Hot off the heels of an amazing French Open, the men and women now turn to the grass courts of Wimbledon. Can Rafa continue with his momentum, or can Novak wrestle it back? Can Federer rise up and collect another slam? Can Murray get a breakthrough slam in front of his home crowd? Will there be a darkhorse shocker like Tomic :side: to come through and take the world by storm?
I'm thoroughly looking forward to this event, it's my favourite slam and I'm really hoping to see some great tennis on display. As far as the ladies go, you'd have to think Sharapova, Kvitova, Serena, Azarenka etc will all be in the mix, Stosur a slight chance provided she doesn't choke it up in monumental fashion, and well, who knows with the women, Wozniacki might even break through and break her duck.
Ever since Djkovic lost in RG, hes not been the same, hes been choking in important moments in matches like this. Obviously though Nadal played great tonight but I think that if Djokovic took his chances in that third set, we could have a different outcome.
Its been an unbelievable season for Nadal. I think its pretty safe to say that this season is the best season in Nadal's career and it can still get even better if he wins Shanghai and WTF.
Djokovic record in slam finals is 6-6 and in the US Open finals it is 1-4.
Nadal has been too strong this whole tournament, after wimby the amount of people that wrote him off, like the old saying goes, form is temporary class is permanent.
He thoroughly deserved this victory, and I truly believe if he can stay fit he will surpass Fed's GS record, in my mind he IS the greatest tennis player.
The guy has a better head to head record vs his direct opponents too, people like to dismiss him as nothing more than a clay court specialist, jealousy!!!!
I've never been a fan of Djoker, this victory was even sweeter for it!!!!
I'd imagine Rafa, Novak, Andy, Ferrer, Berdych, DelPo and Fed would be 'safe' barring boilovers in the minor events, but the last few spots aren't certainties.
Mav, actually read her slam record over the last 2 years. One Final, One Semi, 3 Quarters, 2 4th and 1 3rd. That's not an embarassment when she isn't an elite player on the tour. Quarters or better in 5 of the last 8 slams. Fucking embarassing indeed. Look at who beat her too. Us Open she underachieved but even Serena has fallen at that stage of a Slam this year. Wimbledon she lost 9-7 in the 3rd to Lisicki who even beat Serena that week. Quarters of the French lost to Errani who has made the Semis and Final in the last 2 RG's and is one of the best clay court players on the tour right now. Australian lost to Li Na who went onto the Final. 4th seed lost to the 6th seed. That's fine. She beat Li at Wimbledon too. Us Open last year lost to Vinci. Ok that was poor but it seems the US isn't her strongest slam. Wimbledon Final loses to Serena in 3 sets. The same year that Serena annihilated her 2 other strongest contenders on the same court. So faired better than Azarenka and Sharapova in the same situation. French lost to Kuznetsova in the 3rd. Fair enough. Not like Kuznetsova is a bad player though and a former French Open Winner and Runner Up. Aussie 2011 lost to Azarenka in 3 who went on to beat Sharapova losing just 3 games in the Final. So US Open aside she's going to the Quarters in Slams bar 1 and only getting beat by very strong players both in general and on that court. She's also going deep into these tour events that you label as not mattering despite them being the same tournaments that Williams and Azarenka have been winning all year. So tell me again how she's an embarassment to her ranking? Should we compare this to the records of the 5th and 6th seeds for relative comparisons? Errani's only reached the 3rd Round of one slam this year. Li didn't make it past the 4th of any slam last year and is Final/2nd/Quarter/Semi for this year. So better slam records than Errani and Li. So tell me again how she's an embarassment to her ranking?
Rafa's unbeatable right now. Absolute monster. He's definitely surpassing Federer's Slam record at this point. 5 more to beat Federer. Let's even say 6 and give Federer the benefit of the doubt that he wins another. He doesn't btw. He's 27 now. Let's say another 3 years at the top. I'd say 3 years minimum. Probably more permitting injuries. French is his every year. That's 3 out of 6. So another 3 from 9. Very doable.
He'd surely be up in contention for the Australian Open crown next year. I know it's a risky thing to mention, but if fit, I truly believe Rafa is capable of pulling off the calendar grand slam. It would be quite an amazing sight to see.
I think its still to early to say about Nadal overtaking Fed imo. He still needs 5 more slams. You really can't predict what's going to happen, you never know. I mean for all we know next year Murray may start to play much better and dominate the tour, or Djokovic could regain his 2011 form or Federer could bounce back or Nadal could drop his level, you never know. I mean in 2010 Nadal was dominating and then it was expected for him to dominate 2011 since no one was good enough to challenge him as Fed was declining and Murray/Djokovic not being good enough and then Djokovic started to play unbelievable tennis and dominated. After AO 2010, Fed was expected to dominate and win more slams as Nadal was suffering from injuries and the rest of the tour not being good enough to challenge him but then Federer declined, was playing much worse and Nadal got over his injuries and started to play much better and dominated. My point is that you never know what's going to happen.
Precisely right. Nadal could get another big injury quite easily. Five slams is a lot more than it sounds. If he stays fit I fancy him to do it, but exactly right Samoon, you just don't know what's around the corner.
The final itself was immense, 2nd & 3rd were unreal. Why people don't want to see them in a final when they produce a quality like that and no one else can consistently is ridiculous. Rafa's 95% win rate for the year too is just incredible too. He's never topped hit 90 before, and after the injuries too it makes it even more fantastic. Unbeaten on hard courts too. What a year! Take a bow Rafa. Very profitable couple of days too.(Y)
Rafa is there, Djokovic is there & i think Murray is there now. JMDP,Berdych, Ferrer should be safe enough. Federer should be fine to make it unless he plays like crap. That leaves Stan,Tsonga & Gasquet to battle it out for 8. Big question mark over Tsonga's fitness too, so i'd say that Wawrinka is the favorite to make the final spot
Stan deserves it most out of them 3. Doesn't Federer have a fair amount of points to defend though? The thing with Wawrinka and Gasquet is that it's easier for them to defend theirs and gain than it is for Federer but I don't really have a clue who has what to defend. I'm not even really sure why if you win a title twice you don't really gain anything other than defending points but idc that much.
Only injury can stop him. Every year he more or less starts off with one Slam automatically in his bag. Nothing is a guarantee, but I'd say the next 3 Roland Garros' are his. So he just needs two more Slams and he's fantastic on hard courts. I do think Wimbledon will be a problem, as I think the short space of time from French Open to ENGLISH OPEN (8*D) is not good for his knees at all.
5 more Slam for a career when based on age and matches played his skills should be diminishing in a year or two and he has never won more then 2 slams in a calender year.
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