Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
I think the other thing you got to factor in though is Djokovic level fluctuated in big slam finals.Very well said.
This really goes to my consistent argument about Federer v Novak and questions about who is really the better tennis player at their very best.
If six years older Federer played Novak this close and this well so far past his prime - also see wins in 2011 at RG and 2012 at WB when Novak was in peak age physiologically and Fed was already on the other side of his - then it is difficult to imagine that peak Fed would have done eceb better - having dominated Novak at slams in his peak years as well.
Sometimes he played incredible godly tennis, sometimes decent and occasionally lay an egg. He could be inconsistent in them.
His level in that 2019 Wimbledon final wasn’t great. He was there for the taking but Fed mentally could finish the job.
It’s hard to judge when they both at best as it happened at different points in time and their peaks/primes weren’t same time. Both guys had off matches in slam finals too as they were human. Novak especially as mentioned generally had great ones but occasionally didn’t turn up or was sluggish in some.
Off matches can happen too and that was a bit off an off match for Novak despite the fact he won.
He was not even close to his 2014 Wimbledon final level in this match or 2018 Wimbledon level.