2017 French Open - Quarter of the Dead - Djokovic vs. Ramos-Vinalos (Round of 16)

[kalyan4fedever]

0-4 djokovic

 

[Meles]

Nole punishing ARV backhand and then fh dtl gets him to commanding 3-0 lead

 

[kalyan4fedever]

1-4

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Or it was.

 

[kalyan4fedever]

2-4

 

[Meles]

ARV hanging on at 2-4

 

[kalyan4fedever]

3-4

 

[Meles]

Nole serving at 4-3

 

[rainingaces]

Oo loose error let's Ramos see a glimmer of light. 4-2 Djokovic.

 

[kalyan4fedever]

4-4

 

[Meles]

ARV mans up for 4 all with the fearhand.

 

[rainingaces]

Great forehand angle onto the line, take a bow Vinolas. 4-4.

 

[kalyan4fedever]

5-4 nole

 

[Meles]

S&V! ARV serving at 4-5

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Serve and volley helps Djokovic take back the lead.

 

[kalyan4fedever]

5 alllll

 

[Meles]

ooo lala. Nole crushes return only for ARV to crush Bh winner for 5 all

 

[kalyan4fedever]

dat looked in

 

[Meles]

ARV going for it, but just long. Nole serves for it 6-5

 

[Meles]

ARV fails the a long FH. Nole takes breaker 7-5

 

[kalyan4fedever]

nole 1st set bbut that looked in from vinolas on my 50 inc

 

[rainingaces]

All that effort and no pay off.

 

[Sysyphus]

 

[malbaker86]

Well there goes that. Still expecting this to go 4

 

[Meles]

All right ARV buckle down and get the 2nd set and its night vision goggle time for Nole.

 

[mightyrick]

Djokovic is back to playing his old cat-and-mouse, ping-pong, wait-for-the-error game again. He may have won this set... but that is not going to get it done for the rest of the tournament. You aren't in great clay form when you get broken twice in the first set of a slam by Ramos-Vinolas... only to require a tiebreak that you barely win.

Thiem, Nadal, and possibly Cilic/Wawrinka await.

 

[Meles]

Garbena breaks down in press conference.

 

[Meles]

Djokovic is back to playing his old cat-and-mouse, ping-pong, wait-for-the-error game again. He may have won this set... but that is not going to get it done for the rest of the tournament. You aren't in great clay form when you get broken twice in the first set of a slam by Ramos-Vinolas... only to require a tiebreak that you barely win.

Thiem, Nadal, and possibly Cilic/Wawrinka await.

Well ARV has played well. Little Diego and ARV basically top ten players on clay.

 

[VexlanderPrime]

Djokovic is back to playing his old cat-and-mouse, ping-pong, wait-for-the-error game again. He may have won this set... but that is not going to get it done for the rest of the tournament. You aren't in great clay form when you get broken twice in the first set of a slam by Ramos-Vinolas... only to require a tiebreak that you barely win.

Thiem, Nadal, and possibly Cilic/Wawrinka await.

You're citing a few points and ignoring all the points where he was dictating rallies and hitting winners... try to be objective

 

[Stanzad]

Nadal vs Pablo Carreno Busta.

Novak vs Thiem.

Nadal continues to get cakewalk draw after cakewalk draw.

 

[veroniquem]

Djokovic is back to playing his old cat-and-mouse, ping-pong, wait-for-the-error game again. He may have won this set... but that is not going to get it done for the rest of the tournament. You aren't in great clay form when you get broken twice in the first set of a slam by Ramos-Vinolas... only to require a tiebreak that you barely win.

Thiem, Nadal, and possibly Cilic/Wawrinka await.

I agree with you but please don't include Cilic. Cilic is a joke on clay and would do absolutely zip even vs this version of Djoko!

 

[veroniquem]

Nadal vs Pablo Carreno Busta.

Novak vs Thiem.

Nadal continues to get cakewalk draw after cakewalk draw.

The only positive I see for Djoko with this draw is that IF he makes it to semi, he sure will be match tough lol.

 

[Charleneriva]

Is it me or ARV looks tired?

 

[swordtennis]

Only way Djokovic gets to the final if he gets through this match and Thiem is make it a war of attrition and get Nadal nervous in a 5th set. His service game is not going to beat Nadal in under 5 sets.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Djoko playing decent. Should at least get to semi I reckon! Thiem won't be easy next though, if he wraps this one up!

 

[Sysyphus]

Djoko playing decent. Should at least get to semi I reckon! Thiem won't be easy next though, if he wraps this one up!

that's the bare minimum for sure

 

[SpinDr.]

R-V needs to make this a match.

 

[mightyrick]

You're citing a few points and ignoring all the points where he was dictating rallies and hitting winners... try to be objective

Objective? A few points? The entire reason that Djokovic was so close to losing that first set is because he would not try to end points. He instead was trying to make Vinolas miss. That's the entire reason he got broken twice.

It's not like Vinolas was "GOATing" or anything. The guy is a clay mug. Djokovic played the same way against Schwartzman and almost lost the match.

So which match are you watching, exactly?

 

[mightyrick]

You Djokovic fans need to understand what "dictating" means. It is not merely hitting corner to corner with medium pace. Any clay mug does that in every single match.

Playing "Pong" is not dictating.

If it was, then I figure that Somdev Devvarman and Agnieska Radwanka are the greatest dictators of points that our sport has ever seen.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Unfortunately, spirit will only get you drunk.

Daboom.

 

[Meles]

The ARV breaks back for 1-2 in the 3rd.

 

[Paul Harman]

Naughty ARV chasing down that terrible smash.

 

[Meles]

ARV saves amazing break point.

 

[rainingaces]

Ramos-Vinolas brilliant rally.

He is gassing Djokovic for Thiem.

 

[Meles]

Naughty ARV chasing down that terrible smash.

41 shots.

 

[Fedeonic]

That's was a great rally from both, massive credit to Ramos.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

ARV saves amazing break point.

What bravery. I blew him a kiss for the effort there.

 

[Meles]

Ramos-Vinolas brilliant rally.

He is gassing Djokovic for Thiem.

Just in one point. These guys are banging the ball.

 

[Paul Harman]

Great fighting spirit. I think Novak is to precise with ground strokes today though.

 

[Meles]

Stop that ARV