Rattie
G.O.A.T.
The French were worse last year!
ATP M1000 Madrid Open 2023
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nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Which match?
ADF is honestly third or fourth rung player from Spain. They just act dead when anyone else is beating their players. And distract when playing.
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
A first for TTW.... three straight Rune Avis. 
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
I really don't think Rune is going to hang on physically. He usually folds after 2 hours and is already limping around. He did the same thing last week in Munich, but Botic choked massively to hand it to him.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Impressive from alcaraz overall. Hitting the ball with great depth on both sides and drop shots working. Grigor didn’t play bad and was decent but Carlos just on another level. Caught all highlights after missing part of match.
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
A lot of them. They even booed Djokovic’s arrival on court!
albertobra
Hall of Fame
Bernardes has done an excelent job in calming down the crowd
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Slicehand
Guest
rune is getting tired and missing more, now on the line
S
Slicehand
Guest
fokina motors, best engine on court
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
He managed the AO without getting tired
S
Slicehand
Guest
there are days and daysHe managed the AO without getting tired
Baseline_Bungle
Legend
Wow... chokemeister Foki at his very best! Tops it off with a true gem: Rune falls, court is empty, proceeds to hit the ball right at him. 
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
Why Fokina didn't go down the line there ?? He put it just where Holger was, massive choke as usual from Fokina lol.
albertobra
Hall of Fame
Hard to believe that Fokina can close it out
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
Wow... chokemeister Foki at his very best! Tops it off with a true gem: Rune falls, court is empty, proceeds to hit the ball right at him.
One of the worst choices I've seen recently honestly, tragic.
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
Zverev against Med in MC was worse
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
Now that was some ballsy winners from Fokina !
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
The post match interviews could be interesting
chuckersthenut
Hall of Fame
Stream just cut out
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
3-1 ADF. Extended rally ended with Rune dumping the ball in the net
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Wouldn't be ADF without a choke. Let's see if he can pull through still.
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
ADF DFs, hands back the mini break
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
Unreturned serve gives Rune 3-3
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Failed dropshot from ADF gives Rune a 4-3 lead.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
You have delayed stream.
nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Even I would like to punch ADF. But that would be wrong.
flyingboris
Legend
Man, Rune had so much time on that drop shot! Congrats Fokina, BLTN Brat!
chuckersthenut
Hall of Fame
Rattie
G.O.A.T.
Slightly behind yes
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Rune's won his last 2 matches in a deciding set tiebreak. 3 in a row would've been just odds-defying.
Rosstour
Talk Tennis Guru
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
Fokina was the most aggressive player towards the end, he deserved it. Rune was a bit too passive, probably a bit exhausted from playing a lot recently.
Hitman
Bionic Poster
Fokina was making the play happen, Rune was reacting more to it, and yes, he looked tired out there. Back to back weeks final in MC and Munich and then here, a loss was coming.
albertobra
Hall of Fame
Rune was just pushing the ball at the end. Not sure it was tactics (seems so since Patrick was happy with it) or he was tired
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Slicehand
Guest
rune just misses a bigger forehand, i always said i dont like his take back, its too "lab made" not very natural, sometimes he can crush it, but you can see its not a real reliable weapon which he can dominate players with, he has grerat serve, great backhand, and good complete game, but he needs that killer forehand to be able to dominate more, he has the right mindset also
