2023 ATP Finals RR: Novak Djokovic vs. Holger Rune

Who wins?

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PSNELKE said:
Anyone knows what Rune is b1tchin about? At no point in this match was he ever going to win nor did he ever have a chance.

Not necessarily because Novak plays so great, it's because this generation of players fold like lawn chairs by the pure presence of Novak. No balls whatsoever
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Absolutely, Rune didn't have any balls going to the net in the match. It was his cowardice that cost him the match.
 
Pheasant said:
Wow. Congrats to Djoker for YE#1 for the 8th time. That is insane. Djoker broke his own record for being the oldest YE#1. And he broke it by 2 years. Insane.

Way to battle, Rune. You are getting there.
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36 years and 6 months to finish the year. This one will stand for a long time.

Now he has Federer's oldest no1 record in sights..
 
Hitman said:
My concern with this match has been his mental walkabouts, now I can put that down to the year ending number one hanging over his head, but he cannot afford to keep doing that in this event, too many dangerous players in this event that will punish him in best of three for
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Pass750 said:
How in the world is a 20 year old kid tired 2 hours into an indoor match??
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Wasnt Djokovic like this when he was that age..retiring frequently, getting mocked by Roger, Rod etc? Rune will work on his fitness and develop…not everyone has natural stamina. He was also redlining in the first 2 sets must have taken huge toll…kid has the game and courage, he should be a great force in the upcoming years.
 
Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
Same but in a way it’s good. Shows he’s human and a wake up call for him. He knows he needs to do better as it won’t cut it with the tougher players like sinner. I expect him to improve like the champion he is.
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He looked better in his practice sessions than he did in the match. I think he had that backwards. Lol. Maybe it was just nerves about YE #1 but mentally needs to pull it together.
 
Be careful out there, with no vaccination shenanigans going forward, climbing to cloud nine could be the next thing on the cards.

He's been really committed to these best of three marathons with the NextGen this year, and taking their souls after the unmatched thrill of competing.

To all the clowns who want to objectively talk context over numbers yet complained immediately about this match and the state of affairs after what was a great first set from both, there is only one thing to say...

Fasten your seat belts, peasants. Because more stunning context and stunning numbers are coming.

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ScentOfDefeat said:
I think expecting him to win this right after Paris is maybe a little too much.
I'm with the other poster who says year end #1 is more than enough, we've been blessed this year.
The guy's 36.
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He's got nobody to lose to even while playing at his C level.

With Tsitsipas and Sinner in his group you can pretty much pencil him in the SF already.
 
Baseline_Bungle said:
Whoa, weird... I just realized Rune is currently ranked world number 10 and Ruud is still number 7... I always thought the rankings and the race were supposed to coincide by the time the Finals started... guess not!
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Ruud was a finalist last year, he is gonna drop alot of points after the finals!
 
RF-18 said:
Djokovic said in the post match interview that the #1 was added pressure coming into the match. You certainly could tell he was a bit tense and not clear headed.
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Yeah, but you can think about it the other way around. Would he have fought so hard to win the match if nothing as important as year-end #1 was on the line?
Being relaxed isn't necessarily better.
At this point in his career it's safe to say that pressure has a much more positive than negative effect on Djokovic.
 
Wish Djokovic would stop trying to play too many BH-BH rallies against players with good BHs like Rune, Zverev, Medvedev etc. His BH is not as good as it used to be and he should accept that these days he is at a disadvantage against these players on the BH wing. Meanwhile he has outhit everyone with his FH this year and he should try to get more FH-FH rallies to have easier matches against these players. He should run around his BH to hit inside-FHs more or hit BHs DTL more. Rune in contrast hit FH DTLs early in many rallies to get to Djokovic’s BH wing.

I think the old man is too proud of his BH and wants to win matches on that wing just like Federer used to with his FH against Delpo.
 
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PSNELKE said:
Anyone knows what Rune is b1tchin about? At no point in this match was he ever going to win nor did he ever have a chance.

Not necessarily because Novak plays so great, it's because this generation of players fold like lawn chairs by the pure presence of Novak. No balls whatsoever
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this is correct.
 
Why was the handshake so cold from Rune? I didn't see any controversial moments in this match. I hope nothing serious. I like their friendship, I hope they can keep it despite the rivalry.
 
Djokovic2011 said:
I'm away at the moment and for some reason can't access Amazon Prime tennis on my phone. So gutted. :(
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If you're out of your home country, you need to connect to a VPN internet connection (use a VPN app) and connect to your home country virtual network. After you're connected to your home country network, then open the Amazon Prime app.
 
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Lauren_Girl' said:
Why was the handshake so cold from Rune? I didn't see any controversial moments in this match. I hope nothing serious. I like their friendship, I hope they can keep it despite the rivalry.
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Their friendship and so many more on tour which has become far more common over the last decade is just gross and it’s been happening across all sports and imo really dragging sports down. I’ve stopped watching all major sports due to this. Rivalries are now all just concocted bS. weak sauce.
 
I think Rune likes to keep in Novak's face and while he respects him he also wants Novak to know he is one of few players who loves actually playing hi,. Handshake probably bit cold as Rune felt annoyed with himself as he had great chance to win after that 2nd set.
 
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