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I don't really see how he is underrated here if there are several posters talking about his allegedly "Nadal-like" dominance. Muster was a little like Vilas winning many smaller tournaments but failing mostly when it really counted I.e. at the FO. His record there is arguably the worst of all FO...

True 112-4 instead of 112-3 would completely spoil his statistics putting him from GOAT to regular mug level. Also completely normal for world class athletes to have that mentality to not even trying due to fear of losing if they don't consider their chances very high. This is the mentality that...

The third highest level should be someone who at least was the best on clay in the respective year. Vilas would not have won the FO in 77 if Borg had played.

He played a really bad match but reaching the final alone tells us he was not overall in bad form. I seriously believe him losing in the semi would have been better for his legacy. Even worse is that this devastating loss eventually also ruined his confidence and carried over to the Wimbledon final.

We had this discussion a couple of times and I agree it sounds illogical and is definitely a paradoxon but for GOAT candidates, meaning the best of the best there can actually be instances where it could be detrimental for their case to lose a final, at least in the public perception. Reason...

He was the best, but was it really "clearly" if with Mats there was a guy playing alongside him who won the same amount of FO titles and beat Lendl twice at the FO?

For a whole year it could well be Muster. For individual tournaments/matches it would be Kuerten.

So Borg came closest it looks out of those we know so far.

@The_Order do you know any other tournament where it happened?

Borg in Bastad 1979 came pretty damn close. He bageled every opponent in the first four rounds, only in the final against Taroczy he fell short by "only" winning 6-1, 7-5. So almost bageled him as well in the first. Right before the tournament he played DC against Romania where he bageled both...

Overrated does not mean he was bad, everybody can be overrated by someone. I was a big Ronaldinho fanboy as well but the way he wasted his potential with his stupid lifestyle and almost always folded in critical situations pushed me away from my fanboyism.

Really is. Denmark, Greece and Portugal were indeed surprise winners. 1968 Italy and 1980 Germany are outliers here of course. Let's see who wins 2028. EC is far more prone to underdogs winning it than WC. Another one: before WC 98, there was a pattern that would have suggested England should...

That's what I expected.

Yeah I know, therefore I said "almost repeated it". He was 4-2 up in the third and the 6-1 blow-out in the 4th was to be expected as Agassi was running out of gas after all those 5 setters. The 2005 match alone should show, that Agassi could still be competitive with Fed on a good day and the...

Since that "balderdash" came from me, any arguments against it?