One drop shot too many from Nick and he fluffs it. 5-3 to Nadal.
Nadal wins 6-3 3-6 7-6 7-6. The exact same scoreline as their meeting in the Championship 6 months ago.
Vamos!!!
Always great to beat that classless wanker Kyrgios.
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The umpire very lenient again. Kyrgios should be ashamed of the disrespect he showed nadal.
Minutes silence for the legal secretaries please.
John McEnroe has called on Serena Williams to overtake Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slams and “leave her offensive views in the past”.
On Monday, the Australian Open held a ceremony to mark 50 years since Court completed a calendar Grand Slam.
But the 77-year-old Australian has been criticised for her views on gay marriage and transgender athletes.
McEnroe says Court, who has one more major singles title than Williams, is a “nightmare” for Tennis Australia.
the seven-time Grand Slam champion said: "There’s only one thing longer than the list of Margaret Court’s list of achievements: it’s her list of offensive and homophobic statements.
“Serena, do me a favour, get two more Grand Slams this year and get to 25 so we can leave Margaret Court and her offensive views in the past, where they both belong. Thank you.”
Court is now a church pastor and says her stance against gay marriage - which was legalised in Australia in 2017 - derives from her religious beliefs.
In 2017 she wrote an open letter to Australian airline Qantas, saying she would be boycotting it because it had become an active promoter of same-sex marriage.
That same year she also said tennis was “full of lesbians”, while she has spoken against transgender athletes and branded the teaching of LGBT rights as “of the devil”.
McEnroe, who called Court a “crazy aunt”, added: “Margaret Court is actually a ventriloquist, using the Bible as a dummy to say whatever she wants.”
Tennis Australia said it would “recognise” the anniversary of Court’s playing achievements rather than “celebrate” them.
The organisation distanced itself from her views, saying: “We cannot condone views that fracture our incredible tennis community, nor indeed the wider community.”
Oooooft
Fed’s in trouble here but the real story here is the female chair umpire. Unbelayvable 
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Sandgren takes the 3rd set to go ahead 2-1. The Great Man looking every inch his near 39years out there against the world ranked 100 player.
This is the effects of that milman 5 setter. Once Federer plays a 5 setter these days you can be sure that the next decent player he comes up against he will struggle.
That’s certainly a large part of it and dropping the first set to Fucsovics as well took more out of the energy bank. Amusing how some of the usual poorly informed tennis contributors here thought it a good thing for the future prospects of the Great Man in this tournament to be out there for over 4 hours against Millman. Not a breeze.
Once the Great Man was assigned an afternoon playing time here, I had Sandgren down as favourite.
Match point Sandgren
Deuce
The Great Man holds for 5-5.
So no MTO for Nadal in the face of adversity, he grits his teeth and gets on with it.
Meanwhile PEDerer calls a medical timeout in his game when trailing.
What has the shit legal secretary to say about that. Their inverse projections really shine through.
Hilarious, absolutely hilarious.
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Sandgren holds for 6-5. The Great Man edging up towards 3 hours on court now. You’d worry about the health and safety of an old man out on court on a Melbourne summer afternoon so soon after that grueling match against Millman.
Tie break
Sandgren a mini break up 4-3
6-3 Sandgren. Three more match points. The Great Man is as exhausted looking as I’ve ever seen him.