Kyrgios vs Goffin
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His ground game seems terrible. So many errors, not much power.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Doubt it. Goffin's too similar to RBA. No real weapons to hurt Fed with.
PeteD
Legend
Yeah but Fed was iffy. RBA came close and Goffin looks better than RBA.
donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Goffin wins 27 of his 32 his serve points and yet loses the first set. 
WisconsinPlayer
Professional
Great shot at 4-6 in the TB but he gave it away with a poor unforced error at 5-6. Kyrgios with the first set
stringertom
Bionic Poster
I guarantee you fedr would prefer a Goffin victory tonight. I know Zed wants it even more.
wait the 2nd set just started ...
donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Isner, Karlovic and Raonic have better serves.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/stats/leaderboard?page=serve
donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Goffin just missed an opportunity to smash that ugly face at the net. Sigh...
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Treesner and Slowovic are the giants @1477aces speaks of; RaoMUG is a giraffe with bad feet. His serve is better when he doesn't withdraw. That doesn't happen often enough.
WisconsinPlayer
Professional
Its still 1-2? I swear it's been a 10 min since I last checked
PeteD
Legend
Miami loves these courts, I guess
PeteD
Legend
Looks like Fed might not get his wish
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
To compete, sure but win big? Probably not.
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
"Punk Sampras"? I love that nickname
guanzishou
G.O.A.T.
Kyrgios just has the extra oomph than Goffin.
Kyrgios frightened that ball boy I'm sure, the way he stared and asked for the towel. Towel... toWELLLLL... Lol
Kyrgios frightened that ball boy I'm sure, the way he stared and asked for the towel. Towel... toWELLLLL... Lol
guanzishou
G.O.A.T.
What do Greek people eat?
guanzishou
G.O.A.T.
Dang that's some crazy BH DTL winner by Nick!
Winners or Errors
Legend
Man, if Kyrgios can ever fix his attitude he'll be a force. That backhand can create a lot of trouble for opponents - and yes, I know the forehand is the better shot. Unfortunately, I bet he withdraws tomorrow or tanks because he's tired. Here's to hoping I am surprised...
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
Er... Zverev/Fed would be every bit as fun. The real bummer is KG/Z having to clash before semi. That sucks so much. I need to vent
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
Against Z? Not a chance (unfortunately
). He'll withdraw before Fed with a sore toe (ha ha fervently hoping I'm wrong for the sake of my sanity )
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
Absolutely not true. Zverev can too.
WisconsinPlayer
Professional
Looking forward to NK vs Zed, hopefully Zverev can pull through this time
ACE of Hearts
Bionic Poster
As a fed fan i want kyrgios in the semis. I want to see revenge for madrid assuming fed beats berdych.
donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Me too but I also want to see that fck face beaten by Sascha.
Kalin
Legend
And if he doesn't he'll go nowhere. He was winning the match and getting all the breaks (got awarded a crucial point in the TB which we often see replayed) and still kept whining like a little girl. He's lucky he's playing gentlemen like Goffin; a McEnroe or a Fognini will make him crawl up the wall in no time. Also, I can't imagine umps being thrilled with his bratty behaviour and it's a matter of time before they start retaliating.
Good player but a lousy sport, so far at least. He is still young so there is still hope.
every7
Hall of Fame
Kyrgios beat Federer in that match. Fed ducked another Kyrgios meeting this week by losing to RBA
Zverev doesn't have the serve, forehand, or defensive skills to beat Federer. Kyrgios does.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Actually, Zverev beat Federer in their last 2 encounters: 2016 Halle and at the Hopman Cup this year (albeit the latter being only an exho event) so he does have the experience and that should give him confidence.
donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Defensive skills? LOL
#62 in return efficiency
#56 in return games won
according to ATP stats of last 52 weeks.
Meles
Bionic Poster
Meles
Bionic Poster
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Things continued in the 2nd with Goffin again pressing Kyrgios, but finally the superlative Goffin serve game came back to earth and we had the epic 15 minute break of serve by Kyrgios that put him in control of the match. An amazing match by both players with incredible tension as Goffin knew he was dead if Kyrgios broke him. Brilliant game plan and execution by Goffin in this match, but Kyrgios will always be a challenge as Goffin's return strength is on 2nd serves. Goffin still got 2 break points in this match and for the points both won exactly 50.0% of the points for the match. @Gary Duane I doubt their are many examples where players have won in straight sets with less than 50% of the points for a match. Incredible match.
On hard courts and likely grass.
The match between Kyrgios and Goffin tonight was quite amazing. Goffin came out on a mission and played the best I've ever seen him play by far; just insane that he was Kyrgios dominant on serve coming into the tiebreaker in the first set. Meanwhile Kygrios faced a ton of break points and was under an absolute ton of pressure from the crisp hitting Goffin who was pressing Kyrgios as much as he could and often guessing right on first serve. Goffin played far better than Djokovic in his two matches with Kyrgios. It was an amazing tiebreaker by Kyrgios who fought back from a break down and also played roulette on 2nd serve with a massive 134 mph ace. Goffin had Nick under immense pressure. Goffin saved one set point on Kyrgios's serve, but then finally made a mistake in his pressing of Kyrgios with a deep forehand UE for the set. For Kyrgios to win that set took a warrior's mentality (Kyrgios not too expressive with Karlovic match either which was all business due to Ivo playing quite well.)
Things continued in the 2nd with Goffin again pressing Kyrgios, but finally the superlative Goffin serve game came back to earth and we had the epic 15 minute break of serve by Kyrgios that put him in control of the match. An amazing match by both players with incredible tension as Goffin knew he was dead if Kyrgios broke him. Brilliant game plan and execution by Goffin in this match, but Kyrgios will always be a challenge as Goffin's return strength is on 2nd serves. Goffin still got 2 break points in this match and for the points both won exactly 50.0% of the points for the match. @Gary Duane I doubt their are many examples where players have won in straight sets with less than 50% of the points for a match.
Incredible match.
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
And yet, last time Fed played him, Z won. You are underestimating Z's current level. + sure he has the serve even though KG's is even better.
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