2020 ATP Finals SF: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev

[tudwell]

Fedvedev 2/9 on break points. Could be the key to the match.

 

[BackhandDTL]

Nadals done. Embarrassing off of clay.

 

[Sabrina]

Well. Congrats to Mad lad now, another winable match from Nadal which he choked away.

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Fjdjfjdjdjchdjchdndjcdjsjdjdhdjsjajhshsjxhx

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Prime minister breaks and now

 

[Gazelle]

Nice sneak approach by Medvedev. The perfect counter to Nadal's excessive slicing?

 

[weakera]

"a lot of people were banking on a Djokovic-Nadal final"

Lol, not really though

 

[Cortana]

Nadal is FINNISH!!!

 

[Sysyphus]

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.​

Get out as early as you can,

And don’t have any kids yourself.​

 

[The Blond Blur]

Sneakvedev

 

[tezukazone]

wtf rafa looks like he doesnt care

 

[junior74]

Nice fight by Maddy there!

 

[romeo8880]

Wow what a sneaky play by the Russian!

 

[James P]

LET'S GO!!!!!!!

 

[MasterZeb]

3 CHEERS FOR NADAL BEING BROKEN

HIP HIP

HIP HIP

HIP HIP

 

[MeatTornado]

Med decided quickly that he was NOT going to get caught into another slicing rally.

Just said f**k it and ran to the net

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Ok. So, we have an interesting scenario here- Meddy is ahead and in sight of the win.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Med to choke, I can feel it

Please dont

 

[Terenigma]

Huge, HUGE break for Medvedev! Now can he hold it together for 2 more service holds? Come on!!

 

[PrinceMoron]

Brave play

 

[BeatlesFan]

Wow... crazy match! Let's see if Med can hold his nerve and his serve now.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Nadal is definitely not ready for this trophy.

Either he loses this or vs Thiem.

 

[bluetrain4]

Rafa's massive amount of slicing is confounding. I get doing it SOME, but come on.

 

[Hitman]

The fatigue is starting to show from Rafa.

 

[TheAssassin]

Don't let this one slip Mad Lad...

 

[tennis_pro]

whens monte carlo again

 

[abmk]

brave play from mad lad there and he breaks.

 

[Gazelle]

Tim henman with the most savage commentary

Petchey: you feel like his body may have impeded him there
Henman:you also feel like his brain impeded him there

Henman knows all about brain impediment.

 

[NoleFam]

You just felt the break was coming there. Nadal couldn't close it out and again, dumping easy shots in the net. Let's see if Medvedev actually can close it out. I have my doubts.

 

[StrongRule]

Absolutely pathetic. All these net rushes, the easy missed passing shot...Nadal did everything he could to get broken here.

@Hitman Just admit you were wrong.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Med thoroughly deserved that. Great job!

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Mad lad coming up with goods. Great tennis by the Russian!

 

[clout]

Let’s see if the next gen can do this to the big 3 at the slams where it really matters. We’ve seen them do it at Masters and WTF for a while now so this shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Also, Nadal and Djokovic showed their age a bit today. 8-10 years ago, no way do Djokodal lose either of these matches.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Oh God...the garbage I just had to listen to. No names.

 

[Daniel Andrade]

I really wanna root for Nadal but he just doesn't deserve to win today

Indeed. Med is playing phenomenal.

 

[MeatTornado]

Wow, Rafa with the big miss. Huge miss. The biggest miss, people. ~ Donald Trump, probably

Rafa won so much that he actually got tired of winning.

 

[toby55555]

How? Medvedev looks much fresher

Starting to pick up on that now. Nadal trying to end points at the net, but getting passed easily.

 

[Rickenbacker4003]

It feels like after he went up 5-4 in the second set Nadal has been playing tight, not to lose ever since. Now he’s down in the third and maybe he can start to let it rip.

 

[weakera]

You just felt the break was coming there. Nadal couldn't close it out and again, dumping easy shots in the net. Let's see if Medvedev actually can close it out. I have my doubts.

I don't have my doubts, but you're right about that game for sure.

 

[kishnabe]

It not over, till Medvedev closes. 5-1 serving for match twice last year.

 

[Gazelle]

Go Mad. Just go 8 first serves in a row, like at the start of the match.

 

[Carax]

There goes Nadal's best chance of winning this title. It was surprising that Medvedev didn't capitalize on Nadal's wave of errors in that game.

 

[Third Serve]

GOATDAL

GOATDAL

GOATDAL

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Serve!

 

[Nadal15thslam]

whens monte carlo again

When's Halle again?

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Really smart play by Med to break

 

[MasterZeb]

He looks so calm and unassuming...and then all of sudden let’s out the weirdest grunt

 

[Hitman]

Absolutely pathetic. All these net rushes, the easy missed passing shot...Nadal did everything he could to get broken here.

@Hitman Just admit you were wrong.

I admit nothing.

Though Rafa is starting to fatigue, he is showing signs of visible tiredness.

 

[BeatlesFan]

I really wanna root for Nadal but he just doesn't deserve to win today

How about the fact he's totally changed his game from what it's been in 100% of prior matches in a 16 year pro career. He's serving and volleying and slicing 75% of BH points. Rafa deserves props for altering his game, knowing his usual game wouldn't beat Med. I'm blown away by his change of game, commendable even if he loses.