irishnadalfan1983
Hall of Fame
Agreed but not much longer.....Nole can hang around longer but Rafa is on his last legs......Time is ticking.....Time will catch Nole at some stage too and that can’t be far off looking at his birth certificate
Thiem would have slaughtered Rafa
- Thread starter Beckerserve
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Agreed but not much longer.....Nole can hang around longer but Rafa is on his last legs......Time is ticking.....Time will catch Nole at some stage too and that can’t be far off looking at his birth certificate
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
Yawn…another TROLL thread. In the interest of public decency, please don’t feed the troll.
Red Rick
Bionic Poster
Djokovic is legit unbeaten this year
There is no way Gioco will put on weight. Their physique is just different. Nadl is destined to put another 10kg by the time he is 40. Gioco will remain within 5kg of today's weight..
daddy
Legend
Agree but you can't really tell what's going to happen in the final based on opponents performances. It's a close call at best.
daddy
Legend
It's a 19 yr old kid with no experience in latter stages of a slam. Kid yourself not.
smalahove
Hall of Fame
He's the only right handed player that can go head to head with Rafa on the ad side, and have winning percentages. His backhand is money. He just needs to gain confidence on going DTL once in a while. His FH is perhaps on the biggest on tour when he unleashes it. Needs a bit more weight on him tough. If he continues the progression, he's going to be the new benchmark in a couple of years.
smalahove
Hall of Fame
Hasn't played like one at RG this year, though. That he couldn't consistently produce his A level against Rafa yesterday is par for the course. Has anyone ever done that in their first match against the king of Clay on his favorite court in the world, his eyes on another trophy?
I was impressed he actually managed to play at that level for so long. Nadal got very lucky in the first, he actually said emphasized that by stating it twice. In the second, he also got lucky in the game he broke Sinner, as Sinner had gotten back to deuce, when Nadal got a super lucky tape bounce that drizzled over to Sinner's side. Sinner had the pressure on that point, it wasn't a good shot from Nadal, and that type of tape bounce almost always ends up on the same side as where it came from. That set got decided on those type of small margins.
octobrina10
Talk Tennis Guru
The match between Thiem and Diego gave me the mpression that age has caught up with Thiem already. He had his serve broken four times in the 3-rd set:
A 19 year old kid who is the youngest player to reach that stage of a grand slam since Djokovic in 2006. Sinner is obviously a special talent. And he didn't freeze or get hit with nerves by the occasion like a "kid" is supposed to playing Rafa at RG, so his mental strength is as rock solid as his game. Anyone else but Rafa in his path, there is a decent chance Sinner could have made the final.
His age is irrelevant. He's the real deal.
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
Lol, so you admit it now. But if Djokovic beats Nadal in the final you will say Nadal was at his peak.
RelentlessAttack
Hall of Fame
Djokovic takes great care of his health. He can play well physically until he’s 40. If some young player wants to dethrone him they’ll have to play better not just hope for him to get old
daddy
Legend
Basically you replied to my post and then confirmed what I wrote but you just put it differently.
It's a whole different ball game when you're playing a tennis match and when you're playing a tennis match vs Rafa on RG. For that, he does need experience and that was clearly evident. The quality is there, no doubt about that, but when he got into favorable positions with the breaks of Rafa's serve, he was not there mentally to push it and convert by taking home a set or two. That is only due to his lack of experience because I assume he'd whitewashed someone else playing on the same level as Rafa did if only it was a different name on the scoreboard.
daddy
Legend
No one is denying his talent but he's too inexperienced to be a real threat to Rafa at this moment in time on this court in this tournament. He shown his potential, was able to break the bull, was playing two sets of competitive tennis but you need two more gears and years of experience to convert that and take a set or two, let alone put a W on a score sheet vs Rafa.
Thus I conclude, he IS the real deal but his age IS relevant at this moment and that's what cost him. Proof is in the pudding.
smalahove
Hall of Fame
One thing the big 3 excel at, is pulling a rabbit out of the hat when they need it. And it’s not just the obvious ace-on-bp. Medvedev and Tsitsi can do that. But esp Novak, and Rafa, excel at using specific patterns or tactics on the big points. Novak seems to have developed a tie-break-specific tactic.
Nadalgaenger
G.O.A.T.
That’s why Thiem only a very good player, not a great one.
r2473
G.O.A.T.
SinneGOAT
Hall of Fame
Can I have some of whatever you are having? That is the stupidest thing I’ve heard in awhile.
Beckerserve
Legend
I think the USO had a lot to do with his struggles past two rounds. However seeing him cramp in USO final perhaps bears out your statementThe match between Thiem and Diego gave me the mpression that age has caught up with Thiem already. He had his serve broken four times in the 3-rd set:
Beckerserve
Legend
Djokovic looked woeful today. Nadal was not even a shadow of his best yesterday. The clock is ticking.
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
Given the way Thiem played, no.
terribleIVAN
Hall of Fame
DSH
Talk Tennis Guru
Challenge accepted!The Big Bad Wolf will have a great season again in 2024.
I see 2 Slams for him this year but I don't know for sure if he will end year as 1 or not.
nolefam_2024
Talk Tennis Guru
2 slams and OGThe Big Bad Wolf will have a great season again in 2024.
I see 2 Slams for him this year but I don't know for sure if he will end year as 1 or not.
1 for Carlos
1 for sinner and ATP finals
SinneGOAT
Hall of Fame
Yeah October 2020 wasn’t the best of times here
