
Originally Posted by
sunshineSpecial
Medvedev's non-slam victories against Novak don't really count because Novak wasn't going all out to win them. I think Novak's injury was fake, he was just trying to draw Nadal into the final so he could add another head-to-head victory against him. Nadal didn't take the bait, and found a way to "lose" to Tsitsipas. All those bad shots, it looked like the game against Schwartzman in Rome. He defended his points from last year and left.
Novak is now going to obliterate Medvedev. If you were betting against him at a slam final, wouldn't you at least want better than even odds? LOL