epiiiiiiiic

Congratulations to Nole and all his brilliant fans on here :)
Believe that secures No1? Excellent if so.
Andy blinked..tsk, tsk u just can't afford to do that against Nole. :(
Love this rivalry. :) Can't wait for 2013.
Next time Nole...next time...;)

Hear, hear to everything.

aye, lovely rivalry. looking forward to next match.... somehow nadal seems to be in a different generation, but he is just one year older...

Nadal was a child prodigy and he's not done yet by a long way.

Rafa is the link between Fed's gen and this current gen. Rafa is only 26, and if he comes back fitter and healthier than before, he'll have a few more good years in him, so don't count him out. Didn't we talk about the Rafa/Nole rivalry just twelve months ago? And if Fed still decides not to retire soon, he'll still be in the mix.

I'm thinking Berdych could be in the mix too. His game is most lethal indoors, where his high ball toss won't be affected by the elements. He seems to have improved quite alot on clay, making QF, SF and F in the clay Masters. I guess the slow high bouncing clay surfaces suit him more because he's a tall guy and is more comfortable with the high bounce.

Nothing to do with nadal here..lets keep him out if this thread:)

Best Shanghai tournament to date by far! This used to be the worst Masters 1000 event with all the withdrawals and retirements. NEVER bet against the Djoker on match point. Incredible play from both really but Murray needs help with his anger management problems. I really liked the way he played today and he has improved immensely since a few years ago when he was a back stop and nothing more. They say revenge is best served cold and saving 5 match points is ice cold. Djoker is on his way to having the most Masters 1000 trophies by the time he retires. What a match and if they meet in Paris or London could be more of the same.

Nole's magic number for year end number 1 is 900. Any combination of earned points by Nole or lost potential points by Fed greater than 900 will clinch it for Nole. If Fed wins Basel, Paris and WTF he can only get 3000 points which means that Nole would only have to secure an additional 900 points from Paris and WTF.

#Ajde

Actually it's more like 850.

#RoundingError

Don't count Murray out where Masters are concerned, so I'm not sure Nole will be the leader where Masters are concerned. Murray may even retire after Nole, hence he has more chances of winning a few more after Nole retires, if we're assuming that they're still capable of winning Masters by then! Murray will learn from this match, he needs to do something like he did at the USO this year. He may be the one stopping Nole from winning some Masters in future, if you choose to think that Rafa or Fed can't win anymore!

Well said Nole!

His gutsy play and his never give up attitude are truly amazing! He's a worthy Champion!

Oh that Shanghai 2010 tournament was also great, when none of the top four missed it. Three out of the top four made it to the SFs; Fed beat Nole in an exciting match too to reach the final. Fed then lost to Murray in the final, and Murray put up one of his best performances against Fed in that final, IMO better than this year's SF between them.

Also, not forgetting that epic SF match between Davy and Nole at Shanghai 2009, that year Davy had beaten Nole and then Rafa to win the first ever Shanghai Masters title. Last year's event was the least exciting, having two of the top four missing it and one lost early during the tournament.

I tried to stay up to see the whole match, but after Nole won the tb it was about 4:30 am. So I recorded the rest and got some sleep. I didn't even check the score today. I just watched the rest of the match.

Nole showed immense heart, guts and courage to get that second set tb. That was truly something to see. Normally I would never stay up that late for anyone other than Rafa, but this was something worth seeing. A final that lived up to its billing.

Lesson to be learned for Murray - close it out when you have the chance! He lost it in that second set. What stood out to me during that tb, was Andy's screaming and histrionics. That was a big step backwards for him. I am not saying that was the reason why he lost. But it does take away energy that should be focused on each point. Nole kept his poise and managed to get it done. He has really come so far. I have enormous respect for him.

I felt that Nole was the fitter player in that third set. Murray looked like he had nothing left. Once Nole got the break it seemed to be over. I loved the quality of tennis and how these two challenged each other. When Murray served in that last game, he looked totally gassed.

This was a tough loss for Murray, but he will learn and come back to fight again another day. For Nole this was a well-earned victory. Congratulations to Nole and his fans. Commiserations to Andy and his fans. It's hard to see one man win in a battle like this.

For danica and other nole fans, from his facebook page:

"It really is an amazing feeling when you fight hard and at the end you are rewarded for it. Of course sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn't. The most important thing is to keep believing and fighting back. There is no room for giving up. It paid off today for me, but I have to give a lot of credit to Andy who really stretched me to limits. I love what I do and I enjoyed every moment of these past two weeks. Hope you enjoyed it too, and hope you are going to smile now when I take an opportunity to apologize (once again) for giving you couple of heart attacks today. Seriously, I'm not doing it on purpose! But please promise you will take some time to relax after these 3h of excitement :) So, I dedicate this trophy to all of you who never give up! Thank you guys, I received so much love from you - together we are pushing the limits!"

Thank you Mriiidula ;)

Yesterday's final between Andy and Nole joins the long list of epic battles we have been treated to in recent years.

In my lifetime, and older tennis fans will confirm, there has never been such an incredible field of players capable of producing such riveting matches year in and year out. Amazingly the same top four have now been jostling for the honours for the past 5 years but we are lucky enough to also have a host of players in the top 50+ who deliver high quality matches in the earlier rounds of the bigger tournaments.

#EnjoyWhileItLasts

amen to that, ed

Just a thought..................

If Nole or Muzza saw their racket-smashing antics on tv/video, post match, would they say: awesome! OR, wait a minute, THAT is un-becoming.............

probably AWESOME

While I think Rafa's respect for the game and powers of restraint are legendary and exemplary, there's nothing quite like a good ol' classic racquet smashin'.

#BaghdatisAO12
#FedererMiami09

#Safin
#GOAT

Personally, have never found violence in any form edifying.............

#squeamish
#help!

Racquet smashing has now become part and parcel of Muzz's and Djoko's game. They tend to do it in every match if their opponent so much as breaks their serve. When will Muzz start kicking the furniture and smashing the net as per Djoko?

I've always thought it should be allowed as players should have the freedom to release their frustration and it's not hurting anyone but that's when I thought it would be done sparingly.

I don't think it encourages children to do it because their idols think it's OK; I think children know that their parents have to pay for their racquets and the stars get them for free, so won't necessarily copy them.

I would hate to see Rafa smash his racquet or kick the furniture though.

Well said ed, we truly are living in privileged times. If this keeps up, what the heck is it going to be like when rafa's back and firing again?! If these guys are still playing like this next year it will take a super-human achievements for fed to win another slam next year - hats off to him that he was still in the mix this year.

Fed has good tactical planning this year to achieve his no.1 ranking goal and I've to say 'well done' to him for achieving what he planned to achieve. Playing more on fast hardcourts (Rotterdam and Dubai) and skipping the slow clay MC event was a wise move. The slippery blue clay Madrid event helped him too, playing like a fast hard court that suited his game, and at the same time the slippery surface caused his two main rivals to lose early there. Of course the main push towards the no.1 ranking was winning the Wimbledon title. Of course not having to face Rafa there did help; and Nole not playing at his 2011 level and failing to defend some of his titles did make a difference too.

this is the best match of this year so far, and this Novak is a legendary warrior.
Just Epic sensational stuff!
Hard luck Murray.. didn't see that coming when he was up 5-4 30-0 in second set.

not even close to the best match of the year

but Top 10 for sure

#DjokerNadal
#TheFirstDjokerMurray
#FerrerTipsy

#NoleDelpoUSO
#FedalAO
#Humble
#IM^O

^^^^ #no

^^^ Did I say in Ricky's humble opinion or in My humble opinion.

#Yes
#Humble

those matches probably aren't even in the Top 10

Now you've started something Ricky. I feel a blog coming up. Give us your top 10 please.

Ricky, that's your opinion which you are entitled to of course as is everyone.

I, too, was extremely impressed by the Ferrer-Tipsy USO match, but I felt that the quality of tennis in the Delpo-Nole match that followed to be superior even though it was a straight set win.

Hey, if you feel so absolute about best match quality, certainly a better article would be on top ten players of all time, no? ;)

#Rhetorical
#AgreeToDisagree
#Humble
#SpamFilter

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/10/djokovic-era-might-be-best-ever/397 86/#.UH1VpIYdG_w

Well, well, Djoker is just confirming what we have long suspected: this is the strongest era in men's tennis, apropos: there was a weak era!

ed - you know I save stuff like that for the offseason, so that we have stuff to discuss in December.

TT panel always does its Top 10 matches during the offseason.

But i may also do a Top 10 by myself, too, just to clarify my own vote on best matches.

conspirator - i couldn't think of a WORSE article idea

Oh, c'mon Ricky, you're just brooding because C-muzz schooled you in the Expert Picks!

#YouKnowYouWantTo

Conspirator @ 2,38pm

Now you are just stirring things up: as if the GOAT argument needs stoking. It would be all out mayhem.

^^^^

I agree with ed. There's no reason to start that all over again!

no need for stoking
the G argument reers its head many times each year even without encouragement

perhaps it is the gna-oat the greatest non-sensical argument of all time

I was just trying to make a point with Ricky regarding subjective opinions that's all.

#BestMatchesOfTheYear
#Humb7e

well best matches of the year is something worth discussing (when the year is over)

there is absolutely no point in me or anyone else writing about the GOAT rankings. That is the subject that has been written about hundreds of thousands of times and nothing in the last 3 years or so has done anything to affect anyone's GOAT rankings.

The subject is deader than the horse in War Horse when he got tangled in the barbed wire.

I think you've missed my point. I am not seriously suggesting you write a Goat article.

Goat debate or best matches are subjective opinion and should be treated as such.

#Humble

^^^ Methinks tennisnba has a new moniker.

#PDFTT

Uhmmm, I'm thinking maybe you might want to delete afranrand's account? And tennisnba while you're at it?

#Spamalot

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