The Generic Tennis Thread

[rekil]

McEnroe raised the issue of rafa's timewasting at that 2nd set break game, and said he expected Medvedev to say something about it.

 

[rekil]

Some dickhead ran onto the court. It could be a normal one but my immediate thought was "antivaxxer".

 

[oryx]

Increasingly looking like Medvedev's to lose.

But whoever wins, at least it won't be Djokovic

 

[rekil]

Rafa needs to go for a 20 minute piss.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Rafa needs to go for a 20 minute piss.

I mean, we've all seen how much difficulty he has with his shorts

 

[Flavour]

Nadal looking to pull of a pretty epic comeback here

 

[Petcha]

I'm still not sure how someone with a physique even worse than my own slightly emaciated frame produces such power. He does look an extra from trainspotting but puts 200mph serves down.

 

[Petcha]

The Russian guy that is, not Rafa.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Uh, yeah... If anyone does want to watch this, they might want to tune in soon. Medvedev just won 5 games in a row to take the first set, including two breaks to love!

Or not...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Some dickhead ran onto the court. It could be a normal one but my immediate thought was "antivaxxer".

Anti-refugee-bashing. Banner said 'abolish refugee detention'.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Well. Well. Well....

 

[belboid]

Blimey, just when you think it’s all over…

 

[Lord Camomile]

I bloody need to make lunch, you bastards!!

(Earlier on I had to stop my TV automatically going into standby mode, the match has been going that long )

 

[Lord Camomile]

Weeeeeeell, blimey.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Djokovic no doubt extra sore, given it's Nadal moving to 21 Slams rather than him.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Djokovic no doubt extra sore, given it's Nadal moving to 21 Slams rather than him.

Yep that was like beating 2 players at once

 

[T & P]

I don’t mind admitting I shed a little tear. This is one of the most incredible victories in the history of the sport. I can’t believe what I’ve just watched…

 

[Lord Camomile]

I was just thinking, the fact that Nadal, Federer and Djokovic have all been competing at the same time, and for so long, possibly almost diminishes perception of their achievements, because it starts to feel "normal" after that long.

Just as a reminder of their dominance (Wikipedia clearly hasn't yet been updated following Rafa's win a few minutes ago ):

• They've won 60 of the past 75 (80%) Grand Slam titles (up to the 2021 US Open (Wikipedia clearly hasn't yet been updated since Rafa's win a few minutes ago ).
• That's almost 19 years, back to 2003!
• Pete Samprass is the closest to them, with 14 Slams, only 70% of the other three.

I mean, fookin' 'ell...

 

[rekil]

Anti-refugee-bashing. Banner said 'abolish refugee detention'.

Could've been a pro-refugee thing?

 

[oryx]

Shouldn't Nadal be thanking the Australian government?

 

[Dr. Furface]

I was just thinking, the fact that Nadal, Federer and Djokovic have all been competing at the same time, and for so long, possibly almost diminishes perception of their achievements, because it starts to feel "normal" after that long.

Just as a reminder of their dominance (Wikipedia clearly hasn't yet been updated following Rafa's win a few minutes ago ):

• They've won 60 of the past 75 (80%) Grand Slam titles (up to the 2021 US Open (Wikipedia clearly hasn't yet been updated since Rafa's win a few minutes ago ).
• That's almost 19 years, back to 2003!
• Pete Samprass is the closest to them, with 14 Slams, only 70% of the other three.

I mean, fookin' 'ell...

Incredible, for sure. Given their dominance it's surprising that none of them have managed to win all 4 slams in a calendar year. Djoko obviously came close last year, and has also held all 4 titles at the same time over 2 years, but it shows how hard winning all 4 in the same year is.

Pretty amazing that Nadal's first and only Aussie Open win before today was 13 years ago

 

[oryx]

Really delighted for Nadal. Epic comeback.

Anyone hear him say 'Fuck' in the post-match interview?

 

[T & P]

Really delighted for Nadal. Epic comeback.

Anyone hear him say 'Fuck' in the post-match interview?

Yes! First time ever, and I reckon he didn’t even realise he’d said it

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Could've been a pro-refugee thing?

It was a pro-refugee thing. Hence the banner.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Djokovic no doubt extra sore, given it's Nadal moving to 21 Slams rather than him.

He only has himself to blame. Nadal had a jab and won , simple.

 

[kazza007]

I wonder if Novak will now go get the coranavirus shot

 

[Hollis]

Blimey - just finished watching that over 3 sittings... still find it hard to believe Medvedev lost that.. felt like Nadal was on the back-foot throughout.. Incredible.

 

[T & P]

It seems not everyone is Spain is impressed with Nadal, though…

Barca official resigns after calling Nadal an 'enemy of the state' | Sport

A Barcelona official has resigned after calling Rafael Nadal, a known supporter of Real Madrid, an "enemy of the state".

www.news24.com

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Novak Djokovic willing to miss tournaments over vaccine

Novak Djokovic says he is prepared to miss out on his place in tennis history for his vaccine stance.

www.bbc.co.uk

'Vaccination is the biggest effort to end this virus... But I'm not going to take it'

Prick

 

[oryx]

Novak Djokovic willing to miss tournaments over vaccine

Novak Djokovic says he is prepared to miss out on his place in tennis history for his vaccine stance.

www.bbc.co.uk

'Vaccination is the biggest effort to end this virus... But I'm not going to take it'

Prick

WTF, of course he's anti-vax.