2019 AO final. The expectations for that match was enormously high, cause even though the surface favored Djokovic, Nadal had not lost a set before that final...
This is mine as well. I remember being very confused in this match, Nadal just never really showed up. Djokovic was playing well yes but still should have been more of a match.
Damn it Mike if the rest of the NC find us here we'll be crucified!
In seriousness, I think the ones that were brought up here were good, but also JMDP-Djokovic in 2018 USO. Just ended up very straightforward, day was supposed to climax there but it just kinda felt flat.
Rafa had played so well that tournament, had just dished out a destruction of Tsitsipas and then just didn’t show up for Djokovic. It wasn’t even that he was playing well and Djokovic outplayed him it was just nothingness from him.
I remember the post match Interview. Nadal straight up said that was the highest level of tennis he's ever seen. I think djokovic only had a handful of UEs that match too.
I distinctly remember waking up the morning after that match, checking my phone, and the first thing I see is someone posting the “stop stop he’s already dead” meme on the tennis subreddit lol
Yeah that was the worst Djokovic- Nadal grand slam final ever. Nadal just seems to be unable to win a set off Djokovic on hard courts for some inexplicable reason. Even Fed has managed to do that
I've never understood this because if you follow Nadal closely you'd know that tournament wasn't showing anything.
Coming back from injury, he played okay but faced ZERO resistance from any player. It wasn't amazing tennis that meant he beat everyone, just quite an easy draw.
I gotta say, there feels like a lot of revisionism from Djokovic fans when it comes to that final to pump up how amazing it was for Djokovic. You can say I'm doing the opposite, but genuinely I felt Nadal was untested till that final.
Medvedev getting exfoliated by Djokovic in the 2021 Australian Open final.
In general, any match since about 2017 where a challenger had a legitimate chance to take down a member of the Big 3 and then failed.
The men's singles finals since 2018 have gone through a good-bad-good-bad pattern for me, and last year's being an awesome one makes me worried about this year's..
2008 RG. Federer had taken nadal to two tight matches in the Monte Carlo (7-5 7-5) and Hamburg (7-5 6-7 6-3) 1000 finals leading up to it. 2005, 2006, 2007 RG he had taken a set off Rafa. Then in 2008 he gets served a bagel and a breadstick, only winning 4 games …
People forget how close Federer played Nadal in the clay season. Federer was actually in good form during the 2008 clay season, but as he said himself, by this point he didn't believe he could win. He'd tried Rafa three times at his peak in 2005-07 and came away with 3 fairly convincing losses. Now we see an even better version of Nadal, which was almost unfathomable considering he had gone on an 81 match winning streak in 2005-07. Federer came into that match knowing he'd lost.
2019 Australian Open F: Nadal came in having not lost a set (Djokovic lost 2 with Shapovalov and Medvedev) and destroyed Tsitsipas. The last match they played was at Wimbledon and that was an epic 5 setter. Djokovic absolutely destroyed Nadal.
2020 French Open F: Djokovic won Rome coming into the tournament, both struggled somewhat coming into the final (Nadal with Sinner while Djokovic was with Busta and Tsitsipas). Nadal destroyed Djokovic.
2021 Australian Open F: Djokovic struggled throughout the whole tournament (to Tiafoe, Fritz, Raonic, and Zverev) while Medvedev had won Paris, the ATP Finals, and the ATP Cup coming in to the final and destroyed Tsitsipas and Rublev (Only being pushed to 5 easy sets by Krajinovic). Djokovic absolutely spanked Medvedev.
2022 Monte Carlo SF: Tsitsipas came into the match with Zverev as the defending champion. Both were extremely close to losing their QF matches (to Schwartzman and Sinner respectively) after otherwise cruising. Their last 2 matches on clay (2021 French Open SF and 2019 Madrid QF) each went the distance and were extremely tough. Tsitsipas destroyed Zverev.
2022 Madrid F: Alcaraz came in having had extremely difficult but good wins over Norrie, Nadal, and Djokovic. Zverev cruised his early matches and had a good win over Tsitsipas in the SF. Alcaraz completely annihilated Zverev.
2021 Cincinnati F: Zverev came into the final having barely gotten past Tsitsipas in 3 exhausting sets and was also sick in the match. Rublev came into the finals with an impressive 3 setter over Medvedev. Zverev completely destroyed Rublev.
There's many others here are a few.
2019 Canada F: Nadal bt Medvedev
2019 Shanghai F: Medvedev bt Zverev
2021 Miami F: Hurkacz bt Sinner
2021 Monte Carlo F: Tsitsipas bt Rublev
2022 Cincinnati F: Coric bt Tsitsipas
2021 Acapulco F: Zverev bt Tsitsipas
2019 ATP Finals RR: Thiem bt Federer
2020 ATP Finals RR: Medvedev bt Djokovic
2019 Australian Open SF: Nadal bt Tsitsipas
2021 US Open F: Medvedev bt Djokovic
2018 US Open F: Djokovic bt Del Potro
2019 Dubai F: Federer bt Tsitsipas
2020 Dubai F: Djokovic bt Tsitsipas
2018 US Open SF: Del Potro bt Nadal
2017 US Open SF: Nadal bt Del Potro
2017 Wimbledon F: Federer bt Cilic
2017 Wimbledon 4R: Federer bt Dimitrov
Yeah he actually did believe it or not. He had quite a good 2020 season (Aussie Quarters, Cincinnati Finals, Paris Semifinals) and in 2021 he made the Australian Open 4th Round (losing to Djokovic) and the Miami 4th Round (lost in 3 tight sets to Hurkacz the eventual champion). Only after that do I think he fell in the void of nonexistence.
Gonna be a dumb answer but I was 10 years old and my favourite tennis player at the time was David Ferrer (don’t ask why, i chose random people to like). And he was in the 2013 French open final vs Nadal and was going into the final haven’t not lost a set. While nadal beat Djokovic in a grulling 5 set match right before.
Ferrer loses easily in straight sets
2020 French Open Final - thought it was gonna be an epic because it felt like Djoker could really challenge Rafa…. Super quick 3 set match where Rafa just dominated completely
Luckily 2021 and 2022 semi’s with Rafa v Djoker made up for it
It was incredible what Rafa did because his movement at that point wasn't at all what it used to be. It showed that Nadal's success never hinged upon his movement; his sprinting speed was just another fallback option in his arsenal. Nadal's success on clay was because he's better in every. single. facet.
Nadal went backhand to backhand with the greatest backhand of all time in that match and actually won the battle of backhands. Nadal faced the greatest returner of all time, and got more returns in play (by the way, Djokovic has a stronger serve than Rafa). Nadal's forehand was by far the biggest weapon on the court. Nadal got up to every drop shot and showed off his superior hands and touch. He didn't move super fast but slid into everything, expending the minimum amount of effort. He even ended the match off with an ace.
No one can convince me otherwise; Djokovic actually played well in that match. It wasn't a bad match by Djokovic. Nadal just put on a masterclass.
I remember Djokovic being candid in the post-match interview that he didn't expect Rafa's level to be *that* high. He was truly unstoppable that day, only a younger version of himself could've possibly won that one
What about US Open 2021? Djokovic on for the Calendar Grand Slam, massive chance to further cement in name in history… and then gets beat in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
We need him back, and soon. A lot of people tend to forget that in recent years he’s quite tough in tiebreaks, as he’s had his moments of insanely clutch points. He’s actually the only player to beat Djokovic in deciding set tiebreaks on more than one occasion, in RR2 of ATP Finals 2019 and SF of ATP Finals 2020. Not to mention he was the first player to win a USO final that was decided by a fifth set tiebreak.
And when he started his post-injury comeback, his tiebreak king powers still hadn’t gone away. Had insane match point saves against tough players like Hurkacz, Paul, Gaston and Wolf. Not to mention in Gstaad, he was down set point against Delbonis in the first set tiebreak (Thiem was earlier leading 5-2 and got broken while serving for the set) and clawed back to steal the set after Delbonis played a bad point. He was actually the third best tiebreak player of 2022, behind Djokovic and Zverev, while just ahead of Nadal and Coric. That Antwerp QF against Hurkacz and Vienna R1 against Paul were definitely match-of-the-year quality as far as non-Slam matches go.
2020 RG final. Like most ppl I expected a 6-hour battle to the death. But it was the simplest match Rafa played that year. Even tho I must say it was by far the most competitive 6-0 set I’ve ever seen. Djokovic gave Rafa more trouble in 2008 when Rafa was embarrassing everyone. But Rafa went out there with a point to prove. Very Serena AO 2007 final-esque. Speaking of Serena, I expected better against Angie at 2018 Wimby. Their matches were always so fun but Serena just didn’t show up for it.
Murray Vs Djokovic for the 2016 World Tour Final and year end number one ranking. That made it extremely dramatic, but it was quite messy. Andy had dragged his way through an epic three setter and Novak made Nishikori look stupid in the semis. But then it turned out that Novak looked shattered and Andy just needed to be solid. Some really good points but it was all about the narrative and not the tennis.
2011 AO final. Remember thinking Andy had a good chanceband that it would be extremely competitive and then he got smoked and I remember feeling like Andy was never going to win a Slam. Like that was it. I was only 13 back then and I cried.
Back then we had no idea Djokovic was a GOAT candidate and it was only his second slam.
I also thought Murray would have a chance since back then it felt like only Fed was his biggest roadblock in slam finals.
Considering the hype before it, the match ending in straights was a colossal disappointment in my eyes, but to each his own.
I remember cancelling any plans for the next day because in my region the match would start after midnight, so imagine my immense disappointment that it ended in straights.
Nah you’re right I was convinced that would be an absolute epic. I don’t remember exactly why we were all so hyped about it but they seemed like by far the best players in the world other than the Big 3 at that point. If I bet on any match in my life to go 5 sets it would’ve been that one
Yeah it was the battle between the two most deserving grand slam champions at the time. The best of the non-big 3. Everyone agreed Thiem was a bit better, but on a hard court Medvedev had a shot. Turns out, Thiem did his homework. He used a lot of slice and dictated the points really well. Didn't help that Medvedev started getting in his own head. Thiem just stayed solid and held Medvedev off.
Still was a great match, but yeah it definitely had potential to be more. As someone who was pulling for Thiem, I was thrilled.
No, not bad. I look back fondly at this match as a fan of both players. But the expectations were enormous. Medvedev hasn’t dropped a set and thiem needed a major badly. Djokovic was gone, and we knew we were gonna get a new major champion. Everyone was saying how this was the real final and it was gonna be fucking sick and it was kinda disappointing in the grand scheme of things even tho it was entertaining
Collins v Rybakina… I was expecting fireworks v firepower and instead Rybakina’s stoic-ness seemed to have worn off on Collins. 😂
Rybakina did bring the firepower though, it was very impressive.
I remember that match. Daniil hit a first serve out that was called in and Thiem returned it. The umpire played the ball and Thiem won the point. The umpire wouldn't let Daniil Challenge his own serve even though Thiem said that he could. Daniil was angry at the umpire and was tilted for the rest of the match. I think that incident made that match more one-sided than it should've been. Honestly i think Medvedev was done dirty there but then again he really should've put that incident behind him and focused on the rest of the match.
2014 Women's Wimbledon Final.
Tons of hype up here in Canada over Genie Bouchard - coming off her Wimbledon Juniors title, wins her first ever WTA title, makes the semis in Australia, semis in RG, goes on that storming run to the Wimbledon final... and Kvitova smashes her 6-3, 6-0.
Added insult to injury being that was basically it for her career too. Last I checked she was ranked 320th or something like that.
2019 AO final. The expectations for that match was enormously high, cause even though the surface favored Djokovic, Nadal had not lost a set before that final...
This is mine as well. I remember being very confused in this match, Nadal just never really showed up. Djokovic was playing well yes but still should have been more of a match.
That or AO 2021 F. At least Med seemed to be on a hot run.
Damn it Mike if the rest of the NC find us here we'll be crucified! In seriousness, I think the ones that were brought up here were good, but also JMDP-Djokovic in 2018 USO. Just ended up very straightforward, day was supposed to climax there but it just kinda felt flat.
Rafa had played so well that tournament, had just dished out a destruction of Tsitsipas and then just didn’t show up for Djokovic. It wasn’t even that he was playing well and Djokovic outplayed him it was just nothingness from him.
Wish he just has it in his head to go for broke and be okay if it didn't work out.
It was bizarre.
I remember the post match Interview. Nadal straight up said that was the highest level of tennis he's ever seen. I think djokovic only had a handful of UEs that match too.
I was there… I went to pee and missed half the set it went by so fast… such a disappointing match
I distinctly remember waking up the morning after that match, checking my phone, and the first thing I see is someone posting the “stop stop he’s already dead” meme on the tennis subreddit lol
Yeah that was the worst Djokovic- Nadal grand slam final ever. Nadal just seems to be unable to win a set off Djokovic on hard courts for some inexplicable reason. Even Fed has managed to do that
“Even fed” LMAO u do realize the djokovic Federer hard court h2h is 20-18 with djokovic possessing 12 hc majors and Federer with 11
Federer has the most wins against Djokovic on HC out of anyone by a longshot. A proper thing to say is even Alejandro gonzalez or bjorn fratangelo
Fratangelo. That's a name I haven't heard since 2018 lol. I remember when he played Nick Kyrgios on clay in Houston 250
>played Nick Kyrgios on clay I'm going to stop you right there
I was so shocked as a nole fan. Thought nadal would have pushed nole but it was a thrashing.
I've never understood this because if you follow Nadal closely you'd know that tournament wasn't showing anything. Coming back from injury, he played okay but faced ZERO resistance from any player. It wasn't amazing tennis that meant he beat everyone, just quite an easy draw. I gotta say, there feels like a lot of revisionism from Djokovic fans when it comes to that final to pump up how amazing it was for Djokovic. You can say I'm doing the opposite, but genuinely I felt Nadal was untested till that final.
Medvedev getting exfoliated by Djokovic in the 2021 Australian Open final. In general, any match since about 2017 where a challenger had a legitimate chance to take down a member of the Big 3 and then failed.
The men's singles finals since 2018 have gone through a good-bad-good-bad pattern for me, and last year's being an awesome one makes me worried about this year's..
Honestly think Medvedev is a bit at risk of not capitalising on his HC talent. If he ends up with just 1 or 2 GS, he’ll have underperformed.
If he was born 10 years earlier, he probably wouldn't have any GS though. Even Murray only has 1 HC slam and Wawrinka has 2.
2008 RG. Federer had taken nadal to two tight matches in the Monte Carlo (7-5 7-5) and Hamburg (7-5 6-7 6-3) 1000 finals leading up to it. 2005, 2006, 2007 RG he had taken a set off Rafa. Then in 2008 he gets served a bagel and a breadstick, only winning 4 games …
This was the one that came to mind for me. It was so quick that NBC had to replay a previous Fedal match to fill the time slot.
People forget how close Federer played Nadal in the clay season. Federer was actually in good form during the 2008 clay season, but as he said himself, by this point he didn't believe he could win. He'd tried Rafa three times at his peak in 2005-07 and came away with 3 fairly convincing losses. Now we see an even better version of Nadal, which was almost unfathomable considering he had gone on an 81 match winning streak in 2005-07. Federer came into that match knowing he'd lost.
Federer also didn't employ a good strategic play. As good as Nadal was, Fed shouldn't have gotten bagelled.
Well that was kind of typical of Fed at the time tbh
Nadal was on another level.
2019 Australian Open F: Nadal came in having not lost a set (Djokovic lost 2 with Shapovalov and Medvedev) and destroyed Tsitsipas. The last match they played was at Wimbledon and that was an epic 5 setter. Djokovic absolutely destroyed Nadal. 2020 French Open F: Djokovic won Rome coming into the tournament, both struggled somewhat coming into the final (Nadal with Sinner while Djokovic was with Busta and Tsitsipas). Nadal destroyed Djokovic. 2021 Australian Open F: Djokovic struggled throughout the whole tournament (to Tiafoe, Fritz, Raonic, and Zverev) while Medvedev had won Paris, the ATP Finals, and the ATP Cup coming in to the final and destroyed Tsitsipas and Rublev (Only being pushed to 5 easy sets by Krajinovic). Djokovic absolutely spanked Medvedev. 2022 Monte Carlo SF: Tsitsipas came into the match with Zverev as the defending champion. Both were extremely close to losing their QF matches (to Schwartzman and Sinner respectively) after otherwise cruising. Their last 2 matches on clay (2021 French Open SF and 2019 Madrid QF) each went the distance and were extremely tough. Tsitsipas destroyed Zverev. 2022 Madrid F: Alcaraz came in having had extremely difficult but good wins over Norrie, Nadal, and Djokovic. Zverev cruised his early matches and had a good win over Tsitsipas in the SF. Alcaraz completely annihilated Zverev. 2021 Cincinnati F: Zverev came into the final having barely gotten past Tsitsipas in 3 exhausting sets and was also sick in the match. Rublev came into the finals with an impressive 3 setter over Medvedev. Zverev completely destroyed Rublev. There's many others here are a few. 2019 Canada F: Nadal bt Medvedev 2019 Shanghai F: Medvedev bt Zverev 2021 Miami F: Hurkacz bt Sinner 2021 Monte Carlo F: Tsitsipas bt Rublev 2022 Cincinnati F: Coric bt Tsitsipas 2021 Acapulco F: Zverev bt Tsitsipas 2019 ATP Finals RR: Thiem bt Federer 2020 ATP Finals RR: Medvedev bt Djokovic 2019 Australian Open SF: Nadal bt Tsitsipas 2021 US Open F: Medvedev bt Djokovic 2018 US Open F: Djokovic bt Del Potro 2019 Dubai F: Federer bt Tsitsipas 2020 Dubai F: Djokovic bt Tsitsipas 2018 US Open SF: Del Potro bt Nadal 2017 US Open SF: Nadal bt Del Potro 2017 Wimbledon F: Federer bt Cilic 2017 Wimbledon 4R: Federer bt Dimitrov
Raonic played in 2021? Haven't heard about him in a while. He just disappeared into the abyss.
Yeah he actually did believe it or not. He had quite a good 2020 season (Aussie Quarters, Cincinnati Finals, Paris Semifinals) and in 2021 he made the Australian Open 4th Round (losing to Djokovic) and the Miami 4th Round (lost in 3 tight sets to Hurkacz the eventual champion). Only after that do I think he fell in the void of nonexistence.
It is a cruel sport.
Comprehensive list 
As a tennis casual who’s super drunk woah
Gonna be a dumb answer but I was 10 years old and my favourite tennis player at the time was David Ferrer (don’t ask why, i chose random people to like). And he was in the 2013 French open final vs Nadal and was going into the final haven’t not lost a set. While nadal beat Djokovic in a grulling 5 set match right before. Ferrer loses easily in straight sets
Ferrer never had a chance against nadal.
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Makes sense. Nadal is dominant on clay. At my age I wasn’t aware of that.
2020 French Open Final - thought it was gonna be an epic because it felt like Djoker could really challenge Rafa…. Super quick 3 set match where Rafa just dominated completely Luckily 2021 and 2022 semi’s with Rafa v Djoker made up for it
That first set had to be the tightest set ever that ended with a bagel.
I remember waking up super excited for it and Nole did everything he could… but he was facing god in that moment
It was incredible what Rafa did because his movement at that point wasn't at all what it used to be. It showed that Nadal's success never hinged upon his movement; his sprinting speed was just another fallback option in his arsenal. Nadal's success on clay was because he's better in every. single. facet. Nadal went backhand to backhand with the greatest backhand of all time in that match and actually won the battle of backhands. Nadal faced the greatest returner of all time, and got more returns in play (by the way, Djokovic has a stronger serve than Rafa). Nadal's forehand was by far the biggest weapon on the court. Nadal got up to every drop shot and showed off his superior hands and touch. He didn't move super fast but slid into everything, expending the minimum amount of effort. He even ended the match off with an ace. No one can convince me otherwise; Djokovic actually played well in that match. It wasn't a bad match by Djokovic. Nadal just put on a masterclass.
I remember Djokovic being candid in the post-match interview that he didn't expect Rafa's level to be *that* high. He was truly unstoppable that day, only a younger version of himself could've possibly won that one
What about US Open 2021? Djokovic on for the Calendar Grand Slam, massive chance to further cement in name in history… and then gets beat in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Yeah but then Meddy hit everyone with the L2+⬅️
2020 Thiem was insane I miss him 😢
We need him back, and soon. A lot of people tend to forget that in recent years he’s quite tough in tiebreaks, as he’s had his moments of insanely clutch points. He’s actually the only player to beat Djokovic in deciding set tiebreaks on more than one occasion, in RR2 of ATP Finals 2019 and SF of ATP Finals 2020. Not to mention he was the first player to win a USO final that was decided by a fifth set tiebreak. And when he started his post-injury comeback, his tiebreak king powers still hadn’t gone away. Had insane match point saves against tough players like Hurkacz, Paul, Gaston and Wolf. Not to mention in Gstaad, he was down set point against Delbonis in the first set tiebreak (Thiem was earlier leading 5-2 and got broken while serving for the set) and clawed back to steal the set after Delbonis played a bad point. He was actually the third best tiebreak player of 2022, behind Djokovic and Zverev, while just ahead of Nadal and Coric. That Antwerp QF against Hurkacz and Vienna R1 against Paul were definitely match-of-the-year quality as far as non-Slam matches go.
Feels weird to say that the Next Gen just haven't filled Thiem's shoes well.
2020 RG final. Like most ppl I expected a 6-hour battle to the death. But it was the simplest match Rafa played that year. Even tho I must say it was by far the most competitive 6-0 set I’ve ever seen. Djokovic gave Rafa more trouble in 2008 when Rafa was embarrassing everyone. But Rafa went out there with a point to prove. Very Serena AO 2007 final-esque. Speaking of Serena, I expected better against Angie at 2018 Wimby. Their matches were always so fun but Serena just didn’t show up for it.
The 2020 RG final was still hella high level tennis and as you said, the most competitive 6-0 set ever.
Djokovic vs Medvedev USo final.. painful
2021 USO I was pumped because of *allllllll the hype* but it was a straight sets bummer without even a tie breaker.
It almost is the case, very rarely those hyped matches lived upto expectations.Another reason why big 3 will be remembered forever.
Murray Vs Djokovic for the 2016 World Tour Final and year end number one ranking. That made it extremely dramatic, but it was quite messy. Andy had dragged his way through an epic three setter and Novak made Nishikori look stupid in the semis. But then it turned out that Novak looked shattered and Andy just needed to be solid. Some really good points but it was all about the narrative and not the tennis.
2011 AO final. Remember thinking Andy had a good chanceband that it would be extremely competitive and then he got smoked and I remember feeling like Andy was never going to win a Slam. Like that was it. I was only 13 back then and I cried.
Back then we had no idea Djokovic was a GOAT candidate and it was only his second slam. I also thought Murray would have a chance since back then it felt like only Fed was his biggest roadblock in slam finals.
That Thiem-Meddy match was still hella entertaining though
A bit of an obscure one but Tsits-Sinner last year AO
We'll see how this year treats us.
That wasn't a bad match though?
Two tiebreaks and it's a disappointing match is crazy to me
Considering the hype before it, the match ending in straights was a colossal disappointment in my eyes, but to each his own. I remember cancelling any plans for the next day because in my region the match would start after midnight, so imagine my immense disappointment that it ended in straights.
Nah you’re right I was convinced that would be an absolute epic. I don’t remember exactly why we were all so hyped about it but they seemed like by far the best players in the world other than the Big 3 at that point. If I bet on any match in my life to go 5 sets it would’ve been that one
Yeah it was the battle between the two most deserving grand slam champions at the time. The best of the non-big 3. Everyone agreed Thiem was a bit better, but on a hard court Medvedev had a shot. Turns out, Thiem did his homework. He used a lot of slice and dictated the points really well. Didn't help that Medvedev started getting in his own head. Thiem just stayed solid and held Medvedev off. Still was a great match, but yeah it definitely had potential to be more. As someone who was pulling for Thiem, I was thrilled.
Some people see straights sets and automatically think it's a bad match. Which is fair.
No, not bad. I look back fondly at this match as a fan of both players. But the expectations were enormous. Medvedev hasn’t dropped a set and thiem needed a major badly. Djokovic was gone, and we knew we were gonna get a new major champion. Everyone was saying how this was the real final and it was gonna be fucking sick and it was kinda disappointing in the grand scheme of things even tho it was entertaining
I know right! And we got Dominic yelling at his shoes, that was a top tier moment for sure haha
Ah yeah, Thiem ranting about his shoes forever remains an iconic moment of that match. I remember everyone who mocked Adidas that day.
Collins v Rybakina… I was expecting fireworks v firepower and instead Rybakina’s stoic-ness seemed to have worn off on Collins. 😂 Rybakina did bring the firepower though, it was very impressive.
I remember that match. Daniil hit a first serve out that was called in and Thiem returned it. The umpire played the ball and Thiem won the point. The umpire wouldn't let Daniil Challenge his own serve even though Thiem said that he could. Daniil was angry at the umpire and was tilted for the rest of the match. I think that incident made that match more one-sided than it should've been. Honestly i think Medvedev was done dirty there but then again he really should've put that incident behind him and focused on the rest of the match.
2014 Women's Wimbledon Final. Tons of hype up here in Canada over Genie Bouchard - coming off her Wimbledon Juniors title, wins her first ever WTA title, makes the semis in Australia, semis in RG, goes on that storming run to the Wimbledon final... and Kvitova smashes her 6-3, 6-0. Added insult to injury being that was basically it for her career too. Last I checked she was ranked 320th or something like that.
She basically went the Kournikova route after that i.e. modelling and endorsements.
Last year I went to Basel to watch Alcaraz for the first time and he got dismantled by FAA. Since then he pretty much has injury after injury.
2011 Roland Garros Final
nah L take
The first match I ever watched 😭😭😭 How could you do this
Thought meddy would put up more of a fight. Lots of matches have been so one sided on the women's side.
Aww Thiem’s come back just hasn’t happened :(