Doha Tournament

[nehmeth]

Even with a bad hand and Rafa playing decent tennis... Nole's outclassing him.

I see Nole served up a nice breadstick. Is Novak just crushing him? Is it closer than the score would lead you to believe?

Ralf is hitting well. Check his winner/ufe in the first set. Nole is simply beating him to a pulp.

 

[Riotbeard]

Two break points for Novak in the first game of the second.

 

[nehmeth]

Nole breaks him on the opening game of the 2nd set. Rafa is playing his heart out.

 

[Front242]

Even with a bad hand and Rafa playing decent tennis... Nole's outclassing him.

I see Nole served up a nice breadstick. Is Novak just crushing him? Is it closer than the score would lead you to believe?

Ralf is hitting well. Check his winner/ufe in the first set. Nole is simply beating him to a pulp.

Yeah, missed till the first game of set 2 there but they said Rafa had 7 winners and only 5 ufes in set 1 so he's playing well but just getting destroyed by Novak. It's like Williams v Sharapova out there.

 

[Front242]

Rafa has been reduced to cheering Novak's errors now.

 

[Riotbeard]

It will be interesting to see how Rafa responds to this potential loss...

 

[nehmeth]

Baseline points won thus far 22 Nole - 9 Rafa

 

[nehmeth]

It's like Williams v Sharapova out there.

Except the bigger arse is losing this time. :snicker

 

[mrzz]

Even with a bad hand and Rafa playing decent tennis... Nole's outclassing him.

I see Nole served up a nice breadstick. Is Novak just crushing him? Is it closer than the score would lead you to believe?

It always looks a bit closer, as Nadal is a fighter. But this is a slaughter.

 

[nehmeth]

Thus far winners/ufe

Nole 22/8
Rafa 9/9

 

[Front242]

Gotta love it. Last 2 points were a total massacre.

 

[dante1976]

To simply put it in one short phrase... Tennis porn

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[nehmeth]

:eyepop

What a match from Djokovic! 4-1

The rest of the tour should be grateful he saves his best tennis for the big matches.

 

[Front242]

Frew McMillan just said he "felt sorry for Nadal in those last 2 points of the previous game being pounded like a butcher tenderizes meat."

 

[Front242]

6-2 6-2 last year at Beijing was the worst beating Nadal has had by Djokovic but the scoreline looks likely to be nastier today.

 

[nehmeth]

Frew McMillan just said he "felt sorry for Nadal in those last 2 points of the previous game being pounded like a butcher tenderizes meat."

Have been enjoying his commentary thus far.

 

[DarthFed]

Nice to start off the season with a Spanish-style barbecue

 

[Front242]

Amazing performance by Novak and officially the hardest beatdown he's handed Nadal both to watch and in terms of the scoreline.

 

[nehmeth]

Novak was toying with Nadal out there toward the end. Unbelievable play from him today.

 

[Front242]

And Nadal actually played well today! Just utterly outclassed.