French Open 2014 (25th May-8th June).

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This starts today. :popcorn:

Not that I will get to see a huge amount of it this year.

On to the important stuff: Nadal would meet David Ferrer in the QF, Muzza would have Stan, Federer would have Berdych and Djokovic would have Raonic.

I'm going for Djokovic and Li Na tbf.

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Radwanska took the first set against Zhang 6-3.

Old Man Feed on against Lacko after that.

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Radwanska won 6-3 6-0.

Fed on court now.

Inverdale is embarrassing. Doesn't ask Santoro about Fed's forehand about being one of the best shots but instead asks about his backhand, then he asks Santoro what's his favourite song at the moment.

How hard is it to employ somebody that knows something about the subject they are supposed to be presenting?

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Break point for the Old Man. :bow:

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And Fed breaks to lead 3-2 in the first set. :scarf:

Fed should hopefully get this done before the Monaco GP starts.

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Awful smash from Fed, straight out of the Djokovic playbook there.

I think Federer and Muzza are never going to meet on clay. :lol:

Highly unlikely they'll meet in the final.

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What a dropshot. :haha:

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Two more break points. :bow:

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Fed does get the double break and will serve for the first set.

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Federer easily takes the first set 6-2.

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Fed breaks and leads 2-1 in the second set. Lacko trying for all out power and sending it miles long.

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Fed. :haha:

Woeful. Somehow hits the net on set point with the court gaping.

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Fed takes the second set 6-4. Bagel in the third please Old Man.

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Close enough, up a double break at 4-1 in the third set.

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Federer wins 6-2 6-4 6-2. Little bit easy, yes.

Just in time for the F1 too. :bow:

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Ward is up against Robredo now. :popcorn:

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Robredo beat Ward 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-4.

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Nadal shits on Ginepri 6-0 6-3 6-0. :lol:

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Garcia-Lopez just took out Stan 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-0. :blink:

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Mladenovic beat Li Na 7-5 3-6 6-1.

Me. :haha:

Muzza took the first set against Golubev 6-1.

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Muzza won 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3.

David Ferrer beat Sijsling 6-4 6-3 6-1.

Karlovic dumped out Dimitrov 6-4 7-5 7-6 (7-4). :blink:

Ivanovic gave Garcia a good hiding 6-1 6-3.

Errani beat Keys 7-5 3-6 6-1. Not sure how those two ended up facing each other this early on.

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Serena loses 6-2 6-2 to some randomer.

:pal: :pal:

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Old Man Feed beat Schwartzmann 6-3 6-4 6-4.

Djokovic beat Federer conquerer at Rome, Chardy 6-1 6-4 6-2.

Fed. :bow:

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Sugarpova pummeled Ormaechea 6-0 6-0. :haha:

Tomljanovic dumped out Aggy Radwanska 6-4 6-4. :doh:

Old Man Feed got past Tursunov 7-5 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 6-4. Gulbis next for him.

Djokovic beat Cilic 6-3 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-4. Tsonga next for him. :popcorn:

Tsonga gave Janowicz a good beating 6-4 6-4 6-3.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO3IQtW8Dlc

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Monfils and Fognini later. Circus tennis. :bow:

Kvitova flaking it up again, Kvitova took the first set against Kuznetsova 7-6 (7-3), promptly loses the second 1-6. :doh:

Muzza against Kohlschreiber later today which should be a really tough one.

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Kvitova flukes saving a match point; awful volley really with an open court.

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Another match point saved but no fluke, great shot down the line.

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Kvitova holds, 6-6 in the third set.

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Kvitova breaks and will serve for the match, again.

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0-30. Two rancid errors from Kvitova.

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Three break points for Kuznetsova. :haha:

On it goes.

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7-7. :rolleyes:

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11 double faults for Kvitova. :haha:

Three match points for Kuznetsova.

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Kuznetsova wins 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 9-7! :lol:

Nadal on next to give Leo Mayer a good tonking.

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Kohlschreiber takes the first set against Muzza 6-3. :lol:

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Superb shot from Muzza, well and truly fucked it up.

And then the second double fault in the game gives Kohli the break in the second set back. :lol:

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Murray took the second and third sets 6-3 6-3 respectively. :bow:

Kohlschreiber serving for the fourth set though. :doh:

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Kohlschreiber takes it 6-4; on to a fifth set. :popcorn:

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On Phillipe Cat..Gat...er Chatrier.

Inverdale. :haha:

Pathetic.

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Petchey, FFS this is Murray on clay, stop acting like it's an improbable scenario for him to lose on it.

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Dreadful at the net from Muzza, two break points for Kohlschreiber.

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And he takes it with a forehand down the line!

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Muzza breaks back, 3-3.

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What a backhand, break point for Kohlschreiber.

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Saved. :lol:

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Muzza holds on, leads 6-7 in the fifth set.

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What a miss from Muzza!

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And what a missed smash from Kohlschreiber! :haha:

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Kohlschreiber holds on, it's 7-7!

And that's it for play today.

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Kerber serving to avoid a bagel in the first set against Bouchard. :blink:

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Keber avoids the bagel, Bouchard to serve it out.

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Bouchard takes the first set 6-1. :bow:

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Bouchard up a double break in the second set. :bow:

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Bouchard hammers Kerber 6-1 6-2. :bow:

Tomljanovic or Suarrez Navarro next for her in the QF's.

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Berdych is up 6-4 6-4 and a break on Isner so it shouldn't be long before Muzza resumes his match.

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Verdasco boots out Gasquet 6-3 6-2 6-4, amazing point to end it with.

Gulbis - Old Man Feed on Chatrier next. :popcorn:

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Berdych takes out Isner 6-4 6-4 6-4. He'll play Gulbis or Fed next.

Kohlschreiber - Muzza on Lenglen next, at 7-7 in the fifth.

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Come on Old Man Feed.

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Tenative start from Muzza.

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7-8, Kohlschreiber serving to stay in the match.

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What a rally. Muzza tracking nearly everything down. :lol:

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8-8. Kohli. :bow:

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Worst smash of all time from Kohlschreiber.

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Fed hasn't woken up yet, can't hit a winner.

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Muzza leads 8-9.

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Match point for Muzza!

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What a point from Kohlschreiber, got the smash this time. Deuce.

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9-9. :haha:

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Break point for Kohlschreiber!

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Deuce.

Break point for Gulbis.

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Gulbis does break and leads 4-2 in the first set.

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Murray holds, 9-10.

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Fed breaks straight back. :lol:

3-4 and to serve.

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10-10, on it goes.

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Murray just flukes his way in to avoiding two (virtual) match points against him.

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10-11 Murray leads. Just end it now please.

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Murray wins 3-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 12-10!

Well done to him.

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Fed - Gulbis in to a first set tie-break.

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Turn and hit from Fed. :bow:

1-1.

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3-3 at the changeover.

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Rancid smash from Fed, Gulbis with the mini-break.

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Set point for Federer! :bow:

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Old Man Feed takes the first set 7-6 (7-5) with an awesome crosscourt pass!

Gulbis. :haha:

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What a ridiculous flicked backhand from Fed. :haha:

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Gulbis breaks and leads 1-0 in the second set. From 40-0. :doh:

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Petchey, we don't want to know about your book collection.

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Two break point for Fed.

Horrid match.

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Fed breaks straight back, 1-1. :lol:

Both are drunk.

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Two break points for Fed!

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Fed does break and will serve for the second set!

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Two set points blown. Gulbis breaks back. WTF?

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Fed saves two break points. Gulbis takes it out on the racquet, just in case the crowd didn't hate him enough already.

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Fed holds on, Gulbis serving to stay in the second set.

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It's tie-break time again.

Claygrass.:bow:

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What a half volley crosscourt from Fed. :blink:

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Gulbis takes the second set 7-6 (7-3).

Fed. :doh:

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Gulbis takes the third set 6-2. :doh:

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Fed screws up a set point, just keep it in play FFS!

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Fed takes the fourth set 6-4! On to a fifth set. :bow:

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Gulbis serving for the match. :sick:

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Gulbis wins 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 4-6 6-3.

Fed. :doh:

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Jim Courier just ignoring Nick Mullins' questions; the best way I think.

Tsonga - Djokovic on now.

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Djokovic breaks in his opening return game. :rose:

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And takes the first set 6-1. :lol:

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Djokovic serving for the second set at 5-2.

An absolute hammering.

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Djokovic takes the second set 6-4.

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Djokovic destroys Tsonga 6-1 6-4 6-1. :lol:

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Stosur takes the first set against Sugarpova 6-3.

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Sharapova takes the second set 6-4.

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Sugarpova wins 3-6 6-4 6-0.

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Second day of QF's today:

Errani v Petkovic.
Monfils v Murray on Chatrier.

Kuznetsova v Halpe.
Nadal v David Ferrer.

Djokovic beat Raonic in straight sets and so did Gulbis against Berdych.

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Muzza in to a fifth set against Monfils! From 2-0 up. :lol:

Nadal beat David Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-1.

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Muzza takes the fifth set 6-0!

On to Nadal for him.

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Djokovic vs Gulbis and Nadal vs Muzza today.

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Nadal :bow:

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Djokovic vs Gulbis and Nadal vs Muzza today.

Not that he could or would have beaten Nadal anyway, but you get the impression that Murray didn't even try was passive in exchanges and Nadal just went in for the kill.
To be fair, I don't blame him...he's never going to win the French Open, even if he'd beaten Nadal by some miracle he'd have been beaten by Nole...who for me has the same advantage over Murray on Clay that Murray has over him on Grass.
Can't stand Nadal, his constant trick of pretending to be injured in matches which are tight to psych out his oponent just irritates me....want Djokovic to beat him on Sunday.

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Agreed, Nole needs to save tennis. Plus really want him to get the career slam. To see three players get it in roughly the same era would be great.

Good showing from Gulbis in a big tournament, finally.

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Sugarpova beat Halep 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 to win her fifth Slam and second at the French Open so well done to her.

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Djokovic in five today I think. Depends on how his backhand plays for the length of the match; if it's on it all match Nadal won't have much chance.

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ITV1's programme starts in a minute.

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Rain due in three hours time. If this goes on until Monday that's little bit shit.

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Nadal drops his racquet. :lol:

Clumsy oaf.

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How does Nick Mullins get to commentate on the final? :lol:

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Come on Djokovic. :pray:

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Great start from Djokovic on his serve.

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What a rally. Djokovic's backhand taking on Nadal's forehand well so far.

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Djokovic blows the chance of a break point with a poor backhand in to the net.

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What a dropshot from Nole. :lol:

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Incredible hitting. Nole. :bow:

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When did Djokovic learn to dropshot? :lol:

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Tough hold for Djokovic, the toughest so far but he does so. 3-4 he leads.

Djokovic's backhand down the line leaving Nadal nothing to play with.

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Two forehand errors from Nadal in a row. Uh oh.

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Djokovic flukes the net on a crosscourt backhand! Two break points!

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Great forehand down the line, one break point remaining.

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Awful return. :haha:

Deuce.

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What a forehand down the line! Adv. Djokovic.

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Awful forehand from Nadal, Djokovic breaks and will serve for the first set! :bow:

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One too many dropshots from Djokovic.

0-30. :doh:

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Nadal nearly getting to three break points. :lol:

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Two break points for Nadal.

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One break point remaining.

Djokovic's first serve has gone walkabout.

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Nadal's forehand a bit flakey. Djokovic's second serve so close to going out too.

Deuce.

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Set point for Djokovic! Come on you berk.

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Djokovic takes the first set 6-3! :bow:

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Djokovic avoids hitting the net this time. :bow:

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I think Mullins is forgetting after the French players, it's Federer they want to win. Idiot.

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What a point. :haha:

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Break point for Nadal.

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Nadal. :lol:

Deuce. It definitely was out, Mullins didn't have a clue of that fact.

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Adv. Nadal. Running about like a maniac.

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Nadal does break and leads 4-2 in the second set.

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Nadal implosion. Double fault and two break points for Djokovic. :lol:

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Another forehand sails long and Djokovic breaks straight back!

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Break point for Nadal. The quality has gone down a bit.

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Djokovic clings on, although Nadal didn't really have much to go off in that rally perhaps. Deuce.

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Djokovic holds on, it's 4-4!

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Djokovic. :blink:

Don't go that close again please.

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Serve and volley from Djokovic for the second time in the match. :lol:

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5-5. :popcorn:

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Djokovic serving to force a second set tie-break.

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Two set points for Nadal. :doh:

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Nadal takes the second set 7-5. :sick:

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Oh dear Nole. Nadal breaks and leads 2-0 in the third set.

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Nadal little bit in Yaya mode now.

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Nadal takes the third set 6-2.

Tennis. :lol:

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Nadal breaks and that will surely be that. Again.

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Djokovic breaks straight back. :haha:

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Nadal wins it on a double fault. :rolleyes:

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Nadal :bow:.