2020 ATP Finals SF: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev

[TennisFan3]

Another breakpoint for Medvedev. Nadal just getting more and more in trouble.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Clayqueef is MIA

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Puzzling miss...I mean, why?

 

[Third Serve]

BP lol

 

[tudwell]

Med trying to take over Djokovic’s mantle of worst droppers of the tourney.

 

[MeatTornado]

Big time serve when he needed it most

 

[StrongRule]

And the choke is complete.

Good luck to Medvedev in the final. He deserves it more than Thiem.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

So basically instead of Nadal-Djokovic, which easily could have happened, we're getting NextGen-LostGen.

Good.

 

[abmk]

BP chance for med. saved by nadal.

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Yeah, Nadal is now a very weak player mentally. Lucky for him, in RG he could avoid close matches, so it didn't matter. But in close matches he is terrible now. Everything happened EXACTLY like I predicted. He didn't serve for the match, he lost the tiebreak, and now he will lose the third set.

All your predictions sound like that. "Nadal is going to lose" and when he eventually does (he isn't going to win every match, of course) you're like "Wow, I've predicted that"

 

[TennisFan3]

If Nadal had his old movement, this would be a crime scene. He's just so damn slow to get to everything now

With his old movement that match would have been 6-1 and 6-2 or something like that. It is painful as Nadal loses power on his groundies and just isn't in position and makes all these errors.

 

[Krish0608]

Good hold from Rafa!

 

[The_Order]

Tough hold from Nadal.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Good save.

 

[StrongRule]

Big time serve when he needed it most

He didn't bring it when he served for the match. He got broken at love. Now it is too late.

 

[tudwell]

You said 6-1 a few minutes ago. Why the sudden boost in confidence?

@StrongRule getting cocky. Could come back to bite him.

 

[Krish0608]

All your predictions sound like that. "Nadal is going to lose" and when he eventually does (he isn't going to win every match, of course) you're like "Wow, I've predicted that"

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Strong Rule is a broken clock.

 

[MeatTornado]

And the choke is complete.

Good luck to Medvedev in the final. He deserves it more than Thiem.

why? after all, both are only here because Rafa gifted them chokes. what's the difference???

 

[Sysyphus]

It may look like they are still playing a match out there, but it is only a simulation.

The reality is that this match finished long ago. Nadal is already in the showers crying the tears of a loser. The stuff going on on court is just an illusion.

 

[StrongRule]

Good hold from Rafa!

Where was that "good hold" when he served for the match? Now when the match is over he holds...

 

[BackhandDTL]

It’s all mental. Nadals a rhythm player

 

[Genious at Work]

And the choke is complete.

Good luck to Medvedev in the final. He deserves it more than Thiem.

Has anyone ever told you your negative outlook wears down on those around you?

 

[MichaelNadal]

With his old movement that match would have been 6-1 and 6-2 or something like that. It is painful as Nadal loses power on his groundies and just isn't in position and makes all these errors.

That's exactly what it is. Nadal used to be so far ahead of the ball, now he's BARELY getting there in time, and can't vary his shots. And that mediocre slicing he's doing is only letting Danill CRANK shots CC that get a weak, loopy FH in response.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

All your predictions sound like that. "Nadal is going to lose" and when he eventually does (he isn't going to win every match, of course) you're like "Wow, I've predicted that"

It's a sound system

 

[StrongRule]

why? after all, both are only here because Rafa gifted them chokes. what's the difference???

Medvedev at least didn't tank a match here.

 

[Deleted member 762343]

I don't like Nadal's face, he's acting like he already lost.

 

[Nadal15thslam]

Medvedev is soo lucky. All his balls land on the line, Nadal hits the ball out with the net...

 

[Sysyphus]

Has anyone ever told you your negative outlook wears down on those around you?

haha, joke's on you

no one ever tells me that

they all left a long time ago

 

[weakera]

No worries, it's a worthless exo anyhow.

Definitely no worries here lol, Nadal has lost to far worse mugs than Medvedev in the meme finals and yet here he stands the all-time grand slam leader

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Nadal is not playing a bad match, there is simply a top player in front of him

 

[Standaa]

If Nadal had his old movement, this would be a crime scene. He's just so damn slow to get to everything now

it's not just that, his groundies are way worse too

 

[mike danny]

Has anyone ever told you your negative outlook wears down on those around you?

No, it never crossed our minds...

 

[TheNachoMan]

I have no one on my ignore list but I had to put StrongRule there. His negative comments are killing the vibe, man.

 

[TennisFan3]

Love hold from Medvedev. Nadal under pressure again.

 

[Hitman]

I wonder who will choke first...

 

[PrinceMoron]

34 winners so not too far wrong on the beat down

 

[Deleted member 21996]

STOP THE COUNT. RAF WON...

 

[UnderratedSlam]

Nadal-Thiem.

Last time an FO finale match-up happened at WTF finale?

Spoiler

Corretja-Moya 1998.

Or?

 

[StrongRule]

Nadal looks totally done. He is not even trying anymore. He had his chance and he choked it away.

 

[abmk]

mad lad with an easy hold.

Now 0-15 nadal with BH UE into the net.

 

[Nuclear Warhead Sinner]

@StrongRule most ignored user on TTW?

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Nadal-Thiem.

Last time an FO finale match-up happened at WTF finale?

Spoiler

Corretja-Moya 1998.

Or?

2016

 

[StrongRule]

Not only Nadal looks mentally done, but Medvedev also started hitting the lines time after time.

 

[Terenigma]

Nadal let off the hook there, half an inch higher and it could have been 0-30

 

[MeatTornado]

With the kind of errors Nadal has been making, Medvedev would've been better off with his typical style of just keeping the ball in play. He's gone for winners the last 2 points and missed both.

 

[NoleFam]

It speaks volumes to how good Nadal and Djokovic are that they are getting killed today in the winner count but still the matches are very close. Medvedev has hit double the winners so far.

 

[UnderratedSlam]

2016

Ah yes...

Everyone keeps forgetting Murray's 2016.

 

[MeatTornado]

Not only Nadal looks mentally done, but Medvedev also started hitting the lines time after time.

3 straight unforced errors, but sure.

 

[BeatlesFan]

If Nadal had his old movement, this would be a crime scene. He's just so damn slow to get to everything now

Get used to it because his movement is never coming back. Wait till he's Fed age to see him move like a geriatric dinosaur.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Slice looked good there for the first time in a long time.