When novak gets injured, he starts blasting and unloading his FH and BH. Its his plan B but not something he prefers. It worked today, but it was a bit lucky. If he didnt injure himself he would have lost imo, rallyes with carlos isnt something he Will win with his declined movement. Agree?
If Novak didnt injure himself, he would have lost
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travlerajm
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Tear has to be at least 2cm to win.
Tennfan123
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He’s not injured. At his age, and at any age but even more so at his, there is always something wrong.
he just knows when to ham it up and everyone falls for it.
he just knows when to ham it up and everyone falls for it.
inflation_era
Professional
He's saving the knee injury for Sinner.
jl809
Legend
He should commit to it as his plan A tbh. We’ve seen enough tournaments now to know he can do it well and he will get crushed if Sinner is healthy unless he nukes the ball off both wings
zvelf
Hall of Fame
This is just stupid. Who in their right mind would give away the first set as a trade for playing mind games? Never mind, that replay showed the exact moment of injury, and then Djokovic’s movement was hampered, and he grimaced the rest of the first set (imagine the mental energy it takes up to fake this in the most mentally demanding sport). Then Djokovic adapted an aggressive style of play in the second set to minimize his running until the meds kicked in and the pain went away. Only haters on this forum think, “I got to 4-4 in the first set and now I'm going to give it away on purpose because that’s more advantageous.”
Lleytonstation
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Djokers goal is to win. He knows how to do that better than anyone. He will do whatever it takes, and the fact that anyone falls for it is a lack of wanting it more. Carlos the Shepherd just did not want it enough.
Terenigma
G.O.A.T.
inflation_era
Professional
Djokovic is a lot like Nadal in this respect. Will do anything to win, including repeated gamesmanship, time wasting, MTOs, etc.
zvelf
Hall of Fame
Except Djokovic was not behind in the score when this injury occurred.
Zverev may be a head case, but if this joke bothers him or any other player enough to impact their game significantly, they shouldn't be playing tennis.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Aaaayyeeeeee
weakera
Talk Tennis Guru
Djokovic definitely seemed to want it more, level aside. Alcaraz laughing in the second to last game said it all.
Lleytonstation
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Yeah he seems to have lost any edge he had. Starting to sound like he thinks he already made it to the top, which he did, but now he might be crumbling his way down.
messiahrobins
Legend
Thats premature BUT Alcaraz needs to be very careful at this stage in his career. Money being thrown at him, hangers on multiplying telling him he is God, women throwing themselves at him, there is going to be alot of distractions off court. The big 4 all had one constant...childhood sweethearts with them throughout their entire career.
Lleytonstation
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True, it has only been 6 months since winning a slam. That said, not a lot of winning over the past 6 months.
The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
Fed’s not innocent in that regard either though. Tbf he didn’t do it nearly as often, but he absolutely did take strategic MTOs and bathroom breaks in his career. Joker’s just the worst offender in that regard.
Better_Call_Raul
Hall of Fame
No. Alcaraz clearly had the edge on The Djoker in the rallies. It was very painful to watch. Alcaraz always dictated the points. Huge power. Djoker counterpunched defensively.
The Djoker miraculously got by on clutch serving (including high risk second serves) and conducting a Master Class on returning serve.
Excitement!
inflation_era
Professional
That's why I used the word 'repeatedly'.
The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
Fed’s done it on more than one occasion too, hence he’d be a “repeat” offender as well.
big ted
Legend
but djokovic really milks it. if Rafa was never injured he’d have 30 slams but if djokovic was never injured he’d prob have 16 or 17 lol
inflation_era
Professional
Fed has done it may be twice in his career. I wouldn't characterize that with the word repeatedly. Djokovic and Nadal is more apt for repeatedly.
The Blond Blur
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, it’s definitely been more than twice.
Slice'n'dice
Hall of Fame
How many slams had the other 3 won by his age? All 3 of them less than him right?
Can't believe people on this forum are getting carried away, who'd have thought?
Think he's still got a lot of development to do ultimately still quite raw even if a brilliant player already.
And I think he is clearly better on clay and grass than hard court.
inflation_era
Professional
Not really.
The guy is smart enough to know what works, and what doesn't!
Nadal won none post-'11 AO & WB with healthy/present Djokovic, because '22 AO was when Djokovic was kicked off Australia. But he did win three US, which, considering his H/C prowess, was more than he deserved!
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mtommer
Hall of Fame
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
I don’t know why Djokovic doesn’t play like this all the time from the start. I started a thread about it a while ago.
Thread 'Why doesn’t Djokovic play aggressively all the time?'
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...okovic-play-aggressively-all-the-time.742206/
Thread 'Why doesn’t Djokovic play aggressively all the time?'
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...okovic-play-aggressively-all-the-time.742206/
messiahrobins
Legend
Indian wells will be big for Alcaraz. Lose their and its worrying.
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
He is young he will win plenty of slams and masters
messiahrobins
Legend
Sinner winning here i think is a worse case scenario for him. Shelton winning 2nd worse. Zverev winning i dont think makes any difference. Djokovic obviously not a major issue for him career wise in the long term. If Sinner wins this event i think he could really derail Carlos as Sinner will go up a level confidence wise i feel.
Third Serve
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objection_
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Only ones i can think of are AO 2010 QF and AO 2017 SF/F
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