Dubai Duty Free Championships, UAE, ATP 500

[Federberg]

I too view the Coric-Fed match as a tough one for the Swiss Maestr. He has to clean the game up and hit out early to get ahead. I tend to believe he will and that this is over in straights. I think he really wants to win this event again.

I think it's more than tough to be honest. I'll even go as far as to say that this match is a sign post match. It will tell us Roger's intentions for the year. This is about will, if not form. He needs to find a way to win this one, even if he's not playing great. Whether he does or not will tell us how capable he is and how badly he still wants it. I'm not optimistic

 

[Moxie]

Well, Tsitsipas d. Monfils was an entertaining match. Stefanos is going into the top 10 on Monday. What a 12 months or so it's been for him, huh?

 

[Andy22]

Well done S.Tisitsipas top 10 for first time great match by him and monfils as well, lets hope he can do the same thing in the final.

 

[herios]

Helluva of effort by Stefanos to win this SF against Gael .
Congrats to the young Greek star to come out as a winner of this grueling match.
And of course, he becomes the youngest member of the top 10.

 

[Federberg]

watch out Sascha, there's a new young gun in town and he just might have more serious intentions than you do..

 

[herios]

watch out Sascha, there's a new young gun in town and he just might have more serious intentions than you do..

I think Stefanos has a better attitude overall than Saasha.
There were so many moments in this match when Stefanos got frustrated and looked like he will lose. But he dealt with them with maturity, pulled himself together and fought to the end, ultimately paying off for him.
Never die attitude is a big asset.

 

[tented]

Never die attitude is a big asset.

Exactly. Just ask the Big Three.

To quote Galaxy Quest, “Never give up! Never surrender!”

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Fed up by double break, serving at 4-1 in first set.

 

[shawnbm]

Very important for Federer to go up early to win against the youngster. Borna will not give up.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Fed closes out the first set 6-2.

 

[Federberg]

that was a surprisingly comfortable set. Now this one will be interesting. Bad Roger acts like all he has to do is hang about and Coric will flame out, which will never happen. Let's hope Bad Roger has gone where the sun doesn't shine...

 

[mrzz]

can anyone post a link to a stream?

 

[Andy22]

Federer way too good in the first set,coric just looks out of it at the moment after three 3 sets matches in a row.

 

[Federberg]

can anyone post a link to a stream?

I'm watching on Amazon Prime mate, but I think it's location enabled

 

[Federberg]

hmmmm…. Roger a break up already. Seems like he's in the mood today, or perhaps Coric isn't

 

[Federberg]

really seems like Coric isn't on it to be honest, but at the same time Roger's not really doing too much wrong. Workman like

 

[mrzz]

I'm watching on Amazon Prime mate, but I think it's location enabled

thanks, I am way from home and just realized that my internet connection is not good enough for streaming. Will catch the highlights later...

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Coric looks tired, Roger looks better than all his matches this week. Not a good combo for Coric.

 

[Federberg]

well that was over in a blink. On now to Tsitsipas tomorrow. Let's get 100 finally please

 

[Andy22]

Easy win for federer against a tired coric, but hes going to get wiped out in the final by S.tsitsipas.