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What's RG 08 Fed's chances vs RG 09 Del Potro? Percentage wise.Some are even calling the FO's a wash as well lol. Fraud just extremely lucky the competition got much weaker in 2009.
What's RG 08 Fed's chances vs RG 09 Del Potro? Percentage wise.Some are even calling the FO's a wash as well lol. Fraud just extremely lucky the competition got much weaker in 2009.
True, but the Delpo loss at the USO sours it a bit. Don't see 2004-2007 Fed losing to Delpo in a major final.He played great tennis in 2008 and 2009 as well. Just because he lost to Nadal across multiple majors doesn't mean Federer wasn't playing his best. It was more so a tactical issue and a difficult style for him to deal with at the time. Meanwhile he was blowing through everyone else on the tour with ease for the most part.
I'd rather pick Soderling RG 2010 QF vs Djokovic RG 2008 SF. Soderling could actually win this one.Who wins these matchups?
1. Djokovic RG 08 SF vs Soderling RG 10 SF
2. Djokovic RG 08 SF vs Wawrinka RG 13 4R
3. Roddick Wim 07 vs Nadal Wim 19
4. Federer Wim 08 final vs Federer Wim 09 final
5. Ancic Wim 06 QF vs Djokovic Wim 13 final
Who wins these matchups?
1. Djokovic RG 08 SF vs Soderling RG 10 SF
2. Djokovic RG 08 SF vs Wawrinka RG 13 4R
3. Roddick Wim 07 vs Nadal Wim 19
4. Federer Wim 08 final vs Federer Wim 09 final
5. Ancic Wim 06 QF vs Djokovic Wim 13 final
Who wins these matchups?
1. Djokovic RG 08 SF vs Soderling RG 10 SF
2. Djokovic RG 08 SF vs Wawrinka RG 13 4R
3. Roddick Wim 07 vs Nadal Wim 19
4. Federer Wim 08 final vs Federer Wim 09 final
5. Ancic Wim 06 QF vs Djokovic Wim 13 final
I just wanted to do the same round.I'd rather pick Soderling RG 2010 QF vs Djokovic RG 2008 SF. Soderling would actually win this one 13/20 times![]()
That is not true. He was losing in those years against players he would never have lost to in 2004-2007, like Blake, Simon, Karlovic, and even Roddick. Granted, many of these losses occurred outside the Slams, but it still shows that he did lose something moving into 2008.Meanwhile he was blowing through everyone else on the tour with ease for the most part.
. Meanwhile he was blowing through everyone else on the tour with ease for the most part.
How do you put 2012 behind 2011?1- 2009
2- 2008
3- 2011
4- 2012
5- 2010
How do you put 2012 behind 2011?
How do you put 2012 behind 2011?
It is I think possible to argue 2011 was better in the biggest tournaments: AO 12>11, RG 11>12, WB 12>11, USO 11>12, YEC 11>12, 2011 was perhaps better overall in the topmost events. 2012 was clearly way better in masters though hence better overall across the season. (Lesser tournaments, Fed won 2 titles in either season, 2012 he just played and lost more of them: 1 loss in 2011 vs 2 losses + 1 w/o in 2012.)
It is I think possible to argue 2011 was better in the biggest tournaments: AO 12>11, RG 11>12, WB 12>11, USO 11>12, YEC 11>12, 2011 was perhaps better overall in the topmost events. 2012 was clearly way better in masters though hence better overall across the season. (Lesser tournaments, Fed won 2 titles in either season, 2012 he just played and lost more of them: 1 loss in 2011 vs 2 losses + 1 w/o in 2012.)
2011 Fed was better at RG and USO by quite a lot IMO, same ballpark at the AO.
Tsonga played a brilliant match against Fed in ‘11, I don’t think that version was much worse than ‘12 Fed, if at all.
‘11 was better at WTF and indoor season, ‘12 was better at spring HC season (really just IW) and the clay masters
I’d favour ‘11 Fed to win two slams in ‘12 (all else remaining the same, of course) whereas I’m not sure ‘12 Fed would even be odds-on to win one.
Results-wise, ‘12 was clearly better of course.
Good point fellas.
And truth is ‘12 was my first year watching Fed consistently.
‘12 Fed was better at Wimby based on results, form is inconclusive considering he was two points away from getting bounced by Benneteau in R3 and none of his other opponents in either year played as well as Tsonga did from sets 3-5.
How do you put 2012 behind 2011?
Eh, Tsonga maintained a good level but no BPs in 24 consecutive return games is peak roflmao awful stat. Federer obviously struggled in 3R-4R 2012 with a back spasm but his QF+ level was properly high (besides the first set of the final).
25 points where Fed got to 30 or Deuce in service games after that one…Tsonga hit a W or forced an error in 20 of them.
He also got 21 out of 25 (84%) first serves in for those selected points…hard to top that GOAT-like clustering.
Fed could’ve done better but that was torturous consistency from Tsonga any time Fed got close to a whiff.
My recollect is Federer larking the inspiration/spark/extra intensity in tough moments that he had in 2012 - though granted perhaps credit should go mostly to Tsonga for his serving and play.
Fraud just needed to hold serve all the way through in the 3rd or 4th and then dared Tsonga to clutch a TB or keep up his level at the end of sets. That's the biggest flaw with that match. Giving Tsonga early breaks in all 3 sets allowed him to get in a crazy groove and didn't test him in pressure situations.Fair, and that could be it, but I lean more towards it being a mix of ridiculous play from Tsonga and surreal clustering/dare I say a bit of luck. I distinctly remember FUMING watching the match in real time and expecting Tsonga to crap out a winner or unreturned serve whenever Fed got a look by the end of the fourth…but with the gift of hindsight thought maybe youthful me was StrongRuling…then I scanned the point-by-point recently and couldn’t believe my eyes lol. I mean 21/25 first serves in (let’s remove all 40-30’s from the equation if we wanna limit it to the high-stakes points: 14/15 first serves in from a position where losing the next point brings up BP) from a big server like Jo speaks for itself.
I still of course think Fed should’ve done better than 1 BP in 5 sets, but that was a once-in-blue-moon convergence of things.
Tsonga pushed a peak Murray in 12 and 16.Peak Tsonga > peak Djoko/Murray at Wimbledon
2009 he made all four finals, so there's a case for being first. But looking more closely at it:
- Narrowly escapes Haas and del Potro in RG. Especially Haas, he was one point away from virtually losing.
- Is outplayed by Roddick in Wimbledon, should have been 2-0 down and couldn't break serve until the last game. Roddick outplaying him from the baseline is not something that happens often, if ever.
And at Bo3 he wasn't very impressive.
In 2011 he didn't win any slams, but lost to Djokovic at the AO when he was playing like crazy. Lost to Nadal at RG, I think he played better RG 2011 than 2009 for sure. Lost at the USO to Djokovic playing great again, probably better than 2009. The weak spot was Wimbledon but Tsonga played like crazy, his Wimbledon 2009 self probably loses that match too. Main difference is Nadal and Djokovic being stronger that year, especially Djokovic.
2008 he could have won Wimbledon if he converts that BP in the fifth. He definitely can win Wimbledon in 2008 and lose in 2009, both matches can go either way but Nadal is better than Roddick. At the USO he was brilliant vs Djokovic and Murray in the SF and F.
You really can make a case for either. Results-wise 2009 is the best, level of tennis not sure.
In 07 he lost to Volandri and Canas (twice) and Nalbandian (twice).Not really, he lost to players like Simon, Karlovic, Benneteau, etc.
In 07 he lost to Volandri and Canas (twice) and Nalbandian (twice).That is not true. He was losing in those years against players he would never have lost to in 2004-2007, like Blake, Simon, Karlovic, and even Roddick. Granted, many of these losses occurred outside the Slams, but it still shows that he did lose something moving into 2008.
Federer almost lost to Delpo in 2009 RG and 2012 RG.True, but the Delpo loss at the USO sours it a bit. Don't see 2004-2007 Fed losing to Delpo in a major final.
In 07 he lost to Volandri and Canas (twice) and Nalbandian (twice).
Well a decline from one season to the next is quite common. It's happened to the big 3 many times.Nalbandian is not comparable to the other players AT ALL. Cañas were the "strangest" losses but he was on a 41-match winning streak, he had to lose at some point.
Volandri was odd, but on clay not that surprising as he was prone to the odd loss. Gasquet in 2005, Costa in 2004. One match it can happen, even in 2005 and 2006 he had to save MPs against Rochus and (past it) Ferrero on grass and hard.
There was a clear decline between 2007 and 2008 in terms of matches won and loss:
68-9
66-15
2012 Fed is no 2004-2007 Fed.Federer almost lost to Delpo in 2009 RG and 2012 RG.
And Federer had all sorts of trouble against Delpo at Olympics 2012, winning 3-6, 7-6 (5), 19-17. At 4 hours, 26 minutes.
Del Potro was no joke at his best. I could see him having a great chance against young Federer.
Tsonga pushed a peak Murray in 12 and 16.
What does a 8.5-9/10 Tsonga do rather than a 7/10 Tsonga?
2009 he made all four finals, so there's a case for being first. But looking more closely at it:
- Narrowly escapes Haas and del Potro in RG. Especially Haas, he was one point away from virtually losing.
- Is outplayed by Roddick in Wimbledon, should have been 2-0 down and couldn't break serve until the last game. Roddick outplaying him from the baseline is not something that happens often, if ever.
And at Bo3 he wasn't very impressive.
In 2011 he didn't win any slams, but lost to Djokovic at the AO when he was playing like crazy. Lost to Nadal at RG, I think he played better RG 2011 than 2009 for sure. Lost at the USO to Djokovic playing great again, probably better than 2009. The weak spot was Wimbledon but Tsonga played like crazy, his Wimbledon 2009 self probably loses that match too. Main difference is Nadal and Djokovic being stronger that year, especially Djokovic.
2008 he could have won Wimbledon if he converts that BP in the fifth. He definitely can win Wimbledon in 2008 and lose in 2009, both matches can go either way but Nadal is better than Roddick. At the USO he was brilliant vs Djokovic and Murray in the SF and F.
You really can make a case for either. Results-wise 2009 is the best, level of tennis not sure.
2011 Fed was better at RG and USO by quite a lot IMO, same ballpark at the AO.
Tsonga played a brilliant match against Fed in ‘11, I don’t think that version was much worse than ‘12 Fed, if at all.
‘11 was better at WTF and the rest of the indoor season, ‘12 was better at the spring HC season (really just IW) and the clay masters.
I’d favour ‘11 Fed to win two slams in ‘12 (all else remaining the same, of course) whereas I’m not sure ‘12 Fed would even be odds-on to win one in ‘11.
Results-wise, ‘12 was clearly better of course.
AO 12 vs AO 11 - not really. Fed cruised through to the semi without losing a set in AO 12 with no real dips in form. AO 11 had that 5-setter vs Simon and played a meh match at best vs Robredo. A little better in the Nadal 12 semi than the Djoko 11 semi. Overall AO 12 is better than AO 11 from Fed by significant enough distance.
Wim 12 fed just clustered the points better vs Djoko+murray than he did vs Tsonga. Goes to Wim 12 IMO. (The Benn/Malisse matches dips were due to back pain of course)
Agree but FO and USO advantages for 2011 are probability bigger. Bit more consistent and better in non slams in 2012 but lacking the YEC of course.
Seems fair. They played a few good grass matches and Murray won them all anyway.Peak Murray returns clearly better than 2011 Fed. Think Murray in five is fairest.
By numbers but the competition was better for Federer in 2008-12 and even 2014-15 so many great runs kept getting denied.2017 was clearly the best year after 2007 (with 2 Slams and 3 Masters). It was a combination of 2 factors:
1) Great new coach Ljubicic bringing back his all-court game (after the one-sided net-rushing approach by Edberg and especially Annacone), so that he finally used the new racquet to his full advantage.
2) Being fully motivated in every tournament after half a year off.
In 2008 he had mono, and this essentially ended his "winning everything" approach. Then in 2009 he was great again at the Slams, but seemingly didn't care much for everything else. Really, all the time from 2008-2013 he won very few tournaments by his standards, especially outside the Slams (only exception was 2012).
2011 was actually a horrible season. Between Doha right at the beginning and the late indoor season he won exactly NOTHING, not even a 250 tournament. A great showing at RG doesn't change too much here to be honest.
In 2014 he had the new racquet and seemed to care for smaller tournaments again. Likely he was happy being back to win anything after 2013 at first. Then in 2015 he was in great form and was mainly only stopped by peak Djokovic.
Winning percebtage or not, he was far better in the slams in 2011 as a whole.By overall winning percentage, it's 2012 > 2011 > 2009 > 2010 > 2008
By winning percentage in Slams, it's 2009 > 2008 > 2010 > 2012 > 2011
I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. He did great in Slams in 2008 but he got walloped by the field in other events (didn't win a Masters title). His level dropped and the field's overall level increased in 2008. That was the combination that pretty much put a halt to his domination. He was better in 2009, all things considered, although the field was still tough. To me, that means he played a higher level than 2008. In 2010, he was either hot or cold and in this year, the level of the field wasn't as high as 2008 and 2009; 2012 is being underrated in here imo. He was very good that year and in 2011, although we know why he didn't win a Slam in 2011. This is my ranking on level alone after considering all this:
2009
2012
2011
2010
2008
That's why I said the truth is somewhere in the middle.Winning percebtage or not, he was far better in the slams in 2011 as a whole.
And would definitely not place 2008 below 2010.
AO 12 vs AO 11 - not really. Fed cruised through to the semi without losing a set in AO 12 with no real dips in form. AO 11 had that 5-setter vs Simon and played a meh match at best vs Robredo. A little better in the Nadal 12 semi than the Djoko 11 semi. Overall AO 12 is better than AO 11 from Fed by significant enough distance.
Wim 12 fed just clustered the points better vs Djoko+murray than he did vs Tsonga. Goes to Wim 12 IMO. (The Benn/Malisse matches dips were due to back pain of course)
‘12 was better at the spring HC season (really just IW)
Well I’d definitely say AO 12 is better but Fed was miles better at RG and USO in ‘11, whereas I don’t think ‘11 AO Fed does much better/worse in ‘12 — hence same ballpark, from a bigger picture perspective rather than parsing through each match. Same with Wimby, I’ll give Wimby ‘12 the edge but I could absolutely see ‘11 Fed beating ‘12 Djokorray.