Wimbledon final predictions

Nadal vs the joker

Jok has been nadal the last five times they have met.

Nadal in 4.

Why? He's playing lights out. I also thought the same about Maria this morning.

Ditto. Yeah, Novak is in the finals, but I feel like he is not quite comfortable on grass. We've seen it in the Baghdatis match and a few others. I think he needs that extra split second to load up that clay and hard gives him. Plus, Nadal's slice serve in the ad court on grass is lethal. I'm rooting for Nole, but I don't see it happening. The truth is, a Nadal/Nole French final and Nadal/Fed Wimby final would have been the most competitive. Ralph in four.

Nadal.

10-2 in the Finals of a Major

NoDjo takes it for Pierre!



4 sets.

Rafa in a tight 4 setter, Joker has had his number of late(4-0 in '11), and it's a now respectable head-to-head mark due to '11(Rafa 16-11), but Rafa 5-0 edge in slams h-2-h, 2-0 edge on grass..and Rafa 10-2 alltime in slams(won last 7..2 early losses to Fed at Wimbledon)

Leans to Joker Most Aces -200, Rafa Win -145, Rafa +310 in 4 Sets, Over 42.5 games -110

Yep, like I said before, it was so much like the beatdown Sampras laid all over Cedric Pioline several years back in the final at the AELTCC. Nadal had one breakout set, then Novak went right back to showing him the match tactics which have allowed him to beat Nadal 5 straight times. Poor Rafa didn't know whether shovel sheite or wind his wristwatch, and the look on his face during and after the 4th set proved it. He was as lost as a ball in high weeds.

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Wimbledon final predictions
It's funny in the in match thread so many tennis "experts" like Barry were swearing up and down that Novak was "pushing" and was going to choke.

Dude was a monster first 2 sets - McEnroe was right it was simply impossible to keep that up. Little doubt that Novak would win; in match betting never had him worse than -200 even in the 4th.

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The announcer never said he was going to choke. However, it was clear that both players had their moments when they tightened up; Nadal more so than Djokovic.

And of course the odds for Novak never went below -200. He's up a set. Even with how Nadal played the 3rd set, that's still a pretty big gamble for people to bet on Nadal at that point.

Still though, Nadal had a chance once he broke back in the beginning of the 4th set. He had another shot to break after that but couldn't do it. Novak just played too well.