Is Nadal still invincible at RG

[Hs0022]

Now Baldy trying to save BP. And he does with a FH. Deuce. Nadal cooking. And now at Avantage. And an ace to give him 6-5. Djoker snoozed and he loozed a little.

 

[Hs0022]

Nole trying to figure out what to do at 5-6 down. He is about to go down two sets to one if he ain’t careful.
15-0 after Nadal shot sails long. Falta
One shot hits the tape and slows down and Nadal pounces on it. 15 all

15-30 after some weird hullaballoo from Nole.
30-30 after a good and easy overhead smash
nice forehand inside out to stretch Nadal on his own fh side.
40-30 now. Brilliant down the line fh winner by Baldy. 40-40

another brilliant cross court backhand by Nadal and he gets BP and set point. He might lose a few more hair but won the set!!

 

[Hs0022]

Bouncy bounce and on to the next rally. Beautiful drop shot with great nerves gets him out of Djoko jail. Deuce

now Ad djok. Game over 7! mins long and on to the TB

 

[Hs0022]

Nadal has to invoke some serious Monkey-moo power to close this one.
Serving first.

falta. And falta again. Df . Mini B to Djoker
One of his bh sails long. 1-1. 2-1 Djoker after hitting the line too casuallly.

now 2-2 with one more Nadal serve. Djokovic hits one bh wide . 2-3 with Nole serving now.

nice clutch volley by Nole. 3-3 side change with one more serve to come. Can Baldy twist his arm now and make Bruce Willis proud?

obscene fh short winner by Nole. 3-4 Baldy yo serve. Nadal built up the next point only to screw up the easy volley. Mini b to Nole.

3-5 Nadal. Beautiful dropper. 5-4 with Nole to serve for set.

Let. Nole in red riding hood outfit with matching shoes. Now 6-4. Two set points one on his serve.
And now Nole has a two sets to one lead.

 

[Hs0022]

1-0 Nadal serving. Spectacular point. 30-30 40-30 after Tight Nole hits the tape.

game point. Falta. Nice rally. 2-0 up now.

 

[nuraman00]

Nadal had a lot of chances to win the 3rd set, and 2nd set, but lost them both. He also started off well in the 4th but then tailed off.

 

[Hs0022]

Nadal had a lot of chances to win the 3rd set, and 2nd set, but lost them both. He also started off well in the 4th but then tailed off.

This is the beginning of the end of the Nadal era in Roland Garros. Like Federer had started to fade away back in 2012.

 

[nuraman00]

Tsitsipas off to solid start.

On serve in the first, 3- 2.

 

[Hs0022]

That dreaded “bathroom break” that allows people to do dubious things like cheat. It’s not a coincidence that Nole started playing better after the bathroom break.