Regardless of how we evaluate the chances of Carlos and Novak, we agree on something basic, and that is
Match fixing for sure. The organizers came to Medvedev and told him they wanted Carlos vs Djokovic final. He agreed and it was clear by his behavior.
I'm really surprised he even made it to the semis playing like that. His opponents must have been so bad on grass that they don't know how to serve wide and come in to volley it away. Eubanks had the right idea, but ran out of gas. There's a reason why you never saw people return from way back there even when the courts were fast and you really needed extra time to return.
Looooool! When the reactions speaks volumes, who needs to understand the words!
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Daniil giving Carlos at lot of respect thereLooooool! When the reactions speaks volumes, who needs to understand the words!
Some interesting articles from the ATP site:
Medvedev Compares Alcaraz To Big 3: 'He's Kind Of Like Them' | ATP Tour | Tennis
After his Wimbledon semi-final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev shares how the Spaniard reminds him of the Big 3.
Carlos Alcaraz Dispatches Medvedev To Reach First Wimbledon Final | ATP Tour | Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz became the fourth youngest Wimbledon finalist in the Open Era (since 1968) on Friday when he defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to move to within one win of capturing his second major title.
nope, nothing that won't be in the short youtube highlights. Hsieh/Strycova was much more entertaining.
I am unfamiliar with this dialect.
I think at the AO Novak will be favorite regardless.
lol, i know, im becoming more and more careless, too much slaying lately.
You are becoming more careless the more our guy is winning. May it continue for longest time.
the more Carlos wins id say, too many points to get across, difficult to put words to Carlitos tennis, novak i can think of words you know, solid, consistent, etc, with carlos you just miss words to describe such crazy tennis, juts god sent stuff, i hope as much part of nolefam as you are, you enjoy Carlos when nobody watches, i know anyone with eyes could.
beauty of tennis was all that really mattered all along, you dont watch a tennis match thinking about numbers lol, winning is great, entertaining is priceless, but of course, tastes are tastes, but i just get the impresion nole fans are fans of the victories and not the actual tennis, ive met veeery few legit fans of nole, most came when he started winning everything despite doing it with an unatractive tennis, just my 3 cents.
Definitely not case for me as i was originally a Roger fan and used to be devastated when he lost to Rafa or on odd occasion to Novak.
Seriously, that’s not going to happen. No way!
How is this not match point?
There was a whole documentary about his height and they used and official machine.
Why do you dislike 183cm what has he ever done to you?
If you say so
Don't know him.
Why do you dislike 172cm?
I don't. Just hope djoker destroys him.
Hmm, why were the crowds against him?
different routines for different folks ... it can work only for Djokovic ...
No, there are lessons in the Djoker's approach. The next truly great player will need his kind of longevity, too. Learning those lessons will be essential to any talented player who wants to be an ATG ...or potential GOAT candidate. I don't think anyone can ignore what he has done. I may complain about the dearth of emerging talent over the last 16 years, but that doesn't mean I think Novak Djokovic is anything but an incredible tennis player who is near or at the top of the GOAT list.
Nadal and Federer had different routines so what is your point ? its not that simple just to copy someone's routines and win 20+ slams ,.. its all personal way of training cause we are build different ... Federer had the most easy and efficient movement in history but it didn't help his knee to fail
Yup, neither guy pursued flexibility like Djokovic and it has cost them…
Maybe. Hard to prove a counterfactual. I think plenty of players could follow Novak’s stretching routine and still get injured as often as Nadal. Stretching is hardly some panacea and everyone’s body is different.
Plenty of documentation that stretching reduces injury.
Yeah I’m not disputing that, I’m a fan of stretching myself and everyone should probably do it, but that’s a far cry from saying someone wouldn’t have had one specific injury (e.g., Fed’s knee) if he’d only stretched more. The most flexible people on earth can still get injured in all sorts of ways.
not everyone can be as flexible as Djokovic its a natural ability ... and Federer knee issues has nothing to do with his flexibility
"Djokovic is deposed ..." rings in my ears.
