Which professional match left you feeling devastated?

[kishnabe]

When Nadal won Wimbledon 2008...It made me cry because the match was so long and with all the rain delays it made me feel emotionally concerned with Federer winning. With Federer almost losing in the 4th set and him coming back it really brought me in a lot. After he lost...It took me a few weeks to let go of the sad feeling. 6 months later I watched a youtube clip of the final and it made me cry... Only after watching the clip a few more times every day...did i start accepting Nadal won the match Deservly and I had to stop being an ass. Out of all the matches in tennis... the only match I won't watch is Wimby 2008.

Wimby 2009...I wanted Roddick to win since Federer had like 14 slams and It is inevitable that Fed would win more than 15 he should have at least throw a bone to Roddick. Still Roddick was playing well and he should have won that match....Possibly the only time I was rooting for the other guy that isn't Federer!

 

[Ripster]

None. Don't really care what happens in some strangers life to be honest.

Lies.

Ocean Drive drunk himself into a stupor after Gulbis lost the French Open quarterfinals to Djokovic in '07.

 

[Justin Side]

The only player who deserves the win is the winner himself. Tennis is about winning the points that matter. And when it really mattered Roddick couldn't get the job done.

Similarly, I don't think Fed deserved to win Wimby '08 or AO '09, even though some ppl might say that he did.

Agree. I gotta laugh when people say a guy "deserved to win". Roddick played well, but he deserved nothing. The more clutch player won.

 

[Anaconda]

Wimbledon 2008 was terrific. I'm not a Federer or a Nadal fan but to see someone take down Federer at Wimbledon was nice to see. From a neutral fan's perspective. Not everyone wants one guy to dominate.

For me it was probably Wimbledon 2009. Many reasons but probably because that might have been Roddick's last chance to achieve his dream of winning Wimbledon. However i thought Federer would win at the start of the match and in the 5th, it was bound to happen.

I don't know how Feddie fans can sit there feeling devastated that he lost. He wins most of his matches and had 13 slams!

 

[FlamEnemY]

I was in no way devastated, I just felt kind of bad for Roddick in 2009. Still wanted Fed to win, though.

The same for Djokovic - Nadal in Madrid, 2009. It was outrageous how someone can play that well and still lose in the end. All credit to Nadal, of course.

 

[Sentinel]

Serendipitous vs gj011 TTW 2009

Same here. What stung was that both lost *sniff*

Also, Tomic vs Cilic AO 2010. Tomic lost since he had to play in his night suit.

 

[Sentinel]

devastatingly cute cat pics. WTG !

 

[dogged]

devastatingly cute cat pics. WTG !

stick to the topic please.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Wimbledon 08 because I was at a wedding and called my friend for the result and she told me Federer had won. I told everyone in my family that Roger had won. Then she said, oops, that was the previous round, oh wait, Nadal is up 6-4 6-4. I yelled at her so much.

wow, that's horrible ! :shock:
(is this person still your friend ?)

well... of course any nadal win left me feeling devastated, but nothing comes close to W08 or AO09, probably. these ones were the worst, my darkest days as a tennis fan...

before that... probably W98. this one was also hard to swallow for the poor goran (even if i liked pete too).

fortunately, 3 years later......

 

[diggler]

1984 French Open Final

Lendl beat McEnroe who had been 2 sets up. I think he only lost 3 matches that year and that was his only chance at a French Open title.

Still haven't got over it. I don't think Mac has either.

 

[kOaMaster]

the 2008 final in wimbledon. I was there and it was exhausting, the whole day. all the rain delays. wrote federer off and in the 5th set I was confident he'll win.
just shattered at the end of the day because it also was like "the end of an era". well, looking back now it was only a break but who would've thought so back then?

 

[Rhino]

Wimbledon 08 because I was at a wedding and called my friend for the result and she told me Federer had won. I told everyone in my family that Roger had won. Then she said, oops, that was the previous round, oh wait, Nadal is up 6-4 6-4. I yelled at her so much.

That would do my head in!

Definitely that month in 2008 when Nadal beat Federer in the French and Wimbledon finals back to back. That was tough.

Australian Open 2009 final was extremely disappointing too.

 

[ninman]

I haven't read this thread, but the OP should have added Rome 2006 final. 5 hours, 4-1 up in the fifth, points for 5-1, 5-2, match points 5-3 up in the tiebreaker, and in the end Federer lost. That one really hurt.

 

[ninman]

That would do my head in!

Definitely that month in 2008 when Nadal beat Federer in the French and Wimbledon finals back to back. That was tough.

Australian Open 2009 final was extremely disappointing too.

I think the French Open 2008 final was worse in a way, because Federer didn't appear to even try.

 

[BlakeGOAT]

All of Blake's chokes have left me gutted. Especially in the Slams. Just to name a few (some chokes are bigger than others):

AO 10 vs Del Potro
USO 07 vs Haas
USO 05 vs Agassi

Especially USO 05 vs Agassi. He had a 2 sets to love lead, was a break ahead in the final set, served for the match but got broken, was a break ahead in the tie-break several times, had the match on his racket at 5-4 in the tie-break but despite all of this he still managed to have himself needing to save a match point at 5-6 and lost the next two points and the match. A huge choke and looking at it now it was the most important match of his career. Oh James, why are your choking skills that big?

 

[Ripster]

For me it was:

Roland Garros '04 final Gaudio defeats Coria.

 

[LameTennisPlayer]

No match at all, you people need to remember that the players always take home money with them, from memory I can't recall any of it being sent my way. Whoever started this thread is a clown.

and u deserve it more than them....how

 

[LameTennisPlayer]

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[LameTennisPlayer]

Wimbledon 08 because I was at a wedding and called my friend for the result and she told me Federer had won. I told everyone in my family that Roger had won. Then she said, oops, that was the previous round, oh wait, Nadal is up 6-4 6-4. I yelled at her so much.

haha lmfao, reminds me of my ex giving me wrong results for tennis matches, i was told a work collegue that ferrero lost a match at the FO because thats what they aired on the radio, he threw a $200 ticket in the bin, the radio ended up by being wrong...

 

[LameTennisPlayer]

Roddick/Federer Wimbledon 09: Was rooting for Fed at the time but now I wish Roddick had won

Federer/Nadal AO 09: Watching Federer collapse in the 5th then break down during the ceremony...

Hingis/Capriati AO 02: When Hingis foot-faulted on a second serve to give Capriati a break in the third she just stood there with her head down. I almost cried.

you're a girl right?...

 

[NicoMK]

I'm surprised that no more than one guy here talked about the 1984 French Open Final. For me, THE most devastating match I have ever seen. Haven't recovered yet either.

I sometimes watch a set or two on DVD, and I still can't believe that Mac's gonna loose this one. He was playing so, so well. Amazing tennis.

Devastating...

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

matches that nadal wins....period

 

[dh003i]

The only player who deserves the win is the winner himself. Tennis is about winning the points that matter. And when it really mattered Roddick couldn't get the job done.

Similarly, I don't think Fed deserved to win Wimby '08 or AO '09, even though some ppl might say that he did.

I wouldn't say he deserved either of those matches, but I'd say that at Wimby '08, he really should have capitalized, he had the momentum, and that AO '09 was on his racket; same thing with USO '09. But just because you had the match on your racket -- like McEnroe did at the FO in '84 -- doesn't mean you deserve to win it, unless you actually did win it.

 

[fedhingis515]

you're a girl right?...

I'll answer after you tell me why you think that.

 

[DRII]

the 2008 final in wimbledon. I was there and it was exhausting, the whole day. all the rain delays. wrote federer off and in the 5th set I was confident he'll win.
just shattered at the end of the day because it also was like "the end of an era". well, looking back now it was only a break but who would've thought so back then?

Don't speak too soon!

 

[Ledigs]

Actually I was a bit crushed when Nadal lost to DP at the USOpen 2009. I was there so maybe that's why

 

[Serendipitous]

Actually I was a bit crushed when Nadal lost to DP at the USOpen 2009. I was there so maybe that's why

That's depressing.....

 

[Rhino]

For me it was:

Roland Garros '04 final Gaudio defeats Coria.

I loved that match and the outcome. it was So satisfying to see Gaudio beat Coria.

 

[dogged]

you can edit posts

thanks for your concern.

but i need a certain number of posts before i earn the privlege of editing posts.

 

[diggler]

I'm surprised that no more than one guy here talked about the 1984 French Open Final. For me, THE most devastating match I have ever seen. Haven't recovered yet either.

I sometimes watch a set or two on DVD, and I still can't believe that Mac's gonna loose this one. He was playing so, so well. Amazing tennis.

Devastating...

I think a lot of the posters here are too young to know tennis existed before Federer.

 

[NicoMK]

I think a lot of the posters here are too young to know tennis existed before Federer.

Well, that may be true, because there's a lot of talks about Fed and Nadal, yes, I noticed that, but that match from 1984, at least the first two sets, should be watched by everyone here.

Mac at his best, a true genius, a kind of game never seen before and never seen since, I think... :?

 

[P_Agony]

Yup :neutral: I got up early to watch it, swore at the telly a few times until finally he "had" it in the bag at the end of the 4th, and then he disappears and loses the decider 6-2... at least in the 2009 US Open Final Del Potro went into the 5th set with all the momentum, at Oz it was odd :-|

It felt to me like his game was there in the AO final, but he didn't have the balls to close the deal. Even Nadal in that match looked to me like he knows Rog will probably win this one, and it was Federer who gave Nadal hope everytime Nadal was "ready to lose". I know it sounds a bit weird, but that's how it felt like to me, Federer had everything going his way - he was winning most of the baseline rallies, his BH clicked, his FH did too, he didn't serve well but his ground game more than made up for it. He had so many chances to break and the way he lost the 1st set was devestating to watch as a Fed fan (considering all the times Fed has blown huge leads over Nadal in the past).

 

[mikro112]

Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich - UEFA Champions League final 1999.

No tennis match though.

 

[abmk]

AO 2009 final

 

[namelessone]

WB 2007. I doubted Rafa could even reach another WB final after that,let alone win one(and against roger). Glad he proved me wrong

 

[Sentinel]

I think a lot of the posters here are too young to know tennis existed before Federer.

Did it ? Next thing you'll claim there were dinosaurs and the universe is more than 4000 years old !

 

[ninman]

matches that nadal wins....period

That's brilliant.

 

[ninman]

It felt to me like his game was there in the AO final, but he didn't have the balls to close the deal. Even Nadal in that match looked to me like he knows Rog will probably win this one, and it was Federer who gave Nadal hope everytime Nadal was "ready to lose". I know it sounds a bit weird, but that's how it felt like to me, Federer had everything going his way - he was winning most of the baseline rallies, his BH clicked, his FH did too, he didn't serve well but his ground game more than made up for it. He had so many chances to break and the way he lost the 1st set was devestating to watch as a Fed fan (considering all the times Fed has blown huge leads over Nadal in the past).

Yeah, I think it hurt more that he seemed to give up the ghost in the fifth, but really I mean he could have won that in 3 or 4 sets. I think in a way that loss was good for him because I think it finally hit home that he was throwing away all these matches with Nadal rather than getting outplayed, and a big reason for Federer's horrible head to head is his inability to hold it together mentally when he's winning against Nadal.

I think that match in Madrid was really a turning point and I'm hoping to see a Federer Nadal match at the FO this year, and hopefully Federer can really lay the Nadal ghost to rest with a win over him there too.

 

[Pioneer]

Yeah, I think it hurt more that he seemed to give up the ghost in the fifth, but really I mean he could have won that in 3 or 4 sets. I think in a way that loss was good for him because I think it finally hit home that he was throwing away all these matches with Nadal rather than getting outplayed, and a big reason for Federer's horrible head to head is his inability to hold it together mentally when he's winning against Nadal.

I think that match in Madrid was really a turning point and I'm hoping to see a Federer Nadal match at the FO this year, and hopefully Federer can really lay the Nadal ghost to rest with a win over him there too.

No thanks. I think Nadal has other plans

 

[namelessone]

Yeah, I think it hurt more that he seemed to give up the ghost in the fifth, but really I mean he could have won that in 3 or 4 sets. I think in a way that loss was good for him because I think it finally hit home that he was throwing away all these matches with Nadal rather than getting outplayed, and a big reason for Federer's horrible head to head is his inability to hold it together mentally when he's winning against Nadal.

I think that match in Madrid was really a turning point and I'm hoping to see a Federer Nadal match at the FO this year, and hopefully Federer can really lay the Nadal ghost to rest with a win over him there too.

IMO,Fed won that match in Madrid against Nadal because he had nothing to lose and played a somewhat relaxed game of tennis,he didn't tense up like before. Sure,there were other factors in play like Nadal's grueling semi or fed's "new" tactics but most of all I just think it was his underdog status. He had just lost the last few meetings against Nadal,he didn't do anything in the spring season(both on HC and clay) and he was basically at an all time low. And now he had to play against Nadal on clay and in Spain. Who has gonna blame him for losing on clay against Nadal and in Madrid(when he had lost 9 times on clay against the spaniard before and in bigger venues then Madrid)?

 

[jswinf]

I'm surprised I don't have more company choosing the 2008 French Open, because Roger got so completely crushed then.

 

[djokovicgonzalez2010]

I'd rather lose 0-6 0-6 0-6 than 6-0 6-0 6-7 (9) 6-7 (14) 13-15

 

[OliverSimon]

Acasuso vs Federer FO 2nd Round.

 

[babolat15]

roddick fed wimby 09

 

[icedevil0289]

wimbledon 2008 definitely. I still can't completely watch that match again. I know a lot of people will probably say AO 2009, partially because fed also cried during the award ceremony, but to me wimbly 2008 was more devastating. it sucked to come back from 2 sets down only to lose 7-9 in the
5th. Not to mention this was wimbledon, fed's baby. It also didn't help that he lost to nadal, the same guy who crushed him at the FO a month before. Plus the mood seemed rather somber, in the dark. Just watching him hold that plate and just looking completely heart broken was much more devasting imo than watching him cry at AO 2009. I can watch the AO 2009 and not feel upset and it doesn't get to me anymore. Wimbledon 2008 sort of still hurts. Atleast that's how I feel. I know fed has said up to date, wimbly 2008 has been his toughest loss.

 

[Legend of Borg]

wimbledon 2008 definitely. I still can't completely watch that match again. I know a lot of people will probably say AO 2009, partially because fed also cried during the award ceremony, but to me wimbly 2008 was more devastating. it sucked to come back from 2 sets down only to lose 7-9 in the
5th. Not to mention this was wimbledon, fed's baby. It also didn't help that he lost to nadal, the same guy who crushed him at the FO a month before. Plus the mood seemed rather somber, in the dark. Just watching him hold that plate and just looking completely heart broken was much more devasting imo than watching him cry at AO 2009. I can watch the AO 2009 and not feel upset and it doesn't get to me anymore. Wimbledon 2008 sort of still hurts. Atleast that's how I feel. I know fed has said up to date, wimbly 2008 has been his toughest loss.

He was a mere two points away from surpassing Borg in the fifth set. I still cringe when I watch that 30 all in the fifth and realize the enormity of the situation.

 

[Morrissey]

Gottfried Von Cramm vs Don Budge 1937 Davis Cup. Von Cramm was up 4-1 in the fifth set and lost 8-6. Truly heartbreaking loss. I remember it vividly.

 

[dogged]

Gottfried Von Cramm vs Don Budge 1937 Davis Cup. Von Cramm was up 4-1 in the fifth set and lost 8-6. Truly heartbreaking loss. I remember it vividly.

man...truly sorry for not including this one in the poll...i don't know how it slipped my mind.

 

[OHBH]

2008 Australian Open Final
I wanted Tsonga to kick the crap out of Djokovic
After the way Tsonga gave Nadal that beatdown I thought he would win it.

 

[All-rounder]

Every EPIC match Gasquet and Blake lost in slams