Recent content by daggerman

This could be true, but it wouldn't explain why the upset rate at Roland Garros was higher in the 90s/early 00s than it is now.

Federer's my favorite player, and I don't like how this metric characterizes Federer's grand slam victories, so this metric is meaningless!

I dunno, sometimes making statements about the quality of a tennis metric requires discussing how that metric judges arguably the best tennis player ever?

FWIW I think UTS' Title Difficulty metric is pretty good, but I also believe Federer was good enough in his early-to-mid 20s to dominate fields stronger than those which he encountered. It's also obviously the case that Roger's top rivals' Elo ratings were depressed somewhat by always losing to...

Fair enough. Per UTS' Title Difficulty metric, RG 2021 ranks as Novak's 13th-most difficult slam victory; AO 2021 ranks as his 18th-most difficult. Wimbledon 2021 does, indeed, rank as his 20th-most, i.e., least, difficult slam victory, which makes sense. But then, if you compare those 3 slams...

There's no reason to think it wasn't genuine.

I agree that he needs to incorporate those elements in his game even more, but I can't say I don't see them at all when he plays. He hit one of the best short angle inside-out forehands I've seen all tournament against Alcaraz. Hit several effective (and a couple ineffective) drop shots. He's...

This is the right idea, really, but I would shift the distinction a little bit. I'd say Federer is a (slightly) more skilled tennis player, but Djokovic is (slightly) better at playing tennis (and therefore (slightly) better at winning tennis matches).

I mean, Federer's a really talented player. Who doesn't know that?

Felix could also block him by beating Alcaraz and Medvedev/Van de Zandschulp

As of today I'll go: 1. Nakashima 2. Korda 3. Opelka 4. Tiafoe 5. Brooksby

Really interesting that one of the few serve-and-volleyers left on tour performed so well on such a slow, high-bouncing court! :laughing:

#doubledjokovic

Djokovic's grand slam losses - in matches that were either completed or the outcome was pretty certain - since Wimbledon 2018: Thiem Wawrinka Nadal Some pushers, those guys!!! :laughing:

Current and former pros at the tournament site: Quicker than last year, which was also pretty quick TTW "Experts": Slow and high bouncing Never fails.