Clay is legitimate, but it's a side thing on tour and is treated as such by everyone except 1 guy who builds his season around it. He then beats the tour at its weakest, wins some titles, and we're supposed to value them the same way as we do the ones won against the tour at its best - on hard court? Not happening.
Sadly, Nadal had lots of injuries in his career. Real injuries, not magical ones.
When Nadal gets a whole year (leave alone many such years) with Tsitsipas and Ruud as main competition, then start comparing how lucky they were.
they didn't expel Rafa or prevent him from playing at RG, they didn't freeze RG. They did not suspend RG.
Yeah, the 6-1 6-1 boy was definitely some hell of an opponent. Or Sinner who lost Wimbledon semifinal in straight sets, and will lose in straights again tomorrow. Same about the others.
rafa lost 4 years in a row, in his prime, to 100+ ranked opponents in the early rounds of the W.
It is actually hard to believe. Or Federer winning USO 5 times in a roll, winning the last at age 27, and never again.
It's just a denial. Don't worry, everything will be ok, just need some time
It is tough, but if he keeps winning a couple of slams per year, and others continue not to be consistent, and split points between themselves, why not? Novak doesn't need 11 000 points anymore, 8000 or 9000 could be enough.
He won't be winning all the slams like 2023
Djokovic cannot be blamed for the compettion. All he can do is keep winning. His undisputed goat claims though are damaged that until nadal couldnt really play he was 2 slams behind. If nadal comes back and wins the fo, then this entire era will be a laughing stock and the biggest beneficiary would be federer whichnjs why i am sure he has stated henlikes djokovic winning slams setting records. Other sports fans are starting to be very dismissive of tennis now. 36 year olds dominating is embarrassing. Tv ratings are collapsing
Most nonsense post ive ever seen lol. Not even sure what the point is other than taking nadals best surface offmhis count. He still has 8 slams lol. Take hard court off djokoviv he has 10 slams. Take grass off federer he has 12 slams. So are you arguing federer is goat?
Don't think anyone ever claimed that Federer was playing great tennis in that match. And I'm sure that if he lost like that to a 36 years old Nadal (while being in his prime himself), that would forever be used against him.
Taking off 2 slams from Djokovic and he still has 10. One of them he is almost the best ever with 7 titles.
Nadal has kore majors off claynthan mcenroe and edberg and becker had in their careers and the same as agassi and connors. Nadal has no worries either. Youmdont get minus points for being the most dominant sportsperson at an event in history. Its a plus point.
At least he made multiple finals(and had all those match points to advance to a final) and i think the new roof did him in there(preventing a few more legit shots at it), it made conditions very humid and air non existant at court level.
You need to check those ratings again because this is not correct. 2023 RG semis and final had good ratings in France and better than 2022 in the US. Both were higher than 2022. 2023 Wimbledon final had high ratings in the UK and US, and up there with the glory days of Djokovic/Federer. 2023 US Open had the highest rated semis ever on ESPN combined for men and women. Djokovic/Shelton was the highest rated semi for men and women. The final was higher rated than 2022 USO final. So if anything Djokovic is keeping the interest as the only big 3 member who's still playing full time.
lol you surely don't know my TTW historyIt's just a denial. Don't worry, everything will be ok, just need some time
I am mocking the morons who keep talking out of their behind
But for Novak Fed could have won more post turning 37…truly remarkable athlete!
Strange then that amazon prime didnt bid for the tv rights. Ratings on the bbc for wimbledon were terrible bar the final. Eurosport will have a huge balkans audience.
What's the sole reason weakera ?
Well the Wimbledon bbc ratings might be because of the women, since their final ratings were disappointing, and it wasn't that exciting overall. The tournament did break digitial streaming records though. The Americans have helped bring good ratings at the USO in 2022 amd 2023. Throw Djokovic in the mix and it definitely helps them. People probably wouldn't be as interested in Shelton versus Medvedev. Djokovic/Shelton was the highest rated broadcast at that time slot by far on cable tv so that's pretty good for tennis, considering the sport isn't one of the most popular in the US. Gauff got great ratings in the final and best ever for ESPN for a women's final.
But Nadal doesn't have the advantages Djokovic had.
How much of that was due to shelton and gauff being non white though? The channels you refer to are exceptionally left leaning ( i think ? ) so it maybe that shelton and gauff were the big draws.
Black or white has nothing to do with it. ESPN is a sports channel anyway and people watch regardless of their political affiliation. Americans are just more interested in watching American players. Sampras, Agassi, Williamses, Roddick, etc. have all pulled great ratings in the US, especially during the USO. Tennis' US audience is not as big as the late 70s and 80s which was the golden age of viewership and interest in the sport. However, it is still quite popular in other countries. France and UK get larger audiences despite smaller population.
Ralph takes so long to hit his damn serve lol
Uk doesnt get big audiences now. Tennis is barely covered in the uk now.
