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re: Unofficial 2021 - The Championships - Wimbledon thread.

Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:29 pm to
Posted by RedHawk
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:29 pm to
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Nadal will keep trying to grind out every single point even when he is getting thoroughly whipped.


LOL. To be this delusional.
Posted by OliverQueen81
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:31 pm to
I just think fed didn't want to play Novak in the final.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:39 pm to
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Shankerer

This is cringey.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Member since Mar 2009
27900 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:41 pm to
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Krickstein had 10 in nearly a thousand fewer attempts. Becker and Murray have 10 against better plays in about 600 fewer attempts.

To come back from 0-2 down you need to actually go 0-2 down. I have a feeling the percentage of his matches where he’s done that are much lower than the majority of his peers.
Posted by Eat Your Crow
caught beneath the landslide
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:52 pm to
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I just think fed didn't want to play Novak in the final.

It really just seemed like he was tired and didn't have much to offer, which we've seen from Federer recently and is to be expected of someone his age. He was just beat by a better guy. I don't think Novak being in the draw had much to do with it.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:07 pm to
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To come back from 0-2 down you need to actually go 0-2 down. I have a feeling the percentage of his matches where he’s done that are much lower than the majority of his peers.
Time to sign into bobby
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:19 pm to
He 100% is going to dig through the data to find something to rebut you guys. And I know you will do the same. Which, I respect, because finding tennis numbers besides basic results and H2H is pretty difficult.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
New York, New York
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:46 pm to
He could come back with data to suggest I’m wrong and I wouldn’t be surprised. Just seems to reason that Fed hasn’t gone down 0-2 throughout his career at a higher percentage than his peers.
Posted by bayoucracka
Member since Sep 2015
6898 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:46 pm to
This is sad actually. Now that Novak will be the unquestioned GOAT, the debates/arguments will be about Roger vs. Rafa now, instead of appreciating that each of them produced many more years of insane tennis moments and memories than we could have ever expected.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 4:55 pm to
Yeah, I am a Fedtard. But, something tends to happen with guys I root against that I kind of like them toward the end of their careers. Rafa is a good dude and I have just tried the last few years to appreciate the gaudy stuff he has done. I don't love Novak's personality or tennis style, but to surpass these guys after 10-15 years of GOAT debate about them is crazy. If you told me in 2002 that three guys would blow by Sampras' career achievements within 20 years, I would have said you are out of your mind.

I do think a discussion for another day is -- are the three best guys ever really playing right now? Well, yeah, by the major numbers, of course they are. But, it makes me think more, how has the sport changed that this happened?
This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 4:57 pm
Posted by Eat Your Crow
caught beneath the landslide
Member since May 2017
9190 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 6:18 pm to
This slam has pretty much sucked, but I think the US Open has the potential to be the best one in a long time. So many different guys can win, and the story of Novak winning all 4 in one calendar year and his 21st slam all at once will be remarkable.
This post was edited on 7/7/21 at 8:03 pm
Posted by Sho Nuff
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Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 11:08 pm to
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This sucks. Novak gets to walk to another title


Of the Big 3 only one has racked up wins against weak competition. Name all the titles Djoko has “walked into” and then do the same for Fed.
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
13378 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 11:38 pm to
immediate Fedfan downvote
Posted by bayoucracka
Member since Sep 2015
6898 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 6:46 am to
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are the three best guys ever really playing right now?

quote:

how has the sport changed that this happened?

Great questions. I don’t think a quick reply would suffice, so I’ll try to answer at length in the other thread when the tourney is over.
Posted by bayoucracka
Member since Sep 2015
6898 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 8:12 am to
This would be an all-timer if he had lost the match.

Posted by MusclesofBrussels
Member since Dec 2015
4935 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 8:41 am to
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Sho Nuff


You get down voted because you post like a dimwitted, petulant child. Your display in the French Open thread was pathetic.
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
26033 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 9:29 am to
Am I the only one who think Novak has a cakewalk to the title
Posted by bayoucracka
Member since Sep 2015
6898 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 9:40 am to
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Am I the only one who think Novak has a cakewalk to the title
Nah

Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68488 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 10:55 am to
Nice and easy Pliskova over 22.

And the ML hits too. Nice!
This post was edited on 7/8/21 at 11:29 am
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68488 posts
Posted on 7/8/21 at 11:30 am to
Barty-Pliskova should be a good one.

Sabalenka was outmatched those last 2 sets. Plis is playing so well all tournament.
This post was edited on 7/8/21 at 11:31 am
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