Tennis magazine's most memorable, best 20 matches of the past decade!

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1. Nadal d. Federer, 2008 Wimbledon
2. Vinci d. Williams, 2015 U.S. Open
3. Isner d. Mahut, 2010 Wimbledon
4. Nadal d. Federer, 2009 Australian Open
5. Nadal d. Federer, 2006 Rome
6. Federer d. Nadal, 2007 Wimbledon
7. Nadal d. Verdasco, 2009 Australian Open
8. Djokovic d. Wawrinka, 2013 Australian Open
9. Williams d. Dementieva, 2009 Wimbledon
10.Soderling d. Nadal, 2009 French Open
11.Federer d. Roddick, 2009 Wimbledon
12.Djokovic d. Nadal, 2012 Australian Open
13.Williams d. Henin, 2007 Miami
14.Djokovic d. Federer, 2011 U.S. Open
15.Sharapova d. Halep, 2014 French Open
16.Federer d. Djokovic, 2011 French Open
17.Schiavone d. Stosur, 2010 French Open
18.Federer d. Del Potro, 2012 Olympics
19.Razzano d. Williams, 2012 French Open
20.Pennetta d. Vinci, 2015 U.S. Open

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Bukmeikara said:
If I remember correctly Djokovic and Nadal each had one crappy set. The thing I dont get is why DJokovic - Federer RG is so low on the list, I mean that was a historic match with incredible amount of quality.
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I don't see any crappy set except 3rd set which was tank, but it more than made up by exciting 4th and epic fifth set.
 
nachiket nolefam said:
No Djokovic Nadal FO 2013. Crap list.
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Why? Is it because Nole screwed up by colliding into the net that cost him the match?

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Terrible list:
  • WTF is Vinci v Williams doing at #2?
  • Fed vs Delpo's Olympics match made the list, but not their USO final
  • Penneta v Vinci USO final; seriously? In fact they stuffed a lot of bad women's matches into the list for whatever reason
  • AO 2012 F the only Djokodal match to make the list!?
 
Sander001 said:
Del Potro vs Fedora, US Open circa 2009
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This was a shock! Should have known this was the beginning of the end! He had taken his lone FO title and only won Wimbledon because of Rafa withdrawing due to injury and his usual pigeon in the final! Shocking that after that, Roger's only taken 2 more majors over the last 7 years! o_O He would have been going for his own Federer-Slam "down under" if he had finished off Del Po! I had no reason to believe he wouldn't rule for another couple years! Getting back to #1 back in 2012 was obviously a gift since Nadal & Djokovic were half-dead after that long AO final in Feb.! Heaven knows Roger couldn't have improved; must of been the lack of competition! The rest of the tour has stunk for a decade now! :eek: :p
 
nachiket nolefam said:
I don't see any crappy set except 3rd set which was tank, but it more than made up by exciting 4th and epic fifth set.
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this...it's gonna be hard to have an all-inclusive list but yeah, the suspenseful buildup late in the 4th and obviously 5th sets was exquisite. Novak could've easily put the racket in his left hand and flicked that overhead over to the right instead of positioning himself to hit the conventional righty overhead, which caused the infamous "touch." Easier said than done, of course, but he is two-handed player and one of the greatest 2hders at that... lots of pressure.
 
Fiero425 said:
Which is why I call this the biggest fraud of all time; a faux rivalry with a player that owns another is called "the greatest rivalry!" Total BS and nothing will change my mind! :p
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Can you imagine what it might have looked like if they'd battled on clay?!
 
I have to say I barely remember the 2007 Wimbledon final. The final the year after just eclipsed it so completely.
 
good list.. pretty diverse. i enjoyed 80% of those matches enormously.. probably be 100 if i saw them all
 
Fiero425 said:
This was a shock! Should have known this was the beginning of the end! He had taken his lone FO title and only won Wimbledon because of Rafa withdrawing due to injury and his usual pigeon in the final! Shocking that after that, Roger's only taken 2 more majors over the last 7 years! o_O He would have been going for his own Federer-Slam "down under" if he had finished off Del Po! I had no reason to believe he wouldn't rule for another couple years! Getting back to #1 back in 2012 was obviously a gift since Nadal & Djokovic were half-dead after that long AO final in Feb.! Heaven knows Roger couldn't have improved; must of been the lack of competition! The rest of the tour has stunk for a decade now! :eek: :p
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Wonder why Djoko 2.0 and 3.0 lost to him at FO 2011 then ? In anticipation of the 2012 battle at AO ?

And what about the 2-4 h2h in 2014 and 3 more losses in 2015 to old Fed ?

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tennisaddict said:
Wonder why Djoko 2.0 and 3.0 lost to him at FO 2011 then ? In anticipation of the 2012 battle at AO ?

And what about the 2-4 h2h in 2014 and 3 more losses in 2015 to old Fed ?

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The more you win, the more pressure on you genius! Nole hadn't lost all season and had beaten Nadal 4 straight times; including the last 2 on clay! Any loss would be embarrassing and Roger happened to serve and play out of his mind that day! It didn't last long, losing to Nadal in the final as per usual! :rolleyes: :p ;)
 
Fiero425 said:
It was the biggest upset! Williams going for the CYGS in the semi of the USO, playing a double's specialist! Who picked that one; YOU? I know I didn't! :rolleyes: :p ;)
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Serena looked shaky in a ton of slam matches last year and she was 34, the hype surrounding the accomplishment blew it out of proportion. It should be on the list, but 2 is ridic.

Backspin1183 said:
Nadal in his prime gave the tennis crowd some of the most epic matches of all time.
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Tenez101 said:
Nadal is a monster in epic matches. Holy sh*t.
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Noelan said:
Not to mention Serena played sh1t in that match:rolleyes:
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Serena's made herself vulnerable to that kind of loss for years now! How often is she cruising; wins a 1st set and up in the 2nd only to allow it to extend? Losses to kids and veterans alike are only going to happen more! It's not that she's playing bad; more a lack of concentration and her opponent is playing "lights out!" :p :rolleyes:
 
Fiero425 said:
The more you win, the more pressure on you genius! Nole hadn't lost all season and had beaten Nadal 4 straight times; including the last 2 on clay! Any loss would be embarrassing and Roger happened to serve and play out of his mind that day! It didn't last long, losing to Nadal in the final as per usual! :rolleyes: :p ;)
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Yeah Roger played without any pressure, being the heavy underdog before the match, while Djokovic played with all the pressure in this world on his back, being below his par for the whole match because of it. Credit to Federer of course, but that win against Djokovic is kinda flukish and slightly overrated IMO.
 
Fiero425 said:
Serena's made herself vulnerable to that kind of loss for years now! How often is she cruising; wins a 1st set and up in the 2nd only to allow it to extend? Losses to kids and veterans alike are only going to happen more! It's not that she's playing bad; more a lack of concentration and her opponent is playing "lights out!" :p :rolleyes:
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To me Vinci played great match , sliced, ds-ed , didn't give Serena any rhythm from BL.But that's her standard game, it's not that Serena didn't know that. From Terminator she turned into frightened kitten . Yeah ,I know pressure got her, but TC is making list of best 20 matches . This one is just not. It's about upset , media
hype , actually reflects TC critierion well
 
Fiero425 said:
It was the biggest upset! Williams going for the CYGS in the semi of the USO, playing a double's specialist! Who picked that one; YOU? I know I didn't! :rolleyes: :p ;)
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Absolutely. A CYGS quest is a twice in a lifetime occurrence. Vinci over Williams, with so much on the line, was one of the biggest upsets in all of sports.
 
I know it's only 20 years but one of my absolute favorite matches was Noah v Wilander 1983 FO final. Noah showed that an attacking style could win on clay.
 
uliks said:
Yeah Roger played without any pressure, being the heavy underdog before the match, while Djokovic played with all the pressure in this world on his back, being below his par for the whole match because of it. Credit to Federer of course, but that win against Djokovic is kinda flukish and slightly overrated IMO.
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What is fluke is the slap shot at USO 11 SF and not the 4 set win...

Finger waggerer put the Djokerer in place that day .. LOL
 
Bhagi Katbamna said:
Mahut Isner doesn't belong on that list. It was a boring match and only lasted so long because they both(but mainly Isner) return so poorly.
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It's a most memorable list, not a most boring list. 70-68 in the fifth is a record that will never be broken. Will be talked about at every Wimbledon with extended fifth sets.
 
Bhagi Katbamna said:
I know it's only 20 years but one of my absolute favorite matches was Noah v Wilander 1983 FO final. Noah showed that an attacking style could win on clay.
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Edberg & McEnroe were close in '89 & '84 respectively! They just ran out of gas! The clay was a lot slower then and it was difficult to out the ball away! '-/ :rolleyes: ;) :p
 
I feel like they could have come up with 20 matches that were both most memorable, AND best, rather than one or the other, or one much more so than the other.

Vinci and Williams had a terrific third set, but the whole match was built around a pretty obvious choke job.

Isner and Mahut is one of the most boring things I've ever sat through in my life. After some point each man becomes so tired that holding serve 60 times in a row is not particularly impressive, nor is hitting aces when the returner can barely move.

Soderling-Nadal is historic, and memorable, but it was essentially a beat down.

Why is Pennetta and Vinci any more memorable than say Cilic and Nishikori? It was a terrible match in which both women spent the first set trying to blow it more than their opponent, and I say that as someone head over heels in love with Flavia, and who has massive respect for what Vinci accomplished on semi final day.

Razzano vs. Williams?? It had a great atmosphere, and I enjoyed watching it more than anyone, but Serena has spent the 4 years since then burying it deep. She also has plenty of early round losses at slams, just because this is the single actual first round exit doesn't really mean that much more to me.

Schiavone vs. Stosur? What? Try Schiavone-Kuznetsova at 2015's edition.

Beyond those...

1. Nadal d. Federer, 2008 Wimbledon - I know it's very hip to hate it here now, but it is the crowning glory of a brief beautiful window in tennis history. Watching Nadal finally wrestle control from Federer in those first two sets at SW19 after the heartbreak of the previous years, and then watching Federer refuse to go away quietly and come fighting all the way back, levelling things up with that magnificent 4th set breaker, and then the long 5th. And more than anything else the darkness, and the camera flashes. There will never be another like it. This match and Sampras and Rafter at Wimbledon in 2000 have such an epic quality added to them by the environment.

5. Nadal d. Federer, 2006 Rome

7. Nadal d. Verdasco, 2009 Australian Open

8. Djokovic d. Wawrinka, 2013 Australian Open - Great stuff. As was their follow up at the US Open, and their rematch here the next year. Shame about the 2015 one :( What the HELL happened there?

9. Williams d. Dementieva, 2009 Wimbledon - Outstanding, and still hurts every time I think about it :(

11.Federer d. Roddick, 2009 Wimbledon - It was like David and Goliath. Watching Roddick take it, and take it, and take it to Federer, trying to make it third time lucky, trying to cap his miracle out of nowhere run here off by clambering over his great foe, being aggressive and frankly controlling the majority of the match, but watching Roger in Sampras like fashion just serving like a robot until his all too human opponent finally has given all he has to give, and blinks first. Not great tennis, but godly drama.

12.Djokovic d. Nadal, 2012 Australian Open - I don't LOVE the match, but it was a hell of a spectacle.

14.Djokovic d. Federer, 2011 U.S. Open - The ending has made it memorable, everything else is why it's best. Two guys bringing the best out of each other. Leagues ahead of their effort from the year before.

15.Sharapova d. Halep, 2014 French Open - Hadn't been a really good womens final at Roland Garros since 2001. This was a great end to a great womens singles.

16.Federer d. Djokovic, 2011 French Open - A real combination of memorable, and best. Great stuff, even without a 5th set.

18.Federer d. Del Potro, 2012 Olympics - Practically any of the matches these two played from this match onwards could have made this list. What a duo.

^These are the undeniables.

4. Nadal d. Federer, 2009 Australian Open
6. Federer d. Nadal, 2007 Wimbledon

^Both ultimately disappointments to me where 4 sets of wonderfulness are capped off by a 5th set of failing.

The Williams and Henin one I don't even remember.

How did they not put the 2013 Mens Wimbledon final on here? or the epic Roland Garros semi that year? How about Tsonga and Nadal in Australia? Or just about any of Baghdatis' matches from Australia in 2006? Rosol and Nadal? Federer defeating Soderling in Paris? How about the double A and Ben Becker at the USO in 2006? :( Kim Clijsters winning the 2009 US Open? The semi final if not the final itself!
 
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Bhagi Katbamna said:
Mahut Isner doesn't belong on that list. It was a boring match and only lasted so long because they both(but mainly Isner) return so poorly.
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How much of it did you watch? I'm wondering if there's anyone who watched that live in its entirety. I actually haven't seen a point of it. That scoreline's absurd though. I saw a clip of the umpire chuckling at his own "GSM" call.
 
uliks said:
How about Djokovic-Nadal showdown in 2009 Madrid. :confused:o_O
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I didn't see it, but I hear it was epic with a 3rd set TB! It was in this match I started thinking of Rafa's PED usage and a need for Nole to have himself get checked out! It so reminded me of Sampras and the disorder he had that seemed to take away from his stamina! It was more physical and he's now able to withstand just about anything and wait out the best of players! :rolleyes: :p ;)
 
Should see it ( when you have some spare time) 4 h epic of great playing from Djokodal .
To me maybe the most heartbreaknig Novak loss but in a way it was turning point in their rivalry even Novak needed two more years to Rome11 clay masterclass.It's shame that it ruined the rest of clay season 09 for both of them.
Fiero425 said:
I didn't see it, but I hear it was epic with a 3rd set TB! It was in this match I started thinking of Rafa's PED usage and a need for Nole to have himself get checked out! It so reminded me of Sampras and the disorder he had that seemed to take away from his stamina! It was more physical and he's now able to withstand just about anything and wait out the best of players! :rolleyes: :p ;)
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