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I believe that Federer is a once-in-a-lifetime talent, so I am not confident that there will be another one like him for a long time. It is going to be hard not to look back and think, "In the days of Federer ..." in much the same way that older people think, "In the days of Laver and Rosewall...

Thanks very much for gathering the data and doing the painstaking analysis, and slicing the data in different ways to confirm / deny the hypothesis. You are an asset to this forum! You know what would be really cool? For the deniers, one might construct a hypothesis testing problem with the...

Federer did something very bad for tennis. He showed us that tennis can be beautiful. Unfortunately, after watching Roger, everyone else looks like an ugly hack trying unsuccessfully to master this tennis thing. :-)

Thank you!

As much as I feel bad for Nadal as he attempts to swim against the inevitable tide, it is quite strange to see all the starry-eyed Nadal fans turning contemplative and almost rational.

I'm still gutted after watching that final. Damned if I could forget all those breakpoints that went abegging !

Francis Levy is so stunningly, idiotically, far off the mark that it is laughable. The words "Nadal" and "hubris" don't belong in the same sentence. Nadal has flaws, but overconfidence and a superiority complex are not in that list. Clearly, reading Aristotle does not seem to have resulted in...

No. Federer's problem (and our great fortune) is that he seems to like the game too much for his own good.

As it is at the US Open, 2006 Federer over 2015 Djokovic in 4 sets. If it was the 2004 US Open (coach-less) Federer version, that would be even quicker: 3 straight, possibly including a bagel or a breadstick. Fed was a monster in that USO. All this is mere speculation, and probably very...

I hope that what you say is true, and that Roger carries this tactic to #18 !! That would be like trolling the ATP for two tournaments in a row :-) . However, if I was in the opponent's place, and I knew that Mr. Federer is likely to give me the charge, the first thing I would think of is: (1)...

I think he will use it less frequently at the USO, given the speed difference between USO and Cincy. I doubt that anyone is good enough from the forecourt to adopt it. Most likely yes. Becker looked like he had crapped his pants when Federer had the gall to try the tactic against Djokovic...

Last I heard, Cincy was the Real Slam, not a rinkydink title. The dude just trolled his way to a Masters 1000 title, and made Becker look like he had crapped his pants, and all you can come up with is "suicidal"?

Novak is no slouch indoors. Even if the roof closes, I expect no let-up from him.

Wait: Winning 4 in a row in a single year = high pressure, but winning 4 in a row across years = non-existent pressure. Did you write that just for dramatic effect? Because if you didn't, that was a pretty daft thing to come up with.

In my book, 1 Serena Slam = 1 CYGS, so, 2 Serena Slams = 2 CYGS. The yearly interval is just a made up artifact. A Serena Slam is every bit as monumental as the CYGS. I don't care how anybody else slices it. And I'm not even a fan.

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This is harsh, but TV personalities, sports celebrities and past players, who are too close to the game, lack the perspective that comes from long term memory. Federer was amazing today, but this is manifestly not the best that he has played. US Open 2004 final, Wimby 2005 final, AO 2007...

My view is that, to beat Serena, you have to be able to get her to move. Maria has shown no intent to do that. All she does is bash the ball into Serena's strike zone, which is exactly the wrong thing to do. Serena's movement may not be what it was, but her ball-striking ability (from both...

Drink Polyjuice Potion, and show up as The Stanimal in Roland Garros Beast Mode!

What makes you think that the OP is a new member? It is much more likely that he/she is a previously banned member, or an existing member who wants to create multiple accounts, or an existing member who forgot their previous password.

"Indifferent surprised" is a contradiction in terms. You lie, sir. :)

In before the Nadalettes drop in with a way to: (1) Justify why this is not a big deal at all. (2) Say that Federer/Djokovic/etc have done this too, and where was the outrage then? (3) Blame Bernardes. (4) Blame ATP. (5) Blame the rules of tennis for being outdated. (6) Blame TW for being...

Judging from his writing, Chris Chase is almost certainly a member of these forums. Generally (though not always), he writes trashy clickbait, sort of the tennis equivalent of the National Enquirer. There is a market for that kind of excrement, unfortunately. I wouldn't take him seriously.

Not to worry. The top half contains connoisseurs of time wasting and ... ahem ... Platelet Replacement Therapy which will make 4 consecutive 6 hour matches seem like nothing.

Good lord, are you federerfanatic alias federerhoogenbandfan alias capriatifanatic alias thalivest alias NadalAgassi alias grafrules alias ...... ? Don't ask me why I think so :-) .

Court is slow as molasses. I will be surprised if Nadal loses.

Nobody compares with Federer in this regard :) .

Chris Chase writes trash for a living, and has been doing so for a while. Why would you regard anything he produces as important?

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To tell you the truth, TT means almost nothing in my daily life now. I used to post more frequently about 4 or 5 years ago, but it was still nowhere close to the frequency of some of the posters here. At this point, real life with job and family is just so pressing that responding to knee-jerk...