USO Final [1] Nadal vs. [28] Anderson

Who will win the title?

  • Nadal - the return wizard in 3

    Votes: 66 55.5%

  • Anderson - the serve machine in 3

    Votes: 6 5.0%

  • Nadal in 4

    Votes: 24 20.2%

  • Nadal in 5

    Votes: 3 2.5%

  • Anderson in 4

    Votes: 15 12.6%

  • Anderson in 5

    Votes: 5 4.2%
  • Total voters
    119
  • Poll closed .
BeatlesFan

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
r2473 said:
If Anderson doesn't come to net, he's got no chance. He doesn't necessarily have to S&V, but he needs to get that big body up to net.

Right now, Nadal is just moonballing everything, knowing Anderson can't hit through him and knowing Anderson won't come forward when he hurts Nadal, so Nadal can safely just moonball the ball back and reset the point and just wait for the error or short ball.

Nadal is playing about the lowest risk game I can imagine.
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Perfect analysis. This is exactly what is happening in the match.
 
TheFifthSet

TheFifthSet

Legend
fundrazer said:
I like how Kevin looks so far. A little sloppy, but understandable given its his first slam final + the opponent. He's in control of a lot of these rallies...Just needs to do better on return and clean up some of the bad mistakes.
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I think he really needs to work the wide serve + keep points short on the return and hope for the best. I think some people are underestimating his chances.
 
M

merwy

G.O.A.T.
Josh Lyman said:
Ando definitely married up

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Agree with @Slightly D1
Also, I think Kevin looks a lot better on TV than he does in pictures. Some people just suck at taking good pictures.
 
Z

Zara

Guest
BeatlesFan said:
Rafa needs to start moving this giraffe around the court and exposing his lack of mobility, instead of playing like Thiem and ball bashing.
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Hey, you do know Anderson was born this way? It's cheap to take a shot at the way people look - an element we have no control over.
 
Z

Zara

Guest
I wonder if that hold by Anderson made Rafa mad. I mean really mad. May not be pretty in the end.
 
D

Defcon

Hall of Fame
Anderson looks like its the 4th set, he's putting in 5x the effort and barely winning points, because he doesn't really have any game besides serve.

What a crap player.
 
D

Deleted member 77403

Guest
This will have to be one of this biggest chokes ever, if Nadal loses this match. I cannot see what Anderson can do on Nadal's games.
 
swordtennis

swordtennis

G.O.A.T.
Maybe he has a slight chance if he loosens up on his serve and wins them 40-15 or 40-0. Other than that turn the lights off!
 
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