AO 2019 - R4 : (3) "Zeus" Federer vs Tsitsipas "Apollo"

[icedevil0289]

Tsisti deserved it, well played.

No Fedal and no Fedovic at AO this year, and possibly never again in Melbourne....Federer loses for the first time before a semi final in AO since 2015, and his second since AO 2003.

Might be feds last ao too

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Can Djoko and Nadal fight off the next gen or will they follow fed out the exit door? Interesting times, it’s nice to see the mix between the old guard and the young stars. I’m still hoping for djokodal final but Zverev and Tsitsipas are the big threats now!

 

[ABCD]

First Greek Male player to ever reach the Quarters of a slam?

Baghdatis?

 

[Azure]

Well played Tsitsipas !!!

You're a good sport.

 

[14OuncesStrung]

Well I guess the best I can hope for now is that Tiafoe wins the tournament.

 

[minorchords164]

Federer grunting his hardest, FH barely clearing the service line

This is very disingenuous.

 

[Steve0904]

First Greek Male player to ever reach the Quarters of a slam?

Sampras? Only half kidding.

 

[D.Nalby12]

The point at 5-5 should have been replayed. Sisi didn't stop right there, played another shot.

 

[DragonBlaze]

Well done young man. Well done. Hope he keeps it up. At least until the semi!

 

[I Am Finnish]

@Meles is celebrating during his sleep

 

[Otacon]

Everyone feels this is over for Fed

 

[NBP]

Whose that guy in Federer News that said he’d watched him train in Dubai all winter? Well he better bring his ass here and tell us what the hell Fed was doing back there

 

[MasturB]

Djoko’s serve is nowhere near as reliable as Fed’s though. I wish!

Nope. But the last 6 months, I've never seen him get as many clutch free points from serves.

 

[Gytha]

Final

Lol imagine

 

[heninfan99]

Federer losing to a 17 year younger guy.
Federer looks old.
Something we all can relate to...

no moral victories here, the more offensive player won

 

[True Fanerer]

Lack of legs and converting break points. It is what it is. Congrats to Tsitsipas.

 

[Tennisgods]

Fed was always spent in the 4th Hour. His successful 5 set matches were well under 4.

Match now is at 3:37 and he's 37.

Yep, too old to win these kinds of matches.

 

[icedevil0289]

Haha brilliant from Tsitsipas...Time for Grandpa to retire!

Things like this prove ppl dont really care for tsitsipas. I hope nole destroys Nadal if they both get to the finals

 

[Subway Tennis]

match on the Stefanos racquet

You predicted it early on.

 

[NatF]

Might be feds last ao too

Nah.

 

[Jezza94]

A star was born!

It was a privilege to watch that live at the ground.

 

[Midaso240]

Yeah! Go Tsitsipas! Great result for tennis. Yeah,I know we all love Roger but let's face it he wasn't winning this tournament even if he got through this match...

 

[D.Nalby12]

QF-4R-4R-Not going to play.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Remember Federer is 37.5 years old and a father of four...

 

[KINGROGER]

Another horrific loss. Fed blew this match choking that 2nd set away, Tsis played well.

 

[mike danny]

Haha brilliant from Tsitsipas...Time for Grandpa to retire!

Fck off.

 

[underground]

Bitter sweet moment, fair play to Tsitsipas, but would have rather Fed lost that first set TB rather than blowing those breakpoints.

Also McEnroe needs to **** off, get Courier back.

 

[Terry Tibbs]

Well Fed only has himself to blame. The match was there on his racquet. 0 break points out of 12 converted is shocking. You just can't win matches with that kind of stat. As well as Tsit played I find it unfathomable why Fed was not able to break serve once.

 

[NatF]

Will be majorly disappointed if Tsits loses to RBA.

 

[abmk]

Disrespectful.

oh jeez, genius level figuring out.

 

[robert.s]

Everyone feels this is over for Fed

This year's Wimbledon is his last realistic shot at a Grand Slam. After that he either retires or gets used to competing mostly for Masters. Might as well play clay this year too btw. No point skipping it now.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Might be feds last ao too

Yes, this could be it. Who knows, but it looks like his time is finally up with winning slams.

 

[marc45]

After he removed his headband I liked the way his hair flowed. He is gorgeous!!

The next dominant star I hope.

we must all be insane if he's not....he and Zverev certainly feel like it'll be the rivalry of their times

 

[moonballs]

Wow, watched the last two games and the last TB. Fed had the lead in the last TB but Tsitsipas served like a boss under pressure.

 

[Azure]

Believe in your KAPPAbilities.

Sorry it had to be said.

ROFL the Greek god brought his alpha game.

 

[mike danny]

Kinda like seeing Fed getting into these streetfight type matches. Hope he can win one more of these matches before he retires.

He hasn't won any of these since USO 2017.

 

[True Fanerer]

Everyone feels this is over for Fed

Nah. There's always Wimbledon

 

[MasturB]

I believe Fed will play clay now.

He just dropped over 1500 points. With Novak back in top form, as well as the kids actually stepping up and being a threat for Indian Indian Wells and Miami, he's going to play Roland Garros to try and get points for Wimby.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Baghdatis?

Stay in school

 

[underground]

The point at 5-5 should have been replayed. Sisi didn't stop right there, played another shot.

Linesman actually called that out (so that a good bunch of the crowd), the challenge was from Fed.

 

[tennisaddict]

The point at 5-5 should have been replayed. Sisi didn't stop right there, played another shot.

Linesman had called out before . It didn’t matter

 

[Krish872007]

Tsitispas played well and deserved this win. I didn't want to say it but I think Roger's last big effort came in 2017-18 - will be extremely tough from this point onwards. He's getting more inconsistent and the "Next Gen" is finally getting better.

It's really up to Nadal to find a way to hold off the youngsters and keep the Big 3 fort strong now.

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

eff off fed ...

take a ****ing break and fix that FH instead of lousy sh*t like this.

Oy shut up, it's just age getting to him at last. Let's not get greedy that he's not going to equal Rosewall's longevity.

 

[Badabing888]

As a Fed fan I could feel during the course of the match that his level wasn’t high to get through this. Of course not taking any of the 12 break points was a massive indicator. But seen enough of these type of matches to know when he won’t get through.

Anyway if he was to lose, which he did, glad it was to Stefanos with his style of game. Congrats to him he deserved it.

 

[NatF]

Federer's improved returning on full display today, shame the Next Gen has taken the serve to new heights.

 

[mike danny]

Will be majorly disappointed if Tsits loses to RBA.

If he loses to RBA though, the talk about Nadal's draw will be juicy.

 

[D.Nalby12]

Linesman actually called that out (so that a good bunch of the crowd), the challenge was from Fed.

I think someone from crowd called it. Not linesman.

 

[DragonBlaze]

My god McEnroe is the worst interviewer

 

[veroniquem]

Somehow, I felt quite confident Tsitsi would pull the upset vs Fed. Still, his extreme calm and composure while doing it managed to surprise me.
Really enjoyed witnessing it.

 

[Tennisgods]

Amazing offense all day from Stefanos.

People are going to talk about break point chances but not enough credit given to Stefanos for forcing a lot of errors from Fed.

He was magnificent. Ok not perfect, but he kept going after Fed and deserves every credit for that.