ATP/WTA 2018: The Year of the Dimitrov
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Wawrinka lost to Steve Johnson in his first match back. 6-4, 6-4 Rome M1000 first round.
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Zverev with a whooping so far. Opens the second set with a break, 6-4, 1-0 and serving himself.
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Update the stat books, we have a new three time M1000 winner.
Now on to Rome!
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Bollocks, missed this final.
Zverev 3rd M1000 is quite the feat, shame he never beat Isner a while back.
Needs to get a good run at a slam and he'll have a chance.
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No 1st round letdown in Rome for elShapo. Beats Berdych 7-6 in the 3rd.
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Yeah, good win for El Shapo.
Dimitrov vs Nishikori, and Thiem vs Fognini tomorrow.
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Andy now a doubt for Wimbledon but I think he'll play if he can. He made the quarter finals last year despite only being at 80%. Almost 12 months gone and same injury still plaguing him!
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Thiem out against Fognini....looked pretty tired.
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LOL (make sure your sound is on)
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Nadal vs El Shapo tomorrow.
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6-4, 6-1. Nadal beats the kid Shapo.
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Tomorrow has Nishikori / Novak again, and Nadal / Fognini in front of his home crowd.
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And another set lost by Rafa, what a fraud.
Fognini looks like a top 4 player on clay this season with Zverev and Thiem
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It was such a Fognini thing to do to win the first 6-4, then go out 6-1, 6-2.
Related, remember a few years ago when our new lord and savior was Ernest Gulbis?
2014 RG was so awesome. When the rumor came out that he spent all his prize money on gambling... even though it wasn't true it still made him my new favorite.
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Kei takes the first set 6-2 over Novak. Ouch.
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6:30am mountain time zone (?), Zverev/Cilic supposedly like 5 hours later.
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Rafa fell down 15-40 before eventually holding; Novak held at love. 1-1.
They showed a stat on screen that said the largest sample size of two players playing each other is Novak vs Rafa, 26-24 in Novak's favor.
The second largest is Novak vs Fed, 23-22 in Novak's favor.
Having the largest sample sizes and winning records vs both is a pretty legit brag for Djokovic.
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2-2, Novak holds at love again.
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Rafa holds, Rafa breaks. 4-2 and serving.
Ruh roh.
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Lucky bastard.
15-40 on rafa serve.
Breaks first attempt.
Nightmare game for Rafa while major luck for novak
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Djoko is playing really well, winning the long rallies.
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Novak breaks while Rafa was serving for the set. 5-4, Novak on serve now to try to tie it up.
On the successful break point itself in the last game, Rafa mis-hit the ball into the sky. Is he finally mortal!?
