#299

tbf most of Federer’s early slams were racked up against comparably poor competition. Think as Djokovic was born into the Federer - Nadal era he’s had to face the toughest competition to win his of any great player ever. This was his first ever slam win where he didn’t face another member of the big 4

don’t think he will get to 20 though

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#300

I guess we can’t see into the future. Any further titles will either be by beating Fed/Rafa/Muzz when they’re not at their peak; or by beating the new generation of players. If he wins another 10 slams against that opposition i guess @colinfilth has a valid point (but at this point there’s a lot still to be done, and you could argue that wining in this era for the number he has is INCREDIBLE - I don’t know the numbers, but I imagine he has a higher number of slams in the era since all 4 have been active at the same time, given the number rafa/fed won pre-djoko/murray)

#301

He has a much higher ratio of big title wins to small ones than any of the other current players. He really brings it to the big games.

#302

Like Federer, his French Open win is asterisked because of not having to beat Nadal :wink:

#303

true though!

#304

SInce he won his first slam in 2008 he and Nadal have both won 14, Federer 8, Murray and Wawrinka 3 each and Cilic and Del Potro 1 each.

#305

that’s kind of what I’d expected, although thought Djoko would be up on Rafa. Thanks for taking the trouble to look it up (or for having an encyclopedic mind!)

#306

find it really endearing that the crowd was singing Ole so he pretended to himself that they were singing Nole

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#307

:slight_smile: amazing. What did he think the “delpo… delpo…” bit was on the end…?!

#308

Wimbledon to have final set tiebreaks at 12-12 from next year.

The world’s going to hell in a handcart and now John Isner’s going to win a slam :wink:

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#309

WTA Finals have been dinging so far
wonder if there’s ever been an 8 player / team sporting competition with such close odds

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#310

:frowning:

#311

Yeah really shitty. She’s not caught many breaks has she.

#312

Classy bunch Federer fans…

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#313

If Zverev wins this then he’s def the male Svitolina

#314

I’ve not really seen him play a lot, but the impression I get is that somehow he seems to make every shot look like some massive agricultural effort, even stop volleys.

#315

Djokovic will win this in straight sets. Zverev is the most advanced of the current crop of youngsters but I find him a bit dull to watch. Much prefer Coric or Khachanov.

#316

Good on the boy. An unexpected Djokovic defeat is still one of the joys of tennis.

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#317

Lost to Khachanov and Zverev in successive finals, so certainly doesn’t look as invincible as he did a month ago after he won the Shanghai Masters.

#318

Pouille hiring Mauresmo as coach! gonna start supporting him I guess