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What are the chances for Djokovic to win the title at the French Open this year and equal Graf's unique quadruple career grand slam achievement? It'd be monumental for Novak to do that and get the elusive #25 at the same time. The red clay of Paris to be Novak's swansong this year? One last...

Nothing too deep here. With Rafa's retirement, perhaps, your mind was/is flooded with memories of other favorite players. Let's have a judgment-free zone here, and whether in order or not, who are your 5 favorite players (for whatever reasons...and not the 5 best in your eyes) of both tours...

Novak Djokovic surpassed all levels of tennis in August this year, but there are still some interesting records that Novak could break soon. The oldest slam winner: The record is currently held by Rosewall, but Novak will automatically overtake him if he wins the 25th slam. Oldest masters...

He's the top favourite because he's been the most consistent player in BO5 HC tournaments for a long time, and after the OG triumph, he'd be in a savage mood. So its highly likely that he'd win the title. As for why I'm taking him over the field, here's my 2 pennies - Alcaraz is the only guy...

Hello everyone. Say they finally launch it. What would be your ideal beam profile? Flex? Sw? And so on..

Here we go. 60th meeting between the two titans. Last match - 2022 RG QF - Rafa def. Nole 62 46 62 76 (4) 2nd match at the Olympics with Rafa having won the previous one in 2008 at the Beijing event. Who takes this one? Rafa is definitely a massive underdog here. He's fallen off sharply due to...

Now that it's over, does Novak ever return to #1? His age and recent form makes it seem unlikely, but it's hard to count the GOAT out. Obligatory poll.

Slightly inspired by @Phenomenal thread on Madrid 2016 Nadal vs Murray, I also had a feeling at the time that Nadal was playing so much better on clay that year than the year prior. Before the injury forced him to withdraw, in his 2 matches played he dished out 3 breadsticks and 1 bagel. He...

A deep dive on the Top Spin blog into some aspects of Djokovic's troubles during Aussie summer - in which was able to get into the semis! Djokovic has masterfully transformed his game to prolong his career and his success. He has become on of the greatest serve plus players of the modern game...

In real life - if any of this is real - I'm a writer who can be quite imaginative, irreverent, innovative, etc. I get and write satire, understand irreverence much more than most, and am not totally averse to hypotheticals, even in sports. But, I just don't see the value in producing...

WTF 2019 was one of the most epic editions of tour finals without a shadow of a doubt, a number of battles, calculations, dominations, comebacks and shot making encounters. The highlight for me however was this one. Amazing match from Roger, considering that he'd played quite mediocre tennis at...

everyone obviously has asked for Head to release a pt346.1 for the public so us bums can think we’re novak - but what if they did try to make a user friendly model in his “spec”? Let me know what you guys think about this for a speed, would it suck or be great? Speed Tour / Speed Novak 98”...

hi folks can someone tell the difference in radical series of liquid metal and micro gel .. i am curious to know why these two rackets are admired till date .. please help

I WAS ANALYZING NOVAKS AND RAFAS GAMEPLAY A LITTLE BIT AND 1 COMMON THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THEY BOTH CONVERT BACKHAND BALLS AND HIT A FOREHAND BUT BOTH OF THEM HAVE A GREAT BACKHAND AND CAN EASILY DOMINATE THE OPPONENTS SO WHY THEY GO FOR CONVERTING OF SHOTS ?

I AM USINGA A HEAS SPEED PRO (310gm unstrung) with following customizations : 1. leather grip with adds 5gm extra 2. lead tape of 4gm at positions of 3,9 and 12 o'clock 3. 5 gm silicon in handle WHICH MAKES THE UNSTRUNG WEIGHT OF RACKET TO 332gm due to which I am able to produce more spin and...

Andre Agassi beat Jiri Novak 7-5, 6-4 in the Rome semi-final, 2002 on clay Agassi would go onto win the title, beating Tommy Haas in the final for what would be his only Masters title on clay. Novak was seeded 14th, Agassi 9th Agassi won 78 points, Novak 62 Serve Stats...

What are your takes? Lets say Stan faces 2014 Novak in the finals(2017 Novak wouldn't reach the finals anyway.)

You heard it first here fellas. Berrettini's looking unbeatable in this tournament and he'll send Novak to monte carlo in 4. Here is why- He's met Novak 2 times this year, in wimby and RG losing in 4 sets. He's never beaten a top 10 player in slams He's been in a terrific form lately losing in...

Hear me out: King Djoker Djoser was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled from c 2650 BCE to c 2575 BCE. He ruled for a long time (19 years), but he is most notable for building the oldest known pyramid in Egypt in Saqqara, called the Step Pyramid ("what are you doing, step pyramid??") The architect of...

In my opinion this could have been an epic in the making, I think if Fed wins 3rd set of USO15 Final to go 2 sets to 1 up, Nole fights back to win in 5?

Djokovic 3.0 began right there, the beast was awakened once again. There was spark in his eyes once again after that point was robbed from him. The rest is history as we know it, 8 out of the 12 slams afterwards. was this a major turning point in tennis history, ladies & gentlemen? I surely...

So we heard this a lot from Nadal fans after the SF loss that he is no longer the beast on clay that he used to be. On the other hand some Novak fans claim he has only just entered his prime. So how would the two match up if we put young Nadal vs seaonsed Novak on clay?

Yes, My favourite player the greatest warrior of tennis world, Rafael Nadal the unconquerable Clay God lost to Djokovic, and I am pretty sad at the moment. It was unexpected but full credits to Djokovic; taking nothing away from him given how badly he was conquered last year in the final...

We all know Sampras never reached a clay slam final, nor was he very comfortable on the surface, but let's just assume we drop him in there - as a finalist, in his peak form, same conditions as Novak faced against an aging Rafa. What would happen? On this forum, Sampras is recognized as the...

Novak would have still been the #1 player even if he had lost to RAFA in the 2011 Wimbledon final but in your opinion who would have been the "real" #1 player in the world had it happened? Since some give extra value for slams. Tournaments in that period: 2010 Canada: Nole SF, RAFA SF 2010...

Yesterday I was rewatching 2016 FO Final highlights, incredible tennis from both Novak and Andy. I remember being so happy for Novak to finally win the title after 3 lost finals (it would be a travesty if he didn't manage to get the career grand slam). That being said.. if Rafa didn't injure...

Congratulations Nole On a stunning start to 2020 after being pegged back at the end of last year. He is Heading to Sunshine Double masters in a strong form.

H2H :- 2-1 Novak Last meeting :- 2019 Davis Cup Quarter Final, N. Djokovic def K. Khachanov 6-3 6-3 Last HC meeting :- the same as above Last notable meeting :- 2018 Paris masters final, K. Khachanov def. N. Djokovic 7-5 6-4 Road to the match :- Djokovic :- R32 def. Malek Jaziri 6-1 6-2, R16...