2020 ATP Finals SF: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev

[Dominic & Andrey]

Medvedev is so fun to watch, the forehand down the line was unreal

 

[ADuck]

Nadal is trying to go for TOO MUCH on his first serves. That is why his serve percentage is low. He knows if he doesn't have a good serve he will LIKELY lose the point as Med is dominating the neutral rallies.

But he still hasn't lost serve with so low first serve %?

 

[Sabrina]

Suddenly he couldn't land a 1st serve in anymore lol.

 

[Devtennis01]

Nadal says thanks for the powderpuff serve.

 

[TennisFan3]

Anyone know which European channels are playing this? Eurosport 1 or Eurosport 2 or is it Sky sports?

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Wut?

 

[Yugram]

FALSE DAAAAAAAAAAWN

 

[BackhandDTL]

Ned finally hitting the ball with some conviction.

slice and forehands both landing deep. Going for angles

 

[Standaa]

0-40

unexpected turn of events!

 

[Terenigma]

Nadal is over 25 seconds on average, but it's ok.

Did they show a stat showing that? Coz that confirms what i've been saying. He's had at least 5 times it go to around about 30seconds and no warning and not even a quick heads up from the umpire to speed it up. I saw one of the statistics they showed that Med was averaging about 1:50 per service hold and Nadal was something like 6+ mins.

 

[Devtennis01]

Power ranger vs powderpuffs

 

[aldeayeah]

3 BPs for Nadal. Groundstrokes looking fiiine.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Watch Nadal take this set now, even though Med has been vastly the better player. It won't matter when Med's mental strength is a POS.

 

[MeatTornado]

Very predictable.

Making inroads doesn't actually count for anything if you don't convert them. Tennis is a fickle sport.

 

[TheNachoMan]

FALSE DAAAAAAAAAAWN

Fool me once..

 

[InsideOut900]

Med is not comfortable rallying with Nadal out there. That's a bad sign for him.

 

[Sabrina]

Serve it out Rafa!

 

[Yugram]

Wut?

It’s called false dawn.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

MUG

 

[Nadal_Django]

Medvedev. LOL

 

[ibbi]

Bubble popped...

 

[Leandro2045]

Medvedev first serve in drops drastically and there's the break for Rafa.

It was extremely predictable.

 

[Hitman]

yep, that footwork is back now @Sabrina

 

[NoleFam]

Medvedev is getting jittery and missing serves. This is why I picked Nadal in 3. He is in Medvedev's head and he should have broken a long time ago and instead he is going down a break to a Nadal serving under 40%.

 

[James P]

Oh dear

 

[The Guru]

Well that was odd

 

[ADuck]

Nadal really running around the backhand now like the good old days!

 

[Devtennis01]

So many lols. I predicted Nadal to win 6-3, 6-4.

 

[aldeayeah]

Nadal slicebots his way to a break to love! 5-3.

 

[Standaa]

wow, until this game Daniil was cruising in his service games while Ned had to fight for his

 

[Red Rick]

I love Nadal's tactics here so much.

 

[weakera]

The Nadal.

 

[The_Order]

Well.... there you go... Med misses 1st serves and gets broken to love...

 

[The Blond Blur]

Nadal 4-3, he is taking everything Medieval is throwing at him.

He's the Rocky of tennis

 

[mike danny]

That's why I was sure Nadal wouldn't lose to Med. Served perfectly and now played a sh*t game with little first serves.

People overrate this guy too much.

 

[Amritia]

UNPOPULAR OPINION:

Medvedev is playing well, but nothing special. Once his first serve % drops, he loses.

PROVEN CORRECT

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Watch Nadal take this set now, even though Med has been vastly the better player. It won't matter when Med's mental strength is a POS.

Med hasn’t been that much better than rafaelito.

 

[junior74]

Did they show a stat showing that? Coz that confirms what i've been saying. He's had at least 5 times it go to around about 30seconds and no warning and not even a quick heads up from the umpire to speed it up. I saw one of the statistics they showed that Med was averaging about 1:50 per service hold and Nadal was something like 6+ mins.

Almost 40 seconds on Meddy's BP a couple of games ago, when he had 3.

Instead of warnings, he steals the set.

 

[Third Serve]

Leads in most stats. Is down 3-5.

wut

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

And here we are.....

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

Wtf is wrong with this generation.

 

[mike danny]

Dude, the guy is yet to miss a first serve, and we are in the middle of the first set...I don't know what Nadal can do in this match.

Med just played a terrible service game to get broken. He is going down easily tonight.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Just like that. Medvedev serve extraordinaire false dawn exposed.

 

[PilotPete]

Oh yeah Nadal not playing well at all, Medy is playing his best. Too many trolls who don't understand tennis are here.

 

[StrongRule]

Suddenly Medvedev plays a very bad game with no first serves at all. Surprise break from Nadal. Will he serve it out though? Given his mentality I doubt it. He is losing all big points recently.

 

[BackhandDTL]

Med’s mentality is POS?

no, Neds just a bad matchup.

 

[The_Order]

12, its been 3 games.

He didn't win every point...

 

[TennisFan3]

Can Nadal HOLD? In the past vs Thiem and even vs Titspas - Nadal got BROKEN immediately after breaking,

Moment of truth for Nadal. Can he hold?

 

[TheNachoMan]

Wtf is wrong with this generation.

Where do I even start..

Go check out an app called “TikTok”

 

[Mainad]

Nadal just out manoevuring Medvedev and putting pressure on him to hit errors. He's beginning to neutralise Medvedev's strengths and that is ominous now for the Russian's chances.