Murray/Djoko/Rafa at 30+

[Im(moral) Winner]

I think another interesting question would be: Will the calibre of players a 30+ Djokovic/Nadal/Murray faces be anything near the calibre of players Federer is hanging with at the moment? I think the answer will most like be a resounding NO.

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[StannisTheMannis]

Yet another post where Murray was foolishly elevated beyond his status

 

[Poisoned Slice]

 

[Gonzo_style]

All of dem are/were ranked #1 at some point in their 30s

 

[MeatTornado]

I probably agreed with everything here at the time, except for Rafa still dominating RG in his 30s.

Some of these posts look like a joke, but he literally did win by dropping 0 sets at age 31 and 1 set at 32...

 

[Nadal_Django]

I don't think any of them(Murray, Djokovic or Nadal) will still be active by 31, the age Roger is now.

Yep, right as always.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Yet another post where Murray was foolishly elevated beyond his status

Murray has more in common with the guy in my avatar with his play in his 30s so far lol.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Nadal: Retired.

Djokovic: Fallen out of the top five, but still an active member of the top ten.

Murray: Has a Djokovic run and captures #1 for a while, but afterwards sinks back in the rankings. Would be ranked around #15-30 at age 31.

Alright so I was wrong on the Nadal front... but you have to remember this was posted during one of his huge injury hiatuses from the game.

With Djokovic/Murray I was closer to reality. Just this year Djokovic fell outside the top 10, Murray also went on a huge run to capture #1. He didn't keep up that ranking I predicted but he still completed the former... so... yeah?

 

[GabeT]

I came to TTW for the predictions

I stayed for the laughs

 

[Mainad]

Comm-On guys, he's a Scot! What do you expect?

 

[Mainad]

Yet another post where Murray was foolishly elevated beyond his status

 

[ABCD]

You will see how Nadal/Djokovic will play when they are 28, 29, 30, 31..........

 

[Steve0904]

Alright so I was wrong on the Nadal front... but you have to remember this was posted during one of his huge injury hiatuses from the game.

With Djokovic/Murray I was closer to reality. Just this year Djokovic fell outside the top 10, Murray also went on a huge run to capture #1. He didn't keep up that ranking I predicted but he still completed the former... so... yeah?

Was going to quote that myself. It's pretty close for a 5 year prediction considering Djokovic did have a huge fall and Murray did get to #1 briefly. Really though, it's all about the comebacks. They all had precipitous drops in form, the only thing none of us predicted was that all 3 would come roaring back at some point. If comebacks weren't such a normality for this era, and the next gen was a bit stronger more people would've been closer to being right than wrong. Never before in an era have we seen 3 top guys that fell from the heights they were on only to get back there again, and that has more to do with the next gen and modern rehabilitation techniques, IMHO.

@Russeljones and the old poster NadalAgassi are the only ones that really got it right mentioning the competition.

My own predictions were absolutely horrible. Though if this was bumped just last year they wouldn't have looked so bad, I guess. Many people predicted retirement for Nadal because he was pulling out of tournaments consistently back then, and sure Djokovic was never ranked below Murray as I said he would be (and Murray's not a top 10 player now LOL), but neither was exactly lighting the world on fire last year either. We just didn't know how far Murray would drop or that Djokovic would recover.

As it says in the opening line, bump in 5 years time. An exact 5 years would've taken us to Oct 25, 2017. Not any time in late 2018. On Oct 25, 2017 neither Djokovic or Murray were factors in the game much at all.

 

[StannisTheMannis]

You get so unnecessarily triggered by the truth.

 

[Mark Asher]

Making predictions is easy. Getting them right is not.

I would not have predicted Fed being top 5 at 37 and even briefly making it back to #1 at 36. That's just crazy.

Nadal winning the FO is pretty predictable if healthy, but most people expected his body to break down more. Now it just manages to break down between the Aussie and the start of the clay season, and then after the USO.

Djokovic, I would have had no idea. I think he's got a shot at being GOAT.

 

[Deleted member 757377]

Slams won since 28th birthday:

Djokovic 6
Federer 5
Nadal 4

To be updated.

 

[Mainad]

You get so unnecessarily triggered by the truth.

Not half as unnecessarily triggered as you get every time someone dares to mention Murray in the same breath as your idols.