2019 Australian Open 4R - [4] Alexander Zverev vs. [16] Milos Raonic

[JJGUY]

He's not petering out. It has nothing to do with stamina, and surely he's not lazy.

Zverev clearly has an acute case of slamidous.

well, depends on how we define "lazy", I am sure he trains very hard, but on court he wants an "easy" or "manageable" win, he shows very little interest fighting back from huge deficit, he would just settle with a breadstick instead of fighting for a couple more games. Probably in his mindset, it's not worth the effort since he is way behind in the set, but that sort of lack of fighting spirit is just lazy.

 

[Deon Sanders]

Disgusting overrule

 

[King No1e]

Raonic a point away from finishing it.
What a performance.

 

[Gary Duane]

Milos is not a subpar returner. It's what makes him stand out from the average big server.

15% of return games, career, on HC. Went a bit higher than that in his best year, but not much. 20% in 2016, which is transitioning to a pretty good returner for a tall guy with a great serve, but that was his peak year. What's happened in this match just does not make sense to me. I woke up and he was already up 6 1 6 1, still trying to figure out how that happened.

 

[Tshooter]

I just realized is that The Thief in the Chair ? My Man !

 

[Steve0904]

Ramos needs his eyes checked obviously.

 

[The Green Mile]

Fricking tin arse shot from Zverev

 

[Tennease]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL slice slice slice slice poooof gone the match point.

 

[sredna42]

I wanted Zverev to be the next big thing so much, but he just doesn't have it.
He plays like he is on the WTA, waits for errors and doesn't take charge of rallies.
Killers like Fed have a huge Serve +1, Zverev has a fast serve that doesn't seem accurate, then no +1 whatsoever, just starts a rally.

This spineless matchpoint rally says it all

 

[onyxrose81]

Raonic being too cutesy.

 

[3fees]

Zverev saves 2 MP's

Cheers
3Fees

 

[jklos]

Lol what was that??!

 

[reaper]

Get the girls on

 

[flyingboris]

Welll.. that was the meekest possible way to save a match point...

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

game point for Zverev...

 

[fundrazer]

Raonic got a run around forehand and he hit it so tamely... Nerves I guess.

 

[abmk]

Wow ! long rally there on MP !!

 

[King No1e]

That rally will be played round the world in highlight reels for a long time

 

[Matheson]

That rally will be played round the world in highlight reels for a long time

Lol?

 

[NoleFam]

I'm surprised Raonic didn't end that when he had match point. Too passive in that rally.

 

[Tennease]

Great hold by Alexander the Great.

 

[Terenigma]

Good hold from Zverev there! Bout time he started fighting back

 

[reaper]

Perhaps they can play a 28 minute rally like happened on the WTA in the 1980's.

 

[time_fly]

Is there any way that both these guys can be declared losers? Zverev plain stinks and Raonic is so tight that he's hitting 50mph slices down the middle exclusively.

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

5-5 in the 3rd set - will this go to a tie-break?

 

[3fees]

Milos v Zverev 61,61,55

Cheers
3fees

 

[yokied]

Deary deary deary deary deary deary me.

 

[Midaso240]

Oh shut up Zverev! You'd think he'd won the match,only hung on by the skin of his teeth there

 

[Matheson]

These backhand slices are horrible to watch. What is this garbage strat

 

[Deon Sanders]

Milos resorting to what he knows now

Servebot

 

[flyingboris]

That rally will be played round the world in highlight reels for a long time

Top one lamest rallies of 2019

 

[King No1e]

Zverev showing some guts

 

[Raindogs]

Both men playing like absolute warrior poets now.
What a scene.

 

[jm1980]

These backhand slices are horrible to watch. What is this garbage strat

It works against Zverev

 

[jklos]

Perhaps they can play a 28 minute rally like happened on the WTA in the 1980's.

Did that really happen? Lol

 

[pikku05]

Wow Zverev still in with a chance to win the match. Come on..

 

[Harry_Wild]

5-5! I the 3rd, Will Zverev make it a 5 set match?

 

[Tennease]

Ramos needs his eyes checked obviously.

Should've gone to Specsavers.

lol TV made a mistake of playing music track before the game was over. "..better now, better now" song.

 

[JJGUY]

I'm surprised Raonic didn't end that when he had match point. Too passive in that rally.

yep his shots selection, keep slicing and playing safe, probably praying for errors too

 

[Tshooter]

Ramos should have stepped in and called the point for Zed after the 4th puff BH slice by Raonic. That was some 1970s stuff. The world has changed. A lot of kids have ADD these days so you really can't let that stuff go on. Shame on Muglos.

 

[jm1980]

Raonic should have pulled the trigger on that MP though

 

[time_fly]

Did Raonic's ace drill the line judge? It looked close.

 

[3fees]

Milos v Zverev 61,61,65,,,more and more like the nadal berdych match

Cheers
3fees

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

Sasha has to hold his serve here, then we can see how it goes in a tie-break...

 

[NoleFam]

yep his shots selection, keep slicing and playing safe, probably praying for errors too

Yea he was waiting for an error instead of just ripping that forehand and winning it on the next shot.

 

[Gary Duane]

Meanwhile, what is ESPN advertising?

Cheetah's Club for Men in Hallendale, strip club that is open 7 days a week. What's next? Advertising Pornhub????

 

[jm1980]

Ivan barely reacting, lol

 

[Gary Duane]

Can any one explain what happened to Z? I woke up to the end of the 2nd set, and it was awful. A real shocker...

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

tie-break time....

 

[Steve0904]

3 straight breakers upcoming.