Stupid Gonzalez blew his chances!!! What do you think of the match?

Question

I dont see Roger Federer winning here if its Rafa he`s to face in the finals :) ! Fernando 6-2 first set, completely blew it 2nd set. Start of 3rd set he had a chance to break to love. Didnt convert and has lost his game since that point.

Answer 1

Gonzalez plays a very dangerous style of tennis, although he's become a little more consistent as he's gotten older.  But he's still very unpredictable, sometimes brilliant, sometimes horrible.  Federer just needed to wait for Gonzalez to most likely cool off from his hot streak in the first set, and he did, and Federer took advantage once he had the opportunity.  But against Rafa on clay, I still think Federer doesn't know quite what to do.  If he tries to stay back and rally with Rafa, he'll definitely lose.  But playing more aggressively on clay against someone who defends as well as Rafa does hasn't worked either.  So I have to agree with you that if Federer faces Rafa in the final, Rafa will win again.

Answer 2

it would probably be different if his opponent was djokovic or nadal. gonzalez needs to see a sport psychologist to help him to be mentally tough.

Answer 3

I disagree with the guy above me. Gonzy didnt blow his chances, Fedplayed an amazing 3 sets. Look at the gonzy unforced errors to winners ratio, something like over 50 winners about 20 unforced errors. thats not giving the match away, thats not cracking. with feds 30 odd unforced erros and over 60 winners, fed just outplayed him. yeah the first set was bad from fed- dumb errors and gonzy got on fire, but after that it was the federer show! didnt u see the way fed upped his level, played more net, got better tactics- gonzy didnt have a chance to use that 4hand!! i really dont think he blew his chances i think it was more he was blown away! hard 2 say how he wud go against novak... but no doubt he had the trickest QF of the 3 and he came away very convincing. GO FED!

one more thing, fed didnt face another break point after the first game 2nd set.... gonzalez didnt have any chances 2 blow away!! hehehe

Answer 4

Why is he stupid?!! For Gonzalez, it's a combination of blowing away chances and Federer being too good and stepping it up.  That is why Federer is No.1, and is legend material.  That is hard for anyone to face on the court.  Good effort, good match.

Answer 5

Gonzales blew his chances b/c Roger played better on the points he was down. Gonzales is so fake that I know Roger will go in the final no matter who he faces in the semis. Roger will win the semis so easy he will look like the real KING ROGER. Alles Roger

Answer 6

haha, i never thought gonzo had a shot against fed, i'm surprised that he won a set though.-

Answer 7

I agree with you that Roger is looking way to shaky to win the French this year.  It is admirable how he stepped it up and pulled off the win, but that won't be good enough against the likes of either Rafa or Novak.  Their games have just been too solid.  Roger's only honest hope is that Rafa and Novak have such a protracted match and wear each other out, and hurt their games going in to the finals.

Answer 8

You're completely right there. I think Federer will win the match in four, but he's looked a bit shaky.

Answer 9

Unfortunately for Gonzalez he is always very streaky, throughout his career he has shown that once he is down he rarely ever comes back to win a match. The same can be said about his tournament performances, as he can be a top 5 player in the world when he is on, but in other ocasions you wonder how he wins with his style of play.

As for roger, he will give rafa a match, you cant expect nadal to totally dominate him, but after seeing him destroy almagro today i have no doubt that nadal does not lose to fed, wont even need to play a 4th or 5th set.