2023 Wimbledon R4: Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Bublik

Who wins?


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Sephiroth

Hall of Fame
my goat

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TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
I have to disagree with you here.

Would you call Djokovic hitting that winner against Federer at USO 2011 stupid also, since he just went for it and it was a low percentage hit?

To me, he took his destiny into his own hands.
Actually IMO Novak's famous 2011 UsOpen was the luckiest shot in tennis history with big consequences. Novak basically lashed out again flat with barely even looking at the ball. He didn't care if it was going in or out because he had already lost the match in his mind. Even Fed said in his post match that the shot was lucky. It was basically a huge swing at the ball and Novak doesn't hit like that normally.

However Fed was mentally weak after that. He just lost belief and almost expected the match to be handed to him. He made a bad forehand UFE on the next match point. Novak broke and the rest is history.

In an alternate universe, what if Novak had missed the forehand in UsOpen 2011? What if Fed had converted a match point in Wimbledon 2019? What if Nadal had not missed the sitter backhand DTL in AO 2012 Final?

Novak has been the most clutch among the big 3. But fortune has also favored him with shots and draws...
 

joekapa

Legend
Record ticket sales without Federer and Nadal, end of tennis etc

amazing the difference is between real life and TTW (I still love you TTW)
Yes, "Federer is tennis", and all that jive.

Personally I am looking forward to post Big-3 tennis. We are gonna see slam winners we never would have expected....
 

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
Record ticket sales without Federer and Nadal, end of tennis etc

amazing the difference is between real life and TTW (I still love you TTW)
So is tennis actually more popular now?
That would mean Fed and Nadal were not so big after all, and it's just TTW being nostalgic.
 

fundrazer

G.O.A.T.
Rublev has been pretty composed since I've started watching, but lets it out the roar after securing a 5th set break.
 
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