Dubai Championship ATP 500

[Federberg]

^Yup. He's being made to look like an 18yr old kid today

 

[herios]

Looking like Coric's Big Four head-hunting will be stalled.

That was never a realistic possibility

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

hamster hamster.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

federers intercontinental ballistic backhand winner.

 

[Federberg]

you get the feeling that Coric, as he is presently, will do better against players who give him rhythm. Roger is probably just about his worst nightmare unfortunately

 

[Kirijax]

That was too easy. Makes Murray look even worse. If that's possible. :snicker

 

[herios]

you get the feeling that Coric, as he is presently, will do better against players who give him rhythm. Roger is probably just about his worst nightmare unfortunately

What is good about his run here is that he got deeper into the top 100, therefore he can now play all of the other guys and get used to their various styles. He will have tons of opportunities from here on to make his mark.

 

[herios]

Ajde Nole

 

[El Dude]

Looking like Coric's Big Four head-hunting will be stalled.

That was never a realistic possibility

Yet. The Force is strong in this one.

That was too easy. Makes Murray look even worse. If that's possible. :snicker

Or it just supports just how important match-up and mentality are to winning a match.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak about to hand Tomas a Bagel in the first set

Impressive tennis from Novak so far in this match

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak 6-0 in quick smart fashion

Ajde Novak!

 

[herios]

Tomas visits the gluten free bakery

 

[tenisplayrla08]

That tennis from Djokovic was down right phenomenal. Berdych was not playing poorly. He just wasn't able to get to some of Djokovic's shots and Djokovic turned some of Berdych's actually really solid shots into great defense. Just amazing. I cannot stress how amazing that set of tennis was. I love Roger, and this is his house. But he doesn't stand a chance tomorrow if Novak plays like that. If Novak plays even close to that. Yeah he's better than Berdych even at 33 or 34 but what Novak just produced is unstoppable. I hope I'm wrong. And we'll see in this upcoming set and against Roger if he can replicate it. But my bet is that he can. Crazy amazing.

 

[Federberg]

Lol! I'm not even bothering to watch this one. Clearly Novak has utterly broken Tomas now. He's better than this scoreline surely!

 

[tenisplayrla08]

No bagel this set. Berdych gets on board.

 

[herios]

Tomas pushed the reset button

 

[tenisplayrla08]

But now Djokovic with the break. First serves, second serves, doesn't mater. It's coming back. Hard. He is just ridiculous right now. Y'all know I'm not the biggest of Djokovic fans, but this is just beautiful. I hate it for those missing this.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

A little luck for Berdych gives him a half chance to break back at 0-30.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

And now triple break point.

 

[auto-pilot]

But now Djokovic with the break. First serves, second serves, doesn't mater. It's coming back. Hard. He is just ridiculous right now. Y'all know I'm not the biggest of Djokovic fans, but this is just beautiful. I hate it for those missing this.

I've already seen Berdych's serve made to look completely ineffective (for the last 8 years), and it had nothing to do with Djokovic.
For example 2010 Wimbledon Final.
No need to watch this beatdown (or attempted beatdown).