The Official Tennis Thread

[Kunty McPhuck]

this dude keeps coming in here asking this same dumb ass shyt & everyone tells him the same thing over & over...Serena is not beating even the 100th ranked man in the world let alone one of the best to ever play the sport

he might need to get banned from this thread

As soon as he posted in the Football (soccer) thread I put him straight on the block list.

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

Nick’s antics are somewhat entertaining but he’s clearly a mental midget. Like damn you’d think dude is an 18 year old the way he acts

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Sad about nadal having to bail out.

Only him and medvedev can give Joker problems

Having to bail out? It was just a little tummy pain. Could have popped an Oxycontin instead of running from mental midget Kyrgios

 

[FaTaL]

Nick’s antics are somewhat entertaining but he’s clearly a mental midget. Like damn you’d think dude is an 18 year old the way he acts

Naw, he’s mentally ill

 

[Professor Emeritus]

out of the big 3....Fed, Novak and Rafa

who is generally the most well rounded on all 3 courts?

It's even enough between Nadal and Djokovic that it basically comes down to subjective. I think it's fair to give Djokovic a slight edge because he has more surfaces that he's better at. On the other hand, Djokovic is worse on clay than Nadal is on any surface. The fact that Nadal's best surface is clay, but also has more US Open titles than Djokovic is pretty crazy.

Nadal beat prime Federer in both Australian Open and Wimbledon finals and beat prime Djokovic in U.S. Open finals. Whereas Djokovic wasn't able to beat Nadal or any other great clay court player in a French Open until Nadal was aging and limited by injury.

 

[phillycavsfan]

40 yo with Knee issues... 20 is it for him. Sad but he'll be an afterthought when Rafa/Nole retire...

Highly, highly, highly doubt that. Roger and Rafa will always be remembered more fondly than Novak. They're the model professionals, they're the ones with the all-time greatest match ever.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

It's even enough between Nadal and Djokovic that it basically comes down to subjective. I think it's fair to give Djokovic a slight edge because he has more surfaces that he's better at. On the other hand, Djokovic is worse on clay than Nadal is on any surface. The fact that Nadal's best surface is clay, but also has more US Open titles than Djokovic is pretty crazy.

Nadal beat prime Federer in both Australian Open and Wimbledon finals and beat prime Djokovic in U.S. Open finals. Whereas Djokovic wasn't able to beat Nadal or any other great clay court player in a French Open until Nadal was aging and limited by injury.

lol GOATkovic is better on Clay than Clay Dude on Grass
we ain't losing to Dustin Brown or Steve Darcis on Clay

 

[phillycavsfan]

lol GOATkovic is better on Clay than Clay Dude on Grass
we ain't losing to Dustin Brown or Steve Darcis on Clay

Let's not do that. Let's not forget that Novak has lost to guys like Cecchinato and Kohlschreiber at Roland Garros and choked a FO final against Wawrinka after beating Rafa.

 

[phillycavsfan]

It's even enough between Nadal and Djokovic that it basically comes down to subjective. I think it's fair to give Djokovic a slight edge because he has more surfaces that he's better at. On the other hand, Djokovic is worse on clay than Nadal is on any surface. The fact that Nadal's best surface is clay, but also has more US Open titles than Djokovic is pretty crazy.

Nadal beat prime Federer in both Australian Open and Wimbledon finals and beat prime Djokovic in U.S. Open finals. Whereas Djokovic wasn't able to beat Nadal or any other great clay court player in a French Open until Nadal was aging and limited by injury.

Yup, that's why it's dumb and disrespectful to just reduce Nadal to being a clay-only legend.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

lol GOATkovic is better on Clay than Clay Dude on Grass
we ain't losing to Dustin Brown or Steve Darcis on Clay

Nadal's lifetime winning % on grass is higher than Djokovic's lifetime winning % on clay.

Nadal beat prime Federer on grass in a Wimbledon final (the greatest match ever played) and then took out Djokovic on grass in a Wimbledon final too. Djokovic couldn't win a Wimbledon until Federer fell off.

Whereas Djokovic couldn't do jack shyt against Nadal on clay until he got hurt.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Nadal's lifetime winning % on grass is higher than Djokovic's lifetime winning % on clay.

Nadal beat prime Federer on grass in a Wimbledon final (the greatest match ever played) and then took out Djokovic on grass in a Wimbledon final too. Whereas Djokovic couldn't do jack shyt against Nadal on clay until he got hurt.

You want to bring up statistics? Good then. Because nobody is better than GOATkovic

Oh and the greatest match ever played is the 2019 Wimbledon Final. Guess who won that?

I know you Clay Dude fans feeling yourself lately since the Australian Government hating on the GOAT allowed your man to win his first AO since the first Obama term. But we busy tonight celebrating winning the most important tournament of all for a 7th time

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Nadal's lifetime winning % on grass is higher than Djokovic's lifetime winning % on clay.

Nadal beat prime Federer on grass in a Wimbledon final (the greatest match ever played) and then took out Djokovic on grass in a Wimbledon final too. Djokovic couldn't win a Wimbledon until Federer fell off.

Whereas Djokovic couldn't do jack shyt against Nadal on clay until he got hurt.

I still maintain safin vs fed is the best match ever

Higher quality shot making

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Yup, that's why it's dumb and disrespectful to just reduce Nadal to being a clay-only legend.

Nadal has won as many Grand Slams away from clay as Lendl, Agassi, and Conners have won Grand Slams total. If the French Open didn't exist, he'd till be #4 all-time in titles behind only Federer, Sampras, and Djokovic. He only gets pigeonholed as a clay player because he's so incredibly dominant there. Yet somehow he became the first one to complete a career grand slam twice over and would still be the only one if not for injuries.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Yet somehow he became the first one to complete a career grand slam twice over and would still be the only one if not for injuries.

Come on Rhakim, Clay Dude has tremendous accomplishments (2nd or 3rd best player ever). So no need to blatantly lie here

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Oh and the greatest match ever played is the 2019 Wimbledon Final. Guess who won that?

Nadal's GOAT Wimbledon match against prime Federer came when Federer was 28 and had won 5 straight Wimbledon titles with 3 more still ahead of him.

Djokovic's weak imitation came when old-ass Federer was 38 and had struggle to just 1 Wimbledon win in the previous 7 years. Federer only won 3 Grand Slams after 2012 and NEVER won another after 2018, yet you're bragging about beating him in 2019?

Imagine having to gloat about beating a washed senior citizen as your greatest accomplishment.

I know you Clay Dude fans feeling yourself lately since the Australian Government hating on the GOAT allowed your man to win his first AO since the first Obama term. But we busy tonight celebrating winning the most important tournament of all for a 7th time

Nadal fights through injuries to compete in Grand Slams, whereas Djokovic gives them away with conspiracy theories and self-inflicted L's. Really something to be proud of there.

I bet if a genocidal Serbian war criminal had told Djokovic to get the shot he would have done it.