Recent content by daggerman

Nobody's hitting safely in 56 consecutive major league games, either

It doesn't matter, to be honest. He's playing with house money this season. If he wins a round or two, that's a success; if he loses in the first round, no big deal. Either way, he's a special, special talent.

You could be right about the NextGen overtaking Federer next year, but I'm not so sure. One of them might beat Federer at any single slam or masters 1000, but none of them have yet to show even close to the consistency Federer still shows over a full season. Tsitsipas might beat him at, say, the...

How can Nadal be the most consistent recent slam performer when Djokovic has won 4 of the last 6 slams?

I've always found Hingis very attractive. Even knowing everything I know about her, I would risk it all. Men? Eh, maybe young Borg.

For now.

I didn't ignore that point. I responded to it by saying: "Sure, he could've performed better at those tournaments in 96 than he did in 95 and 97, but I think it's more than reasonable to be skeptical about that." The reason "untestable" claims are never accepted in science is because science...

Not sure what you mean by "unacceptable." Just because we're speaking hypothetically doesn't mean reasonable speculation isn't possible. Anyway, here's Sampras' record at MC and Rome in 1995 and 1997: MC: 1995: 2R (retired after winning first set), 1997: 2R Rome: 1995: 1R, 1997: 1R That's an...

3 of the 4 Masters he skipped were clay tournaments he wasn't going to win anyway.

AO : Djokovic IW: Djokovic MI: Medvedev MC: Nadal MA: Auger-Aliassime RO: Djokovic RG: Nadal WB: Djokovic Olympics: Zverev TO: Thiem CI: Federer US: Federer SH: Medvedev PA: Berrettini Finals: Djokovic

Kyrgios is a reasonable pick, but I didn't come into this season thinking he'd behave any differently than before. To be honest he slightly exceeded my expectations by winning a couple 500s. I voted for Khachanov, who went from 46 match wins last year (including, most notably, the Paris...

Completely agree. Future top 10 is probably the "safe" prediction, too.

The problem with playing like Djokovic to beat Nadal is that it depends on consistently outlasting Nadal from the baseline. You won't be able to do that unless you *are* Novak Djokovic.

Yes, Djokovic.

Fed's backhand slice return is SO hard to attack. Might be my favorite shot in all of tennis.