id also like to note that federer has the best all around game and is the best all around tennis player of all time.
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He has a complete game but he's being overtaken, he won't go down as the GOAT.
Nero Christ
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the fans will always have a love for Fed they don't have for any another player
Not sure about that, Novak may have the better all around game. Novak is the best returner of all time and you could argue is the better baseline player between the 2. Yes Fed's serve is better, hence why he's won so many Wimbledon titles but Novak is a legitimate threat at all 4 grandslams. Pretty sure Nadal would rather face prime Fed than prime Novak at the French.
They can have that, that doesn't change the fact he most likely won't be the most accomplished player
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I just brought that up because GOAT conversations usually boil down to biases & personal preferences
from the ground up, if I were to build the perfect player, it'd be Novak but personally, Fed is my GOAT
Yapdatfool
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When its all said and done, Federer and Nadal will only be footnotes in the GOAT conversation... the numbers wont lie.
Nole will stand alone as the best in history I can't see anyone surpassing him.
Nole will stand alone as the best in history I can't see anyone surpassing him.
Hes the greatest of all time from a pure skills perspective
You failed to mention his volleying and finesse game as well. The others dont have close to that caliber
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Novak has the best all round game from a pure tennis observation. Fed has a way of making it look easy and elegant which the fans like. If you were to teach a kid you would base it more around Novak game then Fed.
Disagree
He is mentally tougher though
Edit: teaching to play like Djokovic would be easier than to teach how to play like fed so perhaps.
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slams:
that looks like a 2011 drop off .. with a small second wind in early 2017 and 2018.
atp finals:
you can see who he started to lose against in the atp final list
here: Roger Federer career statistics - Wikipedia
slams:
that looks like a 2011 drop off .. with a small second wind in early 2017 and 2018.
atp finals:
you can see who he started to lose against in the atp final list
here: Roger Federer career statistics - Wikipedia
The winning dropped off, the skills did not
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well we are talking about results so
Didnt catch that nuance in that specific post. Just said he declined.
fair enough
LiveFromLondon
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Thing is Djokovic's game can change to suit every opponent and nullify them. Federer is beautiful to watch
but can be exploited as we've seen against Djokovic especially on match point on his serve a number of times