Roland Garros / French Open [Men] - Grand Slam

[don_fabio]

First set was competitive,Matteo has lost the plot.....Novak too good.

At least the atmosphere is really good. If only my man Med had this last night, he was sabotaged.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

At least the atmosphere is really good. If only my man Med had this last night, he was sabotaged.

Not really the better player won in 3 sets in my opinion.Meds needs how to play on clay not only in fast conditions, but as well slow
Novak loves a crowd and he speaks French well

 

[Andy22]

Great training session win by Nadal today the real match is next king Djokovic.

 

[Front242]

I have no idea what time of day the match will be played but I gues day time, first SF. Judging from this year, hot conditions and balls I'd guess that might benefit Novak a bit, but again we said last year that cold will benefit him so who knows.

All I know is that those dropshots were terrible and he won't do the same mistake again. In Rome his dropshots worked well against Rafa, but again he did not overdo it.

Way bigger court here though and Nadal just runs most drop shots down and makes you pay. Schartzman hit a class one today though and obviously Djokovic will win some points with them too but when I see him using it as much as he did last year it just shows he's frustrated, doesn't want long points and is trying to end them quickly. That won't work on the huge Chatrier court 95% of the time. He said it himself in Rome that he felt pleased with his fitness and that he could have played much longer. Well, he'll need to be ready to run and run a lot here. Not many easy points against Nadal at RG.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Oh wait Matteo has 5 games in set No 3 against Novak

 

[Andy22]

King Djokovic just too good here I see why Federer run from him at RG.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

T/break it is for the 3rd set...Matteo at least has woken up from his slumber

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Way bigger court here though and Nadal just runs most drop shots down and makes you pay. Schartzman hit a class one today though and obviously Djokovic will win some points with them too but when I see him using it as much as he did last year it just shows he's frustrated, doesn't want long points and is trying to end them quickly. That won't work on the huge Chatrier court 95% of the time. He said it himself in Rome that he felt pleased with his fitness and that he could have played much longer. Well, he'll need to be ready to run and run a lot here. Not many easy points against Nadal at RG.

Front........the story of last year's final was Novak had 50 odd UFE in 3 sets of tennis,no player can afford to win against any player,regardless it was Rafa in the final.

 

[Front242]

Terrible mistake there at 3-4 in the TB by Berretini. Whole court open to blast a winner.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ben Fatto Matteo wins the 3rd set 76(5) errors from both players in that t/break fair to say

 

[don_fabio]

Terrible mistake there at 3-4 in the TB by Berretini. Whole court open to blast a winner.

This is what I ment earlier when Novak gets to a good position, takes mini break in TB after brutal serving of Berrettini and then squashes 1 FH and 1 BH in the net when he should be in a locker room already. He has trouble closing things out.

 

[Front242]

King Djokovic just too good here I see why Federer run from him at RG.

He didn't even play Berretini so I dunno how he supposedly ran from Djokovic. He wasn't happy with his recovery/fitness after his long match and would have lost to Berretini if his knee was bothering him.

 

[Front242]

This is what I ment earlier when Novak gets to a good position, takes mini break in TB after brutal serving of Berrettini and then squashes 1 FH and 1 BH in the net when he should be in a locker room already. He has trouble closing things out.

As a Federer fan, I know that feeling of squandering leads all too well sadly They all do it more as they get older though.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Novak just has to re-set for the 4th set,I cannot see him losing.

 

[napo]

This is what I ment earlier when Novak gets to a good position, takes mini break in TB after brutal serving of Berrettini and then squashes 1 FH and 1 BH in the net when he should be in a locker room already. He has trouble closing things out.

Exactly, these kind of blackouts are the reason he can’t win this slam. Even against the Greek.

 

[Front242]

Front........the story of last year's final was Novak had 50 odd UFE in 3 sets of tennis,no player can afford to win against any player,regardless it was Rafa in the final.

Wow, didn't know it was that many errors. Brutal for 3 sets.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Wow, didn't know it was that many errors. Brutal for 3 sets.

Yep brutal indeed.

 

[don_fabio]

Way bigger court here though and Nadal just runs most drop shots down and makes you pay. Schartzman hit a class one today though and obviously Djokovic will win some points with them too but when I see him using it as much as he did last year it just shows he's frustrated, doesn't want long points and is trying to end them quickly. That won't work on the huge Chatrier court 95% of the time. He said it himself in Rome that he felt pleased with his fitness and that he could have played much longer. Well, he'll need to be ready to run and run a lot here. Not many easy points against Nadal at RG.

Interestingly, Novak won more points in longer rallies in Rome so he should not bail out of rallies, he needs to embrace it, but first win this match, pronto.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

This is what I ment earlier when Novak gets to a good position, takes mini break in TB after brutal serving of Berrettini and then squashes 1 FH and 1 BH in the net when he should be in a locker room already. He has trouble closing things out.

He also had trouble opening things out (against Mussetti).

 

[don_fabio]

Novak shots lost a bite.