Just Eurosport (in the UK), though the BBC did used to show the AO final live at some point.
Tennis 2019
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Nadal always seems to bottle it in finals against Djokovic. So I'm not getting my hopes up.
2-2 on Hard Court Grand Slams, leads at RG and 0-1 at Wimbledon. I'm expecting Novak to win this as well though.
Good women's final so far. Kvitova fighting back well in second half now
High quality match. Really want Kvitova to win after the home invasion - would be a lovely story!
Osaka having a complete mental breakdown now
Phenomenal effort by Kvitova but Osaka has completely gone mentally right now, she needs the break between sets to gather herself.
Osaka is falling apart right now. Think she needs to take the loss of this set and try to regroup mentally. She has absolutely falling apart and every single one of her reactions must be like an extra boost for Kvitova.
Must be very difficult mentally to have championship point and then end up losing the set about 10 minutes later.
Must be very difficult mentally to have championship point and then end up losing the set about 10 minutes later.
It's turned into a real battle now.
From 5-3 to 5-7 with 3 championship points blown. Wonder if Osaka would be able to get over it to fight for the third set.
Too much pressure in that final match point game. She needs to regroup and pretend it never happened.
any rivers?
Yep, at the moment her emotions are stopping her playing.
She desperately needed that game back. She's been the better player overall and if she can collect herself mentally, she can still win this.
She so needed that!
Good win. She got her emotions back in line and was just that bit better all through.
You feel that she'll learn a lot more from the victory like that than she would have done just sweeping through in that second set.
Great match.
Great match.
Osaka is the number in the world and has won the last two slams. Looks like the takeover atop women's tennis is complete.
Women's tennis is pretty unpredictable. Wouldn't surprise me if she didn't go on to dominate and just faded away either.
Two very likeable players, would have loved to see Kvitova complete the fairytale comeback but congrats to Osaka!
That’s possible but given her youth and the lack of emerging competition, I suspect she’s only starting her reign, much as Serena was about 15 years ago, although Serena had the likes of Henin and Clijsters to deal with (as well as her sister). Osaka doesn’t really have any such rival or emerging talent to contend with right now, which is why it’s likely she will be at or near the top for a while.
Have no idea who will win here. Cannot separate Nadal and Djokovic.
Might be in for another long match between these two.
Might be in for another long match between these two.
Djokovic to win! He's too good
Nadal looking nervous.
Wow Nadal missed that.
Ahh, this is going to be nasty. Awful start from Rafa.
Rafa won't be starting the 2nd set like he has the first, but honestly, Novak looking super solid so far.
Not won one point on Novak's serve ffs
I've Djokovic to win every service game in the match to 0, 15 or 30 @ 100/1.
No doubt it will get annihilated in the 2nd set, but it actually survived a set.
6-3 makes that set seem more competitive than it actually was.
Ruthless Djokovic
Only 1 point lost on serve for Djokovic in the first set
What’s that paying?I've Djokovic to win every service game in the match to 0, 15 or 30 @ 100/1.
No doubt it will get annihilated in the 2nd set, but it actually survived a set.
Nadal choking on a lot of points.
Nadal in trouble now.
Djokovic looking magnificent today. Nadal still missing shots, but that may just be that he needs to try and hit those difficult shots to get anything at all.