not the end result!Medvedev's game is beyond ugly. His strokes are hard to watch.
I missed the first set, but I thoroughly enjoyed the final two. These guys must be completely exhausted, what an effort.In a tennis season, how often do you really enjoy a match from start to finish ? Very rarely. This was a magnificent match.
Thiemerer knows slice, no? Nadal knows slice, too. Both know to use it when it works.Good for Medvedev. That's two weeks in a row he has played well. Maybe a win in this event. There are no players left in the draw who will slice the tall Russian to death and draw errors like Lajovic did last week.
I hope fatigue won't be a factor tomorrow.I missed the first set, but I thoroughly enjoyed the final two. These guys must be completely exhausted, what an effort.
Just like it should be. Enough with these old geezers grinding down the young ones.Ouch that's got to hurt for Nishi. 3-1 up in the deciding set and can't close it out. I felt that it had become a test of stamina between him and Medvedev because there was so little to choose between them level wise and Medvedev has the advantage of being younger. Besides, we all know what long matches do to Nishi's fitness levels so I had my doubts he would have had enough left in the tank for tomorrow's final anyway. In that sense, maybe the fitter guy won.
If Medvedev brings this level to the slams on a regular basis, he'll be a consistent top 10 player if he avoids injuries.
He may not win a major, but I wouldn't put a Berdych-like career past him.
What all players dream about. Having a Berdych-like career.If Medvedev brings this level to the slams on a regular basis, he'll be a consistent top 10 player if he avoids injuries.
He may not win a major, but I wouldn't put a Berdych-like career past him.
We'll see.He probably will win a major if he keeps playing like that. Last year 7 different players made a slam final, and today Medvedev beat the world number 7 who was playing well. If he takes that form to slams over the next decade, he'll make several slam finals and probably win one...or more.
Berdych is love, Berdych is life.What all players dream about. Having a Berdych-like career.
Meddy's not even serving all that well in 2019. Put that with the ground game and slams assured.He probably will win a major if he keeps playing like that. Last year 7 different players made a slam final, and today Medvedev beat the world number 7 who was playing well. If he takes that form to slams over the next decade, he'll make several slam finals and probably win one...or more.
The serve will get biggerer with age for Meddy and may well be a brutal combination of grinding on return, but serve slam efficiency.We'll see.
He needs to shorten points more in the slams. His grinding style won't do him any favors in BO5.
Thiemerer knows slice, no? Nadal knows slice, too. Both know to use it when it works.
Djokovic us open 2013 slice down the line forehand down the lineHmmm... I can't recall a match in which Nadal or Thiem had the patience to work over an opponent with slices. That may be because I don't watch enough tennis, but to my memory they both like to bludgeon their opponents. Can you name a match in which one of them switched to low slices when "plan A" wasn't working. I'm struggling to do so.
Nadal against djokovic yesUsed by Nadal?
I didn’t imply either will have to go to “plan B” and wholeheartedly rely on slice but here’s a perfect example of what Thiem can do vs a taller, power oriented opponent not usually known for steady clay rallying:Hmmm... I can't recall a match in which Nadal or Thiem had the patience to work over an opponent with slices. That may be because I don't watch enough tennis, but to my memory they both like to bludgeon their opponents. Can you name a match in which one of them switched to low slices when "plan A" wasn't working. I'm struggling to do so.
Just like it should be. Enough with these old geezers grinding down the young ones.
If it starts happening at the slams, then yes.And yet another young one (well, comparatively so) has ground down yet another of these old geezers. Do we sense a turning of the tide at long last?
How come he is peaking at his worst surfaceMeddy's not even serving all that well in 2019. Put that with the ground game and slams assured.
defeating 2019 Nishikori makes one a candidate for winning Slams?He probably will win a major if he keeps playing like that. Last year 7 different players made a slam final, and today Medvedev beat the world number 7 who was playing well. If he takes that form to slams over the next decade, he'll make several slam finals and probably win one...or more.
peaking?How come he is peaking at his worst surface
hehe i was not seriousdefeating 2019 Nishikori makes one a candidate for winning Slams?
peaking?
it's often hard to tell the level of play if the match is close.
defeating 2019 Nishikori makes one a candidate for winning Slams?
defeating 2019 Nishikori makes one a candidate for winning Slams?
peaking?
it's often hard to tell the level of play if the match is close.
Was it hard to tell the level of play in that match? Both players are top 10 in the race, with winning ratios around 70% and it was good to watch. There's no reason to believe either were playing to a level below Nishikori's ranking of 7. That's a good level to be playing too with the top 6 looking as fragile as it is.
Well at least Cecch had a decent Monte Carlo. Where is @Checkmate 's crystal ball this year?Hope that jogs your Melesian memory. Sadly, due to illness Cecchinato will not defend Budapest, leaving it open perhaps for a bad clay courter like Coric to win.
Something gave today and looks like Meddy's bleeding style pulled him through in the last games.Kei is almost unbeatable in the deciding. I don't know how to explain it.
Kei was almost unbeatable in the deciding. I don't know how to explain it.
I thought it possible his vanishly low UE counts of the last six months might translate to clay. I suspect Thiem will expose the Medvedev game rather badly on clay as both he and Nadal pretty much devour slices and Meddy's flat balls work best when they stay low.How come he is peaking at his worst surface