The Tennis Thread

Murray and del potro are going to be dangerous fuckers in any draw. You wouldn’t want to see them in your half of the draw.

If Kyrgios could get his shit together it would add another dimension to this. Roll on Australia in January.

Nope.

I think the Big 4 were all fairly lucky in how the draws panned out for them at the slams this year.

Tsitsipas, Thiem and Medvedev all had on big slam each but flopped in the rest. If they all make it as far as their rankings dictate they should then it makes it a big task for Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. I think Djokovic is the guy who suffers most out of this and Tsitsipas, Medvedev and Zverev are at their best on hard courts and Thiem has improved immeasurably here too this year.

I know he is a prick on court but off court he is a nice guy. :slight_smile:

He’d want to cut out the under arm serving so

Nothing in the rules that says that you can’t serve under arm. It’s not a bad tactic to throw it in. :slight_smile:

Serbia v Canada
Russia v Argentina
Australia v England/South Africa
Spain v Belgium

RBA takes the first set in the ATP Cup final.

Djokovic and Nadal up after.

Djokovic with an early break here.

Rafa’s having a service meltdown here.

Gritty hold from Nadal in the end to stop a double break, he hit 3 double faults in that game but saved two break points to hold.

Very similar to the 2019 AO final here. Nadal just can’t get going, I don’t think he has the legs anymore to go toe to toe with Djokovic on a fast hard court.

Double break.

Nadal is stewing.

Nadal finding some consistency on his serve now but making no inroads on Djokovic.

3 break points for Nadal.

Djokovic saves the 1st.

And the 2nd in a stunning rally.

And the 3rd with a big first serve.

Adv Nadal

Ace from Djokovic to save a 4th.

Huge unforced error from Djokovic. Break point no 5.

This is going to be a huge hold from Djokovic. He’s played these pressure points flawlessly.

Djokovic holds but that was much more encouraging from Nadal.

Djokovic serving to stay in the set. Nadal has grown into the game and playing much better now.

Nadal has hit one of the greatest points I’ve seen to save one of two break points here.

And a majestic backhand to save the 2nd.

This is really ramping up.

What a hold from Nadal, that was stunning.

Tie break.

2 match points for Djokovic.

Djokovic takes the tie break.

The doubles to decide.