Anderson-Federer/Nadal-Del Potro
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Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
Wrong winners in both of them
ibbi
G.O.A.T.
It's not going to have a dream final like that did, so I don't know that I see it passing it, but it's definitely the best second week any major has had since that one.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
The beauty of this is that it's STILL the same old names in the mix.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Anderson taking advantage of Federer's injury and Nadal moonballing Del Potro's backhand + hitting tons of drop shots.
zagor
Bionic Poster
Weren't you saying that grass is boring, grass field sucks and Wimbledon should have switched to HC? Quite a sudden change as soon as Fed is out for some people.
Anyway, Fed-Anderson was great serving and great drama but not really high quality in other areas of the game. Nadal-Delpo on the other hand was a classic, best WImbledon match I've seen in years. It had it all, the great shotmaking, the momentum shifts, the emotion from both players (almost felt like a DC match in that regard), the tactical adjustments especially from Nadal when he started using the net and dropshots after going down 2-1 etc.
maratha_warrior
Hall of Fame
As a djoker fan , once Djoker won I wanted to go out for a walk .
But Anderson-fed & delpo- Nadal kept me glued to TV for another 6-7 hours
And left my chair only for pee breaks..
Amazing tennis day
Thoroughly entertaining .
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Peeking at the google live scores every now and then while at work, sucked big time, especially following the 5th set of Fed/Anderson. I envy you, Nadal/Delpo sounded like real fun.
K-H
Hall of Fame
How did you manage to watch that match. I need time to recover when my favourite player loses. At least a few days.
ibbi
G.O.A.T.
Umm, I never said that it should be switched to hard courts, what the hell? I joked that I was surprised the players haven't demanded that happen yet.
I also don't think I ever said grass was boring, just that the majority of players right now don't have a friggin' clue how to play on it. The fact that we got 2 great matches in a day doesn't change that, it's just nice to appreciate when it happens.
Anyway, thank you for your second paragraph!
I guess you are right, I just think the fiery crowd, and sort of unbelievable way that Anderson held his nerve in the biggest moments elevated the whole experience of that first match. Wouldn't expect such dramatic rallies from those two guys.
titoelcolombiano
Legend
OMG Nadal! OMG - so proud!
Nadal15thslam
Hall of Fame
-by a salty Fed fanboy
Federer and Del Potro
Talk Tennis Guru
Delpo Nadal was a lot better in my opinion. Anderson deserves immense credit he was very clutch and always came up with the goods when it was required, but Federer was honestly woeful in the three sets I watched (3-5). He was wasteful, inconsistent on serve, and even more inconsistent on his groundies. They were flat out awful.
Honestly was painful watching how many routine misses Fed/Delpo combined for in their matches. So many ugly misses and frankly, inexplicable ones.
Nadal-Delpo seemed like way higher quality. And it's, oddly enough, Federer's fault that Anderson-Fed wasn't as quality.
Federer and Del Potro
Talk Tennis Guru
zagor
Bionic Poster
Well I've been almost bedridden the last few days (nothing serious) so any tennis is welcome, I likely won't be able to watch much tennis later in the year (don't expect to have much free time) so again I'll watch any tennis available. Another thing is I never expected Fed to be even playing at 36-37 let alone still contending for the biggest titles so while I'm still sad when he loses I get over the losses more quickly. It has been one hell of a ride being his fan since 2001.
Also most importantly, Nadal-Delpo was a very entertaining match. I was rooting for Delpo but Nadal still amazed me on many points, definitely showcased more dimensions of his game than he usually does. I have my biases definitely but I always appreciate great tennis.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
hope w/e it is you get better soon
Mainad
Bionic Poster
AggieJason
Semi-Pro
With the exception of the ****** match, I liked everything. 3 outta 4 ain’t bad.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Federer definitely let his slip away (no real excuse for not closing out a match on match point after being up 2 sets and a break). Kudos to Anderson though for taking advantage of Fed's carelessness and punishing him in the only way appropriate.
Nadal-Del Potro felt like much more a match of equals where it could have gone either way almost from the start. You never knew until the very last point was struck who would emerge the vistor.
Nadal-Del Potro felt like much more a match of equals where it could have gone either way almost from the start. You never knew until the very last point was struck who would emerge the vistor.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
wait he was up a break as well? he got broken twice in the 3rd set? mofo
parvasedpotens
Rookie
Exciting to see Anderson, a true good guy, win. Quality service games, quality returning, quality strokes. He upped his game.
Disappointed to see Nadal win. That grass was ridiculously slow.
Disappointed to see Nadal win. That grass was ridiculously slow.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
He got broken once. After 5-5. Had a MP on Kevin's serve and BP after he got broken.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
oh okay OP said that fed was 2 sets and up a break . unless he was up a break in the 4th, i missed a bit of that set
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
He didn't break after the second set. Had just BPs that he couldn't convert.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
sighhhh so many chances.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
He injured himself in the 2nd set.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
good luck with those backhand crosscourt rallies with Djokovic
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Lolz, I did the same. I kept checking on Fed's scores and it was so annoying. The cherry on top was Rafa trolling me until the end of the work day as well. Terrible day. Hopefully Novak wins on Friday!
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
I can't find any source for this.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Your eyes should be your source. One poster described it perfectly earlier in the match thread.
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
Missed it. I woke up in the middle of set three, and I planned to watch the whole thing tonight. But I figured I'd watch Fed take it. All he needed was on break. Then I could not stop watching and was almost late to work.
At the time I started watching I heard more grunting than I've ever heard from Fed. What did he injure?
I'm not going to watch the first 2 sets now. It's too depressing.
Nadal15thslam
Hall of Fame
When Rafa beats Nole you'll say that he is not 100% back
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tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
lolWhen Rafa beats Nole you'll say that he is not 100% back
go bet on Nadal and make your millions, he's the underdog
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
His knee. His movement was off.
Nadal15thslam
Hall of Fame
I mean this friday.
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
If you are right, that's really bad news. Same knee? I thought he looked horrible from the time I started watching, and I saw nothing pointing to that earlier in the tournament. He just did not look like the same player. Has he confirmed your suspicion?
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
I don't think it will affect him longterm but it's a wasted opportunity. He should've played Isner in the SF and would've had a 50/50 chance in the final.
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
What Anderson did in set three; first save MP on his own serve, then break Federer's serve, and then take the set from 0-40 down, is an incredible effort.
Didn't see any injury. But I saw a tentative Federer on BPs both ways.
Backspin1183
Talk Tennis Guru
Not much you can do when a big guy like Neo is murdering the ball and not willing to trade 4-5 stroke rallies.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
It was amazeballs man
ibbi
G.O.A.T.
Ah, that's not fair! The amazing thing about the match was that when they got into rallies it was Federer who was folding and not Anderson! Fed's defense was on point, he extended rallies, and Kev just kept on living with him.
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