Anyone else watching this? I am not big on tennis but really wanted to see this match. Looked like Federer was going to pull even in the second set but he has been falling apart, while Nadal has been dominating him.
Nadal now in a commanding lead up 2 sets to 0. Got to hand it to Nadal, I am pulling for Federer. But Nadal never backed down and fought back to win what looked to be an unwinnable 2nd set.
it's all mental for federer. this is a classic example of choking under pressure (so far). i always thought fed was immune to that. guess not. i'd almost even say that fed is outplaying nadal. he's just choking on every break point. he has as many chances as he needs. just making unforced error after unforced error, at all the wrong times. hopefully by some miracle fed can extend this.
Fed is just not playing the biggest points well at all. He has had more break point chances and has only converted on 1 of them. Completely ridiculous. Combination of Fed shrinking at the big points and Rafa coming up a little bigger.
This is the first time I have seen Nadal, and he is amazing. It is like watching a greg maddux pitch.
1/12 on Break points? Half of those on 2nd serves. Fed is playing well to get to those points but coming up gimp. Granted some of those BP's Nadal has played well on those BP's but Fed has dumped a lot of those BP's into the net. THAT is choking.
he isn't being outplayed. outplayed was what he was in the French final. he's 1/13 on break points. he's gotten 13 break points midway through set 3. that's a ton. and he's missing layups. all his chances are there, he's just choking them. he's getting 2nd serve after 2nd serve to lace into and doing nothing with them.
they need to make center court retractable. really ridiculous to see the wimbledon championship delayed mid-match. ruins all flow and momentum.
I thought they were working on putting in a retractable roof? That's why there was no cover last year for the final. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3366773.stm
Nadal is stepping up his play on break points -- Fed is not 'choking'. He has missed some shots, but that doesn't equate to choking a match -- Nadal is outplaying him right now.
Exactly!! dumping slice backhands into the net is choking. They showed the breakdown of Nadal's serve on BP and I think half of the serves were 2nd serves.
Federer IS outplaying Nadal. He just can't win the big ones. Points Won: Nadal: 92 Federer: 95 And he's down two sets. Ridiculous.
