2019 Australian Open Final: Djokovic vs. Nadal

[Deleted member 48881]

Their 53rd meeting overall, will be a massive match, could last 5 hours again. Rafael wants to get his 18th Slam, also completing the Double Carees Slam, ie winning all slams at least two times. Djokovic on the other hand wants to get his 15th Slam and 7th AUS Open title. I am a huge Nadal fan so it will be super nervous breakfast tomorrow.

Who do you want to win?

Starts at 8:30 UK time Sunday morning.

Odds are rn, @1,76 for Djokovic,@ 2,10 for Rafael

 

[Tigger]

It's all boils down to skill, desire and who's doctor has come up with the best course of PED's.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Nobody cares about tennis as much as F1 or boxing here? Shame

 

[evilwebby]

Novak looks utterly imperious. Nadal will need to dig very deep indeed just to make this a competitive match.

 

[evilwebby]

Hmm.. can't see any way back at all for Nadal. He's only managed to take 6 points against the Djokovic serve in the first 2 sets.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Nadal getting completely destroyed. What an idiot, how can you stay so behind the baseline against Djokovic NOT ISNER. What happend to the guy in two days I will never know.

You can not lose 4 finals at AO in a row. You can not afford it if you are chasing Slams. Nadal seems indeed finished outside of clay now.

 

[evilwebby]

Wow. That was tennis from another planet from Novak Djokovic. As good as anything he produced during his standout 2011 season. Nadal is a great player, but I've never seen him so helpless.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Congrats to Novak. The Friends of Andy Murray salute you! Best in the world.

 

[WA Toffee]

Amazing to think that the top 3 players of all time (in terms of grand slams won) are all currently competing, And with Serena Williams also breaking all records in women’s tennis
Will we ever see that happen again in any sport?

 

[jtl60]

I just don't have the same appreciation for Novak as I do for Federer and Nadal .
Sadly I think Novak is going to go on and overtake Rogers haul of open titles as he still has a good 3-4 years in him and there isnt anyone coming up that is close to the level as we've seen in the last 10-12 years of the mens game

 

[evilwebby]

I just don't have the same appreciation for Novak as I do for Federer and Nadal .
Sadly I think Novak is going to go on and overtake Rogers haul of open titles as he still has a good 3-4 years in him and there isnt anyone coming up that is close to the level as we've seen in the last 10-12 years of the mens game

Yeah, I can see it happening too. I’ve already said that I think Djokovic has the best baseline game ever seen, which is what the modern game is all about. We’ll see how long he stays in this sort of form. Maybe Nadal has another couple of RGs in him and even Fed might not be done winning slams yet, but another half dozen slams for Djokovic doesn’t seem that unlikely right now.

 

[jtl60]

Yeah, I can see it happening too. I’ve already said that I think Djokovic has the best baseline game ever seen, which is what the modern game is all about. We’ll see how long he stays in this sort of form. Maybe Nadal has another couple of RGs in him and even Fed might not be done winning slams yet, but another half dozen slams for Djokovic doesn’t seem that unlikely right now.

Hopefully Rafael has got another 2-3 RG, cant see Nadal losing to Djokovic on clay anytime soon. Not sure about Fed, although I'd love to see him win another Wimbledon, thats probably his best chance

 

[evilwebby]

Hopefully Rafael has got another 2-3 RG, cant see Nadal losing to Djokovic on clay anytime soon. Not sure about Fed, although I'd love to see him win another Wimbledon, thats probably his best chance

Hmm.. well, that's the interesting one, isn't it?
I think there is more clear daylight between Djokovic and Nadal (or anyone else) than there has ever been, so I do rate his chances of overturning Nadal on clay quite highly.

Djok has now won the last 3 slams and has actually increasingly dominated the rivalry ever since they first met. I don't think Nadal's continual dominance of RG is assured by any means.

 

[jtl60]

Hmm.. well, that's the interesting one, isn't it?
I think there is more clear daylight between Djokovic and Nadal (or anyone else) than there has ever been, so I do rate his chances of overturning Nadal on clay quite highly.

Djok has now won the last 3 slams and has actually increasingly dominated the rivalry ever since they first met. I don't think Nadal's continual dominance of RG is assured by any means.

Im hoping!