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Tennis 2019
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Don't know if Roger has the strength for a 5th set against someone as strong as Novak but it's great the tournament will have a 5th set. Very good final.
What a man. Whoever wins this, Fed is insane at this age. The @Billy Blaggs of tennis
He’s been “old” for a tennis pro for years. Look at the retirement ages of the guys he replaced in the “greatest ever” arguments.
Come on Roger 
Both players understandably starting to look a bit weary in those last couple of games, the effort has been massive.
Is there a tiebreak in the fifth set at Wimbledon? Or is that still only introduced at the US Open?
I never get this nervous even watching my football team. Why do you do this to me Roger?
Djokovic is a cnut.
Fed for the win.
Fed for the win.
Really no idea where this is going
This is another match with a somewhat similar story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Wimbledon_Championships_–_Men's_singles_final
At 12-12 after last year’s travesty.
He's a brilliant player.
So fluid with his power
For all those who say that a footballers legs have gone when they get to their early 30's just look at the brilliant Roger Federer and Justin Gatlin who is 37 and still running below 10 second 100 meters.
That rather boring cliche is clearly rubbish.
That final is underrated because of the 2008 one
Those are not the norm and football is a very different discipline to be fair.
Anyone’s game now
Just no way is Djoko getting a break here.
Tennis is nothing like football so it's a silly comparison.
Definitely more cracks showing in Fed’s service games, he needs to break fast.
It is a different discipline but there are similarities.
The sprint requires acceleration and speed endurance.
Tennis requires acceleration and deceleration and rapid change of direction. It also requires very good aerobic fitness.
Djokovic has been very poor, but still managed to make it to the 5th set. Weird how his service has sucked, his forehand errant, playing very defensive tennis.
You get less impact injuries playing tennis.
Perhaps you should think about what a tennis player trains for and what is required during the match.
stream died again, at 1-1 30-15. fed making a few more errors than before. would need perfect serves to survive if this keeps up.
Djokovic with some well timed great first serves today.
Confirmed
They're absolutely nothing alike let's be honest.
I still think Djokovic is going to win the big points when it matters, even though he’s far from his best and that’ll be enough to burn Federer off.
Say that to Nedal and Murray.
The constant acceleration and deceleration and rapid change of direction puts massive loads onto the muscles and joints.
What's required during the match is far less running than in football. They also get far less injuries in their career as there's no contact, and they don't need to build up as high a muscle mass. There's no comparison. It's a completely different type of fitness.
Federer is still a freak of nature at 38 but you can't use possibly the best tennis player ever as a barometer. Just look at Ronaldo, possibly the finest athlete to ever play footie and even he isn't the same at 34 as he was at 30 or 31.
I am not talking about the game. I am talking about the physical and mental requirements on the body and mind.
Terrible luck for Fed
Nooo, hold on.
Yea, the physical requirements are nothing alike.
It'll take a monumental comeback now.
Two fantastic players.
Two fantastic players.
Yes, come on
Come on fed.
Had Djoko broken him from that lucky 1st point it would have been so unjust