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Jack's Flow
Jun 6, 2003

Life, friends, is boring
God drat. My heart. Roger!

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Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

Fodder Cannon posted:

You were saying? :smug:

Here's hoping for a straight sets win with Djokovic weeping! :D

ssbbud
Jan 2, 2014

Fodder Cannon posted:

You were saying? :smug:

:drat: That tiebreak had some awesome points.

Yoshi Wins
Jul 14, 2013

Federer wins the first set, but I thought Djokovic looked better overall. When the points got into long rallies, Djokovic seemed to have a pretty nice advantages. Federer didn't do very well in Djokovic's service games. Djokovic didn't do very well against Federer's serve either, but I think Djokovic beat Federer at love twice.

But Federer's serve is as beautiful as ever. It got him to the tiebreak, and Fed is a great tiebreak player.

Nice match so far.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Djoker is hugely fatalistic. No chance of winning now.

Filthee Fingas
Jan 5, 2004
It's great being left handed..you can jerk off and still keep the mouse on the right side of the keyboard
I would love for this to be as intense as 2008.

Fodder Cannon
Jan 12, 2008

I love to watch Fox News and then go club some baby seals
Very good tennis so far. Federer had me worried for a while but I s

Josh Lyman posted:

Djoker is hugely fatalistic. No chance of winning now.

Read this and looked up to see the Serb asking god why. Then he fell. Deseret can't fail when he's obviously got god on on his side.

Yoshi Wins
Jul 14, 2013

This third set is the best-looking set for Federer so far. His serve is just as good as it was in the first set, but now he's winning more net points too. This is the first set where I felt like he's had a chance to actually break Djokovic.

Yoshi Wins
Jul 14, 2013

Welp. I think Federer is doomed now.

ssbbud
Jan 2, 2014
Well I think that's the match. drat it, Roger :(

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty
Big Rog ain't gonna win this now :(

ChaosReaper
Feb 19, 2005
When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?

Man I was hoping Federer would take this match but I can't see him winning in five.

Sodium Chloride
Jan 1, 2008

There is a sense of inevitability about this now.

Looks like it is going to be another Kvitova/Dkojovic year.

Buddy Holly
Oct 14, 2004

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy. Run along now.
Oh dear...

edit - :holy:

Buddy Holly fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Jul 6, 2014

fancyclown
Dec 10, 2012
Oh well.... :smithcloud:

EDIT haha finally he won a great point when going to the net!

BOOM Fed breaks back! :getin:

fancyclown fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Jul 6, 2014

Tetrix
Aug 24, 2002

NOT YET

Sodium Chloride
Jan 1, 2008

Federer finally breaks... and then hands it back.

Buddy Holly
Oct 14, 2004

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy. Run along now.
Class act that Federer, giving back the break he stole from Djokovic :)

ssbbud
Jan 2, 2014
I love how unabashedly pro-Fed the crowd is. And Djoker breaks again :smith:

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

And Federer shits the bed again. So much for 'the greatest'...

Buddy Holly
Oct 14, 2004

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy. Run along now.

ThirdPartyView posted:

And Federer shits the bed again. So much for 'the greatest'...

lol

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Federer :swoon:

OrangeKing
Dec 5, 2002

They do play in October!

ThirdPartyView posted:

And Federer shits the bed again. So much for 'the greatest'...

Might have called this one a bit early.

fancyclown
Dec 10, 2012
Oh mah lawd! This set, I like it. Please hold now Mr. Federer :angel:

Sodium Chloride
Jan 1, 2008

ThirdPartyView posted:

And Federer shits the bed again. So much for 'the greatest'...

Federer is 5 and a half years older than Djokovic. Your body goes downhill after 30. Were you really expecting Federer to play the way he did at 25?

Djokovic was the favourite before the match started, he's younger, fitter and more consistent than Federer is now.

ssbbud
Jan 2, 2014
This match is so good.

fancyclown
Dec 10, 2012

ssbbud posted:

This match is so good.

Yes, yes it is.

Fodder Cannon
Jan 12, 2008

I love to watch Fox News and then go club some baby seals

ssbbud posted:

This match is so good.

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

Sodium Chloride posted:

Federer is 5 and a half years older than Djokovic. Your body goes downhill after 30. Were you really expecting Federer to play the way he did at 25?

Considering that, physically, Nadal is more shot than Federer and still destroys everyone at the French Open (whereas Federer has been flaky as poo poo at his home turf of Wimbledon) combined with the fact that people fellate Federer as the GOAT, yes?

Horseshoe theory fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Jul 6, 2014

ChaosReaper
Feb 19, 2005
When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?

Man when Djokovic starts going away mentally he does it full bore. He just goes from doing well to crumbling. Not that I'm complaining since I want Federer to win but it's crazy to watch because I like watching Djokovic play as well.

Fodder Cannon
Jan 12, 2008

I love to watch Fox News and then go club some baby seals
:getin:

Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax
This 4th set is legendary.

Yoshi Wins
Jul 14, 2013

2 things happened in the 4th set:

The match got sloppier.

The match got WAY COOLER.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

ThirdPartyView posted:

Considering that, physically, Nadal is more shot than Federer and still destroys everyone at the French Open (whereas Federer has been flaky as poo poo at his home turf of Wimbledon) combined with the fact that people fellate Federer as the GOAT, yes?

I would like to introduce you to a thing called "drugs".

Great Enoch
Mar 23, 2011
Good Lord.

Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax

ThirdPartyView posted:

And Federer shits the bed again. So much for 'the greatest'...
:cawg:

OrangeKing
Dec 5, 2002

They do play in October!

ThirdPartyView posted:

And Federer shits the bed again. So much for 'the greatest'...

Even if Djokovic wins in the 5th, this will still be hilarious.

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

Lid posted:

I would like to introduce you to a thing called "drugs".

Federer is clean, you say? I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


What the shite is this awful montage + music?

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Sway Grunt
May 15, 2004

Tenochtitlan, looking east.
Sloppy 4th but good for Federer, though I'm worried for him in this 5th set. Often when he exerts a lot of effort to win a tough set he ends up going away, if only momentarily, in the ensuing set. :\

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