Roland Garros / French Open 2023 [Men] - Grand Slam

[the AntiPusher]

Tented, I have 5 on it that Novak is gonna begin whining and bitchin at Goran and the rest of those goons in his team box.

 

[don_fabio]

Nah.. I'm a fair guy but I try to find a way to give the point back another way.. Sometimes it depends on the player..especially if I felt the guy was hooking me if there's no umpire or official .. I would find a way to rehook that person.. My favorite move that I learned as a jr player was if someone was intentionally making bad calls to try to gain a competitive advantage since I was a serve and volley player.. well when the person would lob me and I would run back to retrieve the lob.. if it was too far for the tweener.. I ran in the direct path of the ball so my opponent couldnt see where the ball landed and I would ALWAYs call the ball Out until they stop hooking me with bad calls. Last case, once I was playing singles and a guy kept calling my serve out, so I asked for a line judge and suddenly my serves that he called out previously were now Aces.. He told me later, "your serves were so hard and fast I couldnt tell , so I called them out. I told him "dude, that's such a dumbass reason to call a ball out. " Even the line judge heard his explanation and said it was asinine.

An eye for an eye. Sure if the guy tries to screw you there is no reason for a fair play anymore, you fight with your own means. Though it's easier to do that on HC, clay leaves good marks. As kids we just run over the net and started arguing over the marks if you get suspicious. Normal stealing practice was to show the old mark. I like your running back from the net to cover the ball hahah. Now when I think about it, HC is much more open to stealing.

 

[tented]

Novak will win this TB.

 

[Moxie]

Novak will win this TB.

Probably, but right now they're both playing sort of crap.

 

[tented]

6-0 … Djokovic wins TBs

EDIT: Make that 7-0

 

[Jelenafan]

Now that’s an ugly tie break, all suspense taken out.

 

[don_fabio]

Usual Novak, stepped up when it mattered, but I must say too quality of the match is not high.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Novak will win this TB.

Silent K2 has completely wet the bed in this TBR.. its amazing that he turns into a mental midget.. he should be ashamed of himself.. I know Rafa is probably screaming at his tv.. MANUP KK

 

[Jelenafan]

Silent K realized he was in position to have a commanding lead and the notion scared and overwhelmed him.

Now Novak will do his patented shut the door early in the next set to remove all doubt to the outcome.

Those memes are right, Karen does look alot like Liam Hemsworth…

 

[Fiero425]

Now that’s an ugly tie break, all suspense taken out.

Nole's done it before! Look at those 3 TB's against Roger on grass at Wimbledon! I don't think he had one unforced error! He wasn't playing well, but good enough to steal yet another Championship! Djokovic is not on his game today, but still in it against KK!

 

[Moxie]

Tented, I have 5 on it that Novak is gonna begin whining and bitchin at Goran and the rest of those goons in his team box.

You were right, and he hasn't stopped.

 

[Kieran]

KK is under extreme pressure out there now, and did any of us really believe before beforehand that he’d be able to handle it?

 

[Fiero425]

KK is under extreme pressure out there now, and did any of us really believe before beforehand that he’d be able to handle it?

Novak's dropshot is on point! He's even getting the net cords dribbling over!

 

[Kieran]

Novak's dropshot is on point! He's even getting the net cords dribbling over!

He can safely do that now, knowing that his opponent has essentially given up hope..

 

[don_fabio]

KK is under extreme pressure out there now, and did any of us really believe before beforehand that he’d be able to handle it?

Probably none of us.

 

[Kieran]

Who’s the know-all in Djokers box, sitting beside Goran?

 

[Fiero425]

Probably none of us.

KK's best chance was still in Paris! He actually did take out Novak in Bercy on a fast indoor court! IIRC, Nole still owns 5 or 6 champonships!

 

[don_fabio]

Who’s the know-all in Djokers box, sitting beside Goran?

Don't know, some new face. Dial M for @MargaretMcAleer .

 

[Fiero425]

Who’s the know-all in Djokers box, sitting beside Goran?

I didn't get a good look, but it sorta looks like a double's specialist by the name of Radek Štěpánek! He took Murray to 5 sets in the '16 FO!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Watching Novak who is still at the top of the ATP villain list..all I can think of is that tennis deserves a BETTER class of criminal, and Holger Rune is gonna give it to Us.