2018 US Open Men's Quarterfinals: Nadal vs. Thiem

[Chris Koziarz]

No way, that would be upset of century. Come on, cool down.

No worries, I'm cool as you know me. I'm just paraphrasing my local down-under newspapers who hailed Millman as their hero and exaggerated the significance of his win over Fed yesterday as "one in a century". Because I'm more surprised by today first set than yesterday match, as probably most people are.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

Thrilled to see Thiem doing well. I thought Rafa's advantages on clay may be diminished on hard courts. I did not see a bagel coming.

Win or lose from here, Thiem can know that he's one of the few men to ever bagel Rafa and one of the even fewer men to bagel Rafa at a slam.

 

[atttomole]

Battle of attrition.

 

[DarthFed]

Nads will grind his way into this. I'm not watching so I will hope for a miracle from afar.

 

[Moxie]

@GameSetAndMath Thanks for trying to organize the conversation onto one thread. I'll try to keep it here. Some big shanking from Nadal. Apparently he's getting some racquets restrung. Though that won't help if you frame it.

 

[nehmeth]

Almost as though Thiem took a breather i

It wasn't pretty from Fed. But I do not think we can call it a trouncing.

Okay... decisively beaten by a journeyman

 

[Moxie]

To me, Rafa looks poor. I don't think you can call this all Thiem.

 

[atttomole]

I didn't know Thiem is such a decent server of the ball.

 

[nehmeth]

Ralph getting a little more rhythm.

 

[Moxie]

I didn't know Thiem is such a decent server of the ball.

No, Thiem has a good serve. That's one of his advantages. But he tends to pull back after serve.

 

[atttomole]

Thiem has to continue hitting the ball deep because if he hits it short, he will be in trouble. Nadal is deadly when he gets short balls.

 

[nehmeth]

Thiem has to keep mixing up his shots... he's getting pulled into Ralph's dance.

 

[Moxie]

Thiem has to keep mixing up his shots... he's getting pulled into Ralph's dance.

But Thiem is a rhythm player, too. He's not going to just turn into an S&V guy.

 

[Moxie]

That was the shot that Rafa needed! BP.

 

[nehmeth]

But Thiem is a rhythm player, too. He's not going to just turn into an S&V guy.

I didn't mean SV at all, he was varying the angles, depth and pace. Now he's just hitting the way Ralph likes it.

 

[DarthFed]

Thiem returning to clay specialist as expected

 

[Moxie]

Poor game from Thiem, a little bit of heartbreaker from Rafa, and we should have a match.

 

[Moxie]

Thiem returning to clay specialist as expected

Nadal is not a clay specialist, but, according to you, Thiem is. So what do you expect?

 

[nehmeth]

Just like that they're back on serve.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Seems as though Ralph learnt how to close out sets from Rog.