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Bionic Poster
Unfortunately for feddy novak will get all the attention this Wimbledon. I just hope he can make the second week. Anyway great career.
We must accept the reality...
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Sunny014
Legend
Djokovic definitely is mentally the toughest player that I have seen in the last 20 years.
Nd for me even all time, because I don't know why people say Sampras had more clutch than Djokovic, that sounds weird.....
terribleIVAN
Hall of Fame
Nothing sad. It is called objective reality. His mind had to accept it is a weakness. Instead his mind enjoyed it's narcissism.
It takes a grown man to improve one's own mind. Improving your tennis instead of improving your mind is childish narcissistic denial of objective reality.
Federer's childish narcissism prevented him from being the GOAT or whatever it is called. His mind was too high while too dumb to grasp the fact exposed by Djokovic - that his mind is his limit that degrades his talent. Djokovic exposed a child Federer;s mind is and exploited it, while at the same time Federer improved his talent and talent only to prevail Djokovic's mind. And failed. Repeatedly. FOR YEARS. Childish mind in childish denial of objective reality doing harm to itself.
Djokovic will now provide 'numbers for dumb-ers', people with lack of ability for abstract thinking, who have to 'see it to believe it', etc.
Unless we teach children about this and explain to them what happened to prevent it from happening again - wasting talent for profit - it will continue to happen again and again.
You do not improve by improving your talent. You improve by improving your faults. You start by using your own will to force your mind into submission to accept it's faults. And it is a first step on a long journey.
THAT is what free will is. THAT is what consciousness is for. We humans we all have a choice - to be nothing but products of hormone metabolism, a mere mindless animals OR to use our mind to go beyond that TRULY SAD limit for a mind capable of consciousness. Novak Djokovic is one of the best proofs ever that mind can prevail when faced with impossible.
Surely, many minds will continue to enjoy any narcissistic denial they are capable of. Form and level of which will vary, but the purpose will be the same. They have no option but to close their eyes and close their minds when faced with objective reality No one taught them what free will is and what it is for.
Now, THAT is SAD.
tl;dr
No one just happen to have that mentality, provided by gods or DNA. We have records to prove Djokovic did not have it. You can only have it when and if you make it. A mind is what creates itself by improving it's faults. We humans call it free will. Now you know. You have free will. Use it.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
I suppose you think you're in touch with 'objective reality'. Others might say that you're passing off tendentious opinion for fact.
HardCourtMaestro
Rookie
nole deserves GOAThood i will be supporting him to vanquish Bald
skaj
Legend
Federer is truly done. He is like Ken Rosewall during 1974-1977. He won't come back this time. It's over...
He won't even make the first week of Wimbledon unless he has only clay court players. And even if he make the QF with some miracle, Djokodal and Zverev will destroy him.
It was already a miracle that he was able to have his AO 2017 run (one of his best victories ever, to beat his nemesis like that while being 1-3 down in the fifth set) and his W 2019 run (the fact he was a point away to beat Djokodal in a row proved his greatness) like Connors was able to have his great USO 1991 run but he can't compete with the Father Time. He is 40 y.o and it is a battle he can only lose.
His last hurrah was the Wimbledon Final 2019. He could have erased Djokovic for ever in the Slam Race (21-15 is a HUGE difference instead of 20-16) and now Djokovic is just 21 sets to dethrone him (Federer has just only 1 GS more than Djokovic and nothing more, Djokovic has all the other records with him (DCGS, N°1 Weeks, Double Career Golden Master, YE N°1 - his chances of having the #7 in November are huge right now).
Federer can't do nothing right now to protect his legacy. It's all depend of Djokovic. If Djokovic play his regular tennis (being physically and mentally fine), he will win this Wimbledon as nobody can stop him.
Federer will be remembered as one of the greatest players ever and his style, his epic battles with Djokodal will never be forgotten, but it is time to call it a career (at Basel 2021)
Don't know what "done" means to you but, much like Rosewall back then, as long as he is able to compete, win matches and play his beautiful tennis he will not be done; I will enjoy watching while I still can.
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