Nadal at 26% of first serves in the 4th.
Abysmal.
Abysmal.
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It's somewhat surreal to see someone forcing errors out of Nadal's forehand.
That's why I think saying Nadal choked in the 2nd set is very harsh on him. The consistent level you need to break down that wall seems infuriating to me.
Wow.
Wtf is Medvedev doing on the net. Next easy point and potentially break now gifted to Rafa.
He has that Djokovic bit about him doesn’t he? So infuriating when you don’t want him to win
Nadal blows 3 break points...
100%
That wall Med can put up infuriates and frustrates the opponent, Novak is king at setting his wall up but Med is also pretty darn good at it too
Why does Medvedev insist on playing terrible dropshots.
If med holds here then I think the momentum swing is back with him
It's actually incredible how Nadal is still making those saves at the net.
This game. Jesus.
They’ve been so amateurish it’s unreal
These commentators seem to have such a bias toward Medvedev - or is it just me?
Just brilliant
Breaks.. how is the russian looking more spent than Rafa now?
That's sublime.
As good as Rafa’s been, Medvedev looks like he’ll lose the match before he runs out Rafa’s legs. He needs to clear his head to have a chance here.
For goodness sake I can’t justify spending all day watching tennis in my living room 
Great missed the end of the game because my son turned of the tv and ran away with the remote. Cnut.
Entertaining match but if I would be a Medvedev fan I would be raging. Brilliance followed by terrible decisions. Rinse and repeat. You don't get away with it against Rafa.
I assume you no longer have a son!
Daughter now
Break don't make much difference when Nadal can't make a 1st serve.
Yeah bet there’s a break back now
Some bizarreness in that point!
Fixed
Medvedev is making some laughably bad decisions this set.
Rafa holds..
Medvedev nearly got that back
That one he passed back to Nadal was ridiculous
He does not want long rallies anymore, seems out of gas.
I still hope Medvedev wins, but Nadal is such an amazing fighter. He deserves that 21.
Which is mad. Early in this match it looked like he was playing for longer rallies to gas Nadal out. Is Medvedev carrying an injury now?
Surprised Medvedev managed to not hit that last ball back to Nadal
Surprised Medvedev managed to not hit that last ball back to Nadal
Even with a break in hand, I think Nadal should be happy enough with a tiebreak here. Win that and the momentum is well and truly his.
It doesn’t feel safe at all
especially at 0-30Would you stop playing these fecking dropshots you numpty.
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