Again, nothing I said could lead you to this conclusion. You are reaching. Hear this: it's possible to believe as I do that Djokovic was greater than 50% against Medvedev AND was better still against Nadal. Regardless, there is a thing called "matchup" and I've seen nothing to indicate Medvedev would've matched up as well against Nadal as Djokovic does or that he would have equaled the level Djokovic did in the final. Stop putting words in my mouth.
As for the other stuff you said, I've shown you the Thomas Johansson quote and said all that could be said. You can believe what you want.
I watched the Djoker-Medvedev matchg & i thought it was the best match of the tournament. It was a tough match played under sweltering conditions .
I always hate it when people defend these ATGs with he was only playing 50% percent of his usual self , yeah right. If you did that to any ATG , they'd be lucky to have the capability to crack the top 100. The lines are so much smaller than most think when it comes to the best-of-the-best. Think about that , 50 % of a standard decent first serve percentage would drop from 60% to 30% for the match , 20 U/Es goes to 30 U/E , 30 winners gets halved to 15 & so on & so forth ...
It's always funny how we never pay the same respect to the lower ranked player when he gets thrashed by ATGs , but when an ATG struggles it never has anything to do with his lower ranked opponent on the day.
He wasn't playing well (not hitting deep , not hitting the lines etc) that day? I personally disagree , but let's just ignore that Maybe Djoker had a headache during the match that put him off , or maybe , just maybe it was the quality of his opponent that made Djoker's game look just a little underwealming that night.
