Recent content by StrongRule

I rate Federer's 2007 and 2011 RG runs higher than 2009. He was way too vulnerable in 2009 until the final. Djokovic's absolute peak on clay was in 2011.

This is an interesting prediction coming from you. Finally starting to use my method? (y)

I don't think Federer and Djokovic played their best RG tournaments in 2009/2016.

AO 2012 final. I don't remember any great points from this match. Both players were just suffering on court for 6 hours.

Why does it matter when exactly do you win your titles? 4 titles are still 4 titles.

Federer also faced first time finalists in USO 2007 and 2008 finals, and I don't bash him for that. As if you can't play well in your first slam final. I'm sure Puerta is an absolute mug, as he lost to Nadal who was playing his first slam final in RG 2005.

Nadal of course. Who could ever predict that he will come so close to Federer in USO titles? And that's when he missed 3 of them. Call me when Djokovic skips any Wimbledon tournament.

4 titles is 4 titles, who cares in what years did he win them? I don't understand what is special in "defending" a title. His 4 titles wouldn't look better if he won it in other years.

Oh, yeah. But Cilic is a known mug, so no surprise I forgot about this one.

Unfortunately, like most players from Federer's generation, he had no idea how to play Federer, especially mentally. So I'm pretty sure even on clay he felt more comfortable playing Nadal than playing Federer. Well, at least he got 2 wins, unlike the likes of Ferrer and Youzhny.

Somehow I doubt it. That was one of the strangest performances ever. How can you play so well for a set and a half and then lose 13 (!!!) games in a row is really beyond me. Never seen anything like that. He did play pretty well in the fourth set, but everyone already knew he was losing it.

Suddenly you write a comment which makes sense. But earlier you somehow called Nadal the second best returner, based on some cherry picked stats. :unsure:

No way Murray's return is anything close to Djokovic's.

Except that Federer wasn't exactly in his prime in 2010.

Better explain Soderling losing in straight sets to Federer in 2009, after beating Nadal earlier in the tournament. This is matchups. (and also mentality)