Noleberic123
G.O.A.T.
What was so arrogant about that?!
Because you think that djokovic is currently better than God
What was so arrogant about that?!
Because you think that djokovic is currently better than God
What was so arrogant about that?!
Far from it, unless you're just messing around?
This was the post that smacked of arrogance. Once confronted, you go to your shell.
C'mon..Dont you remember WTF matches and recently cc calling you the 'Clarky of Novak fans' ?
I don't see anything wrong even if you chose to be arrogant. But after you talk this way, you should have guts to keep the tempo and speak the same language in match threads. Once the match approach, you are always tense and not confident any more of Novak.
You always think Fed will break any winning streak that Novak has.
See why we think you are not being consistent ?
Right. That post by Djokovic2011 infers that he thinks it unlikely that Federer will beat Novak in a slam again so he must think Novak is as great a slam player as Federer is. But then he goes and plays innocent and says where did I ever say Djokovic is as great as Federer or Nadal in the slams. I don't think he is trolling either. He doesn't see the incongruence.
Right. That post by Djokovic2011 infers that he thinks it unlikely that Federer will beat Novak in a slam again so he must think Novak is as great a slam player as Federer is. But then he goes and plays innocent and says where did I ever say Djokovic is as great as Federer or Nadal in the slams. I don't think he is trolling either. He doesn't see the incongruence.
He doesn't see it even though he does the same thing in thread after thread.
Where is MichaelNadal to jump in on the matter?
Don't take away the little shred of confidence djokovic2011 has.
See, even you as a fellow Djokovic fan can see his lack of confidence and his jumping around on this subject of Djokovic vs Nadal and Federer in the slams!
I understand his lack of confidence because of what djokovic has done 2012-2014 though.
Do you expect Federer to beat nole in a BO5 cc0?
Absolutely not. Fed only bullies the bums like Raonic or Dimitrov. He can't hang with the elite.
Never could really. He never could hang with Nadal outside of a few isolated instances ESPECIALLY when it mattered most.. And for the most part the other elite Nole has given him fits dating all the way back to late 2007/early 2008.
Interesting point that I had not realized before. Federer has never beaten either Nole or Rafa at a slam after losing to them for the first time at that slam.
Rafa
AO - 09 (first loss), 12 (L), 14 (L)
FO - 05 (first loss), 06 (L), 07 (L), 08 (L), 11 (L)
Wimb - 08 (first loss)
USO - no meetings
Nole
AO - 08 (first loss), 11 (L)
FO - 12 (first loss)
Wimb - 14 (first loss)
USO - 10 (first loss), 11 (L)
History suggests Federer's only shot would be vs Rafa at USO.
Anyone who's been watching tennis for more than five years, or even more than five months, should know that it is rather unwise to ever use the words "always" or "never" when it comes to possible future outcomes of matches involving one and/or two great players.
Should it occur that Fed will be able to keep up his current level of play come Wimbledon or the USO, I can surely see him able of beating either Djokovic or Nadal.
But at this point it's all moot. We don't know. What I do know is that it is a major mistake to ever write off a great player, most certainly in case said player is still the current #2 of the ATP rankings and apparently in pretty decent form.
Anyone who's been watching tennis for more than five years, or even more than five months, should know that it is rather unwise to ever use the words "always" or "never" when it comes to possible future outcomes of matches involving one and/or two great players.
Should it occur that Fed will be able to keep up his current level of play come Wimbledon or the USO, I can surely see him able of beating either Djokovic or Nadal.
But at this point it's all moot. We don't know. What I do know is that it is a major mistake to ever write off a great player, most certainly in case said player is still the current #2 of the ATP rankings and apparently in pretty decent form.
That is what I have been saying repeatedly on this forum: Never write-off any great player whether it be Federer, Nadal, Serena Williams, etc. They are wired differently and always find ways to win when you least expect it.
Djokovic ? yes, there is definitely a possibility.
Nadal ? No because at the slams it is more mental than anything else for Fed and if he pulls off a win against Nadal 8 years after he last did it, it will be nothing short of a miracle.
But then, despite being a (much) better player than Becker, Lendl always lost to him at slams... except the last one they played, at the '92 US Open. Lendl was 32 at the time (to Becker 28 ), and he won in five after coming back from two sets to one down.
As others have been saying, 'never say never' really is the only way to go with all-time greats. Because they'll find a way. Not every time, of course, but when they're on a hot streak or even when you least expect it, they just will.
When it comes to Fed-Nadal rivalry, Nadal is in complete control of it. Apart from the age gap and the matchup factors, Nadal picks and chooses when he plays Fed on the big stage. You would have thought Fed should have pulled off at least one against Nadal in the last 8 years when Nadal was not at his best but the thing is Nadal either doesn't play or crashes out to nobodies at slams when he is not at his best . If Nadal makes it as far as Fed, it only means he is in his monster form and no version of 33 y.o Fed is beating that Nadal given the history between them.
Fed had Peak confidence all through 2004-2009 (When he was playing his best tennis) and it still didn't make ANY difference vs. Nadal. What's Fed at 33 now going to do so different vs. Nadal that he didn't do when he was at his peak in his mid 20s?.
With Nole, Sure Fed can hang for 2 sets anyways but asking him to keep a high enough level vs. Nole to beat 3 out of 5 sets is a different story.
Beating the muggy field of Dimitrov/Ferrer/Raonic etc. is a totally different story than beating the elites (Nadal/Nole) in a best of 5 on the big stage