The Official Tennis Thread (Vol. 2024 Oz Open Nadal Out)

[d3si]

Dumb misses. Wasted opportunity.

 

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Rafa's forehands are painful to see today.

 

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Nice pictures by the way britkicks

 

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He's hit a few nice FH's, but has missed too many winnable ones.   Dreddy's not giving him any rhythm.  

And LMAO at his 2nd serve avg of 112mph or something... Low-percentage tactic, but working today. 

 

[britkicks]

View media item 1610469Great match at Wimbledon deserves the best Wimbledon footwear

 

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Dustin

 

[Sinner]

Dreddy better not lose to Viktor in straights in the next round. 

 

[rolaholic]

My god

 

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Well damn

 

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Rafa going down swinging 

 

[shogun]

Does he have a tongue ring?

 

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[rolaholic]

Wow one of the biggest upsets I've ever seen 

  

 

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Dustin Brown

Rafa lost in either first round or second round four times in a row at Wimbledon. :x

 

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We have a Dreddy fan in the house?

But what a performance... please continue to play well.  Always frustrating when they dish out these sort of performances but crash in the next round. 

 

[rolaholic]

I hope this isn't a fluke as well,I'd love to see a few fresh faces go deep aside from the usual suspects 

Rafa still being cool with the fans and signing autographs/taking pics even in crushing defeat,all class 

. I do hope he can come back from this, this must be devastating given his struggles lately.

 

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I hope this isn't a fluke as well,I'd love to see a few fresh faces go deep aside from the usual suspects 

That's what I mean though... what happened to Rosol?

The verdict is still out on NK, so we'll see.

Dolgopolov beat Rafa at Eastbourne a couple weeks ago with similarly amazing tennis, but missed all his shots in his next match.  Frustrating to see. 

 

[solefreedom1013]

Brown delivered. Looking forward to seeing how he does next round.

 

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Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria · 3m3 minutes ago
In other tennis news, New York's Noah Rubin, the 2014 Wimbledon Junior Champion, has turned pro, making his debut today in Tulsa, Okla

 

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^ Related to Chanda?

 

[thadangerousmind]

Rafa's descent continues. The juice is gone. I wonder if Federer watched this and thought about how he refused to change his game while Rafa owned him early own. Federer didn't change his game until it was clear that he wasn't just better than everybody except Rafa smh.

 

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Nick Kyrgios a character? Maybe, but he's also a pain in the backside

 

[otakuant]

The very first game pretty much set the tone of the match.

Nadal at 100% wasn't able to defeat Dustin on grass last year, so the loss isn't a HUGE surprise... Still, it's disappointing to see him lose to the same guy on the biggest court in tennis history. I'm not much of a Nadal fan, but even I was cheering "Vamos" when he faced match points. It's just not right seeing him constantly lose like this.

Novak was straight disrespectful for posting an image on Twiiter of himself and his team watching Wimbledon while that match was on.

Djoker also has another opponent that could be a potential threat... Bernard Tomic.

 

[eiddyfouw]

Finally getting a chance to watch a re-run this Dustin - Rafa match. Work lately has me missing all the action. What a wild and unexpected match.

I'm loving some of Dustin's unorthodox shot choices.

 

[Sinner]

Nadal at 100% wasn't able to defeat Dustin on grass last year, so the loss isn't a HUGE surprise...

It should be noted that that match at Halle last year was right after Rafa had won RG... he basically had a few days of rest before he stepped on a grass court for the first time.  

IIRC, most slam finalists rarely jump right into the next tournament so soon.  I think Rafa mentioned, at that time, that he didn't want to withdraw from Halle again, which was why he showed up relatively unprepared on grass. 

The media took that match, too much, at face-value, when they should have mentioned those specific circumstances.