who the fuck watches men's tennis? It's so boring as fuck. Think about this. The big three have 60 grand slams total. That's full 15 years worth.
But can you really count it? Yes, it counts, but he wasn't up against Federer or Nadal, Nadal's knees get fucked up on hard courts anyways. So most likely would have been Fed vs Djoker. We will see if anybody can step up and take the Serbian out. Only a few have done it in majors and they are not there this time. Wow, Russian tanks just took it to Serbia's ass!Djokovic basically on the cusp of becoming the undisputed greatest of all time, can cap off the year with a Grand Slam and take over the lead in Major wins at the same time with a victory at the US Open.
But can you really count it? Yes, it counts, but he wasn't up against Federer or Nadal, Nadal's knees get fucked up on hard courts anyways. So most likely would have been Fed vs Djoker. We will see if anybody can step up and take the Serbian out. Only a few have done it in majors and they are not there this time. Wow, Russian tanks just took it to Serbia's ass!
A title is a title is a title. You can only beat the people that are on the other side of the net and it's futile to try and estimate how unfavorable or unfavorable circumstances were. A draw that opens up can mean facing a journeyman on a hot streak and also comes with an added burden of expectation (a good example of this is Nadal losing to Soderling at the French and right after Djokovic getting ousted by Kolhschreiber and Federer barely escaping his match against Haas), hot weather that suits some play styles can also wear the players down, having a walk over one round can mess with the rhythm players find through a tournament, etc.
In these times of COVID, what could be argued though is things like "weeks at N°1" when you have frozen rankings, canceled events, ranking over the past two years instead of one, etc.
When discussing who is the GOAT, I also feel like it's more than a matter of stats. It's a matter of esthetics and philosophy. Djokovic is probably the best ever at not losing, but, for my money, that does not make him the GOAT, even if he win another 5 Slams (which seems very unlikely considering what we saw today - in case you missed it, he liquefied facing an unflappable Mevedev and lost in three sets).
Also, I will not debate you on Tennis, you are the tennis Guru on this site. Never played Tennis but I do enjoy watching it. Obviously, it is better when you are rooting for a specific person.A title is a title is a title. You can only beat the people that are on the other side of the net and it's futile to try and estimate how unfavorable or unfavorable circumstances were. A draw that opens up can mean facing a journeyman on a hot streak and also comes with an added burden of expectation (a good example of this is Nadal losing to Soderling at the French and right after Djokovic getting ousted by Kolhschreiber and Federer barely escaping his match against Haas), hot weather that suits some play styles can also wear the players down, having a walk over one round can mess with the rhythm players find through a tournament, etc.
In these times of COVID, what could be argued though is things like "weeks at N°1" when you have frozen rankings, canceled events, ranking over the past two years instead of one, etc.
When discussing who is the GOAT, I also feel like it's more than a matter of stats. It's a matter of esthetics and philosophy. Djokovic is probably the best ever at not losing, but, for my money, that does not make him the GOAT, even if he win another 5 Slams (which seems very unlikely considering what we saw today - in case you missed it, he liquefied facing an unflappable Mevedev and lost in three sets).
i"m sure the same faggot is probably happy Russian players are banned from wimbledon.The guy on the bike next to me at physical therapy this morning was talking how happy he was that Djokovic lost. Happy because of COVID. "He deserves it"