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Exceptional performance

Hoping for Medvedev but Novak doesn't lose big matches here. Djokovic in 4.

Seems that players who did their due diligence are much more understanding than those who didn't listen to the TA advice and are now falsely complaining the rules were changed on them.

This commentary is horrific

This is so easily disprovable that it baffles me why it seems to catch on. Same as the myth about night sessions when compared to other top players like Djokovic and Nadal.

The Post-US Open tournaments are always dull. Really the Finals should be now and then actually let the players have two months off.

A ban is not going to reform his behaviour. It will just amplify his victim complex.

With a potential R2 match against Nadal waiting I think Nick might actually put in for once

Fed does it easy. That was a poor match by Shapovalov, especially the first set.

His run to the final is classic Isner. 7-6, 7-6, 7-5, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6.

Underarm serve is fine IMO. More players should do it against Rafa considering how ridiculously far he stands back to return serve. I don't like him tkaing injury timeouts so often though.

Best longevity since Rosewall, ahead of Connors.

You'd say the same thing about a 19yo Kyrgios or Kokkinakis. It doesn't always pan out on just potential though.

Would be nice to Shapovalov really take it up to Djokovic but I think Djokovic will feast on his serve

It's an unfounded conspiracy. Can't remember where, but last year someone actually did a comparison because of how much is made of Federer apparently getting a dream run with night sessions and his day/night splits at the AO were essentially the same as Nadal/Djokovic over the past decade.

How often have any of those guys dropped a match to someone in the 17-32 range at a slam? The more even the field is the more impact the number of seeds has (so I do understand talking about it now that none of those guys are at their peak). For most of the past 15 years there could have been...

Fantastic finish. Great level of play and awesome to see such top quality players so invested in an exho.

Cracking match, heartbreaking end. Terrific fight from De Minaur all match.

I kind of agree with this, only in the sense that his game is rock solid so if he plays one of the big hitters and they have an off day he is right in it. On the flip side, even when he gets older/bigger/more powerful I think he will still play a lot of matches where the game isn't on his racquet.

Anyone able to watch the match? I had to be at work unfortunately. Considered the same Masters event for these purposes as Madrid because that's essentially what it switched to. Old Madrid then became Shanghai.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Era_tennis_records_%E2%80%93_men%27s_singles#Career_totals_3 Wikipedia (I know...) credits him with all 9 event slots. Seems like the Grand Prix series chopped and changed a lot in what it considered its Super Series each year so sometimes there were more than...

Lendl won all 9 way back when. Djokovic would be the second to get there, still an incredible achievement.

Federer vs Djokovic in the final. A return of one of the greatest rivalries in tennis. I'm going to tip Federer in 3 only because it's in Cincinnati.

Play suspended due to lightning almost I soon as I typed this lol

Federer-Wawrinka playing a good match at the moment on ESPN2. Goes to a third, first two sets both breakers.

It's not really the Davis Cup anymore. If the absolutely must do this essentially new tournament I hope they actually call it something different.

Hmmm. Can't win em all but I like McEnroe, Courier and Dokic which is more than I can say watching a lot of sports. Hopefully the hosts are really just hosting, not the quasi commentary role that the likes of Basil had at 7.

Unbelievable level right now

I've been all for a changing of the guard for a while now, but when the big 4 play each other in big matches I'm reminded how they elevated tennis. It's hard to see tennis getting back to this level, especially consistently, for a generation at least. Have to enjoy it while it lasts.

Bernie up a break. I thought one of them might be showing it for the potential meltdown factor if nothing else.