Tennis

[Rabbits20]

Well done to Hewitt and Groth progressing to round 3 in the Doubles.

 

[lockyno1]

Oh great...now we will have more coverage of Hewitt...hope they don't go too much more. I hate the coverage this year.

 

[Hutty1986]

Sad day. Amazing career for a man with such little athletic ability

One of the strangest, most wildly inaccurate posts I have seen on here. Are you getting athletic ability mixed up with size/power? Very strange thing to say about one of the best movers the game has ever seen :?

 

[Rabbits20]

One of the strangest, most wildly inaccurate posts I have seen on here. Are you getting athletic ability mixed up with size/power? Very strange thing to say about one of the best movers the game has ever seen :?

You are spot on.

 

[LatK7]

Atrocious QF from Nishikori last night. Very disappointing.

Djokovic shouldn't have too many difficulties against Fed on this surface. Tight straight sets win I think. Fed should play him into form for the final.

 

[Rabbits20]

I think Djokovic in 4 sets.

 

[Wizardman]

People laughed at me and Avenger suggesting that Djokovic could take Federer's records. I wonder who is laughing now.

 

[LatK7]

Well they said Nadal would get 20+. He'll finish with 14. The wall comes pretty quickly when you hit 29/30, which Djokovic is very close to.

That said, his form is excellent and he's making the most of his prime years. Fed tonight has given himself no chance with his missed first serves. Djokovic's superb returning has made it pretty easy for him.

 

[Wizardman]

Well they said Nadal would get 20+. He'll finish with 14. The wall comes pretty quickly when you hit 29/30, which Djokovic is very close to.

That said, his form is excellent and he's making the most of his prime years. Fed tonight has given himself no chance with his missed first serves. Djokovic's superb returning has made it pretty easy for him.

Three slams a year over the next two years make him one off Federer....extremely possible.

 

[LatK7]

Three slams a year over the next two years make him one off Federer....extremely possible.

Quite. He'd have to have three of the greatest years in tennis history in a row to do it...but if no one steps up it could happen. If a 34 yo remains his #1 rival for the next few seasons who knows how far he'll go.

 

[Avenger]

Well they said Nadal would get 20+. He'll finish with 14. The wall comes pretty quickly when you hit 29/30, which Djokovic is very close to.

That said, his form is excellent and he's making the most of his prime years. Fed tonight has given himself no chance with his missed first serves. Djokovic's superb returning has made it pretty easy for him.

Nadal has hit the wall because he is off the gear. Notice he never represented Spain in the Olympics?

 

[LatK7]

He's hit the wall because his defensive style requires ultimate conditioning. The second you're slightly off the pace you're done.

 

[Wizardman]

Nadal has hit the wall because he is off the gear. Notice he never represented Spain in the Olympics?

....err, Nadal is a gold medallist. I do agree that he could very well have been on the gear though.

 

[LatK7]

An incredibly unlucky final service game for Fed, but that's how it goes. No idea how he came back to win the 3rd, pretty inspirational...particularly against this opponent on this surface. Djokovic was sublime in the first two sets and did enough in the fourth. If he brings that form he'll win the final in straights.

 

[Apey]

Nadal has hit the wall because he is off the gear. Notice he never represented Spain in the Olympics?

:lol:

Typical Djokovic Fed game really. Djokovic ups his game, Fed shits the bed, shortlived comeback but then loses anyway.

 

[Avenger]

....err, Nadal is a gold medallist. I do agree that he could very well have been on the gear though.

Not recently he isn't. My bad though. There have been rumours for years that he was on performance enhancing drugs and now his conditioning seems to have dropped at 29.

 

[lockyno1]

Thank goodness Federer lost, can't stand the crowd and it's cheerleading.

 

[Avenger]

Thank goodness Federer lost, can't stand the crowd and it's cheerleading.

I reckon. Djokovic is a gentleman of the highest order is about to win the tournament for a record equaling 6th time yet can't win the crowd over.

 

[Apey]

The current GOAT and most popular player has the crowd behind them, I'm confused too.

 

[Avenger]

The current GOAT and most popular player has the crowd behind them, I'm confused too.

How come the crowd are against him when he plays that tool Murray or any player for that matter. I'm confused too.