Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were incredible, says Croft
Speaking on Eurosport the pundit Annabel Croft analyzed Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal's first-round matches wins on Monday in the French Open. The Serb defeated Hubert Hurkacz while the Spaniard prevailed over Yannick Hanfmann. “They were incredible, both of them, to be honest. We know that top players are not immune to having early nerves at the start of Grand Slams, but both of them were absolutely clinical. Precision hitting from the back of the court from Novak; unbelievable balance, beautiful serving, just moving the ball around the court beautifully. He had his game face on - as did Rafa, who hardly dropped any games at all; six of them. Just firing on all cylinders, particularly with that forehand. He served really well, and we’re always looking at his movement. Both of them were outstanding today, and we just have to sit there and think ‘if we get that final, at the end of two weeks time, it will be absolutely sensational’.”
“There’s the Zverev racket throw into the ground. It’s not a smash, more a throw so he will escape a code violation. I still feel as though tennis is a little bit too draconian with that particular rule, that if they break a racket they should be punished. You want passion, you want emotion, you want to show people it means everything to them - then you want them to kind of behave unemotionally. Pure impure emotions are some of the best you will see in a sportsperson as this is their oxygen. This is their everything. Zverev was showing just a little bit there.”
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2JQhoH5
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