mike danny
Bionic Poster
Federer also won while having a bout of mono and while having some injuries himself.
And should I also show you AO 2017?
Slam final losses to non ATG players.
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And should I also show you AO 2017?
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Injuries are a part of sports. Cancer is not.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Sampras didn't have cancer.
Look, Sampras displayed mental toughness several times, but so did Federer. Doesn't mean much.
Aabye5
G.O.A.T.
Sometimes I think some of you guys are just chatbots pulling my leg.
It's called empathy, dude. It was hard for Federer when he lost his former coach, Peter Carter.
Kralingen
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah but Stan was no mug on slower courts, is my point. He was outplaying tf out of Nadal in that AO final, we can editorialize it with the injury but idk, his form in that tournament was really strong.
My point is that Stan was a match for everyone in his peak, to the point where every player had to respect him. His pre-13 or post 2017 results don’t really affect that.
obviously he got Djokovic more than the others, and it does expose the fact Djokovic’s peak really was not all that dominant, nor is his playstyle the type to take the racket out of your hands. Still though, Stan and Murray were playing career-best level in those finals, when I watched the matches I was very impressed by them.
Third Serve
Talk Tennis Guru
it's way different when someone you know has it and could actually die from it. To win a match with that kind of thing weighing on your mind (whereas injuries sustained during play are more physical than mental) is pretty impressive, perhaps even unparalleled in tennis, from a mental standpoint.
You'd be better off equating that with the death of Fed's old coach, Peter Carter.
One Handed Dynasty
Semi-Pro
For me it’s got to be Novak and Fed as 1a and 1b. They each dominated a decade: Fed was the best player of 2001-2010, Novak was the best of 2011-2020. I will say though, after Novak’s 2008 AO victory over what I consider to be very close to peak Fed and His 2015 win over Nadal at RG, he gets the slight nod from me as GOAT if they retired today.
