jl809
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From the start of 2022 to now, we’ve seen the next gen go a combined 1 win, 12 losses vs Djokodal aged 34-36
Rublev is 1-1 (that 1 being when Djokovic was just back from his long break)
Zved is 0-1
Berry is 0-1
Stef is 0-4
Meddy is 0-5
Kyrgios, who is just about too old to be next gen but who I will include anyway, is 0-2.
Now let’s wind the clock back 3 years to a considerably better Djokodal (according to experts on this site) than we have now, and a considerably worse Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Zverev, Kyrgios etc
Let’s look at the results from those lads vs Djokodal in that fabled year:
Zved was 1-1
Tsitsipas was 2-5
Meddy was 2-3
Berry was 0-2
Rublev DNP
Kyrgios was 1-1
This is a combined 6-12 win loss record.
now, sure, some of those wins were explainable or very, very close. And it’s not like Meddy and Stef didn’t get close to wins this year too. Even so, do we honestly have any more confidence rn in the next gen beating a healthy version of those 2 than we would have done 3 years ago??
to put it another way… what it tells us???
Rublev is 1-1 (that 1 being when Djokovic was just back from his long break)
Zved is 0-1
Berry is 0-1
Stef is 0-4
Meddy is 0-5
Kyrgios, who is just about too old to be next gen but who I will include anyway, is 0-2.
Now let’s wind the clock back 3 years to a considerably better Djokodal (according to experts on this site) than we have now, and a considerably worse Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Zverev, Kyrgios etc
Let’s look at the results from those lads vs Djokodal in that fabled year:
Zved was 1-1
Tsitsipas was 2-5
Meddy was 2-3
Berry was 0-2
Rublev DNP
Kyrgios was 1-1
This is a combined 6-12 win loss record.
now, sure, some of those wins were explainable or very, very close. And it’s not like Meddy and Stef didn’t get close to wins this year too. Even so, do we honestly have any more confidence rn in the next gen beating a healthy version of those 2 than we would have done 3 years ago??
to put it another way… what it tells us???
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