Koepfer's serve stopped being effective and Medvedev won the next 2 sets. He's still doing enough damage on the Medvedev serve but just can't hold himself.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Impressive fighting spirit from Medvedev since my last post.....that is his 61st match in 2019, Grand Slams are so tough and Köpfer is still a tough opponent.
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Obviously not a shock but i have expected much more from Keys against Svitolina.
Koepfer's got to back this run with some good results in Asia and not let this just be a one off. He's showed so much in his game today that deserves praise.
Novak doesn't take his chance to break and then gets broken himself.
Stan serving well.
Stan serving well.
Double break back point for Novak and he can't take either. One ace.
This feels a lot like the final these guys played here. Novak was 3/17 on BP that day and he's 0/3 already today.
This feels a lot like the final these guys played here. Novak was 3/17 on BP that day and he's 0/3 already today.
Stan is just acing his way to the set right now. If his level of serving drops, he's going to find it tough.
Stan takes the first set 6-4.
He's going to win here, beat Medvedev and then lose in 3 sets in the semis, isn't he?
He's going to win here, beat Medvedev and then lose in 3 sets in the semis, isn't he?
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Novak finally converts a BP at the 5th time of asking. 2-0 in the second.
4-1 up to 4-4. Some very very loose games from Djokovic including two double faults to get broken.
Wawrinka serving for the second set.
Think Novak is losing this one.
Awful 2nd set from him.
Awful 2nd set from him.
Djokovic is done. That's the match
Also, yet again an American crowd is an absolute disgrace. Cheering Novaks double faults is really poor form.
Novak is feeling out of sorts today
He's trying to keep points short and playing some really stupid drop shots. He's also serving slower than earlier in the tournament. That shoulder is definitely affecting him imo.
Wawrika can blow away anybody when he's on fire. If he beats Djokovic, could be a strong bet for the whole thing.
He's going to easily go down to Federer yet again.
Crowd pathetic booing him.
American crowds really are the absolute worst in the world. How on earth can you boo the guy for retiring? He's been in obvious pain all week.
Why are they booing him? Why are tennis crowds such weapons? He should do a Mendelev (?).
Last year it was the Serena farce. US open crowds making the others look like angels.
Last year it was the Serena farce. US open crowds making the others look like angels.
I think he will. Medvedev hasn't been that sharp himself. If Koepfer served better he'd have definitely taken him to 5 sets at the very least.
Federer's cakewalk draw gets even easier now with Djokovic out.
If Federer makes it that far. And he looked rough in his first couple of games as well. Nothing can be assumed.
Isn't Nadal's draw piss easy?
Djokovic would have won the tournament if he was fit. Him retiring is something he wouldn’t take lightly so the crowd to boo him was stupid. He wouldn’t do it if he was in real pain and you could see his game wasn’t right.
I think they should give Indian Wells the grand slam...
I think they should give Indian Wells the grand slam...
38 year old player gets cakewalk draw whose path included the world number one.
Nadal, if he makes the final, isn't going to beat Federer. Federer has just become the far superior player now in their H2Hs outside of clay.
Djokovic seemed extremely pissed with the crowd at the end and rightly so.
There's no guarantee he'd beat Wawrinka let alone win the tournament.
R1 : Nagal
R2 : Dzumhur
R3 : Evans
R4 : Goffin
QF : Dimitrov
This is without any major seeds or threats even crashing out of his draw. Only Kei lost and he's about as difficult an opponent for the Big 3 as Dimitrov
So yeah, like it's been said since the draw came out, he's got an absolute walkover to the semis here and now with even Novak gone, it opens up even more.
Got to feel for Novak though. Even fully fit, Stan, Medvedev, Federer and Nadal back to back is just a brutal draw. Would have been one of his biggest titles ever if he'd won it this year.
Obviously Nadal and Fed are favourites now.
But I’m not going to discount Medvedev or Wawrinka. Wawrinka more likely as I think Medvedev is a good match up for Nadal. Rublev played well last game and Zverevs still about. Not forgetting that Cillic even though he’s out of form for the past year is a past champion.
Obviously everyone wants Fed vs Nadal and I hope we get it. But it’s not going to be straight forward as everyone thinks. More pressure on them now Djokovic is out.
But I’m not going to discount Medvedev or Wawrinka. Wawrinka more likely as I think Medvedev is a good match up for Nadal. Rublev played well last game and Zverevs still about. Not forgetting that Cillic even though he’s out of form for the past year is a past champion.
Obviously everyone wants Fed vs Nadal and I hope we get it. But it’s not going to be straight forward as everyone thinks. More pressure on them now Djokovic is out.
These are standard early round opponents.R1 : Nagal
R2 : Dzumhur
R3 : Evans
R4 : Goffin
QF : Dimitrov
This is without any major seeds or threats even crashing out of his draw. Only Kei lost and he's about as difficult an opponent for the Big 3 as Dimitrov
So yeah, like it's been said since the draw came out, he's got an absolute walkover to the semis here and now with even Novak gone, it opens up even more.
No guarantee for who?
Djokovic half injured today lost 6-4 and 7-5. It’s clear injury was hampering his play. He wasn’t thrashed he just couldn’t play the point he wanted to.
Djokovic.
Wawrika was on fire today. He may have still won and we don't know much Djokoviv's shoulder hampered him in the first set and and a half.
Point is there are no guarantees of winning at the highest level. If he was not injured, this would still be a competition with fine margins of victory/defeat. Of course I agree that the crowd should not boo - whether you are a big contender for the title, or not.
I can understand booing Medvedev but Djoko looked obviously unfit.
Well it clearly hampered him because he was trying to shorten every point which is not what Djokovic usually does and he was making more unforced errors than Stan of all people who win/lose you expect to make more unforced errors against Djokovic. Never seen a set where Djokovic has made 17 unforced errors like he did in the second set.
Despite being hampered by the shoulder, it was a pretty close match. It was obvious all match Djokovic was serving slower than usual, trying to cut down points as much as possible. A fully fit Djokovic doesn't play the way he did today. He served and volleyed down BP on the back of a slow second serve! He was that off his usual game.
Rafa had Millman (Federer's conqueror of last year) in R1 and then Cilic/Isner and Khachanov (who really should have beaten Rafa last year) before the semis. Novak had Stan and Medvedev before the SFs. It is possible to get challenging opponents on your way to the SF.
It's just typical behavior from American crowds and you see this every year. Djokovic must be absolutely fuming with that treatment.
Good chance now though for Rafa or Roger to pull away a bit from Novak or for a completely new Champion. If Medvedev hadn't been struggling all week with cramps and adductor issues, I'd back him to beat Stan but think Stan will just about edge it.
This is just sad. Fed lost to random players frequently nowadays, doesn’t make them a true threat. Cilic has been wank all year, and the youngsters fell by the wayside. Fed ‘walkover’ draw by your own logic includes 3 players who have beaten him in the last 12 months, one of them the world no.1, yet it is the easier one to Nadal’s?