The Official Tennis Thread (Vol. Aus Open 2018)

This match is just slightly ridiculous... lol

 

Man, DelPo and Cilic in the same day

 

Great gesture.



Ouch

 

Djokovic loses first set to Warinka!

 

Could get interesting....

 

Stan in GOAT-mode right now... 

And he didn't just win the first set... he breadsticked Nole! 

EDIT ~ No words.

 

Joker has been broken 5 straight times....good lawd...lol

 

Stan's level dropping just a bit, while Nole hung in there... 

 

Things might get back to reality in a hurry....

 

Impressed by Djoker to fight to stay in that set there... Back to reality?

 

WOW NOLE... that D.

 

It's over.

 

Not so fast! 

 

Jeeez. 5 STRAIGHT games for Nole. Man, I really was rootin for Stan but gotta give credit to the most clutch tennis player of all time. 

 

The confidence has returned!

 

^ He shoulda done more, really. He was up 40-0 after breaking Stan in the 3rd. Instead, Stan breaks back and now we're back on serve. 

Backhand slowly coming back... some fine down-the-line shots there. 

 

Stan. 

 

This match has played out completely differently than I would have thought...

 

smh Djoki shouldn't have let things get to this point...

5th set here we go...

 

On several levels too.  At 6-1, 4-1, we thought it wasn't gonna be Nole's day.  Then after Nole took the 3rd, we thought Stan would fold. And now Stan seems to have found his backhand again. What an amazing stroke.  

In the 5th... who knows. Stan did get thigh massages in the 4th, so it'll be interesting to see how he physically holds.  Still... anything can happen. 

 

ARS ~ CHE taking a backseat today. 

 

This...is...MADNESS!

Always appreciated Wawa, hope he scores the upset here!

 

Wooowwww he didnt use his challenge there!

 

What a match...