STICK3Rboy Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 And history is made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooZoo Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Goat. What an epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sach4life Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Sigh..great match.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0verlord Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Wooooohoooooo yeah bc Rafa you beauty 21? GOAT Edited January 30, 2022 by 0verlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperT Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Brilliant match. Gotta give it to Med what a performance but Nadal just had that extra edge and experience in the last set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0verlord Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Rafa - 5th person ever to win all 4 grand slams twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZooZoo Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 This guy is a good talker. Humble in losing and still having fun. For sure gained a lot of fans today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vamos Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) From 2 sets down, what an epic comeback. At almost 36 years of age, to be able to physically outlast someone younger and play over 5 hours. For me this is not really about the #21. AO has been an elusive title for Rafa. So many heartbreaks in the past. This is probably one of the most imp wins in his career. Edited January 30, 2022 by Vamos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0verlord Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Vamos said: From 2 sets down, what an epic comeback. At almost 36 years of age, to be able to physically outlast someone younger and play over 5 hours. For me this is not really about the #21. AO has been an elusive title for Rafa. So many heartbreaks in the past. This is probably one of the most imp wins in his career. Vamos Rafa! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Hawk Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 VAMOS RAFA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vamos Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 In 3rd set… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, Vamos said: In 3rd set… This is the exact moment when @Joe Cool jinxed it with this post 4 hours ago, Joe Cool said: Medvedev killing it. Damn. 2-0 set lead already. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Federer's message to Nadal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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achilles Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 2:19 PM, achilles said: As much as I’d like and want it, Rafa is barely coping to 3 sets, and there’s a noticeable dip by the end of the second. And Meddy is smart. The only way I can see through is for Rafa to cause Med to have that rare brain fart that Novak caused in AO 21. He’d need to outsmart med. Rafa can’t outplay, or even equal-play him tomorrow. V. 22 hours ago, Vamos said: The way Rafa is getting tired these days, I wouldn’t be so sure. After playing for 2 hrs, his level drops immediately. It was already seen against Karen, Shapovalov and Berrettini. And the worst part, Medvedev excels in these lengthy 5 setters. Coz he’s a pusher and a servebot. The opposite happened. Rafa outplayed, and outlasted Med, specially after the weather cooled down a bit. The way it started, with Nadal in his head like that, I was jittery and reminded of the '19 final with Novak. After he lost the close fought second, I thought it was over. I still hoped though, and wanted him to play at his level. At least make it a fight, I thought, secretly hoping for a Rocky IV. But I am beyond words on what happened after. It's not about 21, or GOAT, or other numbers like that. It was the fight, the heart, the grit, the endurance. "We must suffer". You could see how Nadal wasn't even celebrating his difficult points. He was conserving his energy, and I was wondering how long that would last. When it went 5-5 in the 5th, you'd think Nadal would lose it a bit, but he went on about it like it was business. That's when I felt it. Felt his belief emanate through. He won't back down. Yesterday, he was Rafa Balboa You can list out the most epic matches in tennis since Nadal has been on tour, and you can bet he would've been 50% responsible for all of them. 50%. Because you need a dance partner to make things memorable. And Med is a robotic computational killer of a player. Been his fan since USO '19, when he nearly pushed Rafa to the brink. He'll be back stronger because he has that mentality, and he'd be blazing hard courts for years to come. Just a brilliant, insane, incredible Sunday. Live sport! V. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sach4life Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Black_Hawk said: Kind of puts Djokovic's achievements in light. He has pretty much always played in front of crowds like these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Black_Hawk said: Maybe don't be dickhead while playing. He had been goading the crowd all-tournament then gets upset they don’t support him. surprisedpikaface. Nobody in Australia gives a damn where he is from. He can be from Swiss or Spain or Asia or wherever. People aren't booing because he is Russian. No one was booing Karatsev or Rublev. People booed Med because of his antics. He has a history of annoying the crowd and did his tournament too. Everyone goes through the crowd. Winning them over is another thing. People booed Roger against Pete. People booed Nadal against Roger. French didn't even like Nadal at first. People booed Novak against big 2. They all upped their game to a level no one could boo them. Maybe he should work on himself first than pinning it on fans/crowd/country or other players. Edited January 31, 2022 by Joe Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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