*** 2026 Tennis Thread ***
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What a match and kind of epitome of Dimitrov career. Coming off couple great wins loses to Arthur Ferry.
I'm guessing the last thing Novak wanted was to play a 5 setter that might go 5 hours, plus it might get suspended due to curfew.
Great match could hurt Djokovic's chances against Sinner but does get 2 days off. Sinners level this year hasn't been as high as last. Think my odds chart right now is
Sinner: 40%
Djokovic: 25%
Zverev: 20%
Fritz 15%
I am surprised Novak is still able to go 5+ hours and get a win at his age. He has to feel confident considering his AO win vs Sinner. Hope for an exciting match.
Not a good effort from Fritz. Zverev is notoriously bad on grass, and it's probably Fritz's best surface. With an easy path to the final if he had won too.
I don't think Zverev has ever been better. You can just see the confidence winning a slam sometimes take guys in opposite directions I think he's definitely better for it. He's got close to a coin flip shot imo Sunday regardless of how 2nd semi plays out.
Interested to see how Djokovic looks early against Sinner after 5 hour QF match. Last year when these 2 played in Semi he looked exhausted. Australian Open opposite. If it's close in late stages I'll favor Djokovic
Interested to see how Djokovic looks early against Sinner after 5 hour QF match. Last year when these 2 played in Semi he looked exhausted. Australian Open opposite. If it's close in late stages I'll favor Djokovic
I just texted someone that Zverev couldn't have asked for a more favorable path at Roland Garros, and now with Sinner not playing at his best (a high bar, to be fair), Zverev may never have a better opportunity to win back-to-back slams. Yes, it's absolutely a mental switch that's been flipped, and you can see that the physical ingredients were there all along. Pressure and expectations can cripple even the most talented of athletes
Djokovic, probably for years now, has done what no youth coach would ever teach, and picks his spots in tightly contested matches. You can do that when you've truly mastered your craft and are the GOAT. I expect him to be going all in on Sinner's serve early. Djokovic knows what his last match does to a 39-year-old body vs. a 24, and knows that Sinner knows that too. As usual (personally I'm over it), I predict the pressure will, somehow, be on the much-younger Sinner in the first few sets
He got lucky in that in final he didn't have to beat Sinner or Alcaraz but just beating really good players like Jodar, mensik, and cobolli wasn't something he always used to do. His play was more erratic particularly his Serve and Forehand that seems to all of been buttoned up. He's always been very good but now he's elite imo. If it's him vs Sinner I'm final I personally give him a better shot than i would of in January.
You can argue a lot of who's better at what within a lot of legends if you break down their games but I don't think anyone would argue there's never been anyone better in the biggest pressure spots than Djokovic. I'm talking like 5-5 in a Semi or final vs another great player. I almost always expect him to pull it out even though it should be 50/50
I agree. Nadal was similar, but more in the sense of it being impossible to bury him over the course of a match. Big points still felt 50/50 most of the time. With Djokovic, it feels like everyone including 99.9% of his opponents thinks he has at least a 51% chance in those moments, even if the score is dead even
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