Rome Masters F: Daniil Medvedev vs. Holger Rune

[ojo rojo]

 

[TheAssassin]

Sit down bratty little kiddo.

Russian Octopus baby!

 

[MeatTornado]

Medvedev with more clay Masters titles than Dominic Thiem is the cherry on top of this era

 

[Hood_Man]

A pity for Rune, but he's been beaten by one of the few 90's born players with any mental strength.

Still plenty of time for Rune to figure things out.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Meddy is a clay court masters champion! Take a bow meddy bear!

 

[chuckersthenut]

Rune looks gutted

 

[N01E]

Awesome tournament (and season) from Daniil. Rune losing is a nice bonus.

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Medvedev needed that win a lot more than Rune did, I'm happy for him
Rune's already established himself as the favorite to win RG, with those victories over Djokovic and Ruud.

If you can't beat Med in a best of 3, you can't win RG. Rune may go slamless his entire career until he figures his fitness out

 

[BeatlesFan]

rolls eyes.
yet another failure.
Alcaraz is the only one giving hope.

I wish I could root for Carlos, but have to settle for the non-grunting Dane.

Holger lost first round in qualies in Rome last year, gained 600 points with a final appearance in 2023, so moving in the right direction (even if he played utterly passive garbage today).

 

[Rattie]

Why is Rune so gassed?
Congrats Daniil who definitely likes clay now lol.

 

[dking68]

Is Medvedev a better clay courter than Stefanos?

 

[TheNachoMan]

Medvedev with more clay Masters titles than Dominic Thiem is the cherry on top of this era

Thiem was awful in big finals, and I like the guy. Took a fossilised Federer for him to win a Masters..

 

[chuckersthenut]

How do you expect him to win a best of 5 tournament when he can't even make it through two sets?

We will see. I think all these disappointments he is internalizing.

 

[tennis_pro]

Good for Rune too, I think he needs to be heavily humbled before he starts winning.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Idk how often it's been said, but it's my opinion that Rune not winning here isn't a sign he has no big future in tennis.

Medvedev played okay here. I've definitely seen worse finals.

Yep, people are overreacting a bit.

 

[UnforcedTerror]

Hahahahahahaha OMGGGGGGGGGGGG

THIS IS ****!NG GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chuckersthenut]

Hell I'm thinking a out trying the tour out.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Is meddy the favourite for RG guys?

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

The Rune bandwagon...

 

[abmk]

I wish I could root for Carlos, but have to settle for the non-grunting Dane.

Holger lost first round in qualies in Rome last year, gained 600 points with a final appearance in 2023, so moving in the right direction (even if he played utterly passive garbage today).

I don't give a sh*t about the grunting or whatever. What matters most is level of play.

 

[Terenigma]

All joking aside, Medvedev is going to be the most dangerous floater at RG. I don't consider him in the top 3 most likely to win it but he's certainly got the fitness to go 5 sets and he seems to have found some form on clay.

 

[RF-18]

Medvedev showing next gen how to win on clay now.

BIG BIG congrats to Medvedev! What a title. Proving his haters how great he really is.

 

[Rattie]

Idk how often it's been said, but it's my opinion that Rune not winning here isn't a sign he has no big future in tennis.

Medvedev played okay here. I've definitely seen worse finals.

I tend to agree but Holger really needs to sort his fitness out by the looks of it.

 

[chuckersthenut]

Why is Rune so gassed?
Congrats Daniil who definitely likes clay now lol.

Nerves do that

 

[weakera]

I was told Alcaraz and Rune were legitimate big three level, how did Medvedev win a clay 1000 they were in lol?

 

[Zardoz7/12]

Does this win make Medvedev one of the favourites for the French Open?

My top 3 to win the French Open is Alcaraz, Djokovic and Rune.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Is the drone in the stadium on offence or defence?

 

[The Fedfather]

I tend to agree but Holger really needs to sort his fitness out by the looks of it.

Yep. Noticed that he breathes pretty heavily after most longer rallies.

 

[notsopro]

BAM!!!

 

[TheNachoMan]

Idk how often it's been said, but it's my opinion that Rune not winning here isn't a sign he has no big future in tennis.

Medvedev played okay here. I've definitely seen worse finals.

Rune doesn’t look like anything special to me. But what do I know.
Carlos is the real deal.

 

[TheAssassin]

At this point a Golden Masters while winning none of them more than once would be the most Mad Lad thing ever.

So great to have him resembling his old self more often than not. And showing it on clay no less.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Good for Rune too, I think he needs to be heavily humbled before he starts winning.

He needs to dump that ponytailed Bozo from the Mouratoglou Academy as his physio and get someone like Pierre Paganini, who was Roger's physio for 23 years.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

So if I understand correctly, we could now get Rats, Rooney and Djoke all on the same side... right?

 

[Rattie]

Nerves do that

Not when adrenaline is going. Maybe after yes, but he’s very lethargic commonly in matches.

 

[TheNachoMan]

I was told Alcaraz and Rune were legitimate big three level, how did Medvedev win a clay 1000 they were in lol?

RAFA doesn’t even let Med win on HC, let alone clay.

 

[Topspin_80]

Rune needs to find Dr. Fuentes level blood doping if he wants to win those 14 Roland Garroses.

I think he has the game for it, but the fitness is well below par. He looks like he's run 3 marathons and it's only the 2nd.

Perhaps there is a cycling team who can help. The tournament is in France after all.

Michele Ferrari prepared Lance Armstrong, I think he is the one.

 

[CoolCoolCool]

Does this win make Medvedev one of the favourites for the French Open?

My top 3 to win the French Open is Alcaraz, Djokovic and Rune.

Replace Rune with Sinner.

 

[James P]

This is just the best

 

[_phantom]

So if I understand correctly, we could now get Rats, Rooney and Djoke all on the same side... right?

Sinner too

 

[Chanwan]

Rune is still out of breath

 

[Razer]

If you can't beat Med in a best of 3, you can't win RG. Rune may go slamless his entire career until he figures his fitness out

Alcaraz and Sinner are physically at their peak right now, Rune is the only one of the 3 who is still a boy bodywise, this means in another 2-3 years by the time he hits 22-23 he will reach his physical peak. He will win slams. Carlos is already maxed out, Sinner is almost 22, I cannot imagine him getting much stronger than he is, so Rune has hope.

 

[Picmun]

The Rune bandwagon...And Sinner and Alcaflop Band wagon.

Meddy Band Wagon !

 

[roysid]

Med is now world no. 2

 

[sliceroni]

Loving this. Changes the dynamic of RG no denying that. Meddy’s game matches up well against Rune with his adapted tactics.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Sinner too

That was the implied part lol... If those three do all get bunched up on the same side, you just KNOW Sinner would wind up there too!

 

[Terenigma]

Does this win make Medvedev one of the favourites for the French Open?

My top 3 to win the French Open is Alcaraz, Djokovic and Rune.

Draw dependant i think.

For me I would say Djokovic > Alcaraz > Tsitsipas > Medvedev > Ruud > Sinner > Zverev > Rune > Rublev of top 10 well known names but there is always a chance some in-form top 50 player could go deep, I have no idea who that could be there is always usually one who does well.

 

[The Guru]

I was dragged to the farmers market and missed the match can someone let me know how the match was.

 

[Tennfan123]

Please not Go West being played while Meddy lifts the Rome trophy!
WE ARE NOT WORTHY!

 

[dking68]

Alcaraz and Sinner are physically at their peak right now, Rune is the only one of the 3 who is still a boy bodywise, this means in another 2-3 years by the time he hits 22-23 he will reach his physical peak. He will win slams. Carlos is already maxed out, Sinner is almost 22, I cannot imagine him getting much stronger than he is, so Rune has hope.

Woah there sir. Sinner is definitely not as his peak physically

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

I was dragged to the farmers market and missed the match can someone let me know how the match was.

Terrible