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[Deleted member 231381]

The English broadcast I'm watching just said the 4th set is "like Wii Tennis".

lol

wtf does that even mean

From my experience, mostly crazy dives to achieve even mundane shots.

 

[clemenx]

Grigor seems to be missing an extra gear for the important points but I'm pleased he's not completely collapsing. Hopefully bodes well for the rest of the year

 

[Randy Monk]

Grigor seems to be missing an extra gear for the important points but I'm pleased he's not completely collapsing. Hopefully bodes well for the rest of the year

The Australian commentators mentioned he is catching a second wind, so he has definitely upped his fitness.

 

[Deku Tree]

Rooting for this to be a five setter now!

 

[lucius]

I don't think Federer can win the final, we have seen this before when he was younger healthier, had he had straight set wins coming into the finals maybe he would have a decent shot. I didn't expect Fed to get in any more Major Finals so I guess that's a cool being a fan. But everything points to straight sets win or 4 set win for NadaI am sorry to say.

 

[wmlk]

Nadal's got this in the bag. The momentum's been his the entire set.

 

[JBwB]

Hold and break Dimitrov! I want to see a 5 setter!

 

[mordecaii83]

Go Rafa!!!

 

[Deku Tree]

Anybody can win a tie break.

 

[noshten]

Dimitrov just needs to serve consistently in the tiebreak and take it to a 5th. I favor him if this doesn't end here

 

[Nugg]

Anyone knows if you can stream/download past matches? I missed a couple this week and I'd love to watch them

 

[oti]

It's kinda hilarious how often Dimitrov thinks about running to the net but decides otherwise.

 

[clemenx]

That drop shit was so frustrating to watch he had a couple of chances to hit a good forehand

 

[JBwB]

Take it to a tiebreak! Really enjoying the match so far.

 

[AdventureRacing]

Definitely favour Nadal in a clutch situation. Still it's a tie breaker and anything can happen.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

It's kinda hilarious how often Dimitrov thinks about running to the net but decides otherwise.

As I and jai leng were saying, Dimitrov has no tennis brain. He doesn't understand which shot to hit when to construct a point or sometimes even just to finish it. Really frustrating to watch.

 

[Deku Tree]

I give dimitriof the edge in the tie break. His service games have looked much stronger

 

[Ricker]

Woo...still going and Tiebreak.

 

[JBwB]

That backhand...

Dimitrov is easily top 10 material now.

 

[AdventureRacing]

That backhand...

Dimitrov is easily top 10 material now.

I think few would question that. The question is if he can actually go on and challenge the big four and join the long list of players who have looked promising but never made anything of it.

 

[oti]

As I and jai leng were saying, Dimitrov has no tennis brain. He doesn't understand which shot to hit when to construct a point or sometimes even just to finish it. Really frustrating to watch.

Yeah, there were some terrible shot decisions. Like slice instead of top spin. And him running around his backhand to place the ball in the middle of the court with his forehand is super weird too.

 

[noshten]

つ _ ༽つ DIMI TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ _ ༽つ

 

[AdventureRacing]

He has the mini break, can he serve out the set?

 

[oti]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[clemenx]

You have to be with the jaw on the floor if you've followed Dimitrov's career. He would've gotten bageled in this set in previous years

 

[88random]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[AdventureRacing]

Should be able to put this set away now.

 

[JBwB]

Holy shit he wins the set!

Both on even terms now! Into the fifth we go!

Man both of the SF matches have been highly entertaining!

 

[oti]

You have to be with the jaw on the floor if you've followed Dimitrov's career. He would've gotten bageled in this set in previous years

He hit rock bottom in Istanbul. You can only go up from there.

WHAT WAS THAT SERVE AND VOLLEY NO DIMI NO

 

[AdventureRacing]

Awesome, another 5 setter. Have really enjoyed both semis.

 

[Ricker]

He hit rock bottom in Istanbul. You can only go up from there.

WHAT WAS THAT SERVE AND VOLLEY NO DIMI NO

Yeah,that was weird since they said he didnt do it all match lol...but no matter now

 

[oti]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU93NiF12qs

 

[Deku Tree]

Fifth set 16-14 Dimitriov.

 

[Sax Russel]

wtf was that first set point.

What is sleep?

This is fine though, it's not like Nadal has ever been tired in his life. Except maybe at the end of that one AO final with Djokovic that went like 10 hours =P

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Glad to see a fifth set. Dimitrov's got grit, no doubts there.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

11:40pm local time.
It'll be taxis home for this crowd.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Goddamn what a great game but please Grigor don't serve and volley like that ever again lol.

 

[Diprosalic]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GRIGOR TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[JBwB]

Nadal really wants that early break.

 

[Diprosalic]

11:40pm local time.
It'll be taxis home for this crowd.

Melbourne dead this early on a friday night?

 

[RelaxedOtter]

Great to see this get to the fifth set.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Needs to stop volleying. His net game is weak.

 

[oti]

wha are you doing?

 

[clemenx]

Holy fuck grigor what a save.

One more

 

[Sax Russel]

Hey this hasn't worked all match and I'm terrible at it, let's go for a couple!

 

[Omzz]

Nadal gonna kick himself for that one

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Chokes, chokes everywhere.

 

[JBwB]

The level of their play has to drop sooner or later.

Question is... Who will drop first?

Nice hold there.

 

[88random]

Fckn finally

 

[Mesousa]

Its over now. Nadal needed that break.