The Official Tennis Thread

[ThaGlow]

Winning a set breaking opponents serve so you can serve first the following set

 

[yoyoyo1]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/20140604/french-open-robin-soderling/

Three years ago at Wimbledon, Söderling felt sick. His throat hurt. His stomach didn't feel right. He had little energy. He lost to Bernard Tomic in straight sets in the third round. But then his health improved, and the week after Wimbledon, he won the Swedish Open without dropping a set. He was fifth in the world. And then, he says, the sickness he felt at Wimbledon came back in a fierce way. The diagnosis was mono. He withdrew from the 2011 U.S. Open, then the fall events, then the entire 2012 season. He hasn't played since.

The past few months, though, his health has improved. He weighs two pounds fewer than he did at the time of his last match. (The ATP Tour listed Söderling at 6-foot-4, 192 pounds.) He's been playing tennis again, mostly hitting at an indoor club, slowly easing back. If he pushes too hard, he spends the next day recovering. But he doesn't have the flu-like symptoms anymore. It's a balancing act, trying to kick-start a comeback without pushing too hard. In this case, the sports cliché rings true: "It's really one day at a time," he said.

 

[ThaGlow]

Novak with the gawdlike defense

 

[malbaker86]

Novak playing possum

 

[Ari Gold Bawse]

Djoker got this. I said it earlier and Ill say it again now. He's established himself as being the clear best player on tour and should beat Nadal.

nice jinx

 

[DALLASMAVERICKS]

djokovic

 

[Liu Kang]

Just tuned in
RAFAAAAA.

 

[ThaGlow]

Just tuned in
RAFAAAAA.

You missed a tense second set. Nadal kinda cruising this set.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Joker got Mono or something

 

[ThaGlow]

Yo this game right here...

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

nice jinx

Novak is immune to the jinx. Dont count him out until the last point is played. He got taken to 4 and 5 setters by players before and nearly always pulled out it. Nadal is far from a scrub, but its not like Rafa swept the clay court season.

Djokovic has a career lead on Rafa in grand slams and the most wins against him out of everyone.

 

[Ari Gold Bawse]

Novak is immune to the jinx. Dont count him out until the last point is played. He got taken to 4 and 5 setters by relative scrubs before and nearly always pulled out it. Nadal is far from a scrub, but its not like Rafa swept the clay court season.

french open is a different kettle of fish

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

french open is a different kettle of fish

Obviously, but if anyone can beat Nadal its Djokovic and I believe him to be a superior player at this point in their careers.

 

[Liu Kang]

That last point though

 

[Regular_P]

Goddammit, I'm sick of players beating themselves with unforced errors against Nadal.