Djokovic is the first ever AO semifinalist who hasn't played in a day session

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Until 2021 both SFs and F were guaranteed to be played in a night session.
2022 SF Nadal vs Berrettini was in a day session.
 
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It’s a bit creepy. And it’s not Djo’s fault. What creeps me out is the favouritism. I’d like to think tennis slams were won in the fairest possible way. Djokovic should at least play two matches in the day. What I dislike about this is that tennis is being manipulated and this reminds me of the reality of it being a business and AO wants the record for titles won to compete with RG. Creepy.
 
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Moose Malloy

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Yeah was thinking about this. He will play at night tomorrow for his semi. So he can be the first person in the history of tennis who plays seven night matches at a major. This is yet another reason you can't compare eras. Laver didn't play a night match at any major his entire career. Now the AO has night sessions on 3 courts! That's an incredible amount of night matches. Players of the past had to suffer in horrible heat more often than players today(and there wasn't a heat rule in effect in the 80s/90s, so roof was never closed except for rain. I remember watching many matches where it looked like players might collapse, even super fit guys like Lendl.
 
jm1980

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intrepidish said:
No one is surprised that you fail to grasp the issue, as usual
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You don't think Nadal requested to play the day session last year as much as possible, in conditions that favor his game?

Also, it makes more sense to put Djokovic in the night session than Nadal in the day session
 
weakera

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intrepidish said:
How about the comments from Tiley to the press before the tournament even started in order to discipline the crowd for his favorite?
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Ironic to say the least lol. Not even the swiss maestro himself has enjoyed such blatant establishment favoritism.

But, it is what it is. Djokovic was still lifting the title, it just adds another layer of hilarity to the permanent victim mentality adopted by the Idemo Brigade.
 
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It seems to me that we all want tennis to be loved and popular globally, but question the sensible efforts of organizers to increase the success of their tournaments, which in turn helps the sport
 
jm1980

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intrepidish said:
Again no one is surprised that you too tail to see the issue here either.
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Players can make scheduling requests to the tournament. Top players are usually granted such requests. Nadal and Djokovic are top players. You do the math
 
Kralingen

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intrepidish said:
Maybe, maybe not but that's not why we have rules, norms and procedures
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What are the rules norms and procedures?

I agree he should’ve played day sessions, but the field is so barren that he’s basically the only recognizable name on the bottom half, both men’s and women’s.
 
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Tennfan123 said:
It’s a bit creepy. And it’s not Djo’s fault. What creeps me out is the favouritism. I’d like to think tennis slams were won in the fairest possible way. Djokovic should at least play two matches in the day. What I dislike about this is that tennis is being manipulated and this reminds me of the reality of it being a business and AO wants the record for titles won to compete with RG. Creepy.
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It's not like that would make things equal. Even if he played all day sessions he'd still get the benefit of always playing on a show court, as all the top seeds do. There's always favoritism towards the top players because thats who fans want to see.
 
intrepidish

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Kralingen said:
What are the rules norms and procedures?

I agree he should’ve played day sessions, but the field is so barren that he’s basically the only recognizable name on the bottom half, both men’s and women’s.
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You can see for yourself what the norms are at the AO.

Not even Roger played all night matches.

As for Novak being the only recognizable name on the bottom, well that suggests something else as well.
 
Chanwan

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Tennfan123 said:
It’s a bit creepy. And it’s not Djo’s fault. What creeps me out is the favouritism. I’d like to think tennis slams were won in the fairest possible way. Djokovic should at least play two matches in the day. What I dislike about this is that tennis is being manipulated and this reminds me of the reality of it being a business and AO wants the record for titles won to compete with RG. Creepy.
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It's mainly Tiley's fault, but Djoko has again and again said how night time on RLA is his favorite court and playing conditions. Who knows how much he's tried to influence the decisions behind closed doors (as all the big names tend to do)
 
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intrepidish said:
The tournament didn't deport Djokovic. Quite the opposite actually as they tried to subvert federal regulations in his favor.

Tiley has done more for Djokovic than any slam TD we've seen before.
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I did not say it did. They are just rectifying the mistake now.
 
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Bambooman said:
He was also the first defending champ to be wrongly banned from playing and deported too. It takes a bit to make up for that.
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But he was never banned from the Australian Open tennis tournament. It was the Australian legal authorities that deported him. We still don't know how much the Australian Open and Tennis Australia were involved in the Djokovic "medical exemption" business of November 2021 to January 2022. Being deported usually means a 3-year ban before possible re-entry as well, but Djokovic was allowed back less than 1 year later.
 
jm1980

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Chanwan said:
It's mainly Tiley's fault, but Djoko has again and again said how night time on RLA is his favorite court and playing conditions. Who knows how much he's tried to influence the decisions behind closed doors (as all the big names tend to do)
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They all do it. It's specially hilarious to see Nadal fans outraged at this seeing how their idol got 4/5 day sessions last year. Much harder to justify than giving 5/5 night sessions to a big name like Djokovic, in particular this year where a lot of big names got bounced out early
 
NeutralFan

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Hang out with the Serbian elites, some war criminals

Is friend with Tiley

Demand his match to be played on centre court

Demands night session

Gets fixed easy draws ( Hitman himself is biggest believer in fixed draw)

Ladies and gentlemen here is the Djokobots's anti establishment hero Novak Djokovic.
 
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It's about $$$ and considering they broke attendance records, they got what they wanted. I usually don't like this because I feel everyone should have to play at least one match in the heat like everyone else, but this is the coolest AO I have ever seen. Heat is not a factor this year.
 
Mustard

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Moose Malloy said:
Yeah was thinking about this. He will play at night tomorrow for his semi. So he can be the first person in the history of tennis who plays seven night matches at a major. This is yet another reason you can't compare eras. Laver didn't play a night match at any major his entire career. Now the AO has night sessions on 3 courts! That's an incredible amount of night matches. Players of the past had to suffer in horrible heat more often than players today(and there wasn't a heat rule in effect in the 80s/90s, so roof was never closed except for rain. I remember watching many matches where it looked like players might collapse, even super fit guys like Lendl.
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Lendl sometimes had one of those baseball caps with flappers on the sides to protect his neck from the heat at the Australian Open.
 
jm1980

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weakera said:
Are you actually suggesting he preferred the day? He nearly died on-court of heat stroke vs. Shapovalov and had to battle through diarrhea to win lol
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Nadal's game is maximally effective during the day, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone

Specially not Nadal fans who complained endlessly about Djokovic/Nadal being scheduled for the night session
 
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