Is Berdych the biggest underachiever...ever?

[Nathaniel_Near]

Well at least Fed and co. came along and took the game out of its torrid stagnation.


May we make a shrine.

 

[Cortana]

Lol no, he almost lost 6:0 6:0 to Djokovic last year.

But I guess his girlfriend is worth at least 4 slams.

 

[NatF]

Lol no, he almost lost 6:0 6:0 to Djokovic last year.

But I guess his girlfriend is worth at least 4 slams.

A day, in fact.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Lol no, he almost lost 6:0 6:0 to Djokovic last year.

But I guess his girlfriend is worth at least 4 slams.

A night.



Never mind got beaten to it (as did Berdych).

 

[NatF]

My first thoughts were actually "before lunch"

 

[Wynter]

I'd throw around Phillipoussis or Nalbandian before Berdych

Agassi probably could have won more than he did, but I can't say 8 slams is an underachievement

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Yeah, I never find myself saying ''Tomas Berdych should have won a slam''.

 

[jga111]

No more an under achiever than Guy Forget...says it all really

 

[mbm0912]

Underachiever? No.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

/thread.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

I remember the one time Jo Durie was commentating on a Tomas Berdych match. I've listened to some drooling commentators in my time, but I remember this the most. She was talking about a fantasy of having Tomas Berdych and Dolph Lundgren at the same time, etc.

 

[Deleted member 716271]

The biggest ever? Nah no way

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Did Nalbandian underachieve?

 

[Deleted member 21996]

Imho Nadal is!

from as early as 3 slams, people were praising him as GOAT, but he didnt even get to become greater than Sampras! that is massive underachievement!

 

[BeatlesFan]

The OP must be kidding. Berdych is basically a talentless and mentally weak baseliner.

Why not come up with truly talented players who underachieved? Guys with tons of innate talent:

Mecir
Leconte
Gerulaitus
Santoro
Dogopolov

The top of the list should be Ivan Lendl, who choked endless slams against inferior competition: Edberg, Becker and especially Cash. Ivan had limited talent, but worked like a dog and was consistent beyond belief.

Berdych is a mindless drone out there. Horrible to watch and a complete a-hole in person.