Kid is being too emotional. Played some beautiful shots peppered with a ton of UEs.
At least he's getting his serves in now. Baby steps.
At least he's getting his serves in now. Baby steps.
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Gets the break. Just a smooth hold or two now would be nice.
Next set it'll be 6-3. Gradual improvement.
Good hold again. One set away from the most dreadful semifinal 
Just my luck that this is the day session match and I can't watch Federer - Del Potro... this looks like it should be a first or 2nd round encounter
People paying good money for this match weeks in advance must be pretty miffed.
Nadal's looking really strong, though. Should be the favorite for the whole thing now, given the court speed and Federer's and Del Po's form/fitness worries
Nadal looking strong against bums to be fair. But that's what he needs to get through the first few rounds sometimes....at least DelPo/Fed have some competition in their runs so far. Probably all adds up to a top semi though, so no biggie. Just brutal this draw.
Rublev's presser could be the most interesting or entertaining thing about this match.
Next DF on break point. Ouch.
Next DF on break point. Ouch.
Even Fed's had quite a rubbish draw though tbh. Tiafoe, Youzny, Lopez and Kohlschreiber is tougher than Rafa's but all people you expect Fed to beat witout breaking sweat. But yeah he's lucky in a way he's had some tough matches.
Fed was wank in his first two matches, created his own 'competition'. Nadal had slightly weaker opponents thus far but it's quite negligible tbh.
Yeah, bet he's over the moon that he had to play two five setters already in which he looked knackered at times.
First world problems
Genuinely the worst Major QF I've ever seen. Not an ounce of thrill or tension, for which Nadal is not to blame, he did his job.
It's good match practice really. He got through it and found his form as the tournament went along.
You non german speakers are missing out on some stellar commentary by Boris Becker. Not verbatim (pretty much all his contributions are like this):
Stach (main commentator): Nadal and Federer have never met at the US Open. Will it happen this time?
Becker: Federer and Nadal have been playing each other so often but they've never met at the US Open. We will see if it happens this time.
Stach (main commentator): Nadal and Federer have never met at the US Open. Will it happen this time?
Becker: Federer and Nadal have been playing each other so often but they've never met at the US Open. We will see if it happens this time.
Get a grip. These blowouts in quarters have happened a lot....check, probably like 8 of Nadal's French wins. Hell some of his finals. And it's not exactly exclusive to Nadal, Federed has Federer'd pretty much everyone else everywhere else at some point too. And I remember Novak smashing Cilic barely two years ago in a semis...
It's not about it being a blowout, it's about being a blowout that is also devoid of entertainment. The match was dead after Rublev got broken in the first game, he looked defeated then and there.
As I said, it felt like a 2nd round match, not because Rublev generally is 2nd round quality, but because he played awful.
Again, nothing remotely new. The French Open when Federer was obliterated was over before it started, but it's a non-issue because well it's Federer? Of course....but all the ranked 10-XX's that Federer, Nadal, Djoko and maybe on the more minor occasion Murray have blown past without a hint of drama is the same. At least this kid has his insane lack of experience to use as the obvious excuse, plenty of big names with wins over the big four have still completely given up clearly after the first break...no excuse for some of them. The French was at one point just a case who gets to Nadal wins from the rest of the field at one point.
CoCo winning today must be the biggest upset of the tournament so far
The last time Venus won the Open, 9/11 happened 3 days later. So I'd prepare yourselves.
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CoCo winning today must be the biggest upset of the tournament so far
She made surprisingly easy work of it.
Exactly how many times have players like Berdych or Gasquet just made a quarter or semi then do very little in the match.
Rublev was very nervous. It had nothing to do with his talent. He just froze and it happens. Happened to Zverev when he met Nadal on clay for the first time. But you won't see piratesoup mentioning that because he's German.
Delpo about to take the first set... His serve is on fire so far.
Delighted with how Del Potro is playing so far.
Del Potro serving amazingly. Hard for anyone to stop him.
Federer's up against it today with the way Del Potro is serving and striking the ball.
Del Potro is definitely on his A game tonight. Not sure if it will be enough since Fed is also playing well.
Delpo's first service went down to 43% on this second set and Federer improved it. Federer leads 4-1
Ffs was on twitter, returned to the app I was watching it on and now the stream is showing cycling.
Looks like Fed has broken Del Potro on the mental side of things, which is making for an easy set.
No he hasn't.
Del Potro first serve percentages has dropped and Federer has upped his.
Del Potro was always going to drop it from 76% but the issue is he's dropped it to 46% or whatever.
Yes he has. They were dead even in the first set give or take a couple of points, and now Fed has more or less taken over. In Tennis, you break people mentally and they start making shot errors.
Del Potro was broken only once last set. Not like he was broken 3 times. You are once again going away in the future. Let's wait and see the next set to see if Federer has broken him mentally. If Federer runs away with it then he's got the match.
Del Potro also asked for the doctors.
I'm talking strictly about the 2nd set. Who knows what will happen in the next 2-3. But once Federer takes over mentally, its generally difficult for the opponent to reestablish their previous momentum.
Rubbish from Federer. I can't see winning this if it's going to 5. Nor can I see him winning if he's going to play this poorly when being close to being broken.
Looking bad for him now.
Looking bad for him now.
Thought he would have stepped it up especially when you see Delpo calling for a doctor. But he's made too many errors. Should have broken in the first game of the set.
You mean like it was difficult for DelPo to do so....in 2009 -_-
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