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go older wiser and probably if it's
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possible a little
00:15 - 00:20
the 2008 selves and if you've seen any
00:19 - 00:23
of the footage from that great match
00:20 - 00:27
you'll know that they look like boys
00:23 - 00:27
then they look like men now
00:41 - 00:45
15 well he lost the last point they
00:43 - 00:48
played here so that'll be a relief for
01:26 - 01:30
13 for me that's the serve we've got to
01:29 - 01:33
look out for in in the juice box you see
01:30 - 01:35
where Nadal's positioning is he's a long
01:33 - 01:39
way back that really does open up the
01:35 - 01:41
angles for federa to serve out wide even
01:47 - 01:52
volley 14 15
02:48 - 02:53
rafan adal first number one after the
02:51 - 02:55
2008 final real Changing of the Guard
02:55 - 03:03
match back in 2008 Roger fedra first at
03:00 - 03:03
the top of the game as number one in
03:08 - 03:13
Nadal in Grand Slams that's more
03:11 - 03:15
domination than you might imagine six of
03:13 - 03:19
them were at the French Open the only
03:15 - 03:21
time fedra has ever beaten Nadal at a
03:19 - 03:22
grand slam outside of wiland the
03:36 - 03:40
rapael Nadal to
04:13 - 04:19
I think that's another important fact
04:16 - 04:21
today is how well can fedra handle the
04:19 - 04:24
Nadal surf how quickly he gets into the
04:21 - 04:25
points especially on Nadal's second surf
04:24 - 04:27
cuz that's where he has to take
04:25 - 04:30
advantage if he wants to stand the
04:34 - 04:42
LED for service it's a bit quiet in
04:38 - 04:46
here whole Center Courts a bit
05:16 - 05:21
love 40 love
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up one game all
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for just the first probings in this
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match it's their fifth
06:22 - 06:31
ever match in a grand slam
06:25 - 06:31
semifinal Nadal won the four
06:39 - 06:43
so that's the tactic we're talking about
06:41 - 06:46
Nadal a long way back feder able to get
06:43 - 06:48
in tight if federa continues to do that
06:46 - 06:53
it'll be interesting to see whether
06:48 - 06:53
Nadal changes his return position
07:11 - 07:15
speed and the FED ground
07:15 - 07:22
strokes very familiar faces by now in
07:53 - 07:58
Gad by two games to one
08:00 - 08:03
just the seven minutes played here both
08:02 - 08:05
these players have a losing record
08:03 - 08:08
against the man who Waits them in the
08:05 - 08:11
final there'll be no thoughts of what's
08:08 - 08:13
coming on Sunday no particular fatigue
08:11 - 08:16
for any of these players so far jovic
08:13 - 08:18
will probably want some Titanic five
08:16 - 08:21
Setter that will virtually disable these
08:18 - 08:23
two in terms of their effectiveness for
08:21 - 08:24
the final that's happened before it
08:23 - 08:27
happened when
08:24 - 08:30
Novak and Rafa
08:27 - 08:32
played beautiful match at this point
08:30 - 08:34
last year Anderson and Isner had played
08:32 - 08:36
each other to a stand still none of that
08:34 - 08:37
this year Boris they've been dominant
08:36 - 08:41
haven't they these three once again it's
08:37 - 08:43
been amazing yeah it's wonderful to see
08:41 - 08:47
these great Legends you know goats of
08:43 - 08:49
the game find a way to push each other
08:47 - 08:51
stay the course get better with every
08:49 - 08:53
year it seems
08:51 - 08:57
like uh the Next Generation whoever is
08:53 - 09:01
behind him doesn't seem to close the
08:57 - 09:03
gap time did you just call them goats
09:01 - 09:06
three of them what's that the greatest
09:03 - 09:09
of all time it's not an animal it's just
09:06 - 09:09
the highest title in any
09:12 - 09:20
sport couple of goats going head
09:15 - 09:24
to-head like that no breaks
09:20 - 09:27
it's one two quickly please ladies and
09:24 - 09:29
Gentlemen people just coming back in
09:27 - 09:32
after the first semi-final had an hour
09:29 - 09:33
off they didn't have that before team
09:32 - 09:35
right this is new this year or they've
09:33 - 09:37
had it last year already the gap between
09:35 - 09:40
first and semi-final yeah a little bit
09:37 - 09:40
more precise I think
09:46 - 09:50
service certainly in quer in the query
09:48 - 09:53
match with Nadal he was very anxious to
09:50 - 09:55
know the exact timings and
09:53 - 09:59
4:00 seemed like a good cut off for the
09:55 - 09:59
handshake of the previous match
10:27 - 10:31
15 it's also a little of buildup for
10:29 - 10:34
both players so mentally they need to be
10:31 - 10:36
stimulated it's a long wait it's a long
10:34 - 10:41
48 hours since they played last time so
10:36 - 10:41
it their engine can't be yet at 100%
11:15 - 11:18
slipped away but was able to manage and
11:18 - 11:23
balance beautiful short backand
11:23 - 11:27
slice stopped on the line didn't it as
11:25 - 11:31
well I think I might better see the mark
11:27 - 11:34
over there it's a shame the ball stops
11:31 - 11:34
when it hits the
11:40 - 11:45
light let for service
12:25 - 12:29
coach Francisco Roy has been talking
12:27 - 12:31
about rafh and adal and how he's been
12:29 - 12:34
playing with Precision with intensity
12:31 - 12:38
and fluidity but also how he
12:34 - 12:41
changes his stance on serve according to
12:38 - 12:45
the surface just tiny
12:41 - 12:45
alterations specifically for Grass Court
12:50 - 12:53
play that's
13:04 - 13:11
give Nadal a short one on the
13:06 - 13:11
forehand and he says thank
13:52 - 14:00
games is that
13:54 - 14:01
Sebastian Roger Dad here as well
14:00 - 14:03
must be a gift to be able to take your
14:01 - 14:05
practice improvements right out onto the
14:03 - 14:07
court mentioned before Tim both these
14:07 - 14:14
improved without doubt you have
14:15 - 14:20
K it's the Ser of you mentioned the
14:22 - 14:29
one see how many free points he gets
14:24 - 14:29
before Nadal changes his position
14:40 - 14:44
love both players been very efficient
14:42 - 14:46
early on on their service games only
14:44 - 14:49
given up a couple of points
14:46 - 14:54
each both doing a good job of dominating
14:49 - 14:54
the points let's for service
15:39 - 15:46
I'd say that's the shot Nal improved the
15:41 - 15:46
most that quick backand now cross cord
16:06 - 16:11
by three games to
16:08 - 16:13
two fascinating quar of an hour just the
16:11 - 16:16
opening salbo in this second semifinal
16:13 - 16:17
at wimon Roger fedra certainly added to
16:16 - 16:19
his game over the years but so is rafan
16:17 - 16:23
adal Boris Becker has just mentioned how
16:19 - 16:25
his backand has increased in its potency
16:23 - 16:27
over the years but certainly his Ser has
16:25 - 16:29
as well Tim and Boris have a quick look
16:27 - 16:31
at this I mean it's got a few bit some
16:29 - 16:33
Bobs on it but it's the Nadal serve
16:31 - 16:37
alteration Francisco Roy coach talking
16:33 - 16:39
about this now last year is in the red
16:37 - 16:42
and those Trails really just
16:39 - 16:45
illustration so in the red on the right
16:42 - 16:47
in the top right so at the hit point it
16:45 - 16:51
was slower this is during the the whole
16:47 - 16:52
tournament pre- bounce slower post
16:51 - 16:54
bounce obviously slower and at the
16:52 - 16:57
returner significantly slower so he's
16:54 - 16:59
whatever he's done Tim he he's he's
16:57 - 17:01
quickened It Up by can't speak for the
16:59 - 17:03
accuracy but Nadal surf has certainly
17:01 - 17:05
looked more effective yeah definitely I
17:03 - 17:07
think when you you mentioned Francisco
17:05 - 17:10
Roy talking about how he positions his
17:07 - 17:11
feet I think uh you know now he's he's
17:10 - 17:13
actually hitting the serve a little bit
17:11 - 17:15
flatter on some of the other surfaces
17:13 - 17:18
you feel like he's coming round the side
17:15 - 17:20
of the ball to create that spin a little
17:18 - 17:22
bit more curve on the ball but this one
17:20 - 17:24
as you see by that flight on Hawkeye
17:22 - 17:26
much flatter going through the court a
17:24 - 17:28
little bit quicker and in percentage
17:26 - 17:31
terms by the time it's getting to the
17:28 - 17:34
returner it's probably 20 25% exactly
17:31 - 17:36
faster it is thank you thank you
17:34 - 17:40
something that we'll continue to watch
17:36 - 17:40
the Nadal serve now at
18:38 - 18:43
4 love yeah it's the first serve that
18:41 - 18:46
does the damage Roger doesn't really get
18:43 - 18:46
into the uh return games at
18:52 - 18:57
all game Nal
19:03 - 19:08
Three G all for one thing you can never
19:05 - 19:10
really measure but you can feel and the
19:08 - 19:12
whole tournament has and these Champions
19:10 - 19:14
that I'm sh in the comary books have
19:12 - 19:16
understood and perceived is confidence
19:14 - 19:18
and he's had it there's been a presence
19:16 - 19:20
around Nadal during this tournament he's
19:18 - 19:22
won 17 straight matches across the
19:20 - 19:24
Italian open in Rome and also in Paris
19:22 - 19:29
at the French Open where he just won his
19:24 - 19:29
12th French so Nadal in Supreme form
19:33 - 19:37
you talk about confidence I think
19:34 - 19:39
there's a confidence in Rafa's game but
19:37 - 19:42
there's also confidence in his body he
19:39 - 19:46
had some big challenges early on in the
19:42 - 19:46
year but feeling in very good
19:48 - 19:55
shape in fact on n's way winning his 12
19:52 - 19:55
he beat F the
19:56 - 20:00
semi-final in straight sets
20:24 - 20:29
a first victory for Nadal over feder in
20:26 - 20:32
some five and a half years
20:29 - 20:35
and that will amaze people hadn't beaten
20:32 - 20:38
him since Australian Open semi-final in
21:05 - 21:10
F El games to three
21:08 - 21:12
first it's a clinical start from both
21:10 - 21:15
players feder has only dropped three
21:12 - 21:18
points in four service games Nadal only
21:15 - 21:21
two points in three service
21:18 - 21:22
games are they both going to be able to
21:21 - 21:25
maintain that as we move towards the
21:22 - 21:27
business end of this first
21:25 - 21:30
set statue of Fred Perry out there
21:27 - 21:33
always a good place to get the shot a
21:30 - 21:37
winner of so many major championships 10
21:33 - 21:39
Majors eight grand slams two pro slams
21:37 - 21:41
and a brilliant table tennis player as
21:39 - 21:42
well this is all part of the new
21:41 - 21:45
development now this camera whizzes
21:42 - 21:47
along at about 30 mil an hour and it's
21:45 - 21:51
on a great big zip W and it gives us new
21:47 - 21:54
shots at this wonderful Center
21:51 - 21:55
Court the development around this club
21:55 - 22:01
on that's the members balcon there that
21:59 - 22:03
you can see and one or two people from
22:01 - 22:06
the raw box will pop out there take a
22:03 - 22:08
break go back in these courts on the
22:06 - 22:10
front they used to be so the focus of
22:08 - 22:12
the Championships but now it's just
22:10 - 22:14
developing into a much bigger space like
22:12 - 22:17
over the road for instance Church Road
22:14 - 22:19
into wimon Park Golf Club it's be the
22:17 - 22:21
next major phase of the development so
22:19 - 22:24
good luck with all that
22:21 - 22:25
Tim indoor courts between now and then
22:24 - 22:26
across on Somerset Road they're going to
22:26 - 22:31
demolished fairly soon after this
22:28 - 22:33
championships probably a 18 month to
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2year project to knock those down build
22:33 - 22:39
six indoor six outdoor and a large
22:36 - 22:39
underground car
22:55 - 22:59
park they playing with new balls so
22:57 - 23:04
everything is a quicker
22:59 - 23:07
now feder had a shot after good
23:04 - 23:07
return didn't use
23:25 - 23:34
it there's a 25 second rule for the
23:30 - 23:34
server notal is always pushing the
23:52 - 23:56
15 something's about to happen I don't
23:55 - 23:59
quite know what it is in this match it's
23:56 - 24:02
all been it's been pretty cagy hasn't it
23:59 - 24:05
but uh you'd think if feder got a second
24:02 - 24:08
serve here at 15 all might like to try
24:05 - 24:08
and take a chance
24:42 - 24:49
15 a little bit up fortunate with the
24:44 - 24:49
net court but F has taken full advantage
25:28 - 25:31
oh didn't really do enough with the
25:31 - 25:36
fedra was it the serve yeah I think you
25:34 - 25:39
got to give credit to Nadal there decent
25:36 - 25:41
second serve really dictated with his
25:39 - 25:44
first forand to get the Federer on the
26:30 - 26:39
first great point of this
26:34 - 26:39
semifinal of the
26:40 - 26:44
eror looking to be very aggressive in
26:43 - 26:48
the rally there
26:44 - 26:52
and over hitting the back
26:48 - 26:52
and needs to find the first
27:33 - 27:41
go this is a Lev up isn't it the
27:38 - 27:45
footwork from r onad d the slicers from
27:41 - 27:47
fed this is the dance between these
27:45 - 27:50
two beautiful to
27:52 - 27:57
watch very keen to hit fore hands
27:58 - 28:02
that hasn't changed in 11
28:15 - 28:19
years Advantage
28:20 - 28:27
NAD reading the serve again well
28:23 - 28:31
returning well not taking advantage now
28:27 - 28:35
here we see Tony Dal flew in last
28:31 - 28:35
night supporting his famous
28:46 - 28:51
nephew that thing was
28:49 - 28:54
whipped three very strong points from
28:51 - 28:57
the DAR from break point G
28:54 - 29:00
for finding the targets with the first
28:57 - 29:00
serve and then really ating with the
29:01 - 29:07
forehand now he would like to try and
29:04 - 29:07
get stuck into a federal service game at
29:12 - 29:19
4all keeping fedra
29:15 - 29:22
waiting he got full compliment of ticks
29:19 - 29:22
and Twitches at this
29:23 - 29:29
point bristling for the action here
29:37 - 29:42
didn't find his timing on the returns
30:13 - 30:18
good LEDs for service
30:32 - 30:37
1 fedra really mentioned his serve
30:35 - 30:39
picking up in the nishik Cory match
30:37 - 30:45
which was the quarterfinal and he really
30:39 - 30:45
start away left off on Wednesday evening
31:14 - 31:20
there look from Roger the Umpire
31:17 - 31:20
questioning the
31:23 - 31:29
challenge does have an awful record in
31:26 - 31:29
challenges throughout the champ
31:54 - 31:59
game it's a challenge but both men are
31:59 - 32:03
sunshine to the change
32:05 - 32:11
good still no breaks just the one break
32:08 - 32:12
point well saved by Rafa in his previous
32:11 - 32:16
service game he will serve to stay in
32:19 - 32:24
set Roger fedra was talking before this
32:22 - 32:27
match Boris about just remembering to
32:24 - 32:29
stay calm and how it's okay just to get
32:27 - 32:32
the ball back back and to neutralize
32:29 - 32:35
opponents he does that takes the pace
32:32 - 32:37
off as well as puts it on as well as
32:35 - 32:39
anybody the trouble is if you just knock
32:37 - 32:41
it back to Nadal he can take control of
32:39 - 32:43
the rally so there's the the line that
32:41 - 32:46
he has to walk isn't it no very much so
32:43 - 32:48
I was really intrigued how calm he
32:46 - 32:49
stayed when he walked on the quar very
32:48 - 32:51
much in his son really didn't
32:49 - 32:54
acknowledge the crowd too much didn't
32:51 - 32:56
acknowledge his opponent either just
32:54 - 32:57
that didn't add a bit of a handshake and
32:56 - 32:59
he's all together has a very calm
32:57 - 33:01
demeanor because he knows actually the
32:59 - 33:03
things are heating up but he's here is
33:01 - 33:06
best when he lets his tennis do the
33:03 - 33:08
talking and when he doesn't get too
33:06 - 33:11
emotional you coached against him with
33:08 - 33:13
Novak jovic I believe you won six grand
33:11 - 33:16
slams with Novak when you were coaching
33:13 - 33:18
against Roger fedra it's quite a
33:16 - 33:20
challenge isn't it no that's right we we
33:18 - 33:22
had him in two womon finals and and the
33:20 - 33:24
key was always you know to get him on
33:22 - 33:26
the Run cuz when he's running he loses a
33:24 - 33:29
bit of his balance but that's easier set
33:26 - 33:32
than done and I was find a way to return
33:29 - 33:32
to rers Fed Ser as well
33:34 - 33:40
so thank you ladies and
33:38 - 33:43
gentlemen I think the same goes for
33:40 - 33:43
Rafael Nadar
34:37 - 34:42
Mr Nadal is challenging the call on the
34:39 - 34:47
left Far Side line the balls SC
34:48 - 34:53
out first double of the
34:53 - 35:00
only for the tournament this the sixth
34:57 - 35:00
match for both players of
35:21 - 35:29
no it's not the time to be reading put
35:24 - 35:29
it down got you this ticket
36:04 - 36:08
umpire said it was very
36:06 - 36:12
close must have been
36:08 - 36:14
long half believes him Nadal should have
36:12 - 36:14
checked that it was
36:19 - 36:24
in is challenge to the four and the left
36:22 - 36:27
cice line safe to say they're both
36:24 - 36:29
hitting it close to the lines I think
36:27 - 36:30
this one just caught the line from the
36:33 - 36:39
the there's a statistic about challenges
36:36 - 36:44
by rer fed at Wimbleton he's now
36:39 - 36:47
including this 3 to 16 is that right
36:44 - 36:50
yeah you have been burying your head in
36:47 - 36:53
books and readouts and research I'm
37:26 - 37:31
love you get this this far out of CT on
37:29 - 37:33
the forehand you got to make sure you do
37:31 - 37:35
some damage feder a little bit lucky
37:33 - 37:38
with the drrive volley Nadal not able to
37:35 - 37:38
do more with the
37:48 - 37:55
4 and another 40 laugh easy hold by the
37:56 - 38:00
Swiss and that's his
38:19 - 38:24
wife leads by six games to
38:22 - 38:28
five still no breaks in the sunshine
38:24 - 38:30
here on Cent cord at 65 to Roger f this
38:28 - 38:34
hugely anticipated
38:30 - 38:37
match now Roger fedra was talking about
38:34 - 38:40
neutralizing opponents and you often do
38:37 - 38:43
that with a slice or or a chip but the
38:40 - 38:45
actal statistics on on fedra here the
38:43 - 38:47
return spins that he's playing with
38:45 - 38:49
today previous rounds of course
38:47 - 38:51
different opponents different setup RAF
38:49 - 38:54
is not down the other end but in the
38:51 - 38:56
previous rounds top spinning at 59%
38:54 - 39:00
today he's trying to come over the
38:56 - 39:01
return the slice today 1 and 10 or or
39:00 - 39:03
just above 1 and 10 he's trying to come
39:01 - 39:06
over the ball and it's not working
39:03 - 39:07
particularly at the moment not not
39:06 - 39:09
working particularly well but I don't
39:07 - 39:11
think he's really had that many
39:09 - 39:14
opportunities obviously when you're
39:11 - 39:17
playing the slice it gives Nadal more
39:14 - 39:19
time to get round and hit his forehand
39:17 - 39:21
and really be aggressive so is he trying
39:19 - 39:23
to avoid the raer forehand by hitting
39:21 - 39:24
the return well because he'll hit it
39:23 - 39:27
harder with the Top Spin he can get it
39:24 - 39:29
through the court get to potentially
39:27 - 39:31
Nadal's backhand more
39:29 - 39:34
easily I think the way this set's
39:31 - 39:37
unfolding it would be fitting if it did
39:34 - 39:39
go to the tie
39:37 - 39:41
break well hitting over also means he's
39:39 - 39:43
more aggressive the mindset is I have to
39:41 - 39:47
hit over the ball and put some pressure
40:23 - 40:28
love that's love
42:13 - 42:19
403 if they are going to go to a breaker
42:16 - 42:22
feder would have rather made Nadal work
42:19 - 42:25
a little bit which is what he's doing
42:22 - 42:29
here even if the tiebreaks only
42:25 - 42:29
postponed for a point
42:31 - 42:35
another luped forehand and we could be
42:41 - 42:46
juice and that's what it
42:44 - 42:47
is oh this has come out of nowhere this
42:47 - 42:54
now a battle
42:50 - 42:56
for and thought he love juice but the
42:54 - 42:59
fedra was able to hit over the return
42:56 - 43:04
three times good pressure on him right
42:59 - 43:04
away took advantage of the short ball
43:27 - 43:33
oh got the shot that he
43:30 - 43:35
wanted C the shot that he wanted butage
43:33 - 43:36
Nal when he was trying to hit that
43:35 - 43:40
forehand down the line to Nadal's
43:36 - 43:40
backand his body weight was just falling
43:47 - 43:52
away just keeps it calm cool
44:16 - 44:23
it's away and after 34s of an hour at
44:21 - 44:25
this semi-final it is a tie break we
44:25 - 44:30
set six games over
44:27 - 44:31
first set TI now the last time they
44:30 - 44:34
played on this court they've played two
44:31 - 44:38
of the finest tie breaks of all time fed
44:34 - 44:40
won them both 75 and 108 Tim Henman has
44:38 - 44:44
done some extensive research oh 39
44:40 - 44:46
matches they played 21 tie breaks Nadal
44:56 - 45:00
1110 let's second
45:17 - 45:22
service he has not made that
45:27 - 45:33
that is some amazing cord
45:30 - 45:40
speed fedra followed this in the drop
45:33 - 45:40
volley beautiful zero Nadal oh dear
45:44 - 45:47
dear unbelievable control at the end of
45:46 - 45:50
the run there
45:47 - 45:52
and he sometimes sense that federa
45:50 - 45:56
thinks God does Nadal only make that
45:52 - 45:56
shot against me
46:13 - 46:17
I can see the shackles from both players
46:15 - 46:21
are slowly coming off they're freeing
46:17 - 46:24
themselves from all the tension all the
46:21 - 46:27
buildup letting loose
46:48 - 46:53
the importance of this first set even in
46:51 - 46:55
a five Setter where there is more times
46:53 - 46:58
more time to recover illustrated by the
46:55 - 47:00
fact that the winner of the first set of
46:58 - 47:04
their matches has won
47:00 - 47:04
31 out of the 39
47:05 - 47:09
contests decent Front
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Runners statistics don't lie two
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all but this topic is very much nose to
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32 Nadal the defensive skills of Nadal
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not only on the return of serve just to
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float that one beat deep
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and big forehand from feder and he's
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able to use his left-handed forehand and
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back asking federa to hit one more
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shot let's for service
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that's out on the Baseline looking for
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from Baseline judge without it came and
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this was a controlled volley from
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fedra keeping it to what is still the
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weaker side it was a good return again
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from feder it was a decent serve from
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the dial feder is able to come over the
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top of the back
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hand turn defense into attack and get up
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forward to the net
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for a second time federa is equalizing a
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break SP yet
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and he comes over that back hand
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return gets to the r of P
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hand and then this
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forehand 43 first time he's been ahead
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breaker theal likes very much the first
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ser and then the forehand right away
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feder is able to hit with his returns
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onto the Nadal backand and sets him up
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nicely that's a big point that forehand
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had to be played
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just low enough to make it difficult and
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choosing to go to the spaniard's
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forehand couple of time the first Serv
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there from feder
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fed arer still very
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calm and exterior at
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least very focused
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51 minutes of fascinating tennis it's
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one set to the older man on the tie
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break from behind to Wi it's 73
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and this is how he
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concluded the first
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set and that c on the return
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Boris the feat so urgent he's four weeks
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away from his 38th birthday he could be
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playing in the uh the age group events
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here look what it means perhaps even
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more important for him to win the first
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set than than RAF NAD bis I'd say so I
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think if fed standing a chance he has to
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win the first set the longer the match
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tracks on the more he gets into a battle
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I think the younger player
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benefits and even winning the first set
53:10 - 53:15
I thought he kept his emotions in Jack
53:12 - 53:17
he wasn't over joyful he wasn't
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celebrating too much from
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far he knows he needs every ounce of
53:21 - 53:27
concentration we were to win the
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semi-final your impression of the first
53:29 - 53:36
Tim very very tight only one break
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point in the tie break it was Nadal who
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had those mini break opportunities but
53:38 - 53:43
federa really upped his
53:40 - 53:44
game great accurate serving dominating
53:43 - 53:48
with the forehand when he got the
53:44 - 53:50
opportunity and he'll be delighted to
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got that first set under his belt and I
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think the early stages of this second
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set are going to be absolutely vital for
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both players it's Nadal that's going to
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to regain the momentum stamp his
54:01 - 54:08
early Federal will sense his
54:03 - 54:08
opportunity to take a commanding
54:09 - 54:15
lead feder playing a
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21st Wimbledon Championship we didn't
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ever imagine that it would last this
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long when he hit that forehand winner
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against Pete sess you might remember in
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the last 16 in 2001 that had been the
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culmination of a buildup everybody in
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the sport had known about this fantastic
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Talent up until that point but on a
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wider and on a global scale this has
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been feder's stage he has won this
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Championship eight
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times only Martina andova has won the
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singles Championship more the man in the
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dark glasses is Tony godik with the blue
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hat there that's his dad
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Robbie wife you think A lot's happened
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since these two played on Center Court A
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lot's happened for Mera she's become the
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mother to four children who are not here
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today they might be in the background
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somewhere but two twin girls and two
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twin boys and your great rivalry oh
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great rival Stephan
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edur up there you played one or two
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matches against him here have you caught
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up with him yeah we have yes I saw him a
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couple days ago supporting Roger on his
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fourth round match and uh his luck his
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charm he stayed the weak S one of the
55:24 - 55:29
alltime grades where's Rafa oh there's s
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BR he been been speaking a lot lately on
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on climate change in the most
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authoritative voice
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and Sympathy for the environment and and
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I think he'll probably approve of the
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sustainability program that the all
55:47 - 55:51
England Club will put in this
55:49 - 55:53
year when rackets are delivered back to
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the court you won't see them delivered
55:53 - 56:00
in plastic bags anymore and that's just
55:54 - 56:00
one of many many changes which have been
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implemented now Roa is ready to return
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Huffer took little break here we see
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David Beckham big fan of tennis on the
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Championships is his uh his children
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play don't they his son Romeo is an arit
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tennis player big Nal fan I wonder if he
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spoke he must have spoken to Sir Alex
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Ferguson as former manager me I hope
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you'll remember the boot kicking
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incident there he is good to see him
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back hey with heal last
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year Nadal gets the opportunity of
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serving first in the second set
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importantly he keeps his nose in front
56:48 - 56:52
Federal will be looking for an early
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15 low it's quite a long break between
57:21 - 57:24
the end of the first set and the very
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point I'm not a massive fan of you Boris
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this too long it just interrupts the
57:30 - 57:36
Rhythm the flow of things I mean it's
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all within the the rules
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but but Nadal has done it every single
57:41 - 57:48
time I saw him here regardless whether
57:44 - 57:48
he wins it off loses it
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we've talked about Nadal's improved back
58:03 - 58:08
fedra one of the reasons why he it's
58:06 - 58:10
when he can plant that right foot when
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he can step into the court and drive the
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end good signs for the federa
58:19 - 58:24
camp let's for service
59:04 - 59:08
that's for service
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15 it's a much better Rhythm on the
59:43 - 59:49
return now he really gets to serve back
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403 Nadal going into the feder forehand
60:06 - 60:10
on that serve in the juice box and
60:08 - 60:14
feder's keeping a very short swing and
60:10 - 60:14
it's coming back with interest
60:36 - 60:40
seemed like both players were surprised
60:38 - 60:44
that serve wasn't called
60:40 - 60:45
out first game second set it's
60:44 - 60:48
interesting you mentioned that about
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Roger feder's return and the difficulty
60:48 - 60:52
the difficulty that Rafa has on being
60:50 - 60:55
effective on his own serve at the moment
60:52 - 60:57
against SAA he lost just 10 points on
60:57 - 61:02
query he reserved superbly
61:05 - 61:11
there Nadal struggling on the second
61:08 - 61:14
shot in this match like he hasn't in the
61:11 - 61:18
others so just small patterns developing
61:14 - 61:22
here just one semifinal
61:18 - 61:24
loss at the Championships that in 2016
61:22 - 61:25
to round it she went ahead and did the
61:24 - 61:27
right thing and lost to Murray in the
61:53 - 61:58
the right play by feder he thought he
61:55 - 62:00
had not wrong footed H this Ben here
61:58 - 62:01
with the corner of his ey saw that feder
62:01 - 62:05
approaching and whipped it past
62:24 - 62:27
him it's
62:47 - 62:51
nor what a sh what was
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that that's what we want from the
62:51 - 62:57
England team against New Zealand driving
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through that back and half
62:57 - 63:02
volley quite sure what this one was it
62:59 - 63:07
was amazing look at the adjustment that
63:02 - 63:07
takes well skill yeah he's just
63:07 - 63:11
skillful don't try this at
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home that a man with
63:27 - 63:35
a white hat and I think the lady with a
63:31 - 63:37
straw hat they almost lost the
63:35 - 63:43
Bonet as this ball whipped into the
63:37 - 63:43
crowd pressure for fedra 30
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incredible athleticism from both players
64:08 - 64:12
Nadal does well to get that crosscourt
64:10 - 64:13
federa covering a
64:13 - 64:19
net couldn't resist the second passing
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doesn't miss those break points
64:33 - 64:40
saved juice but all together play
64:36 - 64:40
reaches the more Heights the quality
65:21 - 65:27
standing get
65:23 - 65:30
there second break point and you may not
65:27 - 65:32
be able to hear fed's effort on each
65:30 - 65:35
ball as he tries to resist these
65:32 - 65:40
whipping Nadal for hands but it's there
65:35 - 65:40
feder is grunting on each of these fools
66:36 - 66:41
feder feder eager to get on the front
66:38 - 66:46
foot at every opportunity but not easy
66:41 - 66:46
to hit winners from behind the
66:53 - 66:57
Baseline out
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he's being stretched to the Limit now
67:14 - 67:19
fed and even if Nadal doesn't get the
67:17 - 67:22
break in this game
67:19 - 67:25
these these rallies these exchanges
67:22 - 67:27
these extended Duce ad contests which
67:25 - 67:31
are so compelling to watch
67:27 - 67:31
they they wear you
67:39 - 67:44
down that's the real
67:44 - 67:50
SS yeah Nadal shows signs of frustration
67:48 - 67:53
he always turns around and the
67:50 - 67:53
conversation with his
67:53 - 67:57
corner on the F of the
68:09 - 68:11
for that is a big
68:16 - 68:25
hold one game more second
68:20 - 68:27
ass just a change of Racket Roger fedra
68:27 - 68:31
you can hardly walk
68:29 - 68:33
slower without actually standing still
68:31 - 68:36
he's taking a breather here feder as
68:33 - 68:39
there for nedb
68:36 - 68:41
up huge game early in the second set
68:39 - 68:43
there for federa to hold and he'll
68:41 - 68:47
immediately want to try and put some
68:43 - 68:47
pressure back on the D serve
68:57 - 69:03
F lots of success with this aggressive
69:01 - 69:05
returns you had statistic in the first
69:03 - 69:06
said that's what he didn't do in the
69:05 - 69:09
previous matches but obviously he's done
69:06 - 69:12
this homework playing each other so many
69:09 - 69:12
times you always find a new
69:19 - 69:25
way let's for service
70:13 - 70:19
well that's very fine it's elegant it's
70:16 - 70:21
delicate it's thoughtful and it's set up
70:19 - 70:23
by the returner serve a big first serve
70:21 - 70:26
from theal 122
70:23 - 70:28
mph straight back at his his feet and
70:28 - 70:33
retreating feder plays the drop shot
71:13 - 71:16
oh he's put it
71:18 - 71:21
right St to have a
71:23 - 71:30
match did he have you fool him
71:26 - 71:34
ra very last moment he changed Direction
71:30 - 71:36
too much on the wrist
71:36 - 71:40
though further again with a couple of
71:40 - 71:48
points I think saved to against his own
71:44 - 71:48
serve that's Tim was saying
72:04 - 72:09
14 Nadal keeps going to that federa
72:07 - 72:12
forend in the juice box
72:09 - 72:14
and feder still returned that with
72:12 - 72:17
interest but Nadal did well to direct
72:14 - 72:22
the forehand back
72:17 - 72:22
behind still facing another break point
72:53 - 72:59
juice T more must hurt second of return
72:58 - 73:02
or break point you don't get that many
72:59 - 73:07
chances like
73:02 - 73:07
that make the ball
73:36 - 73:43
NAD and it's great hitting from both
73:39 - 73:44
players amazing how aggressive federa
73:43 - 73:48
has been with the backhand going into
73:44 - 73:48
Nadal's forehand
74:03 - 74:08
game that was the last game of the old
74:05 - 74:09
bus and what a hold from break points
74:09 - 74:14
players have saved break points in the
74:12 - 74:16
last two games brilliant hour in a
74:14 - 74:19
quarter here second semi-final here at
74:16 - 74:22
wimon 21 theal
74:19 - 74:25
second now one of the things that fedra
74:22 - 74:29
has taken out on court as a tactic and
74:25 - 74:32
Nadal has to figure out here Tim is how
74:29 - 74:36
do you stop fedra getting his forehand
74:32 - 74:38
into play after his first serve I mean I
74:36 - 74:40
don't know where the the D maybe should
74:38 - 74:42
stand somewhere different but look here
74:40 - 74:45
backand he's only hit one backand after
74:42 - 74:47
his first serve so fedra dominating and
74:45 - 74:49
getting his forehand into players there
74:47 - 74:50
I mean we've been looking at nal's
74:49 - 74:52
forehand but how are you going to stop
74:50 - 74:54
Roger hitting the shot he wants to hit
74:52 - 74:56
well it's very difficult because first
74:54 - 74:58
and foremost with with a serve like
74:56 - 74:59
fedas that is so accurate has great
74:58 - 75:01
disguise you're just trying to get the
74:59 - 75:05
ball back into
75:01 - 75:07
play having said that you can't just aim
75:05 - 75:09
down the middle of the court and hope
75:07 - 75:12
feder is going to miss the next one
75:09 - 75:13
because his forehand is such a dominant
75:12 - 75:15
shot so I think Nadal is going to have
75:13 - 75:18
to look at his court position how
75:15 - 75:20
aggressive he can be on the return of
75:18 - 75:22
serve when he gets that chance would
75:20 - 75:25
love to be fly on the wall when liy and
75:22 - 75:28
luic spoken to Roger about the match
75:25 - 75:31
strategy with cud law about what he
75:28 - 75:33
wants to do differently from previous
75:31 - 75:35
matches and very much is the return of
75:33 - 75:38
serve and the fact that he should
75:35 - 75:40
dictate play with his forehand and
75:38 - 75:42
that's exactly what he does I think
75:40 - 75:44
that's the reason Nadal is in trouble
75:42 - 75:46
here having said that he kept on holding
75:44 - 75:49
serves now even though he was done break
75:46 - 75:51
points important part of the match
75:49 - 75:55
especially for Roger thank you ladies
75:51 - 75:55
and gentlemen
76:15 - 76:20
play Mr Fedora is challenging the call
76:18 - 76:23
on the left Far Side line the balls got
76:28 - 76:32
team fed has two challenges
76:44 - 76:52
remaining let second
76:48 - 76:55
service second service Nadal a good 20
76:52 - 76:57
ft behind the Baseline
76:55 - 76:57
for a second
77:15 - 77:21
Serve contact point was 3 m behind the
77:18 - 77:23
Baseline for Nadal who continues
77:21 - 77:25
particularly on this juice side to give
77:23 - 77:27
away the wh serve Tim hen has been
77:25 - 77:27
talking about
77:33 - 77:39
that points in
77:36 - 77:41
two two forand unforced errors from
77:39 - 77:42
feder strong point in the middle from
77:42 - 77:47
D suddenly three break points in a
77:52 - 77:56
row let's for service
78:15 - 78:19
let's second service
78:41 - 78:45
and it's a breaker serve in this
78:46 - 78:52
match first break set decided on a tie
78:50 - 78:55
break and it's gone to Rafa
78:52 - 78:56
Nadal I've seen that a couple times in
78:55 - 78:59
the tournament
78:56 - 79:01
federa just really played a sloppy game
78:59 - 79:03
and the game went very very quickly is
79:01 - 79:05
some of that due to the fact that he had
79:03 - 79:07
to work so hard to win his previous
79:05 - 79:10
service games getting tired don't think
79:07 - 79:13
he's getting tired but uh just
79:10 - 79:13
momentarily lost
79:22 - 79:27
concentration
79:23 - 79:29
15 he must look back and and regretting
79:27 - 79:31
not taking advantage of the break point
79:29 - 79:36
he's had on the Nal Ser early in that
79:31 - 79:36
said nice to play catchup
80:01 - 80:08
hey suddenly you know we've gone from a
80:05 - 80:12
very tight scenario early on in the
80:08 - 80:16
second set Nadal wins 10 points in a
80:12 - 80:16
row now 3-1 30
80:22 - 80:27
love 13 team
81:00 - 81:03
taking his time like
81:44 - 81:48
it's become quite one-sided this second
81:50 - 81:57
set theal holds and he is strongly in
81:53 - 82:01
command in all way here 4-1 and 21
81:57 - 82:04
played now this is an era defining
82:01 - 82:06
rivalry this Nadal fedra of course jovic
82:04 - 82:08
and fedra jovic and Nadal both have
82:06 - 82:11
actually played more Grand Slams more
82:08 - 82:13
actual matches but this was the Rivalry
82:11 - 82:15
that came first and just thinking back
82:13 - 82:17
to some of the great sporting rivalries
82:15 - 82:20
this has to be up there with any of them
82:17 - 82:21
or any Ridder Cup match for me the 1977
82:21 - 82:27
sun Tom Watson at turnbury Jack Nicholas
82:25 - 82:29
the Lakers and Celtics in the NBA I
82:27 - 82:31
don't know whether you follow that Boris
82:29 - 82:33
I'm sure you sure you do some of the
82:31 - 82:35
great boxers over time Watson Ben and
82:33 - 82:38
Eubanks here
82:35 - 82:41
Haggler Hearns Leonard
82:38 - 82:43
Jan Mack Andro Bor wasn't bad Mao
82:41 - 82:44
anybody I'd like to put him in the ring
82:43 - 82:46
with sugar alen to be quite honest with
82:44 - 82:49
you but what what about your sporting
82:46 - 82:50
rivalries I mean I think you mentioned
82:49 - 82:52
some very good ones you could go down
82:50 - 82:55
the football route of you know man
82:52 - 82:56
United Liverpool man united Man City
82:55 - 82:59
but for me what's very special about
82:56 - 83:01
tennis is that it is one against one and
82:59 - 83:04
and you mentioned some boxing rivalries
83:01 - 83:06
but how often do they actually box when
83:04 - 83:10
you look at Novak and Rafa they played
83:06 - 83:14
54 times Novak and federa 47 this is
83:10 - 83:16
feder Nadal number 40 it's it's
83:14 - 83:20
absolutely amazing their longevity their
83:16 - 83:23
consistency so Palmer Nicholas player
83:20 - 83:27
that was a great rivalry in golf but uh
83:23 - 83:27
these are special times in our
83:27 - 83:31
sport Boris I want yours in a
83:52 - 83:56
15 fer does doesn't want to waste too
83:55 - 84:00
much energy here one of the great
83:56 - 84:04
golfers of all time nine
84:00 - 84:04
majes career Grand Slam car
84:05 - 84:10
player that keeps on holding fast
84:15 - 84:19
now first time is Ser Vol up to the
84:18 - 84:23
second serve I thought he would do that
84:19 - 84:25
a lot more actually coming into the
84:23 - 84:27
match even though he lost a point I
84:25 - 84:30
think it is a good tactic Boris we we
84:27 - 84:31
see where Nadal is returning from feder
84:30 - 84:34
has plenty of time to get into good
84:31 - 84:34
position at the
85:17 - 85:24
service that's your federal taking risks
85:21 - 85:28
on the backand he must
85:24 - 85:28
can't get involved into too many long
85:51 - 85:59
rallies feder's level just
85:55 - 86:01
really dropped off in the last 10
85:59 - 86:05
minutes now a break point for Nadal to
86:01 - 86:05
get the second break of
86:14 - 86:20
serve after it looked like a very
86:16 - 86:20
contested early second
86:20 - 86:26
set came an easy one for Rafael Nadal
86:23 - 86:31
now up with a double breaking 51 trying
86:26 - 86:31
to level that match set a piece
87:23 - 87:30
that was a stabber attack translated
87:27 - 87:33
sudden attack by Roger and that a couple
87:30 - 87:33
years ago got a lot of
87:38 - 87:41
criticism why
87:51 - 87:57
not there's more just a little element
87:55 - 88:01
of save your energy for the battles
87:57 - 88:01
ahead about the last couple of
88:23 - 88:28
points game second set and that's the
88:26 - 88:29
end of the second set one set all in
88:28 - 88:33
this second semifinal in the
88:29 - 88:36
Championships we could have I hope we do
88:33 - 88:36
have a long way to
88:44 - 88:50
go Junior match is taking place in the
88:48 - 88:53
second week of the championships as the
88:50 - 88:54
crowds dwindle over 40,000 people here
88:53 - 88:57
each day the first week somewhere around
88:54 - 89:00
there record crowds and the development
88:57 - 89:03
of the ground an absolute Delight to see
89:00 - 89:05
so many more facilities for
89:03 - 89:09
everybody a quick look at the second set
89:05 - 89:14
here first serves in at 65%
89:09 - 89:17
for Rafa Nadal down a little bit for
89:14 - 89:19
federa and Nadal's surf becoming
89:17 - 89:22
particularly
89:19 - 89:24
effective at 10 but really the battle
89:24 - 89:27
be a third of the way through that
89:30 - 89:35
set in the men's doubles Kabal and
89:32 - 89:38
Farrah are through to play roer
89:35 - 89:40
vasala and Nicola mahu who has completed
89:38 - 89:43
a career grand
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slam the French doubles players are so
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interchangeable and their skills so
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transferable Pierre ug playing with Andy
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maray losing to metic and
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skugor the men's double something to
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look forward to as is the mixed as well
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as we approach finals weekend Serena
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Williams going for a record 24th Grand
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title Sera Williams versus Simona halip
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at 1 p.m. UK
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time on Saturday 1: p.m. on Sunday for
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the men's final Novak jovic versus the
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winner of this match
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Rafael Nadal bidding to reach his 27th
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Grand Slam final he has won
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18 after 26 finals he's been in Roger
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fedra has won 20 so these two have won
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more of the sports major championships
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than any other two Wimbledon for him
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ready and eight for the man serving at
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one set all Roger fedra
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F has to regroup to recapture the form
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at the end of that first set and even
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beginning of the second
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set 30 love first couple of service
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games key for him to regain that Rhythm
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and establish himself in these
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rallies 40 l
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first game thir now obviously Roger
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feder is just just held there but
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changes from set one to set two
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particularly on the return points very
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interesting indeed Tim Boris have a look
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at his average return hit points in set
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one first serve a little bit further
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back second serve further look what
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happens not with the yellow line but
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with the blue one in the second set we
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noticed it in real life second set
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second serve way back and he made every
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single return that's a smart adjustment
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it is a smart adjustment you see that
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distance sort of 4 and A4 meters for the
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second server return you wonder
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therefore is Federer not been aware
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enough to maybe serve and volley a
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little bit behind the second serve
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because he's so far back but again these
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mintii of the
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match and they vary you know this is a
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long match lot of things are
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changing players watch each other where
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they stand what they do differently all
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time and it's also so why we don't want
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coaching or most people I think it's
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fair to say do not want onc Court
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coaching like on the women's tour I I
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think you're out there alone noticing
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these changes and adjusting yourself
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ly working with fedra for many years
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all one of the reasons the three top
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three are so dominant is because of that
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but one of the reason the others can't
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catch up is because they don't have the
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on court coaching so the argument is
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both I'm standing on the fence on that
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luic working with Roger feder he's
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beaten both of these
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guys I bet you never beat
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jovic that's
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correct never lost to him though did you
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th sticking to his routine by driving
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return the do seem to have
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the one game on thir sets
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Mary Joe Fernandez on the right hand
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side married to Tony
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godik the hend of
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Roger 15 love even more so than in the
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first set Rogers looking for quick
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points should say Mary Joe Fernandez
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former world class tennis player playing
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in the seniors event here
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almost picked off James K in the chair
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now if the bar would have bounced back
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into rogers's court the ball would have
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counted well of the unass yeah it just
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didn't if the ball gets out and goes
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back it counts really in my book of
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fed well we just have to investigate
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that Boris this is the Boris Becker book
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of 10 now i' I've seen a lot of books of
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tennis and there's been some very good
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ones including your own but you've got a
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new rule book now if it hits the Net
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post and goes in I knew that that
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was valid shot but you say if it hits
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the it's part of the court it's a it's
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it's a fixture it's there all the time
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so if you hit James choon and it goes
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back into court does that count we can
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try that we we have to check the rule
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book how about that time I checked you
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know my playing days it did
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count with a lot of R changes I'm sure
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you've had a good look around here Boris
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the changes are fantastic Henman Hill
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they've left the grass a little bit
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longer on the down slopes which is very
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slippery yeah it's been the most popular
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spot if you don't have Center qut
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ticket feel good atmosphere everybody's
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join the sunshine and a p two there's a
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couple of bars down there
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and people are enjoying themselves at
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the end of the week Friday evening this
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is the right thing to be doing just down
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to the left is where they put some of
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the beautiful planting to store before
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they plant and both sides of the screen
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that number one quarter a living wall
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and it's just
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gorgeous and I can't remember any of the
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names of the
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pl right one
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lets for service
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15 off malal staying aggressive close to
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Baseline he knows if he doesn't hit the
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first shot fedra will
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there turning to defense into attack
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stepping into that backand and driving
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it down the
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line although Nadal wasn't at the net
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federa treated that shot like a passing
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the's forehand down the line would have
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got the job done against most he might
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have been expecting to see Roger fur up
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at the net there fed had backed off and
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now has a break point after that CR
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foran and break points early in the
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second set wasn't able to take them
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oh that is rare for Nal to be out DED at
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it was actually Nadal that was Keen to
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get to the net was not a good drop
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volley neither a player able to get on
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top until that final volley ladies and
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love there was a lot of hype a lot of
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comparisons with that match 11 years ago
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I tell you what we're getting there that
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was a 96 mile and a half for
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hand the last
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one love the team
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what a a man of resilience raadal is the
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disappointment losing his serve he's
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just wiped that away and played two
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points way back on the second serve
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again he's going to get this ball in
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play no he's not oh what a surprise
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good second serve from federa
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15 close to the sideline swinging
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away looking to find The Mark with the
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first serve here
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first double F of the match that hurt an
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hour and 45
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in it's only
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second first of the match ninth of the
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tournament doesn't serve many
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304 smash was definitely a bit deeper
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than feder would expected not always
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easy at this time of day with the sun
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coming into the stadium
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wow well done
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unbelievable gasps from the crowd as
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ball after ball dips in with top SP it's
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the timing it's the footwork it's the
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consistency it's how close they hit to
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lines all at the most important moment
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match thank you just knocking in a quick
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872 meter sprint there feder a break
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Still pushes probes and prods an
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noise third break point of the game
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let's for
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service going to need to make this court
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bigger if Nadal gets any further
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back thanks to for so when he needs it
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talked about the onew punch with the
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forand he looking for the serve volley
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here Boris like
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to if I were him I would do that
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what a message point that is for madal
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on the 25th shot
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Advantage the rally to miss a
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forehand it's a raer sort of
109:44 - 109:49
point a raer point won by Roger
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what a game to get out of the Miss on
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the second serve return when he had not
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30 will disappoint Nadal and so will the
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points holds for
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4-1 games to one that sets one
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t I never got an answer about your great
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rivalries my
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apologies no I'm uh with Tim on that one
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that this is an individual Sport and and
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team sport as much as I look like the
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German English raving football or I'm
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into the golf boxing similarities you
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know the great Muhammad Ali against
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anybody the great Michael Jordan yes his
110:42 - 110:47
basketball but the Great Tiger Woods
110:45 - 110:50
doties but I think these two players
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transcends our sport uh it's more than
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just a tennis R we we spoke about about
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sport Ries and and these two players are
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I will be the most popular Sportsmen
110:57 - 111:02
well may I ask you you were with Novak
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during some of his greatest
111:02 - 111:08
triumphs did he feel unloved compared to
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these two well we had discussions about
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it and and obviously Novak has millions
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of fans himself but then you're talking
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about two of the most popular Sportsmen
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not just tennis players and it's it's a
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very difficult contest and I think by
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now he doesn't care so much anymore he
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know who he is
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but there was a time when it bothered
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yes time but talking about this contact
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is becoming a very physical contact and
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that's something Nadal strives for so
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I'm not sure how much longer feder can
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keep up this 25 30 shot rally but he
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does for the
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moment for me it was interesting the
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reaction of freder when he won that game
111:48 - 111:52
you know he doesn't show much emotion
111:50 - 111:54
he's pretty cool Cal and collected on
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the court but there was a a proper fist
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bump up to his box he knew the value of
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holding serve having got that
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break thank you ladies and gentlemen
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love for team
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what a bizarre rally gives F love
113:21 - 113:29
30 do such as the the the torque coming
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through his legs he just lost his
113:29 - 113:35
footing just got the ball over Nadal's
113:33 - 113:36
head fedra followed it in and now here's
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to close out this set in effect two
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breaks would be good enough for
113:44 - 113:50
most it seems like fedra has Nadal on
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it's one of the joys of watching sport
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you do not know what's going to go on
114:40 - 114:44
the amount of talk about this match but
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who saw this momentum Shi coming well
114:44 - 114:48
it's almost a a complete reverse of the
114:48 - 114:53
set Nadal was able to get on top there
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and run away with it
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one feder with these breakpoint
114:56 - 114:59
opportunities for the double
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304 you talked about the message Point
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Andrew early on when Roger W that long
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rally I think that is bothering natal at
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the moment that Roger wins the long
115:19 - 115:24
rally not theand as he's used to
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to Fabulous points from Nadal and he
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know that a hole here is set very much
115:45 - 115:51
alive still you think it's going to be
115:47 - 115:56
easy for fedra to hold
115:51 - 115:56
twice to win the set I don't think
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so Advantage NAD
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let's for service
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well that tells you what you need to
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know about the competitive Spirit of B
117:08 - 117:13
thead feder leads by four games to two
117:11 - 117:15
having played himself into a winning
117:13 - 117:19
position in this set feder has to serve
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at 42 he's just the one break ahead very
117:20 - 117:24
margin and like Nadal down on the other
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end 25 seconds between points Nadal just
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getting settled here Cho ofong in the
117:30 - 117:37
chair Mr Kong the ire just keeping an
117:34 - 117:37
eye on the time
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well it's another rapper point one by
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Roger isn't
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it 19 shots this time and it's not easy
118:16 - 118:22
with the ball coming in and out of the
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shade very bright
118:22 - 118:26
in that Southeast corner for
118:46 - 118:54
Nadal love we've seen it over and over
118:50 - 118:57
again f up dictate getting the first
118:54 - 118:57
shot of the rally with his
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49 first point of the game
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crucial it has set the tone for the mini
119:14 - 119:22
contest that
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continued straightforward so far 40 love
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14 wonder what
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he's concerned about up there he's got
119:43 - 119:46
all the family up there he's got his
119:44 - 119:48
sister his dad in the back with the blue
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cat with the Rafer Academy hat on
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Francisco Roy on the right hand side
119:50 - 119:54
agent Carlos Coster on the left
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dad a relatively comfortable hold after
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the brutal first
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rally playing conditions have changed
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here Tim haven't they on Center Court
120:18 - 120:22
goodness knows you both have spent time
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out there but at this time of the night
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now that the roof profile is a little
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higher don't get quite so much sun
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stretching out quite so long but it is
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bad in that particular
120:35 - 120:40
corner and that's where the the
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players boxes so we've seen a lovely
120:40 - 120:45
selection of dark glasses over the years
120:42 - 120:48
up there your wife Lucy and friends and
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relatives and family Boris all up there
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and there's nothing they can do yeah as
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a coach a problem because obviously you
120:53 - 120:57
want to you know see the match and I
120:55 - 121:00
like to watch My Guy play without my
120:57 - 121:02
sunglasses I see better but you can't
121:00 - 121:04
until the sun is too low and it really
121:02 - 121:06
bothers you and then obviously we don't
121:04 - 121:08
complain about the good weather right
121:06 - 121:10
but I was just going to say you know
121:08 - 121:13
here we are at wilon complaining that
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it's too
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sunny nobody it bothers the players as
121:16 - 121:20
well from that side because the sun is
121:18 - 121:23
very low especially if you're leftand at
121:20 - 121:25
serf you toss up the ball in be St in
121:26 - 121:33
sun Mera good player
121:30 - 121:35
herself supporting Roger and you know I
121:35 - 121:39
watching I'm watching his movement for
121:37 - 121:40
fatigue for signs of tness I think
121:39 - 121:42
adrenaline is obviously playing a
121:40 - 121:44
massive part this is a huge match who
121:42 - 121:45
knows how long either of these players
121:44 - 121:48
have left after all the injuries that
121:45 - 121:55
they you ladies and gentlemen at the age
121:48 - 121:55
of what 33 and 37 how old is yep 33
122:02 - 122:07
33 the sun is very low into his
122:16 - 122:24
eyes but just in the context of this
122:20 - 122:26
match the tournament so far Nadal had 9
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23 other way around federa 9 hours 23
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Nadal 10 hours
122:32 - 122:37
45 for those five matches that's not too
122:47 - 122:52
tennis beautiful sunglasses
122:59 - 123:04
to what it starts bothering Nadal that
123:02 - 123:08
rer wins to longer Ries you know he's a
123:04 - 123:11
proud man he king of Clays every rally
123:08 - 123:15
that's longer than five usually hits to
123:11 - 123:17
win for the last 15 20 minutes Roger
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that's
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impossible he's playing
123:19 - 123:23
aggressive and playing without mistake
123:49 - 123:53
tou 30 off
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Tony I think he's got one of Rafa's
124:39 - 124:45
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fed had L 30 in that game he had great
124:45 - 124:52
points in Rafa's previous service game
124:49 - 124:55
hasn't taken them Ra's held
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so now a real Moment of Truth after a
124:55 - 124:58
little over two hours of play in this
124:56 - 125:01
semi-final you got Rafa bouncing up and
124:58 - 125:06
down never an easy man to serve
125:01 - 125:06
to a chance to go two sets to one up
125:11 - 125:19
feder oh and it's hit the line and
125:15 - 125:19
stopped that's rough
125:20 - 125:24
Lu and that's what you want to do just
125:22 - 125:28
thinking about that very next
125:24 - 125:28
Point Nothing Else
125:33 - 125:38
Matters couple of timely first serves
125:38 - 125:44
love gives him a good platform feder in
125:41 - 125:44
an important game
126:03 - 126:11
well fed delighted to see Nadal coming
126:06 - 126:14
in on a chip that sat there
126:11 - 126:17
really but with the four and cross who
126:14 - 126:17
did the damage
126:25 - 126:29
lets for service
126:54 - 126:59
he holds to love under the greatest of
126:57 - 127:02
pressure his serve never
126:59 - 127:05
challenged on the penultimate service
127:02 - 127:08
game a long first point allowed him to
127:05 - 127:09
hold but there lots of first serves
127:09 - 127:16
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play and I don't think for a minute that
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graa Nadal is is a man to run out of
127:19 - 127:24
ideas but he knows he's got to win the
127:21 - 127:28
next two sets it's as simple as that
127:24 - 127:31
certainly runs off the court no not yet
127:28 - 127:34
changing his
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sh all those first serves in I mean he's
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talked about experience in the past and
127:36 - 127:40
it's easy from the outside Tim just to
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say oh he's a man of vast experience
127:40 - 127:42
it's always going to be something that
127:41 - 127:45
that's going to help him and I guess
127:42 - 127:46
most of the time it would but he himself
127:45 - 127:49
would like to play like an 18-year-old
127:46 - 127:50
again and just with that jiv and I I
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understand what he's talking about yeah
127:50 - 127:55
most definitely I mean we reflect on
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these uh stats in the third set again
127:55 - 127:58
impressive serving from feder impressive
127:57 - 128:01
serving from both players with the
127:58 - 128:02
percentage of first of the points W but
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the breakpoint opportunities is going to
128:02 - 128:06
be key we knew before this match who
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would create the chances who would take
128:06 - 128:11
them in that third set it was federa
128:09 - 128:13
winning one break point but you know
128:11 - 128:17
what I mean about expressing himself on
128:13 - 128:18
court absolutely and and the reality is
128:17 - 128:20
a lot of that is dictated by the
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opponent in in the first set it was very
128:20 - 128:25
much nip and to there wasn't too much to
128:22 - 128:27
show but it was the the second set where
128:25 - 128:29
Nadal was really able to express himself
128:27 - 128:31
because he got the lead early on and and
128:29 - 128:34
uh it was a roll reversal in the third
128:31 - 128:37
so I think fourth set of this match it's
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who can really get the upper hand early
128:37 - 128:43
a lot of people picking Rafa Nadal
128:40 - 128:45
before this match Boris Becker because
128:43 - 128:47
of the form he had coming in were you
128:45 - 128:50
one of them or yeah I was one of them I
128:47 - 128:51
thought Rafa looked in fine form and I
128:50 - 128:54
always felt that the longer the that's
128:51 - 128:56
when the younger player would have an
128:54 - 128:59
advantage but little do we know Roger we
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talked about playing like an 18y old he
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moves like an 18-year-old he's winning
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rallies he's really pushing Nadal
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physically now which very few men have
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ever done maybe besides jovic
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nobody so we're just watching this
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unfold I think it's still lot of tennis
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the Championships at the all England
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Club just today and the weekend to run
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and I'm already beginning to miss it
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this time next week so much of it will
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have been deconstructed and nobody will
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be here and the center cour goes to
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sleep once again it really does feel
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like a live thing during the
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Championships to now this potentially is
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a great match at the moment is a very
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good one and totally
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compelling the pressure is on Nadal now
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all of a sudden
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love the team
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and they're all those moments when you
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want to take advantage of the momentum
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you have fedra has the momentum right
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now up to Z one he's playing good tennis
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he's gotting her down the ropes right
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well done by the SP
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yet he needs to serice game
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now to steady the
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ship one way of protecting your face
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from the Sun I wonder who's under there
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that was a second
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heavy kicking 4
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they looked happier the last couple
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matches they look more relaxed they know
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what's at stake
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game well at 24 years of age Nadal of
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course 33 now but back then he was the
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youngest to complete the set of all four
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grand slam championships the major
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sports the major events in tennis he won
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the US Open in
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2010 both of these BLS have won Olympic
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gold medals as well singles and doubles
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for rafan adal just doubles for
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fedra with Stan
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binka just having
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some troubles at the moment with his
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foot I think he called out during that
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last game to his box that maybe he needs
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a new orthotic sticks in his shoes think
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it was his trainer that's gone running
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go fetch some more shoes from the locker
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probably have about
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15 15 pairs oh all sorts of people in
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there that there's Hugh Grant up there
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he plays a bit of tennis any about but
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Le two times he had possession of all
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four major championships at the same
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time crazy
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and a lot of years here when he was
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professional but the game wasn't so he
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couldn't even play so any debate about
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the greatest should include rocket
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Rod it's because Nadal standing so far
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behind the
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Baseline f a lot of time to Val this
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time doesn't even have to hit the best
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drop shot so the short
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has anyone actually checked feder's
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passport I mean he's diving around like
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young whipper snapper
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the footwork is
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incredible and the ball would have hit
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anybody else's back end he was so fast
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over there to hit that forehand and with
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his grip to get
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underneath find the
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angle just lovely
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from both players absolutely
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Majestic one game over it seems that so
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few of the points end in unforced erors
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there are so many winners been struck by
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both players emphasizing the quality of
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tennis when you think of sit pass and
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and hasanov and others who try to break
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into this and others who have failed in
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the past good luck
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love we did a lot of reflecting on the
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2008 final and I would say one shot that
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is so much better for federa is the
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backand new racket big ah head but wow
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is he aggressive today
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set getting a lot of pressure on the
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now just wondering the's more aggressive
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second Serv 101 miles an hour but feder
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taking it early driving the back
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end rushing Nadal into the era he knows
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he wants to get it done in four he
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doesn't want to go in five
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counts are we going to be looking back
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this shot in a couple of minutes couple
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of games or a couple of
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sets we'll find
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out sorry but not that sorry
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that was not a cleanly struck forehand
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from Nadal it allow fedra to get his
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feet into position plenty of time skip
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bang but the damage was again done by
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the back and crosscourt opening up the
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court look at this
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bis drama every time he hits a forehand
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them how' you do
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that the return was exactly as feder
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would have wanted
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firm to the back hand it backed Nadal
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up he just crunches another winner to
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save a break point here's
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another let's for service M fed is
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challenging a call on the right near
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sideline they all scored
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he wants to see a second certainly
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service Mr federa has two challenges
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remaining the devil lies in the detail
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FS Mr Nadal is challenging a call on the
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right near s side line the ball's got
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out I like it well umpires are meant to
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only overall on a clear mistake well
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done James
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K not just the players on their game
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malal looks down but he knows that ball
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was good what a return what a moment
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it's a
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break and the scoreboard has a
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delightful symmetry for federa fans two
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sets to one two games to one he closing
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in on a famous Victory long way to go
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coming over this backand has been great
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tactic from feder and his backand Boris
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fair to say that it has improved
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because of the Ming that Nadal gave it
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so many times you thought how is Roger
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ever going to resist think forehand very
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much so was a real weakness early in his
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career you know he had the backand lice
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and he could hit over but ultimately
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Nadal had the opening there but he
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worked on his game he watched tape
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strategy with his coach s litle
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ultimately realized that the only way
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for me to have a chance is to go over
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the back hand hit hard step into the
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court hit the ball early now that's also
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easy talking about it had some great
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matches at Wimbledon this year Coco go
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has been a big story of course she went
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out to palona
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herto was a captivating match I thought
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Dan Evans and Susu was wonderful to
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watch some of the matches perhaps not on
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the show courts have been equally
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captivating
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but this may yet build into a fifth set
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but it's going to thank you be up to RFA
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madal to change things
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let's second service
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Baseline exchanges that have been won by
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federa D is seriously engag with his box
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love and over and over
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again it's fedra wins to rallies
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p he's got the ball and his opponent on
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a string at the
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moment fed leads by three games to one
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having lost that second set 6-1 the
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momentum was entirely with the great
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Spaniard fed came
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back remember that long 25 stroke rally
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now 3-1 and this is a free game for
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Roger fedra he can go for this he
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already has the
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break it's a free game for federa but a
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must-win game for Nadal
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tell you what I expect Nadal to rise
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again yeah push F more than he
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has Bard is a
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champion there a history of coming
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second surf
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40 did a curious on that one
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that was another great match actually in
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its way wasn't it really entertaining
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stuff Nadal beating the Australian who
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has shown him so much disrespect in his
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view that was only last week seems like
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ago been busy
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that's game
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leads by three games to two sets one
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thing that has changed in the 11 years
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since that great match in 2008 I think
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is the level of personal respect and
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also personal knowledge between these
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two obviously their place in the history
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of the game
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is it's obvious they're right at the top
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both of them and always will be in terms
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of matches one Wom
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fedra 100 matches by beating the
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Shori he also leads at the Australian
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Open where he's won 97 matches Rafael
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Nadal at the French Open 93 matches and
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Jimmy Connors at the US Open the last of
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the majors he's won 8 so in terms of the
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record books we can just go on and
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on what a message this will be from
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Roger feder if he has a crack no back on
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Sunday what a Triumph it would be for a
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man who's 38 next
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month and in fact these two Tim have won
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more matches than anybody else on tour
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this year 37 matches
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each speaks volum for the work they do
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cour F shaking his legs a little bit
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serving with new balls thank
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you ready for
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low second serve how often do you see
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Nadal looking as negative as that I mean
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I know that's not much but
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15 time is able to hit it back quite
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long and taking a chance on that backand
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hitting the line
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this time it's Nadal who
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prevails 36 shots
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h he is so
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cross feder has only made one first
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serve in this game
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and Nal knows when he gets a look at the
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second serve he's got to do a better job
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of winning those points
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40 feder's body language really hasn't
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changed since the first point of the
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match oh was it
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ke he's another step closer to a wimon
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final and Rel lead but games to two
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offet federa seeded at number two
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despite being at world number three
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Nadal seated three despite being world
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number two irritating for Nadal before
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the tournament he was happy to share
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loveen in terms of
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seeding a formula that they use that
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takes into account grasscourt
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form rather than just going straight off
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the ranking
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better is the best ever on this
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surface having said that he lost last
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year in the quarters to Anderson where
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Nadal reached the
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semi-final losing in five to
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jakovich 15
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that's
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amazing he hit that so
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hard the ball seem to be too low to do
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the only way that could be in given all
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of the physics
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involved is to hit the outside edge so
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did can say that things are going his
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way timely first serve there from the
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403 teetering on the brink in this
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set he keeps holding
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on wants to keep asking Roger the
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question let's for service
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and Rel leads by four games to three off
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sets about two sets to
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one talk about the ultimate competitor
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and you can pick any of them
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really at the top of the game Novak
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jovic who awaits in Sunday's final
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having beaten Bautista aut fantastic
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Spanish effort to get two men into the
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semi-finals of the
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Championships but either Rafa or or
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Roger there's nothing to choose between
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the way they compete the spirit of the
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is so strong on the court dominant
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personalities both of them
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he's qualified for the ATP finals
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already which take place in November at
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the O2 that's a 15th year for him so
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tennis in this city later on this
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year not overly happy that it's not
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played on Clay once in a while played
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indoors two more years in London having
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that said that he has a history of
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injuries usually the end of the year he
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takes a week or two even more off his
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main focus was will always be this time
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of the year winning the French and then
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doing well
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here it's trying to match be on Bor in
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winning the French Wimbledon double for
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a third time NAD
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the first one with an error and when
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you're trying to break back and you're
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trying to make any break or serve the
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first point is so important and couple
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of times it's Nadal that's made those
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mistakes it just gives feather of that
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platform to build from
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what did you say about going his
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way he smelt the corner he anticipated
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1 but one thing Nadal will always do
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fight until the end it doesn't matter
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the score line it doesn't matter the
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opponent the accuracy
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14 of that serve from feder is just
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phenomenal time and time again finding
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the center service line
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leads by five games to three set Boris
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you're impressed by Roger body language
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unbelievable I haven't seen him Focus
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like this in a long time maybe the last
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time he won a
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major was 18 months
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ago Australian
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Open five sets against this
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man let's for service
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that might be the only time when the Dal
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turns it in he said if that goes in I'm
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off not taking any prisoners today
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15 if fedra had a kitchen sink right now
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he would be throwing that as well
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correction and fedra is doing the right
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thing by aiding James Kong there he's
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walking he knows full well that that Mis
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call did not affect in any way his
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return just move on
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unusual looking back from gra and adal
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stretched it's almost the one-handed Top
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Spin backand from the
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do see the way Rogers hit his and maybe
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fany's a one
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handed oh did he need to play
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that 403 now copying the one-handed Top
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Spin back and he thought I might as well
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start serving and volleying first time
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match expect the unexpected
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that's good it's better than good I mean
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him it's
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fabulous and again no emotion nothing
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Welling keeps it all
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together Mr oh challenged on the service
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line the B got in ah it's funny cuz if
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he's wrong and he's smiling with rapper
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it was actually a perfect
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return oh wow and if he hadn't
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challenged he'd be match point I know oh
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Mr fed has one challenge
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remaining boy hopefully it's not going
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to hunt thank you a great twist
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please that's a first
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it would have it could have it should
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M I think fedus should have just lost
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that point so that psychologically he
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said look oh I wouldn't have won the
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amazing back to
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juice still two points from
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Victory and now he does have a match
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another early strike off the Nadal
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serve and this 40th meeting between
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these two great
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Champions well they may be one point to
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play no no
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got a whole set and a half to go from
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here that match point was at 729 just in
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case we have to come back to
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it Advantage another
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up game point
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when the last match here 11 years ago
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there was a match point in the fourth
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set as well it went to five just
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saying let for service
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juice that weakness is looking mighty
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strong his backhand has been phenomenal
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today federa
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it's well handled from fedra the ball
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hit the line and stopped he was able
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to just half check on the back hand got
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it back into play it's a second match
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Nadal simply Unleashed a back
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hand to get the opportunity to move
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forward on the forehand and that's as
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much to Roger fedra as it is to his
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Camp two match points save Nal holds
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thedra will serve for
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sets this is uh very unfortunate for
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madal who's undoing the taping we
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thought that he might have a problem
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his his shoes maybe some Orthotics he's
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probably got six or seven pairs on
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rotation tennis players feet are really
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not as beautiful as the game they play
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and he plays without tape now which is
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unusual he has a lot of injury problems
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past want to tape their ankle just for a
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double protection he takes it off and
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also it's going to take a little bit of
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time and Nadal's not exactly quick
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between games and feder is coming out to
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serve 54 fourth
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set and Nadal is still putting his shoes
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on the Moment of Truth serving for the
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match well to his credit Nadal is not
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taking a medical or anything seen plenty
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of players do so in situations that
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don't need it
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conversation with the Umpire
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though all right here we
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go unfolding in front of our
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eyes Nadal still fiddling with his laces
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there feder's backed off he's come up to
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the Baseline he's looked away
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and if feder is a little bit cross with
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that you wouldn't know
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ital has challenged the ball on the left
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near side line the ball's good
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in everyone's pretty tight right now
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love Mr Nadal has one challenge
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on still a long way to go
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incredible
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hitting at this stage of the
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match to maintain the timing on those
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virtual half
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fies incredible
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long Mr fed is challenging the ball on
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the left basine the ball scor
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[Applause]
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yep Mr federa has no more challenges
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oh no challenges remaining thank
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you let's for
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service a oh I don't think I've seen him
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overhead this
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decade but it was the forehand that
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should have gone away that one just got
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low popped over the
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Baseline thank you Nadal made him play a
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tough ball players are ready thank you
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oh the ler
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time and again as the rallies have
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extended even in the most
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precious and difficult moments it's fer
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that's come out on
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shots theal cannot believe it
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Le the first volley was beautifully
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executed the
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Sublime and
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Roger stays calm no
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emotions walks away now thank you ladies
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and gentlemen that's called tunnel
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television thank you
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oh this forehand he's just a force of
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nature isn't he Nadal look at this W
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that was on number 20
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four don't worry about that clock give
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him a bit of time to rest three hours
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ofe wonderful sport another Match Point
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gone CH Beav like the last round it
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didn't happen the ball in well madal is
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wrong on this he'll be out of challenges
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but he'll soon be out of time as well so
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he won't need
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them SP Mr Nadal has point on his own
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serve fed had a couple on Nadal serve
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talk about bringing out the best in each
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other just when we thought it doesn't
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better they're lifting each other
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Spirits White
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pleas feder has gone up the tea with the
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last couple of first serves
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oh he hit that
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well it was a mishit return once again
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Federal's footwork
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magnificent can madal find the answer
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no a little
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early that's away what a contest Roger
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Pedra 37 years of age he's into his 12th
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Wimbledon final
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unbelievable says David be quite right
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it is unbelievable to watch them
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the patterns of play Are So Beautiful to
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eye and these two magnificent
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Champions and even now rapper has time
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to sign autograph so this is not
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uncommon it's not for the cameras this
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is just who he is and that's another
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reason why the sport has been so lucky
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to have them both now rafan Nadal has
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just won his 12 French
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Open so it's difficult to feel terribly
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sorry for either of these celebrated and
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endorsed athletes
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but a tough match to lose but a glorious
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contest Boris you enjoy that very much
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so uh f walking off he's still shaking
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his head sort of smiling with himself he
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can't believe how he play that's the
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best I've seen him in a long time and
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and you the other day Rafa
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said he didn't lose the match the
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opponent won it and I think that's what
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rer did today
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