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Hope Rafa gets the job done to win his 19th slam; beating a TOP five player in the final will be great, more so when that player is the hottest player this NA HC season.

But, can the big three keep up their ‘best’ level when they’ll be older and older, while Medvedev will be hitting his prime and peak?

We can’t assume that the big three will stay at an untouchable level f […]

Yeah, esp with Medvedev around! The guy is getting better and better, and he’ll start beating everyone including the big three!

He has already beaten Djoko twice so far, so he will be there to prevent D […]

Medvedev beat Djoko in the SF at Cincy, not the final. He beat Goffin in the Cincy final.

I’m sure Rafa will come out all guns blazing like he did at Montreal final, knowing how tough an opponent Medvedev is. […]

I think Rafa will fight for it no matter what as its a slam final, so whether he wins the first set or not, he’ll keep on fighting.

I like Rafa’s chances in the final more than Medvedev’s, that’s all I have to say.

Ramara, 👍, well said!

Rafa’s BH DTL is so terrible, more errors than landing on target! This may be why he’s losing to Djoko so often on non clay surfaces.

Schwartzman and Berrettini are really very different players; Rafa has […]

I actually don’t think Rafa is playing all that well; maybe too much respect for his opponent, esp the big serve and big FH.

Berrettini as expected serves big and hits hard and manages to save all those BPs.

Rafa really squanders all the BPs. In this third game of the second set, he’s just hitting all the time to Berrettini’s BH that his opponent is all so prepared for it, should hit a FHDTL to opponent’s FH to get t […]

Wow, Rafa! What a scary TB and I thought Rafa was going to lose it! Rafa’s Houdini act is just second to none!

First set in the bag. Vamos Rafa!

But I prefer Medvedev in the final should Rafa get there, because Medvedev is a top five player, so no one can say that Rafa has not beaten a top ten player should he win the title.

Also, Rafa vs Medvedev will […]

PK, I don’t know. Perhaps take more salt tablets? He said he felt the cramping at end of second set and at beginning first few games of third set, took salt tablet and the effect kicked in and he felt better after […]

VR, the Dimi Medvedev match may go five sets imo. Dimi is playing well right now and seems to start believing in himself again.

After two days rest, I think Medvedev should be physically good enough to play […]

I dont know, I just read from Foxsports news. Rafa said he had stomach issue before the match and suffered from dehydration.

I’ve no idea what stomach issue he was suffering from, he did not elaborate. But, he […]

PK, Rafa was cramping. He said he suffered from dehydration, first his hand was cramping, then his forearm and then it went up to his elbow, his legs too, the humidity was very bad out there. I read that he also […]

Imo, Schwartzman > Berrettini. Schwartzman knows Rafa’s game so well, being practising with Rafa often.

I know Rafa will take time to figure out first time opponent and so he’ll start slow again, vs Ber […]

PK, you see, after Rafa’s (and our) bad experiences at USO2015/2016, when he lost in five sets (to Pouille and Foggy), after being two sets to one up, we are all too nervous seeing Rafa playing in such an e […]

See, it’s the humidity that’s the problem. The team has to prepare him for nights like this. He said he took some salt, I hope he takes enough of that in his next match(es) to prevent cramping and to pre […]

Finally, he wins in three sets! What a relief for all of us (including he and his team).

5-2 now!