powerangle
Legend
Guess Novak woke up. He needs to play with as much purpose and intensity like this, point in and point out, in the semi and potential final.
US Open QF: [1] Novak DJOKOVIC vs [27] Mikhail YOUZHNY (RUS)
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Down_the_line
G.O.A.T.
Arg, trying to watch this and the prospects game between the Canucks and Sharks at the same time. I'm being pulled in both directions!
Nice! Double break for Djokovic.
Nice! Double break for Djokovic.
Down_the_line
G.O.A.T.
He's reaching the finals.
swordtennis
G.O.A.T.
That vicious forehand is back.
Was just going to post that! WTF was he doing there? Maybe he was working on something or something?
Maybe the weirdo forehand will help him out when he is in some jam against Nadal.
LOL!
Michael Essien
Semi-Pro
Does anyone (from the UK) found this Unibet advert a bit laughable? Like they've been told to sound knowledgeable and ended up just spouting any old info they can muster and don't sound particularly knowledgeable at all as a result.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
Oh youzho! What did you do?
Down_the_line
G.O.A.T.
Djokovic really forcing the issue here. He wants to end this.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
Bud you made me hungry for a bagel. If this Djoker shows up on Saturday I want Stan to serve up some baked goods, extra gluten.
Down_the_line
G.O.A.T.
Djokovic caps it off with a bagel!
swordtennis
G.O.A.T.
Cmon Djokovic! Showing some positives build on them! 14 SF's in a row.
Michael Essien
Semi-Pro
Shame the last set was a bit of a blowout but I think Djokovic really went up a gear.
Bud
Bionic Poster
Bud you made me hungry for a bagel. If this Djoker shows up on Saturday I want Stan to serve up some baked goods, extra gluten.
I made myself hungry! Mighty fine looking bagel there
powerangle
Legend
Novak FINALLY lets some forehands rip. What the CRAP were those powder puff forehands earlier in the match?
Good close.
Good close.
Tenez101
Banned
Overall I think this match was good for Novak. Not too hard, not too easy: he demonstrated in the first, second, and fourth sets that he can play on a level to challenge Nadal, while his rebound from the third set will give him some confidence and "match toughness". Wawrinka will be a bigger challenge though.
FreeBird
Legend
Yeah!!! That powder puff forehand was what he has been using in 2013. Better to get rid of it.
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
Yeah, no. Maybe in some points. Overall he played a very average match.
swordtennis
G.O.A.T.
FreeBird
Legend
TheF1Bob
Banned
Ain't you the one who thinks Wawrinka will serve a couple of bagels to Hair Novak? :lol:
As JohnieMac would say, you can't be serious? The 2 week coaching wonder, who's mocked by JMac! No one gets results that fast. The guy hasn't been a tennis fixture for a while.
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
Strong finish for Novak. So let's compare the 2 projected finalists now.
Nadal: 2 bagels, 2 breadsticks, 1 set lost
Djoko: 4 bagels, 1 breadstick, 1 set lost
Pretty close.
What may lose the final in the end for Novak is that his serve looks more breakable than Rafa's. Unless he finds a way to fix that somehow, it may well be what makes the difference on Monday and gives the last bite to SuperRafa.
Nadal: 2 bagels, 2 breadsticks, 1 set lost
Djoko: 4 bagels, 1 breadstick, 1 set lost
Pretty close.
What may lose the final in the end for Novak is that his serve looks more breakable than Rafa's. Unless he finds a way to fix that somehow, it may well be what makes the difference on Monday and gives the last bite to SuperRafa.
No bagels happening to Novak by Stan. But, Stan can push Novak, we'll see how much of Stan from AO2013 shows up. I would think Stan takes some positives out of what he saw tonight.
Day Tripper
Semi-Pro
Strong finish for Novak. So let's compare the 2 projected finalists now.
Nadal: 2 bagels, 2 breadsticks, 1 set lost
Djoko: 4 bagels, 1 breadstick, 1 set lost
Pretty close.
What may lose the final in the end for Novak is that his serve looks more breakable than Rafa's. Unless he finds a way to fix that somehow, it may well be what makes the difference on Monday and gives the last bite to SuperRafa.
I would go the opposite way. Nadal's serve is one of his biggest liabilities against Djokovic given how good a returner he is. To beat Djokovic on hard courts you need a potent serve. Having watched the 4th round and quarter finals I am now a lot confident that Djokovic will beat nadal.
powerangle
Legend
Yeah!!! That powder puff forehand was what he has been using in 2013. Better to get rid of it.
He's not winning his next match if he plays powder-puffy. :|
nadalbestclass
Hall of Fame
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
Rafa HAS a potent serve right now. Haven't you noticed his service games haven't been broken after 5 matches played? Novak's is the one that looks a bit shaky, sometimes DFing games away. Against Nadal, he won't have that safety cushion of being an exceptional returner because Nadal is equally exceptional in that department, so whoever is more clutch holding will win the match and right now it looks like Nadal is more clutch in his service games than Djoko. (granted we're talking slight differences here, anything could happen on the day, they're both capable of beating the other)
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FreeBird
Legend
Strong finish for Novak. So let's compare the 2 projected finalists now.
Nadal: 2 bagels, 2 breadsticks, 1 set lost
Djoko: 4 bagels, 1 breadstick, 1 set lost
Pretty close.
What may lose the final in the end for Novak is that his serve looks more breakable than Rafa's. Unless he finds a way to fix that somehow, it may well be what makes the difference on Monday and gives the last bite to SuperRafa.
But they were single-handers and Rafa eats 1HBH alive, no? BP down, Serve to their BH and Bammmm!!!
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
I could barely watch the match because of the commentary. Chris (I don't know his game) is a good commentator but there was a new one in the booth today and he's just atrocious, the guy keeps talking all the time and never shuts up!
Strong finish for Novak. So let's compare the 2 projected finalists now.
Nadal: 2 bagels, 2 breadsticks, 1 set lost
Djoko: 4 bagels, 1 breadstick, 1 set lost
Pretty close.
What may lose the final in the end for Novak is that his serve looks more breakable than Rafa's. Unless he finds a way to fix that somehow, it may well be what makes the difference on Monday and gives the last bite to SuperRafa.
Both still need to make it to the final. Rafa's strength is that there's no one mentally tougher than him. It seemed Novak was prepping himself for a recovery after a lost set.
Like he did in Montreal?
Tenez101
Banned
Nadal's Montreal was sort of like Djokovic's MC. I think the final of USO, like the RG SF, will be extremely competitive.
veroniquem
Bionic Poster
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