Ok guys, not sure if this has been talked about already but. Obviously last night Haas pulled out without taking the court against Federer as he said he had a sinus infection.

Its quite rare to pull out deep in the tournament without taking the court and then I remeber Haas also pulled out without taking the court against Federer last year in what should have been with 4th round of Wimbledon.

has Haas been extreamely unlucky or is this more than just a massive coincidence?

Well i doubt he would pull out in fear of losing :lol:

It is strange though how its a second consecutive walkover to the same player. Maybe there's something in the water roflmao

Are you implying Fed is paying Tommy to pull out? :blink:

I don't really know, maybe Tommy felt too unwell I thought it best he didn't play - especially against Fed. But he has a godo record in the H2H so I thought he might liek to take hsi chances and see?

Anywya that aside, I don't get how sinus infections keep a player of that fitness and phsyique form playing. I get them all the time, I'm just one of those sufferers. They can make you feel totally crap if they get severe but most folks get on with it with one. Unless it's very chronic I'd expect a fit healthy sportman to be able to play. :shrug:

Why would Tommy pull out if he's not ill? It's not like he has much to lose against Federer, and surely if there's any time to break his losing streak against him, it'd be now!

Anyway, I hope Tommy gets better soon.

I agree. Haas has quite a good H2H record against Federer and has pushed him to five sets a couple of times. I'm sure most players would relish the chance to play the world number one on Centre Court.

Haas is one type of player that can trouble Federer in my opinion. I can't see him pulling out unless he was genuinly ill.

In this sort of situation i think we have to give the players the benefit of the doubt, and assume that Haas is ill as stated.
Anyway Haas losing to Fed isn't the biggest deal in the world-Fed is hardly an unknown wannaby, there could be no loss of pride even if Haas were to have lost.

2007 Wimbledon
Great Britain Grass R16 Federer W/O
2007 Dubai
U.A.E. Hard S Federer 6-4 7-5
Stats
2006 Halle
Germany Grass S Federer 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3
Stats
2006 ATP Masters Series Miami
FL, U.S.A. Hard R32 Federer 6-1 6-3
Stats
2006 Australian Open
Australia Hard R16 Federer 6-4 6-0 3-6 4-6 6-2
Stats
2006 Doha
Qatar Hard S Federer 6-3 6-3
Stats
2005 Halle
Germany Grass S Federer 6-4 7-6(9)
Stats
2002 Paris TMS
France Carpet R16 Federer 6-2 7-6(2)
Stats
2002 Australian Open
Australia Hard R16 Haas 7-6(3) 4-6 3-6 6-4 8-6
Stats
2000 Basel
Switzerland Carpet R32 Federer 6-3 6-3
Stats
2000 Sydney Olympics
Sydney, Australia Hard S Haas 6-3 6-2

Federer 8 Haas 2

Is that what is considered a good H2H against Federer :blink:

Ask Roddick :D :D

roflmao
That Gav is like a punch line in a stand up comedy delivery.LOL!

Im not superstitious, but hope Federer doesnt eat any fish this weekend :P

Compared to some players, and there was the AO 5 setter. He certainyl hasn't bene bagelled consistently or made to look a fool on court.

But he has been mangled more often than not.LOL!Nevertheless I like Haas.Always enjoyed his tennis,always will. :ok:

It is when you compare it to most of the guys currently in the top 6.

Well andy is such a 'hard-worker'

polite way for 'loser'

roflmao

I have never seen anyone work so hard to get beaten comprehensivly over and over again :blink:

True but many have ha dmanaglings and Haas has had so many injuries. :( I'd have liked to have seen more of Haas, but he's had so may periods out and he never seems to get covered on the TV much. I was watchign him th eother day though, he looke dpretty hot then.

You should try being a Tottenham fan. :(

Hey :angry: My mum is Tottenham supporter are you insulting my mum? :angry:

No why would I want to go doing that when I am a Spurs fan myself.

Was just checking! I also like Tottenham very much,but Im a Liverpool supporter all the way.I saw Tottenham when they came down last year.Took my mum.She was drooling over them. :blink:

Well we are playing right now....0-0 against Portsmouth with 23 mins to go... Come on Keano!!!!!!!!!!

Did you catch the Chelsea match the other night. 4-4 what a game. :ok:

I know.... and what a fantastic equaliser in the end by Keane... right into the corner... and Berbatov could have won it....but alas it was not to be!

I know..I was so upset. :angry:

....and BENT SCORES!!!! YES!!!! 1-0.


sorry about the :spam: folks!

....and O'HARA makes it 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just popped back Gav,2 goals in a minute Yarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My mum is going nuts! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

:B&B: :B&B: :B&B:

He is certainly not scared of losing to Fed but Haas is a very proud player with a big sized ego (I like him a lot btw). Losing to Fed won't give him much pleasure. We all remember how he responded to Courier after his AO 06 loss to Fed. It might be respect or pride but I would not be surprised if he had played on had it been against a lesser ranked player.

But sinus problem would have affected his breathing and therefore energy. It did well to pull out as he knows better than anyone else than if not 100%, the chances of winning are close to nill.

I'm used to Tommy's ailments so not too surprised by this! Shame though, he does suffer a lot bless him :hug: