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Rafa said he wasn’t physically up to a long gruelling match coming back from 5 months injury time out, playing someone like Djokovic. He actually said in one Spanish interview that it was better for him to lose […]

Djokovic has said himself that his game is all about defending the baseline, which he does very well. He can’t play at the net and he has one of the worst overheads on tour. This is why conditions have to be […]

Djokovic’s game is effective when the elements are calm because playing defensively in gusts of wind is not productive.

Thiem has made 45 UEs and Djokovic 33.

Monalisa, I agree. If Thiem didn’t waste so many chances, he’d have won in 4 sets.

The weather is exactly the same today as it was yesterday so they’ve gained nothing by cancelling yesterday’s session of their SF.

All the commentators said the weather was a leveller between them because it would favour Federer as Rafa prefers hot dry conditions.

Rafa’s SF post match presser

I had nightmares about Federer returning to RG after 3 years absence, winning the title after winning it 10 years ago and taking Rafa out on the way! I cannot imagine the hyperbole that Federer would have enjoyed […]

Federer’s press conference:

This windy weather will be shank city for Thiem with his game style.

Final
Nadal vs Djokovic

What would the score have been if it was Rafa weather?

What would the score had been if it was Rafa weather?

Apparently, Roger wanted windy weather.

I don’t want to measure Rafa and Thiem against each other because I’m not a tennis expert. All I can look at is the fact that Thiem has had to work harder to get to the SF. He even had to beat a WC in 4 sets in […]

Yes, but if you are coaching a player in the top 10 any coach would aspire to taking them to #1 but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they will all be good enough to achieve it.

Rafa has explained that he was working his way to being match-fit, mentally, after being sidelined from IW with a knee injury again, at the start of his clay season. Have you read the interview Moya gave about […]

Luckystar JUNE 7, 2019 AT 5:17 AM
“Massu says he wants to make and see Thiem become no.1 player, well, after the big three have past their slam winning days, perhaps that may come true.”

Which coach doesn’t […]

Luckystar JUNE 7, 2019 AT 5:17 AM
“Imo, Thiem is another Stan in the making, and I feel he may be better than Stan one day, ie he may win a slam at a younger age than Stan, and may win a few.

If Thiem can at […]

You are conveniently forgetting that Rafa gave Djokovic a nice packed lunch in Rome of a bagel and a breadstick.