What Slams did the Big 3 take MTOs?

SonnyT

Legend
Just this morning somebody told me Federer took 2 MTO's at '17 AO: in SF against Wawa, and in F against Nadal. Federer won both in 5 sets! Umm!

Fedfans seem to forget about those, they only remember Djokovic MTO's.

Allons-y, Wawa and Nadal fans, your heroes were victims of Federer's sleight of MTO too!
 

Third Serve

Talk Tennis Guru
Just this morning somebody told me Federer took 2 MTO's at '17 AO: in SF against Wawa, and in F against Nadal. Federer won both in 5 sets! Umm!

Fedfans seem to forget about those, they only remember Djokovic MTO's.

Allons-y, Wawa and Nadal fans, your heroes were victims of Federer's sleight of MTO too!
Stan did the same stuff in that semi.

And people aren't sweeping it aside. It's just brought up less because he doesn't do them that often.
 
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Deleted member 762343

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And to think Arnaud Di Pasquale threw a temper tantrum and used the classic "this is why he'll never be as popular as Nadal or Federer, they never do that" line after AO 2020 final because he got butthurt by Djokovic's victory... Fantards gonna fantard.
 

SonnyT

Legend
Stan did the same stuff in that semi.

And people aren't sweeping it aside. It's just brought up less because he doesn't do them that often.

Nadal seemed to take more MTO's than Djokovic. They don't complain about Nadal as much as Djokovic, do they?

Look, I think it's completely legit and understandable for Federer, Nadal or any other player to call MTO, when he's short on energy and really not injured! I only protest because they single out Djokovic first, and call him a cheater.
 
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beard

Legend
Talk to me when any other player plays at the age of 35 and wins a major without taking a medical time out. What your list shows is Fed took 4/7 MTO's over a 22 year career when he was 35+ years old. So a thread to somehow diminish Fed turns out to prove the exact opposite. You're also utterly ignoring the massive elephant in the room: your guy has retired in 13 career matches, including 6 slams, so that blows doors off any MTO. ;) You're also forgetting to list countless Djoker MTO's earlier in his career (https://gulfnews.com/sport/tennis/djokovic-denies-charges-of-too-many-medical-timeouts-1.648129).

You can peruse this too:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...tion-for-abusing-medical-timeouts-ngsw8qp5t9f
And he acknowledged he faked 2017... Can we justice taking when player is over 35? :unsure:
Maybe at 35 human brain becomes more faking prone so we should forgive him...
And have Nadal or Novak ever acknowledged they faked MTO? I mean maybe they never actually faked MTO, opposed to Fed? :unsure:
 
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Deleted member 762343

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Nadal seemed to take more MTO's than Djokovic. They don't complain about Nadal as much as Djokovic, do they?

Look, I think it's completely legit and understandable for Federer, Nadal or any other player to call MTO, when he's short on energy and really not injured! I only protest because they single out Djokovic first, and call him a cheater.

False equivalency. Nadal isn't a tennis player, he's an injured person who plays tennis.

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beard

Legend
I'm showing all their MTOs but somehow this thread is created to dimish Federer? Jesus. You are on the attack and very defensive. I wonder why.
I think we all know why.... Facts are not in line with what they thought will be... And facts are most frightening thing for goat fan base... ;)
 

Third Serve

Talk Tennis Guru
Talk to me when any other player plays at the age of 35 and wins a major without taking a medical time out. What your list shows is Fed took 4/7 MTO's over a 22 year career when he was 35+ years old. So a thread to somehow diminish Fed turns out to prove the exact opposite. You're also utterly ignoring the massive elephant in the room: your guy has retired in 13 career matches, including 6 slams, so that blows doors off any MTO. ;) You're also forgetting to list countless Djoker MTO's earlier in his career (https://gulfnews.com/sport/tennis/djokovic-denies-charges-of-too-many-medical-timeouts-1.648129).

You can peruse this too:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...tion-for-abusing-medical-timeouts-ngsw8qp5t9f
Jesus Christ, this thread wasn't even created as an insult.

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Federer_pilon

Professional
Since this is a hot topic, let's discuss it further. These are the ones I remember:

Federer
2003 Wimbledon
2005 AO
2012 Wimbledon
2017 AO
2017 USO
2019 USO
2020 AO

Nadal
2006 RG
2007 AO
2007 Wimbledon
2008 Wimbledon
2010 Wimbledon
2011 AO
2011 RG
2011 Wimbledon
2011 USO
2014 AO
2018 USO
2019 USO ? ( did he take in after he injured his hand?)


Djokovic
2005 USO
2008 USO
2009 AO
2011 USO
2012 USO
2014 Wimbledon
2015 RG
2015 USO
2016 USO
2017 Wimbledon
2020 AO

Pretty sure I am forgetting some of Federer and Djokovic's. So does a trip down memory lane help everyone's recollection?

For Djokovic:
Should we also add AO 2015 against Murray, RG 2020 against Carreno Busta and RG 2021 against Tsitsipas?
 
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