The most significant tennis match in history awaits

[King No1e]

NADAL VS DJOKOVIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 years on since Nole wrestled the Bull at Roland Garros, the greatest rivalry in tennis history will have a new chapter. A decade since his first triumph on Centre Court, Nadal still rules men's tennis with an iron fist in his ruthless pursuit of the Slam record and sporting immortality. But Djokovic, after years of struggles and setbacks, has recaptured the magic that earned him 12 Slams and wowed millions of fans, and seeks to redeem himself - and the tennis world - from El Matador's unforgiving clutches.

This is not only a match between tennis players, it is a battle for immortality. It is a battle which will change things forever. It is perhaps the most significant match of our era, along with the 2017 Australian Open.

NADAL VS DJOKOVIC LII

 

[GOATzilla]

“THIS is the match that decides it all” gets tossed around more than your mom’s salad

 

[KINGROGER]

CMON NOLE

Cheering for Nole all the way here. Would be great to see him come back and reach 16-17 slams.

 

[pro_staff_user]

Go Nole !

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I love this match up so much! The anticipation for Fedalovic matches is so great these days because we don't know how many are left.

Vamos Rafa!

 

[Deleted member 688153]

AJDE NOLE

But really, go Novak.
Hope it's a good match either way.

 

[DerekNoleFam1]

Of course I want Nole to win, but it's significance totally depends on the winner then winning the Final.

 

[tennis_pro]

“THIS is the match that decides it all” gets tossed around more than your mom’s salad

lmao

 

[King No1e]

Of course I want Nole to win, but it's significance totally depends on the winner then winning the Final.

No way either guy is losing to JSNR in the final!

 

[JackGates]

No, this isn't the match that decides all, this is just arbitrary. You can randomly pick any two matches that decide the slam count. I think Federer versus Stakhovsky was the match that decided who the goat was.
Fed probably would have won Wimbledon at the time and end up with 21.

 

[King No1e]

No, this isn't the match that decides all, this is just arbitrary. You can randomly pick any two matches that decide the slam count. I think Federer versus Stakhovsky was the match that decided who the goat was.
Fed probably would have won Wimbledon at the time and end up with 21.

No, this doesn't decide once and for all, that's impossible. But it's a massively significant match for both players and for tennis, just as AO17 final.

 

[King No1e]

No, this isn't the match that decides all, this is just arbitrary. You can randomly pick any two matches that decide the slam count. I think Federer versus Stakhovsky was the match that decided who the goat was.
Fed probably would have won Wimbledon at the time and end up with 21.

Yeah Fedr would have won in 2013.
If Sergiy somehow didn't beat him, another good grasscourter like Tsonga or Haas would have done the job

 

[mistik]

This is a big match but ıt wont decide anything.

 

[JackGates]

Yeah Fedr would have won in 2013.
If Sergiy somehow didn't beat him, another good grasscourter like Tsonga or Haas would have done the job

It doesn't work like that. When champions pull out a tight match, they get confidence and are better in later rounds, you see that so many times. Fed often goes on to win a tournament after pulling out tight matches. All big 3 are doing that.

 

[JackGates]

No, this doesn't decide once and for all, that's impossible. But it's a massively significant match for both players and for tennis, just as AO17 final.

I don't see it, it's just like any match. Why is AO17 more significant? Fed would have less slams if he lost any GS final. You think too emotionally, mathematically no matches are more significant than others.

 

[aman92]

The greatest rivalry in tennis history without a doubt. However tomorrow's match isn't as significant as AO 2017 yet. It could escalate in prestige in the coming years for sure ddepending on where the slam race goes.

 

[Xavier G]

Nadal-Djokovic decides the winner of Wimbledon 2018.


Unless Anderson blows Nadal off the court in the final!

 

[King No1e]

I don't see it, it's just like any match. Why is AO17 more significant? Fed would have less slams if he lost any GS final. You think too emotionally, mathematically no matches are more significant than others.

Significant to the sport, to the tennis community, and to the rivalry. Of course this is not some objective nuff-said-no-excuses GOAT deciding match; such a match doesn't exist

 

[Julian Houston]

Nadal-Djokovic decides the winner of Wimbledon 2018.


Unless Anderson blows Nadal off the court in the final!

Isner to blow the finalist carcass off

 

[Incognito]

No way either guy is losing to JSNR in the final!

Yeah! Underestimate Isner all you want. Let’s see IF Nadal or Djokovic Will survive that serve.

 

[Deleted member 757377]

The two best players ever <3

 

[King No1e]

Yeah! Underestimate Isner all you want. Let’s see IF Nadal or Djokovic Will survive that serve.

Probably won't get past Andr let alone Nadl and Djovc

 

[Incognito]

Unless Anderson blows Nadal off the court in the final!

The whole situation would be too much for Anderson. Isner on the Other hand doesn’t get rattled easily.

 

[Incognito]

Probably won't get past Andr let alone Nadl and Djovc

We’ll see! Isner won their last 5 matches and the h2h is 8-3.

 

[Julian Houston]

Yeah! Underestimate Isner all you want. Let’s see IF Nadal or Djokovic Will survive that serve.

Cant undestimate. Isner is playing on baseline like a bunny and holding serve.

I feel Fedr would have lost to him in SF with this form anyway. Anderson will be KO-ed in straights.

 

[junior74]

So the most significant match in tennis history is a semifinal on an obsolete surface?

Between a player who hasn't been past R4 in Wimbledon since 2011, and a player coming back from injury...

 

[Krish872007]

Must have heard this about 5000 times already.

 

[E36BMWM3]

NADAL VS DJOKOVIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 years on since Nole wrestled the Bull at Roland Garros, the greatest rivalry in tennis history will have a new chapter. A decade since his first triumph on Centre Court, Nadal still rules men's tennis with an iron fist in his ruthless pursuit of the Slam record and sporting immortality. But Djokovic, after years of struggles and setbacks, has recaptured the magic that earned him 12 Slams and wowed millions of fans, and seeks to redeem himself - and the tennis world - from El Matador's unforgiving clutches.

This is not only a match between tennis players, it is a battle for immortality. It is a battle which will change things forever. It is perhaps the most significant match of our era, along with the 2017 Australian Open.

NADAL VS DJOKOVIC LII

Yea, no.

 

[hoodjem]

Nadal-Djokovic decides the winner of Wimbledon 2018.


Unless Anderson blows Nadal off the court in the final!

Isner.

 

[Incognito]

Cant undestimate. Isner is playing on baseline like a bunny and holding serve.

I feel Fedr will lost to him in SF with this form anyway.

Yeah, Isner has been playing well. He looks very confident in his service games and can therefore take chances in his opponent’s.

 

[cc0509]

Yeah! Underestimate Isner all you want. Let’s see IF Nadal or Djokovic Will survive that serve.

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think that Isner could be the spoiler at this slam! How funny would that be?

 

[cc0509]

Probably won't get past Andr let alone Nadl and Djovc

No, I think Isner is the favorite vs Anderson.

 

[RF-18]

Nadal might be playing some of his best grass court tennis in 7+ years and Djokovic is playing his first real BIG match in years, we don't really know where he is. Yet bookies sees him as the favourite.

All pressure is on Nadal tbh with the form he is in. Would be quite an embarrassment if he couldn't win. Djokovic is still looking for his comeback breakthrough.

 

[weakera]

It would be funny if Rafa advanced and tried his ultra deep return position vs. John on grass

 

[parvasedpotens]

No way either guy is losing to JSNR in the final!

But Anderson could beat either.

 

[parvasedpotens]

It would be funny if Rafa advanced and tried his ultra deep return position vs. John on grass

Sadly it would work, as slow as thes

Cant undestimate. Isner is playing on baseline like a bunny and holding serve.

I feel Fedr would have lost to him in SF with this form anyway. Anderson will be KO-ed in straights.

Anderson will win in 4.

 

[Krish872007]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think that Isner could be the spoiler at this slam! How funny would that be?

Why not? He has an 8-3 record against Anderson and still hasn't dropped his own serve. On top of that, he's actually breaking all of his opponents. It's his Miami form on the Slam stage.
If Isner beats Anderson comfortably and Djokovic-Nadal goes 6 hours...

 

[GabeT]

“THIS is the match that decides it all” gets tossed around more than your mom’s salad

It was some great salad though

 

[Tennis_Hands]

For the time travellers that managed to get to 28 January 2017 again: please consult 60ies weed how such things are approached.

 

[Incognito]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think that Isner could be the spoiler at this slam! How funny would that be?

What I like about Isner is that he doesn’t fear the big guns. Just like DelPo.

The Cincy final in 2013 which Rafa won in two close tiebreaks and his wins over Novak and Roger is a testament to that. Now that he’s won a masters, his confidence has grown exponentially.

 

[zagor]

What I like about Isner is that he doesn’t fear the big guns. Just like DelPo.

The Cincy final in 2013 which Rafa won in two close tiebreaks and his wins over Novak and Roger is a testament to that. Now that he’s won a masters, his confidence has grown exponentially.

Isner always had the mentality, now he also has the game. He was breaking people left and right in Miami and even at this Wimbledon broke Raonic's serve on grass a few times, this is the first time he made a deep slam run (SF). He's the underdog but definitely not to be underestimated, not when his game is clicking like this.

 

[The_Order]

Isner always had the mentality, now he also has the game. He was breaking people left and right in Miami and even at this Wimbledon broke Raonic's serve on grass a few times, this is the first time he made a deep slam run (SF). He's the underdog but definitely not to be underestimated, not when his game is clicking like this.

Except if Nadal beats him in the final right? Then he's a mug again...

 

[zagor]

Except if Nadal beats him in the final right? Then he's a mug again...

No. Nadal handles Isner and Karlovic better than any other top player, I wouldn't consider Isner a mug even if he loses to Nadal in straights in the final.

Isner would have a better chance against Novak.

 

[The_Order]

No. Nadal handles Isner and Karlovic better than any other top player, I wouldn't consider Isner a mug even if he loses to Nadal in straights in the final.

Isner would have a better chance against Novak.

I know you wouldn't, but there are some on here that most definitely would...

 

[zagor]

I know you wouldn't, but there are some on here that most definitely would...

Sure but this draw won't get the 2017 USO treatment either way, Nadal beat Delpo (who's in top 5 now) in a 5 setter this time around and he'll have to beat Novak who's in solid form in the semis.

 

[vex]

Would like a Novak win but I’d be happy with a 5 set epic a la AO’12 even if Rafa won.

 

[Xavier G]

Isner.

I was joking the Nadalistas.


The Federer match will have taken a lot out of Kevin, so maybe Isner who's in good form too, yeah.

 

[hoodjem]

I was joking the Nadalistas.


The Federer match will have taken a lot out of Kevin, so maybe Isner who's in good form too, yeah.

Maybe.