French Open 2012 May 27th-June 10th

[Young Guns 11]

Have to go from ITV1 HD to ITV4.

Goddamn HD makes a such a difference

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Djokovic is serving to stay in the second set.

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Rain stops play. Djokovic needs it, the douche.

[The Wengerbabies]

Hopefully it keeps raining until the Spain-Italy game is over.

[The Wengerbabies]

Players back on court. Looks like I'll have a decision to make.

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Think they are back out on court.

I'll have to stream the tennis on the ITV website, that will get less views than the Spain vs Italy game presumably.

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Two set points for Nadal. :doh:

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One set point remaining.

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Brilliant from Nadal. He takes the second set 6-3.

Oh dear.

[The Wengerbabies]

Nadal takes the second

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Break point for Djokovic.

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Deuce. Djokovic just couldn't get through him.

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Nadal holds. 1-0 in the third set.

[The Wengerbabies]

Nadal has 3 break points

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Three break points for Nadal.

:rose:

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That will be it then.

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Djokovic breaks back. :lol:

What a beast.

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2-2.

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Three break points for Djokovic!

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Djokovic breaks and leads 3-2 in the third set.

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Surprised this is still on

Even more surprised that its only the 3rd set especially as Nadal took the first 2 sets piss easy although i say that just looking at the scores and not how they were played. For all i know, there were long rallies hence its only 3rd set

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It was a bit shit tbf. Djokovic had a lot of the better in the rallies but his serving was atrocious.

Oh and there was a rain delay.

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4-2 Djokovic leads.

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This is much more like the prevous Grand Slam finals between them, Nadal just not able to cope with Djokovic's depth and hitting.

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Adv. Djokovic!

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Djokovic breaks Nadal again and will serve for the third set!

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Three set points!

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Djokovic takes the third set 6-2! Mightily impressive from 2-0 down in games and 2-0 down in sets.

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Nadal isn't happy about the conditions. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Seems like it is turning in to a good final

FFS need rain to hold them off til after Spain v Italy

Why couldnt the Irish match be first? Dont give a crap about watching them

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What a rally. Back to beating the shit out of each other from the Aussie Open.

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Adv. Djokovic on Nadal's serve.

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Djokovic breaks

Wtf?

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That is stunning.

1-0 in the fourth set and that's seven games in a row.

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Nadal is losing his cool

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2-0. Eight games in a row. :wacko:

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What a shot to win that game

2-0

8 in a row

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Looks like they are coming off soon

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2-1

The streak is broken

Undertaker still holds the record

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Nadal wins a game. :faint:

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Nadal is pissed

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And off they go

Stay off for 45 minutes

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Players are going off court. Shite, if the forecast is as bad as expected, they might not be back until Tuesday.

Nadal isn't happy because he has the disadvantage.

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Lot of the crowd going home :lol:

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Play to start in 50 minutes time.

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Ireland :haha:

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Coverage begins at 11.55am on ITV4

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At the moment it is dry. Play should start as expected in about 20 minutes.

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Here we go, again. :popcorn:

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Djokovic had it. Break point for Nadal. :doh:

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Break point Nadal

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An absolute fluke effectively gives Nadal the break. 2-2.

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Djokovic holds. 3-3. Had been called out but the umpire corrects it.

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Starting to rain

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Djokovic digs one out. 4-4.

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4-4

Think all the French Open officials want Nadal to win this asap

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5-4, Djokovic is serving to stay in the Championship.

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5-4

Djokovic serving to stay in the championship

Referee is out

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Play suspended, chucking it down now.

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Raining hard.

Why didnt they start earlier? :doh:

Its the first time its rained today apparently

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Playing again now.

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They have manned up

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Brilliant from Djokovic.

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5-5. Djokovic has to break, he can't afford a tie-break against Nadal.

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Only 7 aces in the whole match :lol:

Roddick, Ivanisevic, Phillipousis, Karlovic etc must be turning in their graves

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Courier critisisng the French TV people :lol:

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6-5. This could be it for Djokovic.

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Djokovic will have to win it on the tie break

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Championship point.

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Championship point Nadal

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Nadal wins 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5. Double fault.

He can do one tbf.

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Djokovic double faults :doh:

Nadal :bow:

King of dirt apparently

[Cripps_orig]

Djokovics 18 months of fame over?

Back to the Nadal v Federer rivalry at last.

Bring on Wimbledon

Just had a look at BBC 2. Chew Bacca with John lloyd and Andrew Castle talking about Federer

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Predictions?

Nadal for men

Sharapova for women
Me :bow:

[The Wengerbabies]

Nadal :bow:

Djokovic :haha:

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Djokovic speaking some weird language

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Any chance of seeing Jim Courier at Wimbledon?

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Not sure if he is freelance or not. Guess he might be working for ESPN (in America) though, like McEnroe does.

[Master Splinter]

Nadal :bow: :bow:.

Great effort from Djokovic. He wasn't playing particularly well at all, but still got to the final. He'll get his hands on this trophy soon, you'd expect.


Courier is annoying when he does those terrible on-court interviews at the Australian Open, but as a commentator he's one of the best. BBC should cancel Doctors and pay him what he wants for Wimbledon. Actually, get rid of McEnroe instead.

Time for ITV to get all the Slams from the Beeb tbf. Tennis without Castle :cloud9:.

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It'; still raining, the organisers uant to fet as much of tHe match done today. Nadal will still be"angry. :lol: