2021 US Open R4: Novak Djokovic vs. Jenson Brooksby

[BeatlesFan]

Did Djokovic take an MTO? I thought he just headed to the bathroom

Whatever it was, they were both not playing for almost 9 minutes. Blame the delay on the Yank if you wish.

 

[El_Yotamo]

Nobody took an MTO

Well Jenson did take painkillers which is like a lite version

 

[Zardoz7/12]

Wasn't it Ginepri and Agassi were the last American male players to reach the Semi Finals of the US Open in 2005?

 

[The Green Mile]

Jensen, wtf was that....

 

[bjsnider]

Seems Brooksby was more exhausted than it appeared?

 

[Larry Duff]

What the actual was that

 

[bluetrain4]

Brooksby is young. If you're his coach, do you completely revamp that serve? Is the abbreviated motion a result of injury, like Jay Berger back in the day?

 

[James P]

Very confusing play lol

 

[SteffiGoat]

Brooksby can't hit the open space to save his life. Always hitting it to Novak at snail pace

 

[BeatlesFan]

Brooksby a joke.... sprinting backwards on a sitter volley.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Sooooo predictable lol

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

2 BPs for Novak!

 

[skip1969]

Lol, what a strange thing to complain about. Players going to the bathroom and changing their clothes?

It just irks me. I don't sleep over it or anything. I prefer my tennis with no breaks, is all.

 

[MeatTornado]

If this kid refuses the use the open court one more time I've driving to Flushing to slap him in the face.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Not good for Brooksby to drop serve so quick

 

[The Green Mile]

Wasn't it Ginepri and Agassi were the last American male players to reach the Semi Finals of the US Open in 2005?

Roddick in 06

 

[a10best]

we're going to have to take an Uber and slap him for that weird at the net shot

 

[Genious at Work]

Rookie error by Brooksby.

 

[Ace of Aces]

Brooksby is young. If you're his coach, do you completely revamp that serve? Is the abbreviated motion a result of injury, like Jay Berger back in the day?

He hits his overheads with no racket drop as well. He might just not know how to throw

 

[James P]

Finally a free point. Barely getting any

 

[Sudacafan]

When the ATP changes the rules of bathroom breaks duration, nobody will be able to play with diarrhea anymore.

 

[InsideOut900]

Brooksby looks very agitated, rushing almost every shot

 

[SteffiGoat]

Finally a free point. Barely getting any

And another one

 

[GabeT]

It just irks me. I don't sleep over it or anything. I prefer my tennis with no breaks, is all.

no breaks? Why? Are there any sports without breaks?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Sooooo predictable lol

Every Novak match ever

 

[El_Yotamo]

Wasn't it Ginepri and Agassi were the last American male players to reach the Semi Finals of the US Open in 2005?

Roddick '06

 

[James P]

Bailed out by another Novak error.

 

[Ace of Aces]

When the ATP changes the rules of bathroom breaks duration, nobody will be able to play with diarrhea anymore.

Porta Johns behind the umpires chair

 

[Sudacafan]

Wtf is happening to Nole? He’s an UE machine.

 

[El_Yotamo]

Jeez a 94 MPH first serve...

 

[Larry Duff]

Porta potty on the court ftw

 

[Raul_SJ]

Jesus. One tough match and a 20 year old needs to call a doctor. The 50 year old opponent should

Why do the announcers keep talking about Brooksby fitness?
Is this kid out of shape?

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Djoko gets the break.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

Back in the day when they took toilet breaks they would be like three minutes and then jog back onto court all sheepish

 

[El_Yotamo]

I think this is time for me to go to bed again. 4 AM and it looks like it'll be two bagel-breadstick sets now

 

[_GOATbis]

Jesus, an hour and a half but these guys just HAVE to take a toilet break and change their kit. People used to think tennis players were wimps back in the old days. Now we look like a bunch of pampered *****.

My shorts are all wet. I gotta go change.

It's dangerous to have a lot of sweat on the court

 

[MeatTornado]

Yeah he's got no pop on his shots anymore and the movement has already been gone for a while now.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Boy, talk about a dirty look from Djoker.

 

[Jokervich]

I guess all these kids can only play best of 3's. Strange how they all tire out after a couple of sets.

 

[Deleted member 783101]

That's the kind of backhnd djokovic would routinely play against nadal at rg21 and it STUNNED brooksby. Dont worry guys, he's just fine.

 

[bluetrain4]

Ugh. I just want to see a great match. Novak not playing that special at all. Of course that's how you become a 20 Slam champ - your "not that special" level is good enough to win most matches.

 

[romeo8880]

Why do the announcers keep talking about Brooksby fitness?
Is this kid out of shape?

All these young guys clearly don’t train properly

 

[stringertom]

I didn't use it as excuse, I just said that your comment that his game sucks since OG doesn't make sense, as this is his first tournament after OG. I agree, it was mistake not to compete in Cincinnati, like Fed did at RG, retire if you had enough, but to pause for one month before maybe most important tournament in your career... But again he has team, they obviously know better than us. And on part about pigeons, it is always hard to keep defeating someone, like Fed and Rodd 2009, opponent knows he has nothing to loose, so he plays strees free. But it is not black and white, you got the point too, can't deny that having your pigeon in part of the draw is nice some times

A simple statement: he hasn’t been top shelf since Zverev rallied from a set down at OG to win. He had his chance to rebound in the bronze medal match but you choose to ignore that.

You’ve proven you’re here just to argue and to make excuses, especially when wrong. Where is this horrendous crowd behavior you used as a crutch?Lots of applause when ND won the second set!

Pointless discussion because you’re going to see things your way no matter what. In legal parlance, juror Rudiiii is excused from duty because of prejudice.

Please don’t respond. I bow to your superior logic and take on things. You win.

 

[Deleted member 771911]

I don’t know if that’s it for Brooksby. It’s a strange match.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Djoko will look to silence the crowd more now.

 

[time_fly]

Sad to see this kid unable to compete due to a completely below-level serve. It’s amazing he made it this far without improving it. If he were serving like he should be able to, he could be winning easily.

 

[Sudacafan]

Back in the day when they took toilet breaks they would be like three minutes and then jog back onto court all sheepish

Now players compete hard to set the record duration for a toilet break.

 

[MeatTornado]

Ugh. I just want to see a great match. Novak not playing that special at all. Of course that's how you become a 20 Slam champ - your "not that special" level is good enough to win most matches.

1) Clutch serving
2) Not being rattled by losing a set

That's enough to weather the storm for the big dogs when the A-game isn't there.

 

[Bubcay]

The lines you need to circle are the first and fifth ones. Brooksby has zero aces and is losing 62% of the points when he hits a second serve.

Take a look a Brooksby's average serve speeds on his first and second serves. They are very slow for a 6'4" player. His second serve is in the low 80s.

Agree. But if Djokovic wants to beat Zverev or Medvedev, he needs to lift his first serve percentage seriously. Must be in high 70s or 80s.

 

[ark_28]

Should be easy now Broksby starting to struggle