2020 ATP Finals SF: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev

[MeatTornado]

Very rarely do we see Rafa exhibit this sort of "negative" body language. At least it's negative for a player who almost always exhibits dominant and positive body language.

He's had his head in his hands so much today

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Very close this! Great standard of tennis by Rafa and Mad lad.

 

[romeo8880]

Commentators discussing the grunting lol

 

[Carax]

Too many chances wasted by Nadal. Med is going to make him pay.

 

[Sabrina]

Nadal looks tired now. Unlike the US 2019 Final he still has another match to play. Too tough now.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

I thought your own guess meant that. Otherwise you could have mentioned 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012-2015 to an extent

2000 was Kuerten-Agassi, or?

That was never a FO finale.

2010 was before it happened at FO.

Fed-Djokovic never FO finale...

 

[BackhandDTL]

Very close this! Great standard of tennis by Rafa and Mad lad.

How? Have you been watching

 

[Nadal15thslam]

I know it's Medvedev and the slice works against him but still... I feel Rafa is overslicing

 

[Sysyphus]

To begin with, why did he even blow a chance in the second set?

What a naive fool you are.

Have I not taught you ANYTHING?

The obvious reality is that Nadal is a useless choker, so it is NID that he's going to choke at every possible opportunity. Knowing this, why WOULDN'T he blow all his chances?

 

[Hitman]

Rafa's getting a lot of sweat in his eyes.

 

[StrongRule]

I hope @Yugram never posts again here. Of course he ran away now.

 

[romeo8880]

I hope @Yugram never posts again here. Of course he ran away now.

lol he pops up when Nadal takes the lead

 

[MeatTornado]

Nasty volley. Cut all the air out of it.

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

1st set all over again

 

[NoleFam]

Nadal looks to be tiring. These misses in the net look like tired shots.

 

[Genious at Work]

Nadal's face when he failed that easy pick up volley.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Okay, some of these shots are worrying me. C'mon, Rafa.

 

[bluetrain4]

Rafa's best play is serve and volley. Never thought I'd say that.

 

[romeo8880]

Medvedev not doing anything with the slices

 

[weakera]

Nadal just surviving in this game without his first serve

 

[The Blond Blur]

Nice change up there

 

[BackhandDTL]

Imagine if Nadal had Murray’s slice.

GSM Ned.

 

[NoleFam]

What a backhand,

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Very close this! Great standard of tennis by Rafa and Mad lad.

It's a fun match, but haters gonna hate...

 

[PrinceMoron]

Nicely done

 

[Hitman]

Incredible shot

 

[rUDin 21]

Who are you including in the baby 4? I mean the obvious choice are Thiem/Med/Zverev and Tsitsipas but Rublev is top 10, Shap is just outside top 10 and lets not forget the almighty Berrettini.

I like to call Thiem Zverev Medvedev and Tsitsipas baby 4 bc they haven't done anything yet.Only 1 slam..

 

[Genious at Work]

LOL Nadal dropping the FH hammer after boring Medvedev with a long slice BH exchange.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

2000 was Kuerten-Agassi, or?

That was never a FO finale.

2010 was before it happened at FO.

Fed-Djokovic never FO finale...

I just named multiple time FO winners/finalists that could potentially play in a FO final since your criterias turned vague when you said "I didn't mean from the same year."

 

[NoleFam]

I can't believe he made that return.

 

[killerboss]

Lmao stop putting so much effort in this tournament Rafa and save your energy for the slams. Yeah it's good for box-ticking but your main focus should be slam record. This is your worst surface is as well.

 

[romeo8880]

Medvedev still outplaying Nadal, and STILL might lose

 

[Krish872007]

Thiem must be loving this.

 

[Gorecki]

i see much point fraud.... Rafa won this by 5 million points. dont certify Mugvedev points

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

"Rocked him to sleep." That was a good one!

 

[Terenigma]

All that work and winner from Nadal and Medvedev negates it with one excellent return. Lol

 

[Hitman]

That was like that 4th set SP at USO 2019 by Med.

 

[tudwell]

They need some canned laughter for when a player hits more than two slices in a row. That would really heighten the verisimilitude.

 

[RS]

Nadal holds! Could be a turning point.

 

[MeatTornado]

That was a stressful hold for a game without any break points.

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

This is carbon copy of set 1

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Anyone who correctly predicts the winner at this point needs to know one thing.

YOU GOT LUCKY. You were just guessing, you flukes.

Nobody knows.

 

[Gazelle]

Nadal-Medvedev would be my favorite rivalry if I was high.

And if it was a rivalry. Soon to be 4-0.

 

[Hitman]

Nadal holds! Could be a turning point.

Vamos

 

[BackhandDTL]

Medvedev still outplaying Nadal, and STILL might lose

At this point I have no idea what you are talking about. Medvedev isn’t outplaying him.

Even though Nadal looks mediocre he still has the tactical advantage.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Medvedev not doing anything with the slices

Courier has mentioned this about 500 times throughout this match. Med is a reactive player who a brutally bad volley, so it's not like he can take the weak slices and come in, his volleys are bricks.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Who's going to win this oddity?

 

[Krish0608]

Anyone who correctly predicts the winner at this point needs to know one thing.

YOU GOT LUCKY. You were just guessing, you flukes.

Nobody knows.

True that. But Rafa is a safe bet in such tight matches.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Because of his technique I always wonder after Medvedev's great shots : is he extremely talented or extremely lucky?

 

[Nadal15thslam]

To be honest this match should've already ended like 6-3 6-3 for Medvedev. No, I'm not impersonating Strongrule. That's what I think.