ICTJohnboy Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Lex said: Air of inevitability about how this is going to end. Yeah, this! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Great effort by Shapovalov but Djokovic has just had that little bit extra whenever he needed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 It could have been a totally different game if Shapovalov had taken the first set, which he was serving for at 5-4 up. So many crazy unforced errors, but still an exciting player to watch. Definitely one for the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Very much a feel of master and apprentice about that match. Djokovic’s 41st grand slam semi, Shapovalov’s first, and it showed. I think the Canadian was the better player overall. Had some huge serves, some huge winners, continually pressured Novak’s serve. Yet he still lost the match in straight sets. I think he’s a multiple grand slam winner of the future and he will have learned a lot there. Plenty of talent and when he gets the head for it and Novak retires he will be at the front of the queue. Would have been easy to chuck it and bagel the third after the way the first two went, but he kept it competitive.Was vintage Djokovic. Sulks and seethes throughout, doesn’t seem to be happy with the way he’s playing, still sails through. He just has this presence and feeling of almost invincibility about him, was similar in the French last month. I think the Italian will test him more on Sunday but can’t see Djokovic not finding a way of winning it. He always seems to find a way to win it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 What was that guy shouting? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Oof joker just raises it at crucial points. No 20, 21 and a gold is in the bag if he stays fit.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 4 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: Oof joker just raises it at crucial points. No 20, 21 and a gold is in the bag if he stays fit.. ... and doesn't attempt to kill any line judges. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 If anyone wants to see how pressure affects normal tennis players that aren’t Nadal, Djokovic or Federer should watch the women’s tennis final. All about who is coping with the pressure at the right times. Pliskova floundered the first set away from the occasion, Barry then goes a break up in the second set, see the winning line and promptly gets broken. Pliskova gets broken at 5-5 and then Barry can’t serve it out. What Shapovalov felt yesterday is absolutely normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Fantastic ladies doubles final on right now - for a few more minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Would love to see Berretini win this tomorrow for two reasons a. I hate Djokovic b. It might give the Italians a lift before the game in the evening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 3 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: Fantastic ladies doubles final on right now - for a few more minutes. Men's double almost as good too. First Croatian winners since Goran. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Men's double almost as good too. First Croatian winners since Goran. Been a really good tournament this year. Big one tomorrow of course, fingers crossed for an Italian double! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Gordon Reid done in straight sets by the Belgian Jo Gerard in the wheelchair singles final. Fair play the boy played some great shots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 3-1 Djokovic. Both have been garbage. Novak with three double faults through his first two service game and Berretini an unforced error machine. Novak with the reset and reels off his next service game to love to end 4-1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Berrettini's missed some winners I think I could have made! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 What a shot for Berretini to break back. Now we’ve got a match. Still hitting too many unforced errors but he’s back on serve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 1st set Berrettini on the tie break.Wasn't expecting that when he was 4-1 down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Ooof. Fair play to the Roman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Fantastic stuff from Berrettini there, winning it on a tie break from 5-2 down. We are going to get a match here for sure.Still think Novak is the favourite to win it, he was two sets down to Tsitsipas in the French open final last month before winning it in five after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I don’t recall a player making 19 unforced errors in a set and still taking a set from Novak. Sums up the level they are both playing at. Both have a lot of upswing in their game to greatly improve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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