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Beating Djokovic in a slam final is a lot tougher than beating Philippoussis, Rusedski, and Nalbandian (on grass) in slam finals, the opponents of some of the aforementioned, and the guy who has only 11 career singles titles 2 of those 3 (aka both his slam finals).

Serena is one player where draw is irrelevant though. Whether she wins a slam or not is almost always dependent on several factors- is she motivated, is she healthy, and will she choke with nervousness at some point. If the answers are yes, yes, and no she wins 99% of the time, only a once...

It is pretty obvious this forum worships the ground Federer and Djokovic walk on, and 95% of posters here are monstrous joint Federer-Djokovic fans. It is also obvious the 3 least popular players on the forum are Nadal, Murray, and Serena. So in arguments of the big 4 the posters here will...

I would give Nadal the slight edge at the U.S Open since he both leads in titles 2-1 and in H2H 2-1. Djokovic is consistent there but so is Nadal. He hasn't not made the semis when he played since and including 2008. Nadal has the edge in Cincinnati of the two. I haven't looked at all the...

Maybe so, but I would favor Serena even at age 40 over Bouchard in a major final. If forced to bet money you would too, even if you wont admit it here.

Unless he declines due to daddy fever Djokovic is overall the best hard court player now. However that remains to be seen. However even if he has declined, it remains to be seen if Nadal also hasn't. Who know, if he gets more consistent and gets over his U.S Open hangover Cilic might take...

cc0509 really hates Halep with a passion. Halep must have kicked his puppies one day. I didn't know about commentators calling Bouchard a "great champion". Truly a riot. I would still be splitting my side laughing had I heard it live. Probably commentators who once called Kournikova a...

So if you concede Murray always has a good chance of beating Djokovic on any faster surface under any circumstances (which is proven in their H2H stats too) I fail to see how Murray was in anyway lucky. Lucky he avoided Nadal at Wimbledon when Nadal cant hold a racquet straight on grass...

Only a Djokovic fan could think the 2010 U.S Open was ever Djokovic's to win. :lol: And no Djokovic did not "always beat Nadal on HC" at that point. He beat him sometimes on hard courts, but Nadal was probably overall the better player on every surface at that point, and at that time and...

Yeah, he has been lucky much more than unlucky if anything. RG 2013 he had a lucky charm to even be in a 5th set when the stats showed Nadal way ahead in winners, way lower in errors, winning many more points. Nadal hit 22 winners in the 5th set, and Djokovic was still up a break late in the...

Did you even watch the final. Serena was never in top form this whole event. She was lucky to beat Wozniacki, and she didn't even play that great today. Halep played extremely poorly today, not handling the pressure of the big match like she hasn't in her other big matches this year...

5-25% of winning 1. If he is going to win another it has to be next year, but it is unlikely. He couldn't even do it this year in great form and with the poorest year for the ATP since 2006. He will be hard pressed to match this years level, and the field can only be stronger than what it was...

Since she didn't. She had an off day. Did you not see Serena's matches vs Cornet and Muguruza at Wimbledon and the French open. Was she tanking those days too (in a freaking grand slam this time). After all she played much poorer than she did even vs Halep here. Serena is not a machine...

You know players can have an off day, and it doesn't mean they just "didn't feel like playing." Do you think Serena just decided she didn't feel like playing when she lost to Cornet and Muguruza in slams this year, much weaker players than Halep, and played absolutely horribly both those days.

Of course not. You tank and are caught you are now expelled from tournaments. Just as the badminton players who tried to tank an Olympic RR match to get an easier elimination round opponent were thrown out of the Olympics. Furthermore it is not like Halep ended up hurting herself. Had she...

Awww but there are many sports (or games) in this world. So your initial list, while seemingly long, is still a very small percentage. BTW one of your references is incorrect. The long jump WR is still held by Mike Powell, from way back in 1991, yet he is not even considered a top 10 long...

Yes, I quite enjoyed it. I think in the long run it is actually good for her though. She needed to eat some humble pie. It is pretty obvious to me she began thinking she was way better than she really was around the middle of this year. She still has a lot to work on, and I am sure now...

I am sure you have said that since 2005. Good luck. I guess if you keep saying it long enough someday you will be right (and then proably boast about it, lol). Even a blind squirrel finds a nut eventually.

This forum cant stand the reality that in the real world Serena is widely considered the GOAT. Saying she is considered below Evert and Navratilova is delusion at its finest. Even Evert says Serena >>>> Evert. Who has more credence, the actual great CHRIS EVERT, or someone who calls...

You keep dissing Halep yet she far outperformed your hype target Bouchard at the latest big event. Halep very nearly beat Maria on her best surface, in the best tournament Maria played all year. Of course Halep now back in form has a very good shot to beat Maria on hard courts today...

Federer winning a slow court slam at this stage of his career, and Nadal winning Wimbledon where he is 70% likely to lose to any random bum in the top 300 today. Biggest fail picks ever. Mine: Australian Rafael Nadal (Djokovic 2nd choice) Serena Williams French Rafael Nadal...

I said "almost everyone". I named a bunch of people. You countered by only managing to name 1 (Tignor) who is a known Chris Evert bestie . Thanks for only proving me right. Next. By contrast Federer fans love to claim everyone considers him the GOAT, yet it is easy to name a dozen and...

Not sure what you are smoking but 2014 Djokovic is much worse than 2012, although neither is as good as 2011. 2014 is the poorest Djokovic since 2010 easily. Even in a dead year for mens tennis with Nadal playing like garbage, Murray not a factor, Del Potro not even playing, and no good up...

How was he lucky winning his slams? Nadal didn't play the 2012 U.S Open, but Nadal is no more than 40% likely to survive a whole draw and win any particular non clay slam anyway (and 40% is the highest point, this particular one might have been lower than that of course). Nadal might...

I agree overall. Bad line calls, questionable calls from umpires, questionable timeouts, they are meaningless. When the game is over, too late to do anything. However the one time a verdict should be overtaken is for flagrant cheating such as steroid use or what Henin did at Roland Garros...

Sorry I guess I accidentally counted 2 of the large jugs on one of them as 2 different women. Not that I am disparaging Safin any. Anyone would way rather win 2 majors and live that kind of life while doing it, than win 2 majors while living the regular boring tennis tour life.

First off I don't think Bouchard is tennis's next big thing, is even certain to win a slam, and if she does win one it wont be many (1 or 2 only). She will also never be the player prime (2004-early 2008 ) Sharapova was, or come close to Sharapova's career. However that is not inconsistent...

He is better in every facet of tennis other than volleys than Rafter. Even his serve is much better. He plays a lot like Hewitt and they are evenly matched in many ways but just with much more variety, nicer touch and feel for the ball, and more power off the ground when he wants to unleash...

Well they were undeserving #1s too at that time. I am not a Petros fan so I don't see how you think that would irk. Perhaps you don't remember tennis well at that time, but Tennis Magazine actually wrote an article ripping into Pete taking #1 from Courier (rightly so) while Pete didn't hold...

I didn't say it was his fault. Of course it isn't. He is just doing his best and playing, like anyone else, and I don't blame him for setting the #1 ranking as a goal when it is within reach. This also isn't bias against Federer on my part for a few of the oversensitive Federer fanboys...