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Tsitsipas 'humiliated' Federer @ 2019 AO 4th round.
What exactly did he do - other than defeating him in 4 sets - that qualified for 'humiliation' status?
First correct answer = Wall Of Fame listing.
Winner / Correct answer: Monday, Jan 28, 2019.
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Played Federerās style of tennis and beat him at it - or put another way - bead Fed at his own game.
Posted by: Hoi ha | 01/21/2019 at 04:24 PM
In the most match interview, he said he had expected to win.
Posted by: Alpha | 01/21/2019 at 04:57 PM
"I have been idolizing him since I was six", underscoring Fed's grandpa status
Posted by: DK | 01/21/2019 at 06:58 PM
Similar to DK, but not about grandpa status, about Federer being no big deal.
Emphasizing that Federer is mortal, no different from others: "my idol became my rival today".
Posted by: Alpha | 01/21/2019 at 10:42 PM
Broke Fed while saving all 12 break points
Posted by: Vr | 01/22/2019 at 07:42 AM
He said he was afraid they might need the paramedics to revive grandpa.
Posted by: Bento | 01/22/2019 at 01:15 PM
Tsitsipas dethroned Federer in the 4th round of AO19 much like young Federer dethroned Pete Sampras in the 4th round of W01, except in much more decisive fashion. It's another change of guard.
Posted by: O | 01/22/2019 at 02:10 PM
The guard changed long ago. Djokovic took it from Roger.
Posted by: Alpha | 01/22/2019 at 02:19 PM
Seemingly he did nothing extra special, didn't play the match of his life. Just was an overall better player and Fed didn't play poorly. And, everyone saw this, and now we hear the R word written all over the wall.
Posted by: Veglia | 01/22/2019 at 02:30 PM
Well, we "see" the word written on the wall, a bit harder to hear it written :)
Posted by: Veglia | 01/22/2019 at 02:31 PM
Federer Rafa Djokovic were in the same generation in terms of their many overlapping years. When we have a player about half of Feds age, who is better than Fed, it's a change of guard from the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic ear mouth throat to a brand new one.
Posted by: O | 01/22/2019 at 02:58 PM
Tsitsipas delivered a second "defeat" to Federer within a month after his Greece team beat team Switzerland?
Posted by: O | 01/22/2019 at 03:05 PM
Is "better than Fed" FOR ONE NIGHT --- which I think we all agree he was --- synonymous with "better than Fed"?
I vote NAY.
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/22/2019 at 03:06 PM
Let them use the "R" word. I can't think of a more effective motivator for Roger.
Posted by: Bettyjane | 01/22/2019 at 03:11 PM
I never said someone better than Federer before, but this guy is and will be better than the Federer. I hope I am wrong.
Posted by: O | 01/22/2019 at 03:15 PM
Based on what I'm seeing so far of his raw talent and attitude, I won't say it's impossible.
But...
What makes you flat-out predict it?
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/22/2019 at 03:25 PM
"""What makes you flat-out predict it?""" - I watch a tiny little bit here and there. Last time I remember was very impressed with was maybe Halep. Tsitripas to me seems way better than any newer player I've seen in years. He reminds of young Federer, so I think he is the leader of pack to take over...
Posted by: O | 01/22/2019 at 03:40 PM
"Tsitripas to me seems way better than any newer player I've seen in years."
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Agree. But isn't a large part of that due to the law firm of Dimitrov, Nishikori, Raonic & Theim
having been so hugely disappointing?
[ Now, if one could create a hybrid of the best of ST and the best of NK --- well, there you go! ]
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/22/2019 at 03:58 PM
Easy prediction. He's 20, Fed is 37. One day he will be better. Maybe when he's 30 and Fed is 47. Will he be better than Fed this year?
Tsitsipas played well and was the better player that day. To extrapolate that into "Better than Fed" is nuts. Roger had 2 set points in set 2. He wins that set and you get a different outcome.
Posted by: Alpha | 01/22/2019 at 04:08 PM
"Roger had 2 set points in set 2."
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That's a desperately sick lie!
( pause )
Well, OK...a non-desperate honest mistake.
Roger had FOUR set points, as confirmed by this excerpt from the Independent in the UK:
"Federer, who had not lost a match at Melbourne Park since his semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic in 2016,
said he had āmassive regretsā and felt that his failure to win the second set, in which he had four set points, had been crucial."
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/22/2019 at 04:48 PM
Thank you...and THANK YOU again, KP!
[ First set and last 6 games of the third set, respectively ]
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/22/2019 at 08:25 PM
For what?
Posted by: O | 01/22/2019 at 09:45 PM
Putting SW out.
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/23/2019 at 01:49 AM
Why did SW lose? Gary? TP?
Posted by: O | 01/23/2019 at 05:08 AM
She rolled her ankle as she was trying to serve it out at 5-1,
and although she wasn't noticeably limping thereafter --- by my observation and also that in The Guardian account ---
it may have mentally distracted her as well as having emboldened KP the rest of the way.
I thought KP was going to finish her in 2 sets, but by her own admission, she got "tight" after going up a break early
and thus played into SW's straight-ahead power game...
Posted by: Gary Moser | 01/23/2019 at 06:15 AM
Thanks Gary.
Posted by: O | 01/23/2019 at 06:43 AM
There's no such thing as better than Fed. Federer plays the platonic, idealized, "real" tennis. In a perfect world there would only be Federer clones playing each other, with no variation whatsoever. Any variation is a blemish, a corruption of the original.
Posted by: Bento | 01/23/2019 at 07:16 AM
HINT: Djokovic.
Posted by: Tennis Planet | 01/24/2019 at 03:49 PM
Got it ... Tsitsi saved all 12 break points and won while Roger saved all 12 and lost to Nole in Paris last fall
Posted by: Veglia | 01/26/2019 at 05:19 PM
If this is indeed the answer, you should get a statue in front of TP's hall of fame.
Posted by: Alpha | 01/27/2019 at 06:20 AM
and once again I'm led to believe that Veglia and TP are one and the same --- or share the same head.
Posted by: stella | 01/27/2019 at 05:31 PM
Kowrekt aunzor: He attacked Federer's forehand - relentlessly - and won - in four sets.
Posted by: Tennis Planet | 01/28/2019 at 02:57 PM