Us Yanks are firmly behind Federer. He's having to do a hell of a lot of running just to maintain pace though. I doubt he can sustain it.
Tennis 2015
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I still have the bad feeling that Federer will be almost-bageled near the end of this match.
What is going to happen to tennis once these guys retire? Ridiculous tennis all around.
I cannot believe Fed is 1-2 down a break. Should be 3-1 up ffs. Weird piss-taking from him in that Novak service game too. Would love Fed to get another, but Novak is such a supreme athlete that you have to fancy him winning 3-1 or 3-2 at a push.
incredible match.
Tremendous match so far, go Federer!
Woah that Fed service game...topsy-turvy match. Need to go to bed though, got a shitload on tomorrow.
The rain delay really messed up my schedule. I need to go get some dinner but cannot leave the match for that long.
Unless I settle for Dominos pizza...
Still struggling to see Federer being able to get through 5 sets without some big drop off for a few games. If he doesn't win it in 4 that'll be enough for Djokovic to capitalise.
Come on Roger!
Have they brought in the French Open crowd for this? Almost feel for Djoko with these mugs cheering faults.
Feck, feel the same and worry that is the game that seals it. Aargh, need to go to bed. Got a 16-page section going to press tomorrow and need to write two of them myself.
Rain delay let those New Yorkers get a bit too soused.
Federer seems not able to kill it off when the moment presents itself. Novak will pull this back, Federer needs this set to stand any chance.
It is however exceptional
It is however exceptional
due to the delay I am able to watch the whole thing and I just start work late tomorrow.
Federer needs this set.
Fantastic from Djokovic. Can't see Federer winning this from 2-1 down.
Djokovic is a cockroach of a player. Impossible for anyone to kill him off over five sets these days.
Chance here
Who is this bitch!!
Daft cow couldn't wait to stick her ore in
Daft cow couldn't wait to stick her ore in
14 break points saved - that is absurd.
Mr. Excitement wins the third.
Fed has left a lot on the table. He's toast now.
Poor Fed. Djok is now what he was to Andy Roddick.
As a huge Federer fan, I cant stand to watch. Having missed his chances in the 3rd (Im following via the guardian mbm), im fairly certain he'll roll over quickly in the 4th. Shame...
It is fairly annoying, that Federer had him on the ropes but couldn´t take advantage of the situation.
This feels a bit like some of the epic Federer-Nadal games. Fed has his chances but isn't taking them enough.
Match has gone now, much like Wimbledon. I'm starting to dislike Dojkovic much like I do Nadal and Murray.
Off to bed. Fed should've won the last set and I think he'd have gone on to win the match.
It'd be much less painless if he didn't fight it...
Even if Fed comes back to win the 4th, he will gas out in the 5th.
Hawk eye and the bitch loving this.
Yep. All too familiar. Fed's clearly more talented than them but yet he's going to end up having losing records to both of them which seriously undermines his claim of GOAT. Is it a mental thing? Don't think Fed has the same mental strength on the big, big points.
Meh. It is hope, that kills you. I was already giving up after the first set, but (like always) I get dragged back into it by some good spells just to be disappointed.
How will it undermine his claim as GOAT? The fact is at nearly 35 he is better than everyone else bar Djokovic, 10 years ago he'd have buried him if presented with some of the chances he's had tonight. The only way his claim as GOAT is if someone overtakes his slam record.
Defense beating offense. Same as football and baseball in some years recently, with the opposite cycle happening in the NFL or if you're Barcelona.
I think the sheer variety in his game, including stuff like this SABR business, sets him apart enough from the rest in the GOAT discussion that it doesn't have to come down to head-to-head stats. He's a one-off.
Bottling it.
He's had so many opportunities in this match...