Zverev improved after he returned the break ,before that Djokovic was crushing him the entire two sets. He has announced that he played under a few injuries to try and win the gold medal. But his body couldnt handle it. He hopes to be ready for the US Open somehow but will be really hard
It seems he had right shoulder problems, at least that is the reason why he withdrew from mixed pairs game. I knew he was not getting the medal but I placed a bet on regular match line and it was of course void. I am thinking maybe I would have gotten the money if I placed the bet on who gets medal. Not even sure that was an option on any bookie though. 
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Did not watch bronze medal match but I sort of feel like Djokovic lost it a bit after losing chance for gold and entered self destruct mode. After seeing him breaking racket and cursing I decided to try and cash in on his nerves, just placed a bet against him in mixed doubles for high stakes. Have a feeling it will be two very bad days of his career.
Everybody needs to know that he is emotionally tired and his body is tired as well he just came from winning Wimbledon here and the weather here is too hot. So i understand him that he didnt have fuel to finish the olymipics. He gave it his all . Needs to rest for the all slams for US Open
Zverev improved after he returned the break ,before that Djokovic was crushing him the entire two sets. He has announced that he played under a few injuries to try and win the gold medal. But his body couldnt handle it. He hopes to be ready for the US Open somehow but will be really hard
Did not watch bronze medal match but I sort of feel like Djokovic lost it a bit after losing chance for gold and entered self destruct mode. After seeing him breaking racket and cursing I decided to try and cash in on his nerves, just placed a bet against him in mixed doubles for high stakes. Have a feeling it will be two very bad days of his career.
Everybody needs to know that he is emotionally tired and his body is tired as well he just came from winning Wimbledon here and the weather here is too hot. So i understand him that he didnt have fuel to finish the olymipics. He gave it his all . Needs to rest for the all slams for US Open
Did not watch bronze medal match but I sort of feel like Djokovic lost it a bit after losing chance for gold and entered self destruct mode. After seeing him breaking racket and cursing I decided to try and cash in on his nerves, just placed a bet against him in mixed doubles for high stakes. Have a feeling it will be two very bad days of his career.
Yeah it was a nightmare for me i lost the bet i placed on him i did not expect this performance especially after losing the semi final and the mixed doubles i thought that this can be a more motivational thing for him but it seems he was a lot under pressure which had negative impact on novak Did not watch bronze medal match but I sort of feel like Djokovic lost it a bit after losing chance for gold and entered self destruct mode. After seeing him breaking racket and cursing I decided to try and cash in on his nerves, just placed a bet against him in mixed doubles for high stakes. Have a feeling it will be two very bad days of his career.
Everybody needs to know that he is emotionally tired and his body is tired as well he just came from winning Wimbledon here and the weather here is too hot. So i understand him that he didnt have fuel to finish the olymipics. He gave it his all . Needs to rest for the all slams for US Open
Did not watch bronze medal match but I sort of feel like Djokovic lost it a bit after losing chance for gold and entered self destruct mode. After seeing him breaking racket and cursing I decided to try and cash in on his nerves, just placed a bet against him in mixed doubles for high stakes. Have a feeling it will be two very bad days of his career.
Djokovic lost again and this time against Carreno Busta, i think this shows how Novak was aiming for the gold medal, but after he lost against Zverev, he almost like gave up, when he starts shooting with a weird posture and a scream that sounds like he's suffering, just know that he's going to lose, i have seen that happen so many times.
Yesterday in his interview after the loss against Zverev, Djokovic mentioned he wasn't able to stay positive, because he missed the golden slam and mentioned tomorrow he'll start fresh to grab atleast one medal for his country. Now that too is demolished by the unexpected performance of Carreno Busta. The highest ranking Carreno Busta has reached in his career is No:16 during the year 2017. Such a player defeating the No:1 player is a big achievement. 
~snip
So Medvedev vs Khachanov for the gold medal. I think win his emphatic win against the best of Djokovic his chance of winning the gold are high.
So Medvedev vs Khachanov for the gold medal. I think win his emphatic win against the best of Djokovic his chance of winning the gold are high.
it is Zverev vs Khachanov for gold, not Medvedev
unbelievable, Djokovic was down after 6:1, 3:2, he won only one gem until the end of the match, and his posture was bad actually, not sure that he will be able to play with Stojanovic after this defeat, it is a "golden slam killer", and mentally will be hard to overturn it in an hour, to play another match
maybe that was the mistake from the beginning to chase "second gold" in mixed doubles
What the heck happened to Djokovic after the 3 - 2? He played like he had an injury or something, but it seems he was totally healthy. There are no news about that.
Sure Zverev played really well, but Djokovic didn't just lose the game, he got destroyed over 1.5 sets in total. I can't remember when we saw for the last time that Djokovic lost 10 out of 11 subsequent games in a tennis match.
Djokovic lost again and this time against Carreno Busta, i think this shows how Novak was aiming for the gold medal, but after he lost against Zverev, he almost like gave up, when he starts shooting with a weird posture and a scream that sounds like he's suffering, just know that he's going to lose, i have seen that happen so many times.
Very unexpected that Zverev won against Djokovic, but very good game from Zverev. Zverev gave everything in the 3rd set and took 3 serves from Djokovic. So respect for the performance against the best tennis player of 2021. So Zverev has a medal for sure, only the question gold or silver?
When I was thinking before olimpic games who have chance to beat Djokovic here, I felt that probably only Medvedev or Zverev have some chance against Djokovic.
I think that Djokovic right how think to much about records and how to prove that he is the best tennis player in history.
It's only reason why he came to olimpic games but I think he should forget about records and results and try to enjoy again in tennis.
EDIT : Djokovic lost again, this time from Busta.
I really feel sorry because of him; 2 really very difficult days for him.
Very unexpected that Zverev won against Djokovic, but very good game from Zverev. Zverev gave everything in the 3rd set and took 3 serves from Djokovic. So respect for the performance against the best tennis player of 2021. So Zverev has a medal for sure, only the question gold or silver?
TBH it looked like Djokovic gave up in the 3rd set, maybe he was thinking he would
not get injured and risk missing the U.S GS....
not get injured and risk missing the U.S GS....
I know he's after the grand slam record, but the Olympics must still be hugely important to him, as he's not won before. I'm sure he must have tried as hard as he could... but also he knows this was probably his last chance, as it would be asking a lot even for him to remain a contender in 2024. It's weird that of the top four players of the last decade, it's Andy Murray, who only won a couple of slams, who has two Olympic golds... Nadal also has one, but both Federer and Djokovic don't.
Tennis is one of those sports where the Olympics isn't the main thing... but still, in every 4 years there are 16 chances to win a grand slam event, but only 1 chance to win the Olympics. It's still a big deal.
I expected Đoković to pass to the final after easily winning the 1st set. He has 5-0 in their last 5 h2h matches - although the last 2 were very even and close.
Zverev is a really good player and I'm glad he will have the chance to win the gold medal. He will be a favorite against Khachanov but Khachanov wiped the floor with Zverev in the last 2 games, winning 6-3 6-3 and 6-1 6-2. It might be a lot tougher for Zverev than initially people might think.
Zverev is a really good player and I'm glad he will have the chance to win the gold medal. He will be a favorite against Khachanov but Khachanov wiped the floor with Zverev in the last 2 games, winning 6-3 6-3 and 6-1 6-2. It might be a lot tougher for Zverev than initially people might think.
Shocking defeat from Djokovic today he was even up in the second set by a break and like something switched off a switch and he lost so many games in row. Zverev then started hitting everything perfectly and destroyed Djokovic in the third set
Yeah, he had an easy first set when I checked the score, then the second was a dog fight and even up at one point. But suddenly he lost his touch in that set and unbelievably lost so many games that it is impossible to come back specially in the 3rd set.
Still has a fighting chance to get the bronze at least, not bad for the Olympics. But he can still go for the US Open for a slam.
well, i expected Zverev to win a set but not the whole match and with 6-3 6-1 after losing the first one 6-1, i thought it was done but somehow he truned the tables on Djokovic, that was unexpected, Nole still has a chance to win gold in mixed doubles with Stojanovic and a Bronze in singles against Carreno Busta, which is not bad at all.
Maybe Djokovic was tired after he played two matches yesterday.~snip
Shocking defeat from Djokovic today he was even up in the second set by a break and like something switched off a switch and he lost so many games in row. Zverev then started hitting everything perfectly and destroyed Djokovic in the third set
Shocking defeat from Djokovic today he was even up in the second set by a break and like something switched off a switch and he lost so many games in row. Zverev then started hitting everything perfectly and destroyed Djokovic in the third set
it was a real shock, and he suffered defeat in mixed-doubles as well, so he will have two bronze matches tomorrow
Zverev and Khachanov will be a good fight, and I would not count out a gold for Russian, since he is pretty stable, when reach semi-final or final matches, usually losing much earlier on tournaments
nevertheless, in two sets, it is obviously easier to have upsets, than in three set matches (best of five)
I expected Đoković to pass to the final after easily winning the 1st set. He has 5-0 in their last 5 h2h matches - although the last 2 were very even and close.
Zverev is a really good player and I'm glad he will have the chance to win the gold medal. He will be a favorite against Khachanov but Khachanov wiped the floor with Zverev in the last 2 games, winning 6-3 6-3 and 6-1 6-2. It might be a lot tougher for Zverev than initially people might think.
Zverev is a really good player and I'm glad he will have the chance to win the gold medal. He will be a favorite against Khachanov but Khachanov wiped the floor with Zverev in the last 2 games, winning 6-3 6-3 and 6-1 6-2. It might be a lot tougher for Zverev than initially people might think.
Shocking defeat from Djokovic today he was even up in the second set by a break and like something switched off a switch and he lost so many games in row. Zverev then started hitting everything perfectly and destroyed Djokovic in the third set
I expected Đoković to pass to the final after easily winning the 1st set. He has 5-0 in their last 5 h2h matches - although the last 2 were very even and close.
Zverev is a really good player and I'm glad he will have the chance to win the gold medal. He will be a favorite against Khachanov but Khachanov wiped the floor with Zverev in the last 2 games, winning 6-3 6-3 and 6-1 6-2. It might be a lot tougher for Zverev than initially people might think.
Zverev is a really good player and I'm glad he will have the chance to win the gold medal. He will be a favorite against Khachanov but Khachanov wiped the floor with Zverev in the last 2 games, winning 6-3 6-3 and 6-1 6-2. It might be a lot tougher for Zverev than initially people might think.
No matter how great a player is there are times when he slips, and Djokovic experienced that, congratulations to Zverev and Khachanov advance to the final, I bet for Zverev to win the gold medal, the match will going 3 sets.
Yeah its inevitable no matter how good the player is he will eventualy lose a match and thats what happened to djokovic today congratulations for zverev amazing performance and i ve seen that djokovic performance was a bit poor today compared to his game against nadal in frensh open and in the recent games. 
Did not watch the match but I am really surprised how easy Djokovic won this match. I expected hot and moist conditions in combination with home crowd for Nishikori to be enough for a close match. Ah well another ticket lost but at least we have guaranteed gold and silver medals in double 
From the looks of the score, it was really a crushing defeat in the hands of Djokovic. Nishikori is really playing very well in his home court that's why it was quite surprised that he lost at this score, 6-0 in the second set? I have Nishikori +7.5 and obviously I lost my bet.
So who else we gonna think that can stop Djokovic from winning the gold and then inch closer to the golden slam?
Well I was just asking this questions couple of days back, and now we have the answer.
Djokovic really started very strong in the first set, but Zverev proved to be mentally tough, maybe his losses to Djokovic before perhaps really made him strong and dishes out one of Djokovic's worst beating in recent memories.
So yeah, I'm sure he will be the favourite for the gold now and ending
TBH it looked like Djokovic gave up in the 3rd set, maybe he was thinking he would
not get injured and risk missing the U.S GS....
He will have to play Carreno Busta for Bronze though, he wont take that seriously though.
Zverev v Khachanov in the final, who had Zverev to beat Djokovic? and how many are backing
Zverev? he should be the favourite.
Did not watch the match but I am really surprised how easy Djokovic won this match. I expected hot and moist conditions in combination with home crowd for Nishikori to be enough for a close match. Ah well another ticket lost but at least we have guaranteed gold and silver medals in double
From the looks of the score, it was really a crushing defeat in the hands of Djokovic. Nishikori is really playing very well in his home court that's why it was quite surprised that he lost at this score, 6-0 in the second set? I have Nishikori +7.5 and obviously I lost my bet.
So who else we gonna think that can stop Djokovic from winning the gold and then inch closer to the golden slam?
Well I was just asking this questions couple of days back, and now we have the answer.
Djokovic really started very strong in the first set, but Zverev proved to be mentally tough, maybe his losses to Djokovic before perhaps really made him strong and dishes out one of Djokovic's worst beating in recent memories.
So yeah, I'm sure he will be the favourite for the gold now and ending Zverev's golden slam bid.
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