Djokavic Double Faults Championship Point
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Achilles82
Professional
He made 3 DF on Nadal's break point. So he lost 3 service games tnx to DF.
Satch
Hall of Fame
he knew that the serve has to be good (the best), or Rafa would hammer back.. Novak had 3 DF on crucial points.
OldFedIsOld
Professional
Wouldn't be surprised if Djokovic changes up his serve after this tournament, very low percentage first serve and not much on the second serve to work with.
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1970CRBase
Guest
The King Of Clutch. The Beast When Match Point Down.
TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
There is no coincidence.
Djokovic realized that he needed to serve aggressive in order to challenge Nadal and maintain the initiative during rallies.
This requires taking risk, and doing so on the 2nd serve, while adding even more risk, still has the potential benefits that were not realized during those lost points.
Djokovic realized that he needed to serve aggressive in order to challenge Nadal and maintain the initiative during rallies.
This requires taking risk, and doing so on the 2nd serve, while adding even more risk, still has the potential benefits that were not realized during those lost points.
TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
Not if you're Djokovic playing against Nadal. He realized that he needed to put Nadal on the defensive, in order to have a chance to overcome those break points.
trenzterra
Semi-Pro
It's just a bug in the Djoker v3.0 BETA software. They programmed v3.0 such that it could save match points, but they forgot about championship points!
Praetorian
Professional
Greatest clay court player how has ever live - probably
greatest tennis showman - not by a longshot
pds999
Hall of Fame
Nadal was tight and just looping the ball back that last game. He didn't need to go for that bigger serve IMO.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
It's not only the 1st serve % and lack of aces - he's putting them in the middle of the service box.
augustobt
Legend
Well, based on the amount of bugs we can say that Windows' ME team is working on the project, huh?
TennisBatman
Semi-Pro
You may be right, but I was referring specifically to Djokovic's decision process.
Especially considering his matches against Federer when Djokovic went for broke early during those points, it is no surprise that he did the same on his own serve.
TopFH
Hall of Fame
Recent word from MS is that Nole v.3.0 will be done by the Real Slam, and ready to deploy at the USO.
cucio
Legend
I'll give you another thread title: Djokovic wins 8 consecutive games against straight-sets finalist, eventual champion and all-time clay legend.
Come on, guys, are you as exacting as this with yourselves in your own daily life? No lulls? No breaks of concentration? No bad days at the office?
Come on, guys, are you as exacting as this with yourselves in your own daily life? No lulls? No breaks of concentration? No bad days at the office?
Loose Cannon
Rookie
underground
G.O.A.T.
No Wimbly for him if his serve is gonna be like this.
His serve was bad all in all. Too many DFs, poor 1st %, and not enough big serves at big moments.
If he gets his serve straight and remembers to come in on the grass, he is the favorite. Grass rewards what Novak does just like clay rewards what Nadal does.
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