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[malaise]

Give me some Coco

3-6; 6-2; 6-4

[MuseRider]

1. Boy, the little I saw of that match

she sure impressed me.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. McEnroe? Ivan? Bjorn? Martina?

Was there anything better than McEnroe vs Jimmy?

Or McEnroe vs Bjorn or Ivan?

[empedocles]

5. The style clashes of Agassi v. Sampras?

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Missed those but heard they were GREAT

[empedocles]

12. Federer is legendary, and very deserving

[spooky3]

6. I enjoyed McEnroe vs. Borg, but the small group of men atop the rankings for

the past few years are in another league altogether (and I have some other favorites further down the rankings .

Seeing them go after each other is amazing.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. I havent watched since then and I understand the current crop are amazing.

I think what I liked was the attitudes, each one of the 4 I mention were so different from each other and each match was like watching a high level soap opera with tennis rackets!

[Celerity]

10. Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer

Years: 2004-present (Borg–McEnroe, for comparison, lasted 3 years, 1978-1981)

Career head-to-head: Nadal leads 24-16

All finals: Nadal leads 14–10

Grand slam tournaments head-to-head: Nadal leads 10-4

Grand slam finals: Nadal leads 6-3

Grand slam titles: Federer 20, Nadal 18 (Number 1 and 2 all-time for men)

and

The consensus all-time greatest tennis match ever:

Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer, Wimbledon Finals, 2008

Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal will probably pass it up if they both play to Federer's age or near it

Years: 2006-present

Career head-to-head:

All matches: Djokovic, 28–26

All finals: Djokovic, 15–11

Grand Slam matches: Nadal, 9–6

Grand Slam finals: 4 Each

Grand slam titles: Nadal 18, Djokovic 16 (2nd and 3rd all-time for men, and I think Djokovic can get to 22, 24 even before he retires )

[Eliot Rosewater]

11. Oh wow, there it is, SIX HOURS???

I will watch, am I wrong, is it six hours?

[Celerity]

13. 4 hours and 48 minutes of play

[a kennedy]

3. So proud of her......plays way beyond her age. Wow.

[GoCubsGo]

4. Are we going to see a Coco-Serena final?

I would be hard-pressed to pick sides on that one.

[malaise]

9. Not with all those unforced errors

Was it seven or eight double faults?

She's a kid - I'm not happy that they are pushing her so early but she does have loads of potential. The fact that she reminds folks of Venus and beat Venus has made her an overnight sensation. She participated in gymnastics and hurdles so she is a superb athlete

[cwydro]

14. That was a fantastic match!

I can’t think of a better first round match I’ve ever seen.