Nadal def Roddick 6-4 6-4
Berdych def Soderling(Some how)

i see the typical picking-nadull-to-win-everything here.
did u guys pick nadull to win the french open match against robin ''nadull destroyer'' soderking as well?

i remember ppl picking nadull to win the aussie open this year aswell, lol.
completely forgetting he hasnt beaten a top 5 player since god knows when.

when nadull beats a top 5 player and wins a slam again, then wake me up.

roddick is a much better hard court player than nadull.

and combine it with nadull's awful semis record plus the recent choking, i dunno how anyone can bet against roddick here.

nadull will have to play the match of his life to beat roddick.
nadull is very inconsistent thesedays, not only during different matches but now even during sets.

against ferrer he couldnt hit a backhand to save his life.

and besides how many times has he choked in miami?
in 2005 was up 2 sets to love against federer and choked, then in 2008 he was the red hot favourite but ended up getting mauled by davydenko.
and last year choked against del potro and gave jmdp confidence to thrash him later that year in the US open semis.

and on countless occasions nadull has lost his serve just after breaking serve, showing lack of concentration.
when he has his man down, he lets them back into the match, he has lost that ruthless finishing.

when federer has his man down, majority of the time he keeps them down and delivers the knock out punch.

with the soderling vs berdych match, its soda in 2, 6-4 6-4. Berdych has played well so far, but hes probably mentally drained from his last 2 encounters; the same cannot be said about the swede.

with the nadal vs roddick match, its nadal in 2, 6-4 7-5. However, roddick has a decent shot if he serves well and keeps the rallies short, coz if the rally goes on for more than 4 to 5 shots, he may as well just hit the ball into the stands. Period.

I wonder wat this schmuck would say if rafa beats andy today......

let me guess " NADAL DID NOT WIN IT,RODDICK GAVE IT TO HIM"......getting so repetetive these days........hardly any fun!

VAMOS!!!!!!!!

Thanks Experts! Soda will have to improve his serve to beat Berdych ... Rafa/Roddick ... just hope it is a good match for all the paying customers.

nice to see the experts back ...
Its interesting to note that the score lines predicted by both experts have been seen before..as in rafa beat roddick 6-4 6-3 in indian wells 2007, then in indian wells 2009 he beat roddick 6-4 7-6(5) :).... its unlikely for roddick to snag a set from rafa. rafa said in his presser that he needs to be aggressive when needed, hope he stays aggressive and avail opportunities like he did in the tsonga match. Roddik's bachand is similar to tsonga so thats a BIG advantage for rafa, he can dominate rallies by pummeling andy's bh and then hitting that lethal down-the-line finish !

vamoss !! another victory against top 10 is on the cards , go rafa go !

i predict a 6-4 7-5 rafa victory !

Roddick's serve is the only thing that will trouble Rafa, but if Rafa can return most of them, then he'll be in with a very good chance.

I'm glad that Rafa's match is on first, because I have to go to bed early tonight as we are going on holiday tomorrow. I won't see the final, but if Rafa bites the trophy, I'd be happy to watch the recording.

dont know...I have a bad feeling on this one. Rafa pls do it this time for all of us.

Nadal will beat A'dick in 2, Sod wins in 2 then best current rivalry in tennis for the final. That should be a spectacle. I might make that 90-mile drive after all.

I think Berdych will beat Sod, the match between Sod and Youzhny was a non event, they both played very badly.

chr18, I'm surprised that you would go to so much trouble to watch Rafa play, as you hate his mannerisms so much. How are you going to cope with all the fist pumps?

TT, it would be nice to have an updated poll, the current one doesn't mean anythig anymore.

ricky, this time i think i am late but anyway, i have sent it .. do post it if you get it on time :D

Vamos Rafa has Nadal 6-4 7-5 and Soderling 6-3 6-7 6-2

looks like Cheryl is the only one on the Berdych train

good going rafa good going...he took adv of that game in which the quality of roddick's serve fell

Ricky, I'm tipping Berdych to win as well. Soderling didn't play that well against Youznhy despite the scoreline.

of course nadal fans would want soda to lose as they are scared of soda! dont worry, nadal is out so doesnt matter!

And that would be the sound of Cheryl taking the lead from Ricky.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D

Oh, the dreaded creature atr is back again to post more inane ramblings on Rafa.

It would be nice to blame Ricky for picking Rafa, but unfortunately this loss falls squarely on Rafa's shoulders! Also, didn't cheryl pick Rafa, too? They thought the same thing I thought - this was finally Rafa's time. Not to be.

Congratulations Cheryl! :)
Predictions for the final? Berdych usually starts well ... I think if he can keep his focus till the end then he will win.