Stan: I'm not as good as the Big Four

[SLD76]

He is saying he does not have any match up problems.

Fed has against Rafa. Rafa against Novak. Novak against Fed. Murray against all 3.

Stan against no one.

Except the random players he loses to in lesser tournaments.
Except for the fact that he has beaten Fed all of 2 times, beaten Rafa once.

 

[chjtennis]

He's being realistic here but in a single match, he can be as good, or better, as they are at the moment.

 

[Gary Duane]

He's being realistic here but in a single match, he can be as good, or better, as they are at the moment.

Stan is nowhere as good as the top players when he is Clark Kent. But when he puts the cape, he turns into Stuperman and can beat anyone on the planet.

 

[chjtennis]

Stan is nowhere as good as the top players when he is Clark Kent. But when he puts the cape, he turns into Stuperman and can beat anyone on the planet.

Yup, he needs to show up in Superman tights more often.

 

[The_Mental_Giant]

The audacity on this guy! Hope he gets to 4+ majors

imagine stan retires with 4 slams... 1 ao , 1 rg, 1 wimblwdon and 1 uso...career slam ..

 

[chjtennis]

imagine stan retires with 4 slams... 1 ao , 1 rg, 1 wimblwdon and 1 uso...career slam ..

That would be nice, but I have a suspicion AO and FO are his best slams.

 

[G A S]

imagine stan retires with 4 slams... 1 ao , 1 rg, 1 wimblwdon and 1 uso...career slam ..

seriously, were that to happen it would really be cool.

 

[Mainad]

Stan did not look bad last year at Wimbledon. Was his record at RG that good before this win?

Not really. He only once made a quarter-final (2013) prior to this year and lost in the 1st round last year!

 

[Smasher08]

He is saying he does not have any match up problems.

Fed has against Rafa. Rafa against Novak. Novak against Fed. Murray against all 3.

Stan against no one.

This. When Stan's on.

The question is never about the level of his ceiling, but the level of his basement.

 

[Smasher08]

That would be nice, but I have a suspicion AO and FO are his best slams.

In theory, as the grass slows down at SW19 that should play into his strengths. He may just need a good draw and a bit of luck. I'm sure his self-belief has just shot up a few thousand percent too.

As for the USO, on paper he should do better than he has. And he looked like he was going to beat Fed at last year's WTF.

 

[BGod]

Past 6 Slams for Stan:
W
1R
QF
QF
SF
W

Past 6 Slams for Nadal:
F
W
4R
N/A
QF
QF


I don't know guys......and Murray's 2 Semi and 1 Finals exit aren't better despite his lack of a hiccup like Stan at the French last year.

 

[Gary Duane]

Yup, he needs to show up in Superman tights more often.

Not Superman tights. Stuperman tights.

 

[mike danny]

To be honest Stan can show up in a full Superman suit, with S coming from "Stan the Man".

 

[jga111]

He is saying he does not have any match up problems.

Fed has against Rafa. Rafa against Novak. Novak against Fed. Murray against all 3.

Stan against no one.

Yes.

I love his game. So aggressive. The most aggressive play I've seen on the ATP for at least 10 years. There was one rally in the final where Wawrinka was incessantly pummeling Djoko with his ground strokes and finished with the Serb 10 feet behind the baseline after starting right on top. He plays without fear, without over-respect and he just goes for it, almost on every shot. So refreshing to have around because he mixes it up and makes the sport more interesting.

 

[Deleted member 77403]

Stanimal is one of the most entertaining tennis players I have ever seen. And his matches with Djokovic more often that not are magical.

 

[mike danny]

 

[Feather]

Stanimal is one of the most entertaining tennis players I have ever seen. And his matches with Djokovic more often that not are magical.

Very true, I agree

 

[heninfan99]

This comment somewhat reminds me of Nadal's "Roger is the best player in history." Being nice or reverse compliment/psych job? Hard to tell.

It's like "I'm not as good as the big three but when I'm in the mood I beat them all."

 

[RF-18]

Well he is right about that.

 

[Chanwan]

Despite securing his second grand slam title, Wawrinka said he still believes he does not belong in the current top bracket.
That is the reserve of the so-called “Big Four” of men’s tennis comprising Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, he said.
It was Wawrinka’s second grand slam title after last year’s Australian Open breakthrough win and at 30 years old he is clearly playing the best tennis of his life.
Still, he sees no reason to start talking about the “Big Five.”
“I’m not as good as they are. I mean the Big Four. But I’m quite good enough to win two Grand Slam tournaments,” Wawrinka said.
“I can beat them in major tournaments, in a semi-final, in a final. But once again, the Big Four will always be the Big Four.
“I don’t want to be in comparison with them. I want to make progress and strides. I want to beat them. That’s all. It is as simple as that.”

http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...rench-open-final/story-fndkzym4-1227387792266

Loving it!

This is the problem with wawrinka. Those comments. He should be hungry to capture more slams.

He doesn't want to be associated with the upper echelon because it comes with the expectations of day-in-day out consistency, something which Wawrinka has never excelled in. He's much more content to play a perennial dark horse than to be a front runner man. It helps Wawrinka to firmly disentangle himself from the Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray league.

Inanimate is right. The Stanimal is hungry all right.

Except the random players he loses to in lesser tournaments.
Except for the fact that he has beaten Fed all of 2 times, beaten Rafa once.

Better count your numbers again if you are to correct somebody.

Not really. He only once made a quarter-final (2013) prior to this year and lost in the 1st round last year!

Still, he always regarded clay as his best surface as far as I know

Past 6 Slams for Stan:
W
1R
QF
QF
SF
W

Past 6 Slams for Nadal:
F
W
4R
N/A
QF
QF


I don't know guys......and Murray's 2 Semi and 1 Finals exit aren't better despite his lack of a hiccup like Stan at the French last year.

Good point, only Novak has done better in the last six slams.

Stanimal is one of the most entertaining tennis players I have ever seen. And his matches with Djokovic more often that not are magical.

Couldn't have said it better