It was prime Fed in the 00s/early peak Novak kinda aura Sinner was exuding while he was there. Simply too good.
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Dimitrov v Sinner Miami 2024 Final
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TheSlicer
Professional
I love sinner off the court but im just here to watch tennis, and man, if you can get trough a whole sinner match without yawning, youre wasting your talent, you should be organizing the birth certificates of your whole state by alphabetic order, its a pity, some months ago sinner was talking about trying to get better at playing varied, now he has realized just with a big serve and being consistent he basically has no rivals, good for him, bad for tennis fans, the only reason i like carlos is because of that, when grigor won, fair play man, if you win playing like that, i win too, thats all i want, but this robot s hit again, no please, dont screw this sport even more
Agree on all of it. But as I do keenly follow Alcaraz, I'm confident in his development of a more than dependable service. He'll to me never have an elite slice serve but he can get there.
ghostofMecir
Legend
Wild thing about this match was that Grigor played quite well (especially the first four games) with a lot of the tactics used vs. Zverev and Carlitos but Sinner wasn’t giving anything at all.
ghostofMecir
Legend
Amy player not Djokovic will receive animosity from that poster.
Krish0608
G.O.A.T.
Ok I’m happy for your happiness. But even for jobless Internet warriors this is a little sad. Try to go out and get a life once in a while. Life is better outside mommy’s basement. I promise.
Krish0608
G.O.A.T.
Nah. I mean, I agree with you that Sinner plays fantastic tennis. Anybody who disagrees is a blind hater at this point. I’m not one of them. I’m just not “feeling it” . He plays like an efficient robot. I understand that it works for a lot of the tennis enthusiasts. Unfortunately not for me. I really wanted to like and root for Sinner. Seems like a nice chap overall.
The other players you mentioned were interesting in their own ways. Djokovic is funny, articulate and intense. Potro was extremely charismatic, come on. I used to turn on the tv just to watch him play and to see that Forehand work its magic. Well, I never really liked Murray for the same reasons I don’t take that well to Sinner. So I don’t have much to say about that.
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Same apply to you
mightyjeditribble
Hall of Fame
People were talking like this about Alcaraz last year. He beat Sinner only one tournament ago.
As impressed as I am with Sinner, I don't think he's ready to donate in the way some people expect. Alcaraz and Djokovic will do their share of winning this year, I reckon. And Med&Zed may have their moments too if the other three stumble.
Let's also see whether Nadal can do anything on clay. You can't expect much given the circumstances, but with Nadal on clay you never know ...
It could be a fun year.
NB. If Sinner does dominate, it will be very annoying ... because my phone insists on changing his name to "Dinner" every time! Perhaps I should sop correcting it and pretend it's my nickname for him.
As impressed as I am with Sinner, I don't think he's ready to donate in the way some people expect. Alcaraz and Djokovic will do their share of winning this year, I reckon. And Med&Zed may have their moments too if the other three stumble.
Let's also see whether Nadal can do anything on clay. You can't expect much given the circumstances, but with Nadal on clay you never know ...
It could be a fun year.
NB. If Sinner does dominate, it will be very annoying ... because my phone insists on changing his name to "Dinner" every time! Perhaps I should sop correcting it and pretend it's my nickname for him.
Krish0608
G.O.A.T.
Move
Hall of Fame
"Sinner Winner Chicken Dinner" you must have heard this one beforePeople were talking like this about Alcaraz last year. He beat Sinner only one tournament ago.
As impressed as I am with Sinner, I don't think he's ready to donate in the way some people expect. Alcaraz and Djokovic will do their share of winning this year, I reckon. And Med&Zed may have their moments too if the other three stumble.
Let's also see whether Nadal can do anything on clay. You can't expect much given the circumstances, but with Nadal on clay you never know ...
It could be a fun year.
NB. If Sinner does dominate, it will be very annoying ... because my phone insists on changing his name to "Dinner" every time! Perhaps I should sop correcting it and pretend it's my nickname for him.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Amazing performance from Sinner. Dimitrov was playing great coming into final but Sinner give him nothing. He’s a ruthless machine right now. Congrats to Sinner and Sinner fans. He is some player and Sinner and alcaraz are going to have an epic rivalry and winning lots of titles between them.
Hard luck for dimitrov but still an amazing run for him.
Hard luck for dimitrov but still an amazing run for him.
NYTennisfan
Professional
Missed the match but I had a feeling that Dimitrov would get wrecked. He played a lot of tennis in his tournament and Sinner is like ATG level form for the last 4-5 months. There was no path to victory here for Dimi, unfortunately.
Mark-Touch
Legend
And let's not forget that Dimi actually performed better than the mighty Med bear!
That's something right there.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Title #13 for Sinner and 2nd at Masters 1000 level. It is his 3rd title of the season which now consists of 1 Slam (the AO), 1 Masters (Miami) and 1 ATP500 (Rotterdam) all hardcourt events and it places him firmly at the top of the leaderboard for titles won by a top #10 player this season.
For the resurgent Dimitrov it is his 2nd Masters 1000 final within the last 5 months (was also a finalist at the 2023 Paris Masters) and marks his 1st appearance in the top #10 since 2018.
For the resurgent Dimitrov it is his 2nd Masters 1000 final within the last 5 months (was also a finalist at the 2023 Paris Masters) and marks his 1st appearance in the top #10 since 2018.
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
He is something. By end of 2026 he would be ahead of Andy most likely.
dking68
Legend
He’s going to be ahead of Andy by the end of this year.
dking68
Legend
He’s better than 22 year old Murray
Mainad
Bionic Poster
dking68
Legend
I say 2024
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Marginally perhaps because of his Slam. At the same age (22 yrs, 8 months) Murray had been in 2 Slam finals (both losses) and won 4 Masters 1000 titles and had already been ranked as world #2 (August 2009).
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
No way
dking68
Legend
If he wins Wimbledon, hes winning the USO.
dking68
Legend
And he’s continuing to pull away. Especially if he wins one of the upcoming 3 clay court masters
Apun94
Hall of Fame
What robot? Hes hitting the skin off the ball off both wings while being Djokovic-like in defense and baseline stability. Hows that robot-like?
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Thank you brother
Apun94
Hall of Fame
Brother, I give credit where it's due
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Same with me.
Apun94
Hall of Fame
Disagree with this. As insanely good as Sinner is playing right now, he doesnt hold a candle to 2005-6 Fed, 11,15 Djokovic or 2008,2013 Nadal. I am sorry but he just doesnt. Hes great against this field but lets not get carried away
Apun94
Hall of Fame
Nope. It's not just about the number of slams won. Thats a very primitive way of judging the totality of players' careers
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Apun94
Hall of Fame
Just when I start respecting you, you end up saying something like this.
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
It's the truth.
I have seen nostalgia fans absolutely going mad over hypothetical big 3 levels.
Everything is quantifiable.
dking68
Legend
He’s going to have a better clay season than 04’ Roger
TheSlicer
Professional
No creativity man, just hitting left and right, no variation, robot in the sense that his Game is so plain, one dimensional, yeah he has that bit more pace and accuracy so he can outrally everyone but he barely uses the court, plus with his serve now, he barely has to play tennis, as i said, and It is just my opinion, is a great level, but a Boring brand of tennis he played in miami
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
He will play great vs great opponents then.
Let someone dare to challenge him. This Dimitrov is part of lost generation. And he is most probably the weakest of the 3 lost genners. Sinner vs Raz or Djokovic would be fireworks.
Vincent-C
Hall of Fame
deludere, deludere
TheSlicer
Professional
Really, i dont mind him winning, i just want to be entertained, natural surfaces Will still give us some great matches i hope
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
He has variety but he has no one to push apart from select few. Watch his Rotterdam final, it was very asthetic.
Also we want winners not just entertainers. Carlos Alcaraz is right now in the boat where he cares more about hitting highlights. Dimitrov was in same boat when he was young. We all used to call him Mr highlight.
TheSlicer
Professional
What do i win if anybody wins? To me, when i switch the TV to watch tennis, i wanna see a show, thats what it is, the money is for them if they win but as an espectator, what i win is entertainment, i get he just has to care about winning in any way, but that style just makes for a worse show, thats all, when i play, i just care about winning, but then nobody is paying anything to watch me play, a player winning with that style just devaluates tennis in my opinion, tennis is a very beautiful sport with unlimited possibilities when you use the whole court and apply different spins on the ball, seeing It diminished to that style just makes it like watching golf or something like that, if you enjoy it, great for you, i really dont, the good news is that not everybody plays like that, and as you said, he can make for great matches when playing against the right player, but i like players that you know you can watch a first round from them and you gonna be entertained, i watched many first rounds from sinner but im gonna stop doing it, just not my cup of tea
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
That's true. Don't watch sinner in first rounds. He will make mincemeat of the opponents. But later in the rounds is where the meat is.
These Dimitrov type players are for early rounds.
TheSlicer
Professional
The point is, you can make micemeat of the opponets in an entertaining way, or in a dull one, watching an alcaraz first round is basically as entertaining as watching him in the final, as i said, more value, better show, i dont get this necessity of watching someone win all the time lol, i dont know if its a way to live through them or something, really never understood that, but i dont need to, to each their own
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Alcaraz got his ass handed to him by Dimitrov who is part of the lost gen.
dking68
Legend
I’m not hopeful for Alcaraz on a hard court. I think Sinner will be the one to dominate hard court slams
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
Vincent-C
Hall of Fame
To win OG and Wimbledon twice this year would indeed be impressive.
dking68
Legend
dking68
Legend
@nolefam_2024 I think Nadal keeps the record for youngest career grand slam. I don’t see Alcaraz winning Australian before age 24.
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