I remember the 2017 match between Federer and Nadal a little differently. While it was played at a high level for most of the match, Nadal had turned the momentum in his favor and it was looking like he had the match in hand. Then Federer faked injury. Nadal concerned about Federer backed off his game. Then Federer turned it back on and Nadal realized he had been scammed, got angry and lost his game. In my mind Nadal should have won. As huge fan of Federer, it was a big let down to watch him digress to feigning injury when he got desperate because he couldn't break Nadal's momentum with his game. The momentum then shifted back to Federer and he won the match. And as a huge fan of Nadal, it was big let down for him not to compose himself and get back in the match.
But playing mind games has been part of the game probably forever, it just wasn't seen by the top players very often. Unfortunately it's become more common.
SH321il y a 1 heure
Have a redo next year Andy, recover this year
bogbot.tcil y a 6 heures
Inspiring!!
Paddy Pil y a 1 jour
Personally I still think Murray would be best just playing Olympics then pulling out of the rest of the year and trying to have a redo of the goodbye tour next year
bogbot.tcil y a 1 jour
Not that he was facing that stiff of competition, but after winning Eastbourne I wonder if Fritz, seeded 13th, actually has a better chance at going deep into W than 4th seed Zverev.