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  • Satchmo Distel
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    Originally posted by anton pulisov View Post
    Apparently Federer made 14 more points than Djokovic
    He has to convert that to form in tie-breaks; if he'd won a greater proportion of them v Nadal and Novak over the years then he'd be GOAT for certain.
    Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 15-07-2019, 15:55.

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  • Logan Mountstuart
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    Is Halep back in Romania yet? I'd really like to see some images of her homecoming.

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  • gintsr
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    Shame, shame, shame, you fucking bastard rule changers. Yeah, I know Djok could win anyway but it would be fair then.

    Wimbledon is most prestigious tournament at least if you're from ex-USSR - there were not much tennis at TV and green grass, all white dresses, serve and volley, it's what tennis should be not backline running to eternity, save it for RG.

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  • anton pulisov
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    Apparently Federer made 14 more points than Djokovic

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  • Janik
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    Yeah, I think both were something like their best. Somewhere between 90-95%. It's not as well as either can play, but it was pretty good and at a higher level than anything else in the Men's tournament baring the Federer-Nadal Semi (which was the best match in terms of quality).

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  • KGR
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    On reflection, was either player at anything like their best today? On the other hand, does it matter when we had such a dramatic and tense final hour?

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  • tee rex
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    I think it was live. But I was flicking between the 2 until about 46-47 overs, then stuck with the cricket. By then I was in no state to think about anything else at all.

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  • Janik
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    Originally posted by tee rex View Post
    I had to abandon this for the cricket tie-break. Like London buses ...
    Was the Tennis being shown on delay in NZ? Because I watched this to the end and still changed channel well in time for the start of the cricket breaker.

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  • Rogin the Armchair fan
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    Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View Post
    Isner rule breaker in the final set at the first time of asking?
    Well there we go. Believe it or not, with two overs to go in the cricket, I predicted the super-over, as well. Today just seemed a day destined for extraordinary and unprecedented drama.

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  • tee rex
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    I had to abandon this for the cricket tie-break. Like London buses ...

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  • anton pulisov
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    Really? Never knew that.

    Maybe it is a good idea: to rotate the surfaces sometimes.

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  • Southport Zeb
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    The Australian Open was played on grass until 1987.
    The US Open was played on grass until 1974, then clay for three years, before finally switching to hard courts in 1978.

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  • anton pulisov
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    I always found it a bit odd that the surfaces aren't equally distributed across the majors. Two hard-court, one grass, one gravel.

    Imagine if it was two gravel. Rafa would have 28 majors or something. Or two grass. How many would Sampras and Federer have then?

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  • Sporting
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    Yep

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  • anton pulisov
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    Rafa is going to win at least two more French Opens, isn't he?

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  • Satchmo Distel
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    Novak and Nadal are slightly better than Federer in extremely tense tie-breaks
    and that is what split the players today.

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  • Janik
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    Federer was the better player for four sets. He was about par in the fifth (and sixth). He served for the match and led 40-15. About the only place Djokovic had him was in the stress of tie-breaks. And that was enough! The toughest cookie in the jar.

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  • Janik
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    Replayed point in the first. Converted by Nole.

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  • Janik
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    Screamer down the line. 6-3. 3 mps to Nole.

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  • Janik
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    One-two punch. 5-3 Djoker.

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  • Janik
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    Kick second serve works. 4-3.

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  • Janik
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    4-2 at the change of ends after a rally where Federer put one plumb on the baseline. Puff of chalk and everything.

    Next point is huge for a Federer. He must hold his serve...

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  • Janik
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    4-1 to Djokovic in this super over.

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  • Janik
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    Originally posted by Sporting View Post
    Cricket and tennis finishing more or less at the same time!
    In equally dramatic fashion it seems.

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  • Janik
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    The first two breakers featured unforced rally errors from Federer. The first point of this one ends with...an unforced backhand error by Federer!

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