Muster underperformed at RG. Look at the runs in his career. Only made it to the SF or better twice in his career at RG despite winning MC and Rome 3 times each. Muster's 1995 run is better than anything Federer ever did on clay and I agree with you there, but I always look at RG 1st. Even so, I still probably would give it to Muster's career over Federer's based on Rome and MC.
Yea I think they play a lot less clay events in the calendar year compared to Borg and even Muster's days.
Right! In 1995, there were clay tournaments played on the ATP tour until November!
Yea they have really cut down on the number of clay tournaments.
abmk will probably rank guys like Muster and Bruguera above Djokovic..lolYou just know that abmk will still have Lendl, Wilander and Kuerten above him.
And Djokovic struggles with peaking one handed backhand righties on clay. I always said it's because of the deception of the one hander and the disguise, not the power. To me, Djokovic is the GOAT two handed righty and he will eat up others like him. If you notice, their power doesn't bother him, like Alcaraz, Sinner, etc. But a peaking righty with a one hander who can hit power with those angles on clay is a problem. Lol. He'll beat them too but they're more challenging for him.
Yep that single BH down the line he can't read as well and gets fooled. Wawrinka and Thiem both gave him hell with that shot. Lol.
How does Sampras beat Djokovic on grass ?
Yea but I think it's Federer's entire game that can unsettle him. He has an amazing serve which sets him up for 1-2 punches, he's great at net with great transitions, and his variety makes it hard to get into a rhythm.
Yea agreed. The bhdtl definitely hurt Djokovic in that match.
Yea I remember he got burned quite a few times when he ran around his backhand and hit the inside out on the forehand and Federer burned him with the backhand down the line when he left that space open.
Yea I agree with this, especially if he's already leaning to his left. It's hard for to him to reset and get back on balance, and hit a strong rally ball.
Yea that's quite true.
No, he didn't. Federer can say he was blocked by prime Nadal a lot on clay. Djokovic, not so much.
Yep. If he's playing his controlled aggressive style, he's not really vulnerable to that shot because he's usually in control, but if the rally is neutral or he's playing passively, he becomes vulnerable to that shot in backhand to backhand rallies.
Yea I noticed and Ruud actually hurt him a few times with the bhdtl but I thought Djokovic was tight and not really moving his feet that well for most of that 1st set. Once Djokovic started moving better he was onto that shot and handled it much better.
Federer literally met him one year earlier…
How does he leap frog Lendl, Wilander and Lendl On clay? Perhaps when considering other clay titles.
Second Lendl?
7 in 8 years, undefeated in finals, broken just 4 times in finals overall, playing in a field of grass greats and ATGs when careers ended in early 30s and without poly or homogenization while it took Fed 10 years to equal his Wimbledon title count and 15 years and an injured finalist to surpass it...yeah I'm going to disagree there. Fed's grass stats are incredible but Pete was as close as any mortal has come to being Nadal-esque at a slam.
Oops I meant kuerten
