Djokovic for the calendar slam in 2013?

[mariecon]

Originally Posted by Marshredder

Dont count Nadal out... It may have been a while but he's going to be a threat, especially at RG.

Remember the last time he took a few months off with injuries? He won 3/4 of the next slams.

yes amazing wasn't it?

[DMan]

Djokovic will never win Wimbledon again!

[Phoenix1983]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

I mean who is going to stop him?

The US Open is his unless there's another tornado. Wimbledon - Federer will be 32 at the time, Murray has lost the last 3 matches against Djokovic. I guess the only question is the FO cause we haven't seen Nadal in a decade. Thoughts?

The Djoker isn't winning Wimbledon, mark my words.

In fact it was quite a surprise he won it in 2011.

[dr325i]

Originally Posted by ruerooo

*snort* No.

And Rafa will be back Feb 1 so you haters enjoy your haterade while it lasts.

That does not mean he will be still playing tennis during RG...

[Crisstti]

Originally Posted by mariecon

yes amazing wasn't it?

Don't be so bitter.

[veroniquem]

Doubt it. Rafa likely to get the French as usual.

[Clarky21]

Originally Posted by veroniquem

Doubt it. Rafa likely to get the French as usual.

No.

10nothappenings

[Goosehead]

tsonga is looking interesting with his new coach and del potro could win a major if he is 'on it'..

then fed, murray, and the nadal question, all 4 for dorkovic ??..cant rule it out but unlikely.

[kaku]

He'll probably be the favorite for the FO and the USO, but I think a fresh Fed and Murray can beat him at Wimbledon. Nadal is a wildcard.

[Beryl]

Don't see him beating Stan 2.0 at RG. With Nadal and Coria possibly coming out of retirement, Novak has no chance in Paris.

Rosol is a lock to win Wimbledon. Ever since he beat Nadal, he has been continuously tanking to prepare himself for this year's Wimbledon. Hard to see Novak beating Rosol this year.

[President]

RG and Wimbledon will be very tough for him, if he wins RG then I will take notice.

[Sid_Vicious]

Originally Posted by President

RG and Wimbledon will be very tough for him, if he wins RG then I will take notice.

I agree. If Nadal does not make a strong comeback, then Djokovic will have no serious threat stopping him from winning the FO, but I'm hoping Nadal does make that successful comeback on clay and we see a big showdown at RG.

[veroniquem]

Originally Posted by ultradr

Djokovic-Murray tennis defeated Nadal-Federer brand of tennis by

• More aggressive return of serves

Particularly, Djokovic differentiates himself in this era of defensive baseliners with

• Aggressive tennis on break points.

Question, currently, is whether Federer-Nadal can respond to this raised level of tennis.
IMHO, Nadal clearly changed his tactics but still not enough outside clay.
Supposedly, Federer has been working on these last few years with coaches like
Cahill and Annacone, but he still plays way too conservative/defensive on break chances, IMHO.

The other thing is that Fed/Nadal has never been a major hard court rivalry. They've played in 1 AO final and 0 USO final. That is not enough to talk about a rivalry. Murray/Djokovic (as well as Nadal/Djokovic) is much more recent but has already happened in 3 slam finals (1 USO, 2 AO or 2 USO, 1 AO). So, I fail to see the comparison. Fed/Nadal happened on clay and grass exclusively (4 finals at RG and 3 at W) and Djoko/Murray is not happening at all on those surfaces. So, the comparison makes no sense.
Fed made 5 finals at AO, got 5 different opponents (Safin, Baghs, Gonzalez, Nadal, Murray). What rivalry? He made 6 USO finals, got 6 different opponents (Hewitt, Agassi, Roddick, Djokovic, Murray, Delpo).
The truth is this is the 1st time in ages that we have a significant rivalry developing on hard court. Before that, what we had was a domination by 1 player (Fed) and no rivalry to speak of.

[tudwell]

Well, Federer and Djokovic did play five consecutive years at the U.S. Open. Four of them just happened to be semifinals.

[FlashFlare11]

Originally Posted by NadalAgassi

Excellent post. You are probably my favorite Federer fan poster, along with zagor.

Why thank you, kind sir! That means more to me than you know!

[veroniquem]

That's true but because it didn't happen in finals (2 AO and 4 USO semis), it was never really in the spotlight (for that reason I wouldn't call it a major one). But yes, at least it happened, unlike Fed/Nadal which didn't happen at all.

[cc0509]

Originally Posted by tennis_pro

I mean who is going to stop him?

The US Open is his unless there's another tornado. Wimbledon - Federer will be 32 at the time, Murray has lost the last 3 matches against Djokovic. I guess the only question is the FO cause we haven't seen Nadal in a decade. Thoughts?

Nah, I don't think so. Nadal, if he is back and plays the S. American swing is still the favorite to win the FO. Murray, even though he choked in that AO final has still improved a lot and he will come back and beat Djokovic at maybe W or the USO. Federer is a question mark for W? So no, I don't think Djokovic will win the calendar slam in 2013. People always get carried away after a player wins one slam at the beginning of the year.

[veroniquem]

He's not the favorite at either RG or W but of course he will be a contender for both, especially RG where he will be 2nd favorite after Rafa.

[Nitish]

Originally Posted by Marshredder

Dont count Nadal out... It may have been a while but he's going to be a threat, especially at RG.

Remember the last time he took a few months off with injuries? He won 3/4 of the next slams.

Get real, he hasnt won anything outside clay since Tokyo in October 2010

[Nitish]

Originally Posted by Achilles82

Federer is getting old. At June 2013, he'll be almost 32 years old. So Novak will still have the best chance.

If federer dosent play well in Wimbledon Murray will be have the best chance, but on grass i would pick 32 year old federer over novak and if it rains its really a no contest