I was saying that 20+ games ago. He is certainly the more fatigued of the 2 but he actually looks better right now than he did about an hour ago, in my opinion, as crazy as that sounds.
Yeah, it looks like he can barely walk. He's staying in it because he's still got his serve . . . for now. It's going to be hard as hell for him to break serve and I don't know if he'll last long enough for them to suspend the game for darkness again.
There was a point an hour plus ago where he whiffed completely on 2 backhands. And they were easy shots. He was also losing serve speed. As fatigued as he looks now, he looks better to me than at that point. Maybe it's the food or the temperature cooling down.
The thing is with Isner, he looks lethargic even when he's fresh due to his body type. I'm not questioning his current fatigue. He's drained. Just that I think it's a little deceiving with him because of his natural movement. Sort of like Yao.
Let's see if Isner gets enough spring in his step to break serve.. he seems to get a burst of energy after the short breaks.
I just don't see how one of these guys is going to pull off a break at this point... When they're fresh tomorrow maybe we can get up to 100-100.
Do you think they will consider changing it? I like it the way it is and prefer playing no tiebreakers in the 5th set.
ESPN had a poll around 50 games ago and it was 80/20 in favor of there being no tiebreaker in the 5th set.
