It's been a privilege to see the lad play even if he never wins another match.
I do hope he makes it to the O2 in November. Will give me a chance to go see him
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I do hope he makes it to the O2 in November. Will give me a chance to go see him
Nadal/Del Po tie break
Big credit to Anderson for winning that, seems a decent bloke too. That semi final might be a bit one dimensional though. Raonic, Isner and Anderson have hit over 300 aces combined so far this tournament.
feck off BBC constantly moving this match.
You moved it to BBC 1 about 10 mins ago and now back to BBC 2.
You moved it to BBC 1 about 10 mins ago and now back to BBC 2.
Great match and incredible from Anderson. Wonder how long Federer will keep going though.
Yeap.
If in 2016 after he limped out of Wimbledon and someone told me that he’d go on to win 3 more Slams, I’d have laughed it off as insanity.
Obviously very disappointed because I think he threw the match away to some degrees, but even if he wins nothing from now until the end of the season, it’s already been a more successful year than 13, 14, 15, 16 combined.
There is something so steely and determined about Anderson throughout this tournament so far. Honestly would not be surprised if he wins his semi and makes a good go in the final, if not win it. Unusual too, as he's usually not known to be mentally tough.
I like Anderson. His style isn’t great to watch. But he is respectful and a lot of players would have rightly celebrated more wildly after beating Federer like that but he was respectful.
Bloody hell double fault from Nadal on set point
Del Potro back in the tie break.
Wow big miss from Nadal
Nadal lining up his water bottles always makes me laugh.
Delpo wins the breaker.
We might have a match on here..
We might have a match on here..
Del Potro takes the second. Nadal fecked up there, 3 set points
Wow! Delpo takes the second somehow.
If they want to really gussy up the Laver Cup, one of guys on the World team should do an impression of a WWE heel and kick over the water bottles between games. Then smash someone in the face with a steel chair before agreeing that, actually, maybe things had gotten a little out of hand.
Damn, Del Po takes the set.
Nadal has absolutely thrown this set away. To DF at set point is just criminal.
Don't see him winning here. Had his chance to go 2 sets up.
Did he run over your brain?
I'm a Federer fan. Naturally I don't want Nadal winning Wimbledon.
Don't expect Nadal to lose, but just had a thought that it would be weird if both Roger and Rafa went out on the same day.
Come up Del Potro! What a forehand he has, injury really derailed his career.
Do you remember was it Lukas Rosol? in the first or second round of Wimbledon, kicked over Rafa's bottles during one changeover? Rafa looked like he would absolutely kill him
Great point there from Delpo
Piss poor shot selection from Nadal to use the drop there.
If Del Po's serve continues to fire, there's not much Nadal can do here. The guy hit 6 unreturnable serves in a row in the TB.
If Del Po's serve continues to fire, there's not much Nadal can do here. The guy hit 6 unreturnable serves in a row in the TB.
Andy Murray speaks really well about the game. He doesn't appear to buy into this odd need to hype everything up as either amazing or awful.
Don't be so pessimistic
It's only the 3rd set.That serve looked like it was in to me. Chalk flew up as McEnroe would say. And yes it's in.
Huge shocker: Raonic - Isner goes to a tiebreak.
Come on Rafa! Hope he wins this set before the England game.
It's Del Potro. In form Nadal takes him.
Just looked up the stats and 19 aces in that first set so far.
The same as the Del Po - Nadal match so far (though 17 from Del Po!)
Delpo in fine rhythm on his serve. Could get interesting if he keeps holding fairly easily.
Raonic wins the first set against Isner.
What you mean naturally?
You make it sound like it’s a Man Utd vs Liverpool rivalry. Don’t understand how people can hate tennis players. Yeah someone like Kyrgios and Tomic.
Yes.
I'm a gigantic Federer fan so there's nothing unusual about it despite your sense of alarm. I don't hate Nadal at all. Great chap and great tennis player. I just want Federer to be more successful.
Nadal is closest to catching Federer in terms of slams, so it's only natural that Federer fans will want Nadal to lose.
Del Po serving well this set.
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