re: The Unofficial 2018 Australian Open Thread

Doesn't matter what the draw looks like when a player takes home a GS crown in men's tennis contesting best of five sets. I mean you outlast the rest of the field, and that's all it is to it. Not the player's fault who goes out before he does. That being said, I will bet Rafa and Roger both felt at least a little squeeze in each of the last two slams because they were prohibitive favorites going into the finals.

I will say one thing - and I'm an unabashed Fed fan (also a big Rafa fan fwiw). It sure as heck didn't hurt that he played almost all of his matches at night given the brutal conditions of this tourney (pretty sure 6 of the 7 were in nighttime hours).