NoleFam
Bionic Poster
His chances are already very good but if he wins tomorrow, then his chances of YE #1 are beyond great. He would only need to outperform Nadal in Paris and WTF and he will have it.
His chances are already very good but if he wins tomorrow, then his chances of YE #1 are beyond great. He would only need to outperform Nadal in Paris and WTF and he will have it.
Just enjoy the ride man. Whatever happens will happen, but his chances are really good.
Ye I’m already really happy, I never thought he’d win 2 slams and Cinci. I always believed in him, but this level is amazing
His chances are already very good but if he wins tomorrow, then his chances of YE #1 are beyond great. He would only need to outperform Nadal in Paris and WTF and he will have it.
Had he played Beijing instead of the silly Laver Cup ...
And a chance for another Masters. What a crazy year this has been.
NoleFam pretty much answered your question.
I would say if Djokovic wins tomorrow, considering he has won Paris 4 times and WTF 5 times, while Nadal has zero at both, he is about as close to a lock as you will get to ending the year number one, and he doesn't need to go to Vienna in this case. He can pick up the points in Paris and head into WTF, the new world number one.
I remember the beginning of the year when we were all so pessimistic, but now...
This has been an amazing run for Novak and I’m glad to be on the train
Been puzzled and concerned, but never doubtful.I remember the beginning of the year when we were all so pessimistic, but now...
This has been an amazing run for Novak and I’m glad to be on the train
I remember the beginning of the year when we were all so pessimistic, but now...
This has been an amazing run for Novak and I’m glad to be on the train
I would not use the word Pessimistic...
I would use the word Cautious. It was more of a - Lets take it one match at a time. Lets see the improvements come. Lets see a good run. Lets see a sequence of good runs. Now lets see if he can beat the best. etc.
I think pessimistic is the wrong word.
Ye I changed it. None of us were proclaiming he was done. We knew he would come back in some shape or form. We just didn't know when.
20 year old Novak still was better than Zverev.
[B]@Meles was born in the wrong period[/B] of youngsters. He would have had a field day hyping up young players in 2004-2009.
Nope. He needed to beat the GOAT to get to Fed. However even that would not have happened because your pseudo-goat is actually a CHICKEN!!! Cluck cluck cluckhe needed to beat Djokovic to have a chance to face the GOAT.
Yeah the journos asked him about it. His nose was clogged during the press conf (an earlier one this week)he has?
I can't get mad at you just because I loooove your aviexD
Even his own mother wouldn't say that.
You tell me!! I like him BECAUSE he's the best and that seems a lot more logical.Why would we be jealous that Zverev is the best in a sea of mugs?![]()
Yep he needs time to wind up and crush the ball. Just not fast enough when someone like Fed or Djokovic change directions on a faster or lower bouncing court.Zverev prefers slow/high-bouncing clay...Monte Carlo semifinal, Madrid win, Rome final (he would've defended the title if the rain hadn't saved Rafa), Roland Garros quarterfinal.
I don't think it has anything to do with being a fan. Some people are patient, and the wise never count ATGs out. Never.Most of his fans never stopped believing, but what they did do was reign in their expectations and understood the situation, that time, patience and persistence was required.
I partially disagree. If you take the time to watch his serve carefully as it is now, you will see a big different in the wind-up. Look at the wrist and where it stops about at waist level or a bit below, and look at the racket head. Then look at the same as recently as his NCYGS years.Every match, we were looking to see what was getting better, such as the service motion which was abbreviated due to pain his elbow had slowly returned back to its natural state.
Definitely agree he looks way more healthy again, but I'd also like to point out that big muscles are hugely exaggerated in importance to the idea that recent thinking has been that developing the kind of muscles that you normally only see with weight training is what produces the power, and I don't agree with that at all. I think it's the Nadal effect, the biceps. I'd always pick the guys like Djokovic in tennis who look like greyhounds, no more weight than necessary in the upper body, no emphasis on muscles that are not needed for tennis. To me getting arms like Nadal in tennis is just stupid and ego driven, about like trying to work biceps for a swimmer (unnecessary and extra weight to carry through the water.)How he was slowly looking healthier, by incorporating a more beneficial diet regime into his training i.e consuming fish to get more complete proteins. How going back to his original team was showing his mindset was coming back to where it should be.
Hitman, I think we are seeing something new. I have not seen this kind of play from a guy 31 years old since Laver in 1969. (Yes, I am THAT old. <sigh>)It was all gradually happening, and then the moment he saw Nadal across the other side of the net at Rome, something triggered and the rest is history. He keeps referring back to a statement saying it all started back in Rome, when what he was really saying was, it all started the moment I saw Nadal on the other side of the net. At that point, he never looked back.
Nope. He needed to beat the GOAT to get to Fed. However even that would not have happened because your pseudo-goat is actually a CHICKEN!!! Cluck cluck cluck![]()
Biggest chicken is the one who skipped the entire clay season.hah, one of your guys is THE big chicken (Nadal) , hiding behind the mask of injuries (&also avoiding non-clay meetings) and the other guy (Djokovic) also has picked it from him (extending it for 2nd half of 2016, start of 2017)
And obviously both guys will be retired by the time they are 35,36 ...not kicking the a** of another ATG like Federer did to your boy Nadal at 35.5+
In any case, your new young guy Zverev was so pathetic in the semi that you have to use another one of BS excuses like cold for him ..so poor that he couldn't even make the 3rd greatest guy of the era work for the win. It was a virtual walkvoer.
In reality, Djokovic is not even top 5 for GOAT, unlike your fantasy delusions (Federer, Laver, Gonzalez, Tilden and Nadal are all greater)
You could easily say Djokovic isn't even the greatest at any of the slams (obviously not within a country mile at RG, Wim or USO and fed's done more at the AO), let alone overall. but keep deluding yourself.![]()
Djoko is not the best at any of the slams, quite right but he’s the closest thing to being the best at overall achievements (any surface, format, category, etc). That has been my argument all along (comprehensiveness vs specialization). You can disagree with prioritizing most complete resume but you cannot disagree with Djoko being the player with the most complete resume because that’s a fact.hah, one of your guys is THE big chicken (Nadal) , hiding behind the mask of injuries (&also avoiding non-clay meetings) and the other guy (Djokovic) also has picked it from him (extending it for 2nd half of 2016, start of 2017)
And obviously both guys will be retired by the time they are 35,36 ...not kicking the a** of another ATG like Federer did to your boy Nadal at 35.5+
In any case, your new young guy Zverev was so pathetic in the semi that you have to use another one of BS excuses like cold for him ..so poor that he couldn't even make the 3rd greatest guy of the era work for the win. It was a virtual walkvoer.
In reality, Djokovic is not even top 5 for GOAT, unlike your fantasy delusions (Federer, Laver, Gonzalez, Tilden and Nadal are all greater)
You could easily say Djokovic isn't even the greatest at any of the slams (obviously not within a country mile at RG, Wim or USO and fed's done more at the AO), let alone overall. but keep deluding yourself.![]()
Biggest chicken is the one who skipped the entire clay season.