USO 2018 R4: [2] Federer vs Millman

NoleFam · Sep 3, 2018

This is only the 4th match of Federer's career in a Slam that he had double digit double faults. The last time was in 2011.

Millman played really well and have to give credit but what a terrible match from Federer. I don't think I've ever seen him play that bad in a major. I really don't think Federer dealt well with the conditions tonight and struggled with his energy level and tiredness because of it.

Steve0904 · Sep 3, 2018

Seriously, congrats to Millman. Big props.

But as far as Federer is concerned, I feel nothing. I couldn't even summon the energy to get nervous in that last TB or any point in this match for that matter. He's just playing too badly. It's a sad sight.

joekapa · Sep 3, 2018

30 mill a year for Uniqlo deal ? No way that happened .

BrokenGears · Sep 3, 2018

zagor said:
Might be Fed's last USO. Credit to Millman for gritting this one out.

he'll play till 2020 i think

abmk · Sep 3, 2018

I'd rather not watch fed than watch beyond beyond pathetic stuff like this.

rubbish stuff.

watungga · Sep 3, 2018

Millman was on another level. Federer played his best at his age, which kind of the same level he did with Kyrgios.

OldschoolKIaus · Sep 3, 2018

Even for Post-IW-2018-Fed, this was pretty bad.

D.Nalby12 · Sep 3, 2018

Djokovic heavy favorite for the title now. From losing to Ceccinato guy to winning two Slams in a row. Should incredible story.

Mike Sams · Sep 3, 2018

StrongerThanAll said:
Federer played bad. He didn’t tank you morons.

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If it was Malek Jaziri in the next round, Federer would've been licking his chops. Because it was Djokovic in the next round, Federer wanted a way out.

time_fly · Sep 3, 2018

Service Ace said:
Millman has more class than any other Aussie currently on the tour.

Not exactly a high bar ...

Rickenbacker4003 · Sep 3, 2018

Service Ace said:
Congratulations Nadal on your 18th Slam. He'll break the record by 2020

Thiem, Delpo and Djokovic are in his way.

The_Order · Sep 3, 2018

Fedr.

Djokovic2011 · Sep 3, 2018

OK guys I really don't like saying this about arguably the greatest champion the sport's ever seen and someone who I believe is grossly underrated as a fighter but I really do believe Federer tanked that match. Honestly can't recall the last time I saw him play so poorly in a major. Kudos to Millman though - very professional and solid performance by him.

Deleted member 756486 · Sep 3, 2018

Service Ace said:
Millman has more class than any other Aussie currently on the tour.

Alex De Minaur? He’s a good kid. Got a lot of heart.

insideguy · Sep 3, 2018

BeatlesFan said:
Just go away, seriously. Fed doesn't tank in majors. Did you start watching pro tennis last Tuesday?

He tanked. He had no fire. He didn't want another set when things got tough.

ACE of Hearts · Sep 3, 2018

Djokovic says thank you very much. The milkman will be drinking his own spoiled milk.

TheFifthSet · Sep 3, 2018

Steve0904 said:
I never thought I'd live to see anything worse than 2013, but this is absolutely horrendous. His good days are still passable, but his bad days are getting much worse.

2013 was waaaaaaaay worse lmao. In 2013 we thought it’d end at 17. Now he’s at 20 and we know there’s a precedent to this sort of drought.

All gravy, baby. If you expect Federer to play well forever, you’re bound to be severely disappointed one day...even if he bounces back from this slump.

Rafaisdabest · Sep 3, 2018

Woohoo my favourite Aussie player since coming on tour...well done Johnny Millman! Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!

Hardcourter · Sep 3, 2018

Stfu. Both played great, amazing baseline rallies but Millman was so good that he could sweep peak-Roger. He actually did a favour to tennis world

Deleted member 716271 · Sep 3, 2018

D.Nalby12 said:
Djokovic heavy favorite for the title now. From losing to Ceccinato guy to winning two Slams in a row. Should incredible story.

He'd only be a bit of a favorite in a final against Nadal. Should get there though pretty easily unless there is a major hiccup.

zep · Sep 3, 2018

Djokovic2011 said:
OK guys I really don't like saying this about arguably the greatest champion the sport's ever seen and someone who I believe is grossly underrated as a fighter but I really do believe Federer tanked that match. Honestly can't recall the last time I saw him play so poorly in a major. Kudos to Millman though - very professional and solid performance by him.

Don't think he tanked. The conditions wore him out.

Tshooter · Sep 3, 2018

Milkman drank Federer's Milkshake.

Rickenbacker4003 · Sep 3, 2018

Wilson must be happy to know that the all black Pro Staff RF97 didn't make a difference in Fed's sh!tty form of late.

GOATzilla · Sep 3, 2018

Djokovic2011 said:
OK guys I really don't like saying this about arguably the greatest champion the sport's ever seen and someone who I believe is grossly underrated as a fighter but I really do believe Federer tanked that match. Honestly can't recall the last time I saw him play so poorly in a major. Kudos to Millman though - very professional and solid performance by him.

Do you think maybe the Cincinnati final drubbing was in the back of his mind?

OldschoolKIaus · Sep 3, 2018

Millman read winning ugly. Nice.

Darrell · Sep 3, 2018

I'm one of the biggest Fed fans, but this match shows you the difference between Fed's fight and Nadal's. Nadal would have never gone down like this without a fight.

junior74 · Sep 3, 2018

Pretty cool interview

tennisaddict · Sep 3, 2018

Either Fed injured or tanked

No other explanation for slamming volleys into the net time and time and time again

icedevil0289 · Sep 3, 2018

abmk said:
I'd rather not watch fed than watch beyond beyond pathetic stuff like this.

rubbish stuff.

mte tired of people being obnoxious about fed fans and being like we're overreacting. yes I'm happy to still see fed playing but ialso like watching good tennis and this was not it

existential dread · Sep 3, 2018

Service Ace said:
Millman has more class than any other Aussie currently on the tour.

That's a low bar to clear.

ewiewp · Sep 3, 2018

CosmosMpower said:
Fed played like he had diarrhea coming and couldn't wait to get off the court.

Actually stomach problem happens a lot. This actually could be the case. But i think he would have made more efforts if next opponent is Sousa not Djokovic.

Mike Sams · Sep 3, 2018

D.Nalby12 said:
The only coming out of this - Fed saved himself from embarrassment in QF against Djokovic.

Still a lot of Tennis left him. But needs a lot of desire, hunger, efforts and of course Edberg.

There's no tennis left in him unless he gets crap easy draws and avoids any of the top players. He's got no chance in hell of winning anything ever again if Djokovic, Nadal or Del Potro are waiting for him in the next round.

insideguy · Sep 3, 2018

WhiskeyEE said:
Losing to Millman is 10 times more embarrassing than getting straight set'd by Djokovic.

Losing to Millman like this is. If he would have gone down fighting I don't think it would have been bad. He went down like a lead balloon.

Ledigs · Sep 3, 2018

I don’t think he tanked. I think he was tired this late

iriraz · Sep 3, 2018

joekapa said:
30 mill a year for Uniqlo deal ? No way that happened .

You know a deal like this doesn`t have to do much with tennis anymore.10 year deal with a 37 year old pretty much says it all.

BeatlesFan · Sep 3, 2018

Fed's entire season may well have been different had he just converted one of his MP's against Del Po at Indian Wells. That was the beginning of all this mental baggage in 2018.

TheFifthSet · Sep 3, 2018

Jesus, just saw that 4 point sequence when he was up 5-4, 40-15. Crazy bad play.

D.Nalby12 · Sep 3, 2018

WhiskeyEE said:
Losing to Millman is 10 times more embarrassing than getting straight set'd by Djokovic.

Nadal built dominant h2h records against main rivals having dozens of losses like this. So it helps on long run.

ohiostate124 · Sep 3, 2018

He hasn’t really looked great anywhere since this years Aussie Open. I wonder what’s going on.

Poisoned Slice · Sep 3, 2018

Superb late time drama, ya know. Incredible result. Millman was the guy tonight.

Thundergod · Sep 3, 2018

Complete embarrassment. Feels worse than 2013

abmk · Sep 3, 2018

icedevil0289 said:
mte tired of people being obnoxious about fed fans and being like we're overreacting. yes I'm happy to still see fed playing but ialso like watching good tennis and this was not it

those idiots can go to hell.

Edit : Looks like its safer to just watch highlights (or even full match) after you've heard he's played atleast decent rather than watch his match live.

Otacon · Sep 3, 2018

Darrell said:
I'm one of the biggest Fed fans, but this match shows you the difference between Fed's fight and Nadal's. Nadal would have never gone down like this without a fight.

Federer is 37 FFS.

ADuck · Sep 3, 2018

paranoidandroid said:
This Federer kid showed some incredible heart agianst a superior opponent. I don’t think this is the last we’ll see of this young man.

You are taking this really well.

Respect for keeping up the emotionless trolling all match long

icedevil0289 · Sep 3, 2018

Djokovic2011 said:
OK guys I really don't like saying this about arguably the greatest champion the sport's ever seen and someone who I believe is grossly underrated as a fighter but I really do believe Federer tanked that match. Honestly can't recall the last time I saw him play so poorly in a major. Kudos to Millman though - very professional and solid performance by him.

oh stop, honestly fed has not been playing well since the Anderson match. you don't think fed thinks it is better to lose to an atg and defend his points.

Tshooter · Sep 3, 2018

Tshooter said:
From $235 down to $119 in 10 minutes.

Milkman burns the scalpers.

Down to $85. How low will it go by the morning.

Djokovic2011 · Sep 3, 2018

GOATzilla said:
Do you think maybe the Cincinnati final drubbing was in the back of his mind?

I don't know but his body language seemed strangely off throughout. Be interesting to hear what he has to say in his presser.

enlightenment · Sep 3, 2018

I didn't watch the match, but Federer should still be able to grind out wins even when if he makes 100UFE. The last year he's had so many opportunities with match points, set points but cannot convert. This time he should have been 2-0 up but blew it. He had SP in the 3rd and blew it. His shots have declined but a lot of it seems to be increased mental pressure which is turning matches he should be scraping through into matches he's losing.

Ripster · Sep 3, 2018

Didn't realize until the post match recap that Fed had set points to go up 2-0 on Millman. It's like the Anderson match all over again. Weird how he's going mentally a wall lately.

InvisibleSoul · Sep 3, 2018

StrongerThanAll said:
Federer played bad. He didn’t tank you morons.

The reason why things felt off is not because Federer was missing shots he shouldn't be missing... it was because he was missing shots he usually wouldn't be making.

Like he was trying to hit low percentage shots when the match was on the line... just doesn't seem like what he would normally do.

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