tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post8130252936632653462..comments2023-01-21T12:14:17.714-08:00Comments on Miserable Pile of Secrets: U.S. Open 2009 (or "CBS is still trash")Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826787550676541006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-65504824227037643562009-09-15T20:56:00.062-07:002009-09-15T20:56:00.062-07:00"CBS also let slip Federer's live expleti..."CBS also let slip Federer's live expletive before cutting too late to commercial break. I'm not sure if that made the broadcast better or worse."<br /><br />Better.Czardozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328299312884380446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-57348184300497189462009-09-15T18:55:02.065-07:002009-09-15T18:55:02.065-07:00CBS also let slip Federer's live expletive bef...CBS also let slip Federer's live expletive before cutting too late to commercial break. I'm not sure if that made the broadcast better or worse.<br /><br />I think the reason the match wasn't very exciting is precisely because it didn't feel like there was much at stake. In the Federer-Nadal matches, there was always the sense that the two men were battling for more than just one title. On paper, this loss is supposed to have been stunning, but, watching it, I didn't see much to suggest that it portended anything major.<br /><br />I don't think the gap is that wide between Federer and the rest of the top five. It's just that, when he's playing with confidence, he simply intimidates most players into submission. Del Potro somehow found the answer yesterday, but Federer didn't look too shaken afterward.<br /><br />No, he's not as invincible as he used to be, but I think he still believes himself the best, and as long as that is the case, it's the other guys who are going to have to raise their levels to beat him.<br /><br />But I honestly think this year was shaped by Nadal's injury, and the next year will depend mostly on how he recovers.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826787550676541006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-24088474012070336012009-09-15T13:25:46.426-07:002009-09-15T13:25:46.426-07:00At least they simulcast the final on the Internet,...At least they simulcast the final on the Internet, which is how I watched it. But yes, trash they are. <br /><br />I wonder where this leaves Big FedEx. A small part of me thinks he'll bounce back as dominant as before, for at least one or two more years. A very small part of me thinks he's done (yes, it can happen that quickly). <br /><br />But the most realistic and favorable scenario in my mind is for this to become the second stage of Fed's career, where he no longer makes everything look easy, but instead has to fight for every Slam. <br /><br />In fact, I think this second stage started when he lost Wimbledon last year. I think he'll still manage to take one or two Slams a year. At least viewers have been treated to a much more competitive men's field. <br /><br />In my mind, this is still be a period of greatness for him, just of a different kind.Czardozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328299312884380446noreply@blogger.com