The Official Tennis Thread

[UpAndComing]

It's bad, breh.

Andy Roddikk was born too soon.

Word. If Andy Roddikk's prime started in 2019 when Federer and Nadal started slowing down, he would have 8-10 titles easily in his career

 

[Regular_P]

Doesn't usually last long. Maybe a year or two. Someone will come along or a couple of guys or someone will mature..

I hope so.

Word. If Andy Roddikk's prime started in 2019 when Federer and Nadal started slowing down, he would have 8-10 titles easily in his career

I just looked up his record against the Big 3. He actually had a winning record against Novak when he retired.

 

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Djokovic has dominated the toughest era in mens tennis

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

I hope so.



I just looked up his record against the Big 3. He actually had a winning record against Novak when he retired.

Why would you want to see one person dominate all the time?

If the level of play remains solid I'd prefer if a bunch of players pick up random unexpected slams due to a rise in form

And for what it's worth I been saying for ages zverev sissypants and felix are all mentally weak (amongst their peers in relation to talent level)

Their mental strength is no where near the level of their skill or physical abilities

It takes many years to develop this type of toughness...much of which comes from development as a youth. It actually helps a player develop to take losses and understand why they lose. It's like a statistical study and just getting the sample size up. Some of these kids from other countries are heralded and propped up from a young age systematically and may not encounter the adversity that other players would.

Or they simply dont have the propensity to bottle their negative thoughts when they arise.

Players should plan out each point before the serve and do a quick analysis after the point. What worked and what didnt. File it for future reference and then move forward emotionally completely. One of the hardest things to do in a tennis match is to avoid an emotional carry over from previous point or game failures to the next point or game. I can, more often than not, get angry and throw my racquet or call myself a fukking idiot..but then just get it out of my system and push forward. It's close to impossible in this sport to have emotional carry over and have it not affect focus negatively. Even the positive emotion has to be left behind. All the greats had this ability. The talented players who dont win shyt do not

 

[Regular_P]

Why would you want to see one person dominate all the time?

If the level of play remains solid I'd prefer if a bunch of players pick up random unexpected slams due to a rise in form

And for what it's worth I been saying for ages zverev sissypants and felix are all mentally weak (amongst their peers in relation to talent level)

Their mental strength is no where near the level of their skill or physical abilities

It takes many years to develop this type of toughness...much of which comes from development as a youth. It actually helps a player develop to take losses and understand why they lose. It's like a statistical study and just getting the sample size up. Some of these kids from other countries are heralded and propped up from a young age systematically and may not encounter the adversity that other players would.

Or they simply dont have the propensity to bottle their negative thoughts when they arise.

Players should plan out each point before the serve and do a quick analysis after the point. What worked and what didnt. File it for future reference and then move forward emotionally completely. One of the hardest things to do in a tennis match is to avoid an emotional carry over from previous point or game failures to the next point or game. I can, more often than not, get angry and throw my racquet or call myself a fukking idiot..but then just get it out of my system and push forward. It's close to impossible in this sport to have emotional carry over and have it not affect focus negatively. Even the positive emotion has to be left behind. All the greats had this ability. The talented players who dont win shyt do not

It's most fun when there's at least two top dogs with legit challengers who can pick them off. There's an emotional pull one way or the other that way.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

It's most fun when there's at least two top dogs with legit challengers who can pick them off. There's an emotional pull one way or the other that way.

tbh i didn't start having a lot of fun with the men's side until it turned into the Big 3. Fed vs. Nadal didn't hold my attention as much and before that Fed's comp was weak af to me

My favorite time as a spectator with the men's side was when Agassi put it all together. Those were some damn exciting tournaments to me...

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

It's most fun when there's at least two top dogs with legit challengers who can pick them off. There's an emotional pull one way or the other that way.

Eh, I just don't think we've really experienced any other way on the pro tour to some degree so it's what people have become accustomed to. This era, sampras agassi etc. But the borg into mcenroe/connors/lendl/edberg/Becker etc era was pretty damn good. I'd prefer at least a really strong top 5 or 10 with other players in the mix if things break their way. I dont want to see 2 players steamrolling everyone all the time

 

[Regular_P]

tbh i didn't start having a lot of fun with the men's side until it turned into the Big 3. Fed vs. Nadal didn't hold my attention as much and before that Fed's comp was weak af to me

My favorite time as a spectator with the men's side was when Agassi put it all together. Those were some damn exciting tournaments to me...

Eh, I just don't think we've really experienced any other way on the pro tour to some degree so it's what people have become accustomed to. This era, sampras agassi etc. But the borg into mcenroe/connors/lendl/edberg/Becker etc era was pretty damn good. I'd prefer at least a really strong top 5 or 10 with other players in the mix if things break their way. I dont want to see 2 players steamrolling everyone all the time

2012-2014 had six different winners in the 12 Slams.

 

[Formerly known as...]

I'm not saying Djoke's era wasn't tough. It was. Lots of depth. But the very best competition were compromised. Fed and Nadal have not been remotely at their best over the course of an entire tournament in years, even when they won slams. I'll give you Wawy, though. Murray's hip fukked up how many potential positive slam results? DelPo is in and out, a non-factor.

Federer would be on 25-26 majors if Novak wasn't around. Novak was on 1 slam when Fed had 14 and hes now level. That is incredible.

Fed didn't fall off a cliff after 14 majors, Novak got better and they couldn't handle him.

 

[GunRanger]

482 to sit here. What yall think

 

[Black Bolt]

482 to sit here. What yall think

For the men’s final? No brainier, suprised it isn’t more

 

[Black Bolt]

Zverev is a bad match up for Djoko, he offers all the issues he had with Brooksby except with a serve.

I have him as favourite but it’ll be an extremely tough out especially if he’s still spotting 1st sets

Flawless prediction ,

same holds true for Med, the GOAT gon’ have to earn that CYGS

 

[malbaker86]

 

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Federer would be on 25-26 majors if Novak wasn't around. Novak was on 1 slam when Fed had 14 and hes now level. That is incredible.

Fed didn't fall out a cliff after 14 majors, Novak got better and they couldn't handle him.

Spoiler: ...

you don't have to "fall off a cliff" to stop winning as much.

e.g.

learn to think critically about your own reductive nonsense.

 

[Mazino]

Laugh all you want but thats the truth.

You think Federer dominated the toughest era? 13 of his slams have been won against players other than the big four and his first five were won against lesser players.

Djokovic has been far more dominant than Federer and has the titles and achievements to back it up. So many just just mad Djokovic came in and started beating on their favourite player, excuse after excuse gets rolled out for Federer