Can't believe it
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The longest ever and perhaps the most dramatic Wimbledon final happened exactly a year ago. How time flies...
The question is, how many years of your life did those five hours take away?
I bet. I just stared at the TV for another hour in shock, knowing what was going to happen.
That might have been the worst part. I would've preferred if he just lost the match a game later.
I guarantee he wasn't. He's been in that exact situation before and plays every single match with the crowd overwhelmingly at his side, yet he still loses big matches all the time.
Spoiler alert. Fed served for the championship.
Yep. Aced it out too. Great moment. 21 was great...
He went on to defend Wimbledon in 2020...
That is cool. Fed won his last slam a week before I became a dad. I even told my wife our son is going to see Fed win a slam... doubtful now.The last match Djokovic played before I became a dad. He went on a great streak when his kid Stefan was born. Only fair if he does something similar for his long time fan too.
He went on to defend Wimbledon in 2020...
2020...
By all means, let us listen to the Nadal fan's complaints about surfaces....
AO was resurfaced TWICE in four years after Federer established business with tournament’s director Craig Tiley. Last change was to surface similar to the one in Basel. What a coincidence.
Yes that totally makes up for how the entire tour has slowed further and further towards molasses
Not what I hear, you must be using your eyes and brain not the stats. The stats say it is faster than ever...
Look at the ace count!Not what I hear, you must be using your eyes and brain not the stats. The stats say it is faster than ever...
lmao
And what exactly are the last significant slowing downs? AO 2008 for Slams and Toronto in mid 10’s for Masters? In the last couple of years AO got faster twice, Paris is faster than ever, Tour Finals is fast again, Miami is fast again, RG returned to the balls they used in 2011, which was reportedly a faster-playing year by tournament’s standards. Fedovic fanbases were reporting that USO was fast and low bouncing last year, although changed their testimony when Nadal won, as expected. And that was not stats, that was "using your eyes and brain" @Lleytonstation .
I don’t think this really screams “fast” to me. It’s 2015-2016, though, so it may not be accurate today.
Did Fed win USO? Nope. It must have been slow. JK.
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Yep, it’s not. 2016 was the last year of slow Paris and London. Look at Paris last year. Nadal could hardly break a serve of Andrian freakin’ Mannarino.I don’t think this really screams “fast” to me. It’s 2015-2016, though, so it may not be accurate today.
There’s that weird phone at the bottom below her, what?
You and I have very different standards for what we consider fast
I don’t think this really screams “fast” to me. It’s 2015-2016, though, so it may not be accurate today.
Oh God, they are already talking about court speed...
Eye test.
If Federer loses then the court is slow?
Here's the thing, Yugram isn't wrong. We're arguing 2 different ends of the same point. There has been a slight uptick in some of the courts the last couple years. Like the USO for example, he's right. 2019 was playing faster, but only in comparison to the last few years (mostly in the post-roof 2015- era) which was the slowest they've ever been. Being faster than the slowest does not make them fast courts.If Federer loses then the court is slow?
