2022 USO SF: Alcaraz vs. Tiafoe

[Moxie]

If you are JCF, get yourself a ruler to pop those hands.

Are you talking old-school corporal punishment?

 

[kskate2]

I think Foe is out of gas. 4-2

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Vamos held to love that is the way!

 

[El Dude]

Come on Carlos...I want you to win, but I also want to go back to watching Marcella.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Are you talking old-school corporal punishment?

I am. Stop trying to paint the lines on crucial points. Pop! Every point in a tiebreak you lose, pop.

 

[kskate2]

Maybe Carlos is the anti-Dimitrov. Grigor also has elements of the Big 3, but seems to combine their worst elements

No. Dimi wish he was half the player Carilto is. There is no fear in this kid. Dimi has all kinds of fear, nerves, issues, etc.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seems like Alcaraz is stepping it up now...Huge FH

 

[Moxie]

Maybe Carlos is the anti-Dimitrov. Grigor also has elements of the Big 3, but seems to combine their worst elements

He's the anti-Dimitrov, so far, in that he's not disappointing. But Grigor did NOT have elements of the Big 3, even their worst. I see nothing of Nadal or Djokovic in him. He was baby Fed, but emphasis on the baby...by a lot.

 

[Moxie]

Blistering FH there from Big Foe.

 

[tossip]

This match has been good and Tiafoe is very entertaining.

 

[El Dude]

No. Dimi wish he was half the player Carilto is. There is no fear in this kid. Dimi has all kinds of fear, nerves, issues, etc.

Yeah, I know. Thus "Anti-Dimitrov."

 

[El Dude]

He's the anti-Dimitrov, so far, in that he's not disappointing. But Grigor did NOT have elements of the Big 3, even their worst. I see nothing of Nadal or Djokovic in him. He was baby Fed, but emphasis on the baby...by a lot.

You're ruining my joke.

How about this one: Grigor is the plastic surgery version of Federer.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Alcaraz Hold Forever Vamos!...won opening point on his serve good start

 

[Moxie]

You're ruining my joke.

How about this one: Grigor is the plastic surgery version of Federer.

How about this one: Grigor is the amateur pickle ball version of Federer.

 

[El Dude]

I'm amazed at how calm and collected Alcaraz is. This is one way he's different than the Big 3. Roger was a lot more hot-tempered at 19, from what I remember, and of course Rafa and Novak have always been demonstrative. Alcaraz's moments of emotion seem relatively tame, and his resting level is all business, a bit Sampras-like.

 

[kskate2]

4-3. kid is 8 pts away

 

[Moxie]

Tiafoe's chair looks like a teenager's bedroom.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Another huge service game from Alcaraz, showing no signs of fatique at all

 

[kskate2]

now 4 pts away

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

4-3. kid is 8 pts away

SSH lol!