Murray vs Dimitrov Rivalry?

[off_the_bounce]

Two things.

Do you believe that Murray and Dimitrov is becoming a rivalry, they seem to be constantly producing brilliant display of tennis whenever they go head to head and it has even some writers hoping for Slam finals between these two.

Secondly, do you believe that Dimitrov is any good enough to win a Slam? If so, which one? In not, what does he have to do to win the big one?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ups-for-each-remaining-2014-grand-slam/page/7

 

[Netspirit]

Let Dimitrov win a single Masters first. So far he only has a 250 plus a 500 with 7 tie-breaks needed.

 

[Magnus]

Let Dimitrov win a single Masters first. So far he only has a 250 plus a 500 with 7 tie-breaks needed.

Wawrinka and Delpo won slams. Both have yet to win their first Masters title.

 

[beast of mallorca]

Wawrinka and Delpo won slams. Both have yet to win their first Masters title.

And Dmitrov has yet to win neither. Your point ?

 

[Vensai]

Wawrinka and Delpo won slams. Both have yet to win their first Masters title.

Slam title > Master title

 

[THE FIGHTER]

And Dmitrov has yet to win neither. Your point ?

his point is, players dont necesarilly have to win titles in sequence of their importance.

so the idea of how can so-and-so win a slam when he cant even win a masters is illogical. if the number of tournament titles a person has correlates to the prestige/ percieved difficulty surrounding a tournament, then Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray should have way more 250s and 500s than their lofty number of masters titles.

 

[Russeljones]

his point is, players dont necesarilly have to win titles in sequence of their importance.

so the idea of how can so-and-so win a slam when he cant even win a masters is illogical. if the number of tournament titles a person has correlates to the prestige/ percieved difficulty surrounding a tournament, then Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray should have way more 250s and 500s than their lofty number of masters titles.

You're wasting your breath. You cannot refute the Nadal fanatics. They are like women. If you say anything after their latest post, it's just the start of a new argument you can't win.

 

[namelessone]

Let Dimitrov win a single Masters first. So far he only has a 250 plus a 500 with 7 tie-breaks needed.

Delpo is a slam winner and if I am not mistaken, he hasn't won any MS in his career.

 

[Steve0904]

Well if I was to pick a slam that Dimitrov was most likely to win RIGHT now, I'd say the USO. Forgetting about the competition for a second, there's just too much grinding involved on clay and probably the AO. I would've said Wimbledon, but his return is not very good, so that leaves the USO as his most likely chance right now, although none of the four is very likely yet.

 

[syc23]

I love how Dimi gets a win against the big 4 and suddenly it's a rivalry. Nole lost to Dimi in Madrid and was then schooled at RG. Raonic scores a win against Murray at Barcelona and was then taken apart at USO.

See the pattern?

Let's see what happens when they play again with Murray at 100%.

 

[Mainad]

Delpo is a slam winner and if I am not mistaken, he hasn't won any MS in his career.

That's true and neither has the latest member to join the Slam winners' club: Stan Wawrinka!

 

[Mainad]

his point is, players dont necesarilly have to win titles in sequence of their importance.

At the moment, we now have 3 examples of Slam champions who have never, or haven't as yet, won any Masters 1000 titles: Kafelnikov (a 2 time Slam winner), Del Potro and Wawrinka!

so the idea of how can so-and-so win a slam when he cant even win a masters is illogical. if the number of tournament titles a person has correlates to the prestige/ percieved difficulty surrounding a tournament, then Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray should have way more 250s and 500s than their lofty number of masters titles.

Out of interest:

Federer has a combined total of 44 x 500 and 250 titles compared to 21 Masters titles. More.
Nadal has a combined total of 22 x 500 and 250 titles compared to 26 Masters titles. Less.
Djokovic has a combined total of 16 x 500 and 250 titles compared to 16 Masters titles. The same.
Murray has a combined total of 16 x 500 and 250 titles compared to 9 Masters titles. More.