almost
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 September 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
gdamn
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 September 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
Disclosure: Djokovic looks a little like (a younger more handsome more athletic smarter more well rounded idealized better version of) me
― chinavision!, Monday, 14 September 2015 02:47 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 September 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
rich too
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 September 2015 02:55 (nine years ago) link
novak has had a really incredible year, props
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 September 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
oh no I'm rich
― chinavision!, Monday, 14 September 2015 03:01 (nine years ago) link
sweet
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 September 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link
saw the first set-and-a-half before falling asleep, felt a lot like the Wim final. Commentators fawning over Federer's surprise returns making me cringe now, can't even bring myself to acknowledge their name for it and knew that it wouldn't be successful against Djokovic a second time - it's a mental tactic more than anything else. Awesome year for Novak, feels routine at this point. RG is the question now...
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 08:19 (nine years ago) link
I saw three sets and went to bed at 3am. I am thanking the gods for the existence of coffee..
It was closer than Wimbledon and the 'surprise return' was deployed every now and then - it did seem to seed bits of doubt in Djokovic. Overall it was quite a thing to see in a slam final, from someone like Federer who is thought as the height of elegance. He'll do what it takes, and we all know that.
Overall though it was a brilliant match - the way D answered some of that stuff from Fed (those remarkable back-to-back lobs), the 20-shot game where Novak held on for dear life and really was under the cosh for most of the 3rd set before - really almost out of nowhere - turning around with some magnificent tennis to break Fed's serve. Knew the game was up at the end of that.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 14 September 2015 08:29 (nine years ago) link
btw people who yell during someone's toss should be waterboarded― usic ally (k3vin k.), Monday, 14 September 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Monday, 14 September 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
cosign
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 14 September 2015 08:30 (nine years ago) link
Only criticism of Fed is he didn't seem to carry those kinds of tactics in the 1st set.
But its stil head-scratching how he can keep defying his age (all the questionable strength of the tour aside) and doing all of this. Maybe 35 year old slam champions will be the norm in 20 years.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 14 September 2015 09:22 (nine years ago) link
Roll of honour:
Men's singles: Novak DjokovicWomen's singles: Flavia PennettaMen's doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas MahutWomen's doubles: Martina Hingis & Sania MirzaMixed doubles: Martina Hingis & Leander PaesBoys' singles: Taylor Harry FritzGirls' singles: Dalma GalfiBoys' doubles: Felix Auger-Aliassime & Denis ShapovalovGirls' doubles: Viktoria Kuzmova & Aleksandra Pospelova
Auger-Aliassime is the youngest player in the ATP top 1000, born in 2000...
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
New women's rankings...
1. Serena Williams (1)2. Simona Halep (2)3. Maria Sharapova (3)4. Petra Kvitova (4)5. Lucie Safarova (6)6. Caroline Wozniacki (5)7. Ana Ivanovic (7)8. Flavia Pennetta (26)9. Garbine Muguruza (9)10. Karolina Pliskova (8)11. Angelique Kerber (11)12. Carla Suarez Navarro (10)13. Timea Bacsinszky (14)14. Agnieszka Radwanska (15)15. Belinda Bencic (12)16. Elina Svitolina (17)17. Andrea Petkovic (18)18. Madison Keys (19)19. Roberta Vinci (43)20. Ekaterina Makarova (13)21. Sara Errani (16)22. Samantha Stosur (22)23. Victoria Azarenka (20)24. Venus Williams (23)25. Jelena Jankovic (21)26. Eugenie Bouchard (25)27. Sabine Lisicki (24)28. Kristina Mladenovic (40)29. Alize Cornet (27)30. Irina-Camelia Begu (28)...33. Sloane Stephens (29)58. Johanna Konta (97)80. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (101)96. Anett Kontaveit (152)97. Aleksandra Krunic (65)104. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (48)
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 10:48 (nine years ago) link
I saw about 5 minutes of this in a bar last night. What has Robert Redford got on his head these days?
Also I bet Boris Becker still has awesome thighs.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 September 2015 10:51 (nine years ago) link
great tourney imo
didn't know pennetta and fognini were dating/engaged, that's cool
anyone who missed the late nite fab/nadal match shd check out @ least the last few sets. I mean I saw it and I want to rewatch it
― johnny crunch, Monday, 14 September 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link
petition for 50% fewer shorts of stoic celebrity coaches tho
about two of you remember Becker as a player, right?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 September 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
that's the one I most regret missing
New men's rankings...
1. Novak Djokovic (1)2. Roger Federer (2)3. Andy Murray (3)4. Stan Wawrinka (5)5. Tomas Berdych (6)6. Kei Nishikori (4)7. Rafael Nadal (8)8. David Ferrer (7)9. Milos Raonic (10)10. Gilles Simon (11)11. Richard Gasquet (12)12. Kevin Anderson (14)13. John Isner (13)14. Marin Cilic (9)15. David Goffin (15)16. Feliciano Lopez (19)17. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (18)18. Ivo Karlovic (21)19. Grigor Dimitrov (17)20. Dominic Thiem (20)21. Viktor Troicki (22)22. Roberto Bautista Agut (23)23. Bernard Tomic (24)24. Gael Monfils (16)25. Andreas Seppi (25)26. Jeremy Chardy (27)27. Tommy Robredo (26)28. Fabio Fognini (32)29. Jack Sock (28)30. Thomaz Bellucci (30)...32. Benoit Paire (41)42. Nick Kyrgios (37)51. Donald Young (68)92. Nicolas Almagro (114)
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, September 14, 2015 10:23 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
um hello thats why hes a celebrity
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Having congratulated myself at getting the kids to bed by 9:40, the rain delay totally ruined any chances I had of streaming this so I was left with fitful dreams in which Federer went 6-1 6-3 up, only to wreck his ankle stepping on a stray ball. Woke at 1:45am to see (through my ScoreFlash phone app only - no video) that Fed was still capable of walking, but actually a set down. Woke again around 3:15 to see Djokovic go a double-break up in set 4. Drifted in and out of sleep as Fed mounted his comeback. If he'd taken any of the bps in the last game I may well have sat up and tried to find a stream on the laptop, sleep be damned.
Looking fwd to the roof next year - though the USTA will probably go with 8pm local Monday night or something idiotic for the men's final.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 14 September 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO2QhvrWEAAXXfU.jpg
― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 September 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link