Recent content by dh003i

That is pretty crazy. How many times did Djokovic beat Fed or Nadal to win a Major when they were ranked #1-3? This is a pretty simple metric, though. If the #1-3 seeds don't make the final, they weren't playing up to their ranking and players ranked lower were playing about their ranking...

Did you not watch the match? Yes, he has enforced the rules also against Djokovic and Nadal. And in the 80s, McEnroe was fined thousands of dollars multiple times for his outbursts and was close to being disqualified the year he won his first Wimbledon after the "pits of the Earth" comment.

That was certainly a terrible prediction with Nadal now having 17 Majors. Especially given his style of play, it is remarkable he came back from a slump and returned to Major winning form. He also became a more aggressive player. By the way, anyone who had predicted even that Nadal would end up...

A great win for Djokovic that he needed after a tough couple of years. Especially after the fantastic and tough win over Nadal in the SF, congratulations to Djokovic, who is now a 13-time Major champion.

Yes, it is entertaining how finals wins against top 5 players or even top 20 players is considered the defining metric, but how some of the same people making those arguments refer to a "baby Nadal" outside of clay until 2008 and 2009. He was the #2 player in the world and also I think in 2005...

Yes, Delpo is a heck of a player when he is not injured and in form. I think he is a player who surely would have multiple majors were it not for injuries.

The answer is: to a small degree, but a lot of that is better technology.

I'm not sure, I don't think AO 2009 had much effect on my overall prediction, although the target of 20 seemed less and less likely over time.

You would certainly expect the darkness to hurt Fed more than Nadal, but the reality is Federer did very well bringing it to a 5th set and honestly had no business winning the match when he couldn't break Nadal's serve during the entire match (IIRC). Fed was incredibly mentally strong to come...

Even with perfect hindsight, your prediction still seems far more reasonable, and mine even more outlandish! (especially considering the 5-year drought). That's what truly makes these last 3 so remarkable. It is still unbelievable.

I definitely wasn't trolling, but I certainly can't claim I felt supreme confidence in that guess. It's entirely possible I was hoping and also reacting to the certain calls of doom at the time, which would have increased after he lost W 2008 and AO 2009, even after winning USO 2010. I was also...

This was just after Federer lost the FO to Nadal in 2008. Your guess of 5 was pretty reasonable and it seemed like it might have been the right number after the rejuvinated 2014 and 2015 seasons weren't enough to beat prime Djokovic. It was a very realistic guess, although of course at the time...

Yes, people are very happy to complain from the armchair when they aren't the ones trying to figure out the logistics. I tried to find the documented extreme heat policy, but was unable to find a temperature/web bulb documentation on the AO's website. A Tweet doesn't constitute official AO...

It would be fantastic for Federer to win 1 more RG and it isn't impossible that he could do so, but it is just very difficult there because it is really about long rallies at the FO. I don't think his new backhand helps him much on clay, as his new style of play relies on taking the ball very...

I don't really think outlasting Federer has been why Nadal has won. Maybe a tiny bit, but Federer is also extremely fit and has a style easy on the body. Nadal beat Federer because Nadal was uniquely positioned to exploit his slight weaknesses (bad matchup) and because on top of that Nadal is...