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TheAssassin

TheAssassin

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Pistol Pete finally has some company, Djoker secures a 6th YE #1 finish! :cool:

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TheNachoMan

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BeatlesFan said:
Unmentioned is that Pete's accomplishment is far greater, he won YE #1 six straight years. Unprecedented dominance outside of Federer's 237 straight weeks ranked #1.

Still hats off to Novak!
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Yeah I still rank PETE’s over Novak. Novak needs another YE#1 to surpass him imo
 
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FrontHeadlock

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BeatlesFan said:
Unmentioned is that Pete's accomplishment is far greater, he won YE #1 six straight years. Unprecedented dominance outside of Federer's 237 straight weeks ranked #1.

Still hats off to Novak!
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Why is consecutive any better?

Suppose you have four players who based on relative ability are A>B>C>>>>>>D

Are you saying that B finishing #1 over #2 D for six straight years is better than A finishing #1 over #2 C for 6/7? Why on Earth would that matter or even be the conclusion?
 
UnderratedSlam

UnderratedSlam

G.O.A.T.
BeatlesFan said:
Unmentioned is that Pete's accomplishment is far greater, he won YE #1 six straight years. Unprecedented dominance outside of Federer's 237 straight weeks ranked #1.

Still hats off to Novak!
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Pete's accomplishments are always (repeat: always) smaller than those of any of the Big 3 individually.

ServebotPete. BlastEraPete. OverratedPete.
 
NoleFam

NoleFam

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Yea it's really a great accomplishment. It seems like he should have reached it already but better late than never. Pete's 6 consecutice will at least give him consolation since no one will probably do it again for a long time.
 
UnderratedSlam

UnderratedSlam

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NoleFam said:
Yea it's really a great accomplishment. It seems like he should have reached it already but better late than never. Pete's 6 consecutice will at least give him consolation since no one will probably do it again for a long time.
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When Novak gets 7 next year, Pete's "consecutive six" will be just a footnote in tennis history...

Bye bye, Pete, ya overrated servebot...
 
TennisFan3

TennisFan3

Talk Tennis Guru
BeatlesFan said:
Unmentioned is that Pete's accomplishment is far greater, he won YE #1 six straight years. Unprecedented dominance outside of Federer's 237 straight weeks ranked #1.

Still hats off to Novak!
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Excellent post. What Pete did was also remarkable.
 
itrium84

itrium84

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BeatlesFan said:
Unmentioned is that Pete's accomplishment is far greater, he won YE #1 six straight years. Unprecedented dominance outside of Federer's 237 straight weeks ranked #1.

Still hats off to Novak!
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You mean, winning in a row is more valuable? Like, only two guys are capable of winning 4 GS tournaments in a row, and all the rest are below them?
 
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What's more impressive about Pete's is he did younger than Djokovic and of course six in a row.
Pete got 6 by 27, 28; Djokovic at 33. Pete was retired by then.
 
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Milanez82

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BeatlesFan said:
One word: dominance.

That's why people always remember Borg/Fed's five straight Wimbledon titles or Fed's five straight USO's.
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What Sampras did was super impressive but in 95 he beat Agassi by about a 100 points with Agassi missing last masters and wtf(injury?)
And in 98 he beat Rios by about 300 points
 
BeatlesFan

BeatlesFan

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Milanez82 said:
What Sampras did was super impressive but in 95 he beat Agassi by about a 100 points with Agassi missing last masters and wtf(injury?)
And in 98 he beat Rios by about 300 points
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So!? "Almost" counts only in hand grenades and horseshoes. Otherwise Roger would be sitting on 21 slams because he nearly beat Djokovic in 2019 Wimbledon. Nobody gives one s-it if Sampras secured YE #1 by 40,000 points or 2 points.
 
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Milanez82

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BeatlesFan said:
So!? "Almost" counts only in hand grenades and horseshoes. Otherwise Roger would be sitting on 21 slams because he nearly beat Djokovic in 2019 Wimbledon. Nobody gives one s-it if Sampras secured YE #1 by 40,000 points or 2 points.
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It gives an * to dominance.
 
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