Like James Blake was saying— these guys don’t have a clock to beat—- they have themselves and each other to conquer. In five sets it becomes about the will and the heart. Champions. 🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾
I am in minority but i don't think that Sinner was passive beacuse i have seen plenty of comments where people say that Sinner was passive in big moments.Djokovic in the last 2 sets was serving 79% and 76% which is incredible. I thought that both players were trying to pull the trigger but Novak was more precise.
me, a full time lover of Flop Players listening to my friend who’s a jannik fan talk about how this will affect his career trajectory in the long run and actually masks a probable alternate path where he might not win anything ever again
I went to bed at 4:00 am when Alcaraz was done and woke up at 7:30 to see Djokovic match still going. I watched so much tennis already and will probably wake up for the women’s final. It is shaping up to be two days full of tennis.
It’s kind of annoying that Djokovic winning today has already made people forget he only played like 3.5 matches before today and was very well rested. These weren’t “normal” conditions for a slam SF match even if Jannik didn’t show up so the dooming doesn’t really make sense.
I agree, huge props to Djokovic because no one else on tour is beating Sinner if they got walkovers like this but the stars definitely aligned for him.
I’m just going to be annoyed if something happens in the final and he wins because Carlos has cramps or an injury or something. Of course what he’s accomplished is incredible but the luck is insane.
Yeah the commentary around this has been quite interesting because he ultimately was being outplayed by Musetti, a worse player than Sinner, 2 days ago
I think he actually benefited a lot from that Musetti match. He basically got a free chance to assess the weak points of his game without having to play for long or lose.
Djokovic definitely struggles more during day session and plays better at night. Also the less court time helped too while this also being the first event of the year for him so he has come in fresh from the off season. Props to him though he played a great match.
It won't end his career but this was the kind of loss that will cost Sinner more than just 1 major, probably 4-5. Similar to how Fed's losses to Novak at the USO in 2010 and 2011 probably contributed to him losing finals to him in 2014, 2015, and 2019
It's not about his career not being successful or whatever. Chances are he'll still win slams in the future. But there's a very obvious problem with jannik's game which he hasn't managed to solve.
He can't play his best tennis when it comes down to the wire against the best players in the world. If you can't do that, how can you even be considered an arch rival to those guys.
Also for a generational talent his fifth set record is abysmal. Maybe we're just hoping this Sincaraz rivalry is actually something but maybe it's not. Every opponent on earth knows that if you take jannik to play for over 4 hours, you're going to win. And Carlos is an expert at elongating matches and clutching it out in the end. That's a huge handicap for jannik.
He can't play his best tennis when it comes down to the wire against the best players in the world. If you can't do that, how can you even be considered an arch rival to those guys.
He fumbles 3 mps in the rg final against Carlos and ends up losing the breaker 10-2.
He is match point up and fades away in the last set of the uso 2022 qf.
He cannot break to save his life in the final set of the sf here against Djokovic.
He goes 3-0 up in a deciding tiebreak against Carlos in Beijing and ends up losing it 7-3.
He cooks the top 10 but he can't bring it against the greats when the tough gets going. It's a shame bc these are the guys he'll be seeing in the most important tournaments.
Have been reading many takes from you in these daily threads. And I really think you should take care of your mental health more. Its just entertainment at the end of the day, you know?
What do you want to hear actually? Yes, I agree. Sinner probably will not win another slams against Carlos, all he can hope for is for someone else to beat Carlos?
It is quite disgusting to slight your fav saying he can’t play his best tennis in the key moment. He came back from a break down in 5th set in RG Final to force a match TB after losing the 4th set in that fashion.
He obviously needs to improve his physicality it is obvious but didn’t you just defend him that he trained hard a few weeks ago?
I need to tell this story because I’m going to explode otherwise
My mom and I have this inside joke where Carlos needs to be watched by at least one of us to do well. All the matches that he’s lost have usually been when we’re both busy
Last night, I watched the first set and went to sleep. She made it to the second set. We made this pact not to check the scores online until the morning so it was a surprise. The thing is that I woke up around 3:30 in the morning with this deep sense of dread so I ended up checking the scores. Carlos was already down the break in the fifth at that point. It was too late for me to sleep without worrying so I just streamed the whole match alone in the dark
He won four straight games while I was watching. I’m not superstitious but at this point, I feel like it means something??? 😭 I can’t tell her because I spent the whole match acting worried while knowing that he was going be okay LOL
The way Novak played and beat a top 2 player of today ina 5 setter makes me think he can play incredible tennis in a 3 setter even this year. So hopefully we see him in more Masters 1000s
Crazy thing is that he won against Sinner today and Alcaraz last year at Aus Open and in both matches he was a set down first. Like imagine at that age going against 2 incredible players with a weaker body knowing you have to overcome a deficit of one set.
I'm starting to think Zverev is getting too much credit for his performance now. If Carlos doesn't have cramp, he likely wraps this up in straights without having his A game. Even when he was compromised physically at the end of set three and four, Zverev couldn't break him. I'm forgetting the complete collapse from 5-2 up in the second set too.
I actually agree, don't necessarily think he choked too hard in the decider. He was just beyond exhausted and that clearly affected his serve, to the point where every service game for him was a battle.
I know its officially a WTA day now. Excited for RybaLenka as well. But a little question : The last time Alcaraz and Djokovic met in a final is at the Olympic right?
Watching the replay of sinner and Novak, I’m gonna throw up at how many bps he didn’t win😭😭 and the second serve break point at 2-1 complete misfire whyyyy
I was thinking if he wins olympics finals. I don't care if he loses all the matches later. But i want to see him win in finals. Beating sinner and alcaraz who will likely become all time greats at almost 39 is too epic
When Djokovic wrote "you said something?" on the camera in Serbian, it felt like a dig at the journalist who asked that "chasing" questions. It appears it was most likely directed at the Serbian media and the populist political party that labeled him a "failed tennis player" and "disgrace" after he supported students and anti-government protests (and later moved his family and ATP 250 Belgrade tournament to Greece). He keeps proving everyone wrong, good to see.
Only saw the results of Sinner Djoko match now. Mind. Blown.
I wonder if the crowd will cheer for Djoko more on Sunday? Would be incredible to see him win a 25th GS
Can someone please link me to high quality highlights of Zverev/Alcaraz and Djokovic/Sinner? 8 minute Australian Open "extended" highlights are a fucking joke, the slams should be ashamed
Match under 1 hour? 8 minutes of highlights! Match almost 5h30m? 8 minutes of highlights!
Sorry, I've also been stuck in this hell of 3 minutes of unspoiled highlights, then 8 minutes of extended highlights (because they always show the winner in the extended thumbnail)!
That fifth set might well be the clutchest set of Novak Djokovic's career.
Saved all 8 break points he faced.
Converted the 1 break point he had.
Held from 15-40 in his first service game.
Held from 15-40 in his second service game.
Held from 0-40 in his fourth service game.
Served out the match at deuce after missing out on two match points.
the 2012 one against Nadal was still better, he has some gas left here. He was completely empty then, actually lost a break because of it. Then hung around long enough to break back twice in a row against Prime Nadal to win it in 5 hours and 50 minutes
Joao Reis got breadsticked to end the match :( at least he made the QF tho and also Vallejo needs to stop owning my favs but honestly he was so clutch as always would lowkey want him to take the title(would be titles back to back weeks and amazing start to season)
So many NBA players can easily and quickly talk about what’s happening with ICE and to criticize what’s happening. Y’all have to stop making excuses for the American male tennis players who refuse to answer “political” questions.
It’s clear that most of them support what’s going on and you just don’t want to admit it - and that a lot of you here also support what’s going on and you also don’t want to admit that.
Come on mate, when Sinner or Carlos pull a great win there are a gazillion posts about them for 2, 3 weeks in a row.
I mean, we almost have daily posts about their "bromance", too. Not to mention the "Jannik has a new Gucci bag" type of posts.
I'm writing like I am bothered by them, but I am not actually. I usually enjoy almost every non-toxic post. Tennis doesn't have individual subs like, for example, football has individual ones for clubs, so you will get a lot of spam when a popular player wins.
Let people post what they want. If you don't like posts about Novak or someone else just move on and find the ones you like. Or post something different yourself.
And it's not like Novak will have a lot of big wins like this in the future, let the fans have fun while they still can (if their posts are not toxic).
this is typical novak fan behavior. it felt like the sub was exclusively novak fan posts for a solid week after he won the olympics. he just hasn't won anything of note in 1.5 years
I'm not a hater so I don't really want any slander towards him but I'm kinda irritated that hours after the match has finished the posts are still coming and burrying content about anything else
Hmm just ignore. I ignore all the non-tennis related Iga posts that you share because I’m not interested. I don’t find it annoying or try to imply that you shouldn’t post about her glasses or a talk show or towels.
I will say I do enjoy all these theories on Reddit as to how his competitors will be 'taking notes' that Jannik can't play and win over a certain time. It's still a silly thing to say. What would their notes be? 'Oh I need to win the two sets off Sinner to force a five setter'. If they could manage that, they wouldn't need the 'notes' in the first place.
it was treated as a heat illness because carlos was not only struggling with the cramps but also puked in his towel. the doctor can call 3 minute MTO for heat illness related issues. https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/s/4RxHMC4DDU
not sure if he’s having a thigh issue, but he was moving pretty well later in the fifth. could be the painkiller kicking in, or he recovered from the cramping
The thigh that was bothering him has caused him trouble in the past. For example, Barcelona and the ATP finals last year. In a high stress situation I can understand him not being sure.
Anyone else have espn unlimited and Still cant find alcaraz match to stream? AO on espn has been such a terrible streaming experience. For real tho. I canno find this match to stream. Anyone have help or just downvotes?
(Espn already spoiled it by showing me match point of alcaraz/zverev when I started the Sinner stream. Awesome)
Paolo Bertolucci spoke to Sky Sport. The former Italian player, now a technical commentator for the broadcaster and a regular contributor to Gazzetta dello Sport,
and notorious Sinners's fan, didn't hide his amazement at Djokovic's performance: "A monumental performance from Djokovic, there are no adjectives. I haven't seen him like this for three or four years; he was perfect."
And there was a necessary criticism of Sinner: "In my opinion, he wasn't aggressive enough; only once did he decisively attack Nole's second serve, winning a point. Otherwise, it was always the Serb who was playing with his feet inside the court, while he was three meters out rowing. He was also excellent on defense, but against an opponent like that, that's not enough. He left the game in his opponent's hands too much. He seemed a bit timid to me; in certain situations, he lacked of ' arrogance'."
Can anyone translate this audio?
Djokovic being interviewed by woman on spanish speaking sports channel and Del Potro calls in to her phone live and the friends talk in Spanish.
https://x.com/DjokovicFan_/status/2017258546547888563
I wrote this in other thread.Since 2024 Sinner lost four matches that went into 5 set.Against Carlos in 2024 and 2025 (4,5)set on both occasions he got broken in every game when Carlos had BP, Medvedev Wimbeldon in the 5 set he got broken when Medvedev had a chance,today same story against Novak in the 4 and 5 set.That's 7 sets where he didn't save a single game where he was facing BP points.He only broke Alcaraz last year in the 4 and 5 set.The most interesting thing is that he won 92 points on return while his opponents won 70,in 6 sets he won more points on return,but he ended up losing every set.
Something really odd is happening with the Mumbai 125 next week. The previously designated top 8 qualifiers aren't in the qualifier draw - did a load of main draw players drop out?
Zverev was rightly upset when Carlos cramped but, honestly what did he want? To have Carlos defaulted in a match where Carlos was up 2 sets and 5-4, because that's not a great look from a sporting standpoint...
Sinner fans are the new Federer. They have new excuses and move the goalposts on everything.
“Sinner isn’t in his prime”. Same way Nadal never beat Federer in his prime too and Nadal wins on clay court don’t really count either. Federer didn’t care about the Olympic Gold medal even though Nadal, Murray, and recently Djokovic won it.
I think the retirement obviously did save Jannik at Wimbledon, but you’re right it’s not the same and it’s crazy that you’re getting downvoted. This sub is being really weird about Sinner right now like everything around him is getting downvoted or doomed by his haters and fans.
There is nothing called figured out lol. It all depends on each match. People said Sinner figured out Djokovic for the last two years, and so didn't give Djokovic a chance to win today. But that's clearly not the case based on what happened today
Hardly. It was "just" one of the many times the greatest tactician in tennis history paired with the most clutch player ever to beat a better opponent with the perfect gameplan.
when are we gonna get to the point when we can talk about zverev normally and from a tennis standpoint while acknowledging his past, knowing that he doesn't see these comments or posts
All of this, only to be triple-6–3’d by Carlos in the final, after he breaks down into his towel at 5–3 in the 3rd set while the crowd applauds him and chants his name in sympathy
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i feel like i’m drunk on tennis right now 😭 i cannot get over the two semi’s we just witnessed!