He absolutely should have skipped one of Shanghai/Beijing and Basel. There's absolutely no point of playing these 500 tournaments and he'll burn himself out.
Yeah zero chance he's skipping WTF. It's the only major trophy missing for him.
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Yeah zero chance he's skipping WTF. It's the only major trophy missing for him.
Nadal also with the most hard court wins this year. King of Clay 
By the end of the year Miami will probably be the only thing missing from Nadal's collection. Pretty damn impressive.
Kyrgios heard saying if he doesn't win the tie break after receiving a point penalty, he will retire.
Surely enough he retires after losing the tie break. Just when I thought he may have changed for the better
Surely enough he retires after losing the tie break. Just when I thought he may have changed for the better
Nick is absolutely pathetic. Hope he gets banned for a year. Pathetic excuse of a tennis player.
One of the biggest idiots ever to play professional sport. Surely there must be scope for a misconduct charge if he's withdrawn from a match with no injury?
This behaviour is totally unacceptable and I wouldn't have thought many on the tour would lose any sleep if he gets banned or just quits.
This behaviour is totally unacceptable and I wouldn't have thought many on the tour would lose any sleep if he gets banned or just quits.
He threatened to quit in the match against Nadal as well. What an absolute plonker this guy is.
Nick in being a knobhead shocker. He's never gonna change.
I like Nick. He's entertaining and he plays well when he wants to play. It's professional sports, no one died.
Presumably at least one person has bet their life savings on him pre game and then he's tanked and then they've killed themselves. So actually someone has died.
Proper bookies void any tennis match with retirements.
I note with interest you used the word "professional" which ironically enough doesn't describe the way he carries himself at all. There are entertaining players in all sports - look at football and it's difficult to imagine Messi, or Chris Gayle in cricket just picking one point of a match and saying I'm quitting if this doesn't go my way. It's really, really poor behaviour and he needs to either pack it in or get out of the sport to make way for someone who actually enjoys the game and wants to play.
Nadal's record against Dimitrov is now 10-1 and only in two of Nadal's wins have been in straight sets, and both of which were on clay.
Despite the skewed head to head, they are usually pretty competitive entertaining matches.
Despite the skewed head to head, they are usually pretty competitive entertaining matches.
They're usually like the one today - Dimitrov is great and Nadal is slightly better. They're going toe-to-toe until Dimitrov gets mentally worn out from having to be perfect in every single point for so long. Few players can match Nadal's best level of tennis and GD is one of them but he knows if he has an almost perfect game he'll probably lose and that must be excruciating.
Delpo having issues agaim with his wrist and may not play the SF against Federer tomorrow.
Other SF is Nadal - Cilic
Other SF is Nadal - Cilic
First match I get to see in weeks. Hope it's a good one.
Well, the first the games are an absolute treat so far. High quality strokes from both players, barely any errors.
How's it been?
Just put it on, hopinhg Federer wins this to set up a final with Nadal.
Wonderful match by Del Po and Fed. Missed the first set and a half but ended really well.
Nadal/Fed tomorrow is a nice match to wake up to tomorrow
Nadal/Fed tomorrow is a nice match to wake up to tomorrow
9:30 am UK time tomorrow people
Shame that the race for number one is over, would have been nice to have that in play tomorrow and for the last few tournaments ala Murray and Djokovic last year. Should be a fairly comfortable win for Rafa based on their respective form but maybe Federer can use his relative freshness to his advantage.
First title for Sharapova since the ban. Hard fought win over Sabalenka, from Belarus. 7-5 7-6 (10-8).
Roof closed today. Commentators just said that Roger leads Rafa 5-1 on indoor matches, while Rafa leads 8-5 on outdoor hard courts.
Ffs Federer breaks immediately
Federer was unplayable that set.
Roger will win this in straight sets comfortably if he maintains that level, as his serving was ridiculous.
Roger will win this in straight sets comfortably if he maintains that level, as his serving was ridiculous.
This is over now. Federer breaks in the 2nd set.
Fed
Damn Federer is something else.
Game, set, frame, touchdown, match.
Demolition job
Wow
Don't think Federer has ever beaten so Nadal so easily, he was really incredible in that match.I was confidentish pre-match, but when I realised it was indoors, that quickly evaporated and from the first game of the match, all confidence was gone.
Indian Wells this year was equally good. Was even more damaging on Nadal's serve that day.
Is that 5 wins against Nadal in a row now?
Imagine if Federer had fixed his backhand issues sooner.
His level is incredible in general. For a tennis player aged 36 it doesn't even make any sense.
His level is incredible in general. For a tennis player aged 36 it doesn't even make any sense.
Great stuff from Fed. Kind of makes the Montreal fiasco even more annoying though... Rafa was poor, his serve was the only thing keeping the score respectable. Hopefully he can rest up before Paris.
Rafa speaking Chinese 
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