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Silock · 01-17-2008, 10:28 PM

I guess updated for 2012?

Americans are all out.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 06:13 AM

The 3rd set was 88 minutes...insane.

Silock · 01-27-2012, 06:13 AM

Lol

Based on what I saw from Nadal last night, I don't think Murray can beat him playing like he is right now. Those brain cramps and bad decisions will be seized upon by Nadal. And Nadal can match the athleticism.

Silock · 01-27-2012, 06:15 AM

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Oh, he's trying pretty hard out there. They both are. Even to come back and create a tiebreak was pretty impressive the way Murray is playing.

He has the break. He's just acting like the old Djoko that got all pissed and lost anyway. Being up a break kinda throws a wrench in that analysis, though.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 06:18 AM

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Lol

Based on what I saw from Nadal last night, I don't think Murray can beat him playing like he is right now. Those brain cramps and bad decisions will be seized upon by Nadal. And Nadal can match the athleticism.

Nadal didn't play that well last night...hasn't all tournament. The match was there for Federer to take if he hit the right shots and Fed predictably choked against him in the clutch like he has for the past five years.

Murray has always had the skill to beat any one of the three ahead of him. The mental side has always held him back.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 06:19 AM

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He has the break. He's just acting like the old Djoko that got all pissed and lost anyway. Being up a break kinda throws a wrench in that analysis, though.

Up a double break now. Murray's throwing away everything good that he did in the 3rd.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 06:30 AM

Murray just completely tanked the 4th set. That was like 20 minutes. Saving it all for the 5th, I guess. I don't know how he could be done.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 06:37 AM

Murray's not running in the first game in the 5th either.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 06:44 AM

Now Novak is back to looking tired and Murray looks fit. This match is bizarre.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 07:17 AM

Murray fights back when he looked down and out. Incredible.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 07:49 AM

Incredible effort from both players, but Djokovic played bigger when it counted at the end. That of the longest matches ever played at the Australian Open (4 hours, 50 minutes)...it brought back memories of the Nadal/Verdasco 5 hour+ SF in 2009 in terms of how gruelling a test it was.

I went into this match thinking Murray would go fold easily when he faced the pressure, but it wasn't that way at all. He fought harder and was clutcher than I've ever seen him. That bodes well for him going forward in 2012. The talent is clearly there to beat the best and he appears to be finding the heart.

Djovokic vs. Nadal in the final. Novak owned him last season (winning all six times they met) and he'll have the mental advantage because of it, so I'd have to go with him despite how hard this match was for him. You can't ever count out Rafael Nadal, though.

Silock · 01-27-2012, 08:49 AM

Meltdown Murray. He did well to fight back at the end but not well enough.

KC_Connection · 01-27-2012, 08:51 AM

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Meltdown Murray. He did well to fight back at the end but not well enough.

Had two break points at 5-5 and didn't play assertive enough, IMO. Hit one into the net on the first one and then allowed Djokovic to hit a massive winner on him down the line at 30-40.

Just remembered this video:

KC_Connection · 01-29-2012, 06:05 AM

After falling behind early, Novak Djokovic has unsurprisingly taken complete control of this match.

kcxiv · 01-29-2012, 06:18 AM

Bad match up for Nadal. Opposite of Him and Federer.

KC_Connection · 01-29-2012, 06:30 AM

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Bad match up for Nadal. Opposite of Him and Federer.

There's Vlade Divac in the background.

Nadal's fighting right now to stay in it as only he can, but I think the mental advantage Novak has on him will be too much.

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Silock MVP Silock's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park	Lol Based on what I saw from Nadal last night, I don't think Murray can beat him playing like he is right now. Those brain cramps and bad decisions will be seized upon by Nadal. And Nadal can match the athleticism.
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KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity KC_Connection's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006	Murray just completely tanked the 4th set. That was like 20 minutes. Saving it all for the 5th, I guess. I don't know how he could be done.
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KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity KC_Connection's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006	Now Novak is back to looking tired and Murray looks fit. This match is bizarre.
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KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity KC_Connection's Avatar Join Date: Jan 2006	Incredible effort from both players, but Djokovic played bigger when it counted at the end. That of the longest matches ever played at the Australian Open (4 hours, 50 minutes)...it brought back memories of the Nadal/Verdasco 5 hour+ SF in 2009 in terms of how gruelling a test it was. I went into this match thinking Murray would go fold easily when he faced the pressure, but it wasn't that way at all. He fought harder and was clutcher than I've ever seen him. That bodes well for him going forward in 2012. The talent is clearly there to beat the best and he appears to be finding the heart. Djovokic vs. Nadal in the final. Novak owned him last season (winning all six times they met) and he'll have the mental advantage because of it, so I'd have to go with him despite how hard this match was for him. You can't ever count out Rafael Nadal, though.
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