Nick Bollettieri: Novak maybe doesn't have the most GS, but...

Odvala

Odvala

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"Game has changed. Depth in mans tennis today is unbelievable. I don't like guessing but i predict that Novak will be there in last few days of the tournament. Why? In 60 years of following tennis i have never seen a player without weaknesses. Now i am witnessing one that is making history. Novak Djokovic. Yes, he doesn't have the most GS's , but he does everything. That is unbelievable.

But, mister Landl is back on track with Murray. I think that there is a factor of fear in Murray because Lendl is not forgiving any kind of stupidity. I believe that Murray respects him and that means a lot."
 
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Dave1982

Professional
I'm a massive Federer and Nadal fan but in my opinion Djokovic has taken the game to a level no one before him has been able to...in reality this is a natural evolution within sport as the game and level will always advance....perfect example is the 100m sprint, world record time has continued to fall through a simple evolution in training and technological advances.

The difference with Djokovic is that he has in many ways accelerated this evolution as evidenced by the fact he's left the rest of the tour in his wake...even at Federer's peak he never had this kind of dominance over the rest of the field...yes the points spread in 2006 was similar to the one Djokovic currently has but even still Federer always had a peer in Nadal...Djokovic at present has no peer.

Sure he may have an off day and he may not win Wimbledon, but the fact he now enters Grand Slam Tournaments at odds of about $1.70 with the betting agencies says to me the gap between him and the rest is unprecedented.
 
VamosBamos987

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Dave1982 said:
I'm a massive Federer and Nadal fan but in my opinion Djokovic has taken the game to a level no one before him has been able to...in reality this is a natural evolution within sport as the game and level will always advance....perfect example is the 100m sprint, world record time has continued to fall through a simple evolution in training and technological advances.

The difference with Djokovic is that he has in many ways accelerated this evolution as evidenced by the fact he's left the rest of the tour in his wake...even at Federer's peak he never had this kind of dominance over the rest of the field...yes the points spread in 2006 was similar to the one Djokovic currently has but even still Federer always had a peer in Nadal...Djokovic at present has no peer.

Sure he may have an off day and he may not win Wimbledon, but the fact he now enters Grand Slam Tournaments at odds of about $1.70 with the betting agencies says to me the gap between him and the rest is unprecedented.
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Hey Srdjan?! Srdjan is that you?
 
Noleberic123

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Dave1982 said:
I'm a massive Federer and Nadal fan but in my opinion Djokovic has taken the game to a level no one before him has been able to...in reality this is a natural evolution within sport as the game and level will always advance....perfect example is the 100m sprint, world record time has continued to fall through a simple evolution in training and technological advances.

The difference with Djokovic is that he has in many ways accelerated this evolution as evidenced by the fact he's left the rest of the tour in his wake...even at Federer's peak he never had this kind of dominance over the rest of the field...yes the points spread in 2006 was similar to the one Djokovic currently has but even still Federer always had a peer in Nadal...Djokovic at present has no peer.

Sure he may have an off day and he may not win Wimbledon, but the fact he now enters Grand Slam Tournaments at odds of about $1.70 with the betting agencies says to me the gap between him and the rest is unprecedented.
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These kind of opinions dont go so well with people here.
 
Shaolin

Shaolin

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Yeah his overhead and volleys are just astounding.

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tennisaddict

tennisaddict

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OP, is this new news item or a recycled one from 6 months back ? I have heard the exact thing from first para before
 
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

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Odvala said:
"Game has changed. Depth in mans tennis today is unbelievable. I don't like guessing but i predict that Novak will be there in last few days of the tournament. Why? In 60 years of following tennis i have never seen a player without weaknesses. Now i am witnessing one that is making history. Novak Djokovic. Yes, he doesn't have the most GS's , but he does everything. That is unbelievable.

But, mister Landl is back on track with Murray. I think that there is a factor of fear in Murray because Lendl is not forgiving any kind of stupidity. I believe that Murray respects him and that means a lot."
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Odvala said:
Sure he does! Who is Nick to comment on tennis? He just have one of the world most famous tennis academy and he is in tennis waters for only 60 years :eek:
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Next time you want to post articles about Djokovic, do it in Djokovic news thread. Responses from these few adorable fans you have already met won't happen there.
 
Odvala

Odvala

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Dave1982 said:
I'm a massive Federer and Nadal fan but in my opinion Djokovic has taken the game to a level no one before him has been able to...in reality this is a natural evolution within sport as the game and level will always advance....perfect example is the 100m sprint, world record time has continued to fall through a simple evolution in training and technological advances.

The difference with Djokovic is that he has in many ways accelerated this evolution as evidenced by the fact he's left the rest of the tour in his wake...even at Federer's peak he never had this kind of dominance over the rest of the field...yes the points spread in 2006 was similar to the one Djokovic currently has but even still Federer always had a peer in Nadal...Djokovic at present has no peer.

Sure he may have an off day and he may not win Wimbledon, but the fact he now enters Grand Slam Tournaments at odds of about $1.70 with the betting agencies says to me the gap between him and the rest is unprecedented.
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1.70? It was 1.4 here... According to bookies if he lose in Wimbledon final it's equal as he loses in R1 of the tournament? Nah, that is not domination, that is called Weak Era.
 
tennis_pro

tennis_pro

Bionic Poster
Dave1982 said:
I'm a massive Federer and Nadal fan but in my opinion Djokovic has taken the game to a level no one before him has been able to...in reality this is a natural evolution within sport as the game and level will always advance....perfect example is the 100m sprint, world record time has continued to fall through a simple evolution in training and technological advances.

The difference with Djokovic is that he has in many ways accelerated this evolution as evidenced by the fact he's left the rest of the tour in his wake...even at Federer's peak he never had this kind of dominance over the rest of the field...yes the points spread in 2006 was similar to the one Djokovic currently has but even still Federer always had a peer in Nadal...Djokovic at present has no peer.

Sure he may have an off day and he may not win Wimbledon, but the fact he now enters Grand Slam Tournaments at odds of about $1.70 with the betting agencies says to me the gap between him and the rest is unprecedented.
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Djokovic doesn't have peak Nadal on clay.
 
tennis_pro

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Odvala said:
Sure he does! Who is Nick to comment on tennis? He just have one of the world most famous tennis academy and he is in tennis waters for only 60 years :eek:
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Bollettieri is overrated. I have been saying this from day 1. He showed up at in the right place at the right time. Agassi exposes that poser in his book and he basically confirms what I thought of that wannabe "mentor" before.
 
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Dave1982

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tennis_pro said:
Djokovic doesn't have peak Nadal on clay.
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Without question...I firmly believe that current day Djokovic would likely have beaten peak Federer more often than not (especially on hard courts - slightly more even on grass) but peak Nadal on Clay is still ahead of Djokovic on Clay...perhaps not as much as Nadal was ahead of Federer but still ahead.
 
Odvala

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Tarkovsky said:
It would be interesting making a list of players/experts who think Djokovic has no weaknesses, there's a growing number of them.
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All those players/experts are overrated trust me!

I know couple more valid experts here on TTW. They explained me everything in just 2 words.

WEAK ERA
 
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Emperor of Belgrade

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VamosBamos987 said:
Its too bad when guys like Franco Davin, Peter Lundgren, and Magnus Norman are vastly underrated and Bollietri gets all the attention.
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You would call those guys overrated if they said what Bollettieri just said. :D:D:D
 
tennis_pro

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HashDump said:
Federer fan at his best. What else to say when you as Federer fan calling Djokovic arrogant. You are making yourself disrespectful for other members of this forum.
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I never called Djokovic arrogant, you liar. Go be a 2015/2016 registered Djokta.rd with Djokovic in his avatar who crawled out of your hole only when Djokovic started winning in this clown era somewhere else.
 
killerboi2

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VamosBamos987 said:
Guys who understand the game that well would probably not be making such poor comments in the first place.
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Not a lot of players actually have the guts to say what they really think and what's really going on. In 2014 Kafelnikov insulting the competition and directly mocked Feliciano Lopez on twitter, basically said that he was only rated so highly because of weak era. Wonder what he must think of the situation now. I bet Nole fans wouldn't be so eager to hype his status up in the game now.
 
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HashDump

Semi-Pro
tennis_pro said:
I never called Djokovic arrogant, you liar. Go be a 2015/2016 registered Djokta.rd with Djokovic in his avatar who crawled out of your hole only when Djokovic started winning in this clown era somewhere else.
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Oh so make your opinion about me bcs of date of registration on this forum? You think you are smartass bcs you regestered whenever? You are out of arguments and stop judging about other people bcs you know nothing about me. Learn respect bcs you act as boy 12 years old.
 
tennis_pro

tennis_pro

Bionic Poster
HashDump said:
Oh so make your opinion about me bcs of date of registration on this forum? You think you are smartass bcs you regestered whenever? You are out of arguments and stop judging about other people bcs you know nothing about me. Learn respect bcs you act as boy 12 years old.
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You're a classic gloryhunting Djokt.ard, no need to make excuses I don't wanna hear them.
 
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