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Current News: Djokovic wins Wimbledon defeating Berrettini! - Wks at #1! (330 wks)
***Since '11:
ReplyDeleteMost cons. wks @ #1:
Djokovic 122 (July '14 - Nov.'16)
Djokovic 53 (July '11 to July '12)
Djokovic 52 (Nov.'18 to Nov.'19)
Djokovic 48 (Nov.'12 to Oct.'13)
Most cons. slams won:
Djokovic 4 (WI'15 - RG'16)
Djokovic 3 (WI'11 to AO'12)
Djokovic 3 (WI'18 to AO'19)
For a dec., neither Nadal, Fed, Murray, or any other player have been able to get close to Djokovic's level of dom.
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Nole vs tour '11-20 (last 10 yrs):
YE #1: 6, 60% (nearest comp: Rafa 3, 30%)
wks as #1: 300, 60% (nearest comp.: Rafa 127, 26%)
ITF Champ: 6 * (m/b 7), 60-70% (nearest comp.: Rafa 2, 20%)
GS: 16, 41% or 42% of those he partic. in (nearest comp.: Rafa 11, 28% or 32% of those he partic. in)
WTF*: 4, 40% (nearest comp., 3 players- 1 each)
Masters: 31, 37%, or 43% of those he partic. in (nearest comp.: Rafa 17, 20% or 27% of those he partic. in)
4 Slams in a row
Double Golden Masters
Pts rec.: 16,950
H2H vs Fed: 21-10, 68%
H2H vs Rafa*: 22-11, 67%
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YE #1: Rafa 2 vs Nole 2, 50% each
wks as #1: Rafa 68 (37%) vs Nole 78 (42%) vs Muzza 32 (17%)
GS: 6 (40%) vs Nole 5 (33%) vs Fed 3 (20%)
WTF: 0 (0%) vs Cici, Zverev, Dimi -> 1 (33%) each
Masters: 7 (23%) vs Nole 6 (20%) vs Fed 4 (13%)
H2H vs Nole: 4 - 3, GS: 1 - 2
H2H vs Fed: 1 - 5 (+ WO), GS: 1 - 2
H2H vs Big 3: 5 - 8 (+ WO), GS 2 - 4
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Yeah, I'm kinda over the Big 3 now, to a large degree, & impatient for the youngsters to show their mettle. It almost devalues the achievements of the "Big 3" that in their dotage they're still pushing the wit< kids around. I don't think it's got to do w/ physicality, it's mental.***
I've been saying it for yrs! I was so apathetic towards Fedal 10 yrs ago, I wasn't = paying attn. to men's tennis! It went on for yrs w/ both owning the tour w/ no real brk. til Novak showed up! That got me back interested in watching the game on TV again! There has t/b some doubt to make it worthwhile un< you just want to see your fave win everything in sight! W/ Novak there's always some doubt believe it or not! He's been the most vuln. of the "Big 3;" dropping majors & 2 YEC's thru upsets when he was expected to + to his resume & rec.!
***I just realized this today, but Nadal has now the rec. for > cons. wks in the Top 10 w/ 789 cons. wks & counting.***
Well m/b Rafa'll hold onto 1 or 2 recs; obscure recs B4 Novak takes over the major ones in the next 2-3 yrs!
***Well the > interesting thing is to see if Medvedev can wake up for the last couple of HC tourns. If he or Tsitsipas can do well, @ say, Vienna & Paris, they have a chance @ overtaking Fed @ #4. The prob. w/ Tsitsipas' he has ATP Chp. YE pts to defend (1300 pts) so if he falters @ the end, he could lose over 1000 pts in London. Just 1 > win in Vienna & Novak’s 6th YE #1 is secure. And > wks @ #1 also raising.
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Novak secures the #1 ranking for a 6th X matching Pete Sampras' rec.***
A real joke that this is = in ??! How does 1 skip months of play, gets upset early in Rome, wins FO, but's in line for #1?
***Settle, Novak'll still get his #1 ranking for 6th YE. I'm curious to see what the ATP proposes for the rankings in '21? COVID-19 is not going away. This will affect some tourns. that can't comply w/ the COVID-19 protocols in place. ASB tourn. in Auckland for both the men & women in '21 have been cancelled. Also a lot of players might not want to travel which is understandable.***
***Nole's only won 1 clay slam.***
ReplyDeleteTis true; most > players have a deficiency, but @ least he has 1! So many don't have a title or 3 missing off their resumes! Nadal's still waiting to luck into a YEC as many yrs as he's played & qual.! Borg played 4 USO Finals on 2 diff. surfaces & just couldn't get over the hump! Fed'll have to "go on" w/ just 1 FO himself, but @ least he got 1; though a signif. asst. by Soderling who elim. Nadal early in '09!
***The > I hear from Djokovic, the > I miss Roger. Tired of all bulletin bd. material.***
Djokovic started threatening the Fedal "mythos" 10 yrs ago w/ that comeback @ the USO from 2 MP's down in the SF! Roger & Rafa had a huge lead over this newcomer who dared impose his will in the destiny of GOAT-dom! By winning Majors & Masters-1000 events in bunches in this last dec., many prognosticators have already started leaning toward Nole being the >est! The so called experts sight his consistency, versatility on all surfaces, & how quickly he's caught up to Fedal! He's already overtaken them in Masters 1000 wins & the H2H comp. fell yrs ago! The wks @ #1 will also fall to Nole; it's only a matter of X while he still has opps. to catch up in the Major's ct.!
***Djokovic drops QF match to Sonego 2 & 1. He's already secured #1 ranking for YE so he was done. Novak won Paris last yr. so he couldn't pick up any> pts playing this yr. He can pick up > pts @ the ATP Finals.
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...I didn't see the match, but heard the kid played lights-out. Let's hope it doesn't go to his head & that m/b it's the start of a useful career for him.***
Nole accomp. what he wanted! Back in the day, by the X players got to Paris, they were on their last legs physically & emotionally! Upsets like this occurred; esp. if the player didn't want t/b there! I've seen it happen dozens of X's; right here in Chgo. Lendl dropped his 1st Rd. match! He allowed them to use his name & celebrity, flew in for a few pics, hit a couple balls w/ some clown he didn't know, & was on a plane back to Conn. the same day! It was mid winter here! If he's going t/b freezing, it might as well be back @ home! I didn't blame him, but it happens! Nole prob. couldn't GAF about the embarrassment of dropping this match to some nobody! It's worse when losses happen for real like Sampras going out in the 2nd Rd. of Wimbl. back in '02 to Bastl!
***A lot of people said Novak tanked the match? ...Sonego did play great tennis & deserved his win.
- Stats W 26 UFE 12
- Novak W 7 UFE 25...***
Well it's not one of those "gambling tanks!" He did what he had to do & that was to at least make the QF of Vienna to put the YE #1 ranking out of reach! Unofficially Rafa could try & kill himself by winning Paris & taking a WC in Sofia to keep it close, but again, he'd have to go on & win the YEC which he's never come close! I'd welcome him to try! I think it'd wind up being a repeat of '09 where he lost all 3 of his RR matches in embarrassing fashion! IDK why he = showed up aside from avoiding a fine!
***Well I was watching Rafa & Wawrinka @ practice @ Paris earlier so Rafa has not taken a WC into Sofia! As I said before Novak & his team made a smart decision. He w/b fresh & rested for the ATP Finals.
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Even these days players limped into Paris. That's the sched. Even w/ COVID-19 there's been a lot of WD's. There's a lock-down in Paris due to a 2nd wave of COVID-19. Players are lucky this Masters 1000 wasn't cancelled. No fans w/b allowed due to the lock down. Novak accompl. what he wanted to achieve; smart scheduling on his behalf & his team. He w/b fresh for the ATP Finals in London not playing Paris this yr.***
***Trump'll get the Black vote in the cities due to leftist unrest. Sleepy Joe w/b sent back to his basement. Trump'll gets over 280 elec. votes.***
ReplyDeleteThere are people still living in an alt. universe! Trump's actually hinting @ losing, but his supporters aren't seeing it! Do they really think those people are all "early voting" for Trump as he plays a fiddle! ...I see a landslide for Biden! Obama did well, but it was begrudgingly done & Reps never accepted him! ...the deplorables" we have in the country! Trump always knew they were there BTW they "hated on" Obama! ...but the +tion of women is what put him in office & that treacherous act vs another woman will cost them w/ cons. courts for the next 30-40 yrs!
***Keep your liberal blinders on Fiero.***
"Common sense" says the people have come to their sense when it comes to the wellbeing of our democracy & economy! ...We can't use that old "German adage" of "I was only following orders" when we backed out of deals we signed! How Trump gets any Latino votes is amazing after ripping kids out of their mother's arms just so they c/b put into dog cages! If people can support that kind of barbarism, m/b we deserve to go back to 3rd World status! The biggest lie was about that "Mexican wall" & what happened? Nothing! It was all a con & so many fell for it! Some are still falling for it!
***Obama's cages & Obama's immigration policies though. Trump never passed a single piece of legis. regarding immigration. He just enforced what was already there.***
Well that was BS every X Trump called them "illegals!" How'n TF can they be illegal if they're turning themselves in at the border? They weren't sneaking in! They were running for their lives! ...Some actually died under our disgusting care!
***...Don't = say the word deficit after the GOP has driven up the debt by trillions & not said a word.***
They've done it B4 & they'll do it again! McConnell'll get on his high horse & run down how evil the Dems are for spending "our children's future!" The old double standard w/b @ work! It's unfortunate it always seems to work on some who wish it t/b true! The truth is, the Dems have been the only responsible pols, who actually pay for their shit unlike Reps who use a credit card to finance their wars & pork projects they used to condemn Dems for as well! You have to have shame to feel it & cons. can't possibly have "any" if they're still touting Trump's leadership!
***You can't sensibly compare the outbrk (2 CASES) of Ebola w/ the Covid-19 situation. Ebola's much > difficult to catch. You need t/b in physical contact w/ body fluids. There's no casual transmission you. You can't catch Ebola from simply being in the same room as a sufferer. But had the US reacted to Covid in the same way that it reacted to Ebola (& NZ reacted to Covid), then you wouldn't be in the situation you're in now.***
Amen & hallelujah to that! There are these people in complete denial & it appears they don't care if they have to risk their own lives & family to prove us all wrong & Trump right! I say "screw 'em!" They're hope< & are part of a group that don't want t/b helped! Let's move on w/ the > sane of us! Feel for the families of such idiots!
***Clinton created > jobs than Reagan/Bush.***
Bush contrib. 500,000 jobs B4 he was booted out IIRC! His admin. was a true waste of PR when he had it all; the fall of the German wall & a successful Gulf campaign w/ the world behind us! His own incompetence & doing of "nothing" brought him down w/ a bad economy left by Reagan! What a fk'n joke there's all this hero worship of "The Gipper" & it's all a fraud that wouldn't be accepted by cons. today no matter how many X's they invoke his name!
***Isn’t there > one continent playing tennis these days? Schwartzman & Shapavolov are our No./So. Amer. hope. Vamos Diego! C’mmon Dennis!***
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for the Canadian boys or No. Amer. would never be represented Int'ly in top events! Our best still don't have the weapons to compete abroad! The ladies are coming along nicely, but there are prob. a few knuckleheads pining for the days of Roddick; "not me!"
***I’m not pining for Roddick, but what his absence has shown, in stark relief, is how bereft the US now is of top talent. Love him or hate him, Roddick was a steady presence in the Top 10 for yrs. It’s pathetic that in nearly a dec., not a single US man has stepped up t/b a steady Top 10 player.
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...T/B correct: Russia's mostly Asian. So we can say 2 continents.***
The "divide" is on display in FS where there's an Int'l event called "Europeans;" the only countries that can participate are from Europe! Other parts of the world felt slighted so "The 4 CCC." was created 20+ yrs ago! Asia's part of the eligible countries, but Russia isn't allowed a spot = though most of their mass is in Asia!
***What’s gone so wrong in American men’s tennis? I think it’s a combo of a few things: a) other sports are simply > popular & pay >; b) their early training is too focused exclusively on HC's. ...If you consider 3 out of 9 Masters, & 1 out of 4 majors are on clay, the US players aren’t taking advan. of these chances to improve their rankings, or become > well-rounded players.***
It's rather simplistic, but I've believed over-achievers were "so" due to being hungry! The US is the > self-indulgent country in the world! We demand immed. gratification w/ a min. of fuss & muss; hence not exactly hard-working! ...The demise of US tennis coincides w/ their obliteration of clay! We didn't like losing to So. Americans & Euros who were dogged & could make the best players of our country "work" on that surface no matter the rank! We systematically got rid of clay; our lone Nat'l Champ. of Indy changing to HC & being relegated to TX.! ...Our jrs had tons of clay events to hone their skills, but they've been plowed under! Other countries clean our clock due to possible laziness & a lack of ambition by our NG'rs! ...I didn't mention the concentration camps that spit out Agassi, Sampras, Courier, & Chang b/c I don't think any kids gonna give up his or her childhood to excel outside of Gauff!
***This has t/b one of the longest droughts in American tennis on the Int'l scene, Roddick's '03 USO victory is the last American Major victory; 17 yrs ! All my life an American(s) were a constant on the top 10; = top 5. Pre-Roddick we had all @ the same X Sampras, Agassi, Courier & Chang. ...B4 that Johnny Mac, Connors, Geraultatis. B4 them Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Clark Graebner all in the Open era.
/what Fiero said, I think today our American cultural "mentality" may work vs us, as others around the world c/b just as good on HC, which used t/b American "turf."
I'd looove to see some American parents take a gamble; decide that their promising youngster could say, do well in training @ the Rafa Academy (or some other Euro site such as Patrick M's) for 2 yrs to see them becoming > well rounded. The tougher comp. seems t/b centered in Europe these days.***
This plays into what I was saying about "self-indulgence!" ...Kids today are never happy = when you give them all they want! Foreigners prob. laugh @ what crybabies Americans c/b = when most everything's going their way!
***Djokovic & Nadal were #1 > Federer:
ReplyDeleteFed was #1 in 9 yrs: '04-10,'12 &'18
Nadal was #1 in 10 yrs: '08-11,'13-14,'17-20
Djokovic was #1 in 10 yrs: '11-16,'18-21
Another longevity rec. broken by Djokodal.
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Connors 8 yrs:'74-79,'82-83
Lendl 8 yrs:'83-90
Sampras 8 yrs:'93-00
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Wow, crazy that Novak has spent > 2x as long as the #1 > any other rank below it:
#1 – 293 wks*
#2 – 144 wks
#3 – 148 wks
#4 – 32 wks
#5 – 11 wks
#6 – 13 wks
#7 – 6 wks
#8 – 0 wks
#9 – 0 wks
#10– 7 wks
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Wks @ #1 divided the yrs they were #1 in:
Agassi 101/5 --> 20.2
Nadal 209/10 --> 20.9
Borg 109/4 --> 27.2
McEnroe 170/6 --> 28.3
Djokovic 293/10 --> 29.3
Connors 268/8 --> 33.5
Lendl 270/8 --> 33.7
Fed 310/9 --> 34.4
Sampras 286/8 --> 35.7
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You're selling Djokovic short here. You shouldn't divide/10, but/9 for now
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I have the top seeds, Rafa & The Young Greek in the Paris final.***
I bet both are upset long before the final! Even though shortened season, this X of the yr., there are upsets of top players; esp. in Bercy! There's a reason few have won it > once & have never defended besides Novak! Nadal will probably try his best, but he typically stinks in the FALL!
***Remember this isn't a typical ATP season? Rafa hasn't played his usual long season. Most players that come to play the last Masters 1000 of the yr. usually limp into Bercy. in a normal season. We have already seen players WD in this tourn.***
Well Perseus is gone! All we need now is for someone like Coric to play "out of his mind" & upset The Bull to finalize my prediction! I doubt Lopez has a chance! Nadal seems to take pleasure in beating up on his DC teammates! I'd love to cheer Deliciamo onto victory though!
***Fiero. You're better than this.***
No I'm not! There are people & things that'll never be right w/ me; "war, disease, debt, baseball, Agassi, Connors, A-Rod, & Rafa!"
Trump declared himself the winner &'ll ask the SC to stop the legal ct. of votes yet t/b tallied in Penn., MI, & Wisc.!
ReplyDelete***They won't & they shouldn't. He's pissed & he's riling poeple up. The SCOTUS won't get behind that bullshit.
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Trump got 306 EV by losing the pop. vote by > 2M & Biden got 306 EV by winning the pop. vote by > 4M.***
It's so sad that it was = this close! I keep wondering & asking around, "WTF does Trump have to do to incur the wrath of his normal followers?" We all know he can insult "Gold Medal" families, women, Muslims, Blacks, the phys. challenged, the ment. challenged, ..... whoever? Who doesn't he insult? At least now that Biden's gone over the top, Trump prob. won't concede anyX soon, but it looks as if he's hiding out & keeping his mouth shut! Normally he'd come out & make a fool of himself! M/b Jared tackled him & tied him to his chair in the OVAL Office! All commentators on "the right" are exacerbating issues, still trying to make AOC our standard bearer, &'ll continue to undermine this election!
***Biden just released a presser saying that the gov't is perfectly capable of removing trespassers from the WH!***
I don't think The Bidens will move into the WH; @ least not the OVAL Office! The place will have t/b fumigated, chk'd for video/listening devices, & hopefully do something w/ the compromising airflow of the place! It was a "hotspot" of Covid-19!
***I'm none too pleased w/ Trump's conduct so far. Biden + a Rep. controlled Senate is my preferred outcome. That said, I support re-cts, & I support investigations of credible allegations of voter fraud when elections are this close. I don't accept the Dem. line that voter fraud's a myth when X people in my own social netwk. blatantly committed it.
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Donald Trump had this planned for a long X. He began his scheming when he suggested there w/b fraud w/ mail-in ballots months ago. He encouraged Reps to vote on election day, & he knew most Dems would use mail-in ballots to cast their votes b/c of CV-19. Absentee ballots have been used for yrs now during elections & they are a valid way for the citizens registered to vote to cast their votes. Those absentee votes have always been scanned for validity & then they're processed. The military also use mail-in ballots in which those are either coming in now or later, but they w/b counted also.
The system's working & there shb no ??'s about it. In AZ, Biden's lead has become slimmer b/c not all those mail-in ballots also included some Rep. registered citizens' votes. That's been the case in every state including Penns. There's just not as many mail-in ballots from the Rep. citizens b/c they appeared @ the voting polls on Election Day.
Donald Trump doesn't understand why the majority of the citizens in GA voted for Rep. Senate, but they didn't vote for him. At the same X, there are some Reps in the Senate that w/b relieved if Biden does win b/c they couldn't accept the way Trump has acted w/ licentious and irrational behavior.
...People realize how serious CV-19 really is, but they didn't realize it until it was too late & that's b/c of Trump. I still feel he s/b held accountable for lying to the people, & hiding it from the people = though he knew how serious it was. I believe he also s/b convicted of negligent homicide. This makes 4 people I know very well that have gotten CV-19 & one of them died from it.***
Long running plan; don't forget the systematic sabotage of the US Mail! How stupid do we have t/b for a knucklehead like Trump to try & pull this kind of scheme for the whole world to see & laugh @? After all that Trump will still get almost 70 M votes! What does that say about us?
***Amen to that & ITA! He tried his best to sabotage & foul up the USPS.***
***The quasi-reporters on FoxNews just slapped down Newt, basically saying "where were the claims that Penn. voting was corrupt 4 yrs ago when Trump won it?"***
ReplyDeleteThe precipitous slide of FNC from a lit'l partisan to pretty much culturally insane took yrs! It started w/ the Clinton derangement syndrome where to this day Bill & Hillary's name is invoked by "the right" to explain away, deflect a ??, or to totally change the subject where they're being put under the spotlight! W/ Obama, Reps totally showed their asses; unable to hide their contempt for him & his family living in the WH! Some a-holes actually criticized the kids for having Secret Service protection; & this was from leadership, not some redneck on the Appal. Trail! The poison used by Trump was lethal in so many ways; sewing the seeds of disrespect, distrust, & hate that goes deep!
***Pam Bondi herself was an observer inside the Philly ct. room.***
Why isn't that bitch in jail? For an AG., she was corrupt AF! Being from FLA helps!
***Trump has a right to his OPINION. He never has as of yet made a formal claim to having won. Once again this is > Libtard pissing in the wind making something of nothing. If you're a cons., you should never take the liberal narrative as presumably valid. They lie 99% of the X. That last 1% is them going 'Derrrrrrrr!"***
Tap the "hearing aid!" Trump did what we thought he'd do Tues. night late! "I had a huge lead in Penns., NC., GA; now it's gone! There's something strange going on; some shananigans w/ those mail-in votes!" He certainly did claim MI, Penns., & GA while he led in the race, then complained about Fox News giving AZ to Biden early in the evening! Wake up & smell the fk'n coffee bro! That's rich calling anyone a liar after Trump's coughed up over 20,000 lies in 3 yrs alone!
***Optics look like he's whining. Let the campaign lawyers speak for him. If I were in his shoes I would reassure the country that our legal system will do everything in its power to make sure the election is fair & just leave it @ that.***
He can go & complain about the Dem. corruption in the states he's losing; Oh, they're not Blue states! They're Red, southern, & went w/ him in '16! "How corrupt is GA Trump baby? Who told AZ to go 'fk themselves' due to McCain's betrayal?!" Believe it or not, Trump was on his way to a 2nd term = w/ the CV-19 debacle & malfeasance, but he pretty much talked his way out of the race! He undermined mail-in balloting & Joe cleaned up, already loaded down w/ millions of votes in the bank a wk ago! Trump wanted his loyalist to come on Election Day & they did, now mail-in votes are being counted & are going 4 to 1 for Biden! That's where he finally blew it for the very last as a sitting president!
***Wisc. has same day regist. They must have > ballots > registered voters.***
That's what happened! Reps are tilting @ windmills! They're seeing things that aren't there! There are too many safeguards to stop widespread voter fraud! Reps have studied & investigated it to death & have found "nothing" worth making a fuss of! The few X's I have heard of voter malfeasance is some Rep. party chair that doesn't live in his district! I'll live w/ that over ballot harvesting like some are claiming! What idiots; millions of ballots? Real fk'n idiots out there!
***I'm giving NC to Trump by a close margin.***
I think they said the same about GA until those late mail-in votes started eating into Trump's huge lead! It = made poss. for 2 run-offs for the Senate dragging the Rep. incumb. under 50%! It's not over for the Senate! McConnell took a sigh of relief too soon!
***AZ's down to 39,769 ahead. Oh no! Not panicking @Tony Wheeler. :)
ReplyDeleteNV - Biden 49.7 to Trump 48.1 Call it!***
Trump has a chance to save face so the Networks are trying to give Trump a brk; throwing him a bone w/ AZ! It won't mean shit since he's going to come out full of hate anyway when the other states go against him! He'll throw out charges & accusations that have lit'l to no merit & act as un-presidential as he can I'm betting in the next days & wk!
***According to Fox News' latest talley:
AZ: Biden Leads By 41,302 - a 1.34% lead, 49.9% to 48.6%
GA: Biden Leads By 1,536 - a 0.03% Lead, 49.4% to 49.4 %
NV: Biden Leads By 20,137 - a 1.3% Lead, 49.7% to 48.1%
NC: Trump Leads By 76,701 - a 1.42% Lead, 50.1% t0 48.7%
PA: Biden Leads By 13,073 - a 0.21% Lead, 49.5% to 49.3% Lead
Trump's % of winning in NC is > Biden in GA's & PA's COMBINED
Trump's 1.42% winning margin is > that of ANY of Biden's in the other states.
DESPITE the literally 100's of 1000's of 'last sec.' 'FOUND' votes delivered in the mid. of the night by unmarked vehicles, carried into Dem. Supervisor voting locations - every single last one of them being for Biden....DESPITE DEAD people having been reported voting...despite people who no longer live in the same state still voting in these states......Biden is only up .03%, 1.34%, 1.3%, and 0.2%...
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Trump defied the Hatch Act. He ordered tear gas sprayed on peaceful protesters for no legit purpose. He tried to suppress the votes of 100'ds of 1000's; m/b millions of U.S. citizens during an election. He incited violence toward Asian Americans, BLM protesters, the gov'r of MI, the doctor in charge of saving the lives of millions of American citizens. He imprisoned families & ordered kids t/b taken away from their parents w/o any responsible attempt to ensure those families c/b reunited. The list goes on.***
The problem is we have a huge segment of our society that eats up Trump's rhetoric & appreciates the sentiment! They really don't care how inhumane we've come off separating kids from their parents, throwing them into dog cages, then forgetting about them as they sicken & die! All the while, we pretend nothing's happening out of the ordinary @ our borders! We're all in complete denial how we approve of such behavior! Police killing innocent people is tolerated b/c police keep order! As long as it isn't one of our relatives, it's ok to murder a Black person over a broken taillight! That Sandra Bland story from TX is typical of someone killed while no one's really taken responsibility! Paying off the family only puts a Band-Aid on the prob.! It keeps happening!
***One of Trump's stupidest mistakes was discouraging vote by mail.***
That's what saved the country! Biden banked so many millions of votes last month while Trump was still undermining the process! He cut his own throat; THANK GAWD! I'm still appalled @ how many votes he did get! Really? Will we get our soul back after such an admin. of hate & selfishness?
***I'm going t/b sobbing when Kamala speaks. I've waited my entire adult life for this.***
You & Kamala will have to endure some serious detractors that don't care how momentous this occasion is @ this X! They don't care about anything really other > themselves which is why the "war" continues in DC = w/ someone as moderate as Biden! Reps don't like losing & when it happens everyone must suffer for it; = the country! It's kinda pathetic, but we give license to it when they are overwhelmingly sent back to obstruct term after term! Their childish behavior is cheered on if you look back! McConnell promised to make Obama a one term president! Did that sound like a person of compromise? The Dems have to somehow steal those 2 Senate seats in GA in Jan.'s runoff! Karma can't allow Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, & the rest of those gut< turds to survive unscathed!
***Good to see Danni finding form. He has played well all tourn. winning Bercy over Sascha....well done!***
ReplyDeleteI've no stake, but it works out >er for Daniil to get the pts needed to leapfrog Fed dropping him to 5th in the World! It just doesn't seem right for him t/b hanging out of a hospital bed, but retaining some status of tennis superiority while doing absol. nothing! I w/b so glad when this yr's over & we can get back to some form of normalcy! It's gonna test our mettle no doubt about it, but we've survived worse; a Trump presidency for one!
***Big Titles '05-18: the others.
List of winners excl. The Big 4.
BERDYCH: PARIS '05
SAFIN : MELBOURNE '05
NALBANDIAN: ATP FINALS '05
DAVYDENKO: PARIS '06
ROBREDO: HAMBURG '06
RODDICK: CINCI. '06
NALBANDIAN: MADRID '07
NALBANDIAN: PARIS '07
TSONGA: PARIS '08
DAVYDENKO: MIAMI '08
DAVYDENKO: SHANGHAI '09
DEL POTRO : USO '09
DAVYDENKO: ATP FINALS '09
SODERLING: PARIS '10
LJUBICIC: IW '10
RODDICK: MIAMI '10
FERRER: PARIS '12
TSONGA: CANADA '14
WAWRINKA: MELBOURNE '14
WAWRINKA MC '14
CILIC: USO '14
WAWRINKA: FO '15
WAWRINKA: USO '16
CILIC: CINCI. '16
DIMITROV: CINCI. '17
SOCK: PARIS '17
ZVEREV: ROME '17
ZVEREV: CANADA '17
DIMITROV: ATP FINALS '17
ZVEREV: MADRID '18
DEL POTRO: IW '18
ISNER: MIAMI '18
KHACHANOV: PARIS '18
Ranking "Achievements" '06-18 (excl. Big 4):
1) WAWRINKA
2) DEL POTRO
3) CILIC
4) DAVYDENKO
5) NALBANDIAN
6) RODDICK, SAFIN, ZVEREV, TSONGA, DIMITROV, BERDYCH, SODERLING, FERRER
Ranking "best players", the players who have > impressed (excl. Big 4):
1) DEL POTRO
2) WAWRINKA
3) DAVYDENKO
4) NALBANDIAN
5) CILIC
6) TSONGA
7) SODERLING
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4 WAWRINKA
4 DAVYDENKO
4 ZVEREV
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3 NALBANDIAN
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2 THIEM
2 MEDVEDEV
2 DEL POTRO
2 RODDICK
2 TSONGA
2 CILIC
2 DIMITROV
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1 TSITSIPAS
1 FOGNINI
1 SAFIN
1 BERDYCH
1 ROBREDO
1 SODERLING
1 LJUBICIC
1 FERRER
1 SOCK
1 KHACHANOV
1 ISNER***
Foles m/b Brady's Kryptonite; we see the hypocrisy! After Brady drops 2nd game to Foles; the 1st a SB, he ran off the field & didn't have anything to say! After beating GB & Aaron Rodgers, they're hugging, kissing, & chatted for a bit! I've lost so much respect for Brady over the yrs from early cheating in NE w/ spy-videos to "deflate-gate!" Heroes always seem to disappoint!
ReplyDelete***The Chiefs are favored by 21 over the Jets.***
Even though a Chiefs' fan, I'd want to make some $$ by putting it on the Jets! KC does underest. their comp. & c/b sloppy @ X's as we all well know! They're going to get enough of spotting leads to other NFL teams that won't always rollover as they did last yr's post-season!
***Tom Brady's 10 trillion X's better > Winston = though The Bucs were blown own in every way poss. Sun. Nite.***
Yep! He showed us all w/ a shutout in the opening 1/2 & a rec. start of "3 & outs!" I wondered when it would all collapse & Brady w/b exposed! He seemed t/b using everything he had to just throw the ball downfield! We shouldn't expect much from Grandpa I guess! Everyone needs to calm TF down as if he was going to replace Brees in the NFC South as champion; not this yr! Any tie goes to the Saints, but how likely is that to happen?
***Saints are the 1st Div. rival to sweep Brady in his career.***
Well, I'm sorry, but Brady's rec. got "fat" off the AFC East collapse w/ retirements of Marino, Kelly, & others who all competed well! Buffalo owned the 90's going to 4 SB's, having a stamp on the Div. title, & beat up Marino! Now they're back w/ a new cast of characters! I really hope The Bills "are back!" Brady may not have fared well in the div.! M/b he was jumping ship just in X; now gets swept by Brees! WOW!
***Thank you! I couldn't have said it any >er, word for word. Matter of fact I been saying that ...Brady's overrated as the >est QB ever. That he had the luxury of playing vs the to see someone else out there that gets that, that gets it he's NOT the >est. In that era, teams actually were allowed to play defense & the QB was thrown around like a rag doll. This day & age, they put skirts on them. Even former NFL players have said the same thing. Had Brady played in that era vs top notch comp. in his div. in the likes of yearly SB visitors Kelly & the Bills & Dan Mario, Brady's lucky to make it to = ONE Super Bowl in that era. Great minds think alike.***
Even though in Chgo, still a huge Bills fan! Like our Bears of '85, they had character & people were drawn to the team nat'lly! It was a shame free-agency annihilated them yr. in & yr. out; losing their "name players" to fame, $$, & a feeling it'd last forever going to SB after SB! It was as if the NFL was trying to kill them off in the mid 90's; playing our old guys consec. Sun. & Mon. Nites! I remember a SNF game where Kelly & the Bills took the team from their own 1 yard line to the 49'rs 1 yard line & were stuffed! That started happening > & >! They were really brk'n down; the final indignity was Tasker getting kicked out of his last game for unnec. roughness on the Kick-Off! I miss them; Bennett, Smith, Reed, Thomas, Davis, & = old Marv! Surprised I remember so much, doddering here as a Sr.!
***Yeah, like I said B4, the mid 90's was when the NFL started becoming corrupt; same w/ MLB. As soon as the NFL followed the footsteps of MLB & started free agency, I knew the good old says of dynasties like the Bills were going t/b over w/. Parity sucks; anybody who says otherwise is a jerk.***
***As Biden supporters/Dems, we must resist the urge to taunt Trump supporters. ...We do need to unite, as Biden said. We aren't enemies.***
ReplyDeleteIt's Trump's own attitude that makes him one of the worst losers ever! His mouth wrote a check his ass couldn't $$ when he undermined the statesman-hood of Joe Biden calling him "Sleepy Joe!" Well he just kicked his add & I'm loving it! Trump has got t/b chewing bullets! People are celebrating Biden's win in the streets B4 it's = finalized! While Trump was being Inaugurated, there were women's marches in all the major cities; includ. DC pk.!
***It w/b easy for someone in AZ to come out w/ ...‘well I saw this & that happening w/ the votes.’ Then MAGA w/b screaming fake news. ??
That’s not evidence. That’s not proof. That’s personally not agreeing w/ a result & doing everything you can to try to flag things. Trump said he was going to do this from the beginning. And we're surprised by any of it?***
Molly Hemmingway on FNC's, "Media Buzz" drives it home relentlessly that our system is rife w/ fraud & selectively pulls instances & comments from Dems who agreed @ the X! It w/b hard to believe this bitch has any friends alive! She's such a "Debbie Downer" = if she's smiling! I'll never understand the women who will go into the sewer to defend someone like Trump j/b he threw an "R" behind his name! Kellyanne Conway was ready to throw her own marriage on a bonfire to work for this sleazebag! WTF? Someone help me understand!
***Has ballot now 324 Elect. score for President-Elect Biden & 214 EV's to former President Trump?***
The gut< turds on "the right" as well as the MSM still haven't officially "called it" giving Trump license to hold up transition funds to Biden by way of his GSA headed hack! I feel so sorry for women being used as his rubberstamp! Tillis pulled it out in NC so Senate led by the R's so far w/ 49 for sure w/ a need to only win 1 of the run-off races in Jan.!
***Hell even Tucker Carson has come to grips w/ reality & now believes Biden won. Ya think that'll convince the crazies on here to admit it too? Nope! We are going to have to learn to put up w/ their incessant whining for the next 4 yrs.***
I don't think people realize we dodged a bullet! Even w/ the inept handling of the pandemic, it took every single person w/ a pen to vote to defeat him in the end! He outdid himself for his 2nd campaign & prob. saved the Senate for McConnell! Recs were broken all over the place concerning this elec. which Trump loves t/b a part of; too bad for him he's on the - end of it! The "blue wave" never swelled = w/ all the push done w/ over a $$B$$ blown trying to inform knuckleheads! Collins, Graham, Tillis, Ernst, & Cornyn all survived! I will never give another qtr. to the Dem. party who just aren't smart enough to change their rhetoric to incorporate 'yahoos' out there that have grievances w/ what's going on in the country! It's not enough to run vs these a-holes, you have to gain incite to understand why they keep surviving! It was funny how some stats showed Trump supporters tended to have > "Cracker Barrels" in their counties while Dems have tons of "Whole Foods!" The pops have systematically "ghetto-ized" itself around the country it seems w/ like "speak" & "thought!"
W/ lit'l coop. or compromise, it's "Mortal Kombat" btw the parties & the states! My old bestie can't ever explain to me how he can support "a Trump" in this lifeX or the next? I just won't = listen b/c it's BS! Cons. love to group all Dems as "liberal, Gawd-<, commie, socialist" PC A-holes, but get all bent out of shape when we call Reps "bigots, racists, or conspiracy nuts when they accept or make excuses for the ideas & beliefs of "hate groups!" It can't be justified IMB!
***I haven’t had this > fun in a long X! Watching cons. cry sweet tears like this is just so rewarding. The fake stories they tell themselves as witnesses recant & judges kick them out of court.
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All I heard was, "I'm enjoying the results of our election theft so much!"***
Neither side's exactly the best behaved, but nothing's like cons. conspiracy theories trying to undermine every inst.! They're so punitive & vengeful! Look @ your boy in the WH; sitting behind closed doors while his minions fuel his delusions! The country has a power vacuum w/ a raging pandemic going on & a president that doesn't = want to acknowledge it exists! ...I think I can deal w/ your slings & arrows, but how > have to die for you to get > outraged by cons. leadership in this country? TX just hit 1M CV-19 cases w/ the morgues overflowing! Trump said after the election we wouldn't be talking about this! I think he meant he wouldn't be talking about it!
***The fact that they're calling a landslide victory by Joe Biden - > $5M votes, > 300 votes in the Electoral College an "election theft," ...utterly laughable. Only an idiot thinks the election was "stolen" from Trump. He threw it away w/ his hate, his failure to address the CV, or any of the problems besetting the country. That you'd suggest otherwise, demonstrates that you're a mere tool of those individuals whose primary interest is the destruction of the American Republic.
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I was a Rep. when it meant something good & principled. Now that the party has been hijacked by psychos, liars, hypocrites, bigots, & retards, I'm a registered independent.***
I was born into a Dem. family, but had no problem voting for a Rep. in the past! W/ the way they've lowered their standards over the yrs I wouldn't punch the ticket for anyone w/ the gall t/b identified w/ that party! These people have collectively lost their minds & it really hasn't been anything new; just > evident w/ the nut @ the top!
I once had actual respect for McConnell, Graham, & others, but they're choking on the Trump Kool-Aid & there's nothing they can do in their minds! They need his support w/ those GA runoffs & they're scared shit< that they could lose their majority! Schumer will certainly punish them & I won't have any qualms about it! Dems have been suckers actually coddling Reps; esp. when they win to keep the idea of coop. going, but it never seems to happen any>! "Compromise" is a dirty word in their lexicon & they've admitted it! If they have the nerve to = say something nice about a Dem., the rightwing-nuts will "primary" the idiot! That's why there are no > moderates in either party!
***If Biden gets Inaugurated, watch how fast he forgets about the Black cause until election season in 4 yrs.***
That's the prob. w/ detractors, they're so busy planning out what other people are doing they can't get shit done themselves! As a matter of fact genius, I doubt Biden will run in 4 yrs! If he hasn't said it out loud, it only makes sense to get as > as he can get done this term in the 1st 2 yrs b/c in the 2nd 1/2, stalemate & political expediency will have them all go into legislative hibernation as Elec. '22 & '24 have already begun! I watch FNC & those idiots spend the entire day telling their = dumber listeners how the country will go to Hell when Biden takes over, we'll have to go into lockdown, while drug abuse & suicide will go rampant! These people are some sick FK's, but they can't help themselves! They're such wretched people inside, they have to drag everyone down w/ them!
***I want them to do a recount to make Reps suffering = longer. It's like losing twice.***
ReplyDeleteThat's what's happening in GA! They're going to waste tons of $$ & man-hrs unnec. re-cnting those votes due to a petulant Rep. party! I love it when they start attacking "their own" like rabid dogs! They're insisting on voter fraud in states where the Rep. party's in charge! The way they've been talking about procedures & law changes, you'd think Schumer & Pelosi headed each state! They pounded that poor Rep. SOS in GA & now we see how they are in the bright sunshine of truth!
***Why do cons. want Trump, the worst president in US history reelected?***
They don't want him; > an act of cowardice being afraid of losing support of the Rep. base! They're only coddling & catering to Trump's whims for the X being due to those 2 runoffs in GA! They have a choice in GA; continue the usual obstruction by electing those 2 weak Rep. candidates or take a chance that Biden will do a good job & allow him to get something done w/ a Dem. Congress! ...How McConnell, Ernst, Graham, & Collins survived proves it; politics wins out over patriotism, common sense, & rational thought! These people can lie, brk promises, but as long as they're pro-life, anything c/b overlooked! Saps!
***Nominating a demented, petrified POS is rational thought?***
That's why Trump supporters keep mum making POLLS almost use< in civilized society! They're not rational; = the so called smart ones! We see attorneys & other college graduates who are accomp. news personalities on TV actually letting Trump go on w/ this charade! They're still giving him cover while jeopardizing our Nat'l secu.! Reminding them of this will do no good later! They'll find a way to turn it around on Sanders, AOC, Hillary, & Obama! Nothing's ever the Rep.'s fault & if anything goes wrong, the Dems are totally responsible! They only do it b/c it's been working for them; which gives me another reason t/b disgusted w/ the entire party! I hope friends don't tell me of their support for such behavior! I certainly will disown them!
***I think you w/b doing them a favor. You sound like you're not really a friend anyway. I've seen people disown their families for the same reason.***
Even dictators have fans & supporters so I can't take anything you say seriously!
***Hillary told Joe to never concede no matter what. Why can't President Trump do the same?***
That's such BS! Are all cons. such a-holes so ready to take comments out of context? Sure you are; you're all fuk'n idiots living to destroy everything! FO! Rep. seem to hate being corrected, but that's = > insane when we have to keep making them see their deception!
***That's exactly what she said. Go ahead & explain why it's out of context? Jerkoff.***
Trump said he'd build a wall & make Mexico $$ for it! You believe everything you hear? You make him $$ for his lie by reiterating it over & over again? Hillary was well w/i her rights to tell Biden not to concede with FLA alone under dispute!
***Get ready for Biden's >est accomp. is to wake up, eat brkfst., and take periodic naps.***
I'll take grandpa gumming Pablum every morning over having a dictator undermine our democracy! One of these days you fools will understand how bad things are & how you were made accomplices to all of it! If Clinton or Obama had done = something out of the ordinary, > < a crime, your heads w/b exploding talking about crimes being perpetrated w/ the MSM ignoring it all! ...Trump is a criminal, showing it every single day along w/ his grifter family who are allowed to walk around the WH!
***Rep. Slotkin is clearly very smart & c/b an asset to Dems beyond her district.***
ReplyDeleteIt's about hope< I'm afraid to say! Been a lifeX Dem. that could easily vote for a Rep. yrs ago! It seems as if they've gone over to the "dark side" & can't be saved from themselves! Truth means nothing & Rep. don't = seem to care they're being busted! ...The Dems think if Reps make enough fools of themselves, the people will start seeing things their way! It never seems to happen! Going back to Clinton days you'd think it couldn't get > ridiculous as Reps turned the country upside down over a "hummer!" It didn't matter that we were in great shape, actually created a budget sur+, w/ rel. peace going on! That wasn't enough for Reps or "the people" deciding to go w/ "W" changing our destiny/history & exploding our Nat'l Debt!
"W" begot Obama who slowly turned things around after the economy collapsed! Again the people had a choice to continue a steady climb out of the HOLE created by Reps, but they decide to go another route; TRUMP! That choice'll prob. forever taint the country; esp. among the other superpowers watching us flounder to this day waiting for "the transition!"
***Donald Trump unable to name one verse from "fave book" The Bible by the supposedly devout Christian President***
Reps. admit they don't read for the most part! They make a big show of being big readers, but it's almost always BS! I still remember Palin being asked where she got her news & the bitch couldn't name 1 pub.! According to her & the party that's a vicious attack by the MSM ??ing her IQ! "W" was about as bad naming the Bible his #1 reading! They're all hypocrites & FOS!
***When WE start rioting, looting, burning buildings, & killing people b/c we don't get our way, you can talk about "Well, both sides ..." Until then, piss off.
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You must've missed Charlottesville.***
"Very short memories!" It's a convenience of the mentally "challenged" on "the right!"
***Joe Biden will > likely campaign in GA B4 he takes office & funnel personnel & resources into the 2 Dem. Senate campaigns there.***
If Biden wants to get anything done, he has to deliver those 2 senate seats! It isn't likely, but it's our only chance! McConnell has proved t/b an obstructionist, talking a good game about negs while throwing blame @ the Dems when he's sitting on House legis. passed earlier this yr! I don't ever want to hear about patriotism, the Constit., or anything having to do w/ a moral compass from a Rep. ever again after this historic ep. w/ Trump! The contempt I have can't be measure; not for the crazy person @ the top, but "the enablers" who know >er! FK 'em all!
***The GOP doesn't stand for a fk'n thing now. They used to @ least give lip service to personal responsibility, family values, gov't transparency, responsible fiscal stewardship, & democracy.***
That was a very long X ago! It's all been lip service going back to Reagan! They touted all kinds of tax cuts, but forgot to chalk up the "revenue enhancers" & "fees" that helped a lit'l as Rep. admin. created >er & >er budget deficits! The credit card was abused during the "W" yrs that we'll never get from under = though Obama brought it down the best he could w/ all that obstruction from "the right!" They really don't GAF about the debt or spending; just a pol. tool they've successful used for decades! They're all FOS; esp. McConnell who's going to Hell if there's any justice or Karma in this world!
***...The only thing that matters is what it'd've taken @ a min. for Hillary to have won in '16 (PA, WI, MI) & what it'd've taken @ a min. for Trump to have won in '20 (GA, WI, AZ). ...In 2000, it was FLA; in '04 OH.***
ReplyDeleteThe country's been so divided for the duration of it's existence! In my lifeX, the only diff. is if Dems have a bad candidate we don't mind voting for the other guy! Reps have had legit. landslides winning 49 states! Dems have never gotten that = w/ the best of candidates! Reps have successfully demonized all Dems t/b "Gawd-<, lib. baby killers" who don't deserve a chance w/ the likes of AOC & Bernie Sanders being their standard bearer! As a "senior," I guess I'll go that extreme route w/ them & think all Reps are psychopathic, hypocritical, power-grabbing, narcissistic a-holes who really don't GAF about their country over making $$ for themselves personally like Trump, Graham, McConnell, & Pence!
...Demonizing them into their graves will inevitably drag us all down; heaven knows the contempt I have for ALL Reps! Allowing a creature like Trump anywhere near the presidency was the last straw for me! There's just no way to explain or reason w/ me over such a choice! What a pathetic & shameful group Reps have turned themselves into; mon Dieu!
***Now, now calm down. Your leader Joe Biden is calling for "unity." (After 4 yrs of obstruction & lies from the Dems/leftists.)***
Hilarious as "your leader's" calling for "an uprising!" Very presidential BTW! History books will look > like "Madd Magazine" concerning his admin.! He's not done; undermining intelligence agencies & firing people during a transition! It's amazing how patriotic Reps always tout themselves, but Russia's been all over this party! Sessions busted lying about meetings he had w/ them, Trump allowing spies right into the OVAL Office on the sly (only knowing due to Russia newspaper), his minions coddling & humoring the old fool as we post is just plain embarrassing & dangerous! I can't believe your cavalier attitude @ this X! WTF happened to you people? I don't have to GAF since old & retired! You're doing such a good job I shouldn't have to worry about a thing right?
***To me the likelihood that Reps will boycott or fail to vote in the Senate races in GA's no > likely that the "down ballot" theory was during the main election. If the Dem. challengers in GA are going to win w/ local voters, they need Dem. voters to show up & they need an informed electorate motivated for change.***
History tells us it's a pipe dream this goes any other way but a clean sweep for the Reps! I've been listening to Dems for yrs, ripping me off for campaign funds, telling me we're going to get rid of McConnell & Texas is going BLUE! It's always BS! This GA thing is quite shocking, but it seems all due credit has to go to Stacey Adams who was victimized by the system in her run for GOV. 2 yrs ago! Her supporters didn't forget & somehow the "mail-in" campaign > compensated for any shenanigans that c/b pulled by the STATE! It worked like a charm w/ GA, MI, WISC, & PA giving same day leads to Trump, but those ballots came rolling in & overtook him quite easily! A few states lagged behind like AZ, but Trump's campaign of undermining the USPS & making up conspiracy theories didn't work & it's blown up in their faces! I'm sure they'll find = > ways to embarrass themselves & the country!
***Will the Dems keep the control of the House w/ those losses?***
ReplyDeleteThey'll hold the majority, but it's tenuous w/ Reps always trying to fan the flames of dissention & of course sow the seeds of doubt that Pelosi can hold it together! These fools haven't learned that old lady has these guys by the throat! She brings in the $$ like no other Dem. in the HOUSE! AOC can get on her soapbox & Fox News can feature her > on their pathetic network as some kind of bomb-thrower to try toppling the Speaker! Idiots!
***...Not enough $$ in Politics.***
You're kidding?! Bill Bennett bragged about blowing $8M gambling! Reps have plenty of suckers who'll turn over their last $ for the cause! They buy those "echo chamber" books from cons. like Ingraham & Coulter! Trump's ripping his followers off as we post asking for $$ to fight the good fight! They really think there's a chance to overturn X states for the election win! They're giving this con man $$, not realizing the fine-print says he can use those funds for other reasons like spa treatments for his orange tan & gifts for his bimbos!
***Those aren't office holders...That was my pt.***
Again I ask, "are you fk'n kidding?" The graft is above board w/ campaign contribs & "PAC" $$ awash in DC! Yrs ago I saw Boehner passing out checks on the floor of Congress! Not to mention the millions in their pension funds they'll be ripping right out of the treasury when they retire! Please study some B4 bantering about these things!
***Again, there isn't enough $$ in politics when you have a billion coming due. You're talking about campaign funding & graft. You don't graft that > $$. Pensions are also not going to pay off the billion the blob has coming due.
Can you make some $$? Sure. You can make a shitload > giving speeches & being on TV. Perhaps ask yourself why you never see these cons. blowhards run for office...Limbaugh, Hannity, Levine, Ingram, Coulter, O'Reiley, Tucker, Savage, etc...They'd take a pay cut.
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I wonder if Napoleon's bunk on Elba is still available.***
Napoleon was a bit of a great man in history; Trump w/b a footnote for the >est election mistake in history! He prob. will try to pardon himself since he has no trouble brk'n norms! Limits to anything is just a challenge for him to go over to prove himself entitled! The people supporting him can't explain why as he's conning them out of $$ & loyalty that will never be returned! He may = sabotage GA in those senate run-offs just to get back @ the party for not backing him to the bitter end! Trump knows his X's up & his presidential immunity w/b over soon! Why's it Clinton c/b held acct.able while in office, but Trump can get away w/ murder until Jan. 20th? We're supposed to move on & forgive all his indiscretions while Reps continue to go after Hillary who wasn't = president! The hypocrisy's mind-numbing, but that's "the right" for you; totally FOS!
***Dementia Joe will bring a whole new level to the word ineptness.***
We'll take it over Emperor Nero Trump! The country's dealing w/ a serious pandemic out there & he's nowhere t/b found for wks; months now concerning CV-19! His playing golf's > important & keeping "doubt" alive after an election that's been decided by all concerned! I wish I knew why we're supposed to move on & allow Trump to get away w/ all his criminal behavior while in office while Reps are still after Bill & Hillary yrs later! I won't allow that hypocrisy to go unnoticed! As far as I'm concerned "all Reps" have proved t/b FOS & unpatriotic slugs who couldn't GAF about anything but themselves! IDK why I have to pt. it out after how they've allowed the presidency to sink? How they can criticize Biden for anything is beyond me, but they'll find a way regard< of his good intent! "Fk 'em all JOE!"
***I'm sure there's some fatigue on both sides, but Reps are like sheep. They'll follow orders to vote. Dems in GA need to find all the reserve energy & vote in large #'s like they did in the gen. elections.***
ReplyDeleteRun-offs never have the Dem. staying power that Reps have to sustain their #'s! The "right" have something on their side that has only gotten worse over the yrs; "they're the grievance party!" Everything's so neg.; = what they do if their #'s don't toe the line! Nothing's > entertaining on FNC than seeing them rationalize or project depending on the need @ the X! It's > a lit'l infuriating to remember how "anything" Clinton & Obama did was "unprecedented" & vs the norms! Now w/ Trump, there are no limits & he has every right to do just about anything; includ. pardoning his co-conspirators while he has a chance! Flynn has the notoriety & distinction of being fired by 2 presidents, prosecuted for lying to the FBI, & while admitting his guilt is pardoned! Reps don't seem to have a prob. w/ it! All concerned are getting kudos as we post! WHY should we be shocked?
***I know it's very hard to get #'s up for a non-presidential/< significant elections.***
Unfortunately Trump & his support base have shown "they're not very bright!" Kansas has been used as a Petrie dish to experiment on "the cause" on "the right!" They have lowered taxes to the bone, cut welfare to the bare minimum, enacted draconian legis. to limit abortion, & have had rabid support no matter the hardship over the yrs! I started hearing how towns were dying! W/ no $$, they had to start closing down hospitals & schools! W/o schools, parents have no other choice but to move! This has been going on for yrs & smarter people didn't see the consequences of these measure!
***Fact is Reps biggest prob. in GA is Cornyn, Graham, & Grassley; all saying they want a Rep. majority so they can pass Biden's pathway to citizenship bill. They have elim. many Reps idea that a Rep. Senate w/b a chk on Biden. There's no indication it w/b. Reps #1 priority is what is called amnesty by many Reps. Now I absol. no longer believe Reps have any shot in these runoffs.
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I was wondering what Mcconnell was doing to fix the damage of so many Rep. Senators vowing to pass Biden's plans to legalize all the undocumented immigrants in America! It turns out he's running ads on Fox w/ Loeffler & Perdue saying they'll never vote to give voting rights to non-citizens, poss. undocumented immigrants; like what was passed in Boston & San Fran. or amnesty.
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Not a single one of those phony GOP propaganda scandals or conspiracy theories has gone anywhere in the real world; period. ...Rupert Murdoch's the worst thing to happen to American politics.***
We were easy pickings by that Aussie creep, by way of London who's corrupted the best of newspapers across the pond already! It was only a matter of X he got a foothold on the cons. media here! They're such suckers to populism since we're a "grievance society!" Just wave some signs & light a few torches & we're off! Lit'l skirmishes in Portland & Seattle are blown up on FNC as if the whole country's on fire! They're such idiots on "the right," they buy it to justify their gun-toting! I have no words for this lunacy to continue after Trump was summarily dismissed w/ 80+ M votes & a margin that's growing! How anyone can rationalize some kind of fraud is not = laughable, it's sad, pathetic, & treacherous; esp. after they keep making out Hillary never gave Trump his due after '16! The concession wasn't enough! She needed to bow, lower herself completely, & grovel @ his feet, lying prostrate for their satis.! I'm so glad I'm old & won't have to deal w/ this shit & these a-holes much >er!
***It's hard to see Djokovic losing #1 ranking & if he stays focused get to ~350 wks. Maybe go for YE #1 for the 7th X & then in '22 focus on slams & a few other big tourns. But that's too far into the future, just writing out some of my thinking.***
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong w/ that! Djokovic hasn't disappointed too much; winning majors in bunches! We'll see if he can do it 1 > X to overcome the leads of Fedal!
***Yes, I'd agree. I do think aiming for that 7th YE #1 next yr. s/b a priority, of course after the slams, but the window for that 7th rec. brk'n YE #1 could likely be = smaller < the one for > slams. Basically stay focused next yr. & really go for it.***
Rublev salvaging his YEC perf. by beating Thiem in RR! He made some $$ & pk'd up pts to pad his ranking! He's had an amazing season & I can't be happier for him!
***Djokovic currently owns 17 GS singles titles, 3 < his chief rivals Fedal, but b/c Djokovic's younger & still in his prime, he's the fave to finish as the GOAT in men’s tennis. ...Novak will win > majors...somewhere in that 5-6 range, all assuming health.
If Djokovic ends up tied w/ 1 or both of the other members of the “Big 3,” he deserves the nod as the GOAT based on H2H, YE #1, Masters 1000 titles. “It’s a really hard argument to make to say that Novak isn't the BOAT if he ends up @ least tied w/ the other 2,” says A-Rod, Courier, & Annacone.
Djokovic leads Nadal 29-27 in H2H matchups &'s ahead of Fed 27-23. He'll finish 2020 @ #1 for the 6th X, tying Sampras, &'s oldest YE #1 ever. If he holds the #1 spot, he will pass Fed’s mark of 310 wks @ #1 on March 8. Djokovic's the only man to win all 9 MS-1000 titles @ least twice & currently leads Nadal 36-35 after winning Rome in Sept.
“Pete was somebody I looked up to when I was growing up, so to match his rec. is a dream come true” said Djokovic of finishing YE #1. “I'll also keep striving t/b a >er player, hopefully have > success & brk > recs in a sport I love w/ all my heart.”
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Weak era prob. started around '03.***
I'll go > extreme & say 2000 since Sampras' reign had ended & he went over 2 yrs w/o winning a tourn. til his last @ '02 USO! Hewitt c/b a beast & had plenty of heart, but no real weapons so him being #1 for any real length of X proves how weak things had become! Him winning Wimbl. over Nalbandian tells it all! That happened B4 the homogenization of courts so there couldn't haven't have been too much pressure on Lleyton to hold the top rank for well over a yr.!
***Lleyton's the weakest multi-YE #1 by far for the reasons you mention.
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...But 4 & 5-setters tend to provide much > of those classic matches.***
I love when Djokovic is in "Beast-Mode" & annihilates his opp. = if they're playing well! I can watch '19 AO & '16 Qatar Finals over & over again! They were beat-downs, but Nadal played well enough to win over anyone else! The commentators were lauding how Rafa had held serve over 50+ X's in a row @ that AO! Nole just wasn't missing anything in those matches & took him down hard!
***Nadal had fewer bad seasons than Roger & Novak.***
ReplyDeleteAll these "IF's" & "what if's" mean nothing! No one cares what chb! Fedal m/b @ the top of everyone's list in the tennis intelligentsia, but Djokovic has made his mark = if he doesn't win another title! The insecurity shows w/ the blather about "IF's!" Few outside of Fedal fans GAF! I'm over them after all this hub-bub!
***I actually had impression that Thiem was struggling a bit physically during the 3rd set vs Nole in their SF match @ YEC. He was also struggling in FO after Gaston made him sprint million X's. Absol. worst tactics is to let him dictate.***
He makes his own job tough; esp. w/ that deep court position! Nadal works both Thiem & Daniil Med. the same way due to their playing so far back! I couldn't watch that USO final from last yr. watching dropshot after dropshot succeed vs him! Thiem was lucky b/c normally Djokovic can depend on the NG donating matches to him just as they do for Fedal @ X's when in control! Dom pretty much outlast & beat Nole in the clutch when the match was his for the taking @ 4-0 in that TB!
***...Martina, yes; top 10. Chris Evert? Lucky t/b in top 20.***
IMO, Evert almost killed off the women's game! I was always > entertained by the ladies' game since no matter how aggressive, they still had to play w/ > thought to win pts! Loved Navratilova, Goolagong, Wade, King, Mandlikova, & others who attacked the net! Evert took Lit'l Mo's game & took it to another level of human backboard-om! Going to clay @ the USO in '75 didn't help as well slowing the game down & allowing Evert to own the tour for yrs by just outlasting her opps > anything! Lit'l girls took up her style of play & again, the detriments to their health showed up early & often! Some are still hobbled to this day; Jaeger, Austin, Bassett, Tamesvari, etc.! Along came Graf to elevate the baseline game somewhat, but eventually it turned into the mind< aggression we see w/ the guys not knowing where their shots are going @ X's just taking swipes @ the ball!
***I feel like Martina should've won a lot > slams. M/b it's b/c it took her a while B4 she got in really good shape, but when I think about male players that have won 14, 17 & 20 Slams in a > tougher comp., then I feel like Martina underachieved. She was almost like the only aggressive player in the 80s & early 90s.***
Navratilova actually played too much which hurt her single's major ct.! She tried to enter every event poss., often playing into the night in those doubles & Mx'd dubs matches! Tennis is still work = though we think of it as a fun sport! I can tell you in her early days, she thought nothing of having to wait until midnight to start a doubles match on the early VA Slims tour! Singles matches ran over causing superfluous doubles matches t/b pushed very late into the night! She did it not knowing it was going to catch up w/ her sooner or later! People might say she underachieved due to all that tennis winning 18 of 34 Slam finals, but the rec. bks won't be able to erase her name! It's all over the place w/ 167 sing. & 177 dubs chps!
***Don't get me wrong, of all the females I liked watching her the most, > Graf, Evert, Sanchez, Sabatini, etc. Only Seles was kind of a fresh breeze when she was new b/c she played w/ power, but overall Martina should've focused > on the singles b/c she was capable of winning 20-25 slams.***
***In '75, Modell signed a 25-yr. lease of Municipal Stadium, the home of both the Browns & Indians.***
ReplyDeleteIIRC Modell supposedly borrowed the $25M for Andre Rison's salary way back in '95 B4 the move! The Balt. move saved his ass! The family might've lost the team due to their old man's incompetence! How do you lose $$ w/ a football team? It s/b next to impossible, but Art found a way! I really loved that team back in the day! I can still see those "Kardiac Kids" being led by Brian Sipe! A shame his last memory w/b an interception in a Raider's playoff game @ home where it was freezing! They've always been snake-bit, missing another playoff game win in OT due to the most reliable kicker missing chip shots; Moseley! Hard to believe I recall all that heartache = though I'm not from Cle.!
***The Browns are one of those teams you sort of root for j/b, for most of our lives, they've been so bad. It's like the Cubs. You may root against them, but it's hard to hate them.
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I don't like Brady, but you can't deny his skills.***
I used t/b such a fan of Brady's, but after "Spy-gate" his image took a huge hit! "Deflate-gate" made it = > personal w/ the cheating so unfortunately any accomp. is tainted! They can all be debated w/ plenty of "IF's" due to this infamy of sportsmanship; or lack thereof! I won't = bring up getting a pass on having a kid outside of his relationship/marriage to Giselle! He's been given every pass imaginable, but these last few yrs have shown him t/b as big a jerk as ANY football player! Blaming others for his failings is nothing new; = when throwing "picks" that go for TD's! He can "kiki" w/ Brees & Mahomes, but has ignored shaking hands w/ Foles who's beaten him twice; SB & in Chgo.! What does that say about good ol' boy TOM? Looks as if he may limp out of the game as much as any trying to outdo true QB legends like Manning, Elway, Montana, Tarkenton, & Marino! He got to 9 SB, won 6, but it was in an era of free-agency where good coaching & a lit'l cheating goes a long way! Looks as if Brady might have to give > credit to his teammates & Belichick for his success!
***Wow, you really layed it out beautifully bringing up pts I had never = thought of B4. ...I didn't = know about that thing w/ Giselle. I'm thrilled esp. to see someone who wanted to talk about the fk'n TOPIC. He's really digging his grave in his final yrs. Bad enough he has been exposed thst he can’t beat the greats w/o cheating ,but now he thinks he is above shaking hands w/ QB's who aren't top tier QB's when he loses. What a prick he only has X for them when he wins. Total class< ass unlike any other athlete I can recall.
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You got to give credit where credit is due & you've got to remember that his 1st season as a starter, he didn't start out the season. Bledsoe did in they were on track to having another losing season as they did the previous yr. when Bledsoe was their QB. Brady came in after Bledsoe got hurt & turned their fortunes around & the rest is history.
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Aaron Rodgers took a shot @ Mahomes; credits Favre w/ "no look passes."
Rodgers' just PO'd that Mahomes' on everyone's lips when it used t/b him! He wasted many of his early yrs being Favre's Bk.up who wouldn't leave when it was his X! When Aaron finally got his chance, he did his part, but the defense sucked so much that he couldn't score enough; = in the playoffs! "So coach, I'll give you 42 pts; will that be enough?" He captured that one SB just like Favre & he's just using this crap about "no look pass" credit to elevate himself again! "PO Aaron!" I was such a fan of his, but he's shown himself t/b a buck-passer & chronic whiner when things don't go his way!
***Someone should tell the people in GA that if they want a stimulus package in their lifeX, they need to vote the Dem. senators in.***
ReplyDeleteChil', you're trying to talk rationally to people who're by def. "irrational!" It wasn't that long ago, really just 2 yrs ago AL was ready to elect Judge Moore their senator! Even w/ all the news about his predilection of picking up young girls in his 30's & 40's, banned from a mall, he only lost by a pt. and a 1/2! The Dem. was one of them, but that "D" behind his name made him unacceptable to those Neanderthals! The red state SOUTH is a fk'n mess where if the cons. intelligentsia tells them something, they believe it w/o ??! It's understood "in their minds" that Pelosi is dangerous, AOC w/b running shit on the "QT," & the assembly line of abortions will start if they don't get out there & vote Rep. for those 2 senate candidates! They're both involved in stock manip., selling quite a bit before CV-19 went "viral;" (no pun intended)! Even w/ all that was going vs Trump, w/ "blood on his hands," his base will support him to the end! He actually had > votes to save his wrinkled old ass > the last X! I'm personally appalled! Whole families have prob. been torn asunder!
***All your fears are totally ground<. The GOP is the racist swamp who's only attraction is total garbage propaganda for ignoramuses...***
You don't give them enough credit! What explains the educated of them; actual Mensa members spouting "Trump nonsense" as if it's gospel? I've always thought most Reps the most insecure & pathetic of individuals who're constantly playing the "victim card" from the MSM, the Dems in Congress, & big $$ liberals like Soros that supposedly fund the chaos! When the media & courts pilloried Clinton, they were just doing their job! Obama was coddled by the MSM & was never held to acct.! Acct. for what? Gawd these hypocritical people frost my ass! Trump could do no wrong & = ??ing his actions is treason! I'm so done w/ all of it!
***As opposed to Biden who just flat out lies? He even refuses to answer important ??'s like whether he's going to pack the courts?***
That's rich! Sociopathic liars like Trump calling someone a liar! Just proves how fk'n sick you people are! You have no problem bringing the country to it's knees over a "hummer," but have no such problem w/ a leader lying to your face every single day, consorting w/ other anarchists/dictators, & totally ignoring his job while the country slowly sickens! Trump calling someone fat & ugly is also a joke; LOOK AT YOURSELF & laugh! One of these days you'll grow a brain & a soul; doubtful, but we can all hope & pray!
***They forgive him his sociopathy b/c they're completely, emotionally invested in him. Completely. The world has seen this before. Nations get past it, but not w/o damage. It'll take X.
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I'm not saying forgive Trump-sters, but reconcile your visceral hate w/ the persons you hate, who have no such animosity towards you.***
Well that's either naivete or total deceptive BS! That's the problem w/ Trump-sters, they hate everybody; = each other if they don't fall in line! Look @ how Reps are eating their young as we post; Trump attacking sev. AG's in red states over vote counting! WTF? But that's how they are & have always been! They talk a good game about being in lock-step, but if one = criticizes their "talking points," they're attacked, punished, & some actually excommunicated from the party! Sen. Jefferson was so disgusted he just went Indep., then caucused w/ the Dems yrs ago! Cons. lost their shit & labeled him a "Benedict Arnold!" Cons. & Reps are just as hateful as any of us & prove it everyday when they support Trump's insanity!
***We Won’t Forget & We Won’t Forgive What Trumpists Did to America***
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to see this old man sitting up there making up shit as he goes along @ a press conference while The Rep. Party's still backing him tacitly! Sure he has every right to contest the results, but they have t/b based in reality & facts w/ some evidence, not conjecture, conspiracy theories read on Black Sites, & his own dementia!
***Trump fk'd up by telegraphing his "stolen election" meme B4 the election = took place.
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Who are the Rep. voters/Trump supporters supposed to listen to, him or the 2 crazy lawyers that Trump sent to rally their base up?
Newt Gingrich pleads w/ Reps to ignore Trump allies Sidney Powell & Lin Wood's demand for a boycott of Senate runoffs that could cost them the 2 seats & control of the chamber. ...'Every GA cons. who cares about America MUST vote in the runoff,' Newt Gingrich said.***
How do they like being attacked? Cons. & Reps are so accustomed to making excuses for the few who go on the attack of Dems, but these animals, including Trump are openly threatening Secs of States, Govs., & State AG's of red states! WTF?! Yep, let it burn to the fk'n ground & start over! I've no respect for any aspect of this party these days! B4 he died, Bob Novak said that Reps haven't had an original idea since they freed the slaves! That being said by the "Prince Of Darkness" & head cons. @ the X was astonishing!
***Reps will blindly support any Rep. president no matter how wrong, reprehensible, or unfit for office. Their unwarranted support of Trump is proof of that.***
I don't think it goes that deep! You c/b a serial killer, but put an "R" behind your name & "you're in" w/ cons.! Judge Moore losing that Senate race in AL 2 yrs ago proves my pt.! After his being exposed for predilections to molest young girls, a lot of those people couldn't bring themselves to vote for a Dem; = though "one if them!" Doug Jones barely won by 1.5 % of the vote! Those people can't explain it to me; esp. going so strong for Trump after his incompetence costing the country over 280 K lives this yr.! Even "W" didn't blow it by that > w/ "911!" After all that Frump still barely lost to Biden; the diff. in winning & losing prob. encompassing 40K votes over 3 states that saved us from 4 > yrs of insanity! And we're not out of it yet w/ the man going out of his way to sabotage Biden the best he can in these waning days of his pathetic admin. of the country!
***Trump asserting Article II lets him do whatever he wants was ridiculous. He said it > once, too. Elections do have consequences. One of the consequences of the elections in '18 was a Dem. majority in the House. Trump's use of the Article in that instance was exclusive to firing Comey.***
Comey should have a serious reckoning! He decided that election in '16 by having a news conf., actually speaking of a live investigation, which was unprecedented! It was total BS w/ Hillary & the country paying the cost! This has t/b laid @ the feet of Comey over the Russians, Chinese, & other influences of social media! An official lawman goes on TV speaking about a candidate for president a wk. B4 an election & he has no sense of doing anything wrong? Firing is the least of what shh to that man & all his Lts. out there looking for absolution they won't get from me! Fk. 'em all! They knew exactly what they were doing, but had no idea how > it'd cost their own country! NOW THEY DO! How we heal is anyone's guess!
***Manchin did vote to impeach Trump. He didn't have to do that.***
ReplyDeleteIf Manchin hadn't, it would've labeled him the biggest "woos" in the entire Dem. Party! He might as well turn in his card & just go "rightwing" nut! How anyone could excuse Trump in any way is unforgivable & saying they're Rep. will obviously have me giving them the side-eye! There's such a thing as being judged by the company we keep which determines how I feel about you! It may not = be fair, but these people must've condoned those camps near the border where kids were wrenched from their mothers' arms; some dying in dog cages! Anyone who can forget or forgive that I don't want to know; = if a relative! Fk 'em all! There c/b no middle ground since this is just one of many atrocities perpetrated on non-citizens in the name of patriotism!
***If Swallwell were a Rep., he'd've had to resign from Congress.***
Oh pls, spare me that BS! Reps have about as much respectability to step down as much as any criminal thug! Nunes' one that needs t/b investigated if you want to start that shit; dueling prosecutions! After what the Reps have perpetrated on the country & Congress, the Dems should run wild throwing dirt & mud right back @ those rightwing a-holes! Stop being such hypocrites after all that's gone on these last 4 yrs! I'm embarrassed to say I'm American if I were to travel abroad!
***ITA! The cowardice is insane! Why didn’t Kasich or Romney or anyone REAL run against Trump in '20? Of course they would've won. Would it have been difficult? Extraordinarily, but that was no reason for Romney or Kasich not to do it. M/b in for '24.
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Many Reps were outraged by Trump. Just look @ the Lincoln Project.***
It was barely enough! Trump still got over 70 M votes! That says a lot about us & Reps in gen. after all was said & done; economic collapse, 1000's of deaths, & overall en oui of being locked down! They still voted for that man! IDK how I can look & talk to a Rep. about anything! the disabled! They just don't GAF about anyone but themselves! It remains to be seen if Biden can turn this around! They showed their asses during the Obama yrs & solidified the party hatred of minorities, foreigners, Black women, & the disabled! They just don't GAF about anyone but themselves! It remains t/b seen if Biden can turn this around!
***I don't care what many Reps do, or don't believe. They are not worthy of consideration.***
They w/b tainted for quite a while! They can't fall back on the old reliable, "we freed the slaves!" Thanks, but fk 'em all for all X IMO! They really fk'd up & I won't forgive the insult & outrageous behavior condoned by Reps! Seditious acts shouldn't be ignored!
***Your side's constant race baiting is tearing this country apart & killing people on a regular basis & still you pour > gas on the fire. You w/b dying in a burned out ruin, & still unable to connect cause and effect. And you'll deserve it.***
Look in the mirror jerk-off! Reps have shown their asses, so spare me! The way Obama was treated was reprehensible! You'll never be able to excuse your own bigotry & racism in the Rep. party! You're all disgusting pigs & I can make note of despicable behavior you can't explain away easily! You're still trying to disenfranchise black voters so screw you! I'm not fanning anything; > about your own ignorance!
***You are a coward, calling me a racist online. A filthy coward.***
Trump's made it easy for me to paint all of you a-holes w/ the same racist brush! Explain it to me then! WTF is up w/ Reps & their fk'n around w/ voter suppression? Explain it a-hole! Here's your forum! Make me eat my words fk'r! You can't, so go to bed!
***Voter suppression? Dems don't want voter ID & didn't = require signature validation on mail-in ballots in some states. What does that tell you? They don't care one bit about having a fair election, only gaining power.***
ReplyDeleteBut Reps c/b verified as legit by having an NRA membership! Spare me the hypocrisy! You all look terrible only going into black major cities to try & elim. their right to vote so fk. off! You're tainted for the foreseeable future!
***Despite the fact that Trump got > votes > any other sitting president in history. Got it?***
He's still a loser! Your party couldn't save him; if anything they worked vs him b/c he was such an embarrassment! Couldn't happen to a nicer party of bigoted, racist a-holes!
***Wow. You truly are a mature debater. Good for you.***
It's hard to take any of you people seriously when you're fighting a losing battle for an a-hole! Trump's a narcissist to the >est order who doesn't care about anyone but himself! Where's his empathy for lost lives under his watch? This says a lot about you > him if you can ignore all his pathetic lying, cry-babying act! It's pathetic, but that's your party; TRULY PATHETIC! Dems are no prize, but they @ least pay for their shit & they stay w/i the law! Reps are now a criminal cabal or cult that I won't forgive anyX soon! They fk'd up & I won't give them amnesty!
***So? Many of Trumpybears Banana Reps watch the Kangaroo Courts on OAN & NewsMaxine. So it's not surprising what they believe. They certainly aren't following the real court cases.***
People don't realize the harm Trump's done to MSM! Calling everything fake news he doesn't like has given license to dictators in other countries to arrest & imprison reporters! IDK how people can ignore this phenomenon? It's not what we stand for! Trump has been the anti-thesis of a good president & proved his incompetence every day he opened his stupid mouth! How he has defenders @ this pt. is mind-numbing!
***It is. They live in the Alt-Right news bubble created by Faux News. Faux News created the Frankenstein that ate Faux News.
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No offense, KY, but Scrooge McConnell has been making an ass out of you all for yrs & you keep reelecting him. Do you have to take us down the drain w/ you? Pls GA...I'm begging you!***
I've been disgusted w/ KY for yrs allowing this man to just obstruct & deny any advancements! He doesn't = call for a vote for bills he isn't pleased w/! He'd rather we're stuck in the 50's where Black people were seen & not heard! He continues to bitch about Obamacare/ACA, but has been utilizing it back home as K-nect for yrs! I can't tell you the disgust I have w/ ALL Reps to allow this hypocrisy to go on as Trump continues to contest the last election!
***He's a pretty vile human being. KY is one of the worst ranked states in EVERYTHING & they just accept it. Unfortunately, for now, our fates are tied to him. At least his wife w/b unemployed shortly. Didn't I just read that Mayor Pete was nom. for her Sec. of Trans. job? Karma....I love her.
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They voted for Reagan twice; Clinton twice; Bush twice, McCain, Romney, Trump: basically has only had Dem. governors - it c/b said KY has tried everything & always ends up in the same place.***
...Rep. have started attacking one another w/ Trump & his "goons" going after cons. Rep. Govs. & AG's that aren't licking his boots! Now McConnell is part of the "deep state!" Couldn't happen to a slimier scumbag! His state wallows in shit & his constituients keep returning him t/b "The Obstruptor" of any progress in DC! He's happy enough t/b stuck in the 50's w/ all the other rednecks! That's just too fk'n bad if people take offense! I'm offended everyday that man opens his fk'n mouth! He's a true deplorable; "it w/b my job to make sure Obama's a one term president!" What a way to welcome the 1st Blk president! FK all of you w/ no exceptions! All are tainted & the smear can't be erased w/ an apology! It just won't ever be enough!
ReplyDelete***Somehow, you left out the fact that a direct descendant of Joe Biden was a board member of the entity that was accused of corruption.
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Firstly, "accused" means nothing. Anyone can accuse anyone of anything. Secondly, I wonder if the entity whb accused if Hunter had a diff. last name?***
That's what Reps have always been into; pulling accusations out of their asses & just running w/ it! It's too disgusting for words that they've been getting away w/ it for yrs! They bitch about packing of the courts when McConnell set recs pushing thru some of the > shady cast of characters onto the Fed benches! One was so incompetent, McConnell couldn't pass him thru for Trump; some blogger who'd never tried a case, but up for Fed judgeship! Don't = get me started on stealing of 2 SC seats! I'm gonna start playing their game! If Reps want to paint all Dems w/ the same brush of being "baby-killers" who eat fetal tissue to stay young, & ingest baby's blood! Yep, we're all Gawd-less SOB's that can't be saved! The same c/b turned around by calling all Reps bigoted, racist, mysogynist, sociopathic liars & hypocrites who talk a good game about truth, facts, & the rule of law, but have deminished themselves trying to save this vile creature who's running their party! Even the "Religious Right" can't take a bow for how they've overlooked the disgusting behavior of Trump! They went after Clinton for lying about a "hummer," but Trump can raw-dog 2 porn stars, pay them off w/ campaign funds, & it's not a prob! Pathetic, but what else c/b expected from Troglodytes trying to disenfranchise millions of Black voters! The disgust I have for them all can't be measured! McConnell has set us back 50 yrs!
***Do you still believe the Steele Dossier?***
You can overlook it if you like! Hillary didn't illicit that doc. BTW! She just had it finished & paid for the finished product! It was prob. another Rep. that initially requested dirt on Trump! All the shit in that report is > likely true! Ignoring, saying "all of it is fake" is BS! AnyX Trump says something is fake, he's been NAILED! Go follow your "yellow/urine boy!"
***There are news sources & people we trust & they have often betrayed us, but we don't see Dems as evil, leftist enemies.***
I've unfortunately seen too much injustice in my 63+ yrs to overlook indescretions, mistakes, or unawares being used as an excuse in politics that affect so many! We're tripping over info; > decide to just "wave it off!" That's them, I unfortunately internalize & hang open-mouthed as 1/2 this fk'n country is siding w/ a psychopath! Proud Boys burned another Black church over the wkend! Am I supposed to not make note that the Klansman-in-Chief has nothing to say about it? Those are his foot-soldiers!
I've been treated well & respectfully @ all X's by cops, but how do people ignore deaths over simple traffic offenses? We see vids of Blk men being choked out! The cops are made t/b the victim of lib. MSM! Why can't any of these people say "we fk'd up?" Anyone who can ignore these sort of stories can't be part of my circle! I make people responsible for what's going on around us! How > people have to die B4 we say "enough?"
ReplyDeleteI know the gov'ts wretched history of Tuskeegee, the systematic genicide of Native Americans, & a host of other attrocities if looking for a lesson! Trump of course has blown up any integrity we mhh; > just allowing lawlessness @ the top! I'm just done w/ the hypocrisy b/c it's only gotten worse over the yrs w/ Reps thinking they s/b allowed to do anything they damn well please & Dems can do nothing right! If we get painted by that same brush, it only makes me turn it back on them & say "ALL REPS are ....!"
It isn't fair, but playing nice has only gotten us where we are now! If you think we're in good shape, my rant won't change your mind! I'll term. any1 in my circle that can defend ANYTHING Reps do these days includ. trying to disenfranchise M's of Black votes! They're a destructive force that truly showed their asses during Obama's tenure! Rep. Leaders showed they're as common as trash on the Appalachian Trail! I have lit'l reason to take any Rep. seriously again!
***While I agree w/ > of what you wrote, it saddens me that you don't articulate a path forward though I'm not sure what that path s/b.***
It saddens me as well! It's unfortunate that I hit my limit w/ the "hatin'" of right-wingers yrs ago! "W" & his stooges went on a Jihad vs Gay Marriage, actually aligning themselves w/ Black churches & they won in '04! It worked, but overplaying their hand, gay marriage is the law of the land! Making out all Dems are Gawd<, liberal baby killers who use stem cells to stay young along w/ baby's blood is just one of many talking pts repeated over & over! No matter how cons. the Dem, some might = say Sen. Manchin's too progressive! They don't look @ facts or history; just pull the same BS out of their asses!
There's nowhere to go if one side cares > about their party than the country! I can say that since Trump has dropped the ball on Intel Sec. again! Russians caught hacking recently, but Trump's been too busy on his knees rolling Putin's balls around his mouth, he hasn't had X to plug the holes or = care to! Putin's his bud & he swore he has nothing to do w/ such goings on! It w/b nice to discuss a host of issues, but I wouldn't waste my X w/ Reps who's reputation of "fiscal resposibilty" blew up yrs ago w/ our debt growing exponentially while they're in charge! They vilify Dems for malfeasence when the debt actually went down under Clinton & Obama! We actually had a surplus before "W" gave it away! Under the leadership of McConnell, the Nat'l Debt has exploded & our "credit rating" was repeatedly threated during Obama's tenure just to try & hurt him when all it did was injure us! I just have nothing good to say about anyone w/ an "R" behind their names after all they've put this country thru of late! Calling anyone a LIAR by a party of sociopathic liars is a joke! Facts are no longer facts, & accusations are enough to warrant investigation as they're after Hunter Biden! WHY? How does this benefit our country @ this X! The disappointment & disgust can't be measure! I'm so fk'n DONE!
***Most wins over ATGs (10+ Slam finalists) in a season:
ReplyDelete1) '84 McEnroe 17
2) '85 Lendl 16
3) '70 Laver /'15 Djokovic 15
5) '87 Lendl 13
6) '79 Borg 12 /'89 Becker 12 /'90 Edberg 12
9) '11 Djokovic 12
10) '71 Laver /'86 Becker 11 /'95 Agassi 11 /'08 Nadal 11
14) '69 Laver 10
15) '70 Rosewall 9 /'89 Edberg 9 /'94 Sampras 9 /'07 Nadal 9
19) '80 Borg /'87 Edberg /'88 Becker /'89 Lendl /'95 Sampras /'12 Djokovic /'14 Djokovic 8
Fed's best season (7 wins in '10) is @ #26 place, tied w/ other seasons.
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Slams Fedal won til '10 --> 25
Slam Fedal either won or lost to Djokovic since '11 --> 28
They could've = won 13 of the last 14 Slams they took part in w/o Nole! o_O
'17 AO win
'17 RG win
'17 WI win
'17 UO win
'18 AO win
'18 RG win
'18 WI lost to Djokr
'18 UO lost to Delpo/Millman
'19 AO lost to Djokr
'19 RG win
'19 WI lost to Djokr
'19 UO win
'20 AO lost to Djokr
'20 UO skipped
'20 RG win
Puts to sleep the excuse that Fedal declined in '11.
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And to other w/ "Nadal declined in '11" story...
Diff. btw Nadal's '10 & '11 is just Djokovic's level... W/o super Novak, Nadals '11 c/b = >er > his '10.
Slams '10
AO - QF
RG - won
W - won
USO - won
Slams '11
AO - QF (same)
RG - won (same)
W - F (lost to Novak)
USO - F (lost to Novak)
Practically only diff. is > Novak
Masters '10
Madrid Win
MC Win
Rome Win
He won in all finals he got to, and it's only 3 Masters, and all on clay!
Masters '11
MC Win
Rome F (lost to Novak)
Madrid F (lost to Novak)
Indian F (lost to Novak)
Miami F (lost to Novak)
He managed to 5 finals (> '10) & all loses are vs magnificent Novak!
The conclusion is that we can't conclude about someone's form only, but we must take a look a comp. (Fed fans angry :))... Nadals '11 is on par w/ '10, but Novak v2.0 happened...***
***Most Slams won consec.:
ReplyDeleteFed 12 (WI04-UO04, WI05-AO06, WI06-AO07, WI07-UO07, RG09-WI09)
Djokovic 10 (WI11-AO12, WI15-RG16, WI18-AO19)
Sampras 7 (WI93-AO94, WI95-UO95, UO96-AO97)
Borg 6 (RG78-WI78, RG79-WI79, RG80-WI80)
Nadal 5 (RG08-WI08, RG10-UO10)
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Winning a slam @ least 5 yrs in a row:
Fed: 2 ('03-07 wim) ('04-08 USO)
Borg: 1 ('76-80 wim)
Nadal: 1 ('10-14 FO)
Djokovic: 0
winning a slam at least 4 X's in a row:
Nadal: 3 ('05-08 FO) ('10-14 FO) ('17-20 FO)
Borg: 2 ('76-80 wim) ('78-81 FO)
Fed: 2: ('03-07 wim) ('04-08 USO)
Djokovic: 0
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Big 3's seasons w/ > wins over Top 5:
1)'15 Djokovic 16
2)'11 Djokovic /'12 Djokovic 13
The 3 Best were from Djokovic.
Big 3's Seasons w/ > wins over Top 10:
1)'15 Djokovic 31
2)'12 Djokovic /'13 Djokovic /'13 Nadal 24
5)'11 Djokovic /'16 Djokovic 21
5 of the 6 Best were from Djokovic.
Big 3's Seasons w/ the > wins over Top 20:
'15 Djokovic 41
'13 Djokovic 34
'13 Nadal /'16 Djokovic 33
'11 Djokovic 31
4 of the 5 Best were from Djokovic.
Big 3's Seasons w/ the > wins over Top 50:
1)'13 Djokovic 58
2)'12 Djokovic 57
3)'15 Djokovic 56
4)'11 Djokovic 55
The 4 Best were from Djokovic.
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Seasons w/ the > Big wins - Djokovic has 5 of best 7
-w/ the > Big Win pts:
1) '15 Djokovic 7.3
2) '84 McEnroe 5.7
3) '11 Djokovic 5.6
4) '12 Djokovic 4.8
5) '16 Djokovic 4.7
6) '79 Borg/'13 Djokovic 4.6
Djokovic has 5 of best 7.
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1)'11 WI vs Nadal /'15 UO vs Fed 0.74
3 '11 UO vs Nadal /'16 RG vs Murray 0.71
5)'19 AO vs Nadal 0.70
6)'12 AO vs Nadal /'15 WI vs Fed 0.69
8)'16 AO vs Murray 0.68
9)'13 AO vs Murray 0.66
10)'19 WI vs Fed 0.65***
...a need t/b part of history anointing Pete "The GOAT" w/o = playing a FO final back in '02! The shame has t/b widespread as we see 3 players race "past him" before Sampras' 1st real gray hair! All 3 (Fedalovic) have a foot-hold on the moniker for diff. reasons as each has recs the other can't overcome! Unfortunately for Roger, he's out of the =tion for me as the other 2 "own him" on all surfaces! He's been embarrassed & humiliated on the world stage all too often in major final after major final! People can't keep invoking that crap about "age" when he's still outperforming the "NG'rs!" While Nole on hiatus for a yr.+, Fed actually stole 3 majors to stave off Nadovic! It's btw Nadal & Djokovic w/ Nole having the advan. of a > diverse resume w/ titles Nadal's still trying to get his name on!
***...Every yr. there’s new faces @ the top of the women's game & it keeps it fresh.***
ReplyDeleteIf you ask me, that's when women's tennis started having trouble! Been a fan of ladies' tennis going back to the 70's, but it's been hard since they can't settle on a star for any real length of X! ...Osaka's shown >, but the entire women's tour is unfathonabe to me in how things have gone for the last decade or so! You had the Wms sister coming & going as they pleased which was bad enough, but they'd take up from where they left as if there was no absense! The women's tour hasn't had much of an ID since the days of Hingis & Henin! You had players like Clijster & Capriati busting up the party, but I've been very disappointed in the level of play & lack of consistency @ the top! There are quite a few that are coming along nicely like Kenin & Andreescu, but only X'll tell if they have any staying power! It's been awful on both tours IMO! "The Big 3" still run things in their old age & that's pretty sad, but @ least they're accomp. something & only +ing to their legend!
***USO Greats by Top 10 & Top 5 Wins:
Top 10
1. Lendl > 18
2. Sampras > 16
3. Fed > 16
4. McEnroe > 15
4. Connors > 15
6. Agassi > 13
7. Djokovic > 12
8. Borg > 8
8. Wawrinka > 8
10. Nadal > 7
Top 5
1. Connors > 9
1. Sampras > 9
1. Fed > 9
4. McEnroe > 8
4. Lendl > 8
6. Agassi > 7
7. Djokovic > 6
8. Borg > 5
8. Wawrinka > 5
10. Kodes | Tanner | Edberg | Nadal | Del Potro | Nishikori | > 4
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This is it for Roger ...= if he comes back in Feb. As you know, that's a very telling sign that he's had 2 procedures & still doesn't feel it's 100%. I hope I'm wrong.***
...Fed & Martina N. got all they could out of the tour & have recs that'll stand the test of X! This emotional BS of "Maunchausen" as if Fed is owed a spot on the tour after 20+ yrs needs to stop! It's X for him to move on if he's brk'n down! No WC or PR s/b permitted after that abrev. season that keeps him in the top 5!
***The same has helped tons of other players' rankings too, includ. Djokovic.***
I'm only answering since your comment was so outrageous & STUPID! Novak played 3 Majors & won 2 Masters! Are you really that much of a hater that you can compare Djokovic's season to ANYONE?
***Novak kept all 2000 pts from winning Wimbl. & that's just for a start.***
What a pathetic argument!
***Djokovic won 1 Major, reached the finals of another, & won 2 Masters. I can't dispute he's the yr's #1 player = if admittedly this is an asterisk * yr. Of the top 3 players he's the only one who enter the 3 Majors that were played.
Rafa won 1 Major, reached the Qtrs of another & skipped the USO as defending champ. Rafa's choice was prob. the best for him. Novak prob. did as well as he did @ the FO b/c he was defaulted @ the USO & exited early. ...Fed got the > benefit of the computer rankings decision b/c not playing for 13 MONTHS & counting, he's still in the top 5.***
...I can't think of a > consistent admin. of a sport's team > Pitts. where expectations are always high & it's easy to make quick fixes that snowball to destroy that continuity! They've never done that w/ any level of their pyramind of existence! They've only had 3 coaches in my lifeX of watching them over the decades! What other team can say that? Some teams make it a yearly event! They can pick & hold onto a QB for some serious length of X! Coming from Chgo, I stopped counting how many have limped in & out of town over the decades! The level of ineptitude in just picking that one position has limited our success no matter how well the defense plays! Ben's damn well overrated, but could get the job done a lit'l >er if he'd taken better care of himself! Inuries' one thing, but his inflated ass chb in better shape! That's always pissed me off; paid millions & he's been lugging around excess baggage on his kiester for as long as I can remember!
ReplyDelete***Same w/ Ben & Tomlin. He's not a good coach, doesn't motivate, or get his team ready. The Steelers are the high watermark of under-performance & inconsistency. The ring Tomlin got was basically from a team left over from Bill Cowher. Same w/ Roethlisberger---- the guy was a sad sack talking about retiring 2-3 yrs ago! He does not motivate or work well w/ his players & the Steelers have hung their hat on the VERY slim chance this guy could get them back to the big game when I saw the guy wince in pain on his 1st game this yr. & w/b lucky to make it to the end of the season.***
No doubt about that! They screwed the pooch and stayed w/ others too long, but it's still a marvel to see the old way of doing things going on 50 yrs for me! There's no renegotiating of contracts w/ them & for some reason the next player thinks it's going t/b them! It never happens to the detriment of both sides! As a team I loved to watch them as they curb-stomped Dallas in their most important meetings! Bradshaw never got enough credit w/ that arm due to the defense, but I can still remember him beating Dallas on the last MNF game before the strike of '82! Pittsburg had already fallen off, but they still had enough to beat Danny White & the so called "America's Team!" IMO, the BEARs took over that title in '85! lol! That Super Bowl Shuffle has been immortalized! Dallas has been a colossal joke for almost 25 yrs!
***The Bengals came out & punched the Steelers right in the mouth & never relented. They took the wind out of Pittsburgh's sails & this team hasn't been the same since the Ravens game. They have no confidence, they've lost their mojo, & I believe they will NOT win another game this season. I hope they do. Thet're in DIRE need of a stud running back. That s/b their primary focus heading into the off season. I'll always be behind them as I have been a loyal fan for 48 yrs, but this simply doesn't look good @ all.***
I was terribly amused watching Pittsburgh flowder like that; actually losing their cool by commiting egregious personal fouls on Cincy players! One of them was not 1 or 2 steps after going out of bounds, but 3 & 4 steps, almost ready to sit down when hammered! I think #76 shb ejected w/ that one b/c he was upset Ben threw the interception that put them in a real hole early!
***- - Cinci. called Steelers' bluff & the Steelers folded like a cheap suit.
- Cinci. talked smack & backed it up showing the Steelers for the frauds they are, & truth can hurt.
Tomlin's Team are whipped, beaten, impotent & ball<. The D-line knows it & is getting sick & tired of taking a pounding to keep them in the game.
IN THE REAL WORLD:
Ben's gotta go, Tomlin has to go. They need another Jerome Bettis.
That would fix everything.***
***...T/B correct: Russia's mostly Asian. So we can say 2 continents.***
ReplyDeleteThe "divide" is on display in FS where there's an Int'l event called "Europeans;" the only countries that can participate are from Europe (The Cont.)! Other parts of the world felt slighted so "The 4 CCC." was created 20+ yrs ago! Asia's part of the eligible countries, but Russia isn't allowed a spot = though most of their mass is in Asia!
***...Christine Brennan, the most highly respected, knowledgable, & revered expert in U.S skating history said Kwan should've won both the '95 & '97 Worlds, = w/ her mistakes @ the '97 Worlds.
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Brennan revered? Hardly. She's just another fan who happens to write for a living. I love Michelle, but she isn't underrated. She's approp. rated as a legend, the best of her era, & one of the BOAT.***
Agreed! Brennan's not all that respected & Michelle certainly wasn't underrated! If anything, she was massively overrated! As consistent as she's thought t/b, there have been > a few occasions where she appeared t/b another person; esp. after that Masters Champ. back in '01 where she fired her coach, Frank Carroll that very night! She allowed Tara & Sarah to sneak up on her in '98 & '02 respectively, then totally underperformed during that per. after '01 where Slutskaya pretty much owned her!
***Tara didn’t sneak up on her. Tara was the reigning World champion & CO-FAVE for OG in Nagano. People forget that very important fact. Also, Michelle was coming off an injury. Sarah didn’t exactly sneak up either. She beat both Michelle & Irina prior to the SLC Olympics. Perhaps you should review those seasons.***
Honey, you aren't telling me anything IDK! I not only followed all the comps, I taped & still have them on VHS cart.! True enough neither Tara or Sarah snuck up on MK, but no one thought they'd win at Nagano or SLC respectively! Kwan's reputation allowed her an undeserved Bronze medal where she made an obvious mistake on her 3F in the SP, but still scored ahead of Irina & Sasha Cohen! That was BS as it affected the "Ordinal" system that was still being utilized! Irina prob. should've owned the GOLD in SLC even w/ Sarah winning the LP!
***Well, it's not as if Irina didn't get any gifts in her career. She got a major one in the '01-02 GPF & then Kwan was pretty much shut out of Worlds no matter how she skated. And = if Irina placed 1st after the SP, there's no telling what whh in the LP. Irina could've found some way to muck it up anyway. And m/b if Cohen learned to skate on edges by '02 she could've beaten Kwan in the SP. Kwan can't help it that she was just da bomb diggity @ that pt. in comparison to her comp.***
That was > a gift @ the '02 GPF! Irina was awful & if memory serves, she only completed 3 triples! I just thought MK & her minions prob. shb the last t/b "rolling their eyes" after so many X's MK's ripped off a medal or standing! It was almost as embarrassing as one of those Pro/Am events set in Canada where Michelle lost to Josee Chouinard who was floundering all over the ice! It was ridiculous w/ her practically leaving the ice w/ bloody knees & elbows taking GOLD! It's hard to take the sport seriously when things like this happen; or worse to this day!
***Looks like the party's about over for you guys "on the right."***
ReplyDeleteIt's enuf in their twisted minds that their guy was in there to throw a monkeywrench in the works! They don't seem to mind that our Dem. core has been shaken, our Fed. insitutions have all been undermined & now tainted, w/ potential collapse of agencies that have been hacked by Russians w/ impunity! And their guy has lit'l to nothing to say about it! How Reps can ?? anyone's patriotism is beyond me, but that's what they do! They pt. fingers, but that thumb usual tells us we s/b looking @ them! Trump's been the huge fart in the room & Reps have been covering for him the entire X! IDK how they recover? Going back to business as usual ain't gonna play w/ me! After that last SC seat ripoff, the gloves need t/b taken off! It s/b bare-knuckle brawling from here on!
***Will Reps hand Trump another loss? He's demanding $2000 stimulus chks. Dems on board. Will Reps deny the $2000 chks? ...Is Trump advo. irresponsible spending?***
That's what Reps do; advocate being the "resp. party," cut taxes, talk about infrastrastructure spending that never happens, & blame Dems for all of it! History will show budget deficits & The Nat'l Debt has always gotten out of control when Reps are in charge! They're so FOS I can't stand it!
***...Rep. Hawley responded to Walmart, saying: "Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 M Americans, will U @ least apologize for using slave labor? ...or m/b U’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom & pop stores out of business."***
Reps are so Fk'd up! Trump's turning on cons. Govs., AG's, & SOS's who aren't willing to prostrate themselves B4 him & perpetuate this fraud of a stolen election! There are plenty out there though; 126 Rep. US Congressmen & SOS's in red states signed on to that seditious doc. filed w/ the SC trying to overturn Trump's loss! I'm embarrassed for them, their families, the constituents, & for democracy! I used to have so much respect for these people & they've disappointed me @ every turn since Reagan & the Evangelists took over in the 80's! They keep scraping the btm. of the barrell & seeking new hts. of unbelievably disgusting behavior! Ignoring deaths of kids in dog cages proves what I'm talking about it! How many Blk men have been snuffed out right B4 our eyes on video?
We won't = pt. fingers @ our plight now w/ CV-19; choosing to ignore it really in some states! I just heard that idiot Gov. in FLA decided to make sure seniors got the flu shot over 1st responders! He just can't help being twisted, backwards, & totally incompetent! It's hard to feel sorry for his constituents since they knew what he was B4 he won the office! It seems if you have an "R" behind your name, "you're alright!" If you are a Dem., "you're evil incarnate, trying to take away Xmas, forced kids to stay home instead of going to school, & drink the blood of infants!" I'm so done w/ them all! These losers aren't rednecks stumbling along the App. Trail! These are office holders & actual US Rep. leadership speaking! It should tell Dems to stop wasting their X trying to compromise w/ these animals! We need to try & save what lit'l democ. is left! We're so tainted, hard to believe some of Trump's supporters can = show their faces in public!
***Sure, not t/b outdone by NY that wants to move inmates to the front of the line.***
Great deflection! You guys are full of them! It was Obama's fault the cupboard was bare when Trump took office! BO just managed to handle 3 pandemics while Trump has fk'd up @ every turn w/ just the one! "Congrats Reps!"
***Wow. Biden isn't = sworn in yet & the tard herd is going after his wife! Scum; total scum.***
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the FNC Jihad on Hunter! All Reps are scum-sucking pigs; esp. Lindsey Graham & his old, wrinkled ass! I so hate these people I can't say it enough! The hypocrisy of these animals during these trying X's as they allowed the Trump kids to turn the country upside down is fk'n rich! Screw ANYONE w/ an "R" behind their names; ALL OF THEM! I've been over them since their assault on gay marriage! Fk 'em all! This last straw of trying to disenfranchise M's of Black votes s/b used as a rallying cry to destroy these people! They can't be saved! Trump's contaminated the very core of their disgusting party! It has t/b blown up! An apology just won't be enough!
***...What are you guys going to do after Trump's gone? Who're you going to whine about?***
You're kidding right? Cons. are still digging up Jimmy Carter to make fun of! We all know Bill & Hill are in the rightwing mouths of radio & tv personalities every single day! And w/ Obama, he turned over a depressed state of affairs to Trump who turned it all around to where we're right up there w/ other leaders of the free world; NOT! You're really going to go there w/ dueling derangement syndromes? DON'T do it; it w/b embarrassing for U I promise!
***Today, the “sedition caucus” includes @ least 140 members of the House—that is, some 2/3 of the House GOP membership—& @ least 10 members of the Senate. Their challenge comes after wks of insistence that the 2020 election was rigged, plagued by fraud, & = subverted by foreign powers. The president & his minions have filed, & lost scores of lawsuits that ranged from minor disputes over process to childlike, error-filled briefs full of bizarre assertions.
But for Trump, there's no such thing as too much humiliation. The only shame in Trump world lies in admitting defeat. And so he doubled down, as anyone who had watched him for > 10 mins knew he would. And then he tripled, quadrupled, quintupled down. And just as they have done for the past 4 yrs, elected Reps tried to convince themselves that if they supported this outrage, it w/b the last X they w/b required to surrender their dignity; that this betrayal of the Constitution w/b the last treachery demanded of them. That if they complied one > X, they w/b allowed to go back to their privileged lives.... It's poss. that the sedition caucus knew that all these challenges would fail. It's poss. that they know their last insult to American democracy, on Wed. will go nowhere as well. This is irrelevant: Engaging in sedition for insincere reasons does not make it < hideous. Arguing that you betrayed the Const. only as theater is no defense.
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"Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey will NOT face any criminal charges for shooting Jacob Blake in the back 7 X's as he walked to his car, paralyzing him from the waist down."***
We need to learn not t/b surprised! Cops have gotten away w/ shooting each other in the back! Undercover cops have been vicously shot in the back by other cops, but they just say "whoops" & move on! It can't be egregious enough for them to say "oh, I fk'd up!" Never happens = when seen over & over again on video! It's "a shame" that the country has to live w/ along w/ other heinous acts in our retched history! How we pt. fingers @ other countries' injustices is unfathonable to me!
Warnock is already ahead of Loeffler for the Sen. run-off elect. w/ heavy Dem. votes to come! They very well might sweep this thing! Ossoff is coming up fast on Perdue! FNC's yappin' w/ Sen. Blackburn about her objection to the Elec. College vote tmrw!
ReplyDelete***Ossoff just breezed by Perdue. The votes to come s/b for the Dems. - Democrats think election fraud is their sacred right.***
Yeah, they're so good @ it they allowed 4 yrs of Trump! That mhb the master plan just to show the malfeasance of the Repukelican Party when in charge!
***Sen. Graham attacked in airport over his support to "move on!" And to think those used t/b his friends. Lie down w/ wild dogs, get up w/ fleas.***
Did Graham really think his love-fest w/ Trump would last forever? You see what he did w/ his 1st real supporter, Sen./Ex-AG Jeff Sessions! If not for Sessions, Trump may not be sitting in that chair! One disagreement & he was tossed overboard! I'm having lit'l sympathy for anyone who works for Trump! They knew what was what & were happy enough when things clicked! Now that the whole country's blowing up, they've found religion, start resigning, & now impart their regrets for what they allowed to go on w/o sounding the alarm! Fk'em all! I have nothing for those people; ever! Reps will have to wander the desert for 40+ yrs like the Jews when God was displeased w/ them! IDK how these people recover? When I think of Reps, I think LIARS, hypocrites, & to a > extent just plain "evil-doers" when trying to elim. millions of minority votes! Fk'em all to Hell! This was a fk'n coup perpetrated on our gov't Wed. & anyone who doesn't see that needs serious help! Invoking Antifa as infiltrators of Trump supporters won't cut it, but they will try it! I'm done w/ them all!
***Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol w/ mob - WV MetroNews
My ?? is: who'll replace lawmakers when they resign from their positions; their R-ups they beat in the election? ...GOP will decide who to replace this guy?***
This truly proves the collective insanity of this party! It's a crying shame Dems look so poorly to the masses, they'd still prefer Reps in charge as evidenced by statehouse ownerships across the country! It's sad how the Dems have lost their way allowing the working class guy t/b conned & taken away by the rightwing! Losing the Midwest to Trump like that in '16 had t/b a huge kick in the groin! The prob. w/ Dems is they terribly overrate the intel. of the masses to know when being lied to & conned! Reps have never allowed truth, facts, or = video evidence to stop them from making their twisted arguments! Trump's still got millions of fans after his X seditious acts! Impeachment's the least we should do to set him apart from all sleazy pols who've been censured or impeached as he'll have it done twice in a lone admin.! Usually presidents have trouble in the 2nd term; Trump fk'd up so > early on, he was easy to embarrass & shown to be corrupt! Unfortunately his supporters don't seem to care!
***The prob. is the people in the rural areas & small towns are > radical > those in the larger cities.***
They have too > X on their hands blaming "the other" for their own fk'n misery! I hear horror stories of people needing to drive a 100 miles or > for medical care, while I have 5 or 6 major hospitals in walking distance here in Chgo! We pay high taxes, but we get something for our $$! People in Kansas pay almost no taxes & many of their schools had to close in small towns, which in turn killed the town when parents had to move! Idiotic vicous cycle, but it's so hard to have sympathy for these loons! We try to help them out, but their Repukelican leadership keeps them living in shit like in KY thanks to McConnell!
***MSNBC is reporting that Twitter has permanently banned DT.***
ReplyDeleteIt helped that the Dems took back the Senate! McConnell & others were prob. ready to lower the boom on social media!
***To recap:
-Trump pressured Pence to subvert the vote, which VP can’t do
-Trump told his supporters to march on the Capitol, where Pence was doing his constitutional duty
-They chanted “Hang Mike Pence”
-Trump hasn’t spoken to Pence, nor condemned the chants for his assassination
From - https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1348289760935239682?s=20 -***
W/ all this evidence of sedition, FNC is making > out of Trump's FB & Twitter accts. being shutdown! The 1st Amendment's what comes to mind for them as people died due to Trump's incitement of those animals on Wed.! We haven't gotten 1/2 the story! It's looking t/b an = < event that could've turned into a massacre in just a few > mins but for whatever reason! Reps aren't taking responsibility & are still trying to save Trump; sans lone actors like senators Sasse, Murkowski, & Romney! On the Sunday talk shows ex-Chf-of-Stf. Mulvaney was still making excuses & unapologetic to what he allowed to go on while he was in charge! He's shocked @ Trump's behavior & didn't see this coming! What an idiot! He thinks we're all fools; some are, some aren't!
***I suspect that Trump believed Pence had absolute power to refuse to accept the results. And b/c Pence is President of the Senate, he has absol. power to do anything. Trump doesn't believe in the Constitution.***
All Reps give "lip service" about the Const., but they allowed Trump to violate every tennent of the doc. while in office & they were the enablers! They have no moral high ground no matter how much they deflect from their culpability!
***Although I think by law he has to have the Trump Library.***
That's funny; a library for someone who doesn't read?! Make it about the size of a "7-11" w/ mags & pamphlets! He has to raise the $$ himself! I can't imagine anyone giving him $$ to build a library!
***M/b there’s a vacant storefront near Four Seasons Landscaping? - I understood that all presidents are required to have one & that one can request docs contained w/ in those docs under the freedom of info acts. I realize we don't think he's smart or reads, but future gens need t/b able to understand how he fooled a > many people w/ lies & deception.
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The greedy, corrupt Dems have bankrupt IL, CA, & NY and now the other 47 states are being forced bailing them out. Who says that Crime doesn't pay?
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Cal. isn't bankrupt!!***
The only think bankrupt around here is the heart & souls of Reps allowing this farce to go on! Being in total denial & ignoring what happened last wk. isn't going to do them any good! I wonder how many of those rightwing trolls in Congress w/b found to have conspired w/ these domestic terrorists?
***Even President Trump pushed for $2000 stimulus chks. He was spot on.***
He was just hosing the party who he felt had turned on him! He lost them GA & the Senate!
***As bad as Trump was, Hillary likely whb worse. Not only was Hillary responsible for all the use of force in the Mideast, w/ her fake "Arab Spring" in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., she's the one who started the health care mandate of private health ins. instead of a public option. She was involved in the '94 federal crime bill that included the "War on Drugs, 3 Strikes," & things that prevent large portions of Blacks from voting.***
ReplyDeleteIt's hilarious how it's thought people talk about Trump too much saying we have him on the brain! These same people who think we won't have anything to talk about now b/c he's exited the stage, I look @ those fools & just say one thing; "HILLARY!" Her name is invoked every single day in some form; esp. on FNC! It's > a lit'l sad for that hypocritical reason alone! We already have gone thru a horrendous X w/ Trump who actually fk'd up BIG X, now we're going to assume Hillary whb worse! Yep, makes all kinds of sense!
***After almost 4 yrs of fumbling around in Whitewater w/ squat to show for it, Starr stumbles upon Clinton lying to the FBI about an inappr. relat'shp w/ a WH intern. Oh feathers!..Where are my pearls?? My God, he lied to the FBI about getting a hummer...prob. b/c he didn't want his wife to find out...***
The Supreme Court was no better in their judgment around that X when they thought it appropr. to sue the President while in office! The vote went 9-0 that there w/b no disruption! The country was turned upside down over some BS w/ Paula Jones! Not sedition, we have to overlook that! I was done w/ the SC after that! They're just pol. animals; esp. the hypocritical cons.!
***Pelosi > dangerous than Dennis Hastert?...yeah, I don't think so.
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Somebody needs to remind the serial philanderer that he supported impeaching Clinton over lying about a BJ in the Oval Office. :)
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Did Willy lie under oath; Yes or No?
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Not disputing that. It was over a BJ...as opposed to colluding w/ foreign powers, inciting an insurrection...and..you know, other stuff. - But you're right, lying about a BJ is worse.
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It was proven one-eye silly lied under oath yet the Dems acquitted; giant POS they are.***
For the > uneducated of this group, Reps were in control of Congress @ the X; hence impeaching Clinton on such BS! A few Dems crossed over in the House to convict while Reps wimped out in the Senate w/ a few crossing over to acquit Bill! Sit & rotate on that!
***Newt's still a POS philanderer & Nancy fed Trump's balls to him...slowly.***
This is why Trump goes so hard on women! They make him look small in comparison; sans the waistline! This is my major disgust w/ women; voting against their own interest! That's one thing, but for white women to pick Frump over Hillary? I have no words to express my disgust w/ them!
***Would Fed’s legacy have been >er if he had retired @ some pt. in the past? If so, when exactly? And by >er I obviously don’t mean based on just #'s.***
ReplyDeleteFed's legend whb secured if he had retired after winning Wimbl. in '12 IMO! Of course people will say "he just won a major; why retire then?" B/c it took over 5 embarrassing yrs to win another; aided by Djokovic "in the weeds" for 18 months during that per. '17-18! Roger picked up a few > wks as #1 & a few > Masters titles, but in the grand scheme of things, Roger not so slowly showed his dom. was exaggerated! He has 2 players that own his ass & that's not going to change! The longer he stays out there on tour, the > he hurts his legacy as far as I'm concerned!
***Times Big 3 were defending champs of 4/3 Slams?
Times they were defending champs of 4 slams:
Djokovic 1 (after RG'16)
Fedal 0 X's
X's they were defending champs of 3 slams:
Fed 11 (after UO'04, AO'06, RG'06, WI'06, UO'06, AO'07, RG'07, WI'07, UO'07, WI'09, AO'10)
Djokovic 10 (after UO'11, AO'12, RG'12, UO'15, AO'16, RG'16, WI'16, AO'19, RG'19, WI'19)
Nadal 4 X's (AO'09, UO'10, AO'11, RG'11)
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Hey, I bet no one pt'd out that Djokovic beat Murray instead of having to deal w/ Peak Nadal - OTOH Djokovic had Fed/Murray on grass/HC while Fed had Roddick/Gravongibabis.***
They'll never give it up that Djokovic had it the toughest w/ 3 serious contenders when he won his majors while Fedal handled their pigeons! It's pathetic!
***Djokovic's clearly the best. Managed t/b defending 3 slams 10 X's despite facing ATG his whole career. - Djokovic's comp. was the weakest of Big 3.***
Seek serious psychological help my friend! Your mind's truly fk'd up! J/b Nole beat 30+ top 10'rs in '15 doesn't mean they were comp.! Why hasn't Fedal = come close to some of Nole's recs if he's such a slouch? Get over yourself!
***Both owned main rivals @ their top 2 slams:
Sampras - Agassi Wimbl. h2h -> 2 - 0
Sampras - Agassi USO. h2h -> 4 - 0
Djokovic - Fedal Wimbl. h2h -> 5 - 2
Djokovic - Fedal AO. - h2h -> 6 - 1
Sampras King of 90s tennis, Djokovic King of 21st Century tennis
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Major Wins over the other Big 3:
AO Djokovic 6 > Federer 2
RG Djokovic 2 > Federer 1
WI Djokovic 5 > Federer 4
UO Djokovic 4 > Federer 3
AO Djokovic 6 > Nadal 3
RG Nadal 13 > Djokovic 2
WI Djokovic 5 > Nadal 2
UO Djokovic 4 > Nadal 2
Djokovic had > wins > Fed @ all 4 Slams & > Nadal @ 3/4 Slams.***
***Nadal's best op. excl. matches vs himself / Djokovic's best op. excl. matches vs himself:
ReplyDelete'08 Fed 66-11 (85.7%) <'11 Fed 63-8 (88.7%)
'09 Murray 65-9 (87.8%) <'12 Nadal 39-5 (88.6%)
'10 Fed 64-12 (84.2%) <'13 Nadal 72-4 (94.7%)
'11 Djokovic 64-6 (91.4%) >'14 Fed 70-10 (87.5%)
'12 Djokovic 74-9 (89.2%) <'15 Fed 60-5 (92.3%)
'13 Djokovic 71-6 (92.2%) <'16 Murray 76-6 (92.7%)
TOTAL 404-53 (88.4%) < 380-38 (90.9%)
Nadal's 2nd best op. excl. matches vs himself / Djokovic's 2nd best op. excl. matches vs himself:
'08 Djokovic 62-13 (82.7%) <'11 Nadal 69-9 (88.5%)
'09 Fed 64-11 (84.5%) <'12 Fed 69-9 (88.5%)
'10 Djokovic 69-16 (79.2%) <'13 Murray 42-7 (85.7%)
'11 Djokovic 63-9 (87.5%) >'14 Nadal 47-9 (83.9%)
'12 Fed 70-11 (86.4%) <'15 Murray 70-8 (89.7%)
'13 Murray 43-8 (84.3%) >'16 Nishikori 58-15 (79.5%)
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Oppnents' ranking: all Slams from Big 3 ranked from hardest to easiest
Avg. ranking position of opps. (geometric mean):
Nadal '13 RG - 12.4
Djokovic'11 AO - 13.4
Djokovic'16 AO - 15.1
Djokovic'13 AO - 15.3
Federer '10 AO - 16.2
Djokovic'15 WI - 16.9
Nadal '07 RG - 17.0
Federer '07 AO - 17.9
Nadal '06 RG - 18.2
Federer '05 WI - 19.0
Nadal'11 RG/ Fed'12 WI/ Djokr'15 UO - 19.1
Nadal '17 RG - 19.4
Nadal '12 RG - 19.5
Djokovic'18 WI - 19.6
Federer '07 WI - 19.7
Nadal '10 UO - 20.0
Federer '17 WI - 20.2
Djokovic'08 AO - 20.4
Fed '04 UO/ Djokr'11 UO - 20.6
Nadal '07 RG - 20.8
Nadal '09 AO - 21.1
Federer '05 UO - 21.3
Nadal'13 UO/ Djokr'14 WI - 21.9
Nadal '05 RG - 22.1
Djokovic'15 AO - 22.3
Djokovic'20 AO - 22.4
Nadal '08 WI - 22.9
Djokovic'12 AO - 23.2
Djokr'16 RG / Nadal'19 RG - 23.4
Federer '06 WI - 23.6
Federer '17 AO - 24.6
Djokovic'11 WI - 25.0
Nadal '14 RG - 25.4
Federer '09 WI - 25.8
Djokovic'19 AO - 27.4
Federer '09 RG - 27.6
Nadal '18 RG - 27.8
Djokovic'18 UO - 28.0
Nadal '19 UO - 29.2
Federer '06 UO - 29.4
Nadal '10 WI - 30.4
Federer '07 UO - 30.6
Federer '08 UO - 30.8
Djokovic'19 WI - 31.4
Federer '03 WI - 31.6
Federer '18 AO - 33.6
Federer '04 AO - 34.8
Federer '04 WI - 36.2
Nadal '10 RG - 37.8
Federer '06 AO - 38.6
Nadal '20 RG - 43.4
Nadal '17 UO - 56.5
Of the easiest 14 slams:
Fed won 8, Nadal 5, & Djokr 1
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Slams won w/ < 28.0 ranked opps:
Djokr 16, Nadal 15, Federer 12
AO: Djokr 8 > Fed 3 > Nadal 1
RG: Nadal 11 > Djokr/Fed 1
WI: Fed 6 > Djokr 4 > Nadal 1
UO: Djokr 3 > Fed /Nadal 2
Djokr has 3+ titles @ AO, WI, UO.
Fed has 3+ titles @ AO, WI.
Nadal has 3+ titles @ RG.
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Slams won beating < 28.0 ranked opps:
'11-16 Djokr --> 11/11
'03-08 Fed --> 5/13
Fed piled up a lot of slams beating low ranked players in his supposed peak.
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...I remember watching Borg-McEnroe - Wimbl.'80 - live. I don't recall exactly when I started playing, but I did some local park & rec. summer tennis thing during jr. high in the late 80's. I 1st played w/ a wooden racquet that weighed a ton. I watched a lot of Edberg, Becker, & Lendl growing up.***
You're both youngbloods in comparison to this old guy! I started playing @ 14 in '71! Watched a lot of Borg, Connors, Nastase, Rosewall, Laver, Ashe, Vilas, & Newcombe when the tennis boom just started! Connors & Everts' '74 Wimbl. wins & coupling started it all here in the States! I learned > by watching women's tennis & marveled @ some of the > athletic ladies like Court, King, Goolagong, & Wade! "Breakfast At Wimbledon" started the yr. B4 w/ Borg v Tanner in '79! It went 5 sets & was a great start to live tennis @ a major! Waking up @ 6 AM to see it was no fun living in Cali. though!
***Big 3 H2H Slam matches lost when dropping 0/1 sets in the tourn.
ReplyDeleteFinals/SF's lost after dropping 0/1 sets in the tournament:
FED-DJOKR
Fed 6 (UO'10, UO'11, WI'14-'15, UO'15, AO'16)
Djokr 2 (RG'11, WI'12)
FED-NADAL
Fed 7 (RG'05, RG'07, WI'08, RG'11, AO'12, AO'14, RG'19)
Nadal 1 (WI'19)
NADAL-DJOKR
Djokr 2 (RG'08, RG'13)
Nadal 2 (UO'11, AO'19)
Total win-loss score:
Nadal 9-3
Djokr 8-4
Fed 3-13
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Djokovic's comp. in '11-15:
'11 AO: Str.-set'd Fed & pigeon Murray
FO: Lost to in-form Fed: played prime level tennis
W: Beat prime Nadal
USO: Beat an in-form older Fed & prime Nadal
'12 AO: Beat pigeon Murray & prime Nadal in 5
FO: Beat Fed, then lost to prime Nadal
W: Lost to an in-form Grass GOAT
USO: Lost to Murray in underrated windy cond.
'13 AO: Beat peak Stan & pigeon Murray
FO: Lost to prime Nadal in 5
W: Barely beat peak Delpo, then lost to Murray
USO: Def. peak Stan, then gave Nadal 2-1 H2H lead
'14 AO: Lost to peak Stan who later def. Nadal
FO: Lost to Nadal who recovered from injury
W: Had overall tough draw & later beat Fed
USO: Beat pigeon Murray, then lost to Nishikori
'15 AO: Beat peak Stan & pigeon Murray
FO: Str.-set'd Nadal, then lost to peak Stan
W: Beat good underrated Fed
USO: Beat good underrated Fed & the crowd
Even in the recent vacuum era, he still had to beat Nadal in Wimb.'18 SF to win after 2 yrs.
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Cons. GS they either won the title or lost to the eventual champion:
Federer 23 ('04 WI-'10 AO)
Djokovic 13 ('11 WI-'14 WI)
Nadal 5 ('11 RG-'12 RG)
Cons. Big Tournaments:
Djokovic 19 ('14 Shanghai-'16 Miami)
Federer 14 ('05 Hamburg-'06 Can.)
Nadal 8 ('10 IW-'10 Can.)***
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***...I know football is a tough sport, but the Bucs getting 3.5 is a very weird line. KC s/b fave by 8, & = then I’d take KC to cover. Of course b/c I said that watch the opposite happen.***
KC can't keep giving leads to their opps! It bit them in the ass vs The Raiders I guess! Last season's playoffs & SB were magical, but they can't keep being that lucky!
***Dude last yr. IDK how many pts they spotted Houston, but I thought for sure that game was over. The Chiefs came back w/i a blink of an eye. When Buff. went up 9-0 vs The Chiefs, I didn’t = feel like we had a lead. We got lucky the Chiefs fumbled that kickoff, but, yeah man, the Chiefs can put up pts man. They remind me of the peak Golden State Warriors in b-ball; just so explosive. Their offensive weapons are 2nd to none & Mahomes' the best QB in the NFL. Tampa, you might say has a better defense, but I honestly don’t think so. It’s really amazing how the Chiefs have managed the salary cap to have a good defense, the best QB, & a track team offense.***
I'm so over Brady! Too bad the hype for the SB w/b "over the top!"
***Brady is the GOAT, but I wouldn't put him as the #2 QB this yr. I think I'd argue that Rogers, Watson, & Allen were all >er > Brady. Not a huge amt. of separation btw them all though.***
***Big 3 avg. YE ranking (geo. mean):
ReplyDelete'03 - 40.5
'04 - 21.2
'05 - 5.4
'06 - 3.2
'07 - 1.8
'08 - 1.8
'09 - 1.8
'10 - 1.8
'11 - 1.8
'12 - 2.0
'13 - 2.3
'14 - 1.8
'15 - 2.5
'16 - 6.6
'17 - 2.9
'18 - 1.8
'19 - 1.8
'20 - 2.2
Slams won in yrs Big 3 had < 2.5 avg. ranking ('07-15 & '18-20):
Nadal 16
Djokovic 15
Federer 9
YE #1:
Djokovic 6
Nadal 4
Federer 2
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Avg. pos. of Nadal & Djokovic in yrs Fed ended #1 --> 8.4
Avg. pos. of Djokovic & Fed in yrs Nadal ended #1 --> 3.0
Avg. pos. of Nadal & Fed in yrs Djokovic ended #1 --> 2.8
Fed enjoyed the easy start when other Big 3 were not top players.
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Slam finals won vs players who dropped < 3 sets in tourn.:
Djokovic 11 (AO08, AO11, UO11, AO12, AO13, WI14, AO15, WI15, UO15, UO18, AO19)
Nadal 8 (RG06, RG07, WI08, AO09, RG11, RG13, RG14, RG17)
Federer 4 (WI04, UO04, WI06, AO10)
AO: Djokovic 6 > Fed/Nadal 1
RG: Nadal 6 > Djokovic/Fed 0
WI: Djokovic/Fed 2 > Nadal 1
UO: Djokovic 3 > Fed 1 > Nadal 0
X wins in a season:
'15 Djokovic 3
'04 Federer & '11 Djokovic 2
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Tier 1 : Federer & Nadal
Tier 2 : Djokovic, Sampras & Bjorn Borg
Tier 3 : Connors, Lendl, McEnroe & Agassi
Tier 4 : Edberg, Becker & Wilander
Tier 1 : Extremes of Tennis, >est games for the fastest courts (Fed) as well as for the slowest ones (Nadal). .... the alpha & omega of Tennis.
Tier 2 : Guys who can beat the Tier 1 a few X's, but overall would lose a lot if they were in the same X's as Tier 1.
Tier 3 : Guys who can beat Tier 1 once a blue moon if the draw suits them, or else not.
Tier 4 : A lit'l inconsistent versions of Tier 3, possibly they can't beat Tier 1, Tier 2 also seems difficult for them, but not impossible.
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GS Finals won vs top 5:
1) Nadal 15
2) Djokovic 14
3) Federer 8
4) Sampras 7
5) Borg/McEnroe 6
Nadal & Djokovic clearly separate themselves from all other players. Djokovic's superior on 2 surfaces out of 3:
HC: Djokovic 9 > Nadal 4
Clay: Nadal 10 > Djokovic 1
Grass: Djokovic 4 > Nadal 1
Djokovic also had 3 wins in the same season ('11) which Nadal never had.
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Sampras & Nadal for me are way to diff. players to really compare them. Sure in # of titles/accomplishments Nadal is ahead, but this is always the problem w/ comparing eras. Had Borg played in an era where Slams were the be all, end all, he'd've prob. played the AO, the '77 FO & m/b wouldn’t've retired one slam short of the all X rec. Sampras did play in an era where - at least for him - total slam ct. was the most important rec. But = here there were a lot of diff. conditions like polarized surfaces, 16 seeds, & m/b > importantly no Fed Slam rec. for Pete to chase. On can speculate & it isn't unlikely that w/o Fed (& Djokr m/b) Nadal would've retired w/ 15 or 16 Slams after beating the rec. Same w/ Pete, if Agassi had won double digit Slams in striking range of Pete, he mhb motivated to keep playing & set the rec. >. In the end it's simply like this: Pete is light yrs the >er fast court player & would absolutely destroy Nadal on 90s Wimbl. grass & carpet. Nadal OTOH would of course completely demolish Pete on clay & > of the X's on slow HC. If both of them played in the same era, the ?? of who would end up w/ > slams w/b completely dependent of the predominating surface conditions. Had both played in the 90s it's Pete, had both played in today’s era it's Nadal.***
***Odd how some people on here & @ FNC thought he was referring to them... Why'd they feel that way I wonder?***
ReplyDeleteThey always take offense b/c they know how retched human beings they are! I know I would't flinch if some dispicable name was cast my way b/c I know >er! Sean, Laura, Tucker, & all the rest get their hocks up every X someone references bigots, racists, or White Nat'list! They auto. tar & feather all 74M of Trump's supporters, not the accusers!
***...Why do you need to divert the topic to actions by an anarchist movement like BLM ir Antifa? How does that impact Trump's legal & financial fate?***
As they say "denial" is > a river in Africa! These people are so damaged, I'm not sure they can be saved! FNC & cons. talk radio inflames these people so much they can't see str.; = to their own detriment & demise!
***Proud Boys are calling Trump a failure, a shill, & a weakling. They're furious that he didn't pardon their guys that participated in his attack on the Capitol.***
If Frump had been crazy enough to pardon any of those demonstrators from Jan. 6th, it'd guarantee his conviction in the Senate! It's already on video how he incited those animals who went & attacked the Capitol Building! He has no shame; = when it came out Pence's life was in jeapardy! That's what happens when you make deals w/ psychos so I have no sympathy for any enabler of Trump!
***I agree. Trump truly is a traitor. He wants to win @ any cost.***
W/ Reps who try t/b so "above it all," ask them "what does/did Trump have to do to get your ire?" Heaven knows Trump insulted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, & so many others, but they have all laid down their principles trying to protect their party over the country! Sucking up to someone as vile as Trump is their punishment for now & in the future when they burn in Hell! Even Chris Christie who has no love lost for Trump is still doing pol. gymnastics trying to underplay Trump's culpability while deflecting Jan. 6th w/ the rioting going on in other parts of the country! It's Biden's fault I guess & if he isn't condemning them he's just as culpable as Trump! What a DICK!
***I disagree. There are too many liberals who do believe the same. I don't think you can dismiss them that easily, esp. Catholics & Jews.***
Those liberals are Trumps & Kushners if you want t/b precise! Them converting to the Rep. party in '16 was just as expendient as changing religion I guess! People forget the Trumps couldn't = vote in the primary in NY! They hadn't changed their affiliation officially yet which shows how incompetent these people have always been, but they were elected; almost twice! That's not saying > for us! Heaven knows these people don't hide how repellant they are by just breathing air!
***Knowing the Kushners are Dems; for some it's all about the $$ & thinking he'd advance their pocketbk. & in ways that were not legal. They may suffer the consequences or not. One can only hope.***
***Odd how some people on here & @ FNC thought he was referring to them... Why'd they feel that way I wonder?***
ReplyDeleteThey always take offense b/c they know how retched human beings they are! I know I would't flinch if some dispicable name was cast my way b/c I know >er! Sean, Laura, Tucker, & all the rest get their hocks up every X someone references bigots, racists, or White Nat'list! They auto. tar & feather all 74M of Trump's supporters, not the accusers!
***...Why do you need to divert the topic to actions by an anarchist movement like BLM ir Antifa? How does that impact Trump's legal & financial fate?***
As they say "denial" is > a river in Africa! These people are so damaged, I'm not sure they can be saved! FNC & cons. talk radio inflames these people so much they can't see str.; = to their own detriment & demise!
***Proud Boys are calling Trump a failure, a shill, & a weakling. They're furious that he didn't pardon their guys that participated in his attack on the Capitol.***
If Frump had been crazy enough to pardon any of those demonstrators from Jan. 6th, it'd guarantee his conviction in the Senate! It's already on video how he incited those animals who went & attacked the Capitol Building! He has no shame; = when it came out Pence's life was in jeapardy! That's what happens when you make deals w/ psychos so I have no sympathy for any enabler of Trump!
***I agree. Trump truly is a traitor. He wants to win @ any cost.***
W/ Reps who try t/b so "above it all," ask them "what does/did Trump have to do to get your ire?" Heaven knows Trump insulted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, & so many others, but they have all laid down their principles trying to protect their party over the country! Sucking up to someone as vile as Trump is their punishment for now & in the future when they burn in Hell! Even Chris Christie who has no love lost for Trump is still doing pol. gymnastics trying to underplay Trump's culpability while deflecting Jan. 6th w/ the rioting going on in other parts of the country! It's Biden's fault I guess & if he isn't condemning them he's just as culpable as Trump! What a DICK!
***I disagree. There are too many liberals who do believe the same. I don't think you can dismiss them that easily, esp. Catholics & Jews.***
Those liberals are Trumps & Kushners if you want t/b precise! Them converting to the Rep. party in '16 was just as expendient as changing religion I guess! People forget the Trumps couldn't = vote in the primary in NY! They hadn't changed their affiliation officially yet which shows how incompetent these people have always been, but they were elected; almost twice! That's not saying > for us! Heaven knows these people don't hide how repellant they are by just breathing air!
***Knowing the Kushners are Dems; for some it's all about the $$ & thinking he'd advance their pocketbk. & in ways that were not legal. They may suffer the consequences or not. One can only hope.***
***The Rep. party is the party of Trump & it'll never go back. Sorry globalists & est. neocons. Take a hike. The American worker doesn't want you.***
ReplyDeleteThat w/b a shame! The country needs 2 viable pol. parties @ least! Dems are functioning, but Reps are getting closer & closer to overdosing on their kind of populism! It's the hypocrisy over the decades that kills me! Clinton & Obama could do no right, while bona-fide criminals according to the Constitution are excused; "you're either for us or against us!" I don't & won't like it, but it really is "WAR!" After stealing yet another SC seat, there c/b no going back to comety or compromise! I listened to McConnell these last few yrs when asked about his malfeasence running the Senate; "elections have consequences!" That's what he said! I don't want to hear from those a-holes "on the right" after how they ran things while in control! Fk 'em; fk 'em all! I could go down a long list of how these people look like real jack-asses thinking these are normal X's as they're circling the drain eating their young! It's sad & pathetic, but nothing new! It's just gotten > cutthroat w/ social media exposing how juvenile these people are = in their sr. yrs!
***Dude, we just traded in a lear jet for a jalopy. You surely don't expect people t/b happy about that.***
I really don't GAF what people's expectations are! They fk'n don't know what they want! We say we want honesty in politics, then take on a sociopathic liar as president for 4 yrs! I stopped counting @ 30K untruths!
***The amazing thing here is they'll buy into any juicy conspiracy theory that comes down the road from their alt. universe, but they somehow don't see the 800# gorilla standing directly in front of them. They think Trump's a sincere, committed populist, & that he'll lead them to the Promised Land.
Holy crap.***
Promised Land = Over A Cliff
***...You'll need it when Trump comes back.***
I can't wait! I say, "bring it on!" If we're stupid enough t/b hood-winked again by this con man, we deserve whatever happens! I keep asking Reps, "how low can you go? When will you finally scrape the bot'm of the barrel when it comes to character?" They never disappoint if looking for the worst in people! Repuklicans are using diamond-drills trying to bore into the very core of their pathetic, crumbling souls!
***How do you sleep @ night knowing there are 74M members of a defunct German pol. party all around you? - If Trump has his way, the GOP will end up in the trash heap of history w/ the Whig Party.***
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Watching the news it's been reported 28 states have put forth over 100 bills in their legislatures to hamper & limit voting; esp. in black metro. areas! These fk'n Reps have totally lost their collective minds if they think they can get away w/ this shit! There's really no going back w/ these a-holes! It's war! That's what they've wanted, I hope Schumer & Pelosi will give it to them while Biden plays "pity-pat" w/ them! I can't & won't = bother to understand the psychosis of people who think this is ok! Fk'em all! Again, thank GAWD I'm a Sr. so I really don't have to GAF any>! "Blow it up idiots out there!"
***Stacy Abrams deserves all the recognition she gets. Her work vs voter suppression is so important, but happens quietly behind the scenes.***
We can thank Reps for stealing the Gov'rship from her in '18, but she has been invaluable in turning GA blue anyway! She can continue & really stick it to these a-hole cons "on the right!"
***...Trump wanted them to get = w/ the former VP on Jan. 6th. He's too stupid to know that the election results couldn't be overturned by one man.***
ReplyDeleteTrump was desperate! We forget he was making phone calls to state officials in battle ground states like MI, Penn., and GA! The Sec. of State of GA actually recorded the threats! Trump's in serious trouble which is why he wouldn't let it go! He was & continues t/b in complete denial!
***Desperate people do desperate things & Trump is one besieged & desperate person. So much w/b revealed.
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Biden Diabolically Fires Trump Appointed US Attorneys -- What Is He Hiding??***
Oh pls, every president does it; esp. when there's a change of party! We saw Trump stacking the deck in other depts. besides the courts! All of those toadies w/b fired eventually! Trump's "intel" briefings will obvious stop since he's a danger to himself & others!
***And I believe the Durham Probe will continue its investigation of the FBI hierarchy!***
The real killer is Trump's the one that made it necess. to ?? the integrity of The Justice Dept., The FBI, The CIA, & Intel when he refused to act like a real president! They were all being run by cons. Reps, including Mueller @ Special Counsel! It's a joke how the ones w/ all the great reps, includ. our departed AG, Bill Barr, they'll all limp out of their positions tainted in some way! That's hilarious!
***Seems like most presidents clean house. Clinton did it too. - Jimmy Carter forced George Bush to resign as head of the CIA too.***
Force? What are you talking about? The CIA Director is NEVER a carryover like the FBI! Every president selects a new dir. along w/ the rest of his cabinet!
***Despite end< denials, lies, excuses, conspiracy theories, etc., the presidency of Donald Trump was an epic failure. They're across the spectrum of the duties & responsibilities of the office of the President of the US, foreign policy & relations, domestic policy, economic policy, his dismal failure w/ COVID-19. The entire list is much too long to cite here, but here are a few:
During your '16 campaign, you convinced your supporters you'd “drain the swamp,” but instead you grossly polluted that swamp w/ your crooked cronies.
The border wall. “The Wall” you promised Mexico would pay to build; a scam from day 1, & so far, not 1 cent from Mexico.
Your inability to meet foreign leaders w/ the dignity & respect trad'al of the President of the US made you & worse yet the people of this country a laughing stock.
Your fawning over ruth< dictators was an embarrassment to all Americans, = your supporters (though they refuse to admit this, only b/c as right-wingers, they deny all facts from the real world).
The few million min. wage jobs created during your tenure are vastly overshadowed by the many millions of jobs lost due to your utter failure @ controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
...You're an overwhelming success as the leader of your cult. You demonstrated to the nation & the world you're capable of making them believe over 30,000 doc. lies you told them.
You convinced these 10s-M of Americans that COVID-19 wasn't dangerous. that it was no worse > a common cold. That medical & scientific experts were wrong (about everything) & to ignore all their recommendations. You = made your millions of cultists believe COVID-19 was a hoax perpetrated by the Dems to make you “look bad.” We’ll skip your “drinking chlorine bleach” silliness.
...“Big protest in DC on Jan. 6th. Be there, w/b wild!” And “wild” your cultists were on Jan. 6, 2021.
...And, to reassure you further of this singular success of your presidency of fooling large crowds of people, those 74 million are too stupid to learn any + lesson from your unabashed duplicity.***
***Slam score vs the #1 (4+ Slam winners listed):
ReplyDeleteSampras 2-1 (66.7%)
Becker 5-3 (62.5%)
Nadal 9-6 (60%)
Wilander 4-3 (57.1%)
Borg 3-3 (50%)
Rosewall 2-2 (50%)
Newcombe / Vilas 1-1 (50%)
Lendl 4-5 (44.4%)
Djokovic 3-5 (37.5%)
Courier 3-6 (33.3%)
McEnroe 3-7 (30%)
Edberg 2-6 (25%)
Agassi 2-9 (18.2%)
Connors 1-6 (14.3%)
Federer 1-9 (10%)
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Federer has the worst score among ATGs.
Wins:
WI12 vs Djokovic
Losses:
AO09 vs Nadal
RG11 vs Nadal
UO11 vs Djokovic
RG12 vs Djokovic
AO14 vs Nadal
WI15 vs Djokovic
UO15 vs Djokovic
AO16 vs Djokovic
WI19 vs Djokovic
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Prize $$ earned - Best 5 seasons (infl. adjusted):
1) Djokovic 71,895,000$
2) Nadal 58,790,000$
3) Federer 50,697,000$
4) Murray 38,699,000$
5) Sampras 36,330,000$
6) Thiem 24,710,000$
7) Wawrinka 24,146,000$
8) Agassi 21,254,000$
9) Del Potro 21,231,000$
10) Zverev 20,791,000$
This is a good BOAT ranking. One of the main purposes of being a pro player is earning $$. Money gives a reliable measure of the level of comp.
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Do you think Murray had the 4th highest peak level ever?***
Poor thing, if not for 'TB3,' he would've earned a lot > in the way of titles & $$! He profited by playing in this era, but also relinquished a lot as well!
***It'll make Djokovic also look < any future champion who w/b earning > $$ > him in a season. Prize $$ has increased a lot over last few yrs &'ll cont. to once the global Pandemic is over.***
The thing is, the #'s won't be fair in the future due to the excel. of Djokovic in '15! I dare say no one'll come close to winning just about everything since he set the pt's rec.! They can always manipulate it > as the #'s were doubled when the men took over the tour in '90 IIRC! Will they do it again in a decade or 2?
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Congrats to Russia for cruising to their 1st ATP Cup over Italy! The def. Champs, Serbia were elim. early B4 the SF! Italy m/b a real force in the next gen. as they got to the final w/o Sinner who won Great Ocean Rd. Open warm-up yesterday! I keep thinking of him being Aust. for some reason!
***Medvedev has won 3 of the last 4 meetings vs Djokovic. Thiem has won 3 of the last 4 vs Djokovic & 5 of the last 7. Djokovic fans are in denial. He's still good, but's getting surpassed by other players.***
No doubt Med's scary good @ X's! He likes playing Novak > Nadal who seems to have his # for now! If he moved closer to the baseline, I think Med w/b unebatable! Hanging back too far behind the baseline has been his undoing vs Rafa who runs him to death, then'll dropshot him to cap off 1 of their marathon rallies!
WTF? Who sched. the winner of a warm-up tourney so early in the 1st Rd? Idiots! I was so impressed w/ admin. of AO over the yrs, but Sinner being made to play Shap. Monday was unconscionable! He used 'it all up' getting to Great Ocean Rd. Open Final & I didn't expect him to win either way! It's always on the racket of Sharp. who determines the outcome w/ winners or tons of UFE's! He's the NG version of Monfils; a lot of flash that can blow up or blow out real fast!
ReplyDelete***Sinner vs Shap. m/b @ their age & standing; one of the > unfair 1st Rd. GS men's matches in a long X.
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Regarding Nadal’s back @ AO: It looks like it only affects his serve. Now, will he win the tournament serving like this? Prob. not.***
Nadal's has the best op. to get to being a "Dbl. Gold CGS" winner! Nole had his chance @ FO last FALL, but wasn't likely from game 1!
***Djokovic wants revenge of Nadal off RG '20 hammering.***
It w/b hard to surpass that ass-kickin' from 2 yrs ago! Both were playing well, Nadal getting praise for holding serve over 60 str. X's, but Djokovic destroyed him in that final & wasn't missing shit! It couldn't have been > thorough a drubbing on a fast court! Rafa played well enough to have some very tough rallies & pts, but in the end, Nole cracked a winner out of nowhere! I can still hear Martina speaking of his "horse-strength," esp. to nail the ball dtl off a tough crosscourt shot!
***Fed won 8 Wimbys & 20 slams; just deal w/ it like an adult pls & thank you. - - He won 4 of 8 Wimbys vs Philippoussis, Roddick X 3...vs Nole winning 4 of 5 vs Nadal, Federer X 3.
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Federer has 12 Finals. He snapped the win streak of Sampras in '01, has the >er serve + >er anticipation of serve on grass > Novak too.
Plus Fed's rivals on Grass were >er > Novak's who were mostly past prime ones.
So all this taken into acct., GOAT on Grass has t/b across eras. There isn't called slow grass GOAT or fast grass GOAT or red clay GOAT or green clay GOAT or fast HC GOAT or slow HC GOAT ....GOAT is just based on surfaces overall if @ all...So Fed's the Grass GOAT across eras.
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...In fact Fed winning in '17 in the absence of Novak also raises ?? as @ why Novak got injured? That means he burned himself w/ injury by overstretching himself beyond his oper. capacity.***
You have to admit '15 had to take it's toll on Nole! Djokovic set all kinds of recs that may never be overtaken due to his winning all but 2 events he entered & lost those in finals to Fed & Murray! He tried saving himself by skipping 1 Masters, but beating well over 30 top 10 players (rec.) while winning & defending everything in sight for 2 yrs proved too much; hence a lost '17! I'm still marveling how each of the Big 3 have come back "from the dead" when we thought their careers were over! If Fed comes back & = wins Halle, I'm thinking he made a deal w/ the Devil!
***Fed has always been the posterboy of fitness/playing @ a high level w/o getting injured. At his peak he used to dominate the tour wining X Slams & tournaments & then next yr. be back @ the same level. Thats something which Novak & Rafa have struggled to replicate, esp. Rafa.
He'll def. be winning Halle again, but when it comes to winning slams I'm not sure. His level is still pretty high @ 40, but the youngsters have also become stronger. Djoker is the least of his problems; rest of the field has also become stronger. So @ 40 smoking them back to back won't be poss.
We need to see how the future unfolds. Somehow Nadal seems t/b @ his best physically in recent yrs ('17 onwards). He might make excuses of injury, but he's very fit, I know it.***
***Alyssa doesn't skate w/ the same maturity as the older women & also noticeably slower so that +s up while her tech. advan. wasn't there w/o the quads & 3-Axels so how should she have beaten skaters who are > mature, faster & have >er jumps? I feel like w/ all of the turmoil of her coaching situation & body changes this was a win for her b/c she could've crashed & burned, but she showed she's a fighter. I imagine she'll start practicing the harder jumps again now that she has a set coaching team w/ Jeremy being +ed & getting used to her new body & not being injured.
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At '95 Worlds, the only argument I can see that would result in Kwan getting a medal is if she placed >er in the SP, which is a very reasonable argument considering her content. The most reasonable placement whb 4th, but the overall results whb the same. IMO, Bonaly shb behind Kwan in the SP, but > likely not so behind that a >er LP placement wouldn't overtake Kwan overall. The fact that Kwan got a 3rd place finish in the LP was a sign that the judges would reward her, but she needed to make some improvements. IMO, what did it for her next season was not just the superficial transformation, but having >er ext. & > speed & power in her skating than she did in '95. Btw, '95 was really fun b/c it was one of the few Worlds where Kwan @ 5th place could have won the whole thing had she won the LP, & she skated last. She did everything she was supposed to do includ. 7 triples & 2 triple/double combos/seq. AND w/ 2 double axels. You knew she was a competitor when she had a no-speed exit out of her 1st Lutz, so she tacked on the double toe in sequence on her 2nd Lutz knowing she had to do that in order for it to count. That kind of move was a result of discipline & being well-prepared by coaching, but also an innate killer instinct.
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I've'd Kwan 2nd in the free w/o changing any of the other LP placements. Even w/o changing her SP placement, that whb enough to give her the Silver Medal [Chen 2.5 (3, 1), Kwan 4.5 (5, 2), Bobek 4.5 (1, 4), Bonaly 5.0 (4, 3)]. Although I think there's an argument to have her ahead of Bonaly in both programs.
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I think Kwan outskated Surya in the SP @ '95 Worlds. Surya mhb older, but juniorish Michelle was still a >er, cleaner skater w/ > difficulty. It was the worst kind of "wait your turn" politics b/c Surya's didn't have more polish. ...I actually think Surya did her best skating in '98 & onwards when she actually had speed into her jump entries, good outflowing edges, & showed variety in her steps. She was a phenomenal pro skater.
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Yes, Michelle had the flu @ '99 Worlds & still managed a Silver. She was also skating injured @ '05 Worlds yet managed 4th. That scoring @ that event was almost ridiculous though.***
You say "managed," some say stole! I say Kwan shb in 5th place after the SP behind Malinina to start in '99!
***I'd've to rewatch, but m/b so; however the judges did that. Michelle didn’t steal it. Kinda like Zagitovas 5th place finish @ Worlds after her majorly bombing. Not really her fault, but the judges did that "Reputation" matters.***
...There were sev. occasions that MK was clearly robbed of a victory, but > would think back to wins/medals she didn't deserve, but was "held up" b/c of her name! ...Irina Slutskaya was > "a jumper" & deservedly took over that mantle from Surya Bonaly in '96, but the judges started favoring her anyway over Kwan! By '99 it was al> embarrassing how out of favor MK had become Int'ly IMO! ...Slutskaya took over their rivalry & the judges went w/ her = @ a GP Final completing only 3 triples, but eyes rolled as she took GOLD over MK yet again! Skating hasn't been as entertaining since those drama filled days of scoring controversy, coaching changes, & wild, extraordinary accusations going on behind the scenes!
***I think Kwan outskated Surya in the SP @ '95 Worlds. Surya mhb older, but juniorish MK was still a >er, cleaner skater w/ > difficulty.
ReplyDelete... I think Surya did her best skating in '98 & onwards when she actually had speed into her jump entries, good outflowing edges, & showed variety in her steps. - Absol. I wonder if the judges ever cared about rules or deductions?***
...If the judges truly cared about the rules, Oksana Baiul would've won nothing in her career! No one cheated their landings >; esp. on the 3-Lutz that she 2-footed every single X that I can think of! As a matter of fact, the only clean "triple LUTZ" of OB's ever occurring was @ the 2000 GG which was > a mini-proAM! They brought back skaters from the grave to compete =ly from Kat. Witt & Do. Hamill to Surya Bonaly & Yuka Sato! They seemed to pair the skaters knowing the older skaters couldn't keep up w/ the younger ones! For Oksana, her obvious, nearest comp. was Nancy Kerrigan from '94 OG's! OB came out & skated beautifully, then "went for it" performing the best 3-LUTZ of her career! The "reaction" shot was of Nancy w/ her mouth "AGAPE!" Too bad Baiul couldn't be happy w/ her performance. She decided to + a final 3-Salchow after doubling it earlier in the program! She of course was late w/ the music running out & w/ no speed she fell to boot ruining her moment! NK won their H2H & wound up 5th overall behind winner Surya Bonaly over Yuka Sato who matched up from their '94 Worlds rivalry!
***The CBC commentators spent Surya’s whole program talking about her cheats/UR.***
Well Surya was an easy target! She & her mother were "the outsider" in > ways > one! She wasn't one of their "ICE PRINCESSES!" It got ugly @ X's; commentators prob. not realizing how offensive they were when speaking of Bonaly! I agree she skated >er later on; "when she wanted to!" After her Achilles tendon tear in '96 & subsequent return to the ice in '97, she was a last min. replacement @ the Japan Open! ...She was quite smooth & graceful as a matter of fact & almost brought tears to my eyes after her LP! Katarina Witt prob. wasn't happy an injured Surya could outdo her perf. "Don't Cry For Me Argentina!" It "broke her face" to see such low scores, but doing one 3-Toe wasn't going to get her out of the scoring cellar!
- - www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDyIeZ-gAUA - - Tech. Prgrm
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZA4myKJElU&t=103s - Art. Prgrm
***I have a feeling the judges were giving Surya some credit in the LP for having prob. her best skate in yrs there & for having the guts to go for that content = if they weren’t fully clean. '95 Worlds LP is my personal go-to performance for Surya from her eligible days.***
...She debut it after '94 Worlds @ the yearly "Hershey's Kisses Skate" extravaganza! It was in that skate of '95 @ the Euro. CHP. she not only sqirreled a 3-Lutz/3T combo, near the end she came around doing footwork into her 2nd 3-Lutz! Few, if any were doing that @ the X! Now it's passe!
***Yuzuru never said he would def. go for the 3rd Olympics. Never clearly anyway.***
Call me a neg. nelly, but if he did go, it'd prob. be only a symbolic appearance! Yuz was lucky to have won twice when his 2 top comps flamed out; Patrick Chan in his LP in Sochi, then Nathan Chen in his SP (from Hell) in PyeongChang! Yuzuru w/b sporting Silver instead of GOLD if you want t/b honest! By '22, he'll need to pull out > luck!
***...And nope, regard< of what his opps do, in the end, it was his own demons to defeat @ the Olympics. He overcame his demons & those achievements were X<.***
***Djokovic secures 314 wks @ #1...& Fedal have been in the top 10 in each one of these wks
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- -Nadal 184
-Federer 145
Djokovic is only 16 wks away from having > wks > Fedal combined
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Why's Fed obligated to award the trophy to the player that surpasses him? That's something I have yet to understand.***
Tradition, precedent, expectations of a changing of the guard has been observed for as long as I can recall! Borg had to do it twice; Wimbl. for Sampras & Fed, then the obligatory awarding to Nadal in Paris sev. yrs ago! It happened, but I didn't watch! Never cared for Nadal going way back!
***Pete was pretty lucky that the gen. 5-6 yrs younger to him only had Gustavo as the best player. It wasn't until the Hewitt-Fed-Safin arrived that Pete started t/b spanked, that was the reason.
'45-49 - Nastase, Smith, Kodes & Orantes
'50-54 - Connors, Vilas, Pannetta, Tanner & Gerulaitis
'55-59 - Borg, McEnroe & Kriek
'60-64 - Lendl, Wilander, Noah, Leconte, Mercir & Gilbert
'65-69 - Becker, Edberg, Stitch, Cash, Muster, Korda & Pioline
'70-74 - Sampras, Agassi, Courier, Chang, Rafter, Ivanisevic, Krajicek, Bruguera, Henman & Kafelnikov
'75-79 - Kuerten, Moya, Rios, Blake, Haas, Costa & Gaudio
'80-84 - Federer, Safin, Roddick, Hewitt, Davydenko, Ferrero & Nalbandian
'85-89 - Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Wawrinka, Del Potro, Cilic, Berdych, Tsonga & Nishikori
'90-94 - Thiem, Raonic, Dimitrov, Goffin, Sock, Pablo Carreño Busta
'95-99 - Kyrgios, Medvedev, Zverev, Stefanos, Shapovalov, Rublev, De Minaur & Berretinni
2000-04 - Felix, Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz
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After Nadal's great win over Fed in '09 A.O., it's been often agonizing for him.
'10...gets to semis & retires due to injury
'11...loses to the inferior David Ferrer in QF's
'12...loses in FINAL to Novak 7-5 in 5th set
'13...WD due to injury
'14...loses in FINAL to Stan after beating Fed in SF's
'15...loses to Berdych in QF's (outplayed for sure)
'16...loses surprisingly to Verdasco in 5 sets in 1st Rd.
'17...brutal loss to Fed in FINAL after being up 3-1 in 5th set
'18...has to retire in QF's to Cilic in 5th set due to hip injury
'19...gets clocked by Novak in FINAL
'20..loses brutal QF to Thiem. All 3 sets lost in TB's, includ. 8-6 in 4th set brkr.
'21...up 2 sets & loses to Tsitipas in QF, blowing an easy OH that would've prob. led to str. set victory.
Had Rafa been able to win this one, or any of the others, we'd be declaring him the G.O.A.T. He'd be the only one of the 3 w/ @ least 2 majors in all 4. But, we could say the same for Roger's 5 FO finals & 3 other semis @ RG w/ just the one title.
And we could say the same thing for Novak in his numerous close calls @ RG. Amazing to think these 3 guys not only have 57 Majors btw them, but a combined 150 QF or >er appearances in the 4 Majors. And they've all had many, many brutal losses along the way. Rafa, Roger & Novak are the 3 most dominant athletes to play in same era of any sport ever.
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Djokovic & Nadal have won 9 of the last 11 Majors, w/ 1 cancelled, & another won by Thiem when Nadal skipped & Djokovic DQ'd. And we all saw that USO final.
The Small 4 still have a long way to go to dom. the GS in the presence of the Big 3.
Medvedev, 4R-1R-3R ('19)-SF in '20. SF or F AO '21.
Tsitsipas, 3R-SF-1R ('19)-3R in '20. SF or F AO '21.
Zverev, SF-4R-1R ('19)-F in '20. QF AO '21.
Thiem, F-QF-1R ('19)-W in '20. 4R AO '21.
I mean if you take away USO '20, the Small 4 don't have much to show.***
***Keystone XL- 1,000 workers misplaced; that’s it, but keep spouting the talking pts.
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Actually it was 11,000, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. You can + in losses in restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, gas stations, auto repair, & the list goes on & on. You fk'n commies have no idea how an economy works.
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It's 1,000 actually. Your 11,000 is from right-wing media spin masters. You are easily fooled. No doubt.***
It's not like Trump taught them to lie! Reps & Cons. have been totally FOS for decades!
***...So, who is to blame or credit?
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How about we just work on making them >er?***
ITA, but it "ain't" gonna happen! Both sides too busy being right & passing blame! My major prob. of course is w/ cons. who smacked the Dems/Progr. relentlessly upside the head while in power, but now that they're "on the outs" it's "what about compromise?" I say BLOW ME! I heard over & over again that "elections have consequences" 'from the right!' Screw 'em all! I want Schumer & Pelosi to punish the Reps if @ all poss.! AnyX you hear McConnell say something about being inclusive, I'll remind them of RBG! The woman's body wasn't = cold B4 they had selected her successor! I won't ever let them forget that attrocity of rushing thru filling that SC seat B4 an election! Compromise isn't poss. after that!
***...Why not? Some can't seem to get rid of the great Trump economy fast enough.
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Sure, rushing toward a Biden mediocre economy sounds like a great plan.***
Way to deflect from the malfeasence of Reps while Trump in charge! The economy's collapsing b/c that fool LIED about a disease & the party followed him over the cliff! He played it down for months! HOW DO IDIOTS "on the right" forget that & try to project economic problems onto Biden?! "Screw U all!"
***President Kinzinger family disowns Pol after Trump vote. A letter that was signed by 11 of his family members says he's "joined the 'Devil's Army' believing in abortion!" This is what Trumpism sounds like when written down.***
I learned after that spec. election of AL Senate race in '18 where Judge Roy Moore was found t/b an old perv, previously banned from malls for picking up young girls, was barely defeated by Doug Jones by 1.5 pts! It didn't matter to these hillbillies that Moore's only redeeming value to them was being a "Repuklican!" Sick, sick, sick! I was already done w/ "R's," seeing as they've only gotten > disgusting as X's gone on, it's totally justified in putting the scarlet letter on these animals! They attacked the fk'n Capitol for Gawd-sake!
What's > ironic, it's these rightwing crybabies complaining about the "cancel culture" we live in! They started it yrs ago on FNC when asking listeners to boycott Madonna, Ludicrous, & The Insane Clown Posse over lyrics or a video! Fk. those a-hole! Too bad Kinzinger can't be > like me & walk away from those people & never look back! If my family was that much of an embarrassment, I'd welcome being cast out; going as far as to change my name if need be!
This is why I have so lit'l sympathy for these RED states! KY's living in shit, but they keep reelecting McConnell for some reason! The man badmouths Obamacare while congrat. a KY. working ver. of it called K-nect! Reps run most of the State Houses & we wonder why they're allowed to continue performing such a bad job for their constituents? The Dems are barely holding on while Reps are making real headway that we aren't paying attn. to! Nothing's getting done if you really look @ gov't! We keep hearing about infrastructure & after 20 yrs I'm still waiting for the BILL! McConnell choked off all legis. while he was in charge! How can they allow creatures like this to beat them? I have no words!
***TX going thru an arctic freeze; dealing w/ rolling blackouts. Natural gas froze in the pipelines. ...Wind Turbines only provide 10% of TX energy this X of yr. This is a total failure of the gov't to anticipate a cold snap.***
ReplyDeleteLocal pols led by Gov. Abbott are trying to blame the Green movement & AOC in particular for the failures of their windmills & lack of natural gas reserves! ...TX was told after blackout of '11 that they needed to weatherize their windmills & gens! They can throw blame around all they want, they need to look @ themselves! They were too fk'n cheap & shortsighted & it's blown up in their faces after yrs of mocking other states who've had their own blackouts like Cal.! Cruz was making noise about our local pols & their incompetence! Notice he's stayed mum so far! TX needs to join the rest of the Nat'l grid so a catastrophe like this c/b avoided! Right now they're on their own & when a grid went down, the cascading blackouts were inevitable!
***The last X it snowed in San Antonio was 35 yrs ago. It wasn't a disaster b/c they had reliable fossil fueled power stations.
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A. In the winter only 10% of TX power comes from renewables
- B. ALL of it...nuke, fossil fuels...all of it failed...b/c they didn't take proper precautions regarding cold weather.
Reps have been running TX for DECADES...and this is what you get.
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The slack jawed hicks who currently run TX do not do science or = reality.
Global warming is a myth like gravity, vaccines & Canadians for Texans.
Everything is bigger in TX including the mass delusions.
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You're partly right. Global warming's a myth like global cooling, the hole in the ozone layer, covid as a deadly disease, & civilization buried under mountains of horseshit. Yeah a myth like that.
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Windmills & solar panels are use< in TX weather right now....ALL of the TX energy plants including nuke & fossil are use< right now...b/c Texas fucked up royally & didn't make provisions for cold weather.
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Why'd they make provision for cold weather. It hadn't been cold B4. W/ global warming they could feel secure that the cold free areas would never be cold.***
As I said, this did happen in '11 & they were told to winterize their equip. after those blackouts! They were too fk'n cheap & shortsighted thinking "the Dems say there's global warming so we don't have to GAF about freezing equipment!"
***I bet if the "power grid" was renamed to "uterus," they'd regulate the HELL out of it.***
Well, that's the reason TX's so fk'd @ this moment! They didn't want t/b regulated & told what to do! This is the result of incompetence, poor planning, & a true lack of fiscal responsibility! This'll end up costing them > the modifications to winterize the equip.! This reminds me of that oil co. trying to save $500K by not have a backup retaining wall when drilling in the bttm. of the Gulf! That spill from a decade ago is still being felt by the locals!
***We get shit tons of freezing rain in Canada. We also get temps well into the -30's fahrenheit range. Wind Turbines & Solar both work fine in these conditions.
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Yep, they get that shit pretty much every yr. The systems are designed for those conditions. This is a 100 yr. event here.***
The thing is if on the Nat'l grid, they whb made to comply w/ upgrades! This is why TX w/b the country's toilet one day w/ them dereg. everything & not 1/2way educating their kids! What're the benefits of cutting taxes so much everything's in disrepair, falling apart, or ready to collapse? I couldn't be talked into moving there = w/ a huge salary! I'd rather pay >er taxes w/ a gov't that regs things so shit like this doesn't happen & if it does a solution is ready @ hand! Biden's supposedly declared TX a disaster area & w/b sending gens, water, fuel, etc.! Ask them about seceding now!
***Some people are saying this happens every 10 yrs. Some are saying not in a 100 yrs. Have you been thru this B4?***
ReplyDeleteYou can't teach old dogs new tricks in the South! "Being prepared" for anything is too obscure for them! It has t/b something > specific & cheap so they can keep those taxes low! They complain about how generous the gov't is when there are catastrophes like a huge fire, flood, or bridge collapse, but I'm sure they'll accept the Northern handout of generators, water, blankets, & diesel fuel!
***Look dude, I'm from the North & have lived in TX for 20+ yrs &'ll tell you I'm prepared & have what's needed to supply during this & have helped as much as I can. W/ that written, my sorry ass' leaving TX for TN &'ll not regret leaving, but don't write like 'all Texans are dumb assholes' that care > about $$ they save b/c I'm not one.
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The left are excited to have this storm so they can push their climate agenda. Sorry, I speak the harsh truth. And that lucky pinhead, Bill Gates has a book about climate out today. He's ecstatic.***
It's unfortunate your mind works that way! Nothing new really! You're not exactly innovative in your stupid accusations! I'm sure Gates would love t/b wrong, but in lieu of that I'm also sure he'd apprec. a lit'l respect from cretins when he's right!
***Ted Cruz Flew Out to Cancun as TX Freezes after telling his constituents to do the oppo.***
It's people like Cruz who run to "rat out" others being hypocrites like Gov. Newsom in Cal. going to that "French Laundry" rest.! FNC's still running w/ it after all this X! It's so sad & pathetic how juvenile the other side c/b, but it works! What c/b said if they can get away w/ it? They're still after Hunter Biden while @ the same X trying to hold The President to his promise of working w/ them! I'd tell those MF'rs where to go & do as much as I could w/o them! It's a fk'n waste of X which is why nothing gets done on infrastructure, immigration, & a real budget instead of cont. resolutions for the last 20 yrs, etc.!
***As a Texan who’s been living w/o power for days, I'm outraged.***
Well I hope you know this is all on your Gov.! He appoints those people running ERCOT grid & the state sets the rules! Saving a few pennies by not winterizing gens, gas pipes, windmills, etc. after last blackout in '11 kept rates low so you got that benefit over the yrs! Ex-Gov. Perry thinks, "we can survive this w/o the gov't trying to tell us what to do!" Idiot! You'll prob. re-elect these same losers b/c that "R" behind their name is > important > competence! That's unfortunate, but it's on the electorate when these people aren't held to acct.!
***I hope Texans remember this when elections roll around in '22, '24, & = '26. This is a Nat'l disgrace. It's tragic that people are dying unnec. Reps there are making crass statements or leaving for Mexican beaches. But they get away w/ this stuff b/c they aren't ever held acct-able. The worst part is that this is not the 1st X that this has happened in TX. I wonder how many people who hold office now were in office back in '11? The Reps are largely responsible for this. They were in power & they refused to heed warnings that this would happen > once.***
Sorry babe, but you're dreaming; esp. after the malfeasance of Trump w/ the pandemic, making out it was a hoax created by the Dems to hurt his election chances! After 100's of 1000s of deaths, he still got over 74M votes; continuing the fight @ this late stage! Reps will vote for the Rep. = if they're a bonafide child molester like Judge Moore! He only lost that senate race in '18 by 1.5 pts! They didn't GAF & still tried to seat the guy! I have no words!
***Pols need to get their facts right before shooting off their mouths; esp. about "climate change."
ReplyDeleteThe electorate doesn't make pols pay for lying as they once did! After Trump, it's SOP to say "whatever's expedient" & actually admit it later! He actually said that once in an interview; "I said what was expedient @ the X!" His supporters are such dopes! I'm supposed to understand & make nice; NOT HAPPENING! They might as well be serial killers w/ loose str.jackets hanging off of them walking around! I have no words for those people! We c/b here all day & night giving reason why Reps are "The Devil;" from kids being kidnapped & taken away from their mothers to siding w/ white suppremicist to the end where they're attacking the Capitol & threatening to hang his own VP! I just have no words for them & won't = try to have a debate! They're too fk'n sick in the head to reason w/ IMO! ANYONE w/ an "R" behind their names are dead to me for the > part! They've tipped me over the edge hanging onto the election being stolen from them! They're hopeer > me if it's drinkable! I could go on trying to deflate the "BIG" in the delusion of people who think everything's A-Ok!
***The folks @ The Lincoln Project must see Ted as the gift who keeps on giving.***
But does it really matter? Cruz was already labeled the most hated Senator yrs ago! Texas re-elected the POS over someone who mhd some good work for them, but Beto's a LIBERAL! Too bad! I keep hearing about TX going "blue" every election cycle & thru their ridiculous 2-step process, Reps have owned the state since "W" kicked Ann Richards out of the Gov. chair over 20 yrs ago! If there are any probs, the finger can only be pointed @ Reps; not-w/standing that creep Abbott trying to invoke AOC & the Green movement as to blame for his ineptitude in the job!
***I remember the stories B4 Trump ever became a candidate of how Cruz infuriated members of his own party in DC over & over again. But I'm not sure Rep. Texans cared or = saw that as something neg. But this particular incident just might have some staying power. Texas is a mess right now w/ all sorts of people, from every political walk of life, suffering from no heat, no water, burst pipes etc....& Ted ditches them. They might not forget that.
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Did AOC raise a mil. for her constituents that are in need?***
I thought they said $2 M was raised for TX! She's a >er person > me! Those jerks in the South use her as a penata to score political pts @ her expense every day of the wk.! You'll never see reciprical accomodations being made! When something bad happens in the North, it's Gawd's will & prob. justified punishment from those fk'n hillbillies! I can list the occasions, but won't! As a party, Reps are hateful SOB's who're going down all the X following Trump into the sewers of the country! As a Sr., I say destroy it all! I can't waste > X & energy dealing w/ a-holes that are so hateful they won't = come together in these X's of a pandemic & economic en oiu! I have no words for those types on the "right!" THEY plain & simply can't be redeemed it seems to me! Fk 'em all!
***I remember a X when the Big-4 was created, = though Novak had 1 Slam. Andy was touted to win many > GS's > the latter. I read forums & articles on how Murray will end up w/ > Slams t> Novak, and was also considered a much >er player. ...I knew he was a special player; much > so > any English players on tour. So what are your thoughts as to why he fell behind?***
ReplyDeleteMurray was a hard worker & overachiever! He never had the skills of Fedalovic; = though his mom sent him & his brother t/b trained in Spain! He got the job done, but he was not slated for true >ness! He got > I thought w/ 2 OGM's, 2 Wimbls, & a lone HC major win @ USO after all those finals "down under!"
***My countryman lacked the physical toughness & stamina in BO5 to maintain consistent high level. He was severely underhitting his FH's for > of his career. He was extremely passive @ X's.***
Murray took defensive TENNIS to new heights of stupidity; running down everything & getting a high winning long, drawn out pts! It's one of the reasons Nadal'll end up a broken down old man; just abusing his body playing a very defensive game w/ offensive weapons! It's just plain "stupid AF" allowing lower ranked players to take them to the limit from Rd. 1! I can still recall how much energy Murray wasted in Paris in '16 going 5 sets in the 1st 2 Rds alone to a doubles' specialist of all people on DAY 1! He's an idiot & barely deserved what he earned playing such a defensive game, way behind the baseline, & dodging linesmen & the ballkids @ the backstop!
***Brilliant Sir. Best post in this thread. You've written exactly what I felt. This is 100% accurate description of Murray's game, sounds a bit harsh in tone, but the description is perfect.
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...Novak has the advantage this X w/ an extra day's rest after his SF.***
It may not be enough! These boys are hungry & good! Stefano was going toe to toe w/ Nadal swiping over that BH w/ impunity! We've already seen how Daniil can overpower Djokovic when playing his best & extended Nadal to 5 @ the USO 2 yrs ago! I think Dokovic has a >er > = chance since he had a relatively easy & short match while playing @ a very high level! None of them >er waste this opp.; esp. Nole!
***It'll be enough. IIRC nobody outside the Big 3 has defeated 2 of them in the same tournament so don't bank on Tsitsipas. Medvedev w/b behind mentally & if Djokovic is over his injury he'll def. be the fave.
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Agassi won most of his majors btw the ages of 29 & 33.***
8 MAJORS used t/b a lot in the pro ranks! W/o Agassi's "media coined" moniker of CGS winner, he w/b lit'l known but for footnotes IMO after what's taken place this last dec. w/ Fedalovic! They have outclassed them all by way of X, improvements in fitness, tech. w/ the rackets, & of course the homogenization of tennis courts! Borg's still the GOLD standard for that era B4 these greats took over the scene!
***Novak might really regret those wasted yrs 09/10...***
Wasted? I'm sure '11 is talked about a lot; Djokovic winning just about everything! Another accomplishment of that season was stopping Rafa from having a 2-3 yr. stretch of being #1! He alone was the one keeping Nadal in chk, beating him 7 str. X's thru '11 to '12 AO classic! That era whb totally diff. if not for the excellence of Djokovic!
***He won a Slam in '08, then 3 in '11. Then +ed 13 >.
So it's logical that this '08-11 THREE yr. slam-< per. is very unusual.***
***I don't understand this @ all; 33-34 yo Fed did have Novak's comp. as that was '14-15. He didn't win a single slam in that per.***
ReplyDeleteYou can't win! First you have the fans who undermine Novak's play, then the next they're giving him kudos for being in his prime to def. Fed who won 3 > Majors later as a sr. citizen! I give up; sorta like in politics, you can't win w/ certain types! They're delusional, frustrated, envious souls who can't be made whole if they think their support isn't going to the top of the food chain; THE GOAT! Fed ain't no GOAT here! He has 2 younger "greats" on his ass & it's inevitable that both'll surpass him in all the major recs; right now falling like dominos w/ Novak's every victory!
***...Borg'd never have skipped AO had he known the # of majors w/b the defining criteria for GOAT rather > a CYGS which it was in his per. Sampras would never have given up on the FO & focused on Wimbl. had he known surface diversity would play a key role in about 20 yrs rather > just the # of majors which it was in his per.***
...I told you, Fed fans are rather sensitive to these recs. falling! They seemed t/b out of reach just 10 yrs ago, but Novak's won Majors in bunches to catch up fast to Fedal & they can't stand it! He's not only surpassing them both, he's doing it sooner & vs them who're supposed t/b the Twin GOATs!
***Once Novak achieved CGS (also Noleslam), he immed. lost motivation, & goofed off w/ Bollywood actress for about a yr.
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...The weak era goes beyond these 3 players, it's the whole field not named Djokovic & Fedal that is weak. Fed's still giving Djokr very tough matches for the > part & that says a lot. ...look @ the winning h2h. ...Djokovic has a 2-0 losing rec. vs Safin & he was past his prime in '07 when he beat Djokovic @ Wimbledon. Djokovic had a hard X almost every match vs Haas who beat him 3 X's (twice on grass), all X's completely outside his prime & he was ancient when he beat him @ Miami '13. Djokovic never played any of these guys in their primes & I guarantee if he had people would see the prior dec. had a > stronger 2nd tier field > now.
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Djokovic winning his 9th AO def. Medvedev in str. today; not good news for Fedal & their fans:
Wks @ #1, Nole-Slam, H2H, EOY #1, Dbl. Gold Masters, def. Nadal @ his best Slam in RG, he beat Roger > 1 X @ his best Slam in Wimbl.
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Novak's ahead of Fed & 1 behind Nadal when comparing slams @ the same age. He’s the #1 player & fave in 3 of 4 slams. He’s just destroyed the HC rising star in str. sets & won 6 of the last 10 slams (...peak Fed in '05/7 for a >er result). He'll prob. play for sev. > yrs & = once he's no longer the fave he'll remain a contender.
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For Djokovic every yr. ...every yr. bar '11 & '15, he falls short of these projected goals of catching Fedal. He's too far behind. The assumption that the Next Gen. are just walkovers' so misguided. After the next FO, Nadal prob. has a 3 slam lead. I'm not saying he will, but he's as much a lock @ RG as any sportsperson is @ any event. There's no way Djokovic pulls back a 3 Major gap. Djokovic messed up last yr., DQ'd @ USO & dropping FO final.***
***Nadal's > Djokovic @ 2 of the 4 slams & Djokovic > Nadal @ the other 2. That's all you need to know. I won't mention Fed b/c his stats were accum. in a very specific era w/ not much else outside of that very particular X per.***
ReplyDelete1 extra USO & Rafa assumes >ness over all? Seek some serious help babe! I think other champions would ?? that logic or you wouldn't be mentioning Rafa @ all when it comes to dom. the USO! That's ridiculous in so many ways! He's been fortunate to take the 1's he got since he's normally "done" by the FALL; totally spent from his efforts to win all things on "CLAY!" I could go on, but you get the idea!
***Murray's drop in '17 is one of the biggest shocks. He gave everything t/b #1 in '16 & did then just couldn't come back after, not = in '18 if we also give Murray a pass for '17 like Fed for '13, Nadal for '15, & Djok for '17; @ least on grass as a contender.***
This is what I expected of Nadal & it seemed t/b @ hand in '15 & '16 w/ him not = able to salvage a FO those 2 seasons! That allowed Nole to get his lone title in '16! Djokovic defeated Nadal in str. sets the yr. B4, but he was obviously in one of those funks that made him vulnerable to many players, dropping early Rd. major matches to players he normally owned! I watched Murray the other day & some took great offense on another board when I thought his efforts sad & pathetic! He's still trying to play the same defensive game that broke him down in the 1st place! I find it amazing that Nadal & Murray continue to play so defensively when I know they have offensive weapons to draw upon! Nadal's supposedly coming into the net >, but what good has it done him? He dropped his 2nd match recently after being up 2 sets to love! Nole says "thanks" to all concerned; Nadal's inneptitude & Tsitsipas for completing the deal by knocking him off!
***Nadal has always had > offensive weapons > Murray. Murray lacking a great FH or a great serve is the reason he came up short in the 1st place.***
All the > reason Murray should've pushed to close out matches he prob. should've won vs the Big 3 but for his defensive mindedness overtaking him!
***Not never... He was close as it's possible... He won some quite a lot matches vs them, including slams, won slams vs them... He was #4 for long X... Managed to get #1 vs my fave Novak. He deserved to become ATG, & only circumstances to play vs best 3 ever stopped him. Off course, he was not close to catching them. Let's say he was closest possible.***
The so called "Big 4" w/b inextricably linked together = though Murray a sorry #4 in comparison by only the rec.! There have been other past "B4's," but they weren't 1/2 as prolific up & down the line! Usually the #4 was a "hanger on" who was just buds to those elites @ the X like a Vitas Guralatis (bless his soul)! You could count his victories over his contemporaies on one hand w/ a couple fingers lopped off! I never cared for Murray, but he whb #1 for @ least a couple seasons if not for Fedalovic! Nole was the > vulnerable allowing Murray his 3 majors, but otherwise only "held his own;" not exactly brk'n thru Fedal that often when it counted!
***If Safin, Stan, Murray & Delpo could beat the Big 3 in slams & win them, Big 3 are not too good. And let's not pretend like these 4 guys are absol. legends of the game.
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Guys you mentioned have beaten Big 3 & won slams on rare occasions. It was > exceptional than rule. They combined had so many opportunities to do that & succeeded only few X's.
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Fed was just a 20 yo when he beat Sampras @ Wimb. He wasn't in awe of his aura & wet his pants like these mid 20's dudes do.
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He did beat Sampras & did wet his pants next match. ...Y'all are too harsh to next gen. They fight btw them & those who prevail must play tennis legends, who care still >er > some older ATG's. It's not easy for them. They're constantly improving, don't you agree? They're not "Big 3" material of course, but who was before Big 3.
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By next gen. do we mean Zverev & Tsitsipas? What about Cilic, Delpo, Dmitrov, Raonic, Nishikori, Thiem, Medvedev who are all 25+?***
Some of those are considered part of the "lost gen." of players that never achieved what was believed t/b their destinies! Cilic & Del Po eeek'd out a major, making 2 finals while overcoming 1 or 2 of the Big 3! Raonic, Dmitrov, & Kei have been the biggest disappointments making only 1 major run each! The chapters are still being written when it comes to Thiem & Medvedev making major runs early & 1 victory btw them! They have X while X has run out on the others except Sascha Z. & Stafanos T. who're right behind them!
***...The Big 3 have all made > $120 M (Murray 4th w/ $61.8 M). If you adjust Sampras’ career tennis earnings for inflation, they'd still be < 1/2 of what Djokovic has made in tennis alone. That doesn’t = ct. endorsements, which recently are 65% of Nadal’s earnings, 72% of Djokovic’s earnings, & 95% of Fed’s.
The Big 3 can afford much larger teams to cater to every aspect of sustaining their performance on and off the court. ...My pt. isn’t that Next Gen is really good, just that there are other reasons that can explain why the Big 3 have maintained their dom. Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Zverev, & Rublev prob. aren’t ATGs, certainly some of them are not, but I think a couple of them will wind up AT LEAST Kafelnikov/Rafter level. I also think going forward, they'll beat the Big 3 about as often as they lose, not nec. @ majors, but in gen. The YEC already showed that.***
The main diff. btw the "left" & "right" is the LEFT has enough of a soul to feel shame when busted! Rightwingers just don't GAF how they come off! The shame of that trial of Trump to go the way it did after Jan. 6th as some of their very own lives were put in jeapardy by their own followers is quite ironic, pathetic, & w/ a lot of KARMA!
ReplyDelete***Should we discuss the morals of Kamala Harris & Joe Biden?***
Reps & "cons." s/b the last people making comments about honesty or morals after being led by Trump! We stopped tabulating his lies after 30K of them bad boys coming out of his twisted mouth! How any a-hole on FNC or this board could comment on anyone's integrity is highly ironic & just plain IDIOTIC! I feel sorry for those poor souls who think they have a leg to stand on; "FK THEM ALL!" I tell Schumer & Pelosi to not bother fk'n w/ those ignorant jerks on the "right" in Congress! It's a fools errand to = say HELLO! They'll turn that around to bitch about something ; they're so pathetic! I've no words for people like this! It's like they don't have a heart in their chests so "Fk'off!"
***Did Biden collude w/ Iran to undermine Trump - We know @ the very least John "Lurch" Kerry has been colluding w/ Iran.***
Everyone around Trump colluded just so the fk'n world didn't blow up! His own staff had to save him from himself so anything Kerry did was insig. compared to anything in the big picture! "Get over it Repukelicans! Ya just lost! You should feel >er that jerk was taken out = if unscrupulously contributed by your own side!"
***There was no "Trump diplomacy." He said Iran will NOT get a nuke on his watch. They didn't. The original Iran deal was only a 10-yr. delay (up in 2025) for a planeload of $$. ...Uh...sorry...that $$ we gave them helped pay for the nuke program. We gave them what they needed to get their program going full blast....+ it kept everyone off their backs while they did it.***
I really hate when cons. spew that BS about Obama giving Iran $$! It was theirs! It belonged to them after we froze assets during the "Iranian Hostage Crisis!" The only reason it was so much is b/c past admin. were too weak to give it up before all that interest built up! That's on us & our own immaturity to get over something! It makes no sense to keep resentments going back 40 yrs when the powers that be are out of power or dead! That's why Israel & the Middle East is constantly @ war! Hard to believe these are college graduates perpetrating this upgraded hillbilly fued!
***It wasn't theirs. It was basically a payment for destroying our embassy & taking our diplomats hostage. A full yr. keeping those people tied up & living in bondage. How much do you think your freedom is worth? They didn't deserve a wooden nickel from us. Course I w/b happy to throw some hot lead their direction if they want to start something w/ us.***
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At 1X, the president of the fk'n US was an internet bully; openly insulting, alienating, & justifying his abborant hatin' on people; esp. smart women! He absol. hates women who challenge him like Hillary, Pelosi, & AOC! It wasn't until he was out of office that "social media" finally said enough, but he took it to the lengths of inciting insurrection vs Democracy & our gov't! No matter how ugly it gets out there on Twitter & other forms of social media, there's not a lot that c/b done un< it's threatening! It's hard to prove any of it determines bad behavior by others which is why Trump got off "Scott-free" after Jan. 6th riot! I barely do FB & that's only due to others insisting! I still don't have a Twitter acct. & my phone isn't = online un< in a hotspot! As a senior citizen, I don't have my phone perm. attached to my hand! Good luck out there!
***If you only knew how stressful it is to live in Texas. Reps have been controlling it for 27 yrs & this is all their doing.***
ReplyDeleteThe same thing is going on in Cal. w/ too much being dom. by the Dems! You need 2 viable & credible parties! Right now we only have 1 that's moderately shady in the Dems whereas the Reps have totally lost their fk'n way! I can't express the contempt I have for these people who see how things are spiraling out of control & too gut< to go up vs Trump & their own base which has been highjacked by White Nat'list! What are these people going to do to reclaim their party? ...When you try to sabotage the voting process attempting to win an election, you've truly lost it IMO!
***For a bunch of a-holes claiming t/b all about "no 1 is above the law," they sure think they are, don't they?
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Complicit Senate makes crime pay. J/b rigged juries let a guy like Gotti or Capone slip thru w/o paying for their crimes many X's, didn’t make either innocent.***
These Fk'rs "on the right" have a double whammy of not only wanting to hold onto their job, they're actually afraid of the constituients they've been sucking up to since Tea Party days of '10! The oldsters looking to hang in "the 50's" got to relax & let it all hang out under Trump where each condoned their individual levels of being disgusting! It's gotten so bad, there's no possibility of comradery in Congress! Dems see how Reps stole a couple SC seats, while Reps j/b'n Reps; total a-holes who'd rather nothing gets done! They all talk about infrastructure, but there's been none in decades! When the whole fk'n country crumbles under entropy that's set in, who'll the Reps blame? The Dems'll blame the Repukelicans! It's become such a vicious cycle we ought to just assume nothing'll get done from now on! It's all window dressin' now w/ each side appearing to do something worthwhile!
***The Dems have committed > crimes > > of the mafia could ever conceive.***
It takes a special kind of psycho, but "the right" has plenty of them who can forget Jan. 6th as if nothing happened! They can twist it, deflect, & continue moving w/ impunity! They'll throw out accusations of lying, being corrupt, & not being worth voting for, but they must be vampires who can't see themselves in a mirror! More power to you if people are stupid enough to follow a bunch of liars, hypocrites, & con men twisted into pretzels by Trump! McConnell & McCarthy are such embarrassments to the party I once knew & could support @ X's! Now they're all weirdos & weak as water!
***But all the leftist riots were peachy keen & wonderful?***
More false =alence! Being racists DICKs rioting can't be compared to BLM being fed up w/ injustice! - Why not for once just say "I fk'd up" when someone dies in a traffic stop or actually send law< cops to prison when there's plenty of evidence to convict them?
***LOL, plenty of evidence? Maybe in one case; in the rest it was clear the cop was justified.***
They're always justified; they're cops! They're the law & it doesn't matter if you're prostrate on the ground w/ a knee on your neck, you're supposed to accept it & STFU! If you happen to die while 3 other cops cheer you on, no one's supposed to take umbridge of that death! It was just an unfortunate incident; CASE CLOSE! Fk OFF!
**ITA the USO has been the most frustrating slam for Djokovic & all his fans. Certainly plenty of highs still, but also lots of lows. It seems t/b the slam where things go wrong for Novak, whether he loses it mentally, the humidity, injury, bad draws, bad weather, bad chokes or crowd. ...I feel the USO's the key slam potentially to decide the slam race. ...find a way to bag @ least another USO.***
ReplyDeleteThe USO has been a bugaboo tourney for many a past champ.; obviously Borg @ the top of the list winning none! I had to suffer thru 3 Finals, a SF, a shoulder injury ('77), a thumb injury ('78), & a night match trying to return Roscoe Tanner's serve in '79! Borg didn't as much have bad luck as he was cursed @ this event! The USO court played like a pane of glass early on w/ upsets galore; = Vilas being taken out by someone named Butch Waltz! On top of that, > players thought the place s/b A-Bombed w/ the planes flying overhead! Hard to believe some of those old matches being played w/ players & the crowd waiting for the noise to die down! The only thing that saved this tourney was the sponsorship $$ & it's history! After a shooting or 2 I thought the tourney m/b marginalized for all X!
***I agree it’s always been a wide open event & upsets galore tourn. Looking @ history no one has defended the title since Fed in '08 who won 5 in a row. I also looked back @ history & seen that Borg & Sampras had their worst results @ USO @ the latter end of tourn. & in finals. A lot has to do w/ surface, players fatigue after a long season, & external factors seem to affect > there too.
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Medvedev actually w/b #2 on March 15th regard< of what happens this wk.****
It was the same invevitability of Nole overtaking Fed's 310 wks @ #1 so the rec. was prematurely posted! It didn't matter! If anything, > Fed fans s/b embarrassed him having a bye in a tourney after a yr. sitting on his ass & still in the top 10! Sounds so strange coming out of me! He was the def. GOAT after just 8 yrs of Sampras' retirement, but it's hard to ignore he's been bitched-slapped again & again by Nadovic in the > important of matches over the yrs! How people keep giving him cover for his age when he had X MP's vs Djokovic on Wimbl. grass in '19 I'll never understand! WTF? It's gonna get uglier B4 it gets >er; sorta like Biden over Trump! There w/b a huge segment of the tennis intel. who'll try all kinds of maneuvers to keep that status of "GOAT" = as his recs are oblitorated in < X by yrs!
***Vilas is an interesting story really, ...the ATP ranking wasn't calc. wkly & they'd release it infrequently, some X's over a lot of wks. There was a per. in btw where he actually was the #1 player in the world, but the rankings were not calc. That per. was for 45 days which was unusually long = then. By the X they were calc., he had lost it which is a bit sad.***
SomeX's I think The GP execs. undermined Vilas on purpose due to him playing the "B Circuit" clay events we used to watch on Mon. nights on PBS! It was like he was avoiding Borg, Connors, & the rest playing final after final vs weaker comp. like Brian Gottfried! Borg did own the guy where Vilas took his lone FO when Borg DNP due to defending his Wimbl. crown in '77; coincidently defeating Brian G. in the final!
***Vilas won the FO & the USO in '77 AND made it to the AO Finals on grass. IF anyone should have the exception made to retroactively give him wks @ #1 it w/b Guillermo Vilas.
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All-X wks @ #1 (includ. pre-Open era)
I converted yrs @ #1 pre-'73 to wks
1 yr. = 52 wks
1 yr. disputed by 2 players = 26 wks
1 yr. disputed by 3 players = 17 wks
Here's an est. of the all-X > wks @ #1:
1) Wm. Renshaw & Tilden 338
3) Pancho Gonzales 332
4) Rod Laver 312
5) Novak Djokovic 311
6) Roger Federer 310
7) Pete Sampras 286
8) Ivan Lendl 270
9) Jimmy Connors 268
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13) Rafael Nadal 209***
***Tennis Base has est. Laver's reign @ 402 wks includ. 287 in a row, & Tilden does him 1 >er w/ 600+.
ReplyDeleteSo well over a manageable 27 wks B4 Novak can claim the GOAT throne all by himself.
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My spec.'s Methuselah felt a slight creak in his joints &'ll rest on his crutches just t/b on the safe side after 2 tough matches & early loss in Doha.***
See, we can see the humor in Fed's situation! Another board was about raising HELL; as if I was gleeful Roger's struggling! It's not glee, but inevitability & some can't stand it! It's some kind of insult if you pt. out how many recs once held by Roger now belong to Nadovic! OTTH what does he hold that's significant other than 20 majors? Wow; & the recs are falling earlier too! Those of facts; not some kind of checklist to have a chuckle @ the old guy's expense!
***90+% of wins on all 3 surfaces (HC, clay, grass) in a season since 2000:
'11 Djokovic (HC 90.2, clay 94.4, grass 100.0)
'15 Djokovic (HC 92.2, clay 94.1, grass 100.0)
85+% of wins:
'04 Fed (HC 92.0, clay 88.9, grass 100.0)
'05 Fed (HC 98.0, clay 88.2, grass 100.0)
'11 Djokovic (HC 90.2, clay 94.4, grass 100.0)
'14 Djokovic (HC 87.0, clay 87.5, grass 100.0)
'15 Djokovic (HC 92.2, clay 94.1, grass 100.0)
'16 Murray (HC 88.9, clay 85.7, grass 100.0)
Highest avg. across the surfaces:
1) '15 Djokovic 95.4
2) '05 Fed 95.4
3) '11 Djokovic 94.9
4) '04 Fed / '06 Fed 93.6
6) '08 Nadal 92.7
7) '16 Murray 91.5
8) '14 Djokovic 91.5
9) '07 Fed 90.7
10)'10 Nadal 90.5
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Full list of GS Finals & SF's that Big 3 played in their 30s vs other players:
'12 WI Federer-Murray 3-1
'13 AO Federer-Murray 2-3
'14 WI Federer-Raonic 3-0
'14 UO Fed-Cilic 0-3
'15 WI Fed-Murray 3-0
'15 UO Fed-Wawrinka 3-0
'16 WI Fed-Raonic 2-3
'17 AO Fed-Wawrinka 3-2
'17 AO Nadal-Dimitrov 3-2
'17 RG Nadal-Thiem 3-0
'17 RG Nadal-Wawrinka 3-0
'17 WI Fed-Berdych 3-0
'17 WI Fed-Cilic 3-0
'17 UO Nadal-Del Potro 3-1
'17 UO Nadal-Anderson 3-0
'18 AO Fed-Chung 2-0
'18 AO Fed-Cilic 3-2
'18 RG Nadal-Del Potro 3-0
'18 RG Nadal-Thiem 3-0
'18 WI Djokovic-Anderson 3-0
'18 UO Nadal-Del Potro 0-2
'18 UO Djokr-Nishikori 3-0
'18 UO Djokr-Del Potro 3-0
'19 AO Djokr-Pouille 3-0
'19 AO Nadal-Tsitsipas 3-0
'19 RG Djokr-Thiem 2-3
'19 RG Nadal-Thiem 3-1
'19 WI Djokr-Bautista Agut 3-1
'19 UO Nadal-Berrettini 3-0
'19 UO Nadal-Medvedev 3-2
'20 AO Djokr-Thiem 3-2
'20 RG Djokr-Tsitsipas 3-2
'20 RG Nadal-Schwartzmann 3-0
'21 AO Djokr-Karatsev 3-0
'21 AO Djokr-Medvedev 3-0
Wins: 30 (20 in str. sets)
Losses 5
This stat is ridicolous. They won nearly all big matches vs the field & nearly 2 X's out of 3 w/o dropping a set. In their 30s they may not have won 90 matches in a season, but they peaked very high when it most mattered.
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If we consider HC & carpet as the same surface (UTS calls them 'firm surfaces') to have the same # of surfaces in all eras, Djokovic is the only player in the OE w/ over 80% of wins on all surfaces:
Djokovic 3 (firm, clay, grass)
Borg 2 (clay, grass), Connors 2 (firm, grass), Federer 2 (firm, grass), Laver 2 (firm, grass), Lendl 2 (firm, clay), McEnroe 2 (firm, grass)
Becker 1 (grass), Metreveli 1 (grass), Murray 1 (grass), Nadal 1 (clay), Sampras 1 (grass)
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Fedal played on the same surfaces as Djokovic.
And Borg, Connors, Mac, Lendl played on 'polarized surfaces' yet are some of the most versatile ever...***
Rafa can't be considered the Ult. GOAT! His supposed ">ness" is so intermittant; hence not = being in the top 10 of players w/ cons. wks @ the the TOP! The clay %'s are so out of whack in comp. to his other results! Now in his waning yrs he's skipping HC events; WOW! At least Djokovic has never missed a FO = @ the worst of X's! He takes his beatings like a man!
***Nadal ('05-2020) @ FO ...79% matches won in 3 sets ... 17 % won 4 sets .... 79.2% win in TB's
ReplyDeleteFed ('03-09) @ Wimbl. ....79.2% matches won in 3 sets ... 14.6% won 4 sets ... 88.2% win in TB's
Fed ('03-12) @ Wimbl. ... 70.8% matches won in 3 sets ... 18.5% won 4 sets ...83.7% wins in TB's
Djokr ('11-21) @ AO ........64% matches won in 3 sets ...20% matches 4 sets ...58.8% wins in TB's
Sampras ('03-00) @ Wimbl....60.4% matches won 3 sets ... 30.1% won 4 sets .... 67.6% wins in TB's
HC vs HC:
Federer ('04-10 AO) - 69% won in 3 sets, 20.7% won in 4 sets TB - 70% won
Djokr - ('11-16 AO) - 65.7% won 3 sets, 18.6% won in 4 sets TB - 59.4% won
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Rafa has skipped HC events this yr. (after the AO) due to the back problem (that started during the pre-AO quarantine in Adelaide). @Fiero425***
I'm one that doesn't really care why Rafa does what he does! Unfortunately for him, he rubbed me the wrong way from day one! If Novak gets no qtr., Rafa gets none so any excuses he makes for skipping a major is falling on deaf ears! Djokovic skipping Miami is nothing like it so I hope that isn't pt.'d to as meaning > what he said after his many yrs on the tour & winning X titles! Rafa hasn't won Miami IIRC; close, but no cigar! Since Djokovic has a double "Gold Masters" crown, he's the only one that can say to himself, "I deserve the break!"
***Avg. age of slam champs by dec. from '50:
'50-59: AO-22 FO-25 W-25 USO-24 All-24
'60-69: AO-26 FO-27 W-26 USO-26 All-26
'70-79: AO-28 FO-24 W-24 USO-26 All-25
'80-89: AO-22 FO-23 W-22 USO-25 All-23
'90-99: AO-25 FO-24 W-24 USO-25 All-24
'00-09: AO-26 FO-23 W-24 USO-24 All-25
'10-19: AO-29 FO-29 W-29 USO-28 All-29
'50-19: AO-25 FO-25 W-25 USO-25 All-25
The oldest dec. is the last. The youngest dec. is the 80s.
If you plot the age X-lines for each slam (no indiv. yrs) they show a sawtooth pattern rising from '53 (avg. 22)-'72 (avg. 30.5), then falling sharply in '74 (avg. 20.5) & rising again til '90 (avg. 25.5), then another sharp fall & rising again from '91 (avg. 22.5) to '19 (avg. 32.3).
There's no significant diff. btw the age of winners @ the FO (slow, grinding play, emphasis on stamina) & W (faster, shorter pts, > explosive play) either overall, or in the past w/ faster grass.
The grass @ the AO '50-79 had both the youngest & oldest avg. age winners in those decades.
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-AO: 16 (Hingis)
-FO: 16 (Seles)
-W-: 16 (Hingis)
USO: 16 (Hingis)
All: 16 (Hingis)
WTA wins again.
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Wawrinka has had a small procedure on his left foot & w/b out of tennis for a few wks. He's WD from Marbella, MC & Belgrade.***
This is such wishful thinking of these vets! This isn't like the old days when you could keep coming back from X injuries & surgeries! The game's moving too fast! They'll end up having to go back under the knife w/i the yr.! Look @ Del Po's quest to remain relevant! Anyone else outside of Haas might've packed it in for good yrs ago! Playing for the fun of the game was a lame statement going back to Connors who embarrassed himself by just "hanging on" for no other reason but to absorb applause = in losing efforts!
***I think Stan = mentioned earlier this yr. retirement for him is not that far away. I really feel Del Potro, who's just undergone his 4th knee surgery has to seriously think of retirement. I know he wants to play the Olympics & retire. He now has to have rehab on his knee. We shall see if he can make the Olympics.***
***I stayed out of pol. for 35 yrs b/c I correctly assumed that politicians are gonna do what politicians are gonna do & I need to just look out for myself & play the game, which is easier for me b/c I come from relative privilege. ...Ive also been a victim of police brutality & that hit home for me. ...I never liked Trump or thought he would do a good job in the 1st place, but I also accepted the reality that there is nothing I can do about it.
ReplyDelete...what the Rep. party is doing right now, & traditionally throughout history has made my gen. suffer b/c of the failed Reaganomics that have fucked over Millenials. Gen Z has a chance b/c I think the attitude is shifting, as long as these voter suppression laws don't get passed. That w/b an actual reason to storm the Capitol & that's why Republicans are literally enemies of the American ideal as I was taught. They know if > people vote they'll lose. It's been stated on the rec. X X's.***
Amen & hallelujah to that! I was also raised privileged & ignored the retched politics thru the 60's & 70's! Unfortunately the older I've gotten the > animus I have towards people who admit to being Rep.! I've had to disown my bff & college roommate from 40+ yrs ago! As a Mensa member he was stupid enough to say "I wear my Trump t-shirt proudly" 3 yrs ago! I haven't & won't look him up to see if he's recanted! I don't really GAF! Anyone who could say something like that to me after all's that's befallen the poor & downtrodden, I just have no words for him!
***City of Minn. has settled the civil suit w/ George Floyd’s family for $27M.***
Like $$'s supposed to make them whole again! That's what happens in Chgo when some child is gunned down who's unarmed! They throw a few million their way & expect them to STFU! I'm surprised they gave so much! Black lives usually ain't worth shit to cops, prosecutors, & juries @ trials when they're pulled over for something as insignificant as a busted taillight or didn't use their turn signal! How anyone can look @ videos of these incidents over the yrs & to make excuses for cops is still unfathmable IMO, but it keeps happening! I'm praying for the day some cop says, "I fk'd up! I was scared & accidently killed this person! I didn't mean it & can only ask for forgiveness!" Unfortunately they always go the opp. way never taking blame for ANYTHING! "He had t/b on drugs! That's what caused his death! I was just restraining him w/ my knee on his fk'n neck for over 8 mins!"
***I don’t think $$'ll make them whole again, but it hopefully will make cities > cognizant of what's happening in their individual police juris. w/ regard to violent behavior & try to correct it. It also does help the survivors.
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Biden Admin Weeds Out WH Stoners. ...I know some nuclear physicists that are stoned out of their minds most the X. Lol. What's worse is they spin uranium > the day.***
It just makes Biden & his admin. look bad trying to placate a minority of people who think smoking a joint is the end of the world! The people they're worried about accepted true criminal & sociopathic lying by Trump and his people, but there's this need to weed out the "stoners!" I'm so embarrassed for the whole country! We're just pathetic human beings! Lucky I'm a Sr. & just don't GAF any>! I can't & keep my sanity w/ a society that fks itself over like this!
***Talking about our age. It's kinda funny > on here & a high % of people that vote are old. How much do laws really effect us any>? It's really the young that have to live w/ the long term effects of them. In a lot of ways I'm beyond caring also. At my age I might as well do what the Hell I want.***
...People were smoking @ a hospital I worked in the 80's! I hate smokers which is why I'm sorta indifferent to family members who thought it funny to blow smoke in my face as a kid! I was so conditioned to accept it I had ashtrays in my own apt. for guests!
ReplyDelete***I just want you to explain why lib. protesters caught by Police committing violent crimes were released on bail, yet this man who has no criminal rec. & doesn't seem t/b a flight risk in any way languishes in jail, White?***
If it were reversed you'd have no prob. of course! Typical White guy who thinks he s/b able to do whatever TF he wants w/ no consequences! If a Black or Mex. jaywalks, you want their voting rights taken away!
***As I stated earlier, EVERYONE s/b concerned when American's are no longer receiving = protection under the law & that includes myself!***
OCO, you have to know >er > that! Obviously there are levels of crimes; simple rioting in the street compared to insurrection on Capitol grounds? I think I'd put the insurrectionists underneath the jail w/ no poss. of parole! That's just the way it goes; SORRY! In this instance it doesn't bother me in the least that there are possibly in=ties in justice! I've seen it over & over again w/ a dead, Black body on the ground after a traffic stop went bad! Talk to someone else about that crybaby who had the nerve to attack the very halls of our democracy!
***You can call this an "insurrection" as much as you want, but the truth of the matter is this was a protest that turned violent; no diff. from dozens of liberal protests that turned violent except this "riot" only lasted a few hrs & no real damage was done to the Capitol. Now compare that to liberal riots that lasted months & did billions of $$'s in damages! Which was REALLY worse?
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You're clearly stupid enough to believe that the protestors this summer did ANYTHING that approaches what happened on Jan. 6th. Does it begin to sink in to you fools the seriousness of the insurrection on Jan. 6th? This wasn't a march to protest gov't action. This was an attempt to overthrow the US gov't - to install an authoritarian dictator, which you fools continue to equate to the racial justice marches last summer. Nothing that happened this past summer comes close to the attempt to decapitate the US gov't so Trump could declare Martial Law & cancel the Inauguration.
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Congress was back in session in chambers the very next day after Jan.6th insurrection!***
Wrong Troglodyte, Congress was back in session that night to finish what they started! The election was cert. notwithstanding objections of Cruz & Hawley! It didn't stop Rep. Party from embarrassing themselves & the country further by continuing to propagate that LIE about voter fraud, making out Trump was robbed! I pray no one w/b stupid enough to say something like that to my face. I might lose it!
***...If he couldn’t do the X he shouldn't have done the crime.***
Isn't that what these a-holes are usually saying of the poor & downtrodden? ...They only complain when they're inconvenienced! Getting no bail is justidued!
***It's certainly w/i the scope of due process for a judge to deny bail.***
...There's that lit'l bit of a contradiction in our penal system! We say "you're innocent until proven guilty," but we all know that's BS! People are held either w/o bail or an amt. they can't poss. come up w/! In just about every case you're needing to prove innocence while the prosecution may go out of their way to make a person look > guilty > they are! Plenty of innocent people go to jail all the X while felons as guilty AF go "Scott-free!" I wouldn't change our system, but unfortunately it's been corrupted by bad faith on both sides of the system!
***As for the lawsuits vs Rudy, Sid & MrPillow? They have PLENTY of merit. Their lies cost the co. an incalculable sum.
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Do you know why those 2 guards committed suicide? - B/c their spirit was broken by their fellow Americans trying to murder them & destroy Democracy.***
Seems as if the flag huggers & big fans of the cops are phony; well a lot of them anyway! Reps in Congress are still making excuses, deflecting, or passing the $ after Jan. 6th! The real killer is, it'll make no diff.! Like everything else that happens, our short attn. spans will "let it go!" If we can forget & not make = the smallest change after Sandy Hook where lit'l babies were slaughtered almost a decade ago, this fk'n country won't care if we give up our own democr. to these cons. rats w/ a moniker of "Rep.!" It's all out war now after GA passed that ridiculous election bill today!
***And yet the only person murdered that day was killed by a cop w/ a gun. - Wrong! A cop died that day, sprayed in the face w/ chemicals.***
You forget that bitch who was shot jumping thru the glass of Congressional doors! Repr. were right there & the guard fired on her crazy ass! She was a marine so she knew exactly what she was doing! She's a POS attacking the halls of our democracy! Family members s/b cut off as well when it comes to benefits! I just hoped the bitch had suffered longer while those fools milled about wondering WTF to do as she bled out!
***I did not see it that way. I felt sorry for her. She seemed like a good person that was lead astray thru a means of brainwashing via regurgitated lies. I don't blame the brainwashed. They're the victims.***
That excuse c/b used w/ the truly weak-minded, but she was supposed t/b "the best;" a marine! You follow orders & respect authority! Attacking old men in suits is not what I'd call respectable behavior of someone that well trained! Are we going to give a pass on 74 M idiots who thought Trump was responsible enough to have a 2nd term? Have they all been brainwashed or did Trump unleash their inner bigot? It's bad enough Trump got that many votes, but to find out he won women both X's makes me nauseous! When women kvetch about a lack of repres., I get so PO'd as they're the ones who are selecting these a-holes term after term; = going w/ Trump over Hillary! Most women can KMA for that reason alone!
***Well, it is disturbing to me regarding the women who're supporting Trump. I expected them, w/ their mothering nature to recognize the lies of a child...a man child.***
Women love t/b lied to; they say as much all the X when they ask, "does this outfit make me look fat?!" All men know the truth will not set them free!
***Get a grip dude. She's dead, her debts paid. That Marine paid w/ her life for her mistake. I'm sure, in uniform she served honorably.***
I should get a grip? It was those ignorant a-holes "on the right" who lost it attacking the Capitol! I'm just ranting here in my underwear having a cup of coffee! Do I really need to get a grip as much as 1/2 the country courting Trump's fraud?
***Why was she the only one murdered? There were dozens of rioters doing much worse. Why hasn’t the cop been charged?***
There's only one reason; "THEY WERE WHITE!" They've already admitted if it had been Antifa or BLM attacking the Capitol, there whb a true massacre! They wouldn't have hesitated shooting down minorities; = the black cops would've joined in! That's how it goes in this fk'n country!
***Sen. Murkowski has always been a moderate. - The Trump GOP will not tolerate anyone who isn’t one of his accolytes.***
Murkowski still votes the party line 99 X's out of 100! Like Collins, she talks a good game about compromise, makes Dems salivate, they give her all kinds of pork to help Alaska, then in the end she votes along w/ McConnell! Dems are idiots; Reps just plain evil!
***What did those protesting @ the Capitol accomplish? They showed that those who are not willing to pay a price for their protesting better stay home.
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It wasn't murder & that cop wasn't charged b/c he's a hero. He saved countless lives. - It's always murder to kill an unarmed woman. He saved no lives.
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Oddly, many felt differently w/ Breanna Taylor.***
When it comes to Neanderthals, accomplishing something is the last thing on their pin-brains! It's all about exerting strength thru #'s! They had already lost 60 appeals vs judges Trump helped to install! That says a lot when it comes to shady behavior when your own employees tell you to "fk. off!" That's how Trump thinks of the Fed; just an ext. of his empire! BTW, I'm very impressed! You're the 1st to spell Capitol correctly that I've seen!
***She wasn't alone. That marine was part of a mob trying to brk in to where Congressmen/women were hiding. That made her an immediate threat & despite turning out t/b unarmed, there was no way for the police to know she wasn't armed. And yes, he saved lives. That mob was trying to brk thru baracaded doors. Had they not stopped the 1st invader, the rest of that seditious mob would've followed & overrun the police as they had done in other parts of the Capitol. To protect lawmakers still hunkered down inside the House chamber, police whh no choice but to start opening fire on all of them. Instead, shooting Ashli Babbitt, the mob @ those doors dispersed. So yes, he absol. saved lives. He deserves a Medal of Freedom for his heroic efforts.***
You're the 1st to say it that I can recall! All of those a-holes out there on Jan. 6th are treasonist cretins!
***...If somebody is pointing a gun @ you threatening to shoot, you w/b a fool to continue to attack or enter thinking they won't really shoot. Poor choices are a bitch.***
But you have to understand, they were just patriots brainwashed to believe what they were doing was sanctioned! According to Rep. senators like Johnson, he "didn't feel threatened in the least! Now if it had been BLM or Atifa, I mhb concerned!" Karma, pls land on his head; TWICE!
***The X that Derek Chauvin's knee was on George Floyd's neck was initially listed as 8 mins, 46 secs in the criminal complaint. We're now hearing 9 mins, 29 secs.***
It was bad enough Chauvin was so irresponsible w/ Floyd's life, those other clowns allowing it to go on & on & on should prob. warrant charges vs them as well! That Asian FK needs his ass kicked keeping people away as Floyd's live ebbs away! They should've just overrun those a-hole cops & made them shoot & create a real massacre! This is Fk'n nuts!
***This'll continue so long as Qualified Immunity protects police from their own behavior. The details in this are gruesome & inexcusable:
- https://reason.com/2021/03/31/luther-hall-police-beat-undercover-cop-st-louis-protests-anthony-lamar-smith-jury-declined-to-convict/ -***
It makes sense to give police "limited" qualified imminity if someone causes the death thru their actions! If the cop is the actually perpetrator, the defense is scratching! I'm embarrassed for all concerned that we're = going thru this charade! This guy has t/b a real POS to allow this to go forth & prob. exacerbate tensions that already exist! The city will burn again if these peopke acquit this a-hole!
***...Murray, Wawrinka, & JMP have all won Majors, won DC, & won other big tourneys. Unlike others, they got to the top or close to the top, so I imagine among other things it's like a drug, something hard to walk away from. Their heads prob. tells them it's X to hang it up, but their hearts tell them "just one > legit. shot, I know I can do it."***
ReplyDeleteI had to believe Montana, like a host of other top QB's around that X 'had' to retire! The abuse was too much; esp. the X concussions! I haven't heard Montana recently, but the last X, his brain was prob. scrambled! He wasn't ready for being part of the Sund. Morn. FB Prev. show! His outside endorsements prob. shb over the moon except he just wasn't that impressive off the gridiron! He was boring AF!
***Fiero, as you well know, todays NFL QB's have it made. In Montana's era QB's were hit hard on a reg. basis. There wasn't all these rules protecting them. So it's hard to compare them to the Brady era QB's. So I tend to agree w/ you that Joe's body prob. had worn out, though he did make it to the AFC playoffs w/ the KC Chiefs that last yr. ...so you may have a pt. there that it whb challenging for him.***
I followed Marty Schottenheimer from Cleve. to KC as coach! It was easy to + them to faves to watch due to their progress over the yrs, but inability or lack of luck to get over the hump in the playoffs! My all X fave team was Buffalo when they had such a cast of characters w/ Kelly, Thomas, Smith, Bennett, Tasker, Reed, Christy, & Bebe OTTH! Buff. winning that playoff game over Houston down 3-35 into the 3rd qtr. & w/o their top 3 players due to injury will keep me beaming & remembering those good ol' days! Looks as if they're on the cusp after getting back to the playoffs last season, so many yrs of futility w/ NE owning the div. for the last 20 yrs! I feel like I'm in a X warp w/ those 2 teams excelling again, except KC has the edge w/ Mahomes! I can still see Montana getting his bell rung in that playoff game vs Buff.! I think I was sitting @ a Vegas poker table & could only see it! Montana was done after that! He's had a dazed look on his face ever since!
***@Jay Satyr - They use to smoke on planes & office buildings! People were super ignorant back then!***
"WERE?" Chil', they're all still sick in the head! You have some out there thinking to disable fire alarms so they can get in that puff! My own mother woke up in the mid. of the nite for a cig. @ 80! This country was founded on tobacco & alcohol, so it's ok that 300 K croak every yr. w/ cancer & psoriasis of the liver! OTOH, hard drugs acct. for 5,000 OD's, but those people are jailed instead of helped! It's one sick place where we can't get our own shit together, but are always ready to make suggestions to other countries about how they should handle their affairs! ;-(
***For some sports they need high calorie density, high gi, & very easy to digest. Try eating something substantial & then immed. playing tennis like Djokovic, you'll throw up. The gels (and some fruit) are actually ideal foods.***
They're great if you're healthy & don't need to lose weight! As a senior, trying to keep it under control, I use IF & KETO! Fruits are thought t/b so good for you except the sugar content is thru the roof; esp. bananas! It's unfortunate we've been conned over the yrs by all concerned; gov't, food industry, scientists! It's a real racket out there where the most unhealthy people in the world are Americans! This is why we're suffering the worst losses during this last pandemic w/ well over 500K dead & counting! Other countries aren't as self-indulgent; constantly stuffing our faces when hungry, when not hungry, when deserving, when not deserving, etc.!
***I think for the Big 3 the season's pretty much finished after the USO. That leaves the players from #4-8 who see their chance @ the WTF & give everything they have to win it. And let’s be honest, every non-Big-3 winner w/b called a “surprise winner.” But one of those has to win then of course. And remember all those players often struggle to = reach the last 8 in full-size tournaments. So not having those obstacles and “only” having to beat slightly disintereted Big 3 players (instead of 1st going thru the draw AND then having to beat motivated top players) makes it easier for sure.***
ReplyDeleteIMO only Rafa feels that way of the Big 3! Fedovic have gone out of their way, prob. to their detriment to seriously compete in the FALL & winter winning X YEC's & other tournaments as lit'l as CHINA which is owned by Nole! There's been a diff. in the effort put forth late in the season for yrs & Rafa's the only one that's truly wimped out "late" & hasn't seriously tried to remedy those deficiencies in his rec. = when playing well & confident!
***Yes, I should've +ed "now." For Fedovic @ some stages of their careers every tournament they entered mattered. I think Djokovic was > serious about Masters > any other top player (excl. Nadal on clay). And Fed always had his few special events where he gave everything, & that included the WTF.
However, right now it’s all about the Slam rec. & everything else is mainly about preparation. That’s why anything after the USO & also for ex. the “Sunshine Double” hasn’t much value for them any>.***
IMO only Rafa feels that way of the Big 3! Fedovic have gone out of their way, prob. to their detriment to seriously compete in the FALL and winter winning multiple YEC's and other tournaments as little as CHINA which is owned by Nole! There's been a difference in the effort put forth late in the season for years and Rafa's the only one that's truly wimped out "late" and hasn't seriously tried to remedy those deficiencies in his record even when playing well and confident!
***Yes, Rafa in his best yr.'10 was beaten by Fed, then in his best HC yr. when he = won Cinci, he was beaten by Djokovic. So the ship has sailed for him. Nadal's fanatics are sour b/c Fed has 6 YEC's, Novak & Sampras have 5, while Nadal is a 0.
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Sampras never won RG, instead Kafelnikov did. What a joke of a tourn. Also Wawrinka won, but not Sampras. What does that tell us?***
You need luck as well as skill! Sampras had a good run or 2 in Paris that ended w/ the inevitable champs taking him out! One yr. he beat 2 past FO champs, but went down to Kafelnikov in '96 SF! As good as Vilas was, he only won his 1 FO title when Borg skipped the event in '77 to prepare for his defense of Wimbl.! There was only a wk. btw the tourneys back then! We all know how Fed got his lone win! That's why you keep going back; eventually you get another chance, but I truly believe Rafa someX's doesn't put forth full effort after the USO! He's usually done; in '09 actually losing all 3 of his RR matches @ YEC! Davydenko of all people took the final! That was Rafa's chance, but I believe fans were commiserating w/ him over his parent's break-up!
***Non-Big 4 Big Titles (# of Slams/WTF/Masters)
ReplyDelete'21 (0/0/1): 1 Masters (Hurkacz)
'20 (1/1/1): 1 Slam (Thiem), WTF (Medvedev), 1 Masters (Medvedev)
'19 (0/1/4): WTF (Medvedev), 4 Masters (Thiem, Medvedev x2, Fognini)
'18 (0/1/4): WTF (Zverev), 4 Masters (Zverev, Khachanov, Isner, del Potro)
'17 (0/1/4): WTF (Dimitrov), 4 Masters (Zverev x2, Dimitrov, Sock)
'16 (1/0/1): 1 Slam (Wawrinka), 1 Masters (Cilic)
'17-19 saw the same results: no Slams, but the WTF each yr., & almost 1/2 of the Masters. So '20 actually saw a Slam go to someone else, & the WTF once >, but only 1 Masters (but of only 3 played). But it's hard to draw any conclusions from it. So this s/b an interesting yr. in this regard.
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I think we're going to see a lot of diff. guys win @ least a Masters - which I think is a good thing, & brks the monotonous hegemony of the last 10-15 yrs. It'll harken back to earlier decades when a wide # of players would win Masters.
Of "Lost Genners" (born '89-93), we have only Dimitrov, Sock, & Thiem (who's borderline Next Gen, or '94-98) - still no Raonic or Nishikori, & prob. never for either. Among NG'rs (b. '94-98), we already have Khachanov, Zverev, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, & now Hurkacz. I suspect they w/b joined in short order by Rublev, & m/b some of Kyrgios, Berretini, Coric, Garin, Ruud, Fritz, etc. Of "Millenium Babies" (b. '99-'03), I'd place my bets on Sinner & Auger-Aliassime, but prob. also Shapovalov, & m/b de Minaur, Kecmanovic, Alcaraz Garfia, Musetti, Korda, etc.
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For reference, here's how the diff. gens--using my 5-yr. system--have done re: Big Titles (Slams/WTF's/Masters) - Open Era only:
'94-98 (Next Gen): 0/3/6
'89-93 (Lost Gen): 1/1/3
'79-83 (Gen Federer): 27/10/54 (+1 Oly)
'74-78 (Guga & Friends): 9/3/33 (+1 Oly)
'69-73 (Last Great American Gen): 32/12/54 (+2 Oly)
'64-68 (Nordic Gen): 23/10/51 (+2 Oly)
'59-63 (McLendl Gen): 17/16/53
'54-58 (Borg & Some Guys): 16/4/23
'49-53 (Jimmy & Friends): 15/5/45
'44-48 (Open Era Boomers, aka Nastase Boys): 11/7/19
'39-43 (Ashe & Nobody): 4/1/4
'34-38 (Greatest Gen): 10/2/11
+ 1 Masters from Pancho Gonzales from the '29-33 gen.
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FO's being delayed a wk.***
Used to j/b a wk. when grass was the anti-thesis of Paris clay! We had upsets of the top 4 players all the X "back in the day!" It almost never happens >; = w/ Rafa's near ineptitude (in comparison) off clay!
***Fiero, my mind m/b going. When was it ever just 1 wk. btw RG & Wimbl.? Even back in Ashe's day when I 1st started following men's tennis it was 2 wks.***
Hard to believe, but back in the 70's, Borg was winning his last 4 FO's, skipping Queens, heading right to Wimbl. to practice, then opened the men's draw as def. champion that next Mon.! The brk & +ion of other grass tourns. in the 90's have justified people not = remembering how impressive Borg had t/b to accomplish the feat of taking Paris & The Big W in just a month of X!
***Is 5 Wimbl. titles in a row a >er success than 6 titles spread over 10 yrs? ...I don't = want to imagine what'll happen when Nole really wins the 6th Wimbl. trophy? It's just been a vanguard of the bitterness / salinity that'll occurs.***
ReplyDeleteIt's inevitable! The eruptions w/b volcanic! We can't help ourselves really! Many here are > willing to move on & totally dismiss the past & its champions! Even Laver's undermined w/ all his accomp. due to being > a pre-Open era champion! Every player can have that happen to them, seen all too often w/ Fed now! He has tons of warts that are growing yr-ly, but's still thought t/b the GOAT! I was one who jumped on that bandwagon over 10 yrs ago, but things change, the X's, & of course the players! He has 2 rivals of his era who dom. him & are slowly taking all his recs away! The only thing Fed has going for him now "in real X" is that he's played so many > yrs that his recs concerning longevity might hold up & that w/b it; NOTHING ELSE! Djokovic & Nadal may put all recs out of reach! Of course that was said about Borg, Sampras, & our present GOAT, Federer!
***Novak isn't concise, a& he'd do well to consider the quote I shared. Nadal's English vocab. is > limited than Djokovic's. It's t/b expected as Nadal is far < worldly & culturally 'globalized' than Djokovic. But Nadal never tries to punch above his wt. class when speaking English & never rambles.***
It's called eloquence & intelligence; something Nadal m/b lacking! Nole's the only one who has a chance to hang on to so many significant recs! Nadal's only chance @ anything relevant is his performances on 1 surface; CLAY! That's it so I can't make him the GOAT = if he took 30 Majors! He's woefully behind 2 other players on the other surfaces! Allowing just about any random player to take him to the limit on any surface which disqualifies him in my eyes! This should only be about Fedovic & Roger's on borrowed X w/ his recs being sucked up & extended by Djokovic! Nadal's never been able to hold the #1 ranking for that long which the recs show! Who knows what the historians will say about these 3 who are so close in ability in diff. ways!
***...And rambling isn't eloquent or intelligent.***
I'll take Nole's rambling over the mumbling nonsense & broken English of Nadal anyday!
***Nadal in '17 went to Paris Indoors to get that YE #1. Then promptly lost the next match aftet getting it. He knows his place his history, &'s wanting those recs also. I see nothing wrong w/ that. This is comp. sport.***
He's just a hypocrite & FOS for the > part = in his broken way of playing the game which has held up remarkably well for so long! I was hoping '15 or '16 w/b the last we saw of him on top! Lucky for him Nole had a wandering spell that lasted almost 2 yrs, but's playing as well as ever well over 30.
***You're in stage 1, still in the denial phase. Fedal are co-GOATS & you keep denying it. Djokovic has < Slams than both of his rivals despite competing in the same era. No Slam rec., no GOATNESS.***
...And for some reason we keep putting them on = footing when Fedal is obviously older, though marginally &'s > experience & attempts @ winning chps! Why's that so hard to remember & relate in these posts? It's ridiculous that it needs t/b pt'd out after all this X; Fed's closing in on 40 & Nadal had a couple > yrs on tour > Nole! Get over it & give him X to catch up! Mon Dieu this is so pathetic & stupid! ;-(
***I feel > confident of '11. Fed had beaten Nole @ RG, so would've been very confident vs him @ Wimbl. Rafa was on his last-grass-leg in '11.***
ReplyDeleteIt all balanced out for Fed! He won matches he shouldn't have while saving X MP's & he's lost them when he had X MP's! That FO win in '11 over Nole cost him in > ways than we imagined! If he had lost he could've left Paris sooner, might've worked >er after the loss, & prob. taken Wimbl.! It balanced out w/ him losing on grass to Tsonga up 2 sets to love allowing Djokovic his 1st title! Karma or whatever was overseeing things!
***Does anyone think Fed stood a >er chance of beating Djokovic if there wasn't a TB @ 12-12 in that '19 Wimbl. Final?***
I think Fed shh the advan. in any TB, but unfortunate for him, he picked that day to unleash a torrent of UFE's while Djokovic tightened up his game & had none! It's easy to say w/ Fed's exper. & seeing what happened in '09 w/ his perseverence to win a match where he only broke Roddick that 1 X @ the end of the longest 5 set final, 16-14! The thing is Nole's been brilliant in TB's for a while now! He has a "lockdown" game that can only be cracked if the player "goes for broke!" Wawrinka & Murray top that list @ just a handful of occasions for upsets over Djokovic to prevent a win & +ition to major ct.!
***If Rafa loses on Chatrier this yr. & Novak on Laver next yr., this w/b the changing of guard many poster here are long waiting for. It’s coming nearer & nearer.***
I've been beggin' for it for yrs! ...In '90 there was something =valent to Black Monday where The FO lost its top 2 seeds on day one; Edberg & Becker! They lost to 2 unknowns @ the X, Bruguera & Ivanisevic instead of what we'd consider the "Next Gen!" Of course they did go on to win their own majors later, but that was huge = though expectations lower for those 2 top players on their least fave surface!
***Your assessment that Nole is the GOAT if you're weighing H2H over Roger is all due respect a bit skewd b/c Roger wasn't the Rog or @ the ht. of his prime. Go chk the stats..look @ Rafa's H2H vs Roger pre-'12 & look @ Nole's rec. Remember Rafa's only 11 months older > Nole & Murray.***
Here we go! Well when is Rog "ROG" when he loses? I seem to remember X MP's being held by Fed @ Wimbl. in '19! Was he Rog then? I guess Fed's only "the man" when he wins so it's acceptable to say Rog was Rog in '17-early '18 = though Djokovic went "walkabout" for a season 1/2! Cool! Again Nadal won > of his stuff while Nole on the shelf, then that changed in mid '18 so Rog wasn't Rog any> & Rafa wasn't Rafa! Hmmmm! Ok!
***Djokodal both have 35+ Masters titles & m/b by end of this wk. c/b = as well.***
Which'll elim. any disc. of Fed as The ALL TIME GOAT! I had to jump off that bandwagon yrs ago! They've already accomp. > Roger = though yrs longer! He's barely holding onto the majors lead w/ the rest of his recs being hacked away by a cleaver due to the excel. of Djokodal!
***Roddick beat PETE, the Rome champion.***
ReplyDeleteI saw that tourney way back when! Sampras made Rome champ. @ the ht. of his powers going vs Becker in the '94 Final! It was his best chance to win a clay Masters & the last! His draw was a magic carpet of upsets as Muster ret. in the 3rd Rd. & Courier knocked off by Gaudenzi! Sampras barely used a towel dropping 4 or 5 games in the final, str.-setting Becker when still BO5!
***I know some people argued that the conditions that yr. were like a HC w/ "powdered sugar" of clay on top of it. And that was allegedly the reason for a final btwn 2 non-clay players. However, it was just the best phase of Sampras’ career. In the 1st half of '94 he dom. everywhere like Fedovic @ their best. And then he really missed out big X @ RG vs Courier. It was his chance to win all 4 Slams in a row. For me it was also the >er chance to "just win RG" compared to '96.
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I know Isner played 5 sets vs Rafa in Paris a decade ago, but really?? Beating Bautista AND winning over Rublev; wtf? Big John's a miracle to me.***
I'm in shock! Isner's channeling Edberg from '89, S&V'n his way past clay court specialists! The thing is, it's his ground game which has kept him in these matches; esp. vs RBA yesterday! Isner had a few pts that must have him "in the zone" to get away w/! Very impressive, but not sure he can handle the pace & heaviness of Thiem's groundstokes on this kind of court tmrw!
***Isner can cause a very big disturbance in the Force. - Nothing personal against Isner, but watching a match of his is =alent to me of nails on a chalkboard.***
The old men of the tour refuse to leave quietly! I never thought we'd have another era where the best players tend t/b older! Back in the day it was all about Borg while players like Laver, Rosewall, Nastase, Ashe, Newcombe, Smith, & others were aging out, but still in the top 10! I can't watch his matches for very long either! It takes me back to the 70's when it was all about the serve! Many matches went to TB's b/c of an inability to brk! I actually watched a match btw Alexander & Tanner here in Chgo back in '75 that was quite typical in results; 7-6, 6-7, 7-6! Isner's groundies are >er so he can stay in rallies a lit'l bit >er, but his game continues to center around the serve!
***Edberg would never have won a match 7-6 3-6 7-6! He'd have been much > likely to lose 6-7 6-3 6-7. He did lose Slam semis w/ 3 str. TB losses after winning the opening set w/ a brk advantage on 2 separate occasions: the famous 6-4 6-7 6-7 6-7 v Stich @ Wimbl.'91, & the < famous 6-3 6-7 6-7 6-7 v Martin @ the AO'94. Isner's going to make plenty of hay on his service games vs Thiem, so = if he doesn't do > off the ground, I think the score w/b pretty close. Nadal w/b a much > difficult opp. for Isner as he'd manage to embroil Isner in many > rallies.***
***There are some tricky opps this yr. @ the FO for the old guard.***
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope, but how many X's over the yrs have they = tested the Big 3 as Fedalovic made it to the sf/final yr. after yr. of all major chp.! Fed actually got to the SF recently @ the FO going down to Nadal yet again in str. sets! That's sad that there are guys out there, lying in wait of Fedalovic & we keep giving them credit to end the era & it hasn't gotten any closer to happening! Even w/ Thiem exerting himself of late @ the majors, Djokadal are still @ the top & +ing to their recs in their mid 30's! It's supposed t/b over, but it isn't!
***Haha, so truth. But this yr., I promise you it'll happen for sure. Let’s hope together.
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Nole's body language isn’t showing much of motivation in this match w/ Fritz here in Rome.***
He prob. doesn't want t/b there! Even Masters events are a nuisance! At a certain age, it has t/b all about the majors! - ...There was nothing for me to recall since I don't watch matches played by Rafa un< he's going down for the ct.! Not into UGLY tennis!
***You don't watch GS Finals? Pity under the circumstances w/ the weather @ RG. It wasn't your usual Spring weather in Paris. Still I was happy w/ the outcome.***
After Novak lost that 1st game in last yr's final I turned it off! I knew what was coming & it ended up worse > I thought w/ a bagel in there! I can't = give you a good pt. out of the finals Roger played vs Rafa! The gamesmanship & playing @ his pace just ticks me off to no end! Few umpires hold Rafa to the rules about X & Roger mhb robbed a couple X's w/ Rafa's slow play when Roger on a roll!
***Oh well; each to their own. You were a Roger fan @ 1 X weren't you? X's have changed.***
It wasn't as much as I was a fan as Fed appeared t/b the BOAT w/ a graceful & effortless game, but it took a while for him to get there! Unfortunately for him, by hanging on so long, 2 players came along to eclipse all his accomplishments sooner > he got there; that's a fact! It took him sev. yrs to win his 1st major, but Nadovic were already tearing it up as teenagers; actually defeating him along the way to win their majors/Masters 1000s! Times certainly have changed!
***Nothing ever stays static in our game of tennis. Recs are there t/b broken & they've been broken. - What has happened to my Diego? His tennis has gone south. In his match vs Felix, 25 UFE to 1 winner? Then he DF'd the match away. Congrats to Felix.***
Only the Big 3 have any real consistency over many yrs! Other players come & go depending on luck of draws & playing "in the zone" @ X's!
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Trying to watch Keys & Stephens; a true ugly match! Sloane just didn't look mptivated; seeming to only stay in the match b/c Madison's a mess out there making unfathomable UFE's! Stephens had a lead throughout, but couldn't finish = up a brk in the 3rd! Keys was trying to give her another, but Sloane wouldn't take it!
***Sloane hasn't been motivated for yrs. As a LL she was lucky t/b in the main draw. I've suggested she should retire. Can't believe how much her game has gone down the drain as a GS title winner.***
***FAA had no business losing to the likes of his opp. today. He blew a clear path to the semi's. It's really hard to understand how he plays down to the level of his comp.***
ReplyDeleteThat's the problem w/ today's stars; can't sustain the promise shown in earlier yrs! We give them too much credit for "zoning" a few X's so they'll always disappoint when they come back to Earth! It'll keep happening w/ the high expectations we keep giving these kids! We did it to Shapo b/c of an early WC win over Nadal in Can., Kyrios who beat Nadal @ Wimbl. & in Acapulco saving sev. MP's, & going way back Soderling mhb the next big thing due to his upset of Nadal @ the FO in '09! Those are just a few of players we've anointed the next #1! Poor Thiem, Tsitsipas, & Zverev are the latest who have to perform or get thrown "under the bus!"
***I wouldn't have put Soldering in the next best thing class. Rafa's was a bit jaded & had some other stuff in his home life, but RS won the match regard<.
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Plus we'll never know his true potential given his very unlucky demise @ the ht. of his prime when he reached #4, surpassing Murray only to get a very bad dose of mono & never be seen again. He played plenty of good matches after that too. Was brilliant vs Fed @ RG '10 & proved it was no fluke getting to a 2nd str. FO Final. Finally, he absol. destroyed Berdych 6-1 6-0 in the SF @ Bastad '11 & prime Ferrer (who was no slouch on clay) 6-2 6-2 in the final B4 he had to quit. He doesn't deserve t/b mentioned alongside Zverev.
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He had some game Front. I'll give him that. When I think of next best thing, I'm thinking Stan, Murray, Del Porto or = Samurai was near that top 10 level. I never saw Robin as a real threat; had some good runs @ a few tourns. & he did make 2 GS finals. Ferrer, JoWillieTs, Monfils , Berdych & others stayed the next tier level. Robin NEVER did for an extended per. of X.
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No, Front is right about Soderling in many ways. ...Bjorn Borg pegged Soderling as a future #1 when he was pretty young. The talent was there, but not the head. It finally came together for him a bit late when he took the then >est scalp in tennis, & still the upset heard round the world. And he didn't fold. He made the final, and got to #8 in the world by EOY, event. get'n to #4. And he upset Roger in the other >est match of his career. The following yr., to make the final again, & lose to Nadal. 14 months later, mono ended his career. Front is correct that it's impossible to gauge what Soderling might've done, otherwise. The window in which he showed his potential was small, but, rather like Del Potro, there's a "what if" attached.***
Dude, how can you forget Robin made cons. FO Finals; losing to Fedal in '09 & '10 respect.? I still say Roger owes him a house for taking out Rafa for him in '09!
***Dude. I stand corrected. Robin def. Roger in the '10 RG qtrs. I guess my memory gets foggy w/ him. My baad Bro.***
Beating Fed wasn't the pt. of my post! Robin made 2 major finals; '09-10 RG's! Most players never make one & he went thru Fedal in cons. yrs! That's why all due respect s/b paid! Robin = completed the triple when Rafa lost all 3 of his RR matches @ the '09 YEC IIRC!
***Djokovic's the only player to beat Rafa in all clay Masters finals & in cons. events. ...Djokovic lost to no one but Rafa @ RG in '12,'13, & '14. Nole winning '15 RG after beating Rafa was too much to expect. "HC GOAT" Djokovic won the AO in '11,'12,'13,'15,'16,'19,'20, & '21. Nole having similar results @ the USO was too much to expect. Djokovic won 3 slams in '11 & '15. Nole having X-slam seasons in '12,'13, & '14 was too much to expect. Actually, I'm quite glad these were all too much to expect from Nole b/c the slam rec. w/b a done deal if they weren't.***
***ATP250 Lyon main draw ceremony will take place on Sat. @ 11 AM (BTW Lyon is the food capitol of France a great place to visit).
ReplyDeleteI wish food meant more to me, or I would have loved hitting Lyon while in Europe back in '01! As a tennis player FOOD just was only used as sustenance and little else during tennis season! It wasn't unusual to start playing at 8 AM, barely taking on water until late afternoon! I skipped meals because I needed to get back on the courts! I was ahead of my time with intermittant fasting and had no idea! When I ate it was something simple and light with little variation to avoid food poisoning and upset stomach in gen.! I've never taken a Tum, Pepto, or Maalox tab in my life! I've never understood people knowing something could or will upset their stomachs, counting on medicine like Beano to get them thru! Strange; too strange! End RANT!
***...s/b able to get > zip on his 2nd serve @ X's going wayward.***
I taught tennis "way back when" & instructing the serve was my specialty! It's a confidence thing really! You can have the worst tech. & have a very eff. serve while someone w/ the best tech. can have bad outings if they aren't "feeling it!" I never sweated my serving; the one good thing that never really broke down in my game! I think it had to do w/ my long arms & being able to "really" reach up to hit the ball @ the apex of my swing! If in a real groove, esp. playing indoors, I might go 1st serves on the 2nd attempt & make it! I felt confident enough to bet my doubles partner I'd not only ace them twice, but tell them what side I was hitting the ball! W/ indoor tennis I felt invincible & won > tourney matches under those conditions; or lack thereof! It's hard to believe these top pros have serving issues! It has t/b nerves IMO b/c they wouldn't get thru the ranks playing the way they do when losing vs top flight comp.! It's worse on the women's side where they specialize in breaking serve, but the real breakdown is in their tech. & lack of confidence to "go for it!"
***Agree it c/b a confidence thing. Also for me it starts w/ the ball toss. Jannik does have long arms, so it's a matter of practice & then taking that onto the court for matches.***
...Thinking of the women., Daveporte was the best example of someone who never took advan. of her ht., preferring to spin the outside of the ball taking so much power away from the possibilities! I swear I could change Venus' delivery for the >er in 5 mins! Her coaches m/b incompetent to allow that bad serving all these yrs!
***I also think Naomi Osaka should play another clay tourn. B4 RG. If she's really serious about one day winning a title on clay.***
I don't like that lit'l hop thing she does to supposedly help keep in mind to "stay on your toes," but Osaka's footwork needs work that's for sure! - Trying to watch the Serena match now vs Podoroska! Wms was being caught totally flat-footed on some of the shots coming her way! Her anticipation is out of whack b/c the girls are able to change direction of the ball >er! In the 3rd game Serena nailed a ball down the line @ her opponent's BH & the return was sliced deftly back down the line w/ Serena anticipating a crosscourt! It was almost embarrassing @ X's to see! IDK why Venus & Serena are doing this? They think they can hang on as long as Martina?
***Podoroska was a hard match up 1st for Serena. She's very good on the clay. Yeah, Serena's footwork wasn't the best in that match. I"m glad she's going to Parma. She needs > match play on clay.***
***I think Roger made poor scheduling decision avoiding tournaments when all he needs is matches @ this pt. He has been out of competing for 1.5 yrs, it's almost like he's coming out of retirement. It's very hard + his age. He could've played all tournamets after Doha & slowly get to level where he wants t/b = if it means getting out early in the process.***
ReplyDeleteHe worked the system to keep his lame ass in the Top 10! I'm disgusted & so disappointed in him! The longer Fed hangs around the worse for him IMO! Connors did it for some reason; saying "for the love of the game!" If they really loved the game they'd exit on top instead of floundering like this! Martina, Chris, Graf, & BJK did it right! They knew their limitations!
***It won't last forever. Fed's about 250th in the ATP race. There w/b plenty of poor high seeds in this RG. Fed, Med & Shortman. You just can't choose who's the worst @ the moment.
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For the past few yrs w/ Moya, Rafa has served >er to Novak's body & improved his CC BH. The keys to this Italian Final tmrw are Rafa's DTL FH & Novak's serve. Whomever wins that battle should take the match. Either way, this shouldn't effect either player's prep. for RG. Roma (Rome) is nice to have, but not the goal.***
...We all know it w/b a slow grind regard< if it's comp. or not! They have a way of stretching every game out; the epitome being their '11 USO F.! Games went on for 10-18 mins., sets an hr.1/2+! OMG, it's enough to run me off @ X's w/ the toweling off, challenges, & pts that go on forever! It's boring AF! The only real satis. I'll ever get out of it is if Djokovic can keep his streak going vs his closest rival! Nadal has his own streak on clay of course! I won't put too much into it regard grueling matches due to the comp. catching up! It's not exactly "a given" it w/b Nadovic again as it once was! Nole's obviously a lit'l > vulnerable playing > comp. sched. over the yrs! Djokovic may not get that 2nd FO to complete his "Double-CGS," but he'll prob. end up w/ all the other recs under his name! I hope to never see 1 of those mini-bios for him in the vein as "One More For The Rocket!" It chronicled Laver's play & atttempts to win the WCT Final in Dallas! He had 2 epic finals' losses to Rosewall, then the upsets early in the contest to the likes of Stan Smith, & his last real chance dropping a tough SF to Borg in '75! Ivan never got his Wimbl., Borg never got his USO, but this shouldn't be about what Djokovic doesn't have when he has 1 FO! So cry me a river!"He can go out now & he'd still be in "The Conversation!" W/o Nole, Fedal became a thing again a few yrs ago w/ them splitting majors & vying for #1! That wouldn't have happened if Djokovic had "been there" shaking things up!
***W/ his win today in Rome vs Nole, Rafa extends his own rec. of "Most matches won vs #1" to 22. Rafa's the only member of the Big 3 w/ a winning % over #1 above 50% (W-L.22-18-> 55%).***
He got "fat" off his rec. early on vs Fed! Roger inevitably wasn't = guaranteed a win over Rafa on grass! Djokovic had to catch up to both! No one cares about the age diff. if Fed has double MP sev. X's over the yrs & allows Djokovic to come back for a victory!
***OMG, you're like those "weak era" people. Rafa didn't get "fat" off of it, he won those matches vs the world #1. For sure Novak has been playing catch-up & has done an amazing job of it. But it's clear that it took them to get a bit jaded B4 he could; particularly Fed.***
Back in the day I believed any shot was possible! If I thought I'd make a winner from hitting the ball from behind the back, I'd make it! If I missed, Heaven help the stick! Wood rackets were a dime a dozen way back when so I went thru a few! It got expensive w/ new tech, but it didn't stop the smashing! Stopped counting @ 65 rackets! Some given away/sold b/c they didn't suit my aggr. game! Lucky I had a family that could support such a gentlemen's sport of elitist snobs!
ReplyDelete***If you broke 66 rackets, you still deserve to get your ass whipped.***
A contrib. factor was during those Borg yrs in the 70's, I tried to emulate his game for teaching purposes! I bought his rackets & strung them @ 76#'s; 16#'s over recommend! By playing everyday, whether I smashed them or not, they were going to collapse into themselves! I had to commensate for the very tight strings which caused some frustration initially til I got used to it! It prob. accel. my "feel & touch" when I went back to normal tensions!
***Goodness me, did you suffer from blisters w/ that string tension?***
Early on I wore a glove, but after a while = that wasn't enough! I was going thru tennis & golf gloves faster > rackets! My hand toughened up a lit'l, but finally cushiony "wraps" for the grips came out! I was never w/o a roll of that blue stuff! Even though I haven't played in over 20 yrs, I have 2 tough patches in my right hand! There was nothing I wanted to do > play the game & I was lucky to have plenty of people who wanted to work out or compete vs me! I lit. lived on the courts from 9 AM into the night under the lights! I traveled back to the old neighborhood & people would comment they'd watch me from those early days! I had no idea who these people were, but they certainly knew & heard of me = after 40 yrs!
***Goodness me, I'm tired out just reading how you played non-stop. - Funny you mentioned that. I was very young, but had my prized Donnay wood comp. rackets strung w/ Blue Star nylon strings @ 70+ too.***
I'm obviously a lit'l older! I played w/ Borg's original woody from Bancroft! It was thicker > some other rackets & held up pretty well to the tensions! They lasted longer > the Wilsons, Dunlops, & Slazenger rackets! As for playing X, it was a passion like no other! Nothing but my work has = come close; includ. people! It was a very expensive hobby w/ the rackets, balls, clothes, shoes, accessories, court X, & travel! I think my parents apprec. me doing that > hanging out on the street w/ thugs like my bro! He's an idiot to this day! I didn't cause grief that was to come from my cretinous sibling!
***This is all good. Listening to tennis players who played the game @ a >er levels altho it's not the ATP level, but still very comp.***
...I played for my HS team, started playing Park Dist., comps; the A & B levels were quite good! ...There was a lot to do when it came to tennis includ. charity events w/ local celebs & tennis pros I participated in! I couldn't rec. anything back then, but I was told I made the news or some other shows w/ me in the background of shots! The newspaper articles or pics I was able to save!
***Stan has become the 5th Beatle unfort. for JMDP. ...Players above #6-7 really don't have long careers, yet Dr. Ivo totally rebukes that theory.***
ReplyDeleteStan's a true enigma! All that talent, but rarely rose to the ocassion except when playing Djokovic! ...Roger could give Stan 2 MP's in his pocket & he'd find a way to give it back! It's just been a dismal rec. vs the elites for some reason; > of it being in his own head! I give > cred to Del Po b/c he could make Fedalovic look like punks w/ that FH @ X's! His SF demo. of Nadal @ the '09 USO shows what I mean dropping just 6 games!
***Nole had his Stan, & Roger had his Berdych. The overall h2h was imperious, but the losses came @ critical moments. ...Match-ups are a bitch. I can't think of one obvious spoiler to Nadal in the way that Wawrinka & Berdych have been to Novak & Roger, respectively.
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Thiem upset up 2 sets to 0! He's still in a slump. Andujar comes back to elim. the #4.***
After past successes in Paris, making cons. Finals, & def. Djokr 2 yrs ago, it was bound to happen! Winning a major can accomplish 2 things; give confidence or mentally wt. on a player! I'm just shocked that Fedalovic have been able to avoid it happening to them > after all these yrs of playing! It's still one of the banes of my existence in tennis to see the weak minds of today's players who really haven't challenged the elites = though they're supposed t/b a part of it! Thiem, Zverev, Med, & the rest of those clowns in the "Lost Gen" s/b embarrassed! I'll give Dom a pass since he was already showing doubt this season! Just heard Dimitrov's gone after being up 2 sets to 0! OMG!
***Zverev's proving your post impressively; lost the 1st set & now a brk. behind in the 2nd vs Otte? - I almost sent Grigor off this Rd. in my draw, but gave him the benefit of the doubt. What goes on today?
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Naomi Osaka has WD from the FO citing mental health issues.***
The media & tourn. promoters never learn a lesson; esp. dealing w/ young people! It was if they pushed Naomi out making such a "to do" about her skipping after-match interviews! It's a requirement, she was being fined, she was honest w/ why she was w/holding, but "talking heads" can't help making it a >er story > it needed t/b! Now they come back w/ phony concern! "Ahhh, thanks, but no thanks idiot MSM!" I get > & > exercized over the yrs seeing how they have degenerated into "thirsty wannabees" over actual reporters!
***It'd totally set a precedent to allow Osaka to try to turn a tourn. into a gigantic safe space where she can never be criticized or challenged. All players would do it!***
So what? This is why society sucks; the conformity! Everyone's so hypersensitive, individuality is frowned upon! That lit'l girl was the best thing that's happened to this sport & these nitwits have run her off! It's not the 1st X! Borg had the same trouble way back when & he left for good @ the end of '81 as a 26 y.o.! Special circumstances & privilege haven't been anything new! I'm sure accommodations of some sort have been perpetrated for Fedal over the yrs! She was honest about what was what & Osaka wound up being a target!
***Osaka's not that young! I honestly think there's something else going on w/ her. Doing press conferences is a huge part of being an athlete. Look @ fig. skating & how in the past few yrs they force comps to sit on the side of the rink to get reactions. B4, skaters would go backstage & cool down. Now they have to deal w/ a camera in their face while their competitors skate. All this was done at NBC's request to make coverage > interesting. And skaters don't = make a fraction of what a tennis player makes, + they're > younger as well. It's inexcusable what she had done & highly unprofessional that she uses social media to announce that she'll not participate & doesn't even bother to talk to the officials B4hand.***
ReplyDeleteThat's all understood! Didn't I profile the whole freakin' mess? Both sides aware w/ a real lack of comm. btwn them! I still call the media & promoters idiots! I don't care of her physical age, if she says she's having probs, accomodations need t/b made! The result of everyone being "grown up" is we now have a top player LEAVING a major w/ a real potential to win; sorta like Nole getting DQ'd @ the USO! The wt. of the world is prob. on Osaka & we have unthinking, unemotion drones telling her to "suck it up kid!" I'm one to walk away too & just give the finger to all concerned! Next day they'll be asking "what happened?" I already thought the game was just about unwatchable, now we have to deal w/ behind the scenes politics too? Pass!
***I can't think of any prof'l who can just beg off having to go to meetings. Her job as a tennis player is to play & to make appearances. ...But she can quit the sport & not talk to anyone. I can't = imagine someone saying that they don't feel like attending co. meetings. It's an important part of promotion & a reason why tennis prize $$'s so lucrative.
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Osaka didn't say she was having probs w/ anxiety about the press conferences til after she WD from the event. Her initial announcement was very gen., & I'm paraphrasing here but something like 'players shouldn't have to answer ??'s from the press b/c of mental health.' It can inferred that she was speaking from personal exp., but it wasn't clear that she was talking about herself, & she didn't ask for any accommodations @ the X.
...Osaka's original statement seemed like she was making a pol. statement about the difficulty players can encounter dealing w/ the press, & Osaka has had plenty of exp. w/ that in the past few yrs. I don't think anyone said 'suck it up,' but the rules were enforced which is what Osaka was expecting as she said she was prepared to pay the fines. It sounds like it w/b for the best for Osaka to take some X away from the sport right now to addr. the anxiety issue.***
Why do we all need to know her "Tea??" Osaka s/b able to keep something to herself w/o laying prostrate for the whole world to examine every nook & cranny of her person! I think it's rather pathetic that people; esp. in this country have to live vicariously thru the celebs they follow! So far I've been able to resist jumping on that colossal bandwagon of abusing social media! I have NO Twitter acct.! My cell doesn't = have lone internet access! The BIG conn. I had w/ all this WWW media storming is/was having a FB Acct.! It was hacked last month, locked up, & I haven't bothered to bring it back to life! Their sec. has t/b lame AF! I pray we don't lose another superstar to lit. bullying by ntwrk!
***If Osaka had a physical ailment she'd provide that info to the tourn. & request a tour medical trainer. I don't think there's an =valent person for psychological issues, but m/b there s/b.***
***Fed WD's. He s/b suspended. It's absolutely embarrassing that he's entering a slam as a "prep." for the grass season & ruining the draw like that. So much for playing for the "love of the game."
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How did he ruin the draw exactly? Did he know his knee was going to give him issues? No. Did he play only 6 matches in 17 months after 2 knee surgeries? Yes. Is he approaching 40? Yes.
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Do you know in how many matches Fed retired during the match? Do you know in how many he WD B4 the match started? Please chk the stats (not to mention compare that to similar stats of other member of big 3 or big 4) before opening your mouth.***
I still hate it when Fed does this; kills himself to win a match knowing he won't have anything left to play the next Rd.! That YEC SF sev. yrs ago defaulting the Final vs Djokovic comes to mind! It offended others so much, people thought it'd affect Switz.'s DC Final the following wk.! Fed & Stan hashed it out, but I was so hoping Wawrinka would give Roger "the finger" & cuss him out!
***On Twitter, Roger's getting very neg. press saying he only used RG for a few matches B4 Wimbl., though there are others who are sticking up for his decision. - May I ask a ??; if Novak or Rafa did the same, how'd they be treated by their peers or the press?***
Oh Pls, Novak w/b massacred! He's the >est threat to the Fedal legend which preempts all others; = Laver & Rosewall! How can they mythologize their rivalry "thru the ages" if Djokovic steals their thunder in any way? Right now he's ahead of sched. & it'd be acknowledged if it were any other player! I thought & had no reason to believe Roger wouldn't hold all the recs. for a long X to come, but things change! Unfort. for him & his fans, he had 2 detractors instead of 1 as most #1's had to contend w/! We might as well get it in our heads that his tenure @ the top w/b the a few X's! For some reason, = though they're older, today's players aren't doing enough in the gym to overcome "The Big 2" = w/ huge leads! They c/b "waited out" b/c these kids can't seem to finish! Amazing for the old guys to weather the storm of so many "NG'rs" over the yrs! Connors, McEnroe, Lendl, & Sampras were the best of their eras, but it didn't go on & on & on! They started dropping in the rankings; not Fedalovic!
***Djokovic isn't afraid of any man. He wants Rafa here b/c he's under no illusions of anyone taking him out for him. - You are spot on. Djokovic knew he'd have to do it himself to win FO. None of the NG or other players are gonna do it. Still Djokovic has the best chance & he knew only he'd have the mentality to give a good go. Nadal's the massive fave, but Novak's still the one player who can make him feel uncomfortable, = on a clay court someX's. I do think he can do >er > last yr. if he gets there. His mentality's un??able & was in full flight again today.
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...It's always been about the 2 of them, always was, always w/b. Novak w/b coming out swinging that's for sure. Rafa knows that he NEEDS to win this slam to slow Djokovic down, esp. w/ W-USO-AO coming up. And no, unlike what some deluded Nadal fans says, Nadal is NOT the fave over Djokovic @ any slams outside of RG. If Rafa loses this, it's over, = if Novak doesn't win it.***
It's his last great chance! Djokovic has to take care of business this tourn.! It can make or brk the ult. major's race!
***ITA it’s monumental in the slam race. It’s still not over if Rafa wins it, but it makes the road harder for Novak to overcome. However, if Novak did pull it off he’d be in pole position to win the race. Due to Novak being fave over Rafa in every non-clay major. It would dent Rafa confidence a lot if he somehow lost @ his fave slam. I just hope if Djokovic makes it he can push Rafa & test them nerves a bit.***
***The ult. fitness of Nadovic has saved them many X's! These kids can't seem to finish! ...Connors, McEnroe, Lendl, & Sampras were the best of their eras, but it didn't go on and on! They started dropping in the rankings; not Fedalovic!***
ReplyDeleteIn an interview yrs ago, Roger said, “In order to win a GS, I need t/b ready to play 7, 5-set matches in 14 days.” This lesson seems t/b lost on too many players.
***Roger catching it from all sides after WD of FO. Patrick McEnroe commented, “It’s just not a great look to pull out of a tournament in the middle. It’s one thing if you sprain an ankle badly & finish a match on adrenaline. ...Look, he’s trying to get himself ready to make a run @ Wimbl., which I believe he’s done. And a lot of people say he’s Roger Federer. He can do whatever he wants. He’s earned this right, and I understand that, but I still don’t like it.”***
Hanging on too long has its price! Fed's finally having to pay for his arrogance! Bout X! It was bogus = seeding him so high w/ such lit'l play under his belt! I suppose the special treatment will continue w/ him being allowed to play the Olympics while not satisfying requirements! Boy I've really gone 180 on Fed! The resentment's becoming > & > real the longer he hangs around! By the X Connors left, I truly hated his guts! I've always had a prob. w/ players who invariably end up just taking a spot away from a > deserving player! Even Rosewall extended his stay too long & started looking bad; esp. going out early @ the USO being played on clay @ Forest Hills as #11 seed!
***10-yr. rewind: 'Underdog' Federer snaps Djokovic's streak. - ...A decade ago, the Swiss channelled the electricity of the Parisian crowd to stun the Serb & reach the RG Final.***
I guess Fed fans have to savor something to pump up their chests! Too bad the failures w/ MP's are a HELL of a lot > memorable!
***Will Djokovic fans acknowledge that Nadal is GOAT?***
Not a chance; EVER! Rafa has too many limitations & falls way behind 2 other players who're > vers. & win > consistently on other surfaces than clay!
***Rafa is already GOAT...I don't think Djokovic can catch him & he already has > Masters & >er H2H vs Fed. So as a Novak fan, yes @ this pt. Nadal leads in GOAT conversation.***
I w/b a lit'l embarrassed being called the GOAT or trying to live up to that moniker if 2 other people have twice as many wks @ #1, own so many YEC's while holding NONE, & any # of other stats that go vs it!
***GS matters; everything else is splitting hairs. We can argue who is >er now when they're tied, but if Rafa wins this one it's game over. Everything else after that w/b moving goal posts.***
***...In his previous match Rafa fist pumped on DF.***
ReplyDeleteIt's one of the main reason I've never liked or respected Nadal! He doesn't respect the game or his opp. doing that juvenile gamesmanship crap! He's still a "man-child" pretending t/b an adult! He won't change! It's what made him the player he is today so forget about him being anywhere as classy as Fedovic!
***Fiero, you like eggplant, I like butternut squash. While I do like Novak, his racket breaking & ball slamming, that's like eggplant to me. I get it, he needs it to rile himself up, but again, depends on our criteria of "juvenile gamesmanship crap."***
That is not the same as "showing up" an opp.! Come on! Applauding DF's or exhalting himself after winning a long pt. off a miss-hit or error by his opp. just infuriates me! To this day he still acts as if he's never "been there;" falling on the ground so happy he won a 1st Rd. match vs some qual. just stinks! What a fk'n idiot! He also >er get back to the doctor to help that failing "comb-over!" It's rather thin when he sweats like a pig!
***OCO, you know what X it is. It's called mind games & they all do it. From mass ball bouncing, taking too much X, fist pumps, shouting "cmon, allez, etc.," loud grunting, picking shorts, cleaning lines constantly, bathrm. brks, playing possum, unexplained MTOs & the like to gain any kind of advan. & play the game @ their pace. Even your beloved does it, so get over it & try again pls.
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Excited for another epic match. I hope Novak brings it all. What do you think about his chances vs Rafa tmrw in the FO SF?***
We've been here so many X's B4! We can only hope for another outcome! Last yr. I turned it off after Nole lost his serve up 40-15! I knew it was going t/b a "bad day @ the office!" I need Djokovic to come out Fri. as if "this is his last great chance to win the FO" b/c this is his last great chance to win the FO! The NG'rs aren't going t/b held @ bay forever! Nole needs to get up that 1st set just as he did @ Wimbl. SF in '18! That was so important! It c/b a relaxer for him here as well!
***To think Nole was 0-5 down @ the start of the match too. What a mental beast he is to come back to win this SF over Nadal @ The FO!
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Yeah, he started out making a lot mistakes strategically. He wasn't playing terrible, but making a lot of bad choices. What a way to fight back & turn it around. One of the greatest wins of his career bar none.***
W/O a doubt, "The Greatest WIN!" I'm just hoping the trolls don't come out making excuses & trying to undermine this win by saying "they were old farts by the X it happened!" You know it's coming!
***I’d love to see another USO meeting btwn them!***
ReplyDeleteIf like '11; PASS! If they play like '19 AO, I'm all for it &'ll watch it over & over again! Nothing was > entertaining > seeing Nadal absol. help< as Djokovic ran his ass from side to side! The commentators were bragging about how well Nadal was playing & holding serve over 60 str. X's! Love it when fans overcommit like they did today; expecting a "walkover" for Nadal! I hope they keep underest. the guy; all for the good! "Thanks suckers!"
***What a match! I'm so happy to see them both still playing @ the top of their game. And I admit though I hate feeling stressed out, palms sweating, & feeling the need to run out of the room during every game. I actually LOVE that I can still be emotionally engaged in the match. ...Now I'm going t/b a nervous wreck in the men's final. I have no idea who the women are in the final and probably won't even watch. ..."Congrats Nole & good job Rafa for not giving up!"
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This tournament has already far exceeded = my wildest expectations. I didn't see Djokovic winning as = a legit poss., but he pulled another legendary win that I can only compare to Wimbl.'18.***
This'll always be >er! Nole's won Wimbl. many X's while Paris was Nadal's home court! This win is enormous &'ll echo off the walls of history for yrs to come! Panatta defeating BORG twice @ the FO is still being tossed around! This is = >er win after Rafa's hoisted up 13 cups!
***This match was mentally torture for both players late & such a physical battle. To me it was not a good match; > like a boxing match towards the end. I've seen >er contested matches btw them IMO.***
I'm thinking of the "big pic." of when & where this match happened! Back in '12 AO, who would've thought Djokovic would surpass Fedal in any way? He was still @ just 4 majors, the 5th being that AO in '12! We're now in '21 after Rafa's won 13 FO titles &'s still the fave! You can't compare them; this FO takes precedent! Rafa mhb able to put the GOAT race out of reach w/ this FO! Now it's still up for grabs; esp. w/ potential CYGS if Nole's fortunate enough to complete this chp. run!
***Yes, I see your pt. w/ the "big picture." - This win is a huge. Preventing Nadal from going to 21 here is big as this is normally the slam Nadal +'s to his tally every yr. And @ the other slams he isn't the fave.
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...Now where will Nadal have option for 21's GS; next yr. in RG? Now I have to doubt. But who knows. I still remember how much GS's Novak & Nadal would have; 12 - 15. Said here, yrs ago.***
We had > respect for the NG'rs, but they've been such a disappointment allowing Fedalovic to rule the tour as always for the last 20 yrs!
***This FO was so important for Nadal, now it’s more likely he'll stay @ 20. Can’t see him win @ another slam. Novak, Dominic & Daniil @ their best are too much on HC & Fedovic on grass. This c/b the most significant victory for Novak, = if not winning on Sunday. He has a serious chance @ all majors, not Nadal. - I can see Nadal winning a few > slams, but this loss means Novak can close the gap.***
***...That's how Nole used to beat Rafa in the past w/ that short angled crosscourt FH spinning away from him. He hasn't done that to Nadal in a long X. It really was something.***
ReplyDeleteI thought Djokovic was making a mistake hitting to Rafa's FH so much; esp. when hitting those winners down the line! It appears the tactic worked to tire Nadal out! It's a difficult & energy consuming effort to go wide hitting that FH open stance & it really dragged down the stamina of "The BULL!" This was a magnificent match in every area; the play & the historic nature of the match! Even though '12 AO thought t/b their ult. battle, that was yrs ago when Nole wasn't = thought to challenge the recs of Fedal! How lit'l we knew back then! Now w/ 13 FO's under Rafa's belt, this match wound up being HUGE; his run ending when favored to win!
***So many Easter eggs going into the FO final. Tsitsipas can wait for another slam right?***
It does mean > for The Big 3 & their legacy! Djokovic isn't only getting one major > to match Fedal, a sure-fire fave in Rafa isn't getting his yearly FO Chp.! It's a double whammy & >! Stefan can wait a lit'l while longer!
***Also +s to the undeniable "quality" of Djokovic's slam wins.***
Djokovic has rarely had the luck of Fedal w/ "cakewalks" to some of their Chp. runs! Nole's had to go thru one or both almost every major/Masters & on their fave surfaces; Fed on grass & Rafa on clay! That's why I give him all due props already proclaiming him "The GOAT!" Add to that his resume of wks @ #1, # of Masters 1000's, his Nole-Slam, a Double GOLD Masters, & leader in H2H over his 2 >est rivals! Hard to believe he's not in the convo. w/ > who prefer to mythologize Fedal & their rivalry over all others! SAD, stupid, & shortsighted IMO! He's already surpassed them in so many ways w/ yrs to go in his career!
***Fed wasn't best of his era. How he c/b in contention for BOAT?***
I think if Fed had retired after '12 he'd of had a lead & have left some doubt in the minds of tennis historians! Hanging on like that, going 5+ yrs w/o winning a major hurt his legacy; esp. since he dropped behind 2 players in their H2H! Someone like Sampras was pitied for losing his rec. 14 majors being @ the top w/i a dec. of retiring! Fed won't = get that as 2 players will eclipse him while still trying to play the game @ an elite level closing in on 40! What a joke! Giving him grace to win Wimbl. is right up there hilariously w/ his closest rival who beat him in 3 finals; 1 w/ X MP's vs him!
***Fedal are of the same era, = if they're 2 diff. gens. Kuerten is part of PETE's 90s era, & Rafa's part of the 00s, as is Nole. Fed retires in '12, I think its = worse for him. His rec. is long surpassed by both Djokodal, & his h2h w/ Rafa is 10-18, meaning he's not the best of his era & embarr. so. At least now, he has a tiny prayer of a chance to m/b win another slam or have a last hoorah vs Nole that'll last in the minds of his fans.
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I think the Fed-Nadal H2H, however... flawed it m/b in certain respects, is prob. the biggest mark vs Fed. I don't treat the Fed-Djokovic H2H as a black spot too much, though. Follows the natural process we've seen from older ATGs passing the mantle to younger ATGs. Except this X, Fed stuck around way after he passed the mantle which makes things a lit'l awkward. But I've discussed that pt. so many X's I'd rather not argue about it.
As for Fed vs Novak vs Nadal: I think all 3 are very close & there's no "distant 3rd." Nadal puts himself up w/ the other 2 on the pure strength of his Slam wins alone, I think. You can't really look @ many of them and say "he wasn't that good, he only won b/c he faced weak opps" or something like that. ...Sure, I don't think his '18-20 RG levels would've beaten his younger self, but they're still genuinely good. ...So yeah, Nadal is right up there w/ the others in tier 1 on that reason alone IMO. One hole in his career is that his resume isn't as balanced as the other 2, but the others have holes as well. All 3 are roughly around the same level: personally, I go w/ Fed.
The OE tier list prob. looks like this:
Tier 1: Fed, Nadal, Djokr
Tier 2: Sampras, Borg
Tier 3: Connors, Lendl, Agassi, McEnroe
Tier 4: Becker, Edberg, Wilander
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Tier 5: Murray, Courier, Vilas, Hewitt, etc. (Murray being the best of the lot)***
What HOLES can you poss. be thinking of concerning Djokr? He has so many recs that standalone like wks @ #1, Double GM & CGS, the H2H over Fedal, & of course his Nole-Slam! He's just 1 behind Fedal in majors; what else does he need to finally get recogn. as the BOAT?
***Djokovic def. has the most balanced resume of the 3. There really shouldn’t be any doubt about that. Very, very hard to poke a hole in it. - 2 > slams needed I think, m/b another YE #1.***
Then what w/b the obstacle b/c the Tennis Intelligentsia will def. come up w/ something? Fedal's their ult. rivalry & it can't be overtaken by simple #'s in their opinion!
***There isn't much left for Nole to do now, just keep winning slams & pile on the wks.***
...They're ready to give Roger > credit for winning his Masters titles when BO5! Then of course Djokovic's 2nd GM is tainted b/c Cincy title played in NY! It's gonna come fast & furious to undermine this guy! Numbers & fairness just won't come into play for some! It's about how "they feel!" Well I've felt for yrs Djokovic'd eclipse all recs & I've been damned close to being perfect in my predictions.
***This FO win by Djokovic pretty close to eff. over the GOAT in my view. 20 w/b the cherry on top, but it's unnec. to overtake Fedal, IMO.***
ReplyDeleteYep; ya need it for these hardcore Fedal fans who're already softening the blow by screaming from the rooftops; "Fedal got old" as if Nole's still in his 20's! Ridiculous of course, but expected! It's been sad & pathetic these last few yrs w/ Djokovic's detractors "reaching" > & > to stay on top of this GOAT race as he acquired his majors in bunches to catch up to Fedal so quickly! Tech. he's already ahead of sched. as they do have yrs on him on the tour! For him t/b 1 major behind, but leading in all other rec. catagories, it's almost embarrassing the defense of Fedal as twin GOATs!
***This is Djokovic's 52nd title where he beat 2 members of the top 10 (52/84). Fed's 39 (39/103), while Nadal's 35 (35/88). Novak's the 1st player to have won a Slam title while trailing 2 sets to love TWICE since '46 Wimbl. This is the same guy who won Wimbl. by saving a MP in the final for the 1st X since '48. Nole leads Fed 11-6 in GS encounters.
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I think DCS, Nole-Slam, > wks @ #1, tied for > YE #1s, double GM, winning H2H over fellow GOAT contenders is worth > being 1 slam ahead & having the > cons. SF appearances in Slams tbh. - ...Fed '05-07 would str. set that same grandparer w/o a single TB. I think peak level + slam ct. are the only things that matter. We know that if Fed '05-07 plays Nole '11, '15 or 1st 1/2 '16, he'll win > often > not on rebound ace AO, RG, Wimby, or Plx. HC. ...That is why Nole has to @ least overtake Fed in GS ct. t/b considered the GOAT (which w/b GOAT of consistency, not of peak level which w/b Fed for HC & grass & Rafa for clay).
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Novak is approaching the pt. that when all's said & done, he m/b hard to argue against as The GOAT. Consider how the Big 3 currently rank:
GS: Roger 20, Rafa 20, Novak 19
Wks at #1: Novak 323, Roger 310, Rafa 209
Titles: Roger 103, Rafa 88, Novak 84
YE #1s: Novak 6, Roger 5, Rafa 5
WTF's: Roger 6, Novak 5, Rafa 0
Masters: Rafa 36, Novak 36, Roger 28
Recs vs other 2: Novak 57-51, Rafa 52-46, Roger 39-51
...Novak has surpassed Fed in wks &'ll prob. surpass him in GS, Rafa poss. as well. Novak's counting stats will almost be superior to Roger's in almost every way. And, of course, the Serb has a 27-23 edge in the H2H, & a very solid 11-6 lead at Slams. I'd say that, right now, they're about =, which means that Novak will almost certainly surpass Roger.
...Rafa's path to singular GOATdom is a bit > poss. > Roger's, but still rather unlikely: He needs to win @ least 1 or 2 > Slams, & poss. regain the H2H over Novak & m/b win an ATP.
Novak now has a DCGS, an accomp. that Roger will never = & Rafa is unlikely to.
...I think the > likely outcome is that Novak will end up being seen as the 1st among near-=s. The 3 w/b forever linked, & in a way Roger 1st est. the idea of GOAT, then was vanquished by Rafa, who in turn is being surpassed by Novak. Yrs from now, I'd guess that they w/b considered the top 3 w/ everyone else (w/ the poss. except Laver) being well behind, but Novak as the consensus #1. Whether or not Rafa claims #2 over Roger prob. depends upon his final GS tally, un< of course he bulks up those wks @ #1 & wins an elusive WTF.***
***Slams won beating 1 of 3 >est ranked opps:
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Nadal 16
Fed 10
Another brutal path to a Slam title for Novak: beating #3, #5 & #9.
It shows that when Nole won, gen. the field held up, & he had to beat the best of the field.
It also shows that when Roger won, 1/2 the X the field didn't hold up, & he didn't have to beat the best of the field.
Nadal's also seems impressive til you consider that it didn't really matter whether the field held up or not @ RG, he just went ahead & won 13 X's.
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Medvedev sucking on clay AND grass is a pretty major weakness IMO. Those surfaces make up a signif. part of the season. - Is he just gonna show up @ the USO & AO; then troll his way thru the Spring & early Summer?***
Nadal's done just that ever so often taking off after the FO! Is it really that > of a coincidence w/ those early losses @ Wimbl.? True enough Rafa's won 4 USO over Djokovic's 3, but for the most part Nadal's been a "no show" in the Fall w/ no Paris Masters wins & barely getting out of YEC RR @ X's! Hard to call him "The GOAT" w/ such a dismal rec. "for him" late in the season for the > part!
***Meddy kind of a walking bye @ Wimbl. Let's see how his draw goes. Might get lucky again like he did @ RG.***
They ought to go back to the "old days" of seeding; unfair, but viable! If you performed well on grass, you used t/b moved up! It's blown up in their faces on many diff. fronts; upsets & outrage by a whole country! OTTH I seem to recall Roscoe Tanner being elev. to the #4 seed in the mid 70's due to upset of Connors in the past! Unfort. for him his 1st Rd'r vs a Brit, 1 of the Lloyd Bros! He was uncerem. bounced w/ cheers for their guy! Then there was that per. when clay courters were being discrim. vs! They were dropping them 10 seeds @ a clip resulting in Spanish players boycotting for a while! They're using grass formula to seed these days, but so far it's been in-line w/ the rankings!
***Whats wrong? Lack of talent? Mindset? There are 8 billion people on Earth, and you now have @ least 15 yrs (19y-34y) of players, & none showing = the slightest resemblance of an ATG.***
It's the legend of Fedalovic that's become a curse on the ATP! Even "back in the day" there was nothing like this w/ 3 players owning the TOUR for well over a dec.! The upsets have been few & very far btwn! It always seems like a corner's been turned, then Nole had a walkabout, begetting a renewed rivalry of Fedal for a season+! Thankfully Djokovic got it back together mid'18 &'s been on top ever since w/ a mild hiccop to Nadal allowing a few wks of #1 t/b transferred to him!
***Even if Roger pulls a miracle & wins another slam this yr., I still think Djokovic will emerge w/ the all-X rec. of GS's in the end. No matter what, I can't see Fed playing beyond 40 or 41, esp. after having 2 knee surgeries. Novak's still only 34 & has @ least 5 > yrs ahead of him if he stays healthy. If he stays on pace & keeps winning a slam or 2 a yr., he'll easily set a new rec. ...He might just end up being the GOAT.***
It's gonna kill the diehard Fedal fans when Djokovic takes over all the major recs! He's already on the cusp @ an earlier age so he's ahead of sched., but it isn't sitting well w/ detractors that come up w/ so many reasons not to apprec. him! It's sad!
***...there ARE certain criteria that most go by: 1. # of slams, 2. YE #1s, 3. Wks @ #1--Djokovic; #4--Masters titles...***
***After left foot surgery in March, another one for Wawrinka. Poor guy can't get a brk).***
ReplyDeleteWe need to start being > realistic! This is getting > & > frustrating as X goes by w/ standards that aren't realistic w/ what Fedalovic has done for almost 2 dec.! Past champions can't hang on into their 30's normally w/o X catching up to them eventually! These 3 are freaks of nature we'll prob. never see again! Other 30-something's need to just bow out & quit looking for sympathy when it's really their X to leave the stage! There s/b nothing strange about being a step behind, incurring > injuries, w/ plenty of doubt that accum. over the yrs! These people should have other things to do! We make it seem like a death sentence to retire from the game!
***Seeing there's 1 > GS t/b played after Wimbl., it w/b interesting to see if Wawrinka plays. Retirement m/b not that far away quite frankly.
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I started watching tennis in the mid-late 70s. My "hero" was Borg. I grew up watching him, Mac, Lendl, Connors, etc. I started playing seriously in the early 80s, HS, then some college. Since then my faves have been Agassi, Sampras, Fed. On the women's side Evert, Navratilova, & in my late teens - 20s Sabatini.***
I started w/ Borg in '75, had his poster, his Bancroft racket, & demonstrated his technique to indiv. students who wanted to play like him! Ladies' game > appealing to watch so 1st on the list w/b Goolagong, then Martina, Virginia Wade, Court, & the > talented of them all, Mandlikova!
***Started '59 watching Gibson & Olmedo @ Wimbl., then seriously watching from '60 (Fraser/Laver Wimbl.). First heroes - Okker & Goolagong, then Rosewall. My final 2 - Mauresmo. ...Finally Swiatek.***
Oh my; I thought I was old! ;) Watching Gibson & Olmedo, where; Movietone News Reels? Tennis was interm. on TV like BJK/Riggs event in '73, but other > that tennis was something you had to catch on "the news!" In '74 it became > mainstream w/ SF/F on the Networks while PBS really extended itself signing deal w/ GP so tons of tennis was shown; esp. during the summer's clay season! I can still remember those Mon. evening finals w/ the likes of Vilas playing Gottfried or Ashe/Tanner playing doubles on a lark making it to final vs Smith/Lutz! Early on B4 TCC got so big, it showed those exh. events taped from So. Carolina; The WCC taking the top 4 women & men competing on = footing! The ball moved a lot slower, but those matches were very entertaining! ...I do miss the elegance & grace of Goolagong! Wade was her personal pigeon, but won Big W in '77 B4 retiring!
***This analysis of their historic FO SF suggests Novak's FH played a huge role in his win over Rafa.
- https://jackedward.substack.com/p/issue23 -***
...Most thought this w/b routine w/ Rafa winning 2 FO's w/i months over the same rival! That 5-0 lead in the 1st set wasn't helping Nole or his fans, but he persevered like no X in the past; = over '19 Wimbl. surviving MP's! He's already done that X X's vs Fed in majors! The only thing making it > noteworthy is, like Rafa on clay, the grass was Fed's home! Serving for it, it was a done deal, but Roger couldn't finish! Rafa didn't look the same last wk.; = after winning certain pts going "VAMOS!" He looked a lit'l unsure & weary! He was being run to death w/ Nole actually going into his strength allowing a few winners DTL off the FH! The "gets" by both were astonishing, but we've seen it B4! Many might say this match may eclipse '08 Wimbl.!
***Wimbl. crowd of 14/15 & esp. '19, was hardly a "genteel, reserved" crowd. It was very partisan, though not as boorish as USO '15 final crowd. ...it could hardly beat that USO crowd in terms of sheer nastiness. Novak handled that pretty well.***
ReplyDeleteI was legit. appalled @ the Brits in '19! It's like do people want Roger to go on forever? I'd think = Nadal fans'd tire of him after a while! I only want Nole to have "his X" in the spotlight, but for some reason Fedal won't leave the stage! Djokovic can win every title imaginable twice, but in the "tennis intelligentsia, it's all about Fedal! Fed prob. should've hung up his headbands yrs ago regard< of his being able to grab 3 > majors! It only put off the inevitable ...Both Nadovic still run like gazelles! As for bad public behavior, > too young to remember Borg playing the final in Rome vs Panatta in '78! Those homers threw coins on the court! Bjorn had to pick up one to take over to the umpire! Of course Adriano did nothing, preferring to steal the match instead of actually winning it! It went to Borg in 5 sets IIRC, but it was still a haunting memory for someone around 20 who believed the masses ">er > that!" I was wrong & we've proved how disgusting we c/b when provoked enough like Jan. 6th here in DC! Those animals crapped on Congressional floors! Didn't think I'd live long enough to see things that dystopian!
***If Roger's not the singular GOAT (which it looks like won't be the case any>), I couldn't care < as to whether he's 2nd in line or 234th in line. But, he'd always be my personal GOAT due to his elegant stylish play. - Well, we agree on this!***
Yours' Fed (understandable); mines'll prob. always be Sampras w/ Borg a close R-up! I was one who was giving Pete a pass for not = having a FO final to play in, but @ the X he was a dom. force who held the YE #1 ranking for 6 cons. yrs! He had formidable comp. w/ a GOLDEN AGE of hot players includ. Agassi & Courier! He also had to stay ahead of the waning talent in Becker, McEnroe, & Edberg! Back then, @ any given X you could have a dozen GS winners in a draw on the men's side! It's been a joke about how comp. the tour was when Fed was winning everything until Nadovic came along! The 1st thing commented on when a major comes up, it's always made note of how few have gone to players outside of Fedalovic; same for Masters events!
***Yes, although I think the era of the late 80s was = > comp. You had McEnroe & Connors still dangerous, Lendl, Edberg, Becker, & Wilander @ their peak, & young Agassi, Sampras, & Courier. Sampras' best yrs were when > of those guys were either retired or shadows of their former selves.
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Even @ the present moment Fed's career accomplishments are considered superior to that of Ralph. Assuming Novak wins Wimbl. again, Novak's achievements from then on w/b considered superior to that of Ralph. In other words, Ralph was toiling under the shadow of Roger from '05-'21 Wimbl. From now onwards, he w/b toiling under the shadow of Novak. This'd mean that Ralph wasn't considered THE greatest player = for a min. during his entire life.***
I've thought it delusional to consider Rafa anything outside of a clay-GOAT! His resume's so thin outside of playing on that surface! His wks @ #1 ranking is so far behind others; = from past eras! He's only had a sniff of a YEC dropping finals to "his >ers!" HOW can you be the GOAT w/ that many deficiencies? It's sad!
***At this moment, I agree w/ you that Rafa has a worse resume than Roger & Novak. To catch up it'd require him to do one or both of 2 things: win @ least 2 > Slams > either and/or win a WTF & get a lot > wks @ #1...poss. all of the above. Rafa's chances of doing so @ least enough to surpass Novak's final tally are getting slim.***
***Not all Fed fans are alike.***
ReplyDelete...The "bias" of a few Djokovic fans'll NEVER outweigh the megaphone of "tennis intelligentsia" that believe tennis begins & ends w/ Fedal!
***Part of that is just the popularity factor. For whatever reason, people just like Roger & Rafa > & don't like the idea of Novak being the GOAT.
OTOH, there's a certain mythic symmetry to the 3 of them. Roger dom. the tour for a few yrs in a way unparalleled in @ least Open Era history, but has a thorn in his side who eventually surpasses him. Then, almost under-the-radar, the perennial #3 brks thru & surpasses both.
I've equated it to Greek mythology in which a new gen. of Gods (the Olympians) defeats the old gen. (Titans). What I find disappointing is that no young player(s) has risen up to take the crown. There's still X, but eventually = Novak'll run out of steam & beating him w/b like beating Roger is now: a nice memory, but not what it was.
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Ult. Tennis Stats has a pretty good "GOAT Pts" metric, ...so you end up w/ Connors & Lendl being > Sampras & Borg. Who'd argue for that? They seem to realize this, as they have a "Quick Picks" menu option that lets you adjust. The "GS, Big Titles & #1" option seems to be the most accurate. ...ends up favoring guys w/ >er longevity.
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Everything they say about old bodies is right except for the fact that it doesn’t fully apply to Djokovic b/c he isn’t yet that old. Both Fedal also won slams when older than Djokovic is now. And they both won them vs other ATG's. For that matter, Djokovic DID beat an all-X great @ RG'21, just not in the final.***
The arguments are all over the place, but it's understandable w/ the Big 3 involved! We try to equate their standards which aren't realistic to anyone outside of that trio! Comparing each other has become point< since each has a strength the other hasn't! ...even w/ Djokovic being a late bloomer, he's come up faster eclipsing Fedal recs sooner! ...Now @ 20 majors, the inevitable will see 2 players outdo him B4 he = retires! Sampras had @ least 8-9 yrs of being thought the GOAT! Fed'll just have to remember it as a distant memory w/ what Nadovic have been doing of late!
***To me, Nadal's 13 RG titles is the greatest feat!***
But it's just ONE feat while Fedovic have many recs Rafa can only dream of accomp.! It's no slight on Rafa massive achievement of owning Paris, but it's still a lone one in comparison to Fedovic w/ wks @ #1, a Nole-Slam, Double Golden Masters, X YEC's, a > bal. resume btwn all the Majors, among other notable recs too numerous to list here!
***Number of titles is way > important than winning %. Like if Fed plays until he's 42 and fails to win another Wimbl., would it hurt his legacy? It shouldn't.***
...but it does hurt his legacy! IMO, these last few yrs have hurt him > helped! If Fed had retired after winning Wimbl.'12, dropping that Olympic final too, we w/b saying how much > he could've won if he hadn't left the game so early! It w/b sorta what's been going on w/ Borg since I was a kid! Roger went 5+ yrs waiting for Djokovic to have a "dry spell" & renewed his rivalry w/ Nadal acquiring 3 > majors! My ?? is, "was it worth it?" He's still going to get passed by his 2 closest rivals in the end! He won't = retire on top as Sampras did for 8+ yrs! Woulda, coulda, shoulda's is prob. weighing on all concerned!
***Borg prob., w/o ?? & Fed has good arguments, but what about Sampras? I mean, grass is a given, but I think Novak's def. >er on HC, right? Un< we’re throwing carpet into the argument, of course.***
ReplyDeleteCarpet was a staple in the early Open yrs of tennis! ...I taught & played @ YMCA/YWCA's in the 70's! That floor was fast! The new Vir. Slims Tour had been formed for the ladies & they traveled w/ a carpet or 2 to practice & play their matches like Chgo & Detr. in Feb.! I got to hit on their practice court B4 the newly coupled of Roger & Evonne Goolagong Cawley kicked us off! McEnroe made a name for himself by being almost invincible on indoor carpet w/ his attacking game! If not for Lendl, he would have many > majors! Ivan brought tennis to a new level being able to play his game from the baseline, making net-rushers look foolish as they groped for his passing shots!
***Prob. best for Osaka to skip Wimbl. & focus on the Olympics. It's a shame she took herself out of contention to win 2 > GS's this yr. These are Naomi's prime yrs as an elite player where youth & physical health are on her side. ...I just hope these struggles don't keep Naomi from realizing her fullest potential during a window of X where she's > capable (physically speaking) of doing so.***
The whole world descended on her for no other reason than she balked @ having inane & redundant press conferences! I never watch them b/c as educated & articulate as these reporters are, their ??'s are about as well thought out as any 4 or 5 yo! ...A-holes; ALL! The tourn. officials & WTA "powers that be" decided they'd teach Osaka a lesson & put her on the spot t/b > forthcoming & detailed w/ her reasoning for bowing out! Now she's gone for 2 str. majors; one of the most well spoken, informed, & thoughtful young ladies on the tour! ...I don't blame her for just "walking away!" It's hyperbole, but it really irks me when this stuff goes on behind the scenes, much < made into an Int'l incident! We're so desperate to bitch about something I guess!
***No one talked about the need to win all 4 Slams. I don't think Borg had that as a top priority, m/b not = Sampras. But now, w/ the resumes of the Holy Trinity, that seems t/b a requisite going forward.***
Even winning majors was discounted back "in the day!" Due to such poor revenue from normal tournaments, you were likely to get > credit for winning high end exh. events! Back in the 70's only the USO & Wimbl. were counted when it came to being #1; men & women! The FO was glorified by Euros & So. Americans only! It was "their major" w/ Borg giving it > respectability by winning again & again like Nadal today! The AO was just an "after thought" w/ 2nd tier stars going "down under!" Vilas won 2 X's, but it wasn't = acknowledged as much of anything! Lendl, Wilander, Edberg, Navratilova, & Evert made AO > important by the 80's! B4 the 90's, I'm pretty sure there was no race to have a cons. rec. of attending major events in a row! Martina almost made winning all the majors something special, but lost in the AO SF to Sukova 2 matches from completing her own CYGS after winning 6 in a row over 2 yrs! Graf winning The GCYGS in '88 made it "the thing" now to win as many majors as you can! Agassi winning all 4 events created a "media moniker" of CGS after winning FO! We were ready to give Sampras a pass & make him the GOAT = w/o a FO crown! That's unthinkable now & his actual rating seems t/b going down w/ the Big 3 doing their thing & Rod Laver actually owning 2 CYGS's; 1 Am./1 Pro! What was the ?? again?
***The prob. for this nextgen is, they're having to go thru the best players of all X on modern surfaces, who have maintained the highest level into 30s we’ve ever seen. In other eras like '01-06 vacuum, they could’ve won a couple of slams B4 Federer fully matured.***
ReplyDeleteThose past weak finals were usually facilitated by upsets giving us major finals w/ Sampras vs Pioline, Agassi vs Martin (USO), McEnroe vs Lewis, & Richard Krajicek vs Mal Wash'ton (Wim.)! The last decade or so, the Big 4 were rarely upset guaranteeing a comp. final w/ ATG's playing musical chairs w/ the majors! This made each final > important as it'd eventually determine the GOAT!
***...If Novak is so unloved, why does he have more fans than Mr. Religious Exp. on instagram? Novak's fanatically loved in Serbia & can end up being the President one fine day. Fed doesn't enjoy such fandom in Switz. Sorry to tell you that mate. One thing I agree w/ you that, Novak'll never be loved by "Federer fans."***
IMO Djokovic has endeared himself to many > people > we know; esp. when he speaks in foreign tongues > > "thanks a lot!" He was quite imporessive in Paris @ the trophy presen. speaking @ length in French! He does the same in China when winning Beijing! Nadal barely speaks broken English outside of his native Spanish! Fed's one that I shut down on due to being the most "disengenuous legend" always wanting to say the right thing = when PO'd!
***Great stat for Novak who's the 1st man in the Open Era to win 75 matches @ each of the 4 majors.
AO 82-8
RG 81-15
Wimbl. 75-10
USO 75-12***
Djokovic truly has been the > consistent over the yrs; someX's to his detriment! I think his '17-early'18 walkabout had to do w/ mental & physical burnout! He wasn't just winning everything in sight, he was making all the finals as well! In '15 alone he won 3 of the 4 majors & 6 of the 8 Masters he played! He was in the finals of the 3 other events so he just never got the brks Fedal got by being upset early or just taking X off to rest & heal! That's what makes Nole the GOAT IMO already; his entire body of work in comparison to Fedal! He has tons of recs that they'll never possess!
***Well he has spoken that he wants to brk recs. Records are there t/b broken in the 1st place. At the AO final in '08 w/ my husband, he said to me then, "watch this player. He's something special in the making."
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I'd split the "most dominant" into 2 lines: one, "general" or over the tour as a whole, and the other "specific" or surface-oriented. As you say in your next paragraph, Rafa's dom. on clay is the > dom. player w/i a specific context (surface type) that we've seen, @ least in our life-X's.
You could = split it 3 ways:
> dom. (surface): Rafa
> dom. (vs. peers/gen.): Roger
+ dom. (gen.): Novak***
Not t/b a troll, but how can Fed = be the dom. player over his peers/gen. when his 2 >est rivals have a winning edge in the H2H? I understand how much Roger's dom. the era overall, but it was > "HIS" B4 Nadovic started taking him down a few pegs! His real dom. lasted m/b 3 or 4 yrs! He's been the perennial #3 the last decade or so! The rest of the tour mhb his bitch, but it took him 5+ yrs (3 losing finals) to + those 3 majors to his resume w/ the help of Nole's "18 month walkabout!"
***Whatever about Nadal as > of the wins making up the remaining diff. in h2h @ this stage c/b attributed to clay & Roger's poor lack of strategy & never learning to hit thru his BH til '17. That, coupled w/ Nadal's obvious superiority on that surface, but this has been pointed out many, many X's about Djokovic. Nole only got the h2h advantage when Fed was in his mid 30's. That's not a majorly impressive stat by any means to have only got ahead when the guy was above the age most tennis players retire.
ReplyDeletel've said it many X's B4 but, all things being =, if 2 players have a similar skill set, but there's almost 6 yrs btw them (Djokovic v Fed) or 5 yrs diff. (Nadal v Fed), then you'd clearly expect the younger player to end up w/ a better h2h.
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That’s why it’s apples & oranges. It’s whether Fed‘s per. of dom. trumps not being YE #1 for the last 12 yrs of his career. Rafa was # 1 in '08 & '19 so his 5 yrs as #1 has spanned over 12 yrs. Mileage varies as to what is > impressive.***
I think Fed'll eventually become a footnote; sorta like Sampras who led w/ 14 majors for 8+ yrs! He was given every "benefit of the doubt" as to being The GOAT; esp. w/ his not = playing a FO final! We'd think that unthinkable in this gen. of champs; justifiably so w/ the likes of Fedalovic leading the way! How can Roger be noteworthy of > of anything outside of longevity & what it brings in the way of streaks? There are 2 players that've cleaned his clock for well over a dec., his recs are falling by the wayside, > of the odd top recs having to do w/ the Masters are out of reach! The Tennis Intelligentsia will have to get off this love affair w/ Fedal sooner or later; esp, if Djokovic completes the deal this yr. w/ 2 > majors to go!
***At Wimbl., they always talk about the honor of playing 1st on Centre Court. The 1st day is the defending Men's champion, & on the 2nd day, it's the defending Women's champion. Why always the men 1st? Particularly b/c they speak of it as an "honor." So why secondary honor to the women? They could @ least alt.***
I always thought it had a lot to do w/ the men's matches going long; BO5 w/ no TB's! It was figured the tourn. could get thru the ladies' draw (96 players w/ seeded byes until the 80's) for the > part in a fortnight, but w/ bad weather, no lights, & no tennis on Sundays, it just made sense to start the men on DAY 1 to make sure the event was done by Sat.!
***When Sampras retired it was considered old. Once you went past 28 (let alone 30), most players were washouts. If you watched him over his final 2 yrs, he was done winning slams except for that 1 last magical run.
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That’s b/c he held the rec. the last 2 yrs & lost motivation. He got to the top of the slam mountain so where's there to go? If the record was 16, 18 you'd've seen a pumped up Sampras going for it til about age 35. He thought every great going forward would win like 5 to 8 Slams (ie. Becker/Edberg/Agassi etc.) & he’d die as Slam Goat. It’s a shame Sampras didn’t play in this era. The tennis whb far > interesting & IMO Pete still wins > Wim/USO titles.***
***Yesterday in the post-trial day analysis, one of the reporters commented that it must be hard for one defense attorney to try to keep up w/ everything - up against X prosecutors who're all able to separately prepare w/ the diff. witnesses - divide & conquer. I'm sure the challenge is very real for Nelson.***
ReplyDeleteHe's a lawyer &'ll survive! He obviously doesn't mind embarrassing himself trying to defend the indefensible! I put this all on Chaunin prob. thinks the trends say he "should beat this" = w/ witnesses & video played over & over again tainting the jury pool! In the end it normally makes no sense! It's the same thoughts of judges who sit in judgment of cops; "if I find this a-hole guilty, my protection c/b in jeapardy!" Even w/ all the top cops & admin. of MPD agreeing "Floyd was murdered," people are people who might reationalize, "if I call a cop, will they come if I find this guy guilty?" How many X's have we seen cities going up in flames after the injustice of a verdict no one saw coming? The only X it seems to happen in the reverse was w/ OJ! White people freaked out; couldn't believe it! That was a big "FU" to the masses after a 9-10 month trial! This all could've been avoided if this knucklehead had taken "a plea!"
***Blunt never said a word while Trump over spent a trillion in each of 1st 3 yrs & didn't accomp. any infrastructure.***
That's the hypocrisy of the scumbag Rep. party! They bitch & moan about Dem. spending, but theirs is ok; ALWAYS! So much for fiscal respons. during those Trump yrs where spending was free while lowering taxes! Screw them all! ;-(
***Blout and the Reps never have any ideas about how to raise revenue to pay for gov't spending. They are the party of spend & borrow. To wit the Nat'l Debt went from 19 T to 27 T under Chump & they lied about it being the best economy ever (nowhere close to that). In '18 the IRS actual Fed income tax collection went down.***
You obviously forgot the Rep. party is the party of LIARS & con artists! The pols & cons. actiivsts are all liars as well deflecting all the way as they deny what they're doing is trying to have it both ways! They're FOS & it's about X they got their comuppance! Biden can do no wrong after what we've had to endure the last 4+ yrs! Watching Christie on "TW w/ GS" calling Biden "a liar" was rich! That balloon should go str. to HELL after his own hypocrisy of kissing Trump's ass until recently making excuses all the way! He's pathetic; ALL REPS ARE!
***Despite Being Called Out Twice For Lying About GA Election Law, Biden Continues To Lie***
I love it! ALL of a sudden after 5+ yrs of the sociopathic lying of Trump, cons. & Reps are all in a tizzy b/c Biden exaggerates a lit'l! FK YOU! Call me when he murders someone w/ his fangs! Anything that man wants to do is alright by me & > of the country as his POLLS are double that of FRUMP! Ya losers "on the right" just can't stand it as the country has been saved for a lit'l while by Grump getting his ass kicked by "Sleepy Joe;" a man that needs naps! FNC's going overboard w/ the name calling after all their bellyaching about how the MSM was so unfair to CRUMP! It's = > ridiculous that Dems & Libs expect everything to happen immed.; not giving this man = a yr. to do his work! I wouldn't want to lead this country; too fk'n impatient on both sides!
***Trump was the > corrupt POTUS we have ever had. President Biden has been in office for 5 months, but the idiots are trying to blame him for everything & The Don's mafia did.***
ReplyDeleteIt's nothing new! The Rep. playbk. hasn't changed! They ignore the deficiencies of their own stupid candidates & try to pt. out every flaw to undermine successes of Dems & Biden's been very successful! Rep. have t/b nervous w/ polls showing = Reps like his job performance! The desperation has been real since day one as they relentlessly went after Hunter Biden for what I'll never understand! These same a-holes didn't want the Trump kids taken to task when they were actually working in the WH, but Hunter's responsible for corruption so deep, his dad needs t/b removed! My contempt for these people knows no bounds! They're just some of the > evil fks out there & I can only hope Karma catches up w/ them & their retched families!
***THE FOUNDER OF TRUMPISM IS FOX NEWS!***
Hannity was Chf. of Staff giving Trump his marching orders nightly! People forget when flights were grounded early on. Trump was about to sign a budget that'd end a strike, Ann Coulter & Laura Ingraham commented on how weak that would make him look! Trump balked @ the deal & it went on for a X when McConnell was about to override his objections! It was so obscene, but w/ Trump, we just moved on to the next scandal supplied by his admin. thru Twitter! It's a wonder we survived! Another 4 yrs of his lack of leadership, the world would disintegrate into regions instead of countries!
***What a mess in Tx.***
Texas s/b the poster child insignia dealing w/ state-wide insanity! They allowed Abbot a pass when over 700 people died during their last elec. crash w/ them lit. freezing to death while Sen. Cruz was on a beach somewhere south of the border! I hate to say it's Karma, but TX ripped off other states includ. my home @ the X Cal. overcharging for power! It took a couple decades, but they're paying a price; BIG X! Wow, the state can pass legis. to stop transgender students from participating in sports, but they can't get their act together to deal w/ this elec. grid situation! I have no words for these idiots! And they wonder why they couldn't pay me enough to work there! Was performing a project in Austin back in 2000! I couldn't stand it or the people! After 5 months I term. the contract & went back to Cal.!
***People say they hate USA, but then get angry @ USA when they talk about controlling immigration. WTF?***
This country was founded on hypocrisy! We constantly complain about immigration, but no laws are really passed dealing w/ situation! We say we don't want illegal aliens in the country, but they're counted on to pick produce & to do menial labor! On every other issue we've taken "both sides" from "wanting religious freedom" to enslaving others! We've been so consistent in our hypcrisy it's still accepted to believe men should run shit = if crazy; ala Trump over Clinton! It's been quite frustrating dealing w/ the 2 faces of this country for over 60 yrs! People from other lands are justified in giving us "the side eye!"
It seems like it was only yesterday Djokovic had just 5 Majors, well behind Fed's 17! Then he got to 12 & people started talking about him being the greatest already! At 16 some tried to think Fedal was putting it out reach w/ +tion of 3 & hoping Nole's run would cool! Now @ 19 & ready to overtake Fedal's 20, "can you hear the silence?" Wow! Hard to believe this is happening; esp. if a Fedal fan! They thought their rivalry'd define tennis for all X! This interloper's messing up their scenerio of >ness!
ReplyDelete***I think you could argue that Novak is (arguably) the GOAT b/c of Fedal, not despite them. He played 3rd-fiddle for a bunch of yrs, which drove him to work = harder. Meaning, finishing #3 3 yrs in a row prob. makes one very hungry to reach #1.
Similarly, part of Roger's prob. later on is that he wasn't really challenged during his peak yrs, except for Rafa on clay & the odd match here & there. ...So it created a kind of "coasting" quality that didn't w/stand the rising tides of Rafa & Novak.***
I posted similar feelings of Sampras! After 6 str. YE #1's, where was there to go winning a rec. 13 Majors? Pete was lucky to pick up that 14th after going 2+ yrs w/o winning anything! He was in a malaise of proportions never seen w/ a #1 outside of Connors hanging on for dear life closing in on 40!
***This Wimbl. QF was as unpleasant to watch as an open heart operation. The slip in the TB by Fed was almost slapstick stuff. This was never supposed to happen to him. Perhaps he'll not want to end his career right here, right now, w/ the taste of the bitterest bagel.***
Like anything in X "you had to expect" Fed to go out like this by his own hand! To come back again after non-play for 18 months, it was terribly ego-maniacal to think he'd make any kind of impression in this Wimbl.; esp. after that Halle performance! He s/b ashamed of himself & stop talking as if he can turn this around anyX soon! It pisses me off the > by fans who fuel this delusion!
***This has been ridiculously easy for Novak so far. No doubt he’s amazing, but I want someone to step up & challenge him b/c this is getting boring. Feels like I’m going to "zone out" of tennis a bit again like during his Novak-slam in '15-16.***
Believe me this can't be as easy as it looks! Djokovic works hard to make it seem that way prob.! People were already writing him off a month ago B4 def. Nadal on his beloved clay in Paris! Now the tide has turned & those same people are speaking of "inevitability!" Nothing's inevitable in tennis; esp. after Nadal being taken down on clay! Nole's getting closer to perfection & to have his own CYGS to match/compare to his Nole-Slam!
***Why will Fed be #3 behind Nadal & Djokovic? Your assumption is that Nadal'll overtake him. ...What's MORE likely is that Nadal'll NEVER win a slam.
He'll finish @ 20 as well.***
The H2H's in Nadal's favor BY A LOT! Rafa owns Roger on > if not all surfaces; esp. clay bageling him a few X's! You can't be the GOAT w/ 2 players who have your # can you? It had lit'l to nothing to do w/ age since Rafa & Nole were def. Roger in his PRIME back in the late 2000's! Rafa kept Roger from winning Paris & a Wimbledon & Nole held him off in Australia > of the X! Roger tech. should have > majors by way of avgs. w/ those 2, but it didn't happen! He's 3rd in a 3 man race! SORRY!
***So you have a prob. if Roger comes back from this loss @ Wimbl.?***
ReplyDeleteYep! He had his X & now all he's doing is taking a spot in a draw > likely! I'm sure the naysayers think it s/b his choice & the world wants to see him play forever! I'm not one of them! Periodically I had to let a player go; been doing it for over 40 yrs! First it was Borg, then Lendl, Sampras,& now it w/b Fed! IMO the longer he hangs on, the worse it looks! Connors did it; Rosewall too! Both idiots!
***Should Fed've retired on top of tennis in '12?
What has he gained in the last 9 yrs?
3 slams, 2 of them won vs non-Big 3
Some nice wins vs Nadal & > respectable H2H
What has he lost?
Numerous slam finals to the guy poised to take over his spot as GOAT. The 3 Wimbl. finals losses to Nole really hurt his legacy. We’ve seen ugly beat downs @ AO & USO & losses to scrubs.
Had Roger called it quits after '12 Wimbl., people would give him bene. of dbt. Now the “King of Grass” has won just 1 Wimbl. in the last 9 yrs.
Has Fed actually hurt his legacy by staying in the game?***
Been saying the same for yrs! Dropping that '12 OG to Murray prob. encouraged him to stay for another cycle! Fed truly lost a lot of luster IMO by hanging on & taking 5+ yrs to + 3 Majors which only delays the inevitable! All kinds of myths chb formulated if he had left in '12, but his ego wouldn't have it! He's believing his own LEGEND, but the #'s are falling out of his favor w/ only longevity recs his only redeeming legacy! Sounds crazy, but I believe it! He can't be the GOAT in any context w/ 2 rivals having winning recs over him!
***Fed helped his legacy in one way (won > slams, titles, > in late tennis age, beating Nadal few X's), but harmed it in another (losing from the 1st row GOAT race to Novak & poss. Rafa, losing X slams to Novak, incl. 40-15)... So, > titles, but losing GOAT aura from a 1st row...
I know it sounds crazy, but for his overall legacy it w/b better he retired as champion w/ GOAT aura & < titles. This way he won > titles, but was dethroned in live action in every possible way by Djokovic & poss. Nadal...
By staying on tour he mostly helped Novak legacy & I thank him a lot... W'14, W'15, W'19 & 40:15, USO'15, AO's... Crazy hostile atmospheres, crazy wins... Great memories... Thank you Roger...
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Both Berrettini & Hurkacz seem t/b serving bombs. That SF w/b like old X wimbl. matches.***
That's what's so concerning! Lucky Djokovic is a "return machine," but he can have a bad day; anyone can, esp. w/ so much riding on a win!
***Novak's game is consistency. Shapavolov has no pressure & w/b swinging away. however it'll not be enough to def. Novak. He's the type of person that you have to get into an alley brawl w/ & know that you may lose a few teeth to win the fight.***
***We can do a Herd of Bond-GOATS:
ReplyDeleteThe Holy Trinity...
Sean Connery: The Roger Federer of Bonds...just overall class & demeanor.
Roger Moore: The Rafa Nadal of Bonds...b/c nobody does it >er (on clay).
Daniel Craig: The Novak Djokovic of Bonds...(or anti-Novak, really, b/c he's humor<). The smolder & for taking the franchise to a new level.
Others...
George Lazenby: The Lleyton Hewitt of Bonds...b/c Australian, & b/c he was Bond (#1) in-btw greats.
Timothy Dalton: The Andy Murray of Bonds...a good effort, but not quite. M/b in a diff. era?
Pierce Brosnan: The Nalbandian of Bonds - great on paper, but...***
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Why shouldn't Djokovic actually improve on Fedal's recs since he started winning late, but taking majors in bunches to surpass them? Even Fedal wasn't this good @ 34 starting the season w/ 2 majors & in the running for a CYGS! Who's supposed to stop him? I'm sure the upsets will occur occasionally over the next few seasons, but not B4 Nole set recs unreachable by any standards; weak era or not!
***He prob. will in all honesty. Fed'll have his hands full in his next match & that leaves who exactly good in this tournament, Wimbl.? These are very easy X's for Djokovic now to munch up all the scraps w/ seriously poor comp., his other rival (Nadal) not = playing & a dude who w/b 40 in under a month.
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There are 2 X-Factors IMO; health & drive. The latter w/b there for Novak until both Fedal are safely in the rearview, despite what he might say. We all know that he really wants t/b the GOAT.
Health's a bit trickier though. Rafa has struggled w/ it his entire career; Roger during his 30s. After his layover, Roger came back in '17 @ his best level since @ least '12, when he was right there w/ Rafa & Novak. But he couldn't sustain it, prob. b/c of the nagging things that come up when you're that age. Rafa has been remarkably healthy, but also seems t/b losing a 1/2-step from '17-18.
Age finds everyone, = Novak. He might have >er luck--or training, or genetics > Roger & Rafa, but the basic fact of the matter is, the older you get, the harder it is to find your best level. Novak's defense is what makes him so hard to beat, & if he slows @ all, he might fall fast. We haven't seen it yet, but as Steve Miller said, "time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping...into the future..."
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In his career, Djokovic has played 27.8% of his matches vs Top 10 players, Fed 22.8% & Nadal 22.4%. Yet, Djokovic has the >est win rate vs the Top 10 at 69%. Meaning, not only has Djokovic faced > Top 10 players on avg., but he has also beaten them > often.***
OTTH, Djokovic also def. 31 "top 10" players in his rec. brk'n season of '15!
***See the thing is shouldn't those things = out over a long career? Isn't it likely that Djokovic faced just as many in form tough lower seeded players as Fed did given the large sample size? The diff. is we don't have to rely on hyping those players such as '08 Tsonga, '11 Tsonga, '14 Dimitrov, '15 Anderson, etc. to show that Djokovic had strong comp. b/c the comp. gen. speaks for itself.***
Knowing the longest & most sustained rivalries have been w/ Fedal, Djokovic's comp. can't be in ??; esp. since "The Big 3" seemed to make it to SF & finals all the X! Calling this a weak era's delusional as the 3 GOAT's went vs one another over 40-50 X's while in the past McEnroe/Borg are tied @ 7 tour wins apiece! How does that compare? Martina & Chris are the only rivals w/ > meetings @ 80; Martina 43-37!
***I don't trust next-gen'rs on grass & BO5***
ReplyDeleteIt's not their fault! This has been one of those freaky "eras of players" who really extended their reign longer > believed poss.! Fed actually turned pro in the late 90's, but didn't hit his stride for a few yrs w/ his only noteworthy accom. was upsetting Sampras in '02 Wimbl.! Each X you thought one of the Big 3 was slowing/brk'n down, they had a resurrgence! By '09 I thought Fed looked weak where he was "accommodated" > won much! He had lost '09 AO to Rafa, but Soderling saved him by upsetting Rafa @ FO! The upsets continued @ Wimbl. where Roger faced his personal pigeon in the final! Roddick prob. should've won, but for that high BH volley miss in the 2nd set TB! Fed was almost accommodated again when Del Po eviscerated Nadal in the SF of the USO! Fed had a lead, but blew it allowing Del Po to win in 5! I thought Fed had lost a step, but the NG just couldn't overcome his aura w/ some called the "lost gen;" Kei, Milos, Grigor! Fed's had 2 > resurrections around '12 & '17, but I think '19 Wimbl. final his last real highlight & this s/b "the end!" It's been embarrassing acting as if he's going to do something meaningful, but being schooled by Mannarino in the 1st Rd. of Wimbl.! People forget!
***...I can see Matteo becoming an all X great. The way he plays the game, he can adapt to all surfaces, but as you know, a lot depends on what goes on btw the ears.***
That's always been the case w/ NG'rs over the last decade or so! Plenty of players have ability to beat the "Big 3," but they haven't been very successful due to their own mental shortcomings & nerves! How many X's are Fedalovic on the ropes only to escape due to their opps collapsing both physcially & mentally w/ rampant UFE's, DF's, & ranting @ their teams in the stands? Djokovic was the > vulnerable @ 1 X allowing Murray & Wawrinka to steal a few of his chps, but it was a rare occurance; esp. for Fedal! I'd welcome the NG to exert itself & to start winning >! Taking a few Masters is only the beginning of the "changing of the guard!" They have to start winning majors; a lot > the 1 USO Thiem was gifted!
***Novak's in the same position that Laver & Borg were B4. Just one match away from completing the 3rd leg of the CGS. Let's see how both fared when playing the 21st match of the potential CYGS:
-Rod Laver: Wimbl.'69 - d Newcombe 6-4,5-7,6-4,6-4
-Björn Borg (1): USO'78 - Connors 4-6,2-6,2-6
-Björn Borg (2): USO'80 - McEnroe 6-7(4),1-6,7-6(5),7-5,4-6
-Novak Djokovic: Wimbl.'21 - plays v. Berrettini.
Djokovic & Borg reached the final of the CYGS 3rd leg while playing it in 3 diff. surfaces. The Swede played in an era where the AO was played as the final GS of the yr., so Björn 1st won RG, then WB & reached the USO final. Only the Aussie went out to win the final & then the 4th leg of the CYGS.***
***Tennis Mag. ranked Sampras as #1 in '05. I genuinely found it surprising how Laver gained in the rankings from '05 to '18 despite neither him nor Sampras playing a single tennis match in that per.***
ReplyDeleteWhen society ranks past accomplishments, it's > about opinion & those always change over X! I was ready to proclaim Sampras the BOAT/GOAT = w/o a FO final! Now that we've had 3 players surpass him w/ lit'l trouble, it's hard = keeping Pete in the top 10! He's obviously there, but his legacy has suffered w/ the successes of Fedalovic "zooming" past him in every catagory! The same happened w/ Laver, but looking back w/ new lenses, Rod's back ahead of Pete w/ his 2 CYGS's! Borg will always be up there due to his premature exit & unprecedented success in just 8 short yrs! We give him credit for continuing to win FO to this day! There was no one close to beating him in Paris outsde of old man Panatta!
***I don't think you can compare Laver to Sampras. Laver played 3 of his 4 slams on the grass while Sampras only played 1 of his 4 on the grass. Also, you gotta remember that things were diff. in the 90s, twas all about having the most majors. B/c of that, Sampras decided to give up on clay & focus on Wimbl. He wouldn't have done that had he known that RG was something that was going to hold him back 20 yrs after he retired. I just think you gotta say that Laver was the best player of his era (60s), Sampras was the best of his era (90s), Fed the best of his era (00s), & Djokovic's the best of his era (10s).
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Fed's prime was from WTF '03 to AO '10 w/ peak til AO '07. His game fell off a cliff after AO '10. The only X Novax beat Fed is AO '08 & = in that Fed was battling mono.
So Novax = just being 1 yr. younger than dull, didn't do shit in Fed's prime = after he had won his 1st slam in '08. So why should Fed fans give Novax any credit to what he did in Fed's post prime? Who cares?
Even in his post-prime, Fed beat peak Novak @ RG '11, was 2 MPs up @ USO '11, beat him @ Wimbl. '12 & beat him @ X tier 2 events in MS & WTF. This was the end of post-prime small racquet Fed.
Now come to large racquet Fed. Ok here is where Novak started owning Fed & = here Fed took Novak to 5 sets in Wim.'14, earned 20+ BPs @ USO '15, all but beat him in Wim '19.
I mean what > proof do you want that Fed is the >er player? Sure Novax has the #'s simply b/c there has been no ATG after '87 to stop the Novax charge like Fed had BOTH Nadal & Novax. It's really not complicated, it's actually pretty simple if you just watched the tennis & were part of the era.***