World Tour Finals: Day 7 - Semifinals - Saturday Nov. 15, Order of Play

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kskate2 said:
You're talking about RG11. I thought you were referring to USO

Yes, I was talking about RG. The US Open he got the crowd behind him miraculously enough. But only at the end of the 5th, and facing 2 MP.
 

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What a point from Nishikori to get the break there!
 

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Wow...what a rally. Nole hit an amazingly risky second serve, so kudos to him there, but Kei won the point.
 

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Wow, suburb stuff by Kei. Takes the second.
 

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Kei has 2 SPs. Needs just one. It is huge for Kei to hit a decent % of first serves. Otherwise he has no chance.

On to the third set we go. Unexpected but I will take it. This is one of the better matches so far.
 

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Missed the last few games...pretty shocking given Nole had taken 6 straight games to get up a break at 1-0 in the 2nd.

And what's with Nishi winning 80% of decisive sets in his career? I know he is young but that is still shocking.
 

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Level is just insane at the moment.
 

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No first serves from Nole in this game and he is down 15-40. Let's see if he can get out of this...
 

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DarthFed said:
Missed the last few games...pretty shocking given Nole had taken 6 straight games to get up a break at 1-0 in the 2nd.

And what's with Nishi winning 80% of decisive sets in his career? I know he is young but that is still shocking.
that's because he starts many matches slowly and takes awhile to get his rhythm and timing. But once he gets his timing he's pretty tough to deal w/ from the baseline
 

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I think we are going to see a couple of breaks in the decider. Not too confident that Novak will take this. Kei better make a better show against the Fedster tomorrow if he wins.
 

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kskate2 said:
DarthFed said:
Missed the last few games...pretty shocking given Nole had taken 6 straight games to get up a break at 1-0 in the 2nd.

And what's with Nishi winning 80% of decisive sets in his career? I know he is young but that is still shocking.
that's because he starts many matches slowly and takes awhile to get his rhythm and timing. But once he gets his timing he's pretty tough to deal w/ from the baseline

Dominating Djokovic from the baseline is quite a tall task but he is doing it at the moment.
 

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Wow...Nole finds 2 lines to get it to deuce. Kei is impatient though.
 

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Phew. Novak looks allright now. A bit more confident now.