nolefam_2024
Bionic Poster
Federer 2019 is benchmark of Modern tennis longevity.
The year started with a close 4 set loss to Tsitsipas. Not too bad looking back as Tsitsipas reached SF that year.
Then the success - Beating everyone in Dubai, being a set up vs Thiem in IW finals before losing in a good match, winning Miami. He goes 15-1 in this time as good as anyone on the planet at the time.
Then the famous Roland Garros run reaching semifinal once again after 7 years.
Then on grass wins Halle and moving on to the Wimbledon beats Berrettini, Nishikori and Nadal. 1 pt away from becoming oldest slam winner in open era.
Finally on indoors court in Basel, wins his last title ever and then in ATP finals, beats world number 1 Djokovic for the last time.
All in all - great years in modern tennis history. 4 titles, 53 match wins, 84% win rate and Wimbledon final.
This is very tall order for even Djokovic today. I am almost certain he is not playing 63 matches like Federer did in 2019. Last time Djokovic played over 63 matches was back in 2019, 6 years ago. So if Djokovic can't match the volume of Federer, its already tough task to have better year at this age.
Can he do it?
The year started with a close 4 set loss to Tsitsipas. Not too bad looking back as Tsitsipas reached SF that year.
Then the success - Beating everyone in Dubai, being a set up vs Thiem in IW finals before losing in a good match, winning Miami. He goes 15-1 in this time as good as anyone on the planet at the time.
Then the famous Roland Garros run reaching semifinal once again after 7 years.
Then on grass wins Halle and moving on to the Wimbledon beats Berrettini, Nishikori and Nadal. 1 pt away from becoming oldest slam winner in open era.
Finally on indoors court in Basel, wins his last title ever and then in ATP finals, beats world number 1 Djokovic for the last time.
All in all - great years in modern tennis history. 4 titles, 53 match wins, 84% win rate and Wimbledon final.
This is very tall order for even Djokovic today. I am almost certain he is not playing 63 matches like Federer did in 2019. Last time Djokovic played over 63 matches was back in 2019, 6 years ago. So if Djokovic can't match the volume of Federer, its already tough task to have better year at this age.
Can he do it?