2021 US Open R4 : [4] Alexander Zverev vs. [13] Jannik Sinner

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TennisFan3 said:
Zed has NO SUPPORT in the crowd. No one cheered when he gave his witty, amusing answers. Next match could be very tricky for Zed. He will have the crowd 100% for his opponent.
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آپ کو بہت زیادہ مایوس کن ہونا چھوڑ دینا چاہیے۔
 
Djoker's level doesn't look anything special but when you see these incessant chokers and failures to close out matches from these younger guys, you find out Djokovic doesn't need to be top level
 
BeatlesFan said:
Oh come on, Opelka moves like a three-legged mule after a knife fight. There's no way that bearded buffalo has a chance in hell.
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He is decisively clutch. Seriously. He has a big serve and Zed is not mentally strong.
I would say Opelka has no chance vs Med. But he definitely has vs Zed.
 
TennisFan3 said:
Seriously. It's annoying when rumors are spread without proof.
Lot of rich successful men are targeted by women. There is a legit 50%+ chance that the woman was FLAT OUT lying.
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We all know that she could be lying. It's only a problem (for the average person) if she isn't lying. But what then?
 
Tremendous performance from Zverev, very sampras-like, and another tremendous courtside interview.
 
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Hitman said:
Still tennis to be played before then, but I hope this match happens.
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I'd say Zed is more unlikely NOT to make the SF. I really feel Opelka is a danger for the German.
With Novak - we have the unknown American dude, and then Otte/sub-par Berra. He should be fine.
Novak vs Med final should be fun. I don't think Med will beat Novak, but can put up a good fight, assuming he holds it mentally.
 
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Fun fact: Opelka starred in Pee Wee's Big Adventure
 
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Sinner will win many, many, many slams, but not until Zverev is finished dominating the next 4 or 5 years.
 
TennisFan3 said:
I'd say Zed is more unlikely NOT to make the SF. I really feel Opelka is a danger for the German.
With Novak - we have the unknown American dude, and then Otte/sub-par Berra. He should be fine.
Novak vs Med final should be fun. I don't think Med will beat Novak, but can put up a good fight, assuming he holds it mentally.
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Well, lets see, I don't want to think about the final yet. Its still too far for me, though I would be shocked if Medvedev fails to make it now.
 
WhiskeyEE said:
Zed's botting alone can be dangerous against a subpar Novak. So Novak will have to be at his best. But Zed's ground game isn't looking as menacing as it did in Cinci or the Olympics.
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He was getting BLOWN AWAY by Sinner from the ground. Only his serve saved him. The forehand was AWOL and usually spinny and loopy if not an error.
Novak will put pressure on the serve and the DFs will flow. Trust me it won't be competitive.
 
Zverev learning the art of winning matches in straights by not playing that good is a sign of him being ready for grand slam glory, the real champions don't bring there A Game day in day out they bring it when it matters most
 
TennisFan3 said:
Seriously. It's annoying when rumors are spread without proof.
Lot of rich successful men are targeted by women. There is a legit 50%+ chance that the woman was FLAT OUT lying.
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I agree on this. It wouldn’t surprise me if she is milking it a bit as he’s in the spotlight and she earning a lot of money out of it. We don’t know the whole story. He could be guilty but the woman aren’t always innocent as you say. There are 2 sides to every story.
 
Sampras-Bruguera 1993 said:
I think Medvedev is going to be the dominant player. Could be wrong.
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Yeah I don't see Medvedev winning slams, looks too fragile, but we'll see.
I mean I think Medvedev, Alcaraz and Tsitsipas will chip in for 1 or 2 slams each, but I have Zverev and Sinner winning an incredible amount of slams.
 
Hitman said:
Still tennis to be played before then, but I hope this match happens.
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What do you think about Sinner's return?! It seems top5 to me. The interesting thing was he could read many of Sasha's serves. It's like new generation of players benefit from the stats data too.
 
Hitman said:
Well, lets see, I don't want to think about the final yet. Its still too far for me, though I would be shocked if Medvedev fails to make it now.
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Yeah Med should totally make the final. I will die laughing if he loses to Vande"whatever" or Alcatraz/FAA.
He should NOT even be losing a set. What a dream draw.
 
NADALalot said:
Tremendous performance from Zverev, very sampras-like, and another tremendous courtside interview.
He's the true #1 both on and off the court.
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I'm not sure off the court but on the court he looks ready, with that serve and backhand he can take down Djokovic, heck I'm starting to get a bit worried about Med in the final.
 
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Nadal_King said:
Zverev learning the art of winning matches in straights by not playing that good is a sign of him being ready for grand slam glory, the real champions don't bring there A Game day in day out they bring it when it matters most
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To be fair, Zverev did not telekinetically move the ball that Sinner hit on set point. It wasn't exactly within his control. Hard to consider luck an artform.
 
mehdimike said:
What do you think about Sinner's return?! It seems top5 to me. The interesting thing was he could read many of Sasha's serves. It's like new generation of players benefit from the stats data too.
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Some good returns, but far too inconsistent also. He was doing better with returns when he took a few steps back, but I think he started to do that a little too late in the match.
 
Aabye5 said:
We all know that she could be lying. It's only a problem (for the average person) if she isn't lying. But what then?
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Let the legal authorities of the concerned people's country decide it. Till then we absolutely stand no right to ruin Zverev's reputation. Its like applying a bad stain to somebody's fresh white cotton shirt. No matter however you wash it afterwards it won't go away completely, will leave its shadows. Just like that, even if Zverev comes out totally innocent his stain will never go away.
And in this case, the reality is as clear as the message of prophet (peace be upon him), the woman doesn't want even to approach legal authorities where you actually have to prove your case to defame someone and get them punished. She rather approached the easy media trials' way, where you can speculate basically anything controversial About anyone famous, even flat out lies, play a victim card & get sympathy by being from so called "oppressed" group and get that person easily defamed, ruined & punished (mentally & psychologically which is more than a physical or economical punishment) to justify false ego and wicked pleasure of ruining someone's reputation and life.

Almost the entire #metoo movement was the same.
 
TennisFan3 said:
He is decisively clutch. Seriously. He has a big serve and Zed is not mentally strong.
I would say Opelka has no chance vs Med. But he definitely has vs Zed.
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Even Sinner could only break Zverev once today, how is Opelka supposed to break? Opelka's serve is also still not prime Isner or Karlovic territory, his 2nd serve still has a lot of room for improvement, especially.
 
The fight back in the third set is why I Iike Sinner. Down two sets and a break and playing poorly, he had every reason to just fade away, but he broke back and ended up having 5 set points in the third. However, there's no getting around how Sinner really didn't play well at all for most of the match. Here are some key stats:
  • 30 winners to 38 unforced errors (while Zverev had 7 more winners with the same number of errors).
  • It seemed like Sinners forehand was really poor, but his backhand let him down as well. 16 unforced errors on the forehand and 17 on the backhand side. That's not good when his backhand is known to be his weapon.
  • 1 for 7 on break points. That's a lot of missed opportunities, although Zverev did serve well.
  • Sinner won only 34 of 107 return points overall, which needed to be better.
  • Sinner's average first serve speed was 117, with his fastest being 128. That's acceptable, but it only generated 5 aces and he needs more free points to be elite. That said, the second serve had an average speed of only 88 mph, and his fastest was just 97 mph. He only had 2 double faults, but he was getting victimized on the second serve. In the first set, he only won 4 of 11 points on second serve. In the second, he won just 6 of 12. He did better in the third, winning 11 of 19, which may be part of the reason he did a little better. Or it could be that Zverev just let off the gas a bit after getting up a break. Regardless, Sinner really needs to work on improving that second serve because he's only spinning in at the WTA level on that shot right now. Given that he is 6'2" and can pop serves in the 130 mph range, the serve is the area of his game that he could probably improve the most.
  • Ouch, those put away shots... the two missed Djokosmashes in the 2nd set and the short forehand at 6-5 in the third set breaker. He's gotta' make those!
 
Hitman said:
Well, lets see, I don't want to think about the final yet. Its still too far for me, though I would be shocked if Medvedev fails to make it now.
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The seeds have held up making it more difficult for Novak. I think we less confident about Novak’s chances due to the tough route and in this slam things go awry more often than not compared to Wimbledon or Australia. I just hope Novak can keep his focus. Are you more or less confident about Djokovic chances now he’s reached his bogey round of 16?
 
Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
The seeds have held up making it more difficult for Novak. I think we less confident about Novak’s chances due to the tough route and in this slam things go awry more often than not compared to Wimbledon or Australia. I just hope Novak can keep his focus. Are you more or less confident about Djokovic chances now he’s reached his bogey round of 16?
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The guy won RG this year with one brutal run from 4th round to the title. If he can do it at his worst slam on his worst surface, I think he will like his chances here also. He is looking for redemption also, and right a serious wrong that happened last year. He got retribution for the bagel he took from Nadal at last year's RG final, if he has that same mind set, he will push through here....remember he has won this title 3 times, and is the only player in the draw who has won slams.
 
Hitman said:
The guy won RG this year with one brutal run from 4th round to the title. If he can do it at his worst slam on his worst surface, I think he will like his chances here also. He is looking for redemption also, and right a serious wrong that happened last year. He got retribution for the bagel he took from Nadal at last year's RG final, if he has that same mind set, he will push through here....remember he has won this title 3 times, and is the only player in the draw who has won slams.
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A very good point I hope what happened last year pushes him on. I think it’s good he has his wife and Vadja there too. They always help bring the best out of him. Let’s see what happens.
 
Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
The seeds have held up making it more difficult for Novak. I think we less confident about Novak’s chances due to the tough route and in this slam things go awry more often than not compared to Wimbledon or Australia. I just hope Novak can keep his focus. Are you more or less confident about Djokovic chances now he’s reached his bogey round of 16?
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I'm more confident of his chances. Brooksby has no weapons that can hurt Djokovic, and he might be physically compromised given the 5 setters and injury timeout for his hip. I think that will be an easy one for Novak. I don't believe in Otte or Berrettini for the upset in the next round. From the beginning of the tournament, Zverev was always the guy that had the best chance to keep Djokovic from the final, but Zed's performance today didn't inspire me.

Bottom line, unless there is an injury, it looks like a Djokovic vs Medvedev final.
 
Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
A very good point I hope what happened last year pushes him on. I think it’s good he has his wife and Vadja there too. They always help bring the best out of him. Let’s see what happens.
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He knows what he needs to do, he will be dead focused on making sure he gets past the 4th round back into the quarter tonight. If he loses, it will be because his opponent was simply better, because I don't see Novak making errors tonight.
 
Its a pity Zverev lost to Thiem in last year's Final, I feel Zverev just needs to get over the hump and then he'll win about 3 slams per year during his prime.
 
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