Match of the year?
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mike danny
Bionic Poster
Top 3 if you count Nadal-Muller at Wimb. Edge of your seat stuff until the very last point.
Jackuar
Hall of Fame
Yes, they should bring the black courts on more tournaments. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the game go about than tracking the ball.
TheAssassin
Legend
If I remember well, Kyrgios-Ferrer in Cincinnati was pretty decent for a straight sets match.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
I'll go with Federer vs Kyrgios.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
Everyone knows your agenda, dude. Don't bother trying to sound impartial. Just for future reference, when people here talk about 'true finals' they mean the match that won the tournament for the victor. An example would be the RG semifinal between Djokovic and Nadal. Everyone knew the winner of that match would go all the way, it was the true test, hence true final.
You can't use 'true final' when the player who won it didn't win the tournament. You can say best match of the tournament.
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
"Match of the year" can mean different things. It doesn't say "best".
The final had a lot more ingredients to it, a more complex prospect in every way.
You could make a film about that final.
The film about the SF would be a turkey
TheAssassin
Legend
I should have specified quality. In terms of importance and drama AO final is well ahead of the rest but it took a while for both players to really start clicking."Match of the year" can mean different things. It doesn't say "best".
The final had a lot more ingredients to it, a more complex prospect in every way.
You could make a film about that final.
The film about the SF would be a turkey
fedtennisphan
Hall of Fame
Ha! Ha! Admit it,You thought that Nadal was going to win based on the past and Nadal being up 3-1.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
"Match of the year" can mean different things. It doesn't say "best".
The final had a lot more ingredients to it, a more complex prospect in every way.
You could make a film about that final.
The film about the SF would be a turkey
I am hungry.
junior74
Talk Tennis Guru
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
fedtennisphan
Hall of Fame
The match that created the most ruins:
Federer-Nadal AO final
Federer-Kyrgios Miami
Federer-Cilic WB
Federer-Nadal AO final
Federer-Kyrgios Miami
Federer-Cilic WB
TheAssassin
Legend
That's not the question. Go talk about desperation and ruins in the other 500 threads where you already brought that stuff up, robot.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
By the way, does TT actually have bots posting in here?
fedtennisphan
Hall of Fame
Ruins.
fedtennisphan
Hall of Fame
Personally, my thread title is better because I see more ruins than matches of the year.
TheAssassin
Legend
I didn't think so but seeing fedtennisphan's posts is starting to make me wonder.
fedtennisphan
Hall of Fame
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
I do still have the Australian Open final on my virgin box. Watched it twice so that kind of explains it all. I don't normally go back and watch the full thing again. It was just a real good time, won money, the fifth set comeback etc. The only lame thing about it was the lag here. lolz Hell of a spectacle that holds its own against the greats like Hogan vs Andre.
Thought it was another breakthrough for Kyrgios against Federer.
Thought it was another breakthrough for Kyrgios against Federer.
InsideOut900
Legend
No idea why you say Nadal was gassed in the 5th set. He played very well, saving all those BPs.
It's Federer who started swinging freely and everything went in.
Steve0904
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah, this. You might say there were higher quality matches, but nothing beats when the final of a slam delivers in such dramatic fashion. It had its ups and down in level and both guys never found their best at the same time until the 5th, but calling any other match the "match of the year" is a huge misjudgement IMHO. It would be like saying the Wimbledon 2008 Final wasn't the match of 2008 when everybody knows it was and any other answer is just flat out stupid.
Comb Over Champion
Hall of Fame
Fed fans can be so frantically fussy. What the f...?
The Dimitrov SF was the best match of the tournament by far, and the only reason Rafa didn't slay Fed in the final.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Of course I did.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Nadal was being very lazy in some nuetral rallies he could have taken control of, hardly any pace on his shots, when I feel up to it i'll post timestamps. Prepare to agree
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Tiki-Taka
Guest
Here is a top 10 matches of 2017, only Slams.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
It's not fussiness, it's just simple fact. You can't say it and expect anyone the slightest bit neutral to agree with you. I guess Djokovic won the true final in the 2015 French open because the Murray semifinal was tiring? Jog on.
I suppose Federer is lucky that he's so much younger than Nadal to have the energy to fight through so many five setters. Oh wait. He's not.
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Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
I mean...look at his user name, we know why he's saying Nadal looked gassed.
Comb Over Champion
Hall of Fame
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
I apologize, I didn't realize you were neutral.
I accept your apology. Even you can't have missed the fact that the only person here who agrees with your assessment that Nadal should have/deserved to/would have won the Australian Open is a guy whose user name is MichaelNadal.
Mr Feeny
Hall of Fame
I apologize, I didn't realize you were neutral.
A lot more neutral than a hater like you would be. Keep telling us about how Dimi-Nadal was the real final despite the fact that Nadal got ravaged 5 straight games to end the match in the very next match against an old man with one leg.
Mr Feeny
Hall of Fame
And that guy is another absolute weapon. A strange type of hater. If it makes them feel better to say that a 30 year old Nadal was gassed more than the grandpa, then that's great. Whatever helps them sleep at night.
Mr Feeny
Hall of Fame
And did it in supreme fashion, taking the last 5 games of the match while playing some of the best tennis we've seen for quite a while. He was swinging freely in that final set and some of those backhands and half volleys were drool-worthy. Incredible match. Incredible mental strength by the old man, especially as his leg was bothering him at that point.
To come back in the 5th at his age, having 9layes two 5 setters in the previous rounds, and most importantly while having a damaged leg, was a display of sheer mental strength that rivals anything i've seen in tennis in a while.
Comb Over Champion
Hall of Fame
I never said Nadal deserved to win or would have won the Final. I said he made a huge expenditure of effort in the SF, which was the real Final (and by this I don't mean nothing else than it was the best match of the tournament by a large margin).
Comb Over Champion
Hall of Fame
Hater of what/who?
Oh, Federer was injured in the Final? I am sorry, I didn't realize that.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
No wonder u picked the final
It's not even bc Nadal won, bc you know with stuff like that, I'll always just admit the truth. It was a badass match, Nadal was slaying Grigor for a while, but in the 5th set it REALLY looked like he was going to lose.
I just have to ask...you use the word slay a lot. I've always taken it to mean 'crushing' or 'demolishing' or something similar. Am I wrong? Because the score in the Dimitrov semi was 6-3 5-7 7-6 6-7 before the final set.
Where was the slaying in that? Was it immediately following the first set? Because after that there was nothing to separate them, as far as I can recall.
Shank Volley
Hall of Fame
Right, right, I must have misinterpreted your words when you said..
...as you saying that Nadal would have won the Final. I'm sure you can understand my confusion.
Comb Over Champion
Hall of Fame
You got confused because I forgot to add an emoji to that post. Please, accept my most sincere apologies. I didn't mean to disturb you thus.Right, right, I must have misinterpreted your words when you said..
...as you saying that Nadal would have won the Final. I'm sure you can understand my confusion.
CHillTennis
Hall of Fame
Roger Federer vs Nick Kyrgios at the Miami Open Semi-Finals. Hands down the best match that I've seen all year.
TheAverageFedererFan
Professional
Nadal/Dimitrov AO SF
Federer/Kyrgios Miami SF
Federer/Nadal AO F
Del Potro/Thiem UO 4th
Federer/Kyrgios Laver Cup
Muller/Nadal Wimbledon 4th
These are the one's I watched and loved.
Federer/Kyrgios Miami SF
Federer/Nadal AO F
Del Potro/Thiem UO 4th
Federer/Kyrgios Laver Cup
Muller/Nadal Wimbledon 4th
These are the one's I watched and loved.
Djokovic2011
Bionic Poster
Nadal vs Dimitrov AO semifinal for best of 5, Djokovic vs Murray Doha final for best of 3. Didn't see a huge amount of women's matches but that Venus/Kvitova US Open quarterfinal really stands out as a high quality one, especially the 3rd set.
Gary Duane
G.O.A.T.
That final was the most frustrating match I've watched all year. I actually felt ill afterwards because I started watching it after staying up all night. Very stupid idea...
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
You're pretty much right, it was just the first match where I felt Nadal was walking around the court with a confident swagger between points and that stayed with me more than the score. Probably the best I've ever seen Grigor play, it was a crazy high quality match.
It really was, it was just too early in the Rafa comeback I think. Federer was oh-so ready and really had a plan for once. Nadal thought he could loop forehands.
InsideOut900
Legend
I agree, but this is always the case when talking about the current Nadal on HC, especially when his opponent is on fire.
That is why I think he shouldn't be allowed to win HC titles at all.
Chanwan
G.O.A.T.
you need a poll with some options - these 2 are def. candidates
Dimitrov vs Nadal Australian Open SF
Federer vs Nadal Australian Open Final
Mueller vs. Nadal, W 4. round
I remember a time, where you claimed to like Fedal equally well Gary. No fan who likes Fed just a tiny bit would find that match frustrating to watch
good list
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