Does Thiem Have A Chance?
- Thread starter Federev
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@Checkmate has spoken/foreseen it, Thiem will win FO. So no doubt about it!
Plamen1234
Hall of Fame
If Nadal is taken to five sets at the SF with Del Po,Thiem wins his SF in easy straight sets and Nadal plays like yesterday and there is no rain delay,then yeah Thiem will have chance to win it.
Federev
Legend
nice.
Badabing888
Hall of Fame
Rafa knowing he’ll face a player with a single handed backhand in the final will be even more motivated to up his game and dispose of JDP in 3 sets.
Thiem still only has one way of playing - hit it harder and if that doesn’t work hit it even harder. If he does reach his first slam final, then he’s gonna nervous as hell. My thinking is if Roger and Stan couldn’t take him to 5 sets then neither would Thiem. Rafa has his get out of jail free card v single handers; more so on PC by hammering their backhand to open up the court and then can go either way when he gets the short ball he wants.
Thiem still only has one way of playing - hit it harder and if that doesn’t work hit it even harder. If he does reach his first slam final, then he’s gonna nervous as hell. My thinking is if Roger and Stan couldn’t take him to 5 sets then neither would Thiem. Rafa has his get out of jail free card v single handers; more so on PC by hammering their backhand to open up the court and then can go either way when he gets the short ball he wants.
Federev
Legend
fair enough.
Phoenix1983
G.O.A.T.
Against Cecchinato?
No way!
No way!
MugOpponent
Hall of Fame
I think Rafa's level would have to be fairly bad and Thiem would have to be near his best for him to win. It's not impossible but my expectation would be for a fairly comfortable Nadal win. I'm not sure Thiem will get by Cecchinato tbh.
Del Potro is a good SF opponent in the sense that I don't see it being as physically taxing as playing someone like Schwartzman. Of course if Del Potro zones then he's very tough.
Del Potro is a good SF opponent in the sense that I don't see it being as physically taxing as playing someone like Schwartzman. Of course if Del Potro zones then he's very tough.
Sport
G.O.A.T.
You are right. Nadal vs @Checkmate. Who will win? Nadal has never lost a RG final, Checkmate has never failed a prediction.
Nadal is checkmate
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
Pretty much this.
The likelihood of all these things happening are remote, though. Especially Rafa having a gruelling fiver-setter against Del Possum. I just can't see JMDP winning it when Nadal will ruthlessly expose his "weak"(some will disagree) BH.
cc0509
Talk Tennis Guru
You sure?
Who made these posts a month or so ago?
If I think Del Po can win RG in June, why argue it? It's as valid as all those thinking Zverev or Thiem will do it.
Was that your twin who made those statements?
Daily contradictions from you.
cc0509
Talk Tennis Guru
Isn't the men's final on Sunday? I think the Paris weather for Sunday is thunderstorms?
Secondly, the rankings of the players Thiem beat vs the players Nadal beat aren't the main thing. Match-ups are more important and the fact that Nadal has looked slightly vulnerable at times and is 32 rather than 22.
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Thiem will win RG, Nadal has been playing very poorly and he looks more vulnerable than ever.
The Thiem for a new king is nigh!
The Thiem for a new king is nigh!
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
Err.... the Final is on Sunday and the forecast is thunderstorms and breezy. Same on Monday if it gets postponed.
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
The weather this year is likely to be the only winner. High humidity, thunderstorms and 80% of rain forecast. I expect the end of this tournament to be as unpleasant as 2014 at the USO.
And coverage has been a joke. When I finally found the men's matches today, which were shown hours before anything live was advertised, I set thing up to catch them on repeat. But on repeat they showed nothing of the Delpo match until Nadal won in an unbelievably predictable, boring match. No one but a diehard tennis fan would suffer through this.
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
None of the matches today were much good. But I've had a two day migraine so maybe that's made me grumpy!!
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
They are about the worst things in the world and can go on for days. I got them about 3 to 4 times a month for decades.
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
That sounds awful! Fortunately I only get them once every few months so it's bearable and I can avoid medication.
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
DelPo can't handle 5 sets with Rafa. DelPo gets tired more quickly than Rafa.
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