfect.
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Permalink Reply by Jazz Burks on
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Monfils was was just in another world and the serve was clicking. Too bad that he had to face a fresh Tsonga in the finals!
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Permalink Reply by CoachV - William Vazquez on -
Tsonga had to beat Edberg to get there. or am i going crazy? I had to cut out my right eye for lying to me.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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Um, did you cut out your right eye? lol
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Permalink Reply by Meags on
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Usual fare in pre season matches, fed pulling out, nadal losing inexplicably, murray winning and looking superb, all change come AO
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It better change. Hard not to be pessimistic and say Fed and Nadal are just not gonna have a good AO.
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