***** Nadal vs Djokovic In-Play US Open Final Thread *****

Verdasco-style chucking in the towel.

let that be a lesson to you then jose

birchola

i was -1.1k rafa even at 1-1 3-3 30-30 rain break

spare pants were needed - thats half of my bank

somehow +120 green now on both thank god

like practice session for NADAL now.

Yeps he's done

Yeahhh,.... well,.... game Over in this one....

Thank feck for that! 

all hail the new king of tennis

Shame to see someone like Djoko give up so easily, thought more of him than that. WD winners! And wd Nadal - AWESOME!!

Night folks!

Nice one Chelsea.    I only keep a bank of £500 normally.  I'd turfed a credit card load on to cover my red in a semi-drunken rage.  Not good

It's not a lesson I exactly needed tbh. The umpires are under instruction from the authorities. In the same way in football they're probably told to ignore shirt pulling at every corner if it is "minor." But it always begs the question - how many rules are there to be broken that are "immaterial?"

he beat him into submission

Funny article in the wsj about time between points.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704644404575481732927534288.html

The slowest... rafa

birch, you lay rafa big at the start then?

Yep

Cmon Joko funs! Back him @150 it's free money

get used to it, he's going to get away with it as are the others

try and forget about it maybe? it's not going away

they are not going to point penalty, game penalty, default the world number 1 (potential goat), crowd puller, entertainer for taking 10 seconds too long inbetween points

simply - get the **** over it!!

g - coat in trouble

oi oi
Parents even know the game is up tho

There's some talk of timers on the courtside scoreboards, which will bring the time pressure into the open a bit.

I'm calling it

GSM 2010 champion Nadal

Dad - laughing

Mum - SEETHING!

dont really know where the excitement has been this last 2 sets game would have been 3-0 if it was not for rain ,it upset his ocd and took him a while to organize his thoughts,he was probably trying to work out how many raindrops had fallen on the court or summit,joker backers were asking a lot for nadal to throw away such a chance to grab the full set .granted thye joker has got himself back where he was 2 years ago but nadal is a tough nut to crack .

be some hefty fees on the credit card payment mate

i used to deposit with AMEX 2.50 per £100

so thats £100 in fees? [:o] + interest

good god, rafa's sister is the spitting image of him

too late for these massive forehands now nole

But they should bart, would make the match more enjoyable to watch. Little betting opportunities anyway in a Rafa match, back him at the start and collect when its over, but if he wouldn't have 30 seconds to think about where to serve match could be more interesting

Exactly.  My profit from this will probably only just cover it!

Sport isn't about entertainment in my world if the rules can't be kept too. Just change the rules to 40 seconds is all the ITF have to do.

shocking call

ye mate you still have a bit of green though on 340

better than a big red

Give it up joker so can we all go to bed you inconsiderate serb

Aside from the second set, it's been a pretty poor performance from Djokovic. Needed to start hot and get on a run, not get stuck in long grinding rallies.

The GOAT!

That point sums up Djokovic's match: numerous short balls to kill the point, doesn't get anywhere near enough penetration on them and ends up losing the point.

The REAL GOAT

And they said he'd never win it! 

depends how you time him and djok anyway

because you dont start the clock as soon as the ball bounces twice, you give them a couple of seconds there....and you dont stop the clock when the ball is struck on the serve

hes at the line like djok usually within 25seconds, but its there where they take another 10 at least, which is where the problem arises, because the umps have maybe stopped there clock when they get to the line

sister has same tics, no?

Joker has played very well but served like a kunt most of the match.

If that mug commentator, Simon Reed is reading this phorum, - That girl is younger his sister, NOT his Girlfriend, ffs

lol rafas mini sister giving it the vamos after that game

Rafa going to fall on the floor when he wins it ?

Start of the service motion is how it is understood. Primarily judged by the ball toss.

indeed JF

1.01 imo to fall on his back

simpson, the rules are pretty clear on this:

Start Stop Watch. The chair umpire must start the stopwatch after the ball goes out of play or when the players are ordered to play.

Play shall be continuous, except that a maximum of twenty-five (25) seconds may elapse from the moment the ball goes out of play at the end of one point to the time the ball is stuck for the next point.

I'm a backer

lol KGO

hail the king .

On his back in a star shape imo.

What are the chances that the interviewer asks Novak to do a Rafa impersonation during the ceremony?

Rafa to cry ..

Yes 1.5

No 2.9

Petchy lol

Just hope he doesn't fall to the ground, gets boring

I'll take some of that no at 2.90

Petch just a slipped a finger up his own back passage then

nice to see novak smiling there

nice scenes

Rafa don't cry unlike Fed

looked out imo

Here we go

Novak quite a character

Great champion & brilliant runner-up , the ball has never had such a pasting in any era.

Absolute quality 

ffs, he falls to the ground

lol petch was about to say

the greatest..........................of all time

Living legend. [;)]

well done Rufa

Very impressive.

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congratulations rafa

played terrific, well deserved

great sportsmanship from novak also, very gracious in defeat

all 4 slams now, magnificent

DO THE ROLLY POLLY

Very poor fitness from Djokovic. Was dead on his feet in the third set, even with a long rainbreak.

true, novak is a classy guy.

will he pass fed ?

had the venus/rafa double

lol ffs baconontoast

he played the best tennis he could have possibly played from the rainbreak onwards

give him some credit , beaten by the better man today

good job mugray was nowhere near this final

he would have taken the roasting of epic proportions from either of these players

Well that's me done with the Tennis forum until the Masters cup then

congrats to Joker too. he showed lots of guts there.

But this is Nadal's time.

HAIL the GOAT

yep me too

cheers for the welcome and hospitality regular tennis forumites

been a great 2 weeks

Oh great, mrs charisma is here again.

Viva España!!! Congratulations Rafa, you are just the mentally toughest player of all time. Congrats to Djoko aswell. Good night.

he played the best tennis he could have possibly played from the rainbreak onwards

eh, he played excellent five-six games after the rainbreak, throw away the momentum after his first game in 3rd set and after that no more than ok...but well, how poorly he played pre us open indeed he played a good match, but no more than that.

Good for the future however to see Novak play tennis again at decent level, if he only can find his serve again.

Championship is a state of mind

WD Novak

Don't necessarily agree with the phrase " threw away the momentum " tbh , at this highest of levels the momentum is nearly always taken from you

greatexampleforthekids

thankyoutomyphysicaltrainer

1.7 million dollars [:o]

dude just coped off with the cheque

doubt roger would be smiling like novak had rafa just roasted him

tears on the court right about now

Doubt he'll even notice the change in his bank balance when the cheque clears tbh 

1.7 mill, tornado made that on the 1st set[;)]

annabel absolutely spot on.

greg just stating the obvious.

Rafa deserves every penny unlike the girls tournament

rooney could show him how to spend that cheque 1000 times

chelsea_blue Joined: 28 Oct 06
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doubt roger would be smiling like novak had rafa just roasted him

tears on the court right about now

probably true, but then there's the expression "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser"

how much was matched ?

60 million last time i looked and that was when nadal was 2 sets to 1 up.