Right I’m tapping out - Rafa and Djoko took eight minutes just to finish the first game lol
― Roz, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
but its been wildly compelling already
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
looking like a first set breadstick to go w the bagel rafa put on nole last fall
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
all these saved set pts ! wow
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
novak has smartly played more offensive this 2nd set
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
the tide has def turned for djokovic here
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
this may be covered above, but shouldn't the 1 and 3 seeds be meeting in the final, not the semi?
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
i actually forget the rationale why they seeded like this, but yes
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
novaks hitting his forehand short in the court to rafas backhand has been the reason to my eye he is level (to nosing ahead) here
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
I honestly don't know if it works like this any more (or ever did), but my memory of seeding was always that it was odds vs odds and evens vs evens (e.g. 1v15, 2v16, 3v13, etc in the 4th round). But there have been numerous examples of it being purely opposite-ranks (1v16, 2v15, etc), and of it being more randomised (1v12, 2v9, 3v15, etc). I think it's a draw, and it's either 1v3/2v4 or 1v4/2v3.
This is exhausting to watch. And they're sending the crowd home in 35min!
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
this set has been unbelievable
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
no words for that set, unreal & fans get to stay now !!?
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
I wish I could enjoy this as a neutral, but I hate the guy who is now in front! Staggeringly high level.
Why didn't they start the semis at noon?
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
They've extended the curfew!
Yeah insane scheduling, even by slam standards
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
Novak's serving really great since he lost the break. Got it back, won his next in a min.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
Nadal...on the brink?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
amazing by novak, so impressive
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
Lol it’s Macron, watching the game at home, who gave the special authorization to go beyond the curfew...
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
Just incredible last rally there by novak
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
One more df Nadal..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
Three MPs..
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
welp. gotta endure that damn heart-throw routine again.
― andrew m., Friday, 11 June 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
hopefully for the last time
this tourney
Good luck Stef. Struggle to imagine him beating tonight's version of Novak, but we might get a different level on Sunday.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
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they randomize the draws to a degree so that 1 doesn’t always play 4, etc
― k3vin k., Friday, 11 June 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
will be a lotta pressure on novak on sunday, regardless tho this win is p huge value for novaks legacy
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
this win sets him up for a record number of Slam titles. current standing is Federer 20 / Nadal 20 / Djokovic 18. Nadal really needed this 21st to widen the gap, but now it seems only a matter of time until Djoko surpasses them both.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
Yeah, the degree of randomisation in the seed bracketing is never really clear to me. Of course, 1-16 will always play 17-32 in the third round, and so on, but at some events it seems absolutely fixed as opposite ranks (1v32, 2v31, 3v30, 4v29, etc), others there's leeway of one or more place, others it's genuinely random within those ranking divisions.
From my youth I remember McEnroe (1) playing Kriek (5) in a Wimb qf, and the next year Connors (1) playing Curren (12) in the last sixteen. So I've been puzzling about this for 40 years! Maybe that was some weird AELTC experiment.
I hope we see the Djokovic who lost to Dan Evans in Monte Carlo, or struggled to put away 150-ranked opponents in the weak draw for Belgrade 2 the other week. He does have off days, far more than he did in his 2011 or 2015-16 peaks. But he barely missed for the last hour tonight.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 11 June 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
A three-way tie for 20 slams is now the odds-on setup going into the US Open, right? Which means Novak would be trying sweep the 2021 Grand Slams AND become the first to get to 21 all at once. Unless something else happens.
― Displaced Intimacy Coordinator (punning display), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
Don’t forget the Olympics. We might see Novak getting the Golden Slam!
Meanwhile, this women’s final is pretty fun even if they can’t seem to play well at the same time. Love the contrast in styles.
― Roz, Saturday, 12 June 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Pavs crushing Haribo sweets during an MTO was hilarious.
She’s not moving well but still managed to play well enough to break Barbs serve and take the second set. And we’re going three!
― Roz, Saturday, 12 June 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
best winners speech ever. sad for pav but happy for barbora. not a bad title to win for yr maiden singles title.
― oscar bravo, Saturday, 12 June 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
Krejcikova takes the doubles title too! With Siniakova, beating team Tek Tek Boom.
Joins this incredible list of women who’ve completed the singles-doubles sweep:
Players to Complete Singles & Doubles Sweep at Roland Garros:1972: Billie Jean King 1973: Margaret Court1974: Chris Evert1975: Chris Evert1978: Virginia Ruzici1982: Martina Navratilova1984: Martina Navratilova2000: Mary Pierce— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) June 12, 2021
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
siniakova's serving was p hard to watch.
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 13 June 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link
this first set of stef and djoko is so incredible
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
That 26-shot rally by Djokovic to save set point!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
Oh no Tsitsipas. Somehow saw that coming after he lost that set point… :(
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
Ok lol at this Novak service game though.. utterly horrible effort at serving out the set. Tie-break!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
Awesome from Stefanos
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
Really Djoko was going to get this after that bit of fortune at the net
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
My god that TB was so stressful. Come on Stef!
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
double break!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
stef wow
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
Utterly dominant. One set away!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
stef needs to keep serving like this to carry it home
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
fuck
― Roz, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
That was a marathon!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link