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Roddick reflects on Djokovic's victory over Alcaraz: "It was like saying to an artist: you have 30 minutes to finish your painting".

By Jules Hypolite

le 22/01/2025 à 17h51

Alcaraz Djokovic Open d'Australie

Having beaten Carlos Alcaraz in four sets yesterday in the quarter-finals, Novak Djokovic once again proved that he's pushing the limits of age.

A result that obviously impressed and was analyzed by Andy Roddick in his Served podcast: "He didn't give Alcaraz any time. When he has time, Alcaraz becomes an artist. But when he doesn't have time, everything is a bit more rushed.

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It was like saying to an artist: 'You have 30 minutes to finish your painting'. It's not the best version of what he's capable of doing.

[...] Novak's second serve definitely won him the match. Carlos was very much on the inside of the court and Novak surprised him on second serves on several occasions.

For three hours, I couldn't understand why he didn't back off. He finally did when Novak served at 4-3 in the fourth set and he had break opportunities."

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Alcaraz C • 3

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4e, 4830 points

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1e, 12050 points

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Yes. It was quite apparent he gave away chances to get into rallies on Djoke's second serve until very late in match. Had he done that earlier the outcome could have been different or it may have simply put a few more miles in Djokes legs and put the match beyond him.

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I didn't get to see that match. So if that's the case, it's pretty lame that Alcaraz lost because of a simple strategy mistake that his coaches should have easily seen and told him about. Also, everyone knows on every level of tennis, you run the old people as much as possible early.

Is Roddick saying Alcaraz trying to pressure Djokovic's second serve by taking it early wasn't working and he should have backed off on that strategy sooner?

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Roddick reflects on Djokovic's victory over Alcaraz: It was like saying to an artist: you have 30 minutes to finish your painting.

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I propose the following changes to the rules:

1...a walķover will not be a loss. We have no control of player's health. If he or she is entered in a contest we expect them to play.

2...an incomplete match is not a loss. If a player forfeits we pick another match if there are more to choose.

3...this also applies if TT cancels a match. TT will not take hours to decide an outcome.

How about leavin...

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It's a shame that so many matches are being canceled. TT ,you are destroying your game ,and thereby killing your app. I don't know how many matches others have had canceled , but I'm at 3 and it's only thursday.

As a long time player and lover of this game , I don't know how much of this I can tolerate. For example I waited hours last night for you to confirm my win and post my points. Every ot...

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This week I have used all my formulas and best guesses to try to achieve the high score jimandlori958 set in our last competition. I am two games short because of cancelations and I need all wins to get there.

why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Grenier and Hsu at the Kobe tournament? The match was played to completion and on time.

Grenier def Ysu 6-2 , 6-2 at Kobe today and the TT canceled the match.

2nd for me this week.

An impressive win.. Congrats to our winner this week, jimandlori958 and with a score that could not be caught or matched. I don't remember a 56 in a while with our group. Nice to see everyone using the 2 point predictions. Can't win without 'em.

Son of a gun, pow. You going for the 3peat? Do it, but I'm chasing and so is Jimandlori. lol

POWWOW , Congratulations you did it again and by slim percentage points. Keep it going....

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Can anybody tell why going on matches of WTA Final is not included within daily predictions

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