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I vote for 1980 US Open. I think the average strength of the three ATGs on the surface at that time is the highest of those listed.

Kyrgios for ATP president. Pls ban clay effective tomorrow.

Yeah, that one didn't age too well, did it? Nick seems to have picked up some annoying habits. Well, at least it's usually Roger that he's bigging up so I'm less triggered by it lol.

Hugh Laurie, though, what could you expect?

Best tennis song I've ever heard. Starts at 1:13

Federer is catching the inside out late and sending it wide. Even if he holds now, he'll have a hard time in a TB.

I have no defense to that LOL. My evidence is worthless. But I stick to my perception that Anderson is the best returner out of all the big guys.

Anderson is a very good returner on a fast surface. He took the best ever grass version of Djokovic to 5 in '15

Thank god. I was afraid my beloved Rafa played worse against the same opponent to win the US Open final than Fraud does in a random quarterfinal. Would really reinforce the Rafa is a dirtballer from the Maestronians.

Federer should retire right now.

Does Federer have a cold? He's breathing so hard in his post-match interview. @BeatlesFan you are our resident expert on the news of the world. Tell me it ain't so!

Federer has completely stopped taking this match seriously. Better step up now to close the set out.

This is my last post on this subject. I don't regard basketball and soccer as ghetto sports. In fact, I'd be prepared to bet I watch more basketball than 95% of this forum, and more soccer than many. I am pointing out the fact that soccer players (with the exception of Ronaldo), despite their...

This was terrible from Edmund, and the umpire. Thank god Novak didn't lose the set because of this BS.

https://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall_header:endorsements_sortreverse:true Messi made 27 million dollars from endorsements last year, compared to 65 million for Federer. Messi is also behind Lebron, Ronaldo, Mickelson, Woods, Curry, Durant, Nishikori, Nadal and Bolt among others...

I'm salivating at the thought of Nadal in the final. Djokovic would also be lovely, but he'll be tougher to beat.

Forbes says so. Instagram followers are irrelevant. Messi makes less than half of what Federer makes from endorsement. Nike didn't give him a lifetime deal because it's hard to market tennis goods after the player in question stops playing. The most sold tennis good is the kit. A kit only has...

He was playing better than this last year and in 2014. I prefer watching Nadal to Djokovic, but I'm very confident that Djokovic will win a possible meeting. I see a Federer-Nadal match going the same way as Shanghai 2017, where Nadal lost a 2 setter without ever having a break point IIRC. The...

You do realize that Federer makes vastly more money from endorsements than Ronaldo ever has, right?

I don't think Rafa is going to lose this one. Not that it matters. Unless Federer loses before the final he has next to no chance of winning the whole thing. Novak, who is a far more worrying prospect for Fed, would probably no-diff Nadal too.

I'm pretty sure Roddick would still lead if you exclude Djokovic, Nadal and Murray. [I must pass the burden of analysis to someone else though, @Red Rick would you perchance know of numbers pertaining to this?] To be clear here, I'm not claiming that Roddick was a better server than Roddick. I...

I respect your opinion, but over his career, Roddick won a greater percentage of his service games than Federer did. The typical servebot mug excuse does not work here as Roddick was a top player for many years and faced essentially the same competition as Federer over the same period.

I also hope he never wins another title. I realize he's great, and then root for his dreams to be cruelly shattered at every turn. Sort of like my relationship with the great Novak Djokovic :P

Also off topic, and for the record, I have nothing against Lebron, who I regard as the greatest player of this generation. I think if the Lakers get Kawhi Leonard and/or Demarcus Cousins, they have the star power to easily match the Warriors. They hold the advantage of having a lot of excellent...

I don't really correlate Federer's shanking to overall shot quality. When he had a little time on his FH it was an instant kill shot. I don't think he'll ever move to his FH side the same way again. Much as he tries to make us not believe it, age is a real thing.

Federer's looking pretty good today, but his backhand is trash from what I can tell.

No single player has been on the losing side of the two most lopsided finals in NBA history either. :P

He has a lifetime deal with Wilson.

Every time Boris says Federer has 4 kids I wonder how many Boris really has. Gotta be more than one broom closet in the world.

Wait, you really think Prime Lendl would beat Prime Federer at the USO? Fed at the USO in his 5-year win streak was as great as I've ever seen a player be. Of course, I'm far too young to have seen Lendl but watching his early matches against Mac and Connors makes me feel like he'd have his...