2020 ATP Finals SF: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev

[tudwell]

LOL with the echo in there, it sounded like the umpire said - Game The Nadal.

Lol. Well we know it’s not @vive le beau jeu ! in the chair or Nadal would’ve been defaulted for all his time violations by now.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Those two are not putting enough intensity, the Austrian's forehand will obliterate both of them

 

[Devtennis01]

Timmy might be feeling a little more relaxed now.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Those two are not putting enough intensity, the Austrian's forehand will obliterate both of them

Timmy is losing to whoever wins this. Get that plate nice and shiny for him

 

[Red Rick]

Well, at the very least, Meddy, push Nadal to a 3 hour encounter if you're not going to win.

Are you suggesting Medvedev takes more time than Nadal between points?

 

[StrongRule]

I can't believe Nadal mugged it up like this. In the first set he was holding under pressure, survived some very aggressive shots from Medvedev and stole the set. Then in the second he drops serve with some pathetic 2015 level errors. I don't trust him to win in a third set. He really lost the match with this pathetic service game.

 

[Hitman]

Timmy might be feeling a little more relaxed now.

He's there watching it in the crowd.

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Nadal will crush Meddy's soul in the third set. He just gives hopes to him in the last 3 matches they played, only to snatch it away in the end

 

[ADuck]

Whoever gets to the final might end up thiemnated

 

[Terenigma]

I feel like people need to remember what happened last year when Medvedev had a massive set lead against Nadal...

 

[Hitman]

Those two are not putting enough intensity, the Austrian's forehand will obliterate both of them

Thiem's forehand has been classified as a weapon of mass destruction.

 

[PilotPete]

IF Medy wins this, I'd say Thiem winning. If Nadal wins, then he's going all the way.

 

[StrongRule]

Yeah, I think Nadal is done for this match. Another double fault.

 

[MeatTornado]

I don't trust him to win in a third set.

That's a real change of pace.

 

[intrepidish]

Yeah, I think Nadal is done for this match. Another double fault.

LOL. You must be the most clueless poster in a sea of clueless posters.

 

[Yugram]

30 secs between every serve point, really hurrying...

15 years past and Federer fans are still bhurt over something so insignificant.

 

[Cortana]

6:1 anyone?

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Zverev stop playing with Rafa's head

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Ugh. Looking quite ugly at the moment.

 

[Gazelle]

Feels like the 2013 Nadal-Berdsht WTF match.

 

[Devtennis01]

He's there watching it in the crowd.

I saw him playing on his phone!
Hope he's paying attention now.

 

[abmk]

12 winners for med to ZERO for nadal in this set.

 

[MeatTornado]

If I had a nickel for every time a player failed to convert a double-break on Nadal and it came back to bite them...

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Rafa is zoning out occasionally, like he steps inside the Twilight Zone every now and again, then gets confused briefly.

 

[The_Order]

Honestly didn't think Nadal would play worse in this set but it's shocking... not one winner so far.

 

[StrongRule]

This match is over. Nadal is just tanking now.

 

[Sysyphus]

I don't trust him to win in a third set.

That's a real change of pace.

just when you thought you had him pinned down

 

[Tenacity]

0 winners for Rafa in 2nd set lol

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Nadal to serve 1st in the third set

Bamos

 

[Sabrina]

This match is over. Nadal is just tanking now.

Yes just like he tanked against Tsitsipas?

 

[MeatTornado]

15 years past and Federer fans are still bhurt over something so insignificant.

ironic

 

[tudwell]

Nadal 0 winners this set.

Will win in a tiebreak.

 

[abmk]

nadal saves BP with BH DTL. med slightly late to react there?

 

[Devtennis01]

Nadal will hang in. Meddy could choke the set, go off the boil.

 

[BackhandDTL]

15 years past and Federer fans are still bhurt over something so insignificant.

At this point they’ve lost their minds. “prime Hewitt would beat prime Djokovic in a BO5 HC match at a GS”

 

[James P]

Nice little ace there.

 

[speedysteve]

Love that there are no dodgy line calls by trigger happy line judges, bailing out players when pressed back.
Nadal was waiting for a call that never came there.

 

[weakera]

If Med can keep things up with his first serve he will win like that time he took the racket out of Djokovic's hands in Cincy

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Nadal will crush Meddy's soul in the third set. He just gives hopes to him in the last 3 matches they played, only to snatch it away in the end

All H2Hs are huge conspiracies.

 

[Hitman]

Massive BH DTL from Nadal there to save BP

 

[MeatTornado]

just when you thought you had him pinned down

It's why I keep coming back to TTW.

You never know what you're going to see next!

 

[Mainad]

Only 1 break in it. Nadal can easily come back.

Edit: And so he does.

 

[Devtennis01]

Meddy is a mystery to me. I don't get it.

 

[StrongRule]

Only 1 break in it. Nadal can easily come back.

Not with Medvedev's serve.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

6:1 anyone?

Close, but no cigar!

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Timmy is losing to whoever wins this. Get that plate nice and shiny for him

Nadal fans are funny

 

[The_Order]

15 years past and Federer fans are still bhurt over something so insignificant.

It's not the time between serves, towelling down, grunting, butt picking, aligning bottles etc that bothers them.

It's the slam h2h. If Nadal would've lost all those slam meetings with Fed, they would not care about this stuff even a quarter as much.

 

[StrongRule]

Massive BH DTL from Nadal there to save BP

You still think he wins the match?

 

[Devtennis01]

Nadal knows how to wait through a purple patch.

 

[MeatTornado]

At this point they’ve lost their minds. “prime Hewitt would beat prime Djokovic in a BO5 HC match at a GS”

Who said that? There was talk earlier today about Hewitt beating current Djokovic, if that's what you meant.