2019 Monte Carlo QF - Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev

[chjtennis]

Love these upsets by young guns, but now there's no stopping Nadal. Too easy for Nadal to win his 12th Monte Carlo. He hasn't really played any dangerous players this time, has he?

 

[Noletheking]

Lol Man united fan , my team Liverpool is rocking

Meh, I was only really disappointed that Man United lost as convincingly as they did. Although I wish my man Ronaldo kept his CL streak alive for a little longer but oh well, all things end eventually.

 

[Noletheking]

He is not the favourite against Nadal at RG. If he was he would be the favourite to win RG, but he's not.

He has the mental edge right now I'll give that to him, but the mental edge only takes you so far against Nadal on clay. We've seen better versions of Djokovic lose to Nadal on clay. At the end of the day you actually need to play unbelievably well for 4-5 hrs to beat Nadal at RG, and not even Djokovic has proven able to do that, with the possible exception of 2013, considering 2015 Nadal was a joke.

If Nadal is not at his best he will not defeat Nole if both meets in Final

 

[Noletheking]

Lma

Wake up. The AO is a fast hard court, 2012 was slow. Rafa hasn't beaten him off hard in years so it's not surprising.

O this so was not fast and if it was fast it would have helped Nadal more than Djokovic

 

[TheAssassin]

Lol Man united fan , my team Liverpool is rocking

Not for much longer.

 

[Enceladus]

Highlights:
Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev

Press conference:
Novak Djokovic

Daniil Medvedev

I am honestly concerned about the current Novak's sub-par trend, he has not made it to SF in the last three tournaments. In the past, he had a few sub-par trends after achieving GS triumph (after the USO 2011 and Wimbledon 2014), so perhaps he will end the current trend in Madrid / Rome.

 

[raph6]

In 2011 he was just tired of all the efforts he made during the season and in 2014 it was because he had just been married in the Summer.

 

[Noletheking]

Not for much longer.

Gonna win ucl

 

[TheAssassin]

Gonna win ucl

We'll see.

 

[Noletheking]

We'll see.

You need not press my weak nerve

 

[Steve0904]

If Nadal is not at his best he will not defeat Nole if both meets in Final

Same holds for Novak to an even bigger extent. Nadal has more margin for error than Djokovic does at RG. Seriously there is no argument here.

 

[Badabing888]

How did Novak lose to this Chump?

 

[Steve0904]

Thiem has more clay court wins over Nadal than Federer does since 2006. Now if that's not a travesty....

I mean it's bad enough that Murray has the same number of wins as Federer (2), but for Thiem to have 3 is a bit of a joke.

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Didn't expect this result at all. I hope Medvedev doesn't lose to Lajovic now ...

FFS

(Sent from my mobile phone.)

 

[Noletheking]

Same holds for Novak to an even bigger extent. Nadal has more margin for error than Djokovic does at RG. Seriously there is no argument here.

Did you even see ao final? How Nadal was playing ?he was not even able to return Djokovic serve. He won like 1 point in 1st set. Wim 18 semifinal killed Nadal and he won't be same .

 

[Steve0904]

Did you even see ao final? How Nadal was playing ?he was not even able to return Djokovic serve. He won like 1 point in 1st set. Wim 18 semifinal killed Nadal and he won't be same .

Have you ever seen Nadal play at RG?

 

[Meles]

Coric displayed pathetic body language, even though he won the first set 6-1 and had all the momentum. His whole demeanor in the third set was defeatist and negative. Even Mary Carillo said, "Coric needs to man up here, he's only down one break."

He's a choker, but doesn't look so bad right now given Fog's rise.

 

[Noletheking]

Have you ever seen Nadal play at RG?

Yes I have seen but you're underestimating how Djokovic is in his head. Old Nadal would've never lost final without a fight . He was so nervous that he made Djokovic serve look like Karlovic. Missing routine shots, unable to even return 90%of his serve. You're naive if you think it won't affect when they meet. Nadal just don't have belief against Nole .wimb 18killed him.

 

[I Am Finnish]

FFS

(Sent from my mobile phone.)

Told ya

 

[Steve0904]

Yes I have seen but you're underestimating how Djokovic is in his head. Old Nadal would've never lost final without a fight . He was so nervous that he made Djokovic serve look like Karlovic. Missing routine shots, unable to even return 90%of his serve. You're naive if you think it won't affect when they meet. Nadal just don't have belief against Nole .wimb 18killed him.

Maybe so, but I'd worry more about Djokovic right now if I was you. If he doesn't get to Nadal at RG all this talk is hot air. And I still have more faith in Nadal against the field than I do Djokovic. Djokovic is much more susceptible to an upset at RG.

 

[Noletheking]

Maybe so, but I'd worry more about Djokovic right now if I was you. If he doesn't get to Nadal at RG all this talk is hot air. And I still have more faith in Nadal against the field than I do Djokovic. Djokovic is much more susceptible to an upset at RG.

Talk was about Djokovic vs Nadal at RG not them vs field. If they meet Nole will be favourite.

 

[gogo]

I'm totally embarrased here. Shame on me.
So what should we focus on??

 

[Steve0904]

Talk was about Djokovic vs Nadal at RG not them vs field. If they meet Nole will be favourite.

According to you. I suspect that if you looked at the RG favourites today according to the bookies, Nadal’s name is still at the top or at least ahead of Djokovic’s.

 

[Noletheking]

According to you. I suspect that if you looked at the RG favourites today according to the bookies, Nadal’s name is still at the top or at least ahead of Djokovic’s.

I don't care about bookies. AO open final revealed everything to me, Nadal is too scared to face Nole. Never saw him playing so scared in final. He just wanted to run asap.

 

[Steve0904]

I don't care about bookies. AO open final revealed everything to me, Nadal is too scared to face Nole. Never saw him playing so scared in final. He just wanted to run asap.

I would expect nothing less.

 

[Noletheking]

I would expect nothing less.

Put your house on Nadal if you're that confident in his chances