Federer and Djokovic had no chances in ANY of these RG finals. So I don't really get your point. It's harder to lose when you actually have chances and just miss them.
Although nadal should have won probably in 4 the wimbledon 2008 hurt. The AO 09 hurt too.
Yes, but Federer didn't do anything wrong in the 2009 final. The final set was 6-2. It's not like Federer was close and choked.
I don't think the fact that I don't share your oppinion makes my taste questionable. I could just as easily say something just as daft and suggest that you thinking that the 2012 constitutes great and entertaining tennis means you have low standards and that you have questionable taste.
That one actually wasn't tough for me. Of course I never expected him to lose this match. But he had to lose in RG at least once, right? And it's good it happened in the fourth round of RG 2009 against a player like Soderling. Much better than to lose in semifinal or final to one of his rivals in a close match. There would never be anything tougher than losing this RG 2013 semifinal to Djokovic after leading with a break in the second set and leading twice with a break in the fourth. I still don't know how Nadal won this match after choking so hard but thanks god he did.
You just reminded me of our boy Chico, wonder what that fella is doing now hahaThe difference is that guy would never ever say a match that wasnt the style he likes was a better match even if it clearly was. Whereas you and I might prefer a certain kind of match , but would be fair and often give credit to other players or matches played in a different style than Djokodal matches. Whereas that guy never would. It is ironic that he said you picked the match Djokovic won just because of that, when clearly it is the opposite. He's the one who's doing that so he assumes everyone else does too. It's projection at its finest..
Unbelievable .
I'd argue he choked in earlier sets but I get your point about Nadal for sure.
not sure someone like that can just go inactive. It's like a serial killer. He's either still active or dead (or in jail).Nothing to do with the net. Nadal outplayed Djokovic in all 5 sets of the match-but yet lost 2 of them, and almost the third one. Nadal choked a lot of matches in his career, but choking this one would be the worst. I'm sure he would have never won another slam had he lost that semifinal.This I just can't wrap my head around. "Thank god our Rafa lost to all these nobodies during the first week of Wimbledon since 2012, it would have been so tough to swallow if he'd lost three or four additional finals to Federer or Djokovic. The hallowed h2h might be in danger, etc."
I feel it's much better for Federer that he lost in close matches in the Wimby final to Nadal and to Djokovic (twice) than had he lost like a wimp to guys like Bastl or Darcis. Seriously...
You can thank the net--or maybe the fact that Djokovic didn't know he wasn't supposed to nosedive into it.
As to the OP, AO 2017 by a country mile. Couldn't stand the other one (too much time-wasting, it detracted from the *real* tennis, imho).
