Best thing for Djokovic is a strong Nadal comeback

jm1980 said:
He's 37 years old, playing poorly for his standards but still reached a Slam SF, QF (withdrew), and a F.

By any reasonable measure, his shot making talent has mitigated his physical decline and allowed him to play at a high level well past the retirement age of previous greats

Also, Djokovic won his last Slam at 36.3 years old. For comparison, Federer won his last Slam at 36.5 yo. ~2 months' worth of difference in "shot making talent", even if Novak never wins another Slam
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Federer on one knee outplayed Nadal and your idol with serve placement and shotmaking alone at ~38 at Wimbledon. Djoko…doesn‘t have that.
 
mike danny said:
Then Djokovic must be the only player in history who loses motivation in a slam semi and final
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At the Australian Open he was sick so we'll ignore that one. He played with a lot more conviction at the Olympic Final than the Wimbledon Final IMO because he wanted it more. Would his reaction to winning an 8th Wimbledon have been the same as his reaction to winning Olympic gold. I don't think it would have been.
 
ghostofMecir said:
Federer on one knee outplayed Nadal and your idol with serve placement and shotmaking alone at ~38 at Wimbledon. Djoko…doesn‘t have that.
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Djokovic on one knee at 37 made the Wimbledon final. If he wins a Slam next year, he will have won one after Fed's last Slam. Then what is your argument going to be?

And even if he doesn't win anything, he's already accomplished more than almost every past ATG in his mid 30s

This dig at his "shotmaking talent" doesn't make any sense. Par for the course from someone who disappeared after he schooled a guy young enough to be his son at the Olympics, lol
 
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Tano said:
Djokovic beat a horrible version of Nadal at the Paris Olympics.
Not to be confused with the RG tournament event.
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Novak beat Nadal in straights in the same place Zverev beat Nadal in straights a few weeks earlier

”horrible” is the only version of Nadal that’s left

Father Time always wins
 
Pre9999 said:
In your opinion, what are the reasons why he will win on the 25th?
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He has won this tournament 10 times and would have won it 11 times if not for Scott Morrison..... So he being so successful at that tournament I can imagine him channeling all his energy and determination towards it to maybe win it 1 final time.....It is just a guess really, there is no real guarantee for anything.
 
Razer said:
He has won this tournament 10 times and would have won it 11 times if not for Scott Morrison..... So he being so successful at that tournament I can imagine him channeling all his energy and determination towards it to maybe win it 1 final time.....It is just a guess really, there is no real guarantee for anything.
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It's over now, man.
Djokovic will end up with 24 Major titles.
 
clayqueen said:
In 2023, Rafa played 2 tournaments. In 2024 he's played 7 tournaments including the Olympics. All wi=hile he was injured.
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It amounts to the same thing. Missing or not he’s been irrelevant. Djoko has been irrelevant in 2024 bar olympics whereas nadal has not been relevant since 2022 Wimbledon.

Rafa came back on his best surface and was humiliated. He would have been humiliated even worse on grass or hard but he didn’t bother to show up.

He was injured in 2023 but not 2024. He just voluntarily skipped these events because he knew he had zero chance.
 
Nadal retired. How long will Djokovic continue to play especially if he can’t win more Slams? Maybe retire at Wimbledon?
 
Federer and Nadal played on even though they couldn't win a 250, so you win a lot by sticking around even if you're not hoisting slam trophies.

socallefty said:
Nadal retired. How long will Djokovic continue to play especially if he can’t win more Slams? Maybe retire at Wimbledon?
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Bartelby said:
Federer and Nadal played on even though they couldn't win a 250, so you win a lot by sticking around even if you're not hoisting slam trophies.
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Fed's last trophy was a 500, Basel 2019. He was an active player for less than 2 years after that, and he missed basically all of 2020 after losing to Djoko at the AO.

And by my count he only entered one 250 in 2020/21, his first tournament since AO20, which was Qatar 2021...and he lost to Basilashvili in the QFs after holding MP.

Next opponent would have been Fritz...then RBA.

But yeah, "played on even though he couldn't win a 250" sounds so haughty and cool...but it's pretty dishonest
 
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Rosstour said:
Fed's last trophy was a 500, Basel 2019. He was an active player for less than 2 years after that, and he missed basically all of 2020 after losing to Djoko at the AO.

And by my count he only entered one 250 in 2020/21, his first tournament since AO20, which was Qatar 2021...and he lost to Basilashvili in the QFs after holding MP.

Next opponent would have been Fritz...then RBA.

But yeah, "played on even though he couldn't win a 250" sounds so haughty and cool...but it's pretty dishonest
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In a way it was nice that Fed's last trophy was at home. A fitting end of sorts.
 
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