Yugram
Legend
Nothing is comparable to blowing 2 CP on your own serve when you are one of the best servers in history.
US Open 2019 Fair Draw
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DSH
Talk Tennis Guru
Nadal, number 1 seed, US Open 2017:
Lajovic
Daniel
Mayer (instead of Gasquet)
Dolgopolov (instead of Berdych)
Rublev (instead of Dimitrov)
Del Potro (instead of Federer)
Anderson (instead of Cilic)
Federer, number 2 seed, AO 2018:
Bedene
Struff
Gasquet
Fucsovics (instead of Querrey)
Berdych (instead of Goffin)
Chung (instead of Zverev)
Cilic (instead of Nadal)
Djokovic, number 6 seed, US Open 2018:
Fucsovics
Sandgren
Gasquet
Sousa (instead of Carreño Busta)
Millman (instead of Federer)
Nishikori (instead of Cilic)
Del Potro (instead of Nadal)
Draw your conclusions
Lajovic
Daniel
Mayer (instead of Gasquet)
Dolgopolov (instead of Berdych)
Rublev (instead of Dimitrov)
Del Potro (instead of Federer)
Anderson (instead of Cilic)
Federer, number 2 seed, AO 2018:
Bedene
Struff
Gasquet
Fucsovics (instead of Querrey)
Berdych (instead of Goffin)
Chung (instead of Zverev)
Cilic (instead of Nadal)
Djokovic, number 6 seed, US Open 2018:
Fucsovics
Sandgren
Gasquet
Sousa (instead of Carreño Busta)
Millman (instead of Federer)
Nishikori (instead of Cilic)
Del Potro (instead of Nadal)
Draw your conclusions
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
He was only serving to the greatest returner of all time
How do you blow an AO final up a break in the 5th to a 35 year old average returner coming back from knee surgery in his 1st tournament in 6 months?
King_ Zeglan12
Professional
All the big 3 have at occasions been phenomenal choke artists..He was only serving to the greatest returner of all time
How do you blow an AO final up a break in the 5th to a 35 year old average returner coming back from knee surgery in his 1st tournament in 6 months?
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
Many want to emphasize the C.P. as if nothing could eeeeeever compare to that. It's just easy to poke at because it's so unusual. Many big matches have been choked away or just simply lost after being ahead and a player appeared to be on the way to victory.
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
A hostage to fortune. If the real draw was the same as the one you projected how would you be able to claim that your fave was unfairly treated?
beast of mallorca
G.O.A.T.
And that's why the cry baby Federinas can't get over it. And their misery is off the roof. And that's very sweet indeed
King_ Zeglan12
Professional
Mcenroe at 1984 RG is always the no 1 for me .. Followed closely by Coria at RG 2004 and Federer
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
The so called "greatest returner of all time" didn't even have a break point until late in the fourth set. There are no excuses for losing like that, and I'm not trying to troll here at all. Nadal also had a few very bad losses to which I can't find any excuses.He was only serving to the greatest returner of all time
How do you blow an AO final up a break in the 5th to a 35 year old average returner coming back from knee surgery in his 1st tournament in 6 months?
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
Federer has been playing for 21 years and going on 1500 matches at the top echelon of tennis in almost every situation imaginable. If it was going to happen to anyone, he would be the most likely just because of that.
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
First of all, who is a better returner? Agassi? No. Maybe on 2nd serves.
No excuses for losing because no one has ever lost serve up 40-15 in the history of tennis? I'm not making an excuse btw. Too much has been made of it like no one else has ever blown a title.
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
Remember watching that in absolute horror as a big McEnroe fan
TripleATeam
G.O.A.T.
So to make this easier on my eyes:
Djokovic - Difficulty : 8/10
R1: Who knows
R2: Who knows
R3: Kyrgios
R4: Schwartzman
QF: Tsitsipas
SF: Federer
F: Nadal
Federer - Difficulty: 5/10. Not a total cakewalk, but I don't see a challenge until the SF.
R1: Who knows
R2: Who knows
R3: Lajovic
R4: FAA/Isner
QF: Khachanov
SF: Djokovic
F: Nadal
Nadal - Difficulty: 8/10. Was going to make it lower until I considered after R3, it doesn't really let up.
R1: Who knows
R2: Who knows
R3: Fritz
R4: Wawrinka
QF: Medvedev
SF: Thiem/Nishikori
F: Djokovic
Adjust Federer's to
R1: Who knows
R2: Who knows
R3: Edmund
R4: FAA/Berrettini
QF: Khachanov/Raonic/Isner
SF: Djokovic
F: Nadal
alexio
G.O.A.T.
no one else has ever won 20 slams
Fedforever
Hall of Fame
That's partly the fault of us fans - we always prefer to make Fed the hero so we'll talk about those last five games in AO 17 like they were tennis perfection rather than talking about a Nadal choke.
Nadal fans are similar - if the W19 scenario had happened in a Fedal they would have been slightly more on the "indomitable Bull" narrative than the choke, although no doubt would have enjoyed that too.
A section of the Djoko fanbase is now so far gone that they'd sooner make it all about Fed even if that takes away credit from their own guy.
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
It's kind of like Brett Favre (not sure if you're familiar) but he played forever and when he retired he had most of the major passing records and also the most interceptions to boot. The more attempts at something the more likely crazy things will happen.
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
Backspin1183
Talk Tennis Guru
alexio
G.O.A.T.
at the bottom of the hudson riverWhere's the like button!!
SumYungGai
Semi-Pro
Looks like Verdasco's gonna be in the 4th round. You love to see it!
