Australian Open 2012 Day 14 - Men's Final

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Unfortunately, I have a match this morning so I won't be watching live.....but please leave your comments here....



For now I'll remind everybody what Djokovic thinks about it.



“There is no secret it is going to be physical again,” Djokovic said. “I will do my best to recover. I have a day and a half. I will try to get as much sleep and recovery program underway and hope for the best. I think that's going to be crucial, you know, for me to recover and to be able to perform my best, because Rafa is fit. He's been playing well. He had an extra day. He definitely wants to win this title.”

Is this it for Nole?? come on NOVAK pleaseeee winnn

Go Rafaa, it ends now on Djoko serve.

hello, what'd I miss?

Novak hold on he is about to crack as well

Women's Final ? A typical 50-odd min one-sided snoozefest.
Men's Final ? A near 6 hour, brutal, 5-set classic.
Of course the women deserve the same prize money as the men.

Novak pulls out the light saber forehand to hold, beautiful

Wow what an up the line fh by rafa beautiful stuff

good shot down the line form Nadal

EdWoodjr wrote:Women's Final ? A typical 50-odd min one-sided snoozefest.
Men's Final ? A near 6 hour, brutal, 5-set classic.
Of course the women deserve the same prize money as the men.

Of course they don't ed, it really is reverse sexism to pay those out of shape sows the same money

Wrap it up Novak, I'm running out of space on my DVD

Break point, what a man Novak, show the gonads that the swiss miss never had

socal1976 wrote:Break point, what a man Novak, show the gonads that the swiss miss never had

bit uncalled for socal

Please let that be the last break in the fifth.

Alright Novak, four more points.

Come on.

Rafa will only have himself to blam missed the easiest shot ever when he was a break up

BBC commentary team including John Lloyd are a bit foolish at times ...

Phew! C'mon Djoko - serve it out.
Before the match I wanted Rafa to win, but i think Djoko deserves it, so hope he serves it out.
Djoko's return of serve has been fantastic - the big difference between the two players, possibly.

Come on two more points!

reckoner wrote:

socal1976 wrote:Break point, what a man Novak, show the gonads that the swiss miss never had

bit uncalled for socal

Really after the wumming BB and his batgirl Jahu have put me through tonite it is really called for.

What a terrible overhead, Rafa keeps running what is that guy made of

Nadal is a competitor.

It ain't over yet

socal1976 wrote:

reckoner wrote:

socal1976 wrote:Break point, what a man Novak, show the gonads that the swiss miss never had

bit uncalled for socal

Really after the wumming BB and his batgirl Jahu have put me through tonite it is really called for.

surprised, I think most Fed fans are rooting for a Djoker win.

2 first serves now.

haha Djokovic talking to God, classic

GAME SET MATCH, best Aussie Open final in ages,

Good win, great contest in the end there, don't think Nadal will be retiring any time soon though!

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - laid their souls bare in that match.

socal1976 wrote:

reckoner wrote:

socal1976 wrote:Break point, what a man Novak, show the gonads that the swiss miss never had

bit uncalled for socal

Really after the wumming BB and his batgirl Jahu have put me through tonite it is really called for.

What's laughable is to think insulting a man I've never met would hurt me.

You really are a fan girl aren't you?

Rafa you're an amazing competitor, you just don't know when you're beaten. And Novak what can I say... He's done it again, the man with the titanium balls of steel, Novak Djokovic!!

Well played final between two champions.

I may hate Rafa's style of play, but I respect him as a champion.

Novak's reaction to winning by taking his shirt off is actually apt.

This was a testosterone-filled match.

wtg Djokovic! Eat it, Rafa!

Rafael got closer to Djokovic, but he still has to make a few more changes to his game if he wants to overcome Djokovic.

Chance for history at Roland Garros - possibility of Djokovic to hold all four GS trophies.

I think there should be oxygen at the side of the court, because you can pass out if you don't warm down immediately after such an exertion.

Best celebration since Pat Cash? Rips shirt off and does a Hulk - had me chuckling.

Rafaeal deserves the kudos what a great champion and what a great winner. Djoko has shown that he has come full circle. Us Djoko fans didn't have to talk about MTOs, time wasting, alleged doping, and so on. If Rafa won tonight he would have deserved it. there are 3 winners tonight one is the game of tennis, and the other two are the competitors.

Lots of nonsense from the BBC commentary talk in their post match natter.

socal1976 wrote:Rafaeal deserves the kudos what a great champion and what a great winner. Djoko has shown that he has come full circle. Us Djoko fans didn't have to talk about MTOs, time wasting, alleged doping, and so on. If Rafa won tonight he would have deserved it. there are 3 winners tonight one is the game of tennis, and the other two are the competitors.

Well the last thing you'd bring up is MTOs and Physical conditioning isn't it?

Good call with the chairs! Gosh, they were fainting!

I want to have a combover like this guy when I grow up

Well done Nole...well done Rafa...to be fair you can hardly separate them after that match. Hard for anyone to lose a close match like that...

Rafa hopes to be coming back to Australia to play the open for many many years.

All this talk of teams.......

Whereas Federer cries, Rafa was able to show that he is a classy guy.

Time taken between points
Random sample of 15 points each player

Nadal
Shortest 24, Longest 38, Average 32
Broke the rule on every point

Djokovic
Shortest 19, Longest 50, Average 32
Broke the rule on every point but 1

I do think Nadal is the worst offender - I think the reason it came out as 32 average for both is because I sampled 3 Djokovic's points when he was serving for the match and taking more time (42,42,50) which skewed the odds

Nole clearly the deserved winner as he has by far the hotter gf.

Djokovic has a better game than Rafael - at least one that will beat Rafaels game. I think it was mainly Rafa's will power plus him starting to flatten his shots that brought him closer. However, I think Rafa will continue to make those adjustments.

Nore Staat wrote:Whereas Federer cries, Rafa was able to show that he is a classy guy.

It is possible to cry and be a classy guy, you know!

Nore Staat wrote:Whereas Federer cries, Rafa was able to show that he is a classy guy.

I missed the trophy ceremony because my stream cut out but credit to Rafa for holding back any possible tears.