[TENNIS] The Championships, Wimbledon - 2013 GENTLEMEN EDITION (1 Viewer)

[RivalryofTroll]

holy shit. exactly the same here. I dislike nole for some reason I don't know why - seems like a great guy though.

^ This is probably why.

I don't like Novak for this sole reason:
- Preventing Federer from meeting Nadal at the USO10 and USO11. (FEDAL has never met at the USO)

In USO11, Federer CHOKED 2 match-points held against Novak. Then eventually after saving MPs, Novak would go on winning.
In USO10, Roger also choked match-points.

he deserved to win that match, but perhaps not the whole tournament if that makes any sense.

Exactly this

Probably because he faced no top 10 seeds at all before the final.

Highest seeds faced was Janowicz in the semis.... seed number 24... and Youzhny in the 4th round.... seed number 20....

He faced an unseeded Fernando Verdasco in the quarters (who took him to 5 sets).

Meanwhile Djokovic had to face nightmare players --> Haas (who's beaten him at Wimbledon before), Berdych (who's beaten him at Wimbledon before) and getting pushed to 5 sets by Del Potro in the semis... Where Berdych + Delpo are both top 10 players.... Delpo was playing at a top 5 level at least.....

 

[OMGITzJustin]

^ This is probably why.

I don't like Novak for this sole reason:
- Preventing Federer from meeting Nadal at the USO10 and USO11. (FEDAL has never met at the USO)

In USO11, Federer CHOKED 2 match-points held against Novak. Then eventually after saving MPs, Novak would go on winning.
In USO10, Roger also choked match-points.





Probably because he faced no top 10 seeds at all before the final.

Highest seeds faced was Janowicz in the semis.... seed number 24... and Youzhny in the 4th round.... seed number 20....

He faced an unseeded Fernando Verdasco in the quarters (who took him to 5 sets).

Meanwhile Djokovic had to face nightmare players --> Haas (who's beaten him at Wimbledon before), Berdych (who's beaten him at Wimbledon before) and getting pushed to 5 sets by Del Potro in the semis... Where Berdych + Delpo are both top 10 players.... Delpo was playing at a top 5 level at least.....

as always you speak the truth, 100% agree with everything you just said, murray's road to the finals were much easier

 

[RishBonjour]

^ This is probably why.

I don't like Novak for this sole reason:
- Preventing Federer from meeting Nadal at the USO10 and USO11. (FEDAL has never met at the USO)

In USO11, Federer CHOKED 2 match-points held against Novak. Then eventually after saving MPs, Novak would go on winning.
In USO10, Roger also choked match-points.





Probably because he faced no top 10 seeds at all before the final.

Highest seeds faced was Janowicz in the semis.... seed number 24... and Youzhny in the 4th round.... seed number 20....

He faced an unseeded Fernando Verdasco in the quarters (who took him to 5 sets).

Meanwhile Djokovic had to face nightmare players --> Haas (who's beaten him at Wimbledon before), Berdych (who's beaten him at Wimbledon before) and getting pushed to 5 sets by Del Potro in the semis... Where Berdych + Delpo are both top 10 players.... Delpo was playing at a top 5 level at least.....

True. Mine is more about loyalty towards federer haha. Just don't like seeing him lose (except against Nadal)- I was in disbelief the first time he got fucked over by novak in Aus open (2008)
But clearly times have changed - Murray and djokovic have improved dramatically. (From being equal to players like tsonga IMO)

 

[RivalryofTroll]

True. Mine is more about loyalty towards federer haha. Just don't like seeing him lose (except against Nadal)- I was in disbelief the first time he got fucked over by novak in Aus open (2008)
But clearly times have changed - Murray and djokovic have improved dramatically. (From being equal to players like tsonga IMO)

well tbh, Tsonga was never in the league of Murray + Djokovic in terms of consistency.

Djokovic has been a top 3/top 4 player consistently for the past many so years.

Of course, after the breakthrough in 2011... he became the best player of recent times...

Before winning USO12, Murray won many masters 1000 titles whereas Tsonga only has 1 iirc.

But yeah the times are changing and feeling worried about Roger's future (the time he has left at the top). When he retires, it'll be pretty sad

 

[Recondit]

well tbh, Tsonga was never in the league of Murray + Djokovic in terms of consistency.

Djokovic has been a top 3/top 4 player consistently for the past many so years.

Of course, after the breakthrough in 2011... he became the best player of recent times...

Before winning USO12, Murray won many masters 1000 titles whereas Tsonga only has 1 iirc.

But yeah the times are changing and feeling worried about Roger's future (the time he has left at the top). When he retires, it'll be pretty sad

Roger has also accepted WCs for Gstaad and Hamburg, respectively 250 and 500 clay tournaments which is quite unusual considering a player of his calibre would be preparing for the NA hardcourt season (defending Cincinatti masters title where Djokovic and now Murray would be primed). Hamburg> Gstaad> Rogers Cup> Cincinatti - That is 4 tournaments in 5 weeks. I personally think he is scrambling for more points in order to maintain his position in the ATP race rankings which is a concern for Federer

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Roger has also accepted WCs for Gstaad and Hamburg, respectively 250 and 500 clay tournaments which is quite unusual considering a player of his calibre would be preparing for the NA hardcourt season (defending Cincinatti masters title where Djokovic and now Murray would be primed). Hamburg> Gstaad> Rogers Cup> Cincinatti - That is 4 tournaments in 5 weeks. I personally think he is scrambling for more points in order to maintain his position in the ATP race rankings which is a concern for Federer

He definitely needs more points due to the Wimbledon early exit.

But I'm scared he'll burn out.

He's currently 6th in the race to London (5th in normal rankings) and if he keeps playing bad, he can only go down even further.

Now that he's 5th, this means he could meet either Djokovic, Murray or Nadal in the quarter-finals of slams like the upcoming USO....

Tough times ahead.

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