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*Official* Tennis Thread
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Magrat Garlick
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can't believe you could get on Novak for $1.36.
morgieb
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I think that boat sailed after the Wimbledon game. In all honesty he really should be out of the picture given his age and experience, the fact that he's still there going deep in Slams says a lot about him (and the depth of the field as well, but that's a story for another time)Time to accept that there are no more Slams in Federer's future.
Clinical is all I can say about Djokovic's performance. Federer actually played pretty well, especially in the third, but still couldn't push him. Now to the French, can he do it?
vcs
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Does Murray stand a chance against the current Djokovic? Not really, 4 sets with a couple of close 7-6/7-5 type ones IMO. Result is not in doubt. Raonic might actually be interesting, he could lose 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 but he could also make it uncomfortable for Novak if he really gets in the big-serving, power-hitting zone and plays in God-mode (and sustains it over best of 5). Unlikely, but that's the only way to stop him right now.
Anil
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yeah he really surprised me at wimbledon 2012 (and even that was more about murray choking under pressure after a set and a half of outstanding tennis and federer taking advantage) but that was his last hurrah...if someone else takes out novak (and rafa) before he meets him and if his path to the final is not too strenuous, he may be able to win another one but those are huge ifs right now, the odds are significantly against him...Time to accept that there are no more Slams in Federer's future.
Burgey
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Yeah, I'm thinking back to the late 90s, early 2000s and can easily see him taking down Agassi and Sampras............................BTW, Murray in any other period of tennis history wins at least 5-6 Slams. He's been the hardest done by competing with these 3 guys.
Not to mention walking all over Borg, McEnroe and Connors.
Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad - mere speed humps for Murray.
Please.
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Jono
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No he shouldn't, this isn't true at all. Look at the quality he is playing at, he'd be top 4 in most eras. Just because he's 34, its irrelevant. Watch his actual match quality, and tell me he's not a top 4 player 10 years ago. I mean he took a set against Novak, a player who hit a level last night that many tennis commentators said they had simply not seen before.
The depth is fine, I don't see how Fed making semis says a lot about the depth. He slapped the **** out of Stan at the US Open. The same Stan that beat the unstoppable Novak.
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OverratedSanity
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It's also 100% objectively false. So weird.
vcs
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Never said he'd walk all over them. I think he would create enough opportunities to win around 5 Majors though, in most eras. He'd have a similar resume to Becker/Edberg and be considered on roughly that level, had the top 3 been slightly less dominant. He's lost 6 Slam finals to Federer/Djokovic FFS. Don't know how many semifinals he's lost to them two and Nadal as well, must be close to double figures.