Tennis 2019: Plus ça change...

jon abbey

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I like Djokovic. Love Federer. I would love to see him get another Wimbledon title. A 5 set classic would be nice.
I love Djokovic. Like Federer. I would love to see him pass Federer in GS titles. A three set whooping would be nice.
 

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Fed’s forehand right now is not sharp.
No doubt about it, he just blew one on break point when the game was his, and immediately comes out with 2 awful forehands to open the next game getting him into trouble
 

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Oh god the forehand is a nightmare, just completely gave away a point in the tiebreak there
 

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Ugh that was very poor,. Just a number of sloppy shots there after having a real chance in that break
 

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As Jon Wertheim points out, similar in reverse to the start of the Fed/Nadal match. Fed stole the first set in a tiebreak and then Nadal crunched him in the second set.
 

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Now it gets interesting. We will see whether Djokovic can get his A game back, he certainly had it in the first set
 

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Djoker with the hold, but still isn't looking sharp at the moment
 

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Djoker looking better that game. Roger may regret not being able to get a quick break here
 

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Had a set point go by there, seemed like the serve wasn't that good, but Roger couldn't do anything with it
 

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What a strange match, Djokovic being badly outplayed but two sloppy tiebreaks from Fed and he is up 2 sets to 1. Not facing a break point yet still losing two sets is like an Isner match.
 

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Being down 2 sets to 1 having not faced a SINGLE break point against your serve has to be disheartening. It’s amazing, really.
 

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Big pressure on both players to not be broken, I think even more pressure on Novak who can't even sniff a break point.