Thiem vs Medvedev 2019 barcelona final

[flyingboris]

Thiem takes the first set! Started like a pretty exciting match, but I agree it's lost some of its competitiveness. Too many UE by Medvedev, and trouble with his serve.

 

[Steve0904]

6-4 Thiem. Time for him to win something on clay. Does he even have a 500 yet?

 

[flyingboris]

Wow, 40% first serves by Medvedev, that's impressively bad

 

[mightyrick]

Argh, dammit. I wish Medvedev would come forward when Thiem slices. He's doing it on Thiem's rally strokes, but he really should do it on the slice, too.

 

[Otacon]

Thiem is a man on a mission, no one will stop him in Paris.

 

[oldmanfan]

6-4 Thiem. Time for him to win something on clay. Does he even have a 500 yet?

Won 500s at Acapulco and Rio.

 

[junior74]

Med broken quicker than Rafa plays one point

 

[mike danny]

6-4 Thiem. Time for him to win something on clay. Does he even have a 500 yet?

Yeah, he won Rio in 2017. A 500 on clay.

 

[True Fanerer]

I should've went fishing.

 

[Mainad]

Things unravelling fast now for Medvedev after his confident start in the first few games. Maybe some fatigue setting in after yesterday's marathon with Nishikori?

Thiem looks the fitter of the two despite his own slugfest with Nadal yesterday.

 

[Steve0904]

Med broken quicker than Rafa plays one point

Another Fed devotee obsessed with Rafa!

 

[Otacon]

Another Fed devotee obsessed with Rafa!

I miss the VB

 

[Steve0904]

This match is all but over.

 

[flyingboris]

Oof, this looks like it could be over in a hurry

 

[Steve0904]

I miss the VB

U wot m8? Does not compute.

 

[MeatTornado]

This was very predictable from Medvedev. Very similar to his loss to Lajovic in MC where he lost 12 of the last 13 games.

He's now lost 9 of the last 10 here.

 

[mightyrick]

Things unravelling fast now for Medvedev after his confident start in the first few games. Maybe some fatigue setting in after yesterday's marathon with Nishikori?

Thiem looks the fitter of the two despite his own slugfest with Nadal yesterday.

Medvedev is definitely gassed. Very low first-serve percentage and hitting shots into the net. Legs are obviously gone. He's played a lot this year and should take at least one tournament off before the French Open. He doesn't have the fitness yet to stand a grueling schedule.

I remember Thiem having the same problem for a few years. Grueling schedule and then being gassed and/or injured as a result.

 

[Red Rick]

This was very predictable from Medvedev. Very similar to his loss to Lajovic in MC where he lost 12 of the last 13 games.

He's now lost 9 of the last 10 here.

Mad Lad is perfecting the Art of the Bullsheet Breakdown

 

[Deleted member 762343]

Boring.

 

[Soul_Evisceration]

Is this another instance where Medvedev is running low on energy the further he progresses in a tournament or Thiem playing above his skillset?

 

[MeatTornado]

Is this another instance where Medvedev is running low on energy the further he progresses in a tournament or Thiem playing above his skillset?

Medvedev being done. Thiem has just maintained a normal level.

 

[Steve0904]

This was very predictable from Medvedev. Very similar to his loss to Lajovic in MC where he lost 12 of the last 13 games.

He's now lost 9 of the last 10 here.

Didn't look good at all against Federer in Miami either. It's like I (and many others) have said for a while. There's nothing truly special about him or basically any of the younger guys, Thiem included. His game is decent, but he gives up quickly in some matches. He did it against Federer in Basel last year too, and that was when Federer was ripe for the picking.

 

[True Fanerer]

A clump a dirt has given Thiem the Barcelona title.

 

[Red Rick]

 

[True Fanerer]

Jk jk

 

[mightyrick]

Is this another instance where Medvedev is running low on energy the further he progresses in a tournament or Thiem playing above his skillset?

It's definitely not Thiem. If Medvedev played with the same level that he played Nishikori, he easily wins this matchup in straights. Medvedev definitely faded in a big way after the start of this match.

 

[Red Rick]

Didn't look good at all against Federer in Miami either. It's like I (and many others) have said for a while. There's nothing truly special about him or basically any of the younger guys, Thiem included. His game is decent, but he gives up quickly in some matches. He did it against Federer in Basel last year too, and that was when Federer was ripe for the picking.

He is absolutely magnificent at playing absolutely disgusting when he is getting outclassed.

 

[Meles]

Didn't look good at all against Federer in Miami either. It's like I (and many others) have said for a while. There's nothing truly special about him or basically any of the younger guys, Thiem included. His game is decent, but he gives up quickly in some matches. He did it against Federer in Basel last year too, and that was when Federer was ripe for the picking.

LOL. This is all gravy for Meddy who was not supposed to do anything on clay. With this post Medvedev to win Wimbledon.

 

[MeatTornado]

Didn't look good at all against Federer in Miami either. It's like I (and many others) have said for a while. There's nothing truly special about him or basically any of the younger guys, Thiem included. His game is decent, but he gives up quickly in some matches. He did it against Federer in Basel last year too, and that was when Federer was ripe for the picking.

He also just doesn't have the legs for big matches, and certainly not on clay.

 

[Red Rick]

Thiem gonna win Barca without needing so much as a tiebreak.

He did himself no favours by brainfarting vs Lajovic, but he should really be gaining points over the next 2 tournaments.

 

[Meles]

It's definitely not Thiem. If Medvedev played with the same level that he played Nishikori, he easily wins this matchup in straights. Medvedev definitely faded in a big way after the start of this match.

MightyP out to lunch as usual.

 

[stringertom]

I miss the VB

I miss root canals without Novocain.

 

[Winners or Errors]

Wow. I go out to hit and the match is over. C'mon Thiem, open the bakery!!!

 

[Nadalgaenger]

Tennis Channel randomly decides to abandon coverage to show WTA crap

 

[EasyGoing]

Thiem with an easy win - there is nothing Medvedev can do to him on this court. His defense is not good enough and he’ll get dropshot to death if he stands too far back.

Have you even watched Medvedev play, like ever?

I don’t usually gloat but this one is too good to pass up. Btw, have you ever seen Medvedev play?

 

[oldmanfan]

Thiem one hold away from joining Fedr as 2019 2-time winners. Fedr has company. 2019 YE#1 and #2 confirmed....

 

[Meles]

Thiem gonna win Barca without needing so much as a tiebreak.

He did himself no favours by brainfarting vs Lajovic, but he should really be gaining points over the next 2 tournaments.

Defending 600 at Madrid so that's not going to be a given unless he wins either Madrid or Rome. Never seen Thiem playing this well so early in the clay season, usually gets betterer and betterer, but how is that possible with the level on display?

 

[Red Rick]

Any player who can slice decently should be ashamed if they ever lose to Medvedev

 

[Steve0904]

He is absolutely magnificent at playing absolutely disgusting when he is getting outclassed.

So when he knows he'll lose he makes it look worse than it actually is. Which is basically the same as giving up. Is that what you're telling me?

 

[junior74]

I miss the VB

I'll step in:

So epic!

So beautiful!

 

[MeatTornado]

Tennis Channel randomly decides to abandon coverage to show WTA crap

That would normally bother me, but this match is also crap.

 

[Meles]

Is this another instance where Medvedev is running low on energy the further he progresses in a tournament or Thiem playing above his skillset?

You're just posting above your skill set.

 

[EasyGoing]

It's definitely not Thiem. If Medvedev played with the same level that he played Nishikori, he easily wins this matchup in straights. Medvedev definitely faded in a big way after the start of this match.

This is nonsense. Medvedev has nothing to hurt Thiem with on clay. The fact a pusher is resorting to net rushing and ball-bashing is pretty much evidence of desperation.

 

[Red Rick]

Defending 600 at Madrid so that's not going to be a given unless he wins either Madrid or Rome. Never seen Thiem playing this well so early in the clay season, usually gets betterer and betterer, but how is that possible with the level on display?

Madrid is his best of the clay 1000s no? Just don't lay an egg there, draw Fraud, and reach at least semi.

Really Thiem should also simply just win Hamburg and Kitzbuhel this year.

 

[Red Rick]

So when he knows he'll lose he makes it look worse than it actually is. Which is basically the same as giving up. Is that what you're telling me?

He's just a small kid who doesn't know how to fight

 

[Meles]

Medvedev is definitely gassed. Very low first-serve percentage and hitting shots into the net. Legs are obviously gone. He's played a lot this year and should take at least one tournament off before the French Open. He doesn't have the fitness yet to stand a grueling schedule.

I remember Thiem having the same problem for a few years. Grueling schedule and then being gassed and/or injured as a result.

The Nishikori match cost him a bit and Djoko win to be sure, but he was never going to win this match.

 

[PeteD]

They named a court in Barcelona after a Spaniard?

 

[Meles]

Madrid is his best of the clay 1000s no? Just don't lay an egg there, draw Fraud, and reach at least semi.

Really Thiem should also simply just win Hamburg and Kitzbuhel this year.

I have a feeling he's going to roll out on hard courts and forego July clay given his IW success and hopes at 2018 US Open.

 

[Otacon]

I miss root canals without Novocain.

Haha

No really, the two elderly fangirls are funny.

 

[Poisoned Slice]