French Open 2021

Hector Savage wrote: »

Tsitsipas can still easily win this, he did it against Zverev the other day and was 2-0 up on him...

Big difference doing that against a flaky Zverev and probably the mentally toughest player ever

That shadow would be annoying at this level of tennis.

wow .... could it be possible ???

Yes!

Come on ND.

Yet again, such a hard-won game.

C__MC

ND could win the 4 in one year
Easily the GOAT

Coneygree

That's that, his recovery capabilities are like nothing I've ever seen.

I want him to go a double break up so I can relax...

lostcat

Missed the first two sets here, but presume Tsitsipas was playing a bit better than he is now?

The difference between the greats and the good players is that they never know when they're beaten, they make you earn every point. As the pressure builds they get better while the rest begin to retreat, that's what we're seeing here, probably the greatest player ever refusing to accept defeat even when not playing well, while the younger inexperienced player starting to wilt as the pressure comes on.

Nervy ... can see Tsits break back now ....

Coneygree

Hector Savage wrote: »

Nervy ... can see Tsits break back now ....

For a diehard fan of Djokovic you sure don't know much about how calm and ruthless he is under pressure.

sxt

If djkovic had of chosen cycling as his sport. He would have won a half dozen tour de Frances. His stamina and recovery powers are just levels above any other tennis player in history

Rubbish by Tsipitas

walshb

I reckon had Nadal gotten to the final he would have won in three basic sets!

superb service game by the man.

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Rubbish by Tsipitas

This will be a damaging defeat for him, would have to question if he has the mentality to win a slam.

What a point!

Thats better from Tsipitas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyEUMWMCI0U

Ouuch those missed chances to go a double breap up could cost him ....

Rob2D

I wonder if he'll just quit the sport like Coria did.

1 more game.

1 more game.

Girly Gal wrote: »

This will be a damaging defeat for him, would have to question if he has the mentality to win a slam.

I think he does, he is the best of the new era.

Coneygree

He hasn't completely wilted, future should be very bright for him.

C__MC

Such a bottle job, tennis is boring

There is absolutely no question that he's the best tennis competitor that has ever been seen at this point.

Haters will still hate but he don't care.

To be able to dig himself out of that hole when Tsitsipas was well on top and two sets up was nothing short of amazing.

Don't know how he did it. Don't think that anyone else could come back like that.

With the crowd against him all the way.

That fourth game in the third set where Tsitsipas smacked away 4 winnners to save 4 break points but Djokovic was able to fashion a fifth and take it was just beyond superlatives.

He built from there.

Credit to Tsitsipas. Tough to take but he will win slams and this experience will stand to him in the future.

No doubt about it.

He pushed him all the way. All the way.

Tension up until the very last point. Djokovic had to go out and win it all the way to the very end.

He turned up for sure.

Djokovic ->

Double career slam now added to his achievements.

Far from flakey flake flakeland was he reared.

“Ten Deutsche marks, I remember 10 Deutsche marks,” said Djokovic, the 16-time Grand Slam singles title winner who went into the Australian Open this week as the reigning champion.

As he spoke, he slammed his hand on a conference room table, just as his father, Srdjan, had once slammed a 10-mark bill on the kitchen table of their cramped rented apartment in Belgrade.

This was during the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Djokovic does not remember precisely when, but he remembers his father’s words.

“Ten Deutsche marks was, and my father said, ‘This is all we have,’” Djokovic said. “And he said that more than ever we have to stick together and go through this together and figure out the way. That was a very powerful and very impactful moment in my growth, my life, all of our lives.”

Congrats to Novak, refused to accept defeat when not playing well, really showed why he's such a great player.

The possum won, who'd have thought it.

Cant believe people still fall for it every time.

Wow ... double career slam.

the GOAT.

Feel bad for Tsitsipas but he'll be back...

Augme

Girly Gal wrote: »

This will be a damaging defeat for him, would have to question if he has the mentality to win a slam.

Luckily for him he won't be up against much when it comes to mental toughness. Zverev and Thiem are as flaky as can be. Medvedev has never really been tested, but he didn't set the world alight in his one grand slam final.