2019 US Open 4R: (1.) Ultron vs. (23.) Stanimal

Who will win this match?


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zvelf

Hall of Fame
Novak may be out for months. He will drop points, which means Rogers weeks at number one record is intact, even if he doesn't win US Open!

This is pretty sad to celebrate someone's injury. Anyway, Djokovic will most likely still be playing for years to come so he still has plenty of time.
 

donquijote

G.O.A.T.
New U
New Yorkers are booing him because they’re good at spotting a bullshitter
NYorkers are famous to boo anything or anyone when they are dissatisfied with their service. That's a fact. Not saying Novak didn't deserve it, he did. He should have finished like a true sport even though he had a problem. I'm sure his shoulder would not pop.
 

Djokovic2011

Bionic Poster
LOL! Hindsight is hilarious isn't it?
If it had been someone like Guido Pella or Nikoloz Basilashvilli on the court tonight instead of Stan Wawrinka, no doubt whatsoever that Djoker would've been thumping his chest and not showing any signs of injury. But because Stan was there, now there's the excuses that Djokovic shouldn't have stepped on court. Check out the poll and the comments before the match and see all the silly armchair experts claiming Stan didn't have a chance in hell because he was too slow and his "Stanimal" days were long over. LOL
He showed signs of injury in his first two matches.
 

wangs78

Legend
Looking forward to the Djokovic press conference. I wonder if he will skip it and accept the fine? Can't imagine the press not asking a bunch of very annoying questions about his shoulder and why he retired when he did.
 

Feather

Legend
I was rooting for the rematch to be brutally honest but I know I am in the minority there lol. That said plenty of guys in the draw that can beat this version of Fed. No real reason to celebrate Djokovic's loss. It helps Federer no doubt but it doesn't win him the trophy by any means.

Agree completely! No match is safe from QF onwards in a major. Just because Stan hasn't beaten Roger on HC doesn't mean he can't ever. And a potential final with Rafa which is very tough. There is nothing to celebrate here for a Roger Federer fan..
 

Mike Sams

G.O.A.T.
The Stanimal BH is a thing of beauty. Federer would've been slicing back that shot and neutralizing Stan's power. Novak on the other doesn't have any idea what to do other than try to fight fire with fire against Stan from the back of the court and he continously gets trapped doing the same thing over and over against Stan.
 

DSH

Talk Tennis Guru
nah, bruh. you are completely delusional.

agassi+henman+hewitt in 04
nalbandian+hewitt+agassi in 05
blake+davydenko+roddick in 06
lopez+roddick+davydenko+djokovic in 07
andreev+djokovic+murray in 08

beat soderling+djokovic in 09 before losing a close one to delpo.

all draws considerably tougher than nadal's USO draws.

2017 was a clown draw.
2010 & 2013 so easy before the finals.
2010 djoko was decent-good, but no better than 07-09 djoko, a tad worse actually.
2013 djoko was cr*p for 2/4 sets.

AO 2018 was a clown draw!
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
Roger have a huge opportunity to win the title. If he earns this year's title, he will compensate for the painful loss from Wimbledon just as he did in 2008. It will for him satisfaction.

ONLY one obstacle... now... that topspin machine from Mallorca. he seem to be playing well, roger will have to hold serve and start the 1st set faster
 

Enceladus

Legend
Match statistics:
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Pablo1989

Hall of Fame
I wouldn’t boo but Djokovic could have and should have finished the 3rd set as Rafa did in 2014 and tried to against Cilic in 2018 AO.
 

Mike Sams

G.O.A.T.
No disrespect to Kudla but Wawrinka was always going to be a far tougher proposition and I said as much in the first post I wrote in this thread.
Check out my posts in this thread from yesterday. I said Djokovic was going to get smashed if Stan went into Stanimal 2.0 mode. But the armchair experts said Stan was too slow and his Stanimal days were over.
 

Djokovic2011

Bionic Poster
Check out my posts in this thread from yesterday. I said Djokovic was going to get smashed if Stan went into Stanimal 2.0 mode. But the armchair experts said Stan was too slow and his Stanimal days were over.
If you believed Wawrinka was gonna "smash" him then even you must've had your doubts about Djokovic's fitness.
 

Mike Sams

G.O.A.T.
Thread is Incorrect. Title is wrong.

This is NOT Stanimal. That was 3 years ago. This is Stan the Fat man.

As for the match, Stan won't come close to winning a set. A scoreline like today, with some bakery products thrown in.
LOL!!! You sure must feel like an idiot now :D
 

Mike Sams

G.O.A.T.
If you believed Wawrinka was gonna "smash" him then even you must've had your doubts about Djokovic's fitness.
Nope. Because when Stan is on, Djokovic can't do anything. And I said the same in the poll in USO 2016 final.
"Stanimal mode ON, Wawrinka in 4". Anytime he plays Novak.
 

Raul_SJ

G.O.A.T.
I honestly don't know what to think. Stan is one of my favourite players of all time. I esp. love that OHBH. It's a thing of pure beauty. I really wanted him to win tonight, and am glad he received the win. But, I have conflicting feelings about what Novak did at the end. On the one hand, I would never wish a player to hurt themselves. Still, if he was already in severe pain, and knew he was injured, why did he go out to begin with? No title is worth doing that to yourself? If he had won the 2nd set, would he have stayed in? We'll never know. If he's seriously injured, then I wish him well in the healing process. But, I would also genuinely like to see Stan go forward.

His ego was hurt far more than his shoulder. Could have easily finished the match. Hence the boos. And deservedly so.
He almost won the second set. Match was not a total blowout by any means.
95% chance Stan would have won anyway but you must respect the game and finish it out.
 
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