2023 Roland Garros R16: Alexander Zverev [22] vs Francis Tiafoe [12]

[TheNachoMan]

She’s ahead of us. She even posted on the Carlos/Musetti thread saying how good a point was. lol

 

[Hitman]

MP for Z

 

[SteffiGoat]

Match point for Zverev on Tiafoe's serve

 

[abmk]

that's 3rd good point out of 10 in the TB (incl ace from Zverev)

 

[Rattie]

MP. He won’t get it

 

[Deleted member 758560]

finally its over lol

 

[ibbi]

PRAISE JESUS, IT'S OVER!

 

[Hitman]

Z wins

 

[SteffiGoat]

Zverev wins it!!!

 

[Rattie]

I was wrong lol

 

[Jonesy]

His time.

 

[Wander]

What a letdown!

 

[Tennfan123]

 

[-NN-]

So this is tennis, huh.

 

[mehdimike]

Lol at roaring Zverev

 

[TheAssassin]

It's past 1 am here

First time I'm hearing someone referring to the opening hours of Sunday as a Sunday night then.

 

[TheNachoMan]

 

[Mxnh]

tiafoe choke

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Don't slap Tiafoes hand Zverev. Slap him across the head for producing the biggest choke in years

 

[ojo rojo]

Thanks Z for not making watch another set of that

 

[middleballs]

If I had a dollar for every time Tiafoe screwed up that last set, I’d be richer than him now. An abysmal performance. I know he’s tired, but all those bizarre decisions… There’s no excuse for it.

 

[The Fedfather]

Hell yes!!! The spider thing worked for sure.

Zverev won considerably more points so it really wasn't extremely close. Happy he went through even via a bad showing from Tiafoe

 

[TheNachoMan]

Don't slap Tiafoes hand Zverev. Slap him across the head for producing the biggest choke in years

Sinner was worse.

 

[Hood_Man]

The way the commentary team in Eurosport are talking, you'd think Tiafoe had served for the match.

 

[The Fedfather]

First time I'm hearing someone referring to the opening hours of Sunday as a Sunday night then.

Lol, I guess I was being too technical

 

[-NN-]

PRAISE JESUS, IT'S OVER!

Quoting for posterity.

 

[DjokoFan1987]

With that now it will have been 20 years since an american male made the roland garros quarters. that is honestly such a pathetic stretch and while i understand zverev is a good player on clay tiafoe really should have found a way to make this match closer and it's just the epitome of that i have no faith when it comes to american men on clay which is a sad state of affairs. when you're trusting francis freakin' tiafoe to get your best clay results you have a problem. lol.

 

[Jonesy]

 

[Rattie]

5th June is Monday Sascha

 

[TheAssassin]

At least his hair is stunning.

Rooted for the match to go to five at first. After seeing the conclusion of it, I guess it's best for everyone we didn't get to that point lol...

 

[Wander]

The way the commentary team in Eurosport are talking, you'd think Tiafoe had served for the match.

He did serve for the set to take it to the 5th (30-0 up!) and played some shocking tennis after that so it's not that weird.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Carlos:

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExOGM0Yzk4ZDAwZjMzMDFkYTQxOGVjNTAzZTU2ZmU1NTJhN2NiNmQ2YiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZzX2dpZklkJmN0PWc/IfyjWLQMeF6kbG2r0z/giphy.gif

 

[SteffiGoat]

The first few sets were good with excellent shot making. The last one was bad from both. The quite significant temperature drop since the match started certainly did not help either.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Darn gif won’t load. Mission failed, we’ll get em next time.

 

[TheAssassin]

Didn't even think Mats was interviewing him until I looked into the screen. Oddly deeper voice than usual.

 

[Spin Diesel]

It‘s rare that I don‘t want to see a fifth set but yeah

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Great win for Zverev. Congrats!

 

[Legend of Borg]

Wow, that was definitely a tennis match. I think.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Wow, that was definitely a tennis match. I think.

It was one of the tennis matches of all time.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Solid win for Zverev as he pounced on the opportunity. Match with Dimitrov could be a dilly.

 

[Winners or Errors]

I rarely root for Zverev, but after what happened at RG last year I can't help but root for him this time around. One time exception. I hope he continues to play well and move forward. Good match vs a Tiafoe who has finally started playing better on clay.

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

With that now it will have been 20 years since an american male made the roland garros quarters. that is honestly such a pathetic stretch and while i understand zverev is a good player on clay tiafoe really should have found a way to make this match closer and it's just the epitome of that i have no faith when it comes to american men on clay which is a sad state of affairs. when you're trusting francis freakin' tiafoe to get your best clay results you have a problem. lol.

Americans don't play on that nasty red clay at home. Not to hard to figure out.

 

[Curtennis]

I stopped reading there...

Haha well I had the desire to at least try and exhaust legal options. Of course I just pulled up some stream after that proved fruitless. Quality was rough and also for whatever reason my iPhone no longer lets me screen mirror full screen videos to my Roku device in TV

 

[Curtennis]

I rarely root for Zverev, but after what happened at RG last year I can't help but root for him this time around. One time exception. I hope he continues to play well and move forward. Good match vs a Tiafoe who has finally started playing better on clay.

Watch 2020 US Open final again and you’ll stop feeling bad for him immediately. Skip to the 5th set tiebreak if you need to save time. Something about a guy up two sets to love, dropping the next two and then serving 75 mph first serves in the tiebreak loses my fandom for life. He’s a mug and a choker.

 

[Flair328]

So glad Zverev won, Tiafoe is getting too cocky these days and need to be taken down hard.

 

[DjokoFan1987]

Americans don't play on that nasty red clay at home. Not to hard to figure out.

Oh yeah definitely I mean it's sad that no longer happens and I think that coupled with Americans wanting to just serve and hit big forehands out of matches it hurts their ability to win matches on clay.

 

[D_m_a]

They should retire the current trophy and make a new one. I’m dead serious.

Go AWAY OURRAH DAH !!!