2020 London ATP Finals Round Robin: Djoker [1] vs Mad Lad [4]

[onyxrose81]

Well that was awful for Djokovic.

2020 started off so well.

 

[The Guru]

Well that ****ing sucked

 

[junior74]

Huge difference between these two today.

Novak just have to beat Street, though.

 

[MeatTornado]

I had a feeling this match was going to be a disappointment.

I was just wrong about why.

 

[Sysyphus]

Mr Prime minister wins 6-3 6-3

cheers
feces

blnt jocovic
cheers
sysyfees

 

[Nate7-5]

A lot of fight there from Djokovic in the last game - looked like he was really putting in a lot of effort there

 

[Third Serve]

So what’d I miss?

 

[mike danny]

This has to be a strategic tank from Novak, setting up a preferred opponent for the semi.

Well, I'm sure he'd rather have played Nadal than Thiem so not a very strategic tank.

 

[Cortana]

I don't know why Djokovic gave up after losing the 7th game? As if he didn't care anymore.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Nah. Just bad and melancholic.

This was so lethargic and bad it suggests something is going on off court in his personal life. It was outrageously bad from him. Clearly he didn't give one damn.

 

[Terenigma]

Nadal and Djokovic both have to win their final match. Exciting! But I KNEW this would be tough against Medvedev, he's in excellent form. Called it before the match and this is a good chance for Zverev!

 

[aman92]

Take that Novak

 

[Standaa]

pretty standard 2020 quality match

 

[BackhandDTL]

Yes, ideal scenario now for Rafa IMO. If he locks in from here on out, he can go all the way. No Novak in his path to the final.

Wouldn’t he have to play Novak in the SF unless Zed beats Novak?

 

[MichaelNadal]

 

[Cortana]

This was so lethargic and bad it suggests something is going on off court in his personal life. It was outrageously bad from him. Clearly he didn't give one damn.

Did you watch the first 7 games?

 

[Meles Fan.]

Underwhelming match meh.

 

[bluetrain4]

It's mostly just the forehand.

That's where the big "funk" is, but even little things like the tight/collapsed shoulder (not sure if that's a great description) on the backhand and the racquet face up at the beginning of the serve - are little unique looks to strokes.

 

[The Blond Blur]

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Djokovic actually copped a virtual bagel LOL, from 3-3 to 3-6 0-3. What a mental mug once again.

 

[The Guru]

Being a Djokovic fan has been incredibly frustrating since the 2019 AO. He's so erratic nowadays.

 

[TheAssassin]

Mad Lad wins the group. Well done my boy.

Djoker not good enough today at all. But he will play better in his next match...

 

[ChrisRF]

So there is another "quarterfinal" with Djokovic against Zverev. Not often that we didn't have anything to calculate on the last day of both groups.

 

[Hitman]

Well deserved win for Medieval

Rafa, you got what you wanted.

Novak, time to ask for legal seperation or a divorce from your dropshots.

Thiem won't be too happy.

 

[weakera]

It's in Djokovic's hands.

Nah, not here

 

[megamind]

OMBILLIBABLE PERFORMANCE FROM DANIIL

 

[StrongRule]

I had a feeling this match was going to be a disappointment.

I was just wrong about why.

So, Djokovic didn't play well? I didn't watch the match, but my theory of people on this forum underrating Djokovic and overrating Nadal looks correct again based on comments. Djokovic is still winning the title.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Well that ****ing sucked

Thiem choking AO final sucked

 

[ForehandCross]

YESSSS!

I LOVE WTF!

Thiem yesterday, Medvedev today amazing

 

[N01E]

Well play Medvedev. Djokovic was disapointing today, but credit where credit is due.

 

[BackhandDTL]

I had a feeling this match was going to be a disappointment.

I was just wrong about why.

I keep reading your posts in a sarcastic Swanson voice.

 

[aman92]

Wouldn’t he have to play Novak in the SF unless Zed beats Novak?

He'll play Med..considering he has finished 1st in the other group and Rafa will finish 2nd if he wins tomorrow

 

[PrinceMoron]

Sky cuts off Madlad, more than Novak could do

 

[bluetrain4]

Mr Prime minister wins 6-3 6-3

cheers
feces

Chuckling at your avatar pic.

 

[Hitman]

Wouldn’t he have to play Novak in the SF unless Zed beats Novak?

Med tops the group. So straight shoot between Zverev and Djokovic to play Thiem.

 

[Jokervich]

Can Djokovic even beat Zverev? Seems unlikely right now.

 

[TheAssassin]

Nah, not here

Yeah, Zverev is clearly superior.

 

[Nadal_King]

Take a bow Meddy, Beating djokovic who was playing decent atleast and quiye well in 1st set is an amazing performance!!

 

[MichaelNadal]

Med tops the group. So straight shoot between Zverev and Djokovic to play Thiem.

So first from one group plays second from the other group on both sides?

 

[Red Rick]

Nadal looking good. Will win WTF.

 

[Slowtwitcher]

3 more slams? At the end of this match he looked like he doesn't have in him 3 more matches.

 

[daphne]

This was so lethargic and bad it suggests something is going on off court in his personal life. It was outrageously bad from him. Clearly he didn't give one damn.

Perhaps another bishop died?

 

[Leandro2045]

Now, it looks like if Nadal wants to make the final, he will have to beat Tsitsipas and Medvedev back to back....

That's his best possible scenario

He is 6-0 against them on Hard Courts (2-0 indoors).

 

[MeatTornado]

So, Djokovic didn't play well? I didn't watch the match, but my theory of people on this forum underrating Djokovic and overrating Nadal looks correct again based on comments. Djokovic is still winning the title.

He didn't play well, no.

 

[aldeayeah]

I just realized why Med's strokes come across as particularly funky - other than the aesthetics. It's that there's often discord between the swing and the result. Like sometimes with that long back swing it looks like he's going to absolutely crush the ball, then he won't extend all the way out, collapse at the last second and it's a mid-speed spiny ball, but other times it will be crushed. Still other times, it's a shorter stroke that ends up being a rocket (or relative rocket in terms of Med's particular game).

My favorite is the rarely seen heavy topspin forehand, it has so many moving parts!

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

So what’d I miss?

Serb shocked, faints, Russian rocks!

 

[Genie Of the Bank]

I hope that Novak left shoulder and arm will get better from the injuries. If not, he will lose in the first or second round of Australian Open and than he will take two months off to properly heal his body. That is the reason why he is doing dropshots instead of hitting his backhand down the line.

 

[StrongRule]

He didn't play well, no.

Can't say I'm surprised. Nadal is the one who always plays well, Djokovic is always trash. I really bring balance to this forum.

 

[MichaelNadal]

That's his best possible scenario

He is 6-0 against them on Hard Courts (2-0 indoors).

 

[bluetrain4]

Djokovic actually copped a virtual bagel LOL, from 3-3 to 3-6 0-3. What a mental mug once again.

I like that. It's sort of the same concept ad the Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam.

The Non Uniset Bagel

 

[romeo8880]

Djokovic should be fined for not giving effort