2019 Shanghai Masters QF - (1.) Novak Djokovic vs. (6.) Stefanos Tsitsipas

[Enceladus]

Their 3rd mutual meeting, both won one match, No1e in Madrid 2019 (final) and Stefanos in Toronto 2018 (3rd round).

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Ought to be a great match!

 

[Breakpointerer]

Djoker in 2

 

[StrongRule]

Tsitsipas doesn't have any weapons to hurt Djokovic. No need to judge by Toronto 2018. Tsitsipas played his absolute best there, while Djokovic played a bad match. And Tsitsipas still barely won it. Now it will probably be a beatdown.

 

[ForumMember]

Djoker in 15 games

 

[3fees]

Djokovic is playing well,, The Greek will needs to hit lights out to get a set,, Djokovic in 2

Cheers
3Fees

 

[guitarra]

Djokovic in 2 easy sets is the most likely outcome. Stef has improved from his summer slump but is still far from his best while Novak is playing great again and no visible sign of shoulder injury. I hope I'm proven wrong though and Stef makes a contest out of it. Will see.

 

[gn]

Delete

 

[Breakpointerer]

Very enjoyable match this

 

[Meles]

Djokovic now playing at 100% of choking. Useless, tired NextGen player gifted set. Nole fans in hiding.

 

[Meles]

Tsits can barely move and no way he ever wins slam.

 

[ForumMember]

Djokovic now playing at 100% of choking. Useless, tired NextGen player gifted set. Nole fans in hiding.

Take it easy Meles.. its just a set.

 

[Mike Sams]

Tsitsipas doesn't have any weapons to hurt Djokovic. No need to judge by Toronto 2018. Tsitsipas played his absolute best there, while Djokovic played a bad match. And Tsitsipas still barely won it. Now it will probably be a beatdown.

He has a ton of weapons to hurt Djokovic. The hell are you on about??

 

[Meles]

Tsits with a few lucky winners and Ace holds for 1-0.

 

[Meles]

He has a ton of weapons to hurt Djokovic. The hell are you on about??

Nadal lost to this weaponless pusher.

 

[Chadalina]

Djoke still has a weak fh and overhead, things men often have

 

[Breakpointerer]

Nadal lost to this weaponless pusher.

On his fav surface

 

[Meles]

Tsits with the last paddy cake for 40-15

 

[Breakpointerer]

Tsitsi 2-1

 

[Meles]

Nice job Nole lobbing perpetual bad hair day, but another lucky ace for 2-1

 

[Meles]

Stefanos eager to bow down to Medvedev once again.

 

[Paulreedsmith]

Pretty good match this...

 

[Breakpointerer]

Chance for tsitsi..

 

[Breakpointerer]

Triple BP

 

[guitarra]

Come on, Stef! Break him now!!!!!

 

[Chadalina]

Stefanos eager to bow down to Medvedev once again.

Not many wanna play med at the moment. I could see djok losing focus thinkging about another beatdown like at the us open

 

[Breakpointerer]

Not many wanna play med at the moment. I could see djok losing focus thinkging about another beatdown like at the us open

Djok didn't play med at us open

 

[The Guru]

This is very not good

 

[Meles]

Tsits returning the choking favors with that overhead, 30-40

 

[Breakpointerer]

Stef breaks, is up 3-1

 

[NatF]

So few replies for this match? Good match this...that overhead though.

 

[octogon]

Djokovic's worst nightmare these days is Wawrinka and a couple of fearless Next Gen players who can read his game. They train to beat him more than they train to beat Nadal or Fed. This is why him even getting to 20 slams is far from guaranteed for Djoker, no matter how "unbeatable" he looks in tournaments like Tokyo, where he has to beat freaking Millman in the final to win.

Even if he somehow wins this match, guys like Tsitsipas and Medvedev are going to be a huge problem for him going forward.

Any bets on Djokovic claiming a return of the "shoulder injury", whether he wins or loses this match?

 

[guitarra]

Yes, baby! 3 more holds, please.

 

[pedro94]

Djokovic bails Tsitsipas out with a forehand UE on the 3rd break point lol.. Good friend Novak

 

[Mike Sams]

Tsiti is flying around the court. You can tell those are young legs out there the way he's defending side to side.

 

[Meles]

Stef breaks, is up 3-1

Is this 120% Chokovic? I'm so impressed to see what he can do when pushed past 80%.

 

[Breakpointerer]

Yes, baby! 3 more holds, please.

Or 2 holds and a break

 

[Meles]

Tsiti is flying around the court. You can tell those are young legs out there the way he's defending side to side.

Played over three hour last match; he's going down.

 

[Mike Sams]

Djokovic bails Tsitsipas out with a forehand UE on the 3rd break point lol.. Good friend Novak

Novak's sort of old you know? Not a 19 year old kid. Lot of mileage on those legs over the years at 32. He's trying to stay ahead of all these young kids who are all much taller and just as fast as he is.

 

[Mike Sams]

Played over three hour last match; he's going down.

Shouldn't affect a 21 year old kid.

 

[Breakpointerer]

4-1.. Tsitsi 2 holds away

 

[Meles]

Another lucky Tsits ace for 4-1.

 

[guitarra]

This is one way traffic now, easy for Stef

 

[Red Rick]

What the hell is this with Djokovic tuning out every time he loses a 2nd set after winning the first?

 

[DJTaurus]

Another lucky Tsits ace for 4-1.

Lmao. You are the best hater ever. You should contact tsitsipas and fuel his game

 

[Meles]

4-1.. Tsitsi 2 holds away

Oh they get tired. You didn't seen the Tsits collapse in the China Open Final Sunday?

 

[guitarra]

Another lucky Tsits ace for 4-1.

Wait, Meles, do you actually hate Tsi?

 

[Meles]

Lmao. You are the best hater ever. You should contact tsitsipas and fuel his game

Worthless NextGen.

 

[Meles]

Wait, Meles, do you actually hate Tsi?

I have a soft spot for worthless pushers.

 

[Breakpointerer]

Oh they get tired. You didn't seen the Tsits collapse in the China Open Final Sunday?

Nope, only checked the result afterwards