Djokovic/Nadal in match thread

[Yezzir]

I LOVE Rafa's heart and spirit.

[jjgold]

You guys need to listen to JJ more often. He is a real tennis sharp.

I bet Nadal because I like the guy

Nadal is playing perfect and still struggling to hang in there its amazing

[Yezzir]

we are gonna have a 5th set. Djoker gave that game back to Nadal.

No he didn't, at all.. Rafa won that game.

[ha1ogen]

wow what a time for a rain delay

[yisman]

eurosport is saying this is a horrible time for Djokovic for this to happen

Not sure why, because Nadal had the momentum. It hurts Nadal more.

eurosport guys get their cues from jjgold.

[apeterlives]

8 minutes till roof is closed----how exciting was that last set holy shit

[Yezzir]

What an awful time to close the roof!

[mighty maron]

This helps Nadal....

[Mikail]

break will hurt Djoker. He will stiffen up again. 5th set upcoming.

[Winner_13]

fudge just got in, thx god its not over!

LETS GO JOKER!

[UpsetSpecial09]

Joker got screwed, he slipped there. NOW there closing the roof. They should have stopped play before the last service game to close the roof and dry the court.

Joker still has the momentum though. Rafa got lucky there but he has a BIG hill to climb.

[shari91]

haha I just read the posts on here about the match being over ... it's Rafael Nadal.

It's not some slouch. Come on guys. Whatever you think about him or Djoko, Nadal is a warrior. Heart of a champion, legend, everything we'd love to say we'd do but never would.

I LOVE TENNIS

[PR9]

Tennis majors >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> super bowl

[apeterlives]

yisman to play devils advocate novak will have more time to think about how he couldn't close it out, it could go either way... can't wait till they resume

[benandjerry]

over 39,5 secure, was damn close there just had to hold one more on serve and almost blew it hehe

very enjoyable match too

[yisman]

break will hurt Djoker. He will stiffen up again. 5th set upcoming.

Better go bet. Rafa still an underdog to win the set.

[Mikail]

Djokovic should of finished him when he had a chance. We will see a 5th set.

[shari91]

Joker got screwed, he slipped there. NOW there closing the roof. They should have stopped play before the last service game to close the roof and dry the court.

Joker still has the momentum though. Rafa got lucky there but he has a BIG hill to climb.

They were both playing in the 6 drops of rain that fell.

Nadal won that game. Djoko didn't lose it. Whether that matters or not for the rest of this match who knows, but don't make excuses for one when Nadal's the bloody one who signalled to the Ump about the rain.

[PR9]

eurosport is saying this is a horrible time for Djokovic for this to happen

Not sure why, because Nadal had the momentum. It hurts Nadal more.

eurosport guys get their cues from jjgold.

dont think it will bother a competitor like nadal. In fact he was getting too amped and when that has happened, have you noticed that nadal gives up a bad game to jokers serve ? So this may be good for nedal as it will settle him down (in a good way)

joker could overthink things now, like a field goal kicker with a delay on a timeout before joker serves. Joker may be asking himself "why have i not won already"

[Mikail]

huge odds move. Rafa down to +380

[Mikail]

Sucks because Djokovic allowed Rafa back in that game

[FindTheLock]

nadal +140 to win this 4th set. I think he will do it after that rally from triple break point.

[Sport_Fish]

LOL @ the towel cleaning going on!

[Demonata]

Hurts Nadals momentum.

[yisman]

dunno, if it's me and I just won a huge game, I'd want to keep going.

[face]

match is awesome, the whole men's slam has been awesome

[Demonata]

dunno, if it's me and I just won a huge game, I'd want to keep going.

Exactly, Favors Djokovic to focus more after Nadal has all the momentum.

[FindTheLock]

Nadal is thinking he is playing with house money right now. He is going to come out more relaxed and focused. Joker is going to be thinking about how he just lost a bad beat. I think this will go 5 after that HUGE rally from nedal.

[jjgold]

5 sets would be epic

[leetfox]

What was the live odds (decimal) on Nadal when Djoko had a triple break point?

[Mikail]

Better go bet. Rafa still an underdog to win the set.

no more bets for me here. I have plenty riding and already cashed Djokovic to win set 2

[shari91]

dunno, if it's me and I just won a huge game, I'd want to keep going.

yes - I think if Nadal were weaker mentally it'd hurt him more. From what I can see though, it f's them both up equally. We'll see

[benandjerry]

dunno, if it's me and I just won a huge game, I'd want to keep going.

dunno who it hurts/gains more, but another point is that nadal might have more left in the tank completely out of a physical perspective and this gives djoko some time to recover a little bit, though he's far from being as fatigue as he was in some earlier matches...

[jrs362]

winner of this game wins the set, imo.

[Demonata]

There we go Djoker, no sweat.