2019 Wimbledon QF: Federer vs. Nishikori

[tented]

Who wins?

 

[monfed]

Fed in 4 but hopefully Fed in straight sets.

 

[tented]

Federer in 3.

 

[Bonaca]

Maestro in easy 3 sets! His grass game is just too good.

 

[AnonymousFan]

Federer in 3 if Kei doesn’t retire

 

[mrzz]

Kei misses an easy overhead to avoid being bagelled in the first and commits harakiri in the middle of the court. Federer gets traumatized and retires immediately.

 

[don_fabio]

Nishikori actually doesn't have a bad h2h against fed, 3 wins and 7 losses. The only problem is they play in Fed's living room. I just hope we will have some competitive matches in QF as R16 was mostly boring (except Pella/Raonic).

 

[atttomole]

Federer in 4, but I don’t exclude a surprise if Federer is off.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I was not impressed with Fed until his most recent match. Now that I changed my mind about his form, I am voting for Fed in 3.
Further, he would want to save all energy for possible Fedal XL and so would want to get out of court quickly.

 

[Moxie]

Kei beat Roger in straights in their last meeting at the WTF. Food for thought. I think Kei will take a set. He has a solid ROS. He won't be overwhelmed by the moment a là Berrettini, but, Roger might be in no mood, and just blow him out in 3.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

On the grass, even though Kei has been solid on the grass, Fed is the clear favorite. But if Fed is off, Kei is a man that can take advantage of it. It's really that simple. If Fed plays well, he should win this in 4 or less. If Fed starts slow, the first set could go to Kei quickly. But it could also be Kei that starts slow and Fed could take the first set in a flash.

I hate that Kei ended up in this quarter. But if I have to pick between the two, I'm rooting for Fed because I don't know how many more chances he has to win this thing. But if Kei surprises us, seeing as there's nothing I can do about it, I'll be happy for Kei. Disappointed still a bit. But certainly happy for Kei.

Tactically. It's Kei's serve that is his weakness. He has a good serve for his size. He goes for it. He makes a high percentage of first serves most of the time. But he's 5'11" and that means he just can't dominate with that serve. Never has. Never will. It's fine against most of the tour, though he still gets beaten by guys he should beat all the time. It's why even though he can construct a point as well as the big 3 and can more than hang with them in rallies, he always loses to Novak. Novak will break Kei more than Kei can break Novak. On Kei's own serve, he too often starts on the back foot against the big 3. And that should be true for Fed tomorrow as well. It's been Fed that has come out on top in 7 of their 10 meetings. I will say all of their matches have been close or somewhat close. We've seen Nishikori take Fed to 5 sets in Australia. He won their last match at the YEC last year in two tight sets.

Of the big 3, just because of his age, on paper I'd say Fed is the most likely to be upset. His opponent is in the top 10. Has been in the top 10 most of his career. Has a slam final. Has been to the quarters of all the slams. Is firmly ensconced in the second tier. And Fed is the lowest ranked of the big 3. The oldest and has had the "worst" year of the big 3. But it took Anderson 5 sets and deep into the 5th set to beat Fed last year. I think Nishikori would have to play some out of this world tennis, that I haven't seen from him in a long time, to beat Fed tomorrow.

 

[Hamidreza Roohian]

Fed will win in three maybe one tiebreak. The real question is how would he fare against Nadal. The bounce here is at its extreme lowin comparison so that will help while the speed is not as fast so that helps nadal. If he could do it in Miami17 why not here?
https://us.blastingnews.com/sports/...the-surface-makes-a-difference-002944359.html

 

[isabelle]

I'll root for the Samurai, hope he won't retire or W/O

 

[atttomole]

I'll root for the Samurai, hope he won't retire or W/O

At least you have to tell us your favorite player. I will make guesses. Puollie, Djokovic, Nadal, Nalbandian, Murray....

 

[tenisplayrla08]

I'll root for the Samurai, hope he won't retire or W/O

I've seen either you or a couple other people mention Kei retiring in this match and that's just .... he retires when he is dead. When he's played multiple 5 setters and his body can't go anymore. There is zero reason to believe he would retire in this match. Has barely lost a set the last week.

 

[tented]

Samurai breaks in the first game.

 

[Moxie]

Samurai breaks in the first game.

Yeah, but you'll probably need that preprogramed break-back key before too long.

 

[Federberg]

Uniqlo must be having a wet dream right now...

 

[DarthFed]

Not with Roger's ROS you don't. Fed's serve has not been convincing since the middle of 2018. A big part of why he's done poorly since then, he can't rely on getting breaks every set.

 

[tented]

Uniqlo must be having a wet dream right now...

Yesterday I was wondering what they have planned for the Tokyo Olympics next year. What an opportunity.