Thank you Roger (letter from a Nadal fan)

[Sport]

Thank you for convincingly defeating Novak Djokovic and indirectly helping Nadal to reach his 5th Year End #1.

Today, for the first time in my whole life, I supported you. What a weird feeling. It was less intense than what I had expected, probably because of how easily you beat Novak.

These are my conclusions from the match:

1. To me, you are probably the greatest server of all time, or at least top 3. What a ridiculous exhibition, I have never seen anyone serve with such a clinical precision. Power, angles, effects... Djokovic was unable to return even your second serves. In fact, Djokovic did not break your serve in the whole match.

2. Your forehand is a piece of beauty, art in motion. It is surgically precise when necessary, and you have the diabolic capacity to make extremelly complex shots look easy.

3. Your will to fight is hugely underrated. Today you ran like a crazy for almost every single return point. OK, your movement is much slower than what it used to be. But your will to fight is intact. It is incredible how underrated is your fighting spirit.

In short,

GRACIAS MAESTRO

 

[Third Serve]

Congrats back to your guy on another year-end number 1. The world is at peace.


*ignores rest of GPPD*

 

[Newballs]

Thank you for the thank you.
He did look good today.
AND congrats to Rafa.

 

[Sport]

 

[mike danny]

LOL, do you even watch these matches?

He broke Fed three times in that match. And obviously he'd have to break Fed at least once if Fed had MPs on his serve and lost

Although it was the first time in all of their slam matches that Roger managed to stay unbroken against Novak for 3 sets and 3/4 of another.

 

[jm1980]

Although it was the first time in all of their slam matches that Roger managed to stay unbroken against Novak for 3 sets and 3/4 of another.

It was probably some kind of karmic retribution for the 2009 final

 

[weakera]

Don't forget the 1HBH. So beautiful I could cry.

 

[mike danny]

Don't forget the 1HBH. So beautiful I could cry.

Yeah, that's why Nadal decided to break it year after year. So beautiful, couldn't look at it.

 

[mike danny]

So is this the second time Fed does Nadal a favor? First time being FO 2011.

 

[StrongRule]

Federer is using his 2017 backhand again. Not just in this match, he used it against Thiem too.

 

[StrongRule]

So is this the second time Fed does Nadal a favor? First time being FO 2011.

Can't compare them though. RG 2011 was an epic achievement, 30 years old Federer beat the best ever (yes, nobody will make me change my mind about that) version of Djokovic. I understand why many Federer fans take the loss in the final so hard.

 

[Third Serve]

By the way, I forgot to actually thank @Sport for that great OP above. It’s nice to see these moments when different fanbases can find something nice to say about each other.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Don't forget the 1HBH. So beautiful I could cry.

Can't forget this. Crucial.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Thank you for destroying Novak Djokovic and indirectly helping Nadal to reach his 5th Year End #1.

Today, for the first time in my whole match, I supported you. What a weird feeling. It was less intense than what I had expected, probably because of how easily you defeated Novak.

These are my conclusions from the match:

1. To me, you are probably the greatest server of all time, or at least top 3. What a ridiculous exhibition, I have never seen anyone serve with such a clinical precision. Power, angles, effects... Djokovic was unable to return even your second serves. In fact, Djokovic did not break your serve in the whole match.

2. Your forehand is a piece of beauty, art in motion. It is surgically precise when necessary, and you have the diabolic capacity to make extremelly complex shots look easy.

3. Your will to fight is hugely underrated. Today you ran like a crazy for almost every single return point. OK, your movement is much slower than what it used to be. But your will to fight is intact. It is incredible how underrated is your fighting spirit.

In short,

GRACIAS MAESTRO

Merry Christmas Rafa!

"Best GIFt ever!"

 

[hoodjem]

Thank you for convincingly defeating Novak Djokovic and indirectly helping Nadal to reach his 5th Year End #1.

Today, for the first time in my whole match, I supported you. What a weird feeling. It was less intense than what I had expected, probably because of how easily you beat Novak.

These are my conclusions from the match:

1. To me, you are probably the greatest server of all time, or at least top 3. What a ridiculous exhibition, I have never seen anyone serve with such a clinical precision. Power, angles, effects... Djokovic was unable to return even your second serves. In fact, Djokovic did not break your serve in the whole match.

2. Your forehand is a piece of beauty, art in motion. It is surgically precise when necessary, and you have the diabolic capacity to make extremelly complex shots look easy.

3. Your will to fight is hugely underrated. Today you ran like a crazy for almost every single return point. OK, your movement is much slower than what it used to be. But your will to fight is intact. It is incredible how underrated is your fighting spirit.

In short,
GRACIAS MAESTRO

I have rooted for Fed often, and always rooted for him when he plays Djokovic.

In any case thanks to Fed for stopping Djoker, and thus indirectly helping Rafa be year-end no. 1.

 

[RaulRamirez]

As a dual Rafa/Novak guy, I was rooting for Novak, and hoping Rafa could still pull through his group. Though I would have mixed feelings, it would have been nice to see a showdown in the semis.

That said, Fed was brilliant from the very start today: serving, hitting and moving so crisply, and with great confidence. His serve was unbreakable (Novak badly needed to cash in on his one break chance) which freed him up to stay aggressive on the return. All in all, Fed was masterful, and showed why he is so remarkable: his talent, resilience and will to win are at freakishly high levels. Still.

 

[DMTNA]

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Nice

 

[Feather]

So is this the second time Fed does Nadal a favor? First time being FO 2011.

Rafa would have beaten Novak Djokovic if Roger hasn't stopped him. Beating Rafa at RG is a different ball game compared to beating him at Madrid and Rome in 2011

 

[aman92]

As much as some rival fanbases hate to admit it... What Roger is doing at 38 is simply beyond extraordinary. He completely outplayed Djokovic from the back of the court while barely gave a sniff to the greatest returner in history on his serve. What a performance!

 

[r2473]

Thank you for convincingly defeating Novak Djokovic and indirectly helping Nadal to reach his 5th Year End #1.

Today, for the first time in my whole match, I supported you. What a weird feeling. It was less intense than what I had expected, probably because of how easily you beat Novak.

These are my conclusions from the match:

1. To me, you are probably the greatest server of all time, or at least top 3. What a ridiculous exhibition, I have never seen anyone serve with such a clinical precision. Power, angles, effects... Djokovic was unable to return even your second serves. In fact, Djokovic did not break your serve in the whole match.

2. Your forehand is a piece of beauty, art in motion. It is surgically precise when necessary, and you have the diabolic capacity to make extremelly complex shots look easy.

3. Your will to fight is hugely underrated. Today you ran like a crazy for almost every single return point. OK, your movement is much slower than what it used to be. But your will to fight is intact. It is incredible how underrated is your fighting spirit.

In short,

GRACIAS MAESTRO

The rules of the ATP finals is completely unfair

 

[jm1980]

The rules of the ATP finals is completely unfair

Notice how the whining about the rules suddenly stopped

 

[Lleytonstation]

Notice how the whining about the rules suddenly stopped

Haha I did notice this. I was looking for the threads about it. It does seem that most were true about their feelings though. They wanted YE#1 but winning WTF is "whatever" to them.

I honestly thought that would be the "hot" topic again tonight as it could get real wacky tomorrow.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Wayyyy better than going to the wedding

 

[Third Serve]

Haha I did notice this. I was looking for the threads about it. It does seem that most were true about their feelings though. They wanted YE#1 but winning WTF is "whatever" to them.

I honestly thought that would be the "hot" topic again tonight as it could get real wacky tomorrow.

To be fair, there are better things to discuss at the moment...

 

[Lleytonstation]

To be fair, there are better things to discuss at the moment...

Very true. We will see how it plays out, but if Rafa wins and Med craps the bed...

 

[hoodjem]

"Thank you very much Roger. That will be, indeed, a very generous gift."

 

[guitarra]

Great post. Thank you from a Fed fan for it. And congrats to Rafa for his 5th YE#1.

 

[Lleytonstation]

To be fair, there are better things to discuss at the moment...

Told you.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Thank you for convincingly defeating Novak Djokovic and indirectly helping Nadal to reach his 5th Year End #1.

Why the thanks when you started an entirely new thread complaining about the gross "unfairness" of the YEC and whined incessantly about it? It's a meaningless exo to you, so no thanks should be forthcoming to Fed. It's a Mickey Mouse event, remember.