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Not joking here. After all, there should be some point when you realize you just should stop playing. IMO the correct moment is when you simply can't deal with the younger players anymore. A year ago Nadal was still the best of the big 3 against the young generation. But this year we saw another...

Nadal on clay was the last hope of anybody challenging Djokovic in slams in the next few years. But now it looks like Nadal is done. He looked totally hopeless against the first opponent in his draw who can actually play baseline rallies. He is not touching Djokovic anywhere, not even on clay...

Thiem did it yesterday. Another example I remember is Wawrinka in RG-he lost in the first round in 2014, then won the title in 2015. Any other examples?

An underrated match, mostly because it didn't involve the best players in the world. But I remember watching it live and really liked it. Tipsarevic was truly GOATing at times, especially on the second set tiebreak and at the 2-2 game in the third set. (you can see these games in the highlights)...

Finally there are extended highlights of this match. IMO the best match in this rivalry, one of the very few matches between them which was actually interesting. Djokovic was at his absolute peak, Murray was also hitting deep-no short forehands/infinitely many backhands into the net like in many...

For me right now it is clearly Djokovic. He totally owns the field in BO5, won 5 of the last 7 slams, was 2 games away from winning RG last year, and if this is not enough-RG is now an indoor event. Djokovic is the best indoor player so I think RG might turn into his favorite slam from now on. I...

Both have 8 titles. Choose between being 8-0 in finals against having 12 Wimbledon finals but having a 0-3 record against your main rival.

Ok, the choking while being up a break are not surprising anymore. Nadal choked the first 2 sets, especially the first one. But why is he so unclutch on tiebreaks? It looks like he is losing most of them, and today he looked totally hopeless on all 3 tiebreaks. This is a very big weakness, and...

Concluding what happened in the tournament. As usual, we start with negative things. 1. Wasted lots of time and energy right before AO. 2. Had his shortest ever off season because of it, hardly had any time to rest. 3. Showed his form is horrible. He lost to Goffin, should have lost to De Minaur...

Just sharing an opinion here. It doesn't get too much attention because of all the titles he won in 2013 after that, but I always thought IW 2013 was one of the most impressive wins of his career. He was just back from missing 7 months due to injury (only played 3 very small clay tournaments...

A few days ago there was a thread about the best between 3 AO matches, I decided to rewatch the highlights of AO 2009 semifinal after that. I must admit I already forgot how amazing that match was. Some crazy hitting from both players which lasted longer than 5 hours. And believe it or not...

What do you think were the best finals at the slams in this decade? My opinion: AO-2012 RG-2015 Wimbledon-2019 USO-2019 Some are close choices, there were other good finals as well.

Wimbledon final is obviously the most discussed one, but I still think Del Potro in Rome (against Djokovic) showed us exactly what is the definition of a choke. Missed the easiest forehand into an open court on a matchpoint, missed easy forehands when he had break points the third set and so on...

Now that the season is over, who was the best player of 2019? Obviously there are only two options.

Saving a matchpoint, coming back from 5-1 down, spending 3 hours against Tsitsipas to get another win and all that was WASTED TIME AND ENERGY. There is only one tournament where such a pathetic scenario is possible. Just to think Djokovic could keep fighting after saving matchpoints and winning...

Seriously, the guy proved many times he can play GREAT tennis in BO3. Yes, I agree he is pathetic in BO5, but in BO3 we saw that he can play at a very high level. Last year he routined both Federer and Djokovic (and Djokovic had an amazing run to WTF final, nobody will tell me he wasn't in good...

Nadal's career is just full of different injuries. You just know he can withdraw from any tournament and at any moment. As an example, in 2018 he played just 9 tournaments during the year and withdrew during 2 of them. Skipped everything after USO. Now, in 2019 he withdrew in IW, Miami...

Amazing how different these two matches were. Montreal final was horrible from both. It was all about ugly tennis with lots of unforced errors. Nadal was completely out of form during the whole tournament and yet Medvedev found a way to lose 6-3 6-0 to him. On the other hand USO final had a...

Let's see: 2013-10 titles, 2 slams, 5 masters tournaments, 14 finals overall. Wimbledon was the only time he lost before the semifinals that year. 2019-4 titles, 2 slams, 2 masters, one of his worst ever clay seasons (including arguably the worst match he ever played in MC semifinal), skipped...

Fans like to discuss their best matches, but what do you think are the worst matches you have seen from them? Here is my opinion: Nadal-this is easy, Monte Carlo 2019 semifinal. I never thought it is even possible for a professional player to play THAT bad. Federer-probably Cincinnati 2018...

RG is not in the poll because Nadal in RG already became the greatest player ever in a single slam. I always thought AO should be the obvious choice, but it looks like he just can't win another title there no matter what. A third Wimbledon would also be great to win after the heartbreaking loss...

What was overall the better match?

Maybe I'm wrong but I have a feeling that after USO Med will have a drop in form for a while. Now it is the moment when he is in great form for a few tournaments in a row, something we have never seen from young players until now. (Zverev was close during the 2018 clay season but his RG...

What happened yesterday is exactly the same thing which happened at the same tournament and the same stage 7 years ago. In USO 2012 fourth round Djokovic was leading Wawrinka 6-4 6-1 3-1, then Wawrinka retired due to a random injury, it is not even clear what exactly was the problem. I'm not...

Last year it was definitely a correct decision. He won Toronto with a pretty though draw, and also let's be honest-after he missed such a great chance to win another Wimbledon it was clear that his season is pretty much over, especially due to mentality. However, this year he won Montreal with...

Even though Federer has 1 more title I think there can be a strong argument for Djokovic given that he never lost in AO after reaching a semifinal and totally dominated his rivals there, while Federer is now 3-0 down in Wimbledon finals against his main rival. Yes, I know he is past his prime...

I can't think of any examples to be honest. Nadal had Wimbledon 2018 semifinal, Federer had Wimbledon 2019. These are more than just heartbreaking losses, these are matches which they lost only because of lack of mental strength. But I can't find any examples of Djokovic losing a match where he...

Starting from 2017 he is back to reaching the late stages of big tournaments and slams but every time he meets Federer or Djokovic he just collapses mentally, just like Murray always did. Terrible mentality. Today he had more than enough chances but he just kept losing all the big points. Even...

Simple question. My answer is no. He just mentally can't played against them anymore. He will have chances but will lose all big points, like it happened today.

I think this is what makes his RG record so special. Federer belongs to the previous generation, Djokovic belongs to Nadal's, Thiem is the next generation. With all of them Nadal played a few semifinals and finals in Roland Garros and he won them all, didn't lose even once. IMO this is very...