Lol what a shot Kyrgios
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
tweener freaked him out :)
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:46 (one year ago) link
Just talked himself into a df there..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link
Then two aces lol
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
"The one who looks like she had about 700 drinks"
― willem, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
Lol, this is just bollocks.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
I know, he's like 'let me just get this ace out the way and then I can talk to the umpire'
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
Djokovic has got a ton of experience but even then these antics might test him
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:52 (one year ago) link
idk, it's pretty transparent all this kicking up dust over nothing
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
Yeah looked good. Incredible set of tennis. Don't know whether Nick can hold it together. Masses of chaos.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
Lol at these successful, dfs
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:57 (one year ago) link
Lol @ Djoko slipping. Mad fucking game.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
I can't quite figure him out, it's like tension is his fuel and the potentially destabilising effect on the opponent is a plus, but Novak's dgaf attitude almost makes it worse, idk?
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
Could do with less blather about Wills and Kate and their weird 40 year old son.
― Eavis Has Left the Building (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
Hewitt's commentary has been superb btw. Just keeping to tactics, calling the shape of the match right, not getting involved in moralising about Nick's behaviour.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
Yeah totally, I do like Mac tho', for a horrible moment I thought Pat Cash was gonna be in there
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
Djoko holds to 0
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:02 (one year ago) link
Now Djoko is mad
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
How long before someone says 'brinkmanship'
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
Goes to deuce. Some terrific play here..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
Df for break.
oh he mad now
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
Beating himself..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
I feel another 8 grander coming
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:07 (one year ago) link
Novak like 'tra la la...'
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
fork in the ass time
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
4-4, with Djoko marginally better
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Nick to serve..
how are these poshos out there in blazers and sweaters wrapped around the neck?? insanekyrgios just making slightly too many errors to hang with finals-form joker imo
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
Miracle get from Novak and it's now 30/all
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
The serving has been fantastic from Kyrgios. 5-4.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:49 (one year ago) link
uh oh that drop shot made novak mad..
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
febrile shit
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
Amazing..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
Should've perhaps challenged that, but aces for the win.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
That umpire should get two medals for this final lol
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
Kyrgios makes Djoko play one more shot for a change
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
Shit, awful return from the 2nd ..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
Tb
Lol at Djoko pulling that
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
Oh damn, what a rally
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
Excellent point after: 4-1 and on his way..
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
Simon Pegg getting a lot of stick :)
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
Kyrgios is going to punch Sue Barker in the post match interview.
― Eavis Has Left the Building (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
Roger Federer...is the 3rd best player of all time. Sigh.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
Kyrgios actually looking relieved
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
I want Kyrgios to scream at Prince George— Labour Accelerationists (@LabourAccel) July 10, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link
It's always sad, welp, I wonder how long they leave the whole shebang up on Iplayer? I fancy going back and watching some missed matches in a day or two.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
I've posted about this before, but the most extraordinary (and, for me, distressing) aspect of Djokovic's career is his third-act near-invincibility when it matters. His first 16 Slam finals, up to age 28 (when he'd been #1 or #2 for four years, generally considered peak or near-peak Novak): 8-8. His last 16 Slam finals: 13-3. This includes a two-year period when he was injured / refusing surgery / off-form and not winning anything. Everything since summer 2018 has been a nightmare!
Keep hearing how he's not quite the player he was, and how much more vulnerable he is in early rounds, but I can't remember the last time he faced a real threat in the first week (Tiafoe, Melbourne 2021?). If Kyrgios had been in his segment of the draw, might have been a different story. Doesn't matter how wretched his form might be for an hour, he'll find a way back in, and it's over. As soon as he broke Sinner early in the third set on Tuesday - that was it. From my perspective, it's the equivalent of the Liverpool injury-time winner. You know it's coming. Never in Djoubt.
Nostalgic for the days when players you didn't like just faded away in their 30s. Imagining a timeline where a newly-focused Becker beat Sampras, Hewitt and Federer to collect early-'00s majors. Ugh. Might have kept him out of trouble.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 11 July 2022 10:14 (one year ago) link
Older players in tennis (men and women's), men's golf are doing better and winning big things later. Look at Ronnie in the snooker as well, who is much more solid now than when he was younger.
The work that has been done on fitness, diet, sports psychology, surgeries (the work on Andy's hope, or Nadal at the French). Throw in the vast experience you accrue at that age, which is the usual plus people used to talk about. That can be an explosive combination.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 July 2022 10:41 (one year ago) link