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Forgive me guys but I don’t have time to follow all the matches. US open had seemed super slow in recent years. Is it like that again or is it a bit more normal?

Any thoughts on this. I feel that Djokovic has had a stress free draw and path to final. Federer has obviously had to play more intense and higher pressure tennis. Question is who does this favour? I think it would be good for Federer if he was 10 years younger. I think in current situation...

It's easy for Federer fans to forget about the gamesmanship after a win, but I thought Nadal was really bad at making Federer wait to serve, slow to come out at change of ends. Especially when Federer was serving for the match. Obviously Nadal must be seen as a good guy off the court, but I...

I don't think a lot has changed between Federer and Nadal in terms of relative ability. I think Nadal caught some breaks against Roger earlier on in their H2H, they played many times on clay, and Federer used to being treated like an untouchable god at that time was very tense about Nadal, he...

Nole has a good serve but not particularly quick. I was shocked to see Rafa guessing the direction of serves. It made him look defeated to me. I think if they played again in a week Djokovic would win even more convincingly.

disappointing to see Federer knocked out and it appeared Nadal's march to the title was inevitable, So very relived to see him lose today and for Federer to retain the 3 slam edge in Slams. It's like a major win for Federer fans

I have seen some comments to suggest the Djokovic Nadal match was one of the highest quality ever. To me Nadal looked impressive but I felt Djokovic was often at a level well below his best quality. His returns were nowhere near his peak, and he had a few really off returns in key points in...

Easy money. I bet with a friend that all 3 of Nadals biggest threats would be on the other side of the draw. Thiem Djokovic and Zverev. I offered my friend even odds even though theoretically he had a 75% chance of winning if the draw is not rigged. Easy 1,000 because I knew the draw is rigged

i heard all about how slow the courts are but when I watched some tennis yesterday it didn't seem so bad. Have the courts sped up a bit?

so there are a few things going against Fed if he should make it to semi v nadal. Especially the court surface and his back. However here are a couple of things in his favour 1) if Fed makes semi after having tougher competition he will be more match sharp. Nadals opponents have been so weak...

Sorry to say this but Fed's back is definitely an issue. He was asked in his press conference how his back was, and he said "the back is fine" but as he said it he shook his head. That's a body language give away I am afraid. Also, when he has played really well, he has said "that's what...

Great win for Roger and Mirka. She has the same goal as Roger and doesn't make him compromise like all of our wives and girlfiends do. I really appreciate that she wants Roger to be the best and it really helps.

I have been a Federer fan since the beginning and rode all the ups and downs. How hard it was to accept his decline and lose of consistency once we got into this decade. Wimbledon 2012 felt like the icing on the cake at the time, and then when he beat Nadal in 2017 in 5 sets it felt like the...

I'm not sure why I am so surprised if I look at Nadal's record since 2010 but I was thinking "this time it's different" I was thinking he is serving better and being aggressive but I think the mistake I made was to think that in past years he looked like he wasn't at the races. In some of those...

There has been a myth running for maybe the last 10 years that Nadal owns Federer in the matchup. It has been a problematic matchup for Federer for sure but it is quite striking that Federer actually leads their H2H 11-10 in matches not on clay. So, it is fair to say that Nadal owns Federer on...

I quite enjoyed the game and some of the rallies were great to watch but I would make the following points: - Stan's serve was not good. Low percentage of first serves in, seemed to always be in Deuce service games - Nole's serve was very bad percentage on first serve and plenty of double faults...

- be great on one surface - be mediocre on other surfaces. you will play the top players in every tournament on your favoured surface but you won't have to play them very often on their favoured surface. to me this shows that H2H stats are over rated. For example, if Djokovic did not play...

All - After a great couple of weeks I thought I should share with you my analysis from the tournament, just to recap on what we learnt in the last 2 weeks - Djokovic: Great player. Deserved champion with many more slams to come. I think he is starting to get the recognition he deserves. A fair...

The comments from Dawn Fraser are pretty poor. I think there is an issue with Australian sportsmanship in general and it is not just confined to people who emigrated to Australia. Look at the Aussie cricket team. Absolute graceless, classless team that don't know how to behave with decency...

I haven't been watching too much tennis as I don't have the time to do it. However, I caught a bit of Murray's match yesterday and it seemed to me that has serving pace was well off. Looks like his groundstrokes are in good order but the serve looks more vulnerable to me. Way less zing on his...

So Nadal realises that his shorts are on backwards (WTF?) and wants to leave the court to change them. Umpire Bernandes says it will cost him a time violation. If that was me I would be so embarassed at my stupdity and for disrupting play and my opponent, I would say "yes fair enoughI...

Just curious if he stays in the top 10. I guess around 9th or so?

I have heard Nadal comment that his form is all about the nerves. I don't get that. He's played in so many big matches and he is getting nervous in Masters tournaments? I don't believe that his mentality is so weak. I think there are 2 issues. 1) Nadal is 29. His shots may look physically...

I think Djokovic has become better and better in the matchup against Nadal. I expect Djokovic to have his number on HC and indoors from now on. It is not close. I would favour Djokovic on Grass quite heavily from now on. I would favour Djokovic on Clay (excl RG) from now on - 60%...

was the match today really so close as Nadal fans are saying? Are they clutching at straws? Ok so Nadal came out of the blocks firing in the first 2 games and contributed to an epic game 7. However, at the business end of the sets he lost 6 game to 0. Didn't that say that Djokovic was...

In my view, Nole is looking better and better each year in his match up v Nadal. I used to rate it 50/50 on HC or grass. Now I rate Nole well ahead on all surfaces except at Roland Garos. At RG Nadal just gets vicious bounce. He does not play any better, he just hits regulation FH that are...

in his last 6 events. Disappointing that he is not even getting into quarters or semis and losing to top 10 ranked players.

I see quite a lot of hype about Federer’s US open prospects on the back of his very good (not excellent) recent form, because other contenders are weak, and because he has a decent draw. If it was 2007 or before, I would say Federer is a lock in to win, based on the points identified in his...

I think up to and including 2010 Nadal was amazing on clay full stop.(ok except for blue coloured clay) Then I noticed that he was winning at RG due to incredible top spin rather than an incredible standard of tennis. He gets far more top spin bounce at RG on Chatrier than at any other...

Look at the population of India and their sports results are probably the worst in the world. - In the 2012 Olympics they ranked 55th on the medal table. (no gold) - In the winter olympics they won no medal. - Football they are ranked 150th. - In Test cricket they are ranked 5th equal...