Re: French Open prediction game: Day 10

by Slippy Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:12 pm

I doubt Novak has ever hit a better volley in his life!

by bogbrush Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:13 pm

This Djokovic needs to lose before the final. He won’t take 5 games from Nadal.

by Slippy Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:15 pm

Unreal rally again as Cecc saves the set point - 8-8.

by N2D2L Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:16 pm

This TB has been sublime

by Slippy Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:19 pm

bogbrush wrote:This Djokovic needs to lose before the final. He won’t take 5 games from Nadal.

The important thing is he is getting back near his best. I think RG is too early for him but he’s getting closer. Wimbledon is where we could really see his top level.

by luvsports! Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:19 pm

first match point on serve!

by luvsports! Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:21 pm

HES DONE IT!

by Slippy Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:21 pm

Wow - random serve volley from Novak and Cecc finds a loopy mishit winner to put him out! Great match.

by N2D2L Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:22 pm

Slippy wrote:
bogbrush wrote:This Djokovic needs to lose before the final. He won’t take 5 games from Nadal.
The important thing is he is getting back near his best. I think RG is too early for him but he’s getting closer. Wimbledon is where we could really see his top level.

Don’t think so.

by barrystar Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:22 pm

Enormous for Cecchinato - in the SF with a career w/l record on the main tour of 17-32!

by N2D2L Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:23 pm

First time in 7 years that Djokovic is knocked out of the French Open by an Italian.

by bogbrush Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:24 pm

He’s done Thiem a favour. At least Nadal won’t be facing a tired opponent.

by luvsports! Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:25 pm

Djok should have won this in 4 but Cecch did!

by bogbrush Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:40 pm

I must say that Djokovic is perhaps the most gracious loser I can remember.

by barrystar Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:44 pm

bogbrush wrote:I must say that Djokovic is perhaps the most gracious loser I can remember.

I always say this about him - he applauds his opponent's good shots, I remember in particular his conduct after losing to Murray in the Wimbledon Final in 2013 was immaculate.

by N2D2L Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:50 pm

Djokovic saying he is considering not playing Wimbledon, not sure why as of yet.

by bogbrush Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:52 pm

DECIMA wrote:Djokovic saying he is considering not playing Wimbledon, not sure why as of yet.

Where is this?

by N2D2L Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:09 pm

bogbrush wrote:
DECIMA wrote:Djokovic saying he is considering not playing Wimbledon, not sure why as of yet.
Where is this?

Eurosport said it and journalists on twitter.
Apparently he didn’t go into the main press conference room, bizarre.

by noleisthebest Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:16 pm

waiting for my Eurostar in Paris reading about the match....looks like this loss is going to sting badly.

I can imagine it as if I have seen it.

Problem is, Nole thought he had this one in the bag...

Well we have a few days more of this agony and then Maestro is going to sooth our pain....

by barrystar Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:18 pm

DECIMA wrote:
bogbrush wrote:
DECIMA wrote:Djokovic saying he is considering not playing Wimbledon, not sure why as of yet.
Where is this?
Eurosport said it and journalists on twitter.
Apparently he didn’t go into the main press conference room, bizarre.

Stuart Fraser of the Times https://twitter.com/stu_fraser?lang=en

by noleisthebest Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:21 pm

gallery play wrote:
summerblues wrote:
Normally I would root for Thiem vs Zverev but I somehow think that Zverev would have a better chance vs Rafa.
SB and others: let it go! Nadal will win RG. I read so many posts full of wishful thinking and every time i think: Really?! How?!
Not only we're looking at an incredible weak field, also the draw couldn't have been easier for Nadal. And then the so called tough weather conditions....

Yes, this was by far he worst RG in a long time.

And every day gets worse and worse as the trophy biting anticlimax is nearing...

by noleisthebest Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:23 pm

I am impressed by this Italian, he must be a pretty stable and good player to come trhough Djokovic in the quarters.
I’ve never seen him play, does he have a chance against Thiem?

by noleisthebest Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:30 pm

On the bright side, Zverev is out! Big Grin

by bogbrush Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:42 pm

Thanks for the leads.

Extraordinary. A strange guy, so magnanimous on court and so angry in other situations.

by noleisthebest Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:24 pm

Just saw the MP...at least Nole went down like a Man! Rose

by Jahu Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:13 pm

Good to see Djoko lose, now those (fakely) feeling sorry for him, let's not forget this prick used to ripoff t-shirts, say to public suck my dick, shout at ball boys and lost 2 W to Fed, sweet to see him falling apart Laugh

by bogbrush Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:33 pm

Who’s ‘fakely’ feeling sorry for him?

by Jahu Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:39 pm

A few here kind of wishing him a quick return, this and that, no one cares for him, he is history, Thiem is Future...

by summerblues Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:20 am

I cannot say I am unhappy about the results. In the end, I was rooting for both Thiem and Cecchinato - could not help it. Rafa is now assured a SHBH opponent in the final. Sweet.

by summerblues Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:21 am

Slippy wrote:I doubt Novak has ever hit a better volley in his life!

That is a pretty low bar though.

by summerblues Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:27 am

gallery play wrote:SB and others: let it go! Nadal will win RG. I read so many posts full of wishful thinking and every time i think: Really?! How?!

I know. It has the feeling of standing on train tracks in the middle of a Russian steppe with a freight train coming at you and you hoping it will somehow miss you.

Still... Good luck to Diego tomorrow, let's hope he can do it, or at least tire Rafa. Maybe it could rain all day and their match would get rescheduled to Thursday...

by summerblues Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:32 am

Slippy wrote:
bogbrush wrote:This Djokovic needs to lose before the final. He won’t take 5 games from Nadal.
The important thing is he is getting back near his best. I think RG is too early for him but he’s getting closer. Wimbledon is where we could really see his top level.

If he enters that is smiley

Seriously, I do not see it. From what I have seen of Nole, he is still very poor compared to his old standard. And results are not great either. Last year he made final in Rome, QF at RG and won Eastbourne. His results this year are at best comparable. But last year was a horrible year for him.

by raiders_of_the_lost_ark Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:24 am

summerblues wrote:I cannot say I am unhappy about the results. In the end, I was rooting for both Thiem and Cecchinato - could not help it. Rafa is now assured a SHBH opponent in the final. Sweet.

That should be good. But is he assured of his own final? Delpo might have other ideas.

by summerblues Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:57 am

noleisthebest wrote:Well we have a few days more of this agony and then Maestro is going to sooth our pain....

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. He will be 6 months older than he was at AO, and at his age things can fall apart quickly. For all we know, he has further and more severe back issues, will go to Wimbledon only to see if he can play through it, and if not, will retire right after that.

by Tenez Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:37 am

Yep...I am not very hopeful of Federer's remaining year. His chance is not many top players are hitting form either.

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