ATP M1000 Madrid Open 2023

[Rattie]

Are spanish fans really that patriotic or just plain **oles? year after year its the same. looks like PAIN for rest of the players to entertain these entitled fans in stadium right now.

The French were worse last year!

 

[nolefam_2024]

The French were worse last year!

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]

A first for TTW.... three straight Rune Avis.

 

[BeatlesFan]

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]

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]

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.

A lot of them. They even booed Djokovic’s arrival on court!

 

[bullfan]

Jim Curran has been dissing Rune health from the get go… seems a bit Fox Newsish to me

 

[albertobra]

Bernardes has done an excelent job in calming down the crowd

 

[Slicehand]

rune is getting tired and missing more, now on the line

 

[Slicehand]

fokina motors, best engine on court

 

[Rattie]

rune is getting tired and missing more, now on the line

He managed the AO without getting tired

 

[Slicehand]

He managed the AO without getting tired

there are days and days

 

[Rattie]

ADF is gutted!

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

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.

 

[Hitman]

The kid is resilient

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Why Fokina didn't go down the line there ?? He put it just where Holger was, massive choke as usual from Fokina lol.

 

[albertobra]

Hard to believe that Fokina can close it out

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

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]

One of the worst choices I've seen recently honestly, tragic.

Zverev against Med in MC was worse

 

[Pablo1989]

One of the matches of the year so far.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Now that was some ballsy winners from Fokina !

 

[Hitman]

So can Rune take it the distance?

 

[Rattie]

One of the matches of the year so far.

The post match interviews could be interesting

 

[Rattie]

Wow, great defending from ADF

 

[chuckersthenut]

Stream just cut out

 

[Rattie]

Stream just cut out

3-1 ADF. Extended rally ended with Rune dumping the ball in the net

 

[mike danny]

Wouldn't be ADF without a choke. Let's see if he can pull through still.

 

[Rattie]

Stream just cut out

ADF DFs, hands back the mini break

 

[Hitman]

Rune has had some really tight encounters this clay season, first Sinner and Rublev at MC, then Botic last week, and now this one.

 

[Rattie]

Stream just cut out

Unreturned serve gives Rune 3-3

 

[Hitman]

Fokina two points away

 

[mike danny]

Failed dropshot from ADF gives Rune a 4-3 lead.

 

[Rattie]

5-4 ADF

 

[Rattie]

6-4 ADF. Two MPs

 

[Hitman]

Fokina beats Rune, what a match.

 

[Rattie]

One MP saved. This one on ADF serve though

 

[Rattie]

And he’s done it. Well played ADF!

 

[Hitman]

One MP saved. This one on ADF serve though

You have delayed stream.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Even I would like to punch ADF. But that would be wrong.

 

[flyingboris]

Man, Rune had so much time on that drop shot! Congrats Fokina, BLTN Brat!

 

[Rattie]

Crowd booing Holger off court

 

[chuckersthenut]

Fokina could get rune tomorrow.

 

[Rattie]

You have delayed stream.

Slightly behind yes

 

[Hitman]

To be fair, Rune shouldn't ever have beaten Botic last week, so I am not too down on this loss. There are so many times you can roll the dice before it is snake eyes.

 

[mike danny]

Rune's won his last 2 matches in a deciding set tiebreak. 3 in a row would've been just odds-defying.

 

[Rosstour]

Cut off the alcohol

Rune needs to stay focused here, crowd being jerks

He's playing a Spanish player at home lol.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

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]

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.

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]

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

 

[Slicehand]

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