dude hes not gonna win this shit playing like this, especially if he's not bombing in that first serve (odd too cuz his first two service games he served VERY well, then the wheels came off)

he's hitting with like 3 quarters pace (maybe the conditions?) and seems content to sit around and stay in the rallies

nadal spews a few errors and sod somehow escapes that game, 4-3

nadal scrubbing it up hard in this game, chance for robin to break back

saved but he gets another one on yet another error/mis hit

sod chunks the return even though it wasn't exactly blazing and was right at his bh

then his balance/footwork disappear and he lunges a bh into the net, and it's gp nadal

medium long rally, sod hits a ball just long and its 5-3


not gonna lie, this set has been sort of ugly to watch so far. womens was higher quality yesterday rofl

Robin won't win shit when he doesn't attack when having break balls
he's so passive

sod with a df, 0-15

open court fh on a short ball return pulled wide, 0-30

net cord fucks him, 0-40 and 3 set points

ace (first one in at least half an hour i would think), 15-40

unreturnable, 30-40

nice inside out fh on another short ball, deuce

well developed point gives him another inside out fh into the open court, ad. sod

nadal shanks a fh return, 5-4


serving a little better now but not great (where was this in games 5 and 7?)

i know right fucking shit makes no sense to me

he decides to unload once he falls behind 3-5 0-40 and he manages to win the game rofl

note to sod: pls continue going big

god damnit

starts the point off p. well, but then he tries to mash towards nadals bh, repeatedly, and eventually hits one of his own bh's long, 15-0

continues doing the same thing, nadal gets a short ball and sod tries to pass him with a bh dtl but misses just wide, 30-0

nadal goes for some really unnecessary/borderline retarded cc bh that sails wide (robin was right there too, not sure where he was planning to go with this one) 30-15

very well constructed point from soderling (finally!) and he gets an open court fh for 30-30

sod goes for a bh winner on the return and misses wide, 40-30

sod pushes a fh wide with an open court, and nadal wins the first set 6-4



neither player playing that well and not even sure nadal deserved to win that set but robin sure as fuck didn't so i guess someone had to

guy on eurosport says soderling doesn't need to change his gameplan at all rofl rofl

like trying to hit deep to nadals bh 75% of the time and then getting worked because nadal can still move you around with it (or because you eventually hit long) is gonna pay dividends or something


afk cigarette