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I wanted Federer to win, but it was surprising and disappointing just how extremely one-sided the crowd were against Djokovic. All that booing when he argued against that challenge towards the end!

 

Not being a close follower of the sport outside of the late-rounds of Wimbledon, I'm not sure what exactly so many people in the crowd had against him?

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4 minutes ago, Nick R said:

I wanted Federer to win, but it was surprising and disappointing just how extremely one-sided the crowd were against Djokovic. All that booing when he argued against that challenge towards the end!

 

Not being a close follower of the sport outside of the late-rounds of Wimbledon, I'm not sure what exactly so many people in the crowd had against him?

 

He's not Federer. That's all it is. The crowd love Roger.

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8 minutes ago, Nick R said:

I wanted Federer to win, but it was surprising and disappointing just how extremely one-sided the crowd were against Djokovic. All that booing when he argued against that challenge towards the end!

 

Not being a close follower of the sport outside of the late-rounds of Wimbledon, I'm not sure what exactly so many people in the crowd had against him?

 

Federer gets the Crowd when he’s playing Murray.  It’s nothing against the opponent, it’s just they’re all Federer fans.

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21 hours ago, Minion said:

It's a tough one to take as he had match points at 8-7. I feel the crowd kinda distracted him as they were going mad, he really should have won that set.

Yeah it will haunt him I think. There was a guy getting out a big camera at the match points and everything. 

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Miner Willy

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I think that's fair, though with a couple of caveats:

  1. I reckon Federer's losses are backended to his mid/late 30s. I can name a bunch of these, and they're all late in his career. I believe - and I've read theories on this - that it's the mental intensity that goes missing as players get older. I distinctly remember author Pete Bodo, who wrote a book with Pete Sampras, talking about Sampras' views on this at some length.
  2. I think it's harder to remain consistent and close out matches as an aggressor than as someone who can revert to counter-punching when things get tight. I have no evidence whatsoever for this, and it probably betrays some personal bias.
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Miner Willy

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Actually, I can't think of as many as I thought, and some of them aren't that late. Off the top of my head I got:

  1. Wimbledon 2019 - Djokovic
  2. US Open 2011? - Djokovic
  3. US Open 2012? - Djokovic
  4. Wimbledon 2018 - Anderson
  5. Madrid (?) 2019 - Thiem
  6. Montreal or Cincinatti 2012 (?) - Tsonga
  7. Miami 2018 - Del Potro

This is a good quiz! I think Fed lost after reaching match point in one of his early losses to Nalbandian, though I can't remember where/when.

 

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Miner Willy

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Amazing news that Murray is ready to play singles in Cincinnati. It will be so great to see him play.

 

In other news: incredible play from Medvedev to take Thiem apart today. He's not a beautiful player by any means, but when he gets going I think he looks a certain future number 1. He's like Djokovic crossed with Gilles Simon, but with the wingspan and serve that come from being 6 foot 4. He must be a monster to play, I guess unless you can bamboozle him by mixing up the pace and spin as effectively as Federer did in Miami. 

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Miner Willy

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I thought that was an encouraging start from Murray. He's clearly miles from where he needs to be, but he competed and improved as it went on. It's just a question of whether the hip holds up and permits him the mobility he needs; the fitness and match sharpness will return if so. 

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Is there any way of somehow setting up my internet so it never ever shows me anything to do with Nick Kyrgios ever again? He is the most boring professional sportsperson on the planet but somehow there seems to be a news article about him being a douchebag every single day. It's worse than the trolls in the Labour thread.

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Miner Willy

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Having got past Cilic you have to think that only injury could now prevent Nadal reaching the final. That's as kind a slam quarters and semis line-up as he could have wished for.

 

I'm desperately hoping for a Federer-Nadal US Open meeting at long last - their first meeting there, and probably with the all-time slam total on the line too.

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