US OPEN 2021

I can’t find match stats anywhere but djokovic must be serving like 45% on first serves

Yeah it's something like that

I would just like to interject that this match had been DELIGHTFUL and I hope it continues

How many more times are we gonna see Novak slouch around the court while the ball is still in play, thinking he’s got the point, and Medvedev returns it while Djokovic’s back is basically turned?

The stupid drop shot from Med finally doesn't work

Net cords, ace, df..

Med to serve it out

1 Cp

Df aargh

:(

Lol fuck you

Holy shit!

…..

This is too much

Oh noooooo

First smile of the match from Dj

lol

You can just feel Novak screaming and crying into that towel

the pressure to win

Med winning two epic points 30 0

Two cps

Another d!

Idiots clapping at the bar

Yes!!

you hate to see it

meds in straights is a truly wild result but he deserved it

nice bookend from novak beating him in straights @ the AO

The sound was awful on the feed, was watching much with this off for much of the 3rd set so couldn't hear the crowd disruption.

Great achievement from Medvedev.

Felt a little like late-period Sampras, getting thrashed by Safin and Hewitt in NYC. (Though Sampras did get one more shot). The tears too.

This was glorious

ya, they booed med and that may have caused him to double twice.

i forget which rally but it may have been one or two before the CP where i thought i saw djoko teary-eyed

anyways, medvedev's win is well-deserved (that doesn't take away from djoko's greatness)

Need a gif xp

He was sobbing into his towel at the 5-4 changeover.

yep. i know he's won so many times, but it's still heartbreaking

Really really would not have predicted straight sets, wow. But easy to underestimate the physical and mental toll of this whole year on Djokovic. First time I've really seen him run out of gas.

What a prick

Djokovic almost thinks about it but stops just in time 😬 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/KnrTgbJJLt

— Tennis GIFs 🎾🎥 (@tennis_gifs) September 12, 2021

Really really would not have predicted straight sets, wow. But easy to underestimate the physical and mental toll of this whole year on Djokovic. First time I've really seen him run out of gas.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 12 September 2021 bookmarkflaglink

Del Potro softened Novak up for Murray at Wimbledon iirc.

Into my veins

Djokovic is in tears at the changeover. 😥 #usopen pic.twitter.com/UcwP6PQHrS

— Tennis GIFs 🎾🎥 (@tennis_gifs) September 12, 2021

only player to take a set off daniil: Botic van de Zandschulp

I love Medvedev’s “in my book, you’re the greatest player of all time” humble rag due to the unspoken “and I JUST BEAT YOU IN STRAIGHT SETS” that goes along with it

Only thing that could make me happier is if Novak gets covid before the Aus Open and isn't allowed in the country.

It's happening

BREAKING: Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says Novak Djokovic will NOT be allowed into Australia if he is not double vaccinated.
"Our health advice is that when we open the borders everyone that comes to Australia will have to be double vaccinated," Mr Hawke told @RNBreakfast.

— Stephanie Peatling (@srpeatling) October 19, 2021

👌

Novak Djokovic "probably won't" play the Australian Open in January over mandatory Covid vaccination rules, the world number one tennis player's father says, likening the restrictions to "blackmail" https://t.co/JJa8soGZCJ#AFPSports pic.twitter.com/p7cpVqN35O

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 28, 2021

be funny when roland garros follows suit

👏 make 👏 tennis majors 👏 cyberbully 👏 djokovic 👏 into 👏 getting 👏 jabbed

Today I'm hoping Russia (sorry, Russian Tennis Federation) and Spain can engineer a result that gets Serbia eliminated at the group stage of the Davis Cup :)

If my sums are right, the Russians only need one game (i.e. 0-6 1-6) from the doubles vs Spain to qualify ahead of Serbia. They've already held serve at the start so... maybe take it easy now. (A Russian win = Spain go out, Serbia progress).

Karatsev/Rublev didn't read the script last night - beat Lopez/Granollers 46 62 64, putting the co-hosts out and allowing Serbia through.

I s'pose I should move this to the non-Slam tennis thread, as it's no longer adhering to the "laugh at Novak" theme :/

If covid is a significant factor by Spring I wouldn't be surprised if RG follow but I expect only Australia will be hardline about this. This follows from their hard border approach from the start.

He should've been banned by the ATP for bringing the game into disrepute. Interesting to see how many more players are banned from Australia for this. Djoko can't be the only one.

yeah I think the ATP said a few weeks ago the vaccination rate among players was only around 65%?

afaik medvedev still hasn't said whether he's vaccinated or not. tsitsipas and thiem only recently reluctantly agreed to get vaccinated after it became clear that it was going to be necessary for them to compete.

and a bunch of the US players are vocal trump supporters, so quite likely a few of them haven't gotten vaxxed either.

Lol what a surprise

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/04/novak-djokovic-secures-medical-exemption-to-play-in-australian-open-tennis