Novak's Even Stevens comment
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Alcaraz takeover
Rookie
He was just saying he was a bit lucky to have won some matches (i.e Wimbledon 2019 final) and that by the law of averages, it all evens out eventually. That was him showing some perspective.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Agree, this match was as fair as it can get.... when Novak destroyed his racket at the net,,, he should been penalized a point right there but he got away with it with warning only. Umpire was very fair. Sure Crowd was against him but ,, they are always for the underdog and long 5 setters... they just want money's worth and standing in the cue for 72 hours...lol
Omega_7000
Legend
Both mentioned Federer.
WeekendTennisHack
Hall of Fame
He knows he was lucky in 2019, and now he has acknowledged it for his fans.
Federev
G.O.A.T.
taster
Rookie
I agree with that.
WeekendTennisHack
Hall of Fame
Overhead smash miss in the 5th to go up 2-0.
PerilousPear
Professional
It doesn't. He said he had some close calls before in his career (mentioned 2019 F), and then said he understands he also needs to lose some of those close matches, like he did today.
PerilousPear
Professional
Or 2 BH UE in the 2nd set tiebreak to go up 2-0 in sets.
Tennfan123
Legend
He just wanted to remind the crowd of that final that's all.
SeeItHitIt
Professional
Novak got jobbed out of two potential Grand Slams due to the made up rules of masks and shots and Covid. It’s an inequity that can’t be righted (all for nothing) and now he’s that much older. Has a chance @US Open and then AO comes quickly. But the youth brigade isn’t going anywhere. Even a mug like JJ could do him in on hard courts.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
All rules are made up
There were a couple of really bad 1st serve calls that Djokovic didn't challenge at the end of the second set. Once in the tiebreaker. They showed the Hawkeye on the screen, and it was in, on the line.
Serve&Bash
Semi-Pro
Well I can understand why some would call that a lucky break for Alcaraz. It is debatable though since Alcaraz played a hell of a point and the lob he pulled off was so good that Djokovic couldn't exactly even smash it and had to resort to a swing volley.
WeekendTennisHack
Hall of Fame
I thought Djokovic was basically at the net, wasn't a good lob. Should have just stepped back and smash, had a lot of time.
WildRevolver
Hall of Fame
It was a way to gloat over Fed. Poor taste.
ghostofMecir
Legend
Fedr
TheNachoMan
Legend
lol..
Serve&Bash
Semi-Pro
That lob was sky high and only started dropping after it had passed the service box and had a lot of backspin on it. The only way Djokovic was smashing that was if he had the kinda of high quality dynamic overhead of a Federer or Nadal who would often backpedal rapidly and hit the overhead while diving backward and even then it wouldn't be a failproof smash.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Didn’t sound arrogant to me. Remember how he barely celebrated in 2019 after the win
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