you see nadals serve that hit line and curved to other service court? this is some awesome tennis
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Demonata
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#39
Tons of pressure here.
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face
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#40
yea, suck it rafa
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EaglesPhan36
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#41
Interested to see how the post-match handshake goes at the net.
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PharaohUB
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#42
Originally posted by EaglesPhan36
Kudos to Nadal either way tonight. He is showing that he's anything but washed up. If he can just not try to be the King of Clay every Spring, I think he'll find better health. Seems to play way too many matches in April-May.
Good competitive match. Nadal certainly has to be someone you don't discount going into the US Open. Continue to say it, Rafa & Djokovic at this stage are the only two guys I trust to absolutely bring it every time out.
Murray is close to being in that club, but he still has too many moments like he did this week where he loses early and loses very straight forward. At least when Rafa & Djokovic go out, it's later in the tournament and usually a heavy effort for the opposition to take them out.
Nice comments. When I saw his match against Jano I saw this spry to his step and aggressiveness I hadn't see in awhile from him. Regardless of outcome of match nice to have him back in good form. His style is fun to watch and love watching him play against the top guys. Something about Nadal's play turns these matches into a chess match. You can see each player thinking their opponent out, it's not just smashing the ball. Nadal has so many weapons that aren't the best but one of the best. You can see both players changing their gameplan every set, game, and point. It's so incredible to watch if you really understand game of tennis.
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Demonata
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#43
Rafa will break him here for the match
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PharaohUB
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#44
tiebreak such a crappy way to end match like this. for 1000 level tournies they should do it same way as grand slams for semis and finals!
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EaglesPhan36
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#45
Brad Gilbert is such a massive doosh some times. Fixated on the 3rd set tie breaks today.
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EaglesPhan36
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#46
Rafa worked that point. Crushed the damn ball.
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Demonata
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#47
first point was huge in tiebreak.
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Demonata
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Bye Bye novak. See ya laterssssssssssssssss
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EaglesPhan36
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I kind of think Djokovic is going to be a bitch at the net after the match if he loses.
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#50
not gonna lie, it bugs the shit out of me when djoker loses to rafa
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Demonata
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hahahaha horrible tiebreak. suck it novak
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EaglesPhan36
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#52
Massive W for Rafa today. Let's see the sportsmanship ...
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PharaohUB
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#53
Originally posted by EaglesPhan36
I kind of think Djokovic is going to be a bitch at the net after the match if he loses.
nah disagree. he is pretty classy post match
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Gus Fring
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#54
Nice tie break joker
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EaglesPhan36
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#55
Originally posted by PharaohUB
nah disagree. he is pretty classy post match
If he lost 7-0, think he might have. His body language was getting real poor .... good exchange though by both. Nice job guys.
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PharaohUB
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#56
Originally posted by EaglesPhan36
If he lost 7-0, think he might have. His body language was getting real poor .... good exchange though by both. Nice job guys.
Yeah Djokovic is a pretty class act when he loses. Check out when Murray beat him in wimbledon. Never seen a guy so happy to lose. Awesome match though. Luckily I was on the right side. Tomorrow will be a joke. Nadal will smoke Raonic.
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STAY STRONG
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#57
Damn, I got smoked today. Joker fucccked me raw.
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jjgold
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#58
Joker is definitely a small notch down from a few years ago
No idea if he is getting soft, Nadal seems more hungry right now