US Open 2014 discussions - Page 17

: Cilic had never reached a Slam final, never reached Masters final, & never won a 500. Six of his 11 titles came in Zagreb & Chennai.

My prediction cm true
Cilic won

Hehe

2014 8 diff GS winners

N. Djokovic(SRB) 12,290
2 R. Nadal(ESP) 8,670
3. R. Federer(SUI) 8,030
4 S. Wawrinka(SUI) 5,625
5. D. Ferrer(ESP) 4,495
6 T. Berdych(CZE) 4,240
7. M. Raonic(CAN) 4,225
8 K. Nishikori(JPN) 3,870
9. G. Dimitrov(BUL) 3,710
10 A. Murray(GBR) 3,150
11. J. Tsonga(FRA) 3,100
12 M. Cilic(CRO) 3,045
13. E. Gulbis(LAT) 2,615
14 J. Del Potro(ARG)

Andy out of top 10

Still 4000 points gap btn Nole n Rafa

N oly 500 btn Rafa n fed
Rafa il lost 2 md rank to fed

"This is the first time in a long time without either you, Nadal, or Djokovic playing final. Does that mean something, or..."

Federer cut him off right there.

"You create your stories," he said coldly. "You said the same in Australia, everybody; and then we know what happened at the French Open final, Wimbledon final. But this is another chance for you guys, you know. So you should write what you want."

Thank god theres someone who actually thinks rationally like me... Its easy to fall into excitement after seeing the big headlines - '1st croatian since Ivanisevic' etc... It is just very specific turn of events: Rafa is injured, Novak is annihilated by family life, Roger is old and Murray is out of shape, Delpo in hospital - im prrety sure if only one of those guys were in their shape he could barelly win a set out of...

World number one Novak Djokovic will miss Serbia's Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against India in Bangalore next weekend, the Balkan nation's coach Bogdan Obradovic said on Monday.

"Djokovic will definitely not join us in India and his fatigue is the biggest reason," Obardovic told Serbia's tennis federation website (www.teniskisavez.com).

"He's had a demanding season and needs a respite, while travelling to India across many time zones from New York and playing in hot and humid conditions in Bangalore would be a massive exertion.

"Novak will be cheering for us from the bottom of his heart."

A depleted Serbia, the competition's 2010 winners, face the prospect of being eliminated from the World Group for the first time since they broke into the top tier in 2007.

Their sharp decline started after reaching last year's final and against India they will again have to rely on a second-string team, with 24-year-old Dusan Lajovic their best-ranked singles player in the world at number 61.

The Serbians will also be without Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki, with world number 107 Filip Krajinovic, number 171 Ilija Bozoljac and doubles specialist Nenad Zimonjic in the squad for the Sept. 12-14 tie.

Djokovic suffered a shock defeat by Japan's Kei Nishikori in the U.S. Open semis on Saturday after winning his second Wimbledon title in July for his seventh grand slam title.

: Mum and Dad went to Rafa's practising session tonight. He practised with Tomeu.

: My mum talked to Maymo, who told her that Rafa is feeling much better, but his wrist still needs to be protected .

Fact of the matter is that Marion Celic is the winner of 2014 US open 😆