Yes! Zverev stands no chance against the Demon!

Novak just wants the gold medal hopefully he plans his season around it. Luckily for him I think he will have the most success on clay this year, especially since Nadal will likely be a non-factor

I can't see him do well on clay, his movement declined and he needs the conditions to be fast to impose himself on the court. For some reason, there's just no pop during the rallies and it will drag him down even more on clay. In IW's slower conditions, he already couldn't put off the opponents (speaking of Vukic and Nardi here) as he wanted to

Time to start seeing a fanbase grieve in real-time again, just like with Federer, just like with Nadal. Djokovic isn't done, but he most definitely isn't immortal. I think 2023 will go down as his last truly dominant year, like Fed's 2017.

He's not done yet but I think Novak will be salty for a while until he accepts his decline wholeheartedly. Idk when that is, this year or next year, but if Federer got pissy when he started to get beaten regularly, Novak is going to be saltier when he realises he hasn't got an iron grip over Tennis anymore. In his mind he probably wants to be 'gracious' about it, but watching the power you've held over Tennis for over a decade start to slip through your fingers is gonna make him feel bitter for a bit.

>Novak is going to be saltier when he realises he hasn't got an iron grip over Tennis anymore. In his mind he probably wants to be 'gracious' about it, but watching the power you've held over Tennis for over a decade start to slip through your fingers is gonna make him feel bitter for a bit. Yeah, I felt his behavior on Nardi was very unusual for his standards. It's probably playing out like you said, this loss especially will hurt a lot because there's a big difference between losing to Sinner and losing to a lucky loser out of top 100. Then again, if anyone can reset himself mentally, it's probably Djokovic.

Unusual? He may operate within the range of normally professional behaviour like mostly every other player .... but he's Salty McSalterson. Petty McPeterson. Quite usual for him (i.e. within the range of behaviour he might demonstrate). 

Been a while since I've seen him this salty, not gonna lie. Can't even remember the last time he was scolding someone on the net post-match. He's been way more gracious and supportive towards the opponents in defeat even in big upsets such as this. So it surprised me a lot.

Totally plausible. My only counterpoint would be I don't remember him being like that during his precipitous decline post-FO 2016.

Hm I guess that could be true too. But theres more of an element of finality to here though, especially losing to a Lucky Loser.

I think the finality is more of an age thing than this particular loss. I feel like losing to Istomin in AO 2017 was at least as bad if not worse.

Yeah fair

I had to go to bed after first few games in the 3rd set of Nardi-Djokovic but I felt like it was coming with how many winners Nardi was hitting and holding serves easier. Novak missed a big opportunity to collect some points whereas the other rivals were defending them. We'll see how it goes in Miami. Certainly won't be getting a draw as generous as this one was with most threats in the other side of the draw

Just woke up and oh my god 😭

N See you soon by Alcaraz is this? https://www.instagram.com/p/C4aS3OOKarw/?igsh=ZGtia3ZsdTY3OGMz

I go on tennis twitter for ten minutes and it makes r/tennis look like the most rational place in the world

Yeah, Twitter is generally a cesspool of idiocy, and tennis Twitter is particularly bad.

It says a lot that ever since I found the tennis sub on Reddit I have ventured over to tennis Twitter exactly zero times. 

How Meddy got broken so many times?

Nardi > Djokovic, Goffin > Nardi, Murray > Goffin, hence no doubt, Andy Murray is better than Djokovic

Looks like a fun doubles match first up in Phoenix tomorrow: Fognini/Kokkinakis v Borges/Vukic

The long awaited Pavvy G tweets following the Novak loss, are surprisingly….not unhinged Not one mention of the establishment That might even be a bigger upset than Nardi getting the win

just woke up.. wth happened to nole?🤯

He hasn't been sighted since his encounter with the mysterious Lord LucaN

Do you think Nardi beats Novak in a best of 5?

Novak probably beats Nardi any other day than today anywhere, even if he plays at the same (low) level. There are so many top 100 players who turned into top 5 just for one day and then flopped in the very next round. Happens multiple tournaments per year.

Do you guys know what Novak was saying to Luca at the net?

Just being his usual salty self and saying "it was wrong (incident), but well done".

Just woke up. The hell happened with Novak?

Medvedev won 12 more points on the return (61) than on serve (49)

Just tuned in for the day and wtf happened? Djoker losing was def unexpected but also he felt really off so it’s not a total shock. Damn Nardi went balls to the wall and even if he at worst case ends up like Jiri Vesely, he’s gotta be proud of himself! Monfils winning his match v Norrie and Djoker losing his is… something. Also Med being the poster child of Winning Ugly for this year so far sheesh, one can only imagine his good form where he steamrolls everyone until the final (which is sorta what happened last year).

Norrie has a Monfils problem 😔

Emma Navarro is my new favorite Emma on tour! Self-contained, businesslike, and composed under pressure. Has the spirit of a gunslinger with those ground strokes.

EMMA

Navarro!!!×××@@!@! That is a gritty win...she was the better player throughout but stumbled in the second. Legendary composure at the finish.

Emma looking in untouchable form, very convincing victory

Absolutely scorched those returns 

That was an Iga-esque 2S return

Unbelievable return of that drop shot, Navarro is top shelf

Crucial hold there

Svitolina with like 4 chances to end that point and missed them all.  Fantastic by Emma though. 

Forever impressed at how quickly Navarro has risen through the rankings over the past few months

Seems like she decided to go pro at a great time in her development.

Emma HOLD THE LINE 🙏

Emma has to break here

i love emma

wow apparently novak said at the net, it wasn't fair but bravo 🤦🏻‍♂️

He was still dwelling on that?!

Yeah that’s messed up, nardi didn’t do anything wrong. If anything he almost lost that point

Yeah it’s not like he was intentionally trying to trick Novak. He thought it was out, realized it wasn’t, hit it, and then continued playing, chasing down the drop shot.

Only a little surprised to see Gael at Elina's match this late

He's not playing tomorrow, so he must have decided no early bedtime tonight

He's giving a fan a selfie lesson LOL

Sinners gonna eat Shelton alive tomorrow I fear. Hopefully it’s still a fun match 

And sinners coach Cahill was scouting at Ben’s match last night, taking notes. Sinner is going to ready for everything tomorrow

Shelton *is* technically the only person to beat PPS… I think he’ll put up a good fight

Novak also beat PPS in Turin...

If Med continues this never repeat the same title thing currently, he has a good chance at winning IW cause he has never won IW before. Also its best of 3 sets, so if he faces someone like lets say Sinner in a AO final rematch, Med wins cause Sinner doesnt have the 2 set warm up to find his pace

Med is currently playing awfully though, also he’s not going to be as composed at IW compared to a Grand Slam final lol

Thought the same thing about him at the AO and yet he still made the finals anyway. With Meddy he van be playing not as his best but still win anyway

Genuinely impressed at how often he looks like he’s hit a wall mentally or physically but then just wins the damn match anyway. Makes for a stressful watch so far this year lmao

Navarro cannt capitalize these breaks

So, since I was stuck in the office all day and missed everything except *that*.... what's the match of the day to watch while I eat dinner?

Monfils-Norrie match!

Nardi Djokovic just because it's historic. Also, Nardi redlined all three sets and it's so impressive to watch

2nd set of Musetti-Rune 3rd set of Nardi-Djokovic

Svitolina-Navarro is primo competitive, and on right now.

Not being shown here unfortunately

Monfils won earlier in a crazy fun match

Norrie-Monfils

Nardi-Djokovic, Monflis-Norrie was entertaining in my opinion

The top 16 ranked by games dropped so far 1. A. De Minaur - 8 2. J. Sinner - 10 3. S. Tsitsipas - 11 4. T. Fritz / T. Paul - 12 5. G. Dimitrov / C. Alcaraz / H. Rune* - 13 6. C. Ruud - 16 7. A. Zverev - 17 8. F. Marozsan / D. Medvedev - 19 9. J. Lehecka - 21 10. L. Nardi - 25 11. G. Monfils - 28 12. B. Shelton - 31

De Minaur running thru the draws this year like ‘06 Federer 😭😭

De Minaur is in scary good form at the moment, his matches so far have been genuinely uninteresting to watch they're so one sided

Praying for a onesided match tomorrow lmao

THANK GOD 😭😭😭 Meddy nation rise we never lost faith for a second 🐙🐙

I never lost faith because I only checked the result after the match finished. All I gotta say is that it was indeed a match 🤣 But for real I hope Med finds some semblance of form because he is not making this year easy on himself.

Lmao I couldn't watch third set and I was like watch this go to TB and Meddy DF and Korda wins 😭😭😭

hear hear

Well I did lose some faith at the 3rd consecutive DFs. Should have trusted the tall awkward russian more

I couldn’t watch the third set, just saw the endless breaking in the score so I don’t blame you

At this point I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s meddy’s match, anything could happen including tripple DFs and breaks fest with him comes out victorious at the end

10 DF for Meddy.....

This garbage match had to finish on a garbage point.

63 unforced errors by Korda yikessssssss

Korda wishes he can play Meddy every tournament so that his fan can believe that he is a top 10 material.

Well, damn. I can't be mad about Med winning though.

idk what y'all are saying, that was a fun watch

idk what you were watching

I have no words

what was that nonsense match point

me: finally meddy broke the curse! commentator: and he will face grigor dimitrov in quarterfinals! me: oh man....😭

Korda 63 unforced errors!

We were 6 UEs away from greatness 😭

Can anybody read his lips lmao

I’d be curious to know how many of those 3rd set service games Korda had game point in. Seemed like he was just incapable of getting over the line every time he got to game point.

He had game points in his first three service games and the last one of the third and only held the first time. However, Medvedev also had all the game points/break points for a 5-0 lead in the third so it goes both ways with missed chances.

Korda now 0-10 against top 10 players when he loses the first set.

Does Korda get scared when he has a chance for a winner?

My god Korda looks atrocious out there. What the hell happened to him?

mental midget

What a mess of a match, Medvedev just happy to have this one over

One of the matches I've seen

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U can say the same about Meddy, they ping ponged who got broken that whole last set

Summary of this match: the low level of Meddy doesn't low enough to lose

Awkward ending

Perfect for the awkward match

Ok meddy finish it here because I do NOT trust you to hold again

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Korda please grind your serve until it actually works

Korda is so frustrating to watch

if korda wins this service lol. thank god fritz exists so i can cope theres actually 1 good american

Who is it

Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz, and young Ben Shelton all deserve their flowers!!! My poor Big Foe does not 😭😭

bold strategy from Meddy by winning his service game, let's see if it pays off for him Cotton

Thank Christ

Okay, now hold Korda’s serve, Meddy

Meddy essentially “serving” for the match right now

this is definitely one of the matches of all time

Finally a hold !!! Or “break” in this reverse match

Korda doing a great job of saving break points, but at the same time he hasn’t been capable of converting game points on serve so it doesn’t even matter. 13 break points saved but I think he’s gotten broken in every game he had to defend a break point regardless.

He’s faced BPs in 11 service games and managed to hold 3 times so far out of those 11.

Just got home from work and switched on the tennis... what in the world is going on here?

They've both forgotten how to serve...until this game

Turn it off and go back to work 💀

A Meddy break here could be decisive, Korda with a chance to keep it on serve

Lol I see what you did there

Return games are the new service games

I genuinely don't have a word for how pathetic korda's service is. What itf player does he think he's beating like this.

Keep crying

remember when the players voted that Meddy could not miss a backhand for an hour straight...evidence right there (but the serve is gone rip)

Meddy holds once pls, we have enough sh\*t for the whole match, you can lose all your serve in next round

Daniil hold forever pls 🥺🥺 need a miracle

Meddy chewing angrily looks funnier than it should

8/21 bp for med???????????? what is this match???

Norrie was 3/21

bro💀

8/21 is kinda misleading though. He’s broken in essentially every game he’s had a break point in. Just has taken multiple attempts

Yeah very similar to the Yuan Dolehide match with the BP conversions. Medvedev has had BPs in 11 return games and has broken 8 times.

This has got to be up there lol for most breaks of serve in a best of 3 men’s match.

what is this match

Holding serve? We don’t do that here. 

it's usually easier if you win your service games, guys

What is going on here?! Haha wild match

Meddy just wants to play PlayStation bro

honestly i'm just considering this on serve lol

At this rate, it is

5 breaks in a row!! This is ridiculous Just HOLD please Medvedev!

Cant hit a 1st for his life but hits a banging pass like that. Oh meddy

Now how is the camera person in the way?! They are doing their job on sidelines. Come on Daniil! He's letting small things get to him

I think that’s actually where he derives most of his powers from

Remember when Korda said he was one of the favorites at Wimbledon

This is a parking lot match 😭

If Korda loses this one he’ll definitely be drilling a lot of volleying and net play in the near future

Oh lord Sebi

LMAO him telling the camera man to back away Of all the assholes on tour I like Meddys brand of asshole the best

korda’s volleys are really letting him down. he needs to hold here

tho vollets are horrid

Korda is reliving his match against Khachanov at Wimbledon 2021 by the looks of it

Breaks will now be referred to as holds, and holds will be referred to as breaks. April 1st came early and it’s a treat at 1 am

Med is washed

Right now they are playing a different sport called sinnet where serving gives you a disadvantage

Medvedev is unbelievable

Svitolina gets the second set! Impressive because Navarro had been looking real good.

Oh how I miss Meddy's good serving days....

this is some dog shit tennis im watching right now

This match sucks butt

Jeez this match is tense

Here we go with Med antics

Last time I saw this type of match, it was fognini vs Alcaraz in Rio last year, no one wants to win

It’s like Coco vs Kostuyk at AO (and a lot of juniors matches I’ve watched 😬) but not so common on ATP level lol

These guys can't hold to save their fking life

Lol Meddy getting mad at the camera man

This must be the weirdest match I have ever seen

I can’t watch rn what the fuck is Meddy doing

I have a feeling he will win once he can hold his serve

From your mouth to God’s ears 🙏🙏🙏

four breaks in a row, christ almighty.