2019 ROLAND GARROS

BP and MP

Done!

Well that was decisive.

She has just been ruthless. Vondrousova could've made a match out of this but no chance was given.

Ash Barty, Two-Time Smotherer of Teenage Glory

right, mastered this tennis lark, come back to cricket now

Just got back home to two gorgeous points, Thiem has just broken in the 1st

Looks like he is going to break at the next but every point is crazy

Astonishing rally to break back

This is jesus level

Incredible hold by Nadal, Thiem is giving everything he's got.

Nadal broke which the most sublime bit of cour coverage on the Thiem drop shot

6-3. How was Nadal not taken to a tie-break. If I was a sportswriter I'd be shitting myself to describe what has gone on here

On serve so far but Thiem not putting any pressure on Nadal's serve and its fucking me up

15/30, some danger signs for Rafa...for the very first time this set

15/40, two SPs Thiem

Yes, so well played and constructed!

its in play that rafa loses this, words i never thought id type tbh

Thiem is 0/40 down - just a mix of mistakes here.

and Nadal has gone up a level, responded - a couple of beautiful plays at the net

0/30, Thiem has yet to win a point in 2.5 games

well, he won one point

rip domi

I think you should ask the mod to delete your previous post johnny

fuck me wtf that was incredible get, the anticipation and the ball bouncing away from Thiem into the net

Follows with an ace and then 4-0 in 15 mins

xxp there were 90 seconds when it was true~

ok Thiem has won a game nicely - hopefully he can give us one great effort in the 4th.

fuck me 6-1

30-30 on the Nadal serve in the 4th. We might get a good set instead of a coronation

Mods if I am wrong delete me

well at least Nadal had to dig a bit

Two beautiful returns from Nadal - 0/30

Broken again

nadals ad-court serve saves him so often, just beautiful

Thiem fighting at the next. One BP here, involving a great defensive lob

first serve in the net :(

3-0, incredible response from 1-1 set all.

This is insane man, 0/30 with that.

3 BPs saved with two aces

To serve for a 12th French Open

The scheduling plays a part, no doubt:

If Thiem had played a Tuesday QF, got 2 days off, won his SF in straights, and Rafa had to play 4 straight days, let us not pretend sets 3 and 4 would have gone as they have.

If you dispute that, you're not being intellectually serious.

— Matt Zemek (@mzemek) June 9, 2019

The scheduling plays a part, but the "if he'd won his semifinal in straight sets" is a big if that doesn't have to do with the schedule. Likewise Rafa arriving having played almost all straight-set matches was not some fluke.

Agreed on that bit however it would've been good to see a Monday final ideally, which of course wouldn't work for TV.

I was out of town this weekend so not able to watch much of this. I do wonder what would have happened with better weather Fri/Sat. Thiem was in the zone from R4 onwards and the rain delays only served to halt his momentum vs Djokovic. That semi played in a single session may well have been a straight sets win.

Shortly after the second set someone tweeted "Thiem now the only man currently under 30 to have won a set in a GS final". I'd like to say that's changing in the next few weeks, but who amongst the NextGen looks comfortable on grass? Maybe Sascha is coming out of his slump. Tsitsipas for the US Open.

xp

Watched that semi and it would've been more like four sets but with the Sat to recover.

Reckon Nadal would've been taken to a 5th yesterday.

Well if you really wanna entertain "what if"s about the weather, those ridiculous winds on Friday were a killer to both Djokovic's and Federer's chances with their flatter shotmaking. No telling who might have made it to the finals. Same goes for the women's side.

Maybe we need an indoor Slam :)

Bring back the WCT Finals in Dallas. The Handsome (One Hundred And Twenty-)Eight.

That's insane that the 2nd set made Thiem the only men's player now under 30 to have won a set in a Grand Slam final, as noted upthread. After Cilic and Del Potro's birthdays last September, there were none. The only players under still 30 to have made a final, Nishikori (2014 US), Roanic (2016 Wimbledon) and Thiem (2018 French) had all lost in straight sets.

The other cray-cray stat is that 53 of the last 64 Grand Slam tournaments have been won by Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic.