Can anyone even remotely challenge Djokovic at Wimbledon?

Halba

Hall of Fame
Given his form on his worst surface(RG Clay= 2 slams only), he should easily win wimbledon. He's in better form than last year, where he did not play the AO and Lost in the QF of RG
This time he has won the AO fairly easily, and he's into the RG final fairly comfortably. This year he has prioritized peaking in Slam events only. He will probably only play a Boodles exho before Wimbledon.

Casper's weakest surface is Grass, he is a non factor there. Alcaraz's weakest surface- grass. Rune worst surface? Yep you guessed it- Grass! Medvedev worst surface is definitely Clay, so he may be a factor on Grass with his big serve.

Nick Kyrgios is injured from a Canberra robbery and unlikely to play Wimbledon.

Sinner- who stretched Djokovic last year, would be a factor but he's mentally suspect to lesser known players, let alone getting to play Djokovic.

FAA - he's well passed it now

Zverev- Grass isnt a strong surface for him and his weak showing on his 2nd best surface does not bode well.

Others- Berretinni - but he has been injured a lot lately.
 

rigged

Semi-Pro
Nah. It makes me sad that without COVID he would've probably at least tie Federer's record even if the last would've converted one of those 2 CP's in 2019.
 

Silverbullet96

Hall of Fame
Safe to say no. US Open should be the one he should have more struggle in, but who knows. He's a clear level above all players in Slams at the moment, except maybe Alcaraz or Zverev.
 

pj80

Legend
Given his form on his worst surface(RG Clay= 2 slams only), he should easily win wimbledon. He's in better form than last year, where he did not play the AO and Lost in the QF of RG
This time he has won the AO fairly easily, and he's into the RG final fairly comfortably. This year he has prioritized peaking in Slam events only. He will probably only play a Boodles exho before Wimbledon.

Casper's weakest surface is Grass, he is a non factor there. Alcaraz's weakest surface- grass. Rune worst surface? Yep you guessed it- Grass! Medvedev worst surface is definitely Clay, so he may be a factor on Grass with his big serve.

Nick Kyrgios is injured from a Canberra robbery and unlikely to play Wimbledon.

Sinner- who stretched Djokovic last year, would be a factor but he's mentally suspect to lesser known players, let alone getting to play Djokovic.

FAA - he's well passed it now

Zverev- Grass isnt a strong surface for him and his weak showing on his 2nd best surface does not bode well.

Others- Berretinni - but he has been injured a lot lately.
Nick is coming back in Stuttgart...so is Tsitsipas
 

Razer

G.O.A.T.
Sinner can redeem himself on Grass if he can raise his level but unlikely.

Alcaraz and Rune can maybe make some strides ?

Berretini and some dark horses could make run?
 

Silverbullet96

Hall of Fame
Sinner can redeem himself on Grass if he can raise his level but unlikely.

Alcaraz and Rune can maybe make some strides ?

Berretini and some dark horses could make run?
So by that basically we can conclude the competition on Grass these days as:

"????"
 

Picmun

Hall of Fame
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SonnyT

Legend
Carlos is your best bet. Hopefully it'll be cooler.

Yesterday if the dynamic match had been scheduled later, maybe the cramps would've never happened.
 

T007

Hall of Fame
Given his form on his worst surface(RG Clay= 2 slams only), he should easily win wimbledon. He's in better form than last year, where he did not play the AO and Lost in the QF of RG
This time he has won the AO fairly easily, and he's into the RG final fairly comfortably. This year he has prioritized peaking in Slam events only. He will probably only play a Boodles exho before Wimbledon.

Casper's weakest surface is Grass, he is a non factor there. Alcaraz's weakest surface- grass. Rune worst surface? Yep you guessed it- Grass! Medvedev worst surface is definitely Clay, so he may be a factor on Grass with his big serve.

Nick Kyrgios is injured from a Canberra robbery and unlikely to play Wimbledon.

Sinner- who stretched Djokovic last year, would be a factor but he's mentally suspect to lesser known players, let alone getting to play Djokovic.

FAA - he's well passed it now

Zverev- Grass isnt a strong surface for him and his weak showing on his 2nd best surface does not bode well.

Others- Berretinni - but he has been injured a lot lately.
Need to call Federer out of retirement
 

ChrisRF

Legend
It takes only a big server and a bad day from Novak and he is out.
When was the last time that someone who was just a big server made any impact at Wimbledon? I mean apart from Kyrgios who may be "just a big server" for SOME people, and even he didn't have a real chance against Djokovic despite serving HUGE. Nobody could sustain the needed level of serving for taking 3 sets from Novak. Or they are just too bad with anything else, so that Novak will win anyway (like against Isner, Raonic or similar servebots).
 

LaVie en Rose

Hall of Fame
When was the last time that someone who was just a big server made any impact at Wimbledon? I mean apart from Kyrgios who may be "just a big server" for SOME people, and even he didn't have a real chance against Djokovic despite serving HUGE. Nobody could sustain the needed level of serving for taking 3 sets from Novak. Or they are just too bad with anything else, so that Novak will win anyway (like against Isner, Raonic or similar servebots).

Muller beat Nadal twice , Querrey beat Novak , Anderson beat Federer , was close to eliminate Novak in 2015
 

paolo2143

Hall of Fame
Let's just wait and see if he wins tomorrow before getting ahead of ourselves.

However , due to nature of grass there is always possibility of big server red lining in one of early rounds and everyone even Novak can be vulnerable in first 3 rounds.

Last year Sinner had him in massive trouble and should have beaten him in QF and likewise Kyrgios really tested him in final. So yes oval can be beaten on grass but only by someone who can play well on surface and has big weapons to the him out.
 

LaVie en Rose

Hall of Fame
Let's just wait and see if he wins tomorrow before getting ahead of ourselves.

However , due to nature of grass there is always possibility of big server red lining in one of early rounds and everyone even Novak can be vulnerable in first 3 rounds.

Last year Sinner had him in massive trouble and should have beaten him in QF and likewise Kyrgios really tested him in final. So yes oval can be beaten on grass but only by someone who can play well on surface and has big weapons to the him out.
OP is troll
 

ChrisRF

Legend
Muller beat Nadal twice , Querrey beat Novak , Anderson beat Federer , was close to eliminate Novak in 2015
Nadal was in his grass slump when he lost to almost anyone. But yeah, the others are quite good examples, although very unlikely to occur this year. Anderson was not only a servebot though, his forehand was also huge in that match. Still Federer should never lose that match obviously.

The Querrey match 2016 was one of the strangest in tennis history. It ended the most dominant era in tennis ever. From Paris Masters 2014 to RG 2016 Djokovic missed only ONE big final (Monte Carlo 2016), and I thought he could even attack the Golden Slam. And then he fell right into the biggest slump of his career, lasting full 2 years.
 

LaVie en Rose

Hall of Fame
Nadal was in his grass slump when he lost to almost anyone. But yeah, the others are quite good examples, although very unlikely to occur this year. Anderson was not only a servebot though, his forehand was also huge in that match. Still Federer should never lose that match obviously.

The Querrey match 2016 was one of the strangest in tennis history. It ended the most dominant era in tennis ever. From Paris Masters 2014 to RG 2016 Djokovic missed only ONE big final (Monte Carlo 2016), and I thought he could even attack the Golden Slam. And then he fell right into the biggest slump of his career, lasting full 2 years.
I thought we are talking about big servers ability to upset favorite.
 

Curtennis

Hall of Fame
Safe to say no. US Open should be the one he should have more struggle in, but who knows. He's a clear level above all players in Slams at the moment, except maybe Alcaraz or Zverev.
How on earth can you say he’s not clearly a level above Zverev? What are you on?
 

ChrisRF

Legend
I thought we are talking about big servers ability to upset favorite.
Yes, that was a good example, certainly. I simply don't believe Djokovic could fall to that this year (as he didn't do for years right now). I just wondered what happened there in 2016 and why he fell into that slump after it.
 

rigged

Semi-Pro
Last year Sinner had him in massive trouble and should have beaten him in QF and likewise Kyrgios really tested him in final. So yes oval can be beaten on grass but only by someone who can play well on surface and has big weapons to the him out.

IMO, he was never in trouble against Sinner. I agree with the Kyrgios part though. Too bad he has 2 digits IQ and got tilted from the simple fact that his box was sitting down when he was 40-0 like the game was actually over.
 

Silverbullet96

Hall of Fame
How on earth can you say he’s not clearly a level above Zverev? What are you on?
By a "level above" to some players I kind of mean he's unbeatable by them if he's in decent form. For e.g. Players like Ruud or Khachanov. I don't consider him unbeatable by Alcaraz or Zverev at his best.
 

LaVie en Rose

Hall of Fame
Yes, that was a good example, certainly. I simply don't believe Djokovic could fall to that this year (as he didn't do for years right now). I just wondered what happened there in 2016 and why he fell into that slump after it.
He already struggled with elbow for RG. His brother said at some point last year , practicing for RG Novak had days where he was screaming in pain. He litterally gave his all at RG , was burned physically&mentally from that incredible Paris 2014-RG2016 stretch
But hey lets perpetue narrative Djokovic is mean machine, never gets injured or suffers burn out
I'm not taking anything from Querrey , that was not his problem. For his part he played better and won
 

Ray Mercer

Hall of Fame
Very unlikely. The grass is too slow nowadays to really give the big server the necessary chances. Wimbledon still favours the best baseliner. Berretinni has the big serve and a nice slice but he couldn’t do anything. You basically need a younger Federer to take down Djokovic. Federer had the serve, slice, forehand and explosiveness to do it. Djokovic obviously took over when Federer’s movement and ground game deteriorated.
 
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Lauren_Girl'

Hall of Fame
Someone like Hurkacz could trouble him if he has a good serve day. This is the player I want Nole to avoid in Round 4.
FAA if he is injury free and plays him... On grass with his serve he can be a real threat, imo. But only if he's in good form, obviously.
Not sure about Medvedev but if the seeds 3 and 4 are Medvedev and Ruud, I think Nole would benefit from having Ruud in SF.

If he has Hurkacz in R4, FAA in QF, Medvedev in SF and Alcaraz or Sinner in final, it won't be easy. ...
 

TennisaGoGo

Semi-Pro
Sinner can redeem himself on Grass if he can raise his level but unlikely.

Alcaraz and Rune can maybe make some strides ?

Berretini and some dark horses could make run?
Sinner took him the five at Wimbledon last year, the last player to do that. I like his chances.
 

Waves

Semi-Pro
I used to enjoy these threads, but nowadays they just have the same redundant pattern. Someone asks the question, the fans rush to say how the pretenders have the tools to beat Novak, the realists/“ haters” post thoughts why there is no chance, and round and round we go.

There is no chance for the field to defeat Djokovic at WB. Only Novak can defeat himself here. Fortunately he is so healthy, and on top of his body/prior injuries, that this will not happen.

He will loose in the warmup tournies, but really he’s just using these to prepare, and troll the fedals.
 
It takes only a big server and a bad day from Novak and he is out.

There aren't any big servers on tour right now (just like there are no good baseliners besides 36 year old Novak, no people with remotedly acceptable fitness, no good volleyers, no guys with an ounce of mental toughness or fighting spirit, apart from 36 year old Novak and 100 year old Nadal).
 
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