Nitto ATP Finals, London

[Front242]

Shadows of last year's bottle job must be on his mind now. Bottled it from 5-1 up in set 3 last year. Now tonight he's had a point for 5-1 in set 2 only to drop serve and get back on level terms.

 

[kskate2]

BP for Nads to serve for the match

 

[Moxie]

12 winners to Medvedev and 0 for Nadal in set 2 so far. cali would be proud.

If you can keep drawing the errors, you don't need to hit a winner.

 

[Moxie]

Oh, Rafa, FFS, just serve it out!

 

[kskate2]

Tentative game from Bull and Med swinging for the fences. Back on serve 5-5

 

[Front242]

If you can keep drawing the errors, you don't need to hit a winner.

To be fair he has no one but himself to blame again like last year's set 3. Those drop shots sat up way too high in the game he lost and his last service game was a shocker. Much like Djokovic, he needs to cut those drop shots out. They clearly don't work for him against Nadal.

 

[Front242]

Tentative game from Bull and Med swinging for the fences. Back on serve 5-5

Thanks for cheering me up. My stream is ultra high quality but behind Not 5-5 here yet. 5-4 0-40.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Crap Rafa!

 

[Moxie]

Medvedev needs some work on his volley.

 

[kskate2]

6-5 Med. Nads will serve to stay in the 2nd set.

 

[kskate2]

Medvedev needs some work on his volley.

He doesn't need some work, he needs a Mac volley class 101

 

[Front242]

Medvedev needs some work on his volley.

I hate the ****** as you know but, to his credit, Nadal hit some cracking volleys today. Medvedev has been returning those serves into the backhand corner really well but it drags him out so wide, Nadal has been able to hit a load of great volleys on those serves.

 

[Front242]

Mad spin on that last serve by Nadal.

 

[kskate2]

TB it is

 

[Moxie]

TB it is. Mery is in the house.

 

[kskate2]

Net stats:
Nads 9/10
Med 7/13

 

[kskate2]

First mini to Med 2-1

 

[Moxie]

Great point and Meddie won it.

 

[kskate2]

Holds his serve 4-1

 

[kskate2]

4-2 at the change