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Wimby 2019 for me and it’s not close.

Osaka doesn’t have a B game, and Emma is fast enough to frustrate Naomi. It’s not fair to Emma to assume she’ll be the new favorite at every major, but if she has a good team around her and is able to keep her head on, she should be formidable, no matter the field or opponent. Additionally, I...

The gradual slowing and homogenizing of tennis surfaces has killed variety in the modern game. Murray realized that being a more defensive, grinding player who could outlast guys was going to give him the most success, and he was right. Modern tennis has turned into a war of attrition. I love...

I disagree. 40-15 is something that will never go away for me. I don’t care about GOAT stuff as much. Fed has lost so many tight matches to Novak, and it was a chance to avenge some of those, and do something many thought impossible. Instead it turned into an absolute nightmare, and it is more...

There would be no contest between 2011 Novak and today’s version. He HAS to be mentally stronger today because his game can go completely off the rails today. In 2011 he was incredibly consistent, explosive, powerful, and didn’t get tired.

I absolutely despise this trope. It’s recency bias and revisionist history all at the same time. In 2011 Novak was in god mode basically the entire year, and he was beating 25 year old prime Rafa and 30 year old prime Fed along the way. He also had Murray to contend with. 2011 Novak would...

An all time great thread. It’s funny to think that NadalGirl26 is probably 26 for real now, vs 11-12 when she wrote that.

It’s not ever happening. Too bad, I would have loved to see it.

I don't believe you

I don't think he's faking it, but this isn't new for Djokovic. Plays poorly in warm up tournaments, struggles with something physical, looks bad in early matches at a Major, etc. Often, once he hits the QF he finds his form and ends up winning the whole thing. I see that happening again at the...

"IDK Who else, I was not watching Tennis at the time" That's all I need to know.

Yes you're right - made the edit. Clearly I'm still scarred from the Wimby loss. I do think the USO is out of reach for Fed, which sucks.

I would love to see Fed win the US Open, but the most likely scenario is more likely this: Federer gets to the QF and loses to some rando who makes their first ever SF just to be throttled. Djokovic limps through his first few rounds, losing sets and getting angry and being petulant, and then...

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At this point I doubt he gets one. He can't get past the QF of a Major FFS. He's the worst. I love this double fault crown thing...Something I can actually root for Zverev to win.

Yeah that was a gimme pass. When he ran up to the forehand I thought "wow he's going to serve for it again!" Instead, no... Man this match was depressing.

This was depressing all over again. It seems like his charge to the net against Djokovic was a second too slow. He could have easily covered that volley had he been closer to the net. The serve and approach was also way better against Murray. Serve was closer to the line, approach was closer to...

Rafa hasn't won a Major off clay now for two years (and prior to that it was 2013), and I don't see his chances improving at this point. Djokovic appears poised to win at least the next two Majors, drawing him even with Rafa at 18. From there it's a matter of, can 34 year old Rafa hold court at...

Djokovic doesn't really "choke" big matches, but he's gone through several listless periods in his career where he looks like he can't be bothered and crashes out early in tournaments. He's also lost matches he shouldn't have lost, but he wasn't even competitive so no one thinks he "choked"...

After 2016 Wimbledon, watching him fall to the grass and lose to Raonic, I felt like that was the end. He'd never really been injured, and it was clear that something was up, and it just felt like, at 35 years old (the age when Agassi, with far less mileage was "broke back, grandpa Agassi") that...

He played the tiebreaks and biggest points better. He deserved the win, absolutely. This one stings. I’ve been bummed about it all day lol. I just don’t see Roger getting another opportunity to do something like this, but I’ve said it before and he surprised me. Those two championship points...

This one hurts. 2 championship points on serve, just gutting. Then even the 2 BPs for a chance to serve for it again at 11-11...a brutal loss.

Agreed. The 5-3 lead in the first. The set point in the 3rd. Just depressing.

This is depressing every time. Every. Single. Time.

With you on this. I might be alone here, but I get legit goosebumps right before the start of a major final when the umpire says “X player to serve. Ready........Play”. Same thing with crowd noise, oohs and ahhs, cheering, etc. I don’t mind the commentators but they’re obviously not the main...

Like at IW in 2017? Or 2012? Sorry not following you here.

I’m certainly not boasting. Just think what we’re seeing now is far from the age old story of utter domination.

Is that what anyone is saying? It’s not. No one thinks “oh only the last seven matches matter”. However, everyone crowing for years about how “Rafa ownz Fed on ALL surfaces” and “23-10, utter domination lolz” - it’s different now. Feds on a run and the h2h is still in Nadal’s favor but much more...

Lol - Fed’s won 6 out of their last 7 meetings, two of those in majors. To discount that is foolish.

Legendary bump. 24-16 is a much better split, especially with Fed leading on two of three surfaces.