Just to remind you that 35.5 year old Roger Federer

[Omega_7000]

Good dope

The kind that allows a 34 year old to win the most physically demanding slam on clay without dropping a set?

 

[tennis_pro]

35.5 doesn't seem as impressive or significant anymore now that Nadal and Djokovic are almost there too.

yes but fed had tougher draws than 4 berrettinis

 

[weakera]

yes but fed had tougher draws than 4 berrettinis

Actually he didn't, and especially not in his prime.

 

[BeatlesFan]

I'm sorry if I missed any injury (missed most of the match too, apart from first 3 games).
But its becoming a pattern for Thiem in BO5, ma'am.

Wait- didn’t he win the USO 5 months ago, coming back from 0-2 in sets? And didn’t he just beat Nicky from the same deficit? What “pattern?”

 

[Gazelle]

Thiem has corona.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Wait- didn’t he win the USO 5 months ago, coming back from 0-2 in sets? And didn’t he just beat Nicky from the same deficit? What “pattern?”

With all due respect to Thiem; he looked jaded, cramping and tired at times in that USO F vs Sascha (the German absolutely lost a straight setter win in 5 sets). At FO, he struggled big time against Gaston physically (couldn't hit through and anticipate as well); and against Schwartzman he was visibly tired after 4 sets and struggled to successfully hit through the Argentinian throughout the match.

 

[D.Nalby12]

I don't think thiem was exhausted. He was just out of form. He showed some flashes of brilliance here and there that's all. But I am pretty confident he will come back strong and win big titles..