Your opinions that majority of people do not share?

[Raining hopes]

What are views that most people would not agree on?

Mine would be:

1.Nadal's 2010 is highly overrated,his best stretch across all surfaces was RG 2008 to AO2009.

2.Murray should have won at least five slams by now in this era and more if he belonged to any other,but he just never had the Big 3 mentality.

3.Del Porto would have been a constant top 5 player with a slam or two more had he not been injured.

4.Federer of 2005 was better in level than 2006.He was just a bit unlucky.

5.2011 Djokovic is miles better(difficult to beat) than 2015 version except on grass.

6.Nadal never showed the same kind of invincible form in RG post 2009 injury except in 2012. 2007 version is third best level.

7.Federer should have won Ao 2009 and Nadal should have won 2007 Wimbledon.

8.There was never a 'baby' Nadal.

9.Federer is first among equals when it comes to big three not miles ahead.

10.Djokovic is only slightly ahead of Federer on slower Hardcourts,it is just that with age Federer has changed his style which suits the faster courts much more.

11.There has not been any significant change in the sport since early 2000s

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Hot takes all around.

 

[qindarka]

None of these are particularly controversial.

 

[Raining hopes]

None of these are particularly controversial.

So do you have any controversial opinions?

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

So do you have any controversial opinions?

Bring back Pepsi Grand Slam to replace Roland Garros.

 

[Standaa]

8.There was never a 'baby' Nadal.

There was on the 3d July 1986.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

There was on the 3d July 1986.

 

[heninfan99]

That doubles is fun to watch

 

[Raining hopes]

There was on the 3d July 1986.

I knew somebody will come up with that!

That doubles is fun to watch

I love doubles too but can't understand why it is not more popular.

 

[Standaa]

1. I love to play on clay and to watch matches on clay
2. I don’t mind playing against pushers, I say you play however you like as long as you respect the rules, it’s just another strategy and if I can’t beat you it’s only my problem

 

[junior74]

Rafa Nadal is the best volleyer of the Big4

Love, J.Mac

 

[qindarka]

Rafa Nadal is the best volleyer of the Big4

Love, J.Mac

Clay is actually the surface which requires the most net ability. On faster surfaces, it is too serve dominated and the point often ends there. Serve and volley often devolves into just serve. But playing on clay is all about constructing points, and this often involves picking the right moment to come in to the net.

 

[George Turner]

Controversal (for real) opinions of mine.

-The Nole slam is an inferior achievement to Borgs French Open-Wimbledon doubles.

-Michael Stich had the talent to win about 6 majors.

-Richard Gasquet had the talent to win about 3 majors, even with the big four around

-Nick Kyrgios is a glorified serve bot

-Eugene Bouchard is a shallow a-hole

-Steffi Graf benefited from very poor competition and so is somewhat overrated. With decent competition she'd have won about 15 majors rather than 22.

-Zverev will win majors and TW posters are harsh on him!!

-No woman player could beat a top 1000 ranked man.

-Murray would have won about 6 majors in a different era.

-In majors first and second round matches should be best of three. This is a better way to make early rounds more unpredictable than going back to 16 seeds.

 

[Deleted member 757377]

Federer is overrated. Weak opponents in 2003-07, took the weakest slams in 2008-18.

 

[Red Rick]

- "Baby" xxxx nicknames are atrocious and need to die in a fire
- Federer is not in the top 15 servers of all time (I'm not gonna argue that again here)
- Most people have no idea what tennis talent is
- The '73 to '78 was incredibly weak and aided a lot in Federer's dominance in the mid 2000's
- Shapovalov should've gotten banned for his incident
- Double standards of tennis media in terms of controversial outbursts on courts are one of the biggest cancers in tennis
- Federer's cult of personality will only make tennis fall harder in popularity if Federer retires when on top
- Federer doesn't have much humility, he's just good at small talk and very superficial interviews
- You may have noticed, but I don't like Federer
- Djokovic is a greater player than Sampras, and i think it's not even close
- There's toxic poster's in most fanbases, but nothing gets close to what happens when Federer is winning a Slam cause the hivemind is the majority opinion and because of "hurr durr we're just having fun"
- Apart from political correctness, there's no ****ing reason to have equal prize money
- Grand Slams should have a similar system as the ATP1000s, they should be mandatory until 30 if fit to play
- Shapovalov is overrated as hell and is a worse player than a guy like Roddick at the same age
- People who think basketball pro's would clean up tennis cause "hurrr durrr they're so tall and athletic" are absolute morons
- I applaud swearing on court and tanking rackets. I want to see more action and emotion, not less
- Fabio Fognini would be the Goat if he would ever bother bend his knees
- Del Potro's niceness is vastly overrated
- an ATP 1000s on grass in the 3 weeks before Wimbledon is a terrible idea
- Astro Turf needs to see play on the Pro Tour.
- We're currently living in the weakest era in tennis
- The Davis Cup was good as it was and didn't need changing
- Federer's managment company teaming up with Tennis Australia to create Laver Cup provides an ethical problem when Federer plays the Australian Open

- I want to see one tournaments where players are required to drink a shot at every changeover

Also, considering the question isn't only in regards to tennis

 

[West Coast Ace]

I love doubles too but can't understand why it is not more popular.

It’s very simple - most points are either a missed return or an easy put away by the serving team’s net man. The dozen or so points that develop into a rally or exchange of volleys is great; the rest is junk.

 

[George Turner]

- "Baby" xxxx nicknames are atrocious and need to die in a fire
- Federer is not in the top 15 servers of all time (I'm not gonna argue that again here)
- Most people have no idea what tennis talent is
- The '73 to '78 was incredibly weak and aided a lot in Federer's dominance in the mid 2000's
- Shapovalov should've gotten banned for his incident
- Double standards of tennis media in terms of controversial outbursts on courts are one of the biggest cancers in tennis
- Federer's cult of personality will only make tennis fall harder in popularity if Federer retires when on top
- Federer doesn't have much humility, he's just good at small talk and very superficial interviews
- You may have noticed, but I don't like Federer
- Djokovic is a greater player than Sampras, and i think it's not even close
- There's toxic poster's in most fanbases, but nothing gets close to what happens when Federer is winning a Slam cause the hivemind is the majority opinion and because of "hurr durr we're just having fun"
- Apart from political correctness, there's no ****ing reason to have equal prize money
- Grand Slams should have a similar system as the ATP1000s, they should be mandatory until 30 if fit to play
- Shapovalov is overrated as hell and is a worse player than a guy like Roddick at the same age
- People who think basketball pro's would clean up tennis cause "hurrr durrr they're so tall and athletic" are absolute morons
- I applaud swearing on court and tanking rackets. I want to see more action and emotion, not less
- Fabio Fognini would be the Goat if he would ever bother bend his knees
- Del Potro's niceness is vastly overrated
- an ATP 1000s on grass in the 3 weeks before Wimbledon is a terrible idea
- Astro Turf needs to see play on the Pro Tour.
- We're currently living in the weakest era in tennis
- The Davis Cup was good as it was and didn't need changing
- Federer's managment company teaming up with Tennis Australia to create Laver Cup provides an ethical problem when Federer plays the Australian Open

- I want to see one tournaments where players are required to drink a shot at every changeover

You were going so well then, until you put Fognini and GOAT in the Same sentence

Also everyone knows this is the weakest era tennis has ever had, that's not a controversial opinion! Also also i think everyone would love to see a tournament involving drinking shots

 

[Red Rick]

You were going so well then, until you put Fognini and GOAT in the Same sentence

Also everyone knows this is the weakest era tennis has ever had, that's not a controversial opinion! Also also i think everyone would love to see a tournament involving drinking shots

Fognini being the greatest thing in the history of sports in the multiverse is something I am convinced of, but I'm willing to agree to disagree while rather laughing about it than taking it too seriously.

 

[Standaa]

- Federer doesn't have much humility, he's just good at small talk and very superficial interviews

Superficial interviews ?

 

[Kalin]

Cats are much smarter than dogs.

Fedr, not fedr. Respect.

 

[reaper]

Djokovic knows how to smash.

 

[Russeljones]

Grass Pete > Grass Roger

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Murray >>> Roddick everywhere

 

[Red Rick]

nvm

 

[Raining hopes]

Cats are much smarter than dogs.

Fedr, not fedr. Respect.

My dog is five times smarter than any cat but I do agree,Cats are smarter on an average .However,they are much more evil

 

[73west]

What are views that most people would not agree on?

1. Andy Roddick is closer in quality to Andy Murray, Jim Courier, et al then to other 1, 2 slam winners like Rafter, Ivanisevic, etc.
2. Michael Stich could have done a lot of damage to the tour if he was more mentally fit
3. Marcelo Rios should have been a fixture in the top 3 and in major SFs/Fs if he were more mentally fit and his body held up better.
4. (more a "I don't understand why ..." then an unshared opinion) History has forgiven Jimmy Connors his horrible behavior in a way it never has forgiven John McEnroe. Connors was (imo) worse, but it isn't the first sentence in his biography the way it is with McEnroe.

 

[Kalin]

My dog is five times smarter than any cat but I do agree,Cats are smarter on an average .However,they are much more evil

My cat can outsmart your dog! And, of course, outevil him easily!!

Edit: Fedr

 

[Raining hopes]

My cat can outsmart your dog! And, of course, outevil him easily!!

Edit: Fedr

My dog is no less evil though.He has an absolute obsession with milk cream packets(which he shouldn't even be given) and we have tried to hide it in millions of places and he has unfailingly found them.

And when he enters 'I am a crazy dog' mode absolutely nothing stops him

 

[ojo rojo]

- Fabio Fognini would be the Goat if he would ever bother bend his knees

LOL!

 

[Tennisgods]

Djokovic will win multiple slams over the next few years once fully fit.

 

[letstakeourshirtsoff]

fedr goat will win the grand slam this year (not really an opinion, rather a wish)

 

[mike danny]

- "Baby" xxxx nicknames are atrocious and need to die in a fire
- Federer is not in the top 15 servers of all time (I'm not gonna argue that again here)
- Most people have no idea what tennis talent is
- The '73 to '78 was incredibly weak and aided a lot in Federer's dominance in the mid 2000's
- Shapovalov should've gotten banned for his incident
- Double standards of tennis media in terms of controversial outbursts on courts are one of the biggest cancers in tennis
- Federer's cult of personality will only make tennis fall harder in popularity if Federer retires when on top
- Federer doesn't have much humility, he's just good at small talk and very superficial interviews
- You may have noticed, but I don't like Federer
- Djokovic is a greater player than Sampras, and i think it's not even close
- There's toxic poster's in most fanbases, but nothing gets close to what happens when Federer is winning a Slam cause the hivemind is the majority opinion and because of "hurr durr we're just having fun"
- Apart from political correctness, there's no ****ing reason to have equal prize money
- Grand Slams should have a similar system as the ATP1000s, they should be mandatory until 30 if fit to play
- Shapovalov is overrated as hell and is a worse player than a guy like Roddick at the same age
- People who think basketball pro's would clean up tennis cause "hurrr durrr they're so tall and athletic" are absolute morons
- I applaud swearing on court and tanking rackets. I want to see more action and emotion, not less
- Fabio Fognini would be the Goat if he would ever bother bend his knees
- Del Potro's niceness is vastly overrated
- an ATP 1000s on grass in the 3 weeks before Wimbledon is a terrible idea
- Astro Turf needs to see play on the Pro Tour.
- We're currently living in the weakest era in tennis
- The Davis Cup was good as it was and didn't need changing
- Federer's managment company teaming up with Tennis Australia to create Laver Cup provides an ethical problem when Federer plays the Australian Open

- I want to see one tournaments where players are required to drink a shot at every changeover

Also, considering the question isn't only in regards to tennis

Spoiler: Beware, historical can of worms

- somewhere I find it hilarious that denying the holocaust is illegal in some places while acknowledging the Armenian genocide is a very sensitive political topic

Care to explain the bolded?

 

[zagor]

-2003-2007 wasn't a weak era.

-Fed is not a fast court specialist.

-Novak is a decent and underrated net player, shaky overhead aside.

-Murray's topspin FH is an excellent shot.

-Tennis was more entertaining in the 90s.

-Nadal's mental strength is overrated.

-Players like Karlovic and Isner would do worse on faster grass, not better, because their return games, movement and athleticism sucks.

-Raonic, DImitrov and Nishikori would be slamless in every era. BIg 4 is a convenient cop-out.

-Fed and Novak are overrated on clay and wouldn't be 5 time FO champions in a different era (in fact I doubt they'd win more than two FOs).

-The improvements in Novak's game in 2011 were also technical in nature (better FH, serve), not just better fitness/new diet.

-You can't dominate grass without a great return of serve and movement.

-Roddick is more talented than Kyrgios.

-Tennis evolution is not a straight line, it improves in some respects and regresses in others which is one of the main reasons why the current best player is a 37 year old and old-school legends like Becker, Edberg and Lendl were in high demand as coaches by today's best.

-Ivanisevic wasn't a one-dimensional servebot a la Isner or Karlovic.

-There's no such thing as the undisputed GOAT.

-Agassi's career slam has more inherent value than any other.

-Fed, not Nadal is the most polarizing TW figure because even people that hate his guts can't stop talking about him relative to any other player (even their supposed favourites).

 

[JMR]

It’s very simple - most points are either a missed return or an easy put away by the serving team’s net man. The dozen or so points that develop into a rally or exchange of volleys is great; the rest is junk.

Actually, I think doubles can be extremely entertaining to watch. With two good teams, there will be plenty of long points, with incredible volleying, fantastic retrieving, crazy angles, lobs, etc. The biggest problem with doubles is that the stakes are too low. The outcomes don't matter anymore. When I watch a great doubles match, even if I am rooting for one of the teams, by the next day I no longer care who won. In contrast, with singles you can remember and care about the biggest matches for the rest of your life.

 

[toby55555]

I knew somebody will come up with that!

I love doubles too but can't understand why it is not more popular.

Because the big names generally don't play although Jack Sock is a regular.

 

[Raining hopes]

-2003-2007 wasn't a weak era.

-Fed is not a fast court specialist.

-Novak is a decent and underrated net player, shaky overhead aside.

-Murray's topspin FH is an excellent shot.

-Tennis was more entertaining in the 90s.

-Nadal's mental strength is overrated.

-Players like Karlovic and Isner would do worse on faster grass, not better, because their return games, movement and athleticism sucks.

-Raonic, DImitrov and Nishikori would be slamless in every era. BIg 4 is a convenient cop-out.

-Fed and Novak are overrated on clay and wouldn't be 5 time FO champions in a different era (in fact I doubt they'd win more than two FOs).

-The improvements in Novak's game in 2011 were also technical in nature (better FH, serve), not just better fitness/new diet.

-You can't dominate grass without a great return of serve and movement.

-Roddick is more talented than Kyrgios.

-Tennis evolution is not a flat line, it improves in some respects and regresses in others which is one of the main reasons why the current best player is a 37 year old and old-school legends like Becker, Edberg and Lendl were in high demand as coaches by today's best.

-Ivanisevic wasn't a one-dimensional servebot a la Isner or Karlovic.

-There's no such thing as the undisputed GOAT.

-Fed, not Nadal is the most polarizing TW figure because even people that hate his guts can't stop talking about him relative to any other player (even their supposed favourites).

I really agree with the bolded part especially about the evolution of the game.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

-Fed is not a fast court specialist.

A bit hard to be in the current tour

 

[MasterZeb]

Nadal didn't fake Australia 2014 and 18 injuries
Nalbandian overrated
US Open is the worst slam, but French is very close behind
Queens>Halle
Berdych has a better game than Murray
Tsonga should've been more successful than wawrinka
Federer is stronger mentally than Nadal
Nadals volleys are heavily overrated
Llodra was more talented than Federer
Nadal peaked on all surfaces before 2010, but at various periods each surface

 

[ojo rojo]

Berdych has a better game than Murray

 

[eelhc]

Dope, take PEDs, etc... I don't care. It's all entertainment to me.

 

[Kalin]

Djokovic knows how to smash.

Wrong thread, please move your poast to the appropriate forum:

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...-jokes-yo-mama-jokes-or-what-have-you.167886/

 

[jaggy]

Judy Murray has flaws

 

[Standaa]

Berdych is a lot of bad things, but not a pusher. Him against Djokovic is at least watchable.

 

[Prabhanjan]

Lendl is way underrated than he should be. He sits slightly below Borg but clearly and distinctly ahead of Connors and Agassi.

 

[73west]

Stefi Graf’s resume is far more impressive than Serena Williams’s

Brad Gilbert is the worst commentator in sports history.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

I have a hard time seeing (Andy) Murray winning more slams in other eras due to how he played in his lost finals. Especially since none of them went to even 5...

 

[Tennisanity]

Federer paced himself for his career, playing at 80% thus staying healthy. Nadal put 110% in to keep up with Federer's 80, thus he was constantly injured including many from simple mental issues.

 

[spirit95]

3 is literally the least controversial opinion it's possible to have

 

[ojo rojo]

Berdych is a lot of bad things, but not a pusher. Him against Djokovic is at least watchable.

If so say you.

Push on

 

[Poisoned Slice]

John Barnes is still England's finest rapper.