2019 Roland Garros Men's Final: Rafael Nadal vs. Dominic Thiem

[backhandslapper]

that's one thing I think Mats got right... I seriously believe Feds has been playing the second best tennis of his life

 

[tenisplayrla08]

Yeah backhandslapper. I feel like they had their quarter life crises and realized they needed a change and made it happen. Had the money to do it. To bring in guys like Becker and Edberg and Lendl who had been there before.

 

[Moxie]

Thiem's hanging his hopes on a TB, I'm convinced.

 

[tented]

Rafa’s going to go for the break here.

 

[tented]

Sweet BH

 

[backhandslapper]

Dom may arrest him for jaywalking

 

[DarthFed]

Roger isn't close to playing his best tennis of his career

 

[DarthFed]

Have you seen his last 4 losses at majors?

 

[atttomole]

I agree. Roger is not even close to third best of his career.

 

[backhandslapper]

actually, he is... he just has troubles maintaining that level throughout the match

 

[tenisplayrla08]

I think Fed does a lot of things better these days. Naturally you get better at things as you do them more or focus on improving things here and there. But his level in his mid twenties was just so high it's hard to see how he could be considered better than that.

 

[DarthFed]

Mats has long been a Fed hater, no surprise to see him make dumb comments that make Roger look awful

 

[Moxie]

How'd he miss that?

 

[tenisplayrla08]

His volleys weren't as good back then. He had other areas to improve. But what he was good at, he was so good at it that he was nearly unbeatable. And I think recency bias gets in our brains and we forget how good people were 10 years ago.

 

[tennisville]

Is it me or does it feel like the level dropepd

 

[mrzz]

Oddly enough this set is the one that Thiem scored most games against Nadal at RG

 

[mrzz]

Even though he played the first quite better

 

[mrzz]

It did, TV

 

[DarthFed]

Being able to maintain a high level is part of overall game though. A guy who is only lights out 50% of the match is not as good as the younger one who played great nearly all the time

 

[tennisville]

Both are playing badly missing easy points