Official Djokovic discussion thread!

Buckethead

Banned
Djokovic will play his best friend Olivier Rochus in the first round??
He may go as early as the first round.
I don't think Djokovic will go further than the 4th round,the He is playing if He gets there is already an achievement.
 

Buckethead

Banned
I think Djokovic's run in Wimbledon is going to end against Hewitt.
Rusty is playing well.
Montanes always lets Djokovic in his comfort zone that's why He played well for some people but the real test is coming next.
 
Montanes has no weapons. He can keep UEs very low and stay mentally tough, but can't actually harm his opponents. Unfortunately, that is also what Hewitt does, so that may not be the best sign.
 
Meh. Hewitt is a huge double-faulter too. Those 2 are probably the worst in the top 32, though on crucial points it's easily Verdasco. I hope Hewitt in 4, but I say the odds are like 52-48 Hewitt.
 

Buckethead

Banned
Meh. Hewitt is a huge double-faulter too. Those 2 are probably the worst in the top 32, though on crucial points it's easily Verdasco. I hope Hewitt in 4, but I say the odds are like 52-48 Hewitt.

I am hoping that Hewitt beats Roddick as well,last year He had chances and didn't do it.
I think Djokovic serves with an eastern grip,it looks like.Sometimes I serve like that just to mess around and try to get more spin but I have no power with eastern grip.
 
I am hoping that Hewitt beats Roddick as well,last year He had chances and didn't do it.
I think Djokovic serves with an eastern grip,it looks like.Sometimes I serve like that just to mess around and try to get more spin but I have no power with eastern grip.

Yeah. I dunno, Djoker's serve used to be great. He's tall! What happened?
 

Buckethead

Banned
Yeah. I dunno, Djoker's serve used to be great. He's tall! What happened?

I think He should change to 16x19,I believe the 16x19 gives you more control since it can bite the ball more depending how the string spacing is designed.I used to play with Volkl DNX 10 and switched last year to RDS mid and there is no comparison in spin.I just got a PB 10 mid,but the string bed design is pretty much the same.I just wish the RDS was a little more flexy,around 60 or less would be better.
 

Buckethead

Banned
I go through racquets very, very quickly
Almost always a Prince, though I tried BabolaTs for a while
You should look at Yonex and Volkl,they are the best one's with no offense to you.
We'll see what happens between them but Djokovic also owns half of Serbia so he is busy with outside things and maybe is not practicing as much as He should.
 

Buckethead

Banned
Like Ferrero, he does non-tennis business so doesn't care as much
Yeah,once You have won something and You are satisfied you lose the interest and there goes the will and the desire of practicing which is the most important thing.
Then they make good money,the chicks come around you get distracted and there goes the rankings and to go back and start practicing again and doing all of that that they do is hard.
However You can always put 4 months a year of hard work and get some results but be always on the top is hard.Then also comes the young ones with a lot of desire and challenge you and that makes you to have to work more and harder.
That's why Federer is the GOAT,it is unbelievable that He kept on the top for all this time and only got distracted recently.
 
Half of Fed's continued domination is intimidation from when he actually could easily beat anyone in 2007. Then again, half of Nadal's continued domination is intimidation from when he actually could easily beat anyone in 2008.
 

Buckethead

Banned
Well,that's how funny life is,all year long Djokovic struggled and He now is on semis in Wimbledon.
I still think He is too limited,got no game,no weapons,but i like Djoker and wish him the best of luck.
 

Buckethead

Banned
I am glad to see Djoker picking up his game>He may have played a wierd match against Fed and not competed well against Roddick but He is becoming the player He once was .
 
I am glad to see Djoker picking up his game>He may have played a wierd match against Fed and not competed well against Roddick but He is becoming the player He once was .

Picking up his game? He still hasn't beaten a top 10 player, still is the only top 10 player w/ more DFs than aces, still inconsistent within matches - one point great, the next a dumb UE or DF. His chances of winning the USO are slim.
 
D

decades

Guest
I am glad to see Djoker picking up his game>He may have played a wierd match against Fed and not competed well against Roddick but He is becoming the player He once was .

he was simply awful against arod and should have lost in two easy sets to fed in Toronto. he is nowhere near what he used to be.
 

Buckethead

Banned
Picking up his game? He still hasn't beaten a top 10 player, still is the only top 10 player w/ more DFs than aces, still inconsistent within matches - one point great, the next a dumb UE or DF. His chances of winning the USO are slim.

he was simply awful against arod and should have lost in two easy sets to fed in Toronto. He is nowhere near what he used to be.
Guys,He was having breathing problems over there,but he is much better than He was in the beginning of the year,made 2 semis in the last GS.he is going to pull it together in this US Open,However I didn;t change my mind the He is defensive and has no weapons.
 

pjonesy

Professional
I just don't know what to think about Djokovic at this point. Initially, I saw him as a rhythm player who could outrally or outhit anyone when he was in the groove. However, it still seems that if he cannot find his range, he just tanks or lets his emotions take over and self destructs. I have no doubt that his problems are purely mental. Oh, and emotional.
 

Tony48

Legend
When he plays certain players, he looks like he'd rather be somewhere else. There's no intensity, no determination and eagerness whenever he plays the top players.

Sure, he beats the nobodies rather soundly but it's like he gets intimidated whenever he plays someone who could potentially beat him on their best day. These days, he plays like he EXPECTS the match to be handed to him (which is why I can't stand Murray most of the time) and is, funnily enough, pissed off when it doesn't happen.
 
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