junior74
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Ridiculous comment.
You will understand my ridiculous comment after you've been here for a few months
Ridiculous comment.
Ok, just watched Courier and the guy seemingly hit more topspin than Murray ever did, despite playing with 20 year older equipment.
Clearly Courier is superior to Andy 'The Earth is Flat' Murray.
I just stated a fact. Check post #41.Last time I followed a discussion here people were comparing Murray to Agassi, not it is even Borg/Sampras. It gets crazier by each day.
Watch this please and explain how Courier has a higher peak?It is a hard comparision. Murray has way more longevity. Courier had a higher peak, albeit quite brief. Murray has so much on Courier in so many different areas, does 1 more slam and marginally better #1 stats really overcome? I would probably have to say Murray.
Did you make it to end of one before falling asleep?This thread inspired me to watch some Courier vids. Rarely done this, let's see how good he was.
You couldn't have picked a worse match to make your point.Watch this please and explain how Courier has a higher peak?
Explain.You couldn't have picked a worse match to make your point.
There are other matches, in which Fed wasn't completely exhausted, that show Murray's peak level.Explain.
Gee.Murray was top4 in his era.
Was Courier top4 in his era?
Positive h2h against players met 10+ times:
Murray 16/19 (84.2%)
Courier 5/11 (45.5%)
Okay, ultimately it comes down to roughly 2 things.
1. How you compare era's. You can have multiple explanations for the resutls we've seen over their careers. For Murray's era, this means that either 1) He's played a super weak era cause 3 dudes won everything, which means 96 players in the top 100 were weaker on average than they should, or 2) He's played in an era with 3 completely insane positive outliers massively skewing top end results of all the other players. Then I would have to ask myself which is more plausible.
2. This largely ignores consistency being a more prominent/common feature among good players. In my opinion this is a lot down to poly strings making margin of error on baseline shots greater and baseline tennis being a lot less high variance than s&v.
That backhand looks GOAT here.Watch this please and explain how Courier has a higher peak?
They aren't. While it could easily be somewhere in the middle, it's a continuum so I'd lean more toward the explanation that's less unlikely by random chance.False dichotomy. A strong top force and mediocre pretenders aren't mutually exclusive.
They aren't. While it could easily be somewhere in the middle, it's a continuum so I'd lean more toward the explanation that's less unlikely by random chance.
That said, variability has changed a lot it seems, and that's what in my opinion needs to be looked into the most.
Never agreed with calling 2014-16 weak. 2017+ is 'cause Big 3 are absolutely not what they used to be but the pretenders are almost weaker than ever.
Applied to individual tournaments though, Murray has many instances of facing an uninspiring draw then getting clobbered by Big 3, and I don't see how that counts for epick level. Wimbledon 2015 is a perfect example. All 2011 slams were rather like that for him too.
Latter half of 2016 is weak no? Djokovic there in spirit only, no Fedal.
Same can be said for any period that it would ideally be judged by tournament basis, althought that will even out to some degree. But then Murray losing in straights in 2011 AO final is muggery, Fed losing semi's in straights we never talk about, when Murray beats Djoko in straights in Wimbly 2013 Djoko was just mugging, and on and on and on it goes.Never agreed with calling 2014-16 weak. 2017+ is 'cause Big 3 are absolutely not what they used to be but the pretenders are almost weaker than ever.
Applied to individual tournaments though, Murray has many instances of facing an uninspiring draw then getting clobbered by Big 3, and I don't see how that counts for epick level. Wimbledon 2015 is a perfect example. All 2011 slams were rather like that for him too.
All of 2016 was weak. Clay Masters might have been te exception. Think that 2016/2017 is largely when the 2nd line of the late 80's dudes started to go. Now the 2nd line is largely replaced by next gen for better or worse. Inbetween was probably the weakest patch which I'd say is probably late '17-early '18.Latter half of 2016 is weak no? Djokovic there in spirit only, no Fedal.
Same can be said for any period that it would ideally be judged by tournament basis, althought that will even out to some degree. But then Murray losing in straights in 2011 AO final is muggery, Fed losing semi's in straights we never talk about, when Murray beats Djoko in straights in Wimbly 2013 Djoko was just mugging, and on and on and on it goes.
Fed put up a fight. It was a close straight setter. Murray was demolished. Significant difference here.Same can be said for any period that it would ideally be judged by tournament basis, althought that will even out to some degree. But then Murray losing in straights in 2011 AO final is muggery, Fed losing semi's in straights we never talk about
Given the vast difference in their levels as players, yeah, Djoko has to be mugging to lose in straights to Murray in a slam.when Murray beats Djoko in straights in Wimbly 2013 Djoko was just mugging, and on and on and on it goes.
Fed put up a fight. It was a close straight setter. Murray was demolished. Significant difference here.
Given the vast difference in their levels as players, yeah, Djoko has to be mugging to lose in straights to Murray in a slam.
A loss to Murray in a slam isn't bad. But a straight set loss is.Even for you, this is impressive circular reasoning.
So now we get to consistently berate x player losing in straights, then for another playing suddenly not all straight set losses are the same?Except those two straight-set losses are about as different as it gets. Federer was entirely competitive throughout, just lacked clutch to win any of the sets. Murray was largely dominated, at least for two of the three sets. The latter example may be sensible, but I don't see reason to believe Murray just upped his level so much overnight after struggling with Grassdasco and Janowicz in directly preceding matches.
Okay, ultimately it comes down to roughly 2 things.
1. How you compare era's. You can have multiple explanations for the resutls we've seen over their careers. For Murray's era, this means that either 1) He's played a super weak era cause 3 dudes won everything, which means 96 players in the top 100 were weaker on average than they should, or 2) He's played in an era with 3 completely insane positive outliers massively skewing top end results of all the other players. Then I would have to ask myself which is more plausible.
2. This largely ignores consistency being a more prominent/common feature among good players. In my opinion this is a lot down to poly strings making margin of error on baseline shots greater and baseline tennis being a lot less high variance than s&v.
So now we get to consistently berate x player losing in straights, then for another playing suddenly not all straight set losses are the same?
There are other matches, in which Fed wasn't completely exhausted, that show Murray's peak level.
Except those two straight-set losses are about as different as it gets. Federer was entirely competitive throughout, just lacked clutch to win any of the sets. Murray was largely dominated, at least for two of the three sets. The latter example may be sensible, but I don't see reason to believe Murray just upped his level so much overnight after struggling with Grassdasco and Janowicz in directly preceding matches.
Do I deny variance has gotten lower? You can only win in the era you play in. Nobody argues Sampras wouldn't have done jack **** in the mid 2000s. What's the argument anyway? A blind assertion Sampras would beat Nadal/Djoko on fast HC/grass?And that 3 greatest players in history just happen to all play in the same era is statistically likely? Has nothing to do with extreme homogenization of playing conditions across the board.
I don't believe for a second that the big 4 would enjoy anywhere near this type of ridiculous success if they played in the 90s.
Murray was 25, not 31.What, Federer was so old by then that a full day's rest, whilst Murray played the QF and SF of the mixed doubles on the day off, wasn't enough?
Federer's semi-final was the equivalent of a tough 5-setter so I would imagine Federer carried a bit of fatigue into the final but "completely exhausted" is the hyperbolic rubbish about that final that needs to die. Whilst doubles is less physically taxing Murray was still playing for a good 2.5 hours on the Saturday whilst Fed had his feet up.
What, Federer was so old by then that a full day's rest, whilst Murray played the QF and SF of the mixed doubles on the day off, wasn't enough?
Federer's semi-final was the equivalent of a tough 5-setter so I would imagine Federer carried a bit of fatigue into the final but "completely exhausted" is the hyperbolic rubbish about that final that needs to die. Whilst doubles is less physically taxing Murray was still playing for a good 2.5 hours on the Saturday whilst Fed had his feet up.
Do I deny variance has gotten lower? You can only win in the era you play in. Nobody argues Sampras wouldn't have done jack **** in the mid 2000s. What's the argument anyway? A blind assertion Sampras would beat Nadal/Djoko on fast HC/grass?
Still, I do think they're 3 of the most giften players of all time. For starters they're pretty much 3 of the greatest athletes the game has seen. You might argue Fed's not a top 5 all time athlete in tennis but he's probably the most technically gifted player to have played the game.
It's actually harder on clay and grass now cause there's no other half of players who are dead weight cause they play the other way. And it's not like it was impossible. In fact, Agassi won all 4 playing the same style. Hardly inconceivable better baseliners than him would do better than him everywhere in the 90s. Also, the Big 3 have been cancelling each other out for over a hundred matches.But that somehow doesn't apply to Courier when it comes to number of slams and weeks at #1? Like we know for certain Murray would adapt just as well to a variety different conditions and playing styles to make slam final after slam final, or win so many masters titles which weren't valued even in early 2000s as much as they are today (let alone in Courier's time).
And no, I don't believe that the big 3 are on a pedestal above all other greats in whole history of the sport when it comes to tennis ability. It's just easier to separate yourself from the pack when all of the players and surfaces essentially play the same and you just happen to be better at that one type of game.
Also, people call Sampras a glorified servebot all the time and Murray is comfortably leading the poll over Courier here. Are you gonna tell me that TTW has a bigger nostalgia bias compared to a recency bias? When you have people putting Murray on Borg's level routinely?
Madrid/Rome were good in 2016. AO and Wimbledon and Queens was good and Djokovic was great at RG 2016. IW has some good matches but Miami was a bit of a dud. From Olympics onwards it went wear with only the YEC being top notch.Same can be said for any period that it would ideally be judged by tournament basis, althought that will even out to some degree. But then Murray losing in straights in 2011 AO final is muggery, Fed losing semi's in straights we never talk about, when Murray beats Djoko in straights in Wimbly 2013 Djoko was just mugging, and on and on and on it goes.
All of 2016 was weak. Clay Masters might have been te exception. Think that 2016/2017 is largely when the 2nd line of the late 80's dudes started to go. Now the 2nd line is largely replaced by next gen for better or worse. Inbetween was probably the weakest patch which I'd say is probably late '17-early '18.
Even if Novak had destroyed Fed in a similar fashion it still wouldn't hold as much weight. Murray and Novak are peers, Fed is 6 years older. Besides, Murray lost 2 slam HC finals to Fed in straights. As good as the latter is, this rarely happened even in his best years (35 year old Agassi did better).
Murray had a period of 2012-2013 where he was playing some scary good tennis. For the rest of his career he was mostly listless against the top, other players usually gave them a tougher challenge. Of course Courier had a very short peak as well.
This came up in another thread and I'm shocked to see that it seems most favor Courier. I think Murray is pretty clearly the greater player and it's by a pretty distinct margin because even though Courier has the extra slam Murray holds a lead (often an enormous lead) in just about every other category. I'm curious to see how the poll turns out.
2 OG's vs 1 Slam. OG's do it for me.
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Olympics were not a big deal in tennis when Courier was at peak. Marc Rosset won the 1992 title for instance.
Murray was top4 in his era.
Was Courier top4 in his era?
Positive h2h against players met 10+ times:
Murray 16/19 (84.2%)
Courier 5/11 (45.5%)
Now mention his losing h2h.Courier was top three in his era (behind Sampras and Agassi), whether you limit that to players born in the first half of the 1970s or include all players born in the 1970s. Here are Courier's H2Hs against some of the best players from the early 1990s (including Becker and Edberg, who were the "veterans" from the previous era):
H2H vs.:Sampras: 4-16Agassi: 7-5Bruguera: 5-2Ivanisevic: 8-3Krajicek: 7-1Muster: 7-5Edberg: 6-4Chang: 12-12Becker: 1-6
Now mention his losing h2h.
Murray was 25, not 31.
Yeah, keep believing Murray trashed a perfectly fine Federer in a BO5 grass match, something even Djokodal have failed to do.
Funny how the ombillible tiredness of the nadal in 2009 AO final is regarded as worth mentioning but Fedr was hardly tired in 2012 Olympics.
Did Fed have to play another match after the Wimb final last year? No. So terrible example.That 31 year old would go on to play a Wimbledon final 7 year's later that lasted 4hr and 58 minutes. Assuming (and there's no reason not to that I'm aware of) that he didn't pick up any injuries from playing del-Potro a day off is enough time to almost entirely recover physically from that match (mental fatigue is a different question) at that age. We might have believed 31 was almost past it back then for a pro tennis player and Wimbledon that year was Federer's final hurrah, but 7 years on and 3 more GS titles from 7 finals later the excuse of his age at that time is risible.
Given the amusing goalpost shifting we can just assume acknowledgement that "completely exhausted" is rubbish and take it as read that Federer having had a day off is new information. Dismissing out of hand the time Murray spent on court playing mixed doubles on Federer's day off just indicates how little point there is engaging any further.
LOL, bringing up a slam Djokovic won when he wasn't even 25 yet.Funny how I've never once ever commented on that.
When I, personally speaking, have brought up fatigue in finals of big events it's typically mental fatigue I'm referring to - particularly at slams where they've ordinarily had at least a day off after the semi-final. These guys are so fit, and modern recovery techniques so good, that unless they're carrying an injury then they're physically capable of playing 4-5 hour matches on back-to-back days, as I vaguely remember Novak did to win one of his slams back in the day.
They are the three best players ever and they probably would be in any era. Would they win 20-19-17? I don't know. But if you look at their range of skills and talents it's not something that has ever been seen before. Peak Fed is an underrated athlete btw. He's top 10.Do I deny variance has gotten lower? You can only win in the era you play in. Nobody argues Sampras wouldn't have done jack **** in the mid 2000s. What's the argument anyway? A blind assertion Sampras would beat Nadal/Djoko on fast HC/grass?
Still, I do think they're 3 of the most giften players of all time. For starters they're pretty much 3 of the greatest athletes the game has seen. You might argue Fed's not a top 5 all time athlete in tennis but he's probably the most technically gifted player to have played the game.
Did you make it to end of one before falling asleep?
Better question: Courier vs RoddickCourier was top three in his era (behind Sampras and Agassi), whether you limit that to players born in the first half of the 1970s or include all players born in the 1970s. Here are Courier's H2Hs against some of the best players from the early 1990s (including Becker and Edberg, who were the "veterans" from the previous era):
H2H vs.:Sampras: 4-16Agassi: 7-5Bruguera: 5-2Ivanisevic: 8-3Krajicek: 7-1Muster: 7-5Edberg: 6-4Chang: 12-12Becker: 1-6