Olympics MS Gold Medal Match - Alexander Zverev (Germany) vs Karen Khachanov (ROC)
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This is great! Love both players! I wanted anyone but Djokovic and got my wish!!!!! So incredibly happy!!!!
ForehandCross
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ABZ for life.
ForehandCross
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One underrated aspect that nobody is mentioning is the stability of Zverev 's life right now. He spent the time after WB with his child and his ex girlfriend. And they looked happy.
Maybe a positive change is coming to Z's behavior towards tennis?
Maybe a positive change is coming to Z's behavior towards tennis?
Notorious_Junkballer
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The battle of jugs.
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I will be happy with whichever player wins the Gold medal!!!! Honestly I like Khachanov better as a person but I would be very pleased for Zverev if he were to win too.
MichaelNadal
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The winner is tennis 
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Is there anywhere to watch the final live??? (I live in the U.S., but live for others as well? Different ways for all of us to watch regardless of where we live?)
MichaelNadal
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It's nice to actually be interested in this now
stringertom
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Would the last big final featuring two unexpected finalists be USO’14? If so, the very slightest of favorites going in was Nishikori. Kei had a healthy 5-2 h2h lead then but they had split their two USO matches. Cilic breezed 3,3&3.
Zedraffe is a prohibitive favorite tonight. The h2h is split 2-2 but KK has won the last two, both on HC (one indoor in peak KK form 1&2).
I disagree with the book lines (1.35-3.21 for Zed). To me this will be close because Khachanov is in form and it’s a frequent phenomenon for a big upset (Zed today) to be followed by a flop.
Khachanov in 3.
Zedraffe is a prohibitive favorite tonight. The h2h is split 2-2 but KK has won the last two, both on HC (one indoor in peak KK form 1&2).
I disagree with the book lines (1.35-3.21 for Zed). To me this will be close because Khachanov is in form and it’s a frequent phenomenon for a big upset (Zed today) to be followed by a flop.
Khachanov in 3.
stringertom
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Paris-Bercy’18 was played out in reverse order with KK/AZ in the QF and KK/ND in the final (Thiem SF in between.) That would mean they both beat ND in finals in back to back tournaments that year.
I don’t think Khachanov can replicate the straight set path through those three Bercy matches. He will be fresher though after dusting Busta in 90 minutes. He will need that fresher tank if my expectations for a cracker of a match happens.
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I just wish I knew of a way to watch the match live!!!!It's nice to actually be interested in this now
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Zverev is in danger of being put into Hukacz's shoes last Wimbledon.
Huge win (defeating Federer) and a downfall in the next round (loss to Berrettini).
Huge win (defeating Federer) and a downfall in the next round (loss to Berrettini).
Gazelle
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No. Olympics 2016.
Fedeonic
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The final is on Sunday, so I expect both to be fresh. Khachanov easily beating Carreño really surprised me, though.
Fedeonic
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That was Murray's peak year whose last tournament before the Olympics was the Wimbledon title, and also reached his seed round.
stringertom
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That was brutal scheduling before giving a day off in between SFs and the medal matches. Olympics are weird!
stringertom
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Murray was defending champion. That was not a totally unexpected result.
Fedeonic
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And 3 Bronze medal match are tomorrow... Men's singles, Women's doubles and Mixed doubles.
All 3 finals are on Sunday...
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
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This could be tough for Zverev as Khachanov has played well. I say Zverev in 3 again here. Think he will too strong overall but this could go the distance.
Tennisfan339
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Confirming an amazing win like this is never easy. The "next match" is always tricky. We just saw this in Roland with Djokovic, the final was a lot more complicated than everyone expected.
Khachanov won the only final of a big event he has played, beating Djokovic in straight sets on his favorite surface.
He also won his last 2 matches against Zverev on hard courts, 6-1 6-2 and 6-3 6-3.
His level against Schwartzman, Carreno-Busta and Humbert is not far from Paris 2018. Zverev was one of his victims that week.
I still think Zverev wins in 3 but the opposite wouldn't susprise me one bit.
Khachanov won the only final of a big event he has played, beating Djokovic in straight sets on his favorite surface.
He also won his last 2 matches against Zverev on hard courts, 6-1 6-2 and 6-3 6-3.
His level against Schwartzman, Carreno-Busta and Humbert is not far from Paris 2018. Zverev was one of his victims that week.
I still think Zverev wins in 3 but the opposite wouldn't susprise me one bit.
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I have been trying to figure out when the match will be live and if it will be possible to watch live??? Anybody have any information???
tennistiger
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Eurosport for sure live. With Mischa Zverev commentatory. Also German ZDF with TV and Livestream.
Larry Duff
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Never thought I'd root so hard for Russia in the pics
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Al Czervik
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I'm rooting for Sascha, but may put some money on silent K if I can get +250 or so. What do you guys think?
ForehandCross
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#ABZ. Cmon Khach.
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Couldn't care less which means I'll watch it and actually enjoy it lol
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Djokovic_is_the_best#1
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Zverev will win but think the Russian will not go down easy. There should be some fun shot making in this one.
Rafa4LifeEver
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Couldn't have said it betterThe winner is tennis
TopspintheTerrible
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Abercrombie in 3.
Serve&Bash
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If my calculations are correct, this match isn't starting until like 3-4 am eastern time
EllieK
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I’m saying khachanov. I think Zverev did an amazing job coming back against Djokovic but that kind of effort can have a hangover effect. Khachanov seems to be very focused and I really would not be surprised to see him win this. My hubby is German though so we are rooting for Sascha
MeatTornado
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Is the Olympic final still Bo5, or did they revert to Bo3?
Rago
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Bo3; kind of surprised me as well yesterday when I read about it.
Checkmate
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BO3 and took away all the 500 points they used to offer.
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Hey, that could be said for Khacharen as well. Serve big, FH big.
True, but Khachanov doesn’t have the serve yips
Kralingen
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Yeah you make a good point about the yips though. Is it any coincidence that the second Djokovic’s serve started to faulter and Zverev got break points, Zverev’s own service games improved? With him if he feels he can get into the opponent’s service games it puts less pressure on himself to hold.True, but Khachanov doesn’t have the serve yips
Against a guy like Khachanov who has such a big serve+1 combo Zverev is going to be under a lot of pressure to hold his serve— and that leads to Zverev DFing and beating himself usually. Interested to see what happens
Mischa Zverev yesterday confirmed in a German TV studio what Sascha said at the beginning of the tournament, but what many here didn't want to believe: That Sascha's biggest dream always was winning Olympic Gold, even more so than a Slam. And Mischa said that out of his own, without being asked.
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