US Open 2025 QF - [7] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v/s [5] Taylor Harry Fritz (USA)

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chjtennis said:
Crawford is tall and may have added a few pounds of muscle, but no doubt Canelo will be the bigger man in the ring. Crawford's tactical mind will be the key, as Canelo is not a young guy anymore and doesn't press as much these days, I feel. It will be a good, tactical match like GGG v Canelo himself. I wonder if Crawford can knock out Canelo though. Either Crawford by decision or Canelo by KO.
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Good thoughts. Would they ever give Crawford a decision, though? Not bloody likely imo, when there's still a lot
of money to be made off Canelo.

Go, Crawford!
 
NoleFam said:
Djokovis is just doing GOAT things. We know you're upset about it. You don't have to tell us. Lol.
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If that sounded upset to you, you have a lot of learning to do in life.

Sorry that I'm not an apologist for a great player historically enough to ignore what it suggests more generally about the tour.
 
NoleFam said:
Level of the tour is not great but you still have to be exceptional to do that at 38 when 85-90% of your opponents are at least 10 years younger than you. Alcaraz and Sinner have won the last 7 Slams. Go complain about their Slam wins if you like.
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Beating Cam Norrie and Fritz is not impressive regardless of what age. There is absolutely nothing special about them. If Djokovic takes out Alcaraz and Sinner I will give him praise.
 
intrepidish said:
Yes indeed. My guess is that Carlos is already a different player mentally from last season or even January but there's no way to establish that beyond a doubt besides playing the big matches against other big match players.
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Either way this should be an important match in the journey of such a talented player who at 22 yrs has already had a stunning career.
I can't wait for Friday. I am totally pumped. Will it be the aging Novak desperate for a last chance, giving it his all. Or will it be the extraordinary Spaniard who can take the game to new highs.
 
RSJfan said:
All things considered this a GOAT mug performance. (y)
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It's pretty standard Taylor really. Nothing will touch his losses to Nadal when he couldn't even serve or Novak as well when his stomach had been torn apart by wild hyenas mid-match
 
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Sudacafan said:
It was cringe and maybe disrespectful.
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It was very generous of the wise Novak Djokovic to entertain the spectators who yelled during his serves by performing a K-Pop dance for them. Not only they got an entertaining goat tennis, in addition they got K-Pop dance for a bonus.

Other players are lazy and unenthusiastic, and just give the crowds a lazy wave with their hand or racquet.

Djokovic genuinely loves tennis and loves the crowds so he always entertains them as much as he can by giving them 200% effort in tennis and entertainment as well.
 
Oof. I was happy to see Fritz get back in the last game from 15-40 with some grinding points. But that missed try at a pass which he had a good look at and lobbing instead, and then the double fault. That's just rough. Still, I appreciate he got back in it and made it interesting for a while.
 
Vincent-C said:
The GF is thinking "I am *so* pretty standing here" !

lolzers
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Umm let's not make assumptions. Maybe she hated being there but maybe she loves it.

The main point of discussion is not her, it's Fritz's mental vacation on serve in the most important game of the match that deserves scrutiny. He is supposed to be 4th best in the world and makes rookie mistakes.
 
Spielgame said:
It was very generous of the wise Novak Djokovic to entertain the spectators who yelled during his serves by performing a K-Pop dance for them. Not only they got an entertaining goat tennis, in addition they got K-Pop dance for a bonus.

Other players are lazy and unenthusiastic, and just give the crowds a lazy wave with their hand or racquet.

Djokovic genuinely loves tennis and loves the crowds so he always entertains them as much as he can by giving them 200% effort in tennis and entertainment as well.
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Should have been boob throws all around as well.
 
NoleFam said:
Guys in the thread mad at his dance when he says it's for his daughter since it's her birthday. Peak ttw foot in mouth moment. Lol
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Dunno who you're responding to but come on he's better dancer than that. I just saw the live Interview and he admitted doing a botched job of it :D
 
We hear a lot about some improvement Fritz has made but he is absolutely allergic to the forecourt and seems to have made no effort to become at least passable there.

Of course his own coach never cared about that either but how many times did Fritz hit a penetrating ground stroke and then just wait for a defensive reset from Novak instead of cutting it off at net?

Sinner and Djokovic were far from naturals at net and worked hard to become at least solid there. Those are 2 of his rivals at least in theory and Fritz has done absolutely nothing.
 
ForehandCross said:
Umm let's not make assumptions. Maybe she hated being there but maybe she loves it.

The main point of discussion is not her, it's Fritz's mental vacation on serve in the most important game of the match that deserves scrutiny. He is supposed to be 4th best in the world and makes rookie mistakes.
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Yeah, missing all the first serves at BPs was bad. The pressure definitely got to him.
 
Why does the boy who grew up in well to do family in southern california. Comfortable childhood
is not mentally tougher

Than the boy who grew up in war torn Serbia. Had a tough upbringing and tough childhood.
Knew had to break the hardship by hitting tennis balls.

I wonder...
 
I didn’t watch, since it was played while I slept and I knew the outcome. Looking at the stats, this was a huge opportunity for Fritz. He created 13 BPs but could only convert 2. While Novak created 9, but converted 5.

Fritz always looks lost on big points against the best players. I guess this was no exception.
 
Ray Mercer said:
Beating Cam Norrie and Fritz is not impressive regardless of what age. There is absolutely nothing special about them. If Djokovic takes out Alcaraz and Sinner I will give him praise.
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Djokovic has already beaten both Alcaraz and sinner in the past.

At this stage it requires close to a miracle to beat both back to back. However, he has proven he can beat them in past.

You might think the tour is weak but it still props to Djokovic for being this consistent at 38 and it taking 2 young all time greats at peak of their powers to finish him.

Apart from Wimbledon 2019 even Fed at same age wasn’t as consistent or good. Fed had the higher peak At Wimbledon 2019 but Djoko has reached all 4 SF which even Fed failed to do in 2019.
 
Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
Djokovic has already beaten both Alcaraz and sinner in the past.

At this stage it requires close to a miracle to beat both back to back. However, he has proven he can beat them in past.

You might think the tour is weak but it still props to Djokovic for being this consistent at 38 and it taking 2 young all time greats at peak of their powers to finish him.

Apart from Wimbledon 2019 even Fed at same age wasn’t as consistent or good. Fed had the higher peak At Wimbledon 2019 but Djoko has reached all 4 SF which even Fed failed to do in 2019.
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The tour has gotten weaker year after year with the exception of the big 2.

Even the players like Medvedev or Zverev had way more belief and more game at the time than presently.

I don't like talking about weak eras but they happen and it makes a huge difference.
 
intrepidish said:
The tour has gotten weaker year after year with the exception of the big 2.

Even the players like Medvedev or Zverev had way more belief and more game at the time than presently.

I don't like talking about weak eras but they happen and it makes a huge difference.
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You make a fair point. I understand competition matters but I still think it a great achievement for Novak regardless. Both Fed and Novak were remarkable at this age to be fair.
 
Full credit to Novak and the poster for this info record. :cool:

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Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
You make a fair point. I understand competition matters but I still think it a great achievement for Novak regardless. Both Fed and Novak were remarkable at this age to be fair.
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It is but honestly if any of the big three were healthy they'd be manhandling anyone but the infamous 2 guys now so what we're really celebrating more specifically is his health and drive (which is not nothing of course).

Having a #3 player who is not even as good as was many years ago and who gets routined by our #4 who doesn't know how to close out points in the forecourt after all these years...it's a challenge to view matches as having much value unless they involve 2 or maybe 3 guys at this stage.

The rest seems a bit like watching team tennis.
 
intrepidish said:
It is but honestly if any of the big three were healthy they'd be manhandling anyone but the infamous 2 guys now so what we're really celebrating more specifically is his health and drive (which is not nothing of course).

Having a #3 player who is not even as good as was many years ago and who gets routined by our #4 who doesn't know how to close out points in the forecourt after all these years...it's a challenge to view matches as having much value unless they involve 2 or maybe 3 guys at this stage.

The rest seems a bit like watching team tennis.
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I agree. I have watched just a few matches and my interest is very low watching tennis of this level. DeMinaur, Fritz, Rublev, Khachanov, Shelton... top 10 players who never do anything and are absolutely clueless when playing the best players.

We need to go back to Murray, Wawrinka, Del Potro and Ferrer to find top 10 players who regularly challenged the top dogs.

80s gen had 3 top dogs and great depth.
90s gen had 0 top dogs and no depth.
00s has 2 top dogs and no depth.
 
Vincent-C said:
More special pleading, to Nadal's benefit (of course!). The other, upstanding members of the Big 3 didn't try these cheap tactics.
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Rafa would always be a monster on clay , Roger and Novak on hard and grass. Too bad when they were all on 20 slams we didn't witness the last chapter of their rivalry's , damn you corona . :(
 
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