Who would have played better than Medvedev at the Final?

[Raul_SJ]

Rafa would have at least taken a set. Thiemster too.
We would even take Tsitsitsipas and Kyrgios over Medvedev.

 

[mike danny]

Rafa would have at least taken a set. Thiemster too.

LOL no.

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Who would have played better than Medvedev at the Final?

Wawrinka, Zverev, Kyrgios, Sonego, Safin, Roddick and Karlovic.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Rafa did the Djokosmash twice to protect his Slam H2H.

 

[weakera]

Thiem has the highest HC peak on tour currently.

 

[MichaelNadal]

LOL no.

Honestly Djokovics level wasn't that flattering in the final.

 

[Gary Duane]

Rafa would have at least taken a set. Thiemster too.
We would even take Tsitsitsipas and Kyrgios over Medvedev.

We don't know who would have done better. The fact is that Novak intimidates the hell out of people, and he is another player in finals. I gave Med a chance only IF his movement was compromised, and it very obviously was not.

 

[Tony48]

Thiem or Tsitsipas.

I think Thiem could have taken a set. I think Tsitsipas would have lost in 3, but all 3 sets would have been really competitive.

As a Djokovic fan, I preferred Nadal in the final, so I think Nadal would have been beaten similar to 2019.

 

[Red Rick]

Healthy peak Dimitrov.

 

[Beckerserve]

LOL no.

FO2020 says otherwise.

 

[Raul_SJ]

Honestly Djokovics level wasn't that flattering in the final.

When you are wounded (25mm tear proven on MRI) you just need to raise your level just high enough to win.

 

[daggerman]

Honestly Djokovics level wasn't that flattering in the final.

What could he have done significantly better? He hit his spots on his serve (especially on big points), returned beautifully (especially on big points), got to net when needed, controlled the center of the court, changed pace with timely backhand slices, hit with consistent depth, picked his spots to attack wisely, limited errors, etc.

He's not going to slap 60 winners against Medvedev. That's precisely what Daniil wants his opponents to try doing...

 

[MichaelNadal]

What could he have done significantly better? He hit his spots on his serve (especially on big points), returned beautifully (especially on big points), got to net when needed, controlled the center of the court, changed pace with timely backhand slices, hit with consistent depth, picked his spots to attack wisely, limited errors, etc.

He's not going to slap 60 winners against Medvedev. That's precisely what Daniil wants his opponents to try doing...

His serving was extremely impressive that I'll give him. Just don't think by any means he couldn't have been beaten at this AO. That said, his serving if he can keep it up might win him a couple more slams bc it's certainly gotten him out of all the tight spots he needed it to

 

[yokied]

Honestly Novak’s semi vs Karatsev was more challenging. Novak was playing most rallies from 2-4m behind the baseline and Karatsev had him in all sorts of trouble.

K’s problems were too many errors mainly, coming from a lack of tactical awareness to better use Novak’s positional problems with variety (or at least the threat of it) to win the point.

I have more optimism in Karatsev’s future vs Novak than Med’s frankly, and by quite some margin. Med needs to work A LOT on his FH CC, approach and net game

 

[junior74]

From what we saw in the tournament: Kyrgios.

 

[Krish872007]

Novak Djokovic

 

[Beckerserve]

Rafa would have at least taken a set. Thiemster too.
We would even take Tsitsitsipas and Kyrgios over Medvedev.

Given the thrashing Nadal gave Djokovic in Paris he may have beat Djokovic in a similar vein to W 2008. Federer said the hammering he took affected him at W.
That being said the turnaround was far quicker in 2008. 3 weeks not 3 months .
Medvedev made a crucial error not making it physically draining. He got frustrated and imploded. If the first two sets had lasted over over 2 hours he would have still been in it.
Tsitsipas would have been hammered by Djokovic. Dimitrov may have troubled him a little

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Novak was hitting every part of the court reliably and it's going to be tough for anyone besides a redlining big hitter to deal with that.

 

[BrooklynNY]

Everyone that lost earlier in the tournament, for sure.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Fedr with 1 leg

 

[Raul_SJ]

Thiem or Tsitsipas.

I think Thiem could have taken a set. I think Tsitsipas would have lost in 3, but all 3 sets would have been really competitive.

As a Djokovic fan, I preferred Nadal in the final, so I think Nadal would have been beaten similar to 2019.

We all agree that any number of players would have been at least more entertaining to watch.

Don't see how anyone could be a Medeved supporter after this pitiful performance.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Novak Djokovic

Monfils

 

[Krish872007]

Monfils

Gurufils sucks nowadays
He's passed on his Professor mantle to Stefanos

 

[I Am Finnish]

FO2020 says otherwise.

FO played on HC?

 

[Beckerserve]

FO played on HC?

Played on perfect conditions for Djokovic according to djokovic and Ivanisevic. Did Goran not say Nadal cannot win? That was a win against the head according to Team Djokovic.

 

[CYGS]

Baggy, Philly and Gonzy, the Big 3 among the slam final losers of course. Stronk competition no?

 

[Beckerserve]

Baggy, Philly and Gonzy, the Big 3 among the slam final losers of course. Stronk competition no?

All three higher ranked than Karatsev i believe?

 

[CYGS]

All three higher ranked than Karatsev i believe?

He wasn’t in the final.

 

[Backspin1183]

Thiem. He could have stopped Djokovic in the semi final.

 

[The Blond Blur]

 

[I Am Finnish]

Played on perfect conditions for Djokovic according to djokovic and Ivanisevic. Did Goran not say Nadal cannot win? That was a win against the head according to Team Djokovic.

Goran is an idiot

 

[MeatTornado]

FO2020 says otherwise.

Yes that 1 match on clay definitely balances out the 20 straight sets Novak's won on hard courts or whatever the number is.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Louis Litt

 

[cortado]

Wawrinka, Kyrgios, Sinner, Tomic on one of his rare good days.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Louis Litt

 

[I Am Finnish]

Wawrinka, Kyrgios, Sinner, Tomic on one of his rare good days.

Ha

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Have you seen him ball?

 

[mike danny]

Honestly Djokovics level wasn't that flattering in the final.

Perhaps, but Nadal's was?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Perhaps, but Nadal's was?

At the AO? Nope
The best man won

 

[mike danny]

At the AO? Nope
The best man won

My point exactly.

 

[I Am Finnish]

Have you seen him ball?

No

 

[BGod]

Thiem, Tsitsipas or Kyrgios.

 

[PilotPete]

Kyrgios could have beaten him.

 

[Hitman]

Medvedev was playing just fine until Djokovic ramped up the intensity at the end of the first set, that impacted his second and third set performances. It wasn't like Medvedev was playing that badly, he just couldn't recover after dropping that first set in that fashion when I am sure he had one eye on the tie break.

Who could have played better? I think Tsitsi could have played better, not sure about Thiem though, these conditions were not exactly complimentary to his game.

 

[Beckerserve]

Yes that 1 match on clay definitely balances out the 20 straight sets Novak's won on hard courts or whatever the number is.

Except for the fact we were told by Team Djokovic conditions were perfect for him and dreadful for Nadal.

 

[Beckerserve]

Goran is an idiot

True

 

[Beckerserve]

He wasn’t in the final.

So? He was lowest ranked SF of all time

 

[Mr.Lob]

Isner.

 

[CYGS]

So? He was lowest ranked SF of all time

So it’s irrelevant in this thread.

 

[Beckerserve]

So it’s irrelevant in this thread.

No bud it is a response to your post