Getting a definite Miloslav Mecir (sp?) vibe from those highlights — seems that he can ‘hold’ the backhand til the last second, so the opponent can’t read it and has less time to react.

Glad to know I wasn’t the only one worried about him

I think so, especially considering Federer had 3-5 years beating up on people before Rafa came along, Rafa has had to contend with Federer, Djokavic, and (to a lesser extent) Murray, However, if Djokavic ties Nadal and/or Federer in grand slam titles, you could make an argument for Novak, as he has a winning record…

Thought so too, but I forgot about the old 5-set Masters finals. 2005 Miami, Fed comeback!

Who knew all you needed to win 19 Slams was gamesmanship and getting the crowd to motivate you.

Giri!  I’ve missed your coverage of the US Open.  I was starting to worry you had left Deadspin.  Nice to see you’re still here! I hope you do a piece on the women’s final.  Always enjoy your tennis analysis.

The five hours of tennis was okay, but I really enjoyed the ten minutes of stand-up afterwards.

Greatest

Medvedev really shouldn’t have skipped taking those Pre-Nadal vitamins.

Legit did not realize Rafa was only one back of Federer.

Omari Hardwick: Wow, that’s a great question.

I’m a tennis fan, and I love best-of-5 sets at the Grand Slams. These tournaments are special, and anyone who loves tennis wants to watch longer, not shorter matches.

Deadspin is going to die on this three sets cross, huh?

Everyone should read the very mean and funny New Yorker story on him. You can boil all of his success down to “he used SEO” and boil all his ideas for the future down to “he’s going to try use SEO again.”

A Bryan Goldberg machine is a device designed to perform a simple task incorrectly.

I’d cut off one of your limbs for that to happen too.

I’d cut off a limb for my son Tiafoe to emerge as the best American player over these extremely boring and/or MAGA chuds (dunno if Querrey is MAGA but he is certainly boring).

Am I looking at the bracket correctly that she’s somehow only played one ranked player in the tournament on the road to the final? What happened here?

Serena is an amazing tennis player.