Akesher

Many of you may foolishly think Rafa wins easily, that is unlikely to be the case. Berdych has beaten him all 3 times on hard courts for a reason. How do you think this match will go and the best analysis gets the points?

Analyze

Rafa's serve

Berdych's serve

Rafa's return

Berdych's return

Rafa's ground strokes on hard courts

Berdych's ground strokes on hard courts

Mental toughness

who dictates play?

there have been some upsets, some surprising others not so much. Is this what you expected?

you can check out my predictions below. Feel free to join rootzoo too as it has features you might enjoy like polls, threads, articles and my favorite pick 'em.

http://www.rootzoo.com/articles/view/3222/

Russia is going to win this obviously, but do you think the US team or anyone else can even give them a match.

What do you think of him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPh3JCy_l8s&feature...

What would be your top ten karaoke songs and the players singing them at this years French?

Here is mine:

10 Elrich and Ram -We are the Champions (Queen)

9 Ana Ivanovic - Sexy back (Justin Timberlake)

8 Marat Safin and David Nalbandian- I'm not well (I think that is the song from Lit)

7 Marat Safin and Dinara Safina - Little Sister (Queens of the Stone Age)

6 Serena Williams - Please dont stop the music (Rihanna)

5 Novak Djokovic - Only (NIN)

4 Gilles Simon - Icky Thump

3 Tatiana Golovin - Sin (NIN)

2 Alize Cornet - Piece of my heart (Janis Joplin)

1 Anna Kournikova comes back and strips to whatever music she wants to (maybe tainted love?)

http://www.tennistalk.com/en/news/20080323/Should_...

Should we give him the benefit of the doubt

Did you enjoy the match more from the quality of play; that an American won; or that both look more like recreational players than professional athletes?

http://www.tennistalk.com/en

or

http://www.thetennischannel.com/

I find it really sad what the Tennis Channel has regressed to

Roy Orbison's Crying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzezIg2Ei0A or

Rebekah Del Rio's Llorando http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfFuJxCmz6o

and who would you be asking

This kid has made some strides in his game recently and with his serve could perhaps become a factor in more small events throughout the year. What are your expectations for his ranking, results and where he will rank among the American players this year.

I would not be surprised if he gets to the top 35, wins an event when everyone else is at the Olympics and ends the year as the #3 American

What type of results do you expect him to have?

I think he will have a point cushion after Miami, but he has lost a step. Somehow I dont see him defending the 1625 (French 700; Hamburg 500; Monte Carlo 350; Rome 75) points from the clay season. If Nadal can hold his point total he may be #1 before the French.

House of 1000 Corpses

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Donnie Darko

Hellraiser

Goonies

Showgirls

I just tried this Canadian one, Dufflet and that is very good. Does anyone know of other good ones and dont say the Swiss Miss crap

Marat Safin ugly losses to everyone

Tommy Haas lucky to win a set nowadays in nothing events

Amelie Mauresmo still winning some matches but no longer a threat

Ivan Ljubicic rapidly declining skills and confidence

Nicholas Kiefer, Sebastian Grosjean and Arnaud Clement (he can stick to doubles where he is still relevant)

I am surprised how many people are expecting Nadal to fall. Predict the scores and the closest will get the ten points.

My picks:

Nadal 6-2, 6-3

Djokovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

Are you going to watch on FSN

Watch on FSN and write a letter complaining to Tennis Channel

or something else

http://www.tennis.com/features/general/features.as...

Is there anything that can stop him this week?