Grand Slam Australian Open (Day 8, Monday)

[Chief]

Day 9 thread:

Grand Slam - Australian Open (Day 9, Tuesday)

Australian Open Day 10 thread: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/australian-open-day-10-wednesday.1235266/

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[Xtreme]

Aussie Rafa does Australia proud

 

[GreyCrow]

Great game from both players

 

[caesar88]

Yessss!! Vamos Rafa !

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Nick played quite well, but Rafa is too strong.

 

[Fossie 32]

Drop shots are a coin flip. Not gonna get the job done against the elite with them

Yeah he has a fair success rate with them but dont like em much

 

[pepsi]

Great match. Well done rafa. Great tournament Nick.

 

[norway blue]

Well done to fight it out nick.


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[SSwans2011]

Didn't really get Australians cheering on Rafa. Great match though.

 

[vaughany]

Quality match. Nick was sliding for everything tonight. Genuinely gave 100% compared to previous year AO outings

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[StillAtLarge]

Good backhand wasn't it?

All round power

 

[Rod Stroker]

Rafa's serve came good when he needed it.

 

[NSWCROW]

Rafa's gonna Rafa

All i wanted to see from Nick after that 3rd set was to keep his head and fight it out.
He did exactly that so hats off.

Is this the best it gets though ?
He's too stubborn for his own good , he even said " i can't get through him " - well there's more than one way to win a point mate.

 

[Underarm]

Do you think it's old school tennis for a returner to stand 5-6 metres behind the baseline to return serve? Most courts that would not even be possible.

Nadal got lucky he didn't have to grind on the outside courts more because he won the FO at 19.

 

[Visions]

Fair play to Nick, didn't give up. Lost on two tiebreakers.

 

[danielnajdek]

Didn't really get Australians cheering on Rafa. Great match though.

Same thing happened when Millman was up against Roger. I know if I was at a match with a Aussie I'd be going for the Aussie.

 

[Neese]

Bummer

 

[MJG14]

I want Nadal to win this tournament.

 

[Tony Harrison]

Consistency and stamina.
A proven game plan most of the time.

 

[RAPPA]

Not an appropriate question McEnroe. Poor.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Woohoo, well done to both players.

Great match. Commiserations to Nick!

Vamos Rafa!

 

[Warsaw]

don't need any validation for backing nick for all these years

haters will inevitably come back at some point

* em, man is electric and i'll be on that ride wherever it goes.

 

[hamohawk1]

Nick has the firepower but besides his serve didnt seem to use his explosive forehand much the last two matches.

Also if he got the last match done in three would've he had a better choice.

 

[Visions]

I want Nadal to win this tournament.

If (when) he comes up against Djokovic, it will be a repeat of last years match where Djokovic wiped the floor with him unfortunately.

 

[Coasters7]

He did well to make a game of it given his last match and the length of these sets as well. If he finished off Karen a bit earlier he might have been good for a win here

 

[JamisonRun40]

NK also doesn't choose the right shot option on big points.