Paris Masters 2018 QF - Novak Djokovic vs Marin Cilic

victor?

  • Djkvc in 2

    Votes: 11 44.0%
  • Djkvc in 3

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Cilc in 2

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • Cilc in 3

    Votes: 8 32.0%

  • Total voters
    25

RF-18

Talk Tennis Guru
H2H 15-2 in favour of Novak.

H2H 2018 - 1-1.

Cilic beat him in Queens. Djovak won in Cincinnati.

Who is gonna win this Balkan clasico?
 
Cilic has poor performance lately. So I think Djoko will crush him
Would be nice if Cilic can turn up his gear, it will be great battle between contrasting style.

@Zebrev Djoko also good on this court tho.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
Courts are fast, this is good for Marin.
Wrong.

Annacone said the court speed was " medium slow." He decried that a formally fast tourney has turned to molasses. Paris has been slow for many years.

It doesn't matter if they're playing on carpet, grass, glass or any other surface known to mortal man, Djoker is destroying this choker 3 and 2.
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
Wrong.

Annacone said the court speed was " medium slow." He decried that a formally fast tourney has turned to molasses. Paris has been slow for many years.

It doesn't matter if they're playing on carpet, grass, glass or any other surface known to mortal man, Djoker is destroying this choker 3 and 2.

Paris was 38.5 CPI last year and 39.1 the year before that. That is close to med fast and it definitely isn't slow this year.
 

NBP

Hall of Fame
Paris was 38.5 CPI last year and 39.1 the year before that. That is close to med fast and it definitely isn't slow this year.
Not quite sure what people are watching. Since 2016 London and Paris have been above medium, so around medium fast or fast.

Cilic did beat Djokovic in this round 2 years ago but he’s a different player today, so I’ll say Djokovic 6-2 6-3.
 

junior74

Bionic Poster
Paris was 38.5 CPI last year and 39.1 the year before that. That is close to med fast and it definitely isn't slow this year.

I have no idea how people measure this by eye-test...
The camera lens makes it look like it's played on the moon. Slow, way too contracted. Annoying af.
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
I have no idea how people measure this by eye-test...
The camera lens makes it look like it's played on the moon. Slow, way too contracted. Annoying af.

I hate that camera angle as well and never liked it really. You'd think they would have changed it by now.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
Look at Cilic's face. He's so nervous it looks like he's passing a kidney stone.

Has he recently switched to Fila?
 

underground

G.O.A.T.
To be honest though, Cilic is one of the only players that can actually beat Novak on a good day right now. Beat him at Queen's and played him close at Cinci, not to mention a win in Bercy here 2 years ago. Kandy, Nishi, Zed etc can forget about it. So can Fed until he finds his mojo again.
 
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Deleted member 77403

Guest
Djokovic has been executing that forehand down the line more and more with match he plays.
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
Dumb slices at the wrong time cost him that break there. He needs to keep the pressure on as much as possible.
 
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