And he gets the break!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
consolidates at the next 3-1
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
they're going to put the roof on aren't they *cries*
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
can't roddick get his tie in order? what a rebel.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
lob for 15-30
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
not a great approach from fed: 40-30
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
4-2
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
sleepwalking to 3sps
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
3rd set Djokovic.
2-2 15-30, Fed in the net
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
30-40, BP
Djokovic making some crucial gets to get that break...
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
that return pushed all the lines - and so a break, give this another 15 mins.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
Federer doesn't look like he has much left. These errors
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
oh man 0-30 up then more errors after some good serving
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
Break for the title Nole!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
two BPs for the title
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
Does it!!
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
Drama-free!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
Welp. Kinda feel like if Rog couldn't do it here, he might not ever again. Though I guess it's always possible he lands in a final against someone else. But it's going to be hard.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
Really kept it together after the calamity of that 2nd set.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
As for Fed to make it to a final at 33 its just one more line to add to the legend.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
The one weird thing about Djokovic's resumé post-2011 is that he's underperformed at Slams relatively to his dominance everywhere else. This is the FIRST time since 2011 he's won multiple Slams in one year, and even with this he's only won 4 of the past 14 Slams (obv still great, but a small proportion given that he's mostly been a dominant No 1 in that period).
4 of the past 14, but now 3 of the past 5, so this is being redressed, it looks like
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
I was rooting for the old guy but man, those errors at the end. Such a shame after the way he's been playing these past few weeks.
― Roz, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
BONUS HINGIS STILL TO COME!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
Jury is still out for me - obv he is playing at a great level, but three of those slam wins came at a still coming back Murray in Australia and then an older great.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
you can only beat who they put in front of you tho, and as lex says his slam record if anything underrates his dominance
― wisdom be leakin out my louche douche truths (k3vin k.), Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
Murray and Federer, regardless of their stages, are probably the best rivals the ATP offers Djokovic right now. Stan as well, whom he also beat in Australia.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
There's definitely an "ATP lacks depth despite being incredibly strong at the top" argument but that's been true for the past decade.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
Hingis and Paes slaying out there
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
Absolutely - but its only really in that one year (2011) that you felt that Djokovic could have a level of dominance of peak Fed or Nadal.
He is favourite for the US open, but you always feel there is something unexpected around the corner. xp
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
Goodness. Peya and Babos barely winning points
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
Wow. A 41-minute 61 61 massacre. Martina Hingis, double Wimbledon champion just like 1997. And three trophies go to India!
Roll of honour:
Men's singles: Novak DjokovicWomen's singles: Serena WilliamsMen's doubles: Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia TecauWomen's doubles: Martina Hingis & Sania MirzaMixed doubles: Martina Hingis & Leander PaesBoys' singles: Reilly OpelkaGirls' singles: Sofya ZhukBoys' doubles: Nam Hoang Ly & Sumit NagalGirls' doubles: Dalma Galfi & Fanni Stollar
Ly - first Vietnamese Slam champion in history, I assume? I love the global diversity of this sport.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
A good Wimbers this year I think.
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
Jesus!!!!!!!!!! Look at the Boy's champion!
― holger sharkey (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
He's freakishly tall.
― ailsa, Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
New rankings!
1. Serena Williams (1)2. Maria Sharapova (4)3. Simona Halep (3)4. Caroline Wozniacki (5)5. Petra Kvitova (2)6. Ana Ivanovic (7)7. Agnieszka Radwanska (13)8. Lucie Safarova (6)9. Garbiñe Muguruza (20)10. Carla Suárez Navarro (9)11. Ekaterina Makarova (8)12. Karolina Pliskova (11)13. Angelique Kerber (10)14. Timea Bacsinszky (15)15. Venus Williams (16)16. Andrea Petkovic (14)17. Elina Svitolina (17)18. Madison Keys (21)19. Victoria Azarenka (24)20. Sara Errani (19)21. Belinda Bencic (22)22. Sabine Lisicki (18)23. Samantha Stosur (23)24. Svetlana Kuznetsova (25)25. Jelena Jankovic (30)26. Eugenie Bouchard (12)27. Flavia Pennetta (26)28. Alizé Cornet (27)29. Shuai Peng (28)30. Irina-Camelia Begu (31)...32. Coco Vandeweghe (47)41. Monica Niculescu (48)47. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (54)49. Magdalena Rybarikova (65)51. Heather Watson (59)62. Tatjana Maria (78)81. Olga Govortsova (122)110. Kristyna Pliskova (134)130. Jelena Ostapenko (147)
Lucic-Baroni back in the top 50 after a 15-year absence, that's kind of amazing. And Tatjana Maria has a better career high ranking as amother than she did in her first career now...
1. Novak Djokovic (1)2. Roger Federer (2)3. Andy Murray (3)4. Stan Wawrinka (4)5. Kei Nishikori (5)6. Tomas Berdych (6)7. David Ferrer (7)8. Milos Raonic (8)9. Marin Cilic (9)10. Rafael Nadal (10)11. Gilles Simon (13)12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12)13. Richard Gasquet (20)14. David Goffin (15)15. Kevin Anderson (14)16. Grigor Dimitrov (11)17. Gaël Monfils (18)18. John Isner (17)19. Feliciano López (16)20. Viktor Troicki (24)21. Tommy Robredo (19)22. Leonardo Mayer (21)23. Roberto Bautista Agut (22)24. Ivo Karlovic (25)25. Bernard Tomic (26)26. Andreas Seppi (27)27. Pablo Cuevas (23)28. Dominic Thiem (30)29. Vasek Pospisil (56)30. Juan Monaco (35)...37. Borna Coric (40)41. Nick Kyrgios (29)80. Dustin Brown (102)81. Alexander Zverev (74)89. James Ward (111)
― lex pretend, Monday, 13 July 2015 07:58 (eight years ago) link
wow, when's the last time the top 10 remained unchanged after a slam?
― wisdom be leakin out my louche douche truths (k3vin k.), Monday, 13 July 2015 08:18 (eight years ago) link
rewatched this final, incredible level the first two sets ~ what can you say abt fed in the 2nd set tiebreak? legendary
novak then bouncing back w the early break in the 3rd, he hit really hard and clean the last two sets and forced rog to make errors. the drama got sucked out of the match, & the rain delay didnt help either. wildly impressive performance regardless
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
Ha, at Tom D's:
Ah, Reilly Opelka, have ya stopped growin' yet?
Perhaps the only way to stop Novak was a global pandemic for which he will ultimately to refuse to take the eventually-developed vaccine.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link