It's amazing how you lay all the necessary grounds to establish the weakness of Djokovic's win without recognising it
Good question. I have similar thoughts with Nadal. I am almost sure that Thiem will eventually defeat Nadal in a RG final. The only way I see Nadal not losing to Thiem in a RG final is if he retires early in the following 1-2 years.
I totally agree with you that if/when he wins RG or the AO it will be because of Nadal's and Djokovic's decline.
Because I am convinced that only Thiem (and maybe Medvedev) can defeat Novak in an AO final. I also don't believe that Novak will magically start losing before the finals, I consider that he will indeed lose some AO finals before retiring. It is only my opinion, I can be wrong of course.
What concerns me about these proffesional critics (basically everyone is now since the smart phone addiction) is that they are bashing a player that might be one of the hardest workers in the sport and ever.
It beats the 2018 AO garbage by a landslide at the very least. Boy that one was swept under the rug quickly.
As our dear friend @Sunny Ali would say:It beats the 2018 AO garbage by a landslide at the very least. Boy that one was swept under the rug quickly.
It beats the 2018 AO garbage by a landslide at the very least. Boy that one was swept under the rug quickly.
It beats the 2018 AO garbage by a landslide at the very least. Boy that one was swept under the rug quickly.
It would be. If they were comparably weak. Which they were not.
Also the Andy Murray as an opponent dichotomy. Wink wink.It's not even close, but shhh that doesn't matter though.
Thiem wasn't a weak opponent (he was at least the strongest opponent Djokovic faced in AO final since 2012), but it's pretty strange to see this comment coming from you. When Thiem beat Djokovic in RG and WTF last year I don't remember you saying he is a strong opponent. You just complained about how terrible Djokovic was in these matches and how he would have never lost if he wasn't so passive and bad. But when Thiem actually lost to Djokovic he is suddenly a strong opponent.
Fantastic feeback. Are you a native English speaker? If not, your English vocabulary is certainly vast, you redact very well. Maybe you acquired that extense vocabulary because you like to read books as you commented in other threads?
Looking back a little more, Fucsovics probably played like a man possessed while also Struff was better in 2018 than in 2020.
Thiem wasn't a weak opponent (he was at least the strongest opponent Djokovic faced in AO final since 2012), but it's pretty strange to see this comment coming from you. When Thiem beat Djokovic in RG and WTF last year I don't remember you saying he is a strong opponent. You just complained about how terrible Djokovic was in these matches and how he would have never lost if he wasn't so passive and bad. But when Thiem actually lost to Djokovic he is suddenly a strong opponent.
You say it because of Djokovic's victories over Federer at the AO 2020 and Nadal at the AO 2019? It is obvious that they played bad for their standards, but still Djokovkic would have won even if they had played better. No one is saying that Djokvovic would have lost against a better version of Fedal at the AO 2019 or AO 2020, only that the matches would have been a bit more disputed.
LOL. It is endearing. They are like human windmills throwing so many blows from all directions you are basically just trying to survive. No time to think or respond!No kiddin man ... some of the things people say around here. Federer (or his tennis) is beautiful while Nadal/Djokovic are ugly. Federer plays like Sampras while Nadal/Djokovic are baseline bashers. And they're serious about it!
This is a seriously funny forum!
Roddick wouldn't win Wimbledon even in 2019.
Roddick wouldn't win Wimbledon even in 2019.
With that logic Federer should have won the 2019 final convincingly himself. Djokovic much worse than in 2014-15 finals while Federer was not. What hapned?
With that logic Federer should have won the 2019 final convincingly himself. Djokovic much worse than in 2014-15 finals while Federer was not. What hapned?
Nadal has claimed in several interviews he wants to play the Olympics 2024, which are played on clay in the Phillipe-Chatrier of Paris. It is too early to know Nadal's level in 2022, but to assure that he will be done or that should retire in 2022 is too premature yet. We will see how he is playing when he gets there.
