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Federer will BEAT Nadal in the Semi Final of Wimbledon 2019
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StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
Yes, RG final this year was actually the best slam final in a long time. But of course there was lots of complaining about it.
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
No complaints, I liked it. Too bad Tim got screwed, or we would have had a 5 setter.
There has not really been an epic final since AO17. It's a long time.
Third Serve
Talk Tennis Guru
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
Aren't they less painful than an epic five set loss?
I suppose it depends on who you ask?
Mustard
Bionic Poster
And Djokovic is the reigning champion of 3 majors, unlike going through a 2 year major drought as he was this time last year.
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Deleted member 77403
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Don't tell me that....let some of your fellow Nadal fans know.
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Deleted member 77403
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The best final since AO 2018 final.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
As it always is whenever Federer's "legacy is on the line" in another one of these over hyped matches.
Benjamin Rio
Professional
You are joking.
61 61 in theast two sets with one finalist not even having 24h to recover from a brutal battle in the wind.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
I think Nadal is the favourite! However, fed will have his chances if he serves well and gets his BH working well! I take Nadal in 5 sets! I think he will outlast fed!
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
You should feel sorry for Djokovic fans. You have had the luxury of supporting someone who cannot be beaten for a long time now. They, on the other hand, know that their favorite is a mediocre also-ran in comparison to yours, and so it's understandable that they search for consolation in pathetic excuses.
[For the record, I do know that you are actually a rather pessimistic Nadal fan].
zagor
Bionic Poster
As it always is whenever Federer's "legacy is on the line" in another one of these over hyped matches.
Of course, and those same folks turn into biggest whiners about being "oppressed" by Fed fans on the forum the second the shoe's on the other foot. Bunch of hypocrites.
Who knew that entirety of Fed's 21 years long career rests on one match he's playing on slow grass, 1-2 years before retirement.
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
What better slam finals we had in the last year and a half? I guess AO 2019.
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As it always is whenever Federer's "legacy is on the line" in another one of these over hyped matches.
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Steve0904
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Yeah, I saw one of them was deleted. That one about Federer being the "third wheel." I thought it was interesting.
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Vamos Rafa Nadal
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Nadal is going to win on Friday
Nadalgaenger
G.O.A.T.
What are current odds on an RBA Wimbledon victory? Lowest for any semifinalist in history?
SwissArmy
New User
McEnroe brothers share my prediction.
John: You could obviously make an argument both ways. To me, because of the surface and, although people around the world respect Rafa, I think the crowd's going to be pretty solidly behind Roger. I would pick Roger in five.
Patrick: I'm going along the same lines and say Roger in four, a very tight four-setter.
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/27169390/federer-vs-nadal-eyes-mcenroe-brothers
John: You could obviously make an argument both ways. To me, because of the surface and, although people around the world respect Rafa, I think the crowd's going to be pretty solidly behind Roger. I would pick Roger in five.
Patrick: I'm going along the same lines and say Roger in four, a very tight four-setter.
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/27169390/federer-vs-nadal-eyes-mcenroe-brothers
raph6
Semi-Pro
Indeed the next 3 days to come are going to decide the history of tennis
What greatness, they are paid millions to be safe and hit a fuzzy yellow ball. Greatness is risking your life for humanity. Let's not delude ourselves here in the end they are doing it for themselves and making millions, that is not bravery and they are being safe.
Eren
Professional
Come on lol, 4 sets Nads all the way.
I'd like to see Fraud win in straight sets, but we all know that's not gonna happen.
guanzishou
G.O.A.T.
Well done!I'm calling this.
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Haha you're wrong, take that! I bet you're so bitter that your prediction didn't come true. /s
No, I didn't expect it either.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
Perfect pic to go along with it....another match that all the pundits said was a layup for Nadal, but Federer, yet again, proved us all wrong.I'm calling this.
Good call.
Eren
Professional
lol, not bitter at all. As a huge fan of the Fraud, I am pretty pleased tbh. A loss against Nadal here would have been terrible.
I was mistaken and Federer upped his level (who would have thought that after the Nishikori match?).
I still think Djokovic takes it in 4, worst case scenario for Djoke is winning in 5.
I thought Fed's level looked quite great versus Nishikori.
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
Good call
King No1e
G.O.A.T.
I thought the /s would tip you off that I was Djoking. Shockingly good performance from Federer. Took the racquet out of Nadal's hand.
Eren
Professional
I know you were joking
I just replied because I am pretty enthusiastic about Fred winning against Nads at Wimbledon after losing in 2008. Freddy had to wait for a LONG time.
Eren
Professional
Really? Dude lost a set against Nishikori lol. Perhaps I am just too negative.
Gazelle
G.O.A.T.
I watched the match and Nishikori played quite well, was painting the lines in the set he won. For once the Sushiman was fit in a slam quarter and managed to look like a top 10 player.
Eren
Professional
Ah ok, then I was wrong. Credit where credit is due I suppose. Just hope Fed can sustain or even up his level on Sunday against Djokovic compared to today's SF performance. Fed needs it.
Fed played terrific today, no doubt. I think he might need to play better to win against Djokovic.
A 0-3 in Wimbledon finals would be ugly. If he wins, he'll be at 2-2 in terms of H2H at Wimbledon. That's acceptable given that all 4 matches were played when Djokovic was either peak or much closer to his peak than Fed who was in his 30s in all 4 matches.
KineticChain
Hall of Fame
thank mrswissarmyI'm calling this.
No uglier than the fact Djokovic has already lost 5 US Open finals. It's more wise to look at the bigger picture.
Feather
Legend
This! As a Roger Federer fan, I was nervous about the match as I know very well that Rafa can beat Roger here. But I was not worried about the ace count of Rafa. Acing Nick Kyrgios and Sam Querry is a different thing Roger at the end of the day, even if he is not as good as Novak Djokovic, is certainly better than those players in returning serves. Also if Sam and Nick could break Rafa, Roger certainly can break Rafa. As it turned out, which I expected, Roger had more aces than Rafa in the match. I thought if Roger were to lose, it would be Rafa destroying Roger from the baseline exposing Roger's movement and certainly not by serving better than Roger.
augustobt
Legend
Good to know.
AceSalvo
Legend
Much to the agony of many including myself, Fed did the outlasting thingy.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Yep it surprised me but fed actually won the longer rallies. He outplayed Nadal! Now we will see what happens between Djoko and fed in final!
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