Nitto ATP Finals 2022, Turin, Italy

[nehmeth]

How many of us think Meddy will customarily drop serve here not even forcing Djoke into a TB.

Medvedev has become very adept at failing to close out matches.

 

[kskate2]

I'm shocked. SHOCKED that he held serve...

 

[Moxie]

And Novak breaks back.

For a dead rubber, this has been a long fight. Nearly 3 hours.

Definitely about match-ups, huh? Medvedev bothers him, and he doesn't seem to want to concede any ground, even though this match doesn't matter.

 

[kskate2]

But he's already given up the mini break

 

[the AntiPusher]

Did you see how horrible Meddy bh overhead was .. ole Ralphy execute and hit those in his sleep

 

[kskate2]

now another mini break down 5-1

 

[tented]

Did you see how horrible Meddy bh overhead was .. ole Ralphy execute and hit those in his sleep

Yeah, that reminded me of Roddick’s infamous attempt at that shot in the 09 Wimbledon final.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Meddy tennis IQ is not at a high level today.. mama gonna be mad because he aint gonna earn much in bonus prize money this week

 

[the AntiPusher]

Yeah, that reminded me of Roddick’s infamous attempt at that shot in the 09 Wimbledon final.

You know how overrated I felt about Roddick's tennis game

 

[kskate2]

Yeah, that reminded me of Roddick’s infamous attempt at that shot in the 09 Wimbledon final.

Don't remind us tennis officianado's. That was absolutely painful to watch from a technical perspective.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Djokovic really going all out for this match. Interesting thought process given he already qualified. Granted he does own Fritz, but who knows Fritz may find a way.

 

[kskate2]

Djokovic really going all out for this match. Interesting thought process given he already qualified. Granted he does own Fritz, but who knows Fritz may find a way.

He wants to go 5-0 and claim those extra points and that 4.7 mil paychex. Fritzy likely has no chance.

 

[tented]

Novak practically being carried from one corner to the other on a stretcher, yet Medvedev can’t close it out.

 

[don_fabio]

2 bombs to finish it.

 

[don_fabio]

I rest my case. If this guy cannot win against a struggling Djoke, he will not win another big title until he gets his head straightened out. He continues to play the wrong shot at net as if he learned nothing from the previous matches.

He lost a good chunk of the mental edge he had coming into AO22.

His net game is terrible. Soft hands are underrated in tennis, but Daniil doesn't have it at all. Just shoveling the balls. He needs to practice "small tennis" played inside the service courts only. He might find he is losing plenty of points there due to poor choices.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Can Medvedev get any worse in 2022? I think not, thankfully this is is last match.....he has a lot of work to do in the off season

 

[nehmeth]

Djokovic really going all out for this match. Interesting thought process given he already qualified. Granted he does own Fritz, but who knows Fritz may find a way.

Medvedev is one of his chief rivals of this generation… doubtful he wants to relinquish even this match to CombOver. Fritz’s chances just went up a few notches,

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

He lost a good chunk of the mental edge he had coming into AO22.

His net game is terrible. Soft hands are underrated in tennis, but Daniil doesn't have it at all. Just shoveling the balls. He needs to practice "small tennis" played inside the service courts only. He might find he is losing plenty of points there due to poor choices.

Don,

He needs a bloody transition game for starters....apart from what you mentioned.

 

[tented]

He lost a good chunk of the mental edge he had coming into AO22.

His net game is terrible. Soft hands are underrated in tennis, but Daniil doesn't have it at all. Just shoveling the balls. He needs to practice "small tennis" played inside the service courts only. He might find he is losing plenty of points there due to poor choices.

Do you mean pickleball?

 

[don_fabio]

Do you mean pickleball?

Rule is you just use the sevice court on both sides and you try to outsmart the opponent by creating angles and putting ball in empty space, but all has to be done in that area, there is no movement to the baseline. You also don't use force so the ball stays in play a lot, you become better at using soft hands. I see pickle ball is somewhat similar they use very small rackets.