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US Open 2017 |OT| The One Where Everyone's Injured (Or Pregnant)
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Although I've thought we were in a golden era the last 10 years with Rafa, Fed and Djoker dominating, I can't help but think that the quality of the rest of the players is just so poor compared to previous generations.
Maybe these guys aren't as GOAT as we build them up to be.
Maybe these guys aren't as GOAT as we build them up to be.
Dimitrov being the highest seeded possible opponent in an entire quarter of the draw is a joke.
RedAssedApe
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Let's not get crazy now.
Congrats Rafa. He had a pretty easy ride to the title (first slam winner who hasn't encountered a top 10 in the draw) but he was there and in decent form when almost everyone wasn't, and that's a quality to celebrate.
Apart from the funny draw, it wasn't really a great slam. Didn't watch a lot of matches. Hope everyone works and comes back in form for the next slam season. Now on to the road to the Masters, which could be as surprising as this USO.
Apart from the funny draw, it wasn't really a great slam. Didn't watch a lot of matches. Hope everyone works and comes back in form for the next slam season. Now on to the road to the Masters, which could be as surprising as this USO.
AdventureRacing
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Before this year I was wondering if Nadal would come back at all let alone winning slams. Fed whilst he had been close I'd kind of given up on seeing him win another. To see them both come back and win 2 slams is incredible. To think how recently people were talking about Novak catching up and overtaking them both to become the GOAT.
Really looking forward to next year. Interested to see how Murray and Novak bounce back and whether or not Fed and Nadal remain competitive (thinking Nadal has at least 1 more French left in him maybe more).
Will we finally see a younger player step up and look to take the mantle from the big four. Right now it's hard to see it happening.
Edit: Crazy to think just how close Nadal was to winning 3 slams this year and how that would have effected the GOAT argument.
Really looking forward to next year. Interested to see how Murray and Novak bounce back and whether or not Fed and Nadal remain competitive (thinking Nadal has at least 1 more French left in him maybe more).
Will we finally see a younger player step up and look to take the mantle from the big four. Right now it's hard to see it happening.
Edit: Crazy to think just how close Nadal was to winning 3 slams this year and how that would have effected the GOAT argument.
Simply Sami
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The last three slams have been non events really.
Del Potro made stuff interesting. Sadly Sir Cunt had to ruin the draw as Federer would have deffo made the final on other side. It would have obviously been way more interesting than the final today.
Simply Sami
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It's hard to see any of the young players winning slams anytime soon. Zverev for me is massively overrated. He had his best chance to atleast make a semi but went out early like in all his slams this year.
If Murray and Djokovic are back in form. Then Zverev would have to atleast beat 3 of the big four to win a slam. Then you have Del Potro, Raonic and Stan. I can't see him realistically doing that. The only player who could step up is Kyrgios. But thankfully he isn't.
Yeah, there are a few good matches to save but globally it wasn't a stellar year. You have to wonder who would have won the slams if Nadal and Federer weren't this good at their ages.
CopperPuppy
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The Hamburglar
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😨
Shadowhelper
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Exactly the opposite.
The competition at the moment is really bad. But there was a time you had Soderling, Del Potro, Berdych, Ferrer, Roddick, Fernando Gonzalez, Verdasco, Almagro, tommy Haas, and bunch of very good French tennis players.
Not just because of the 4, and those guys didn't all perfectly crossover, but its because of the second string players as well, that made this generations truly the golden generation.
Bloody hell you must have put quite a bit down but it was easy money at the end of the day.
RedAssedApe
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maybe i just paid more attention back then, but just looking randomly at the rankings 10 or so years ago there were actually a lot more players in the mid-tier of players that I thought could potentially do damage at the slams.
still sad that safin got derailed so hard by injuries. he's only a few months older than roger. then again...players of that era peaked before 30 and dropped fast (outside of random outliers like Agassi)
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Deleted member 231381
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As we all know, in a competitive market, wages are equal to performance. Therefore, Djokovic has the most prize money of all time because he is the greatest player of all time. QED.
Recent increase in prize money.
I see no faults in this logic
Shadowhelper
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I agree. Safin is one of the most talented players in tennis history.
As a big man, with those ground strokes back then? Big men with good ground strokes with those strings is unheard of. And Safin hit it soooo clean.
He was more talented than any of the current big men. Back then, well a bit older Medvedev, couldn't hit a forehand, Ivanisevic groundstrokes really inconsistent and pretty much crap. Greg Rusedski, couldn't hit a top spin backhand.
With those older strings, you had to technically hit the ball correctly, and Safins grounstrokes were amazing. One of the my favorite players Safin.
Kotetsu534
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So here's to next year, where we wait to see if the unlikely challengers Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray can overthrow the Nadal/Federer duopoly at the top of the men's game. Hey, wait a minute...
RedAssedApe
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It's like groundhogs day for tennis 😂
The Hamburglar
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£2500.
it was in an accumulator for some Spanish football team game not to score over 5.5 goals too.
but yeah easy money lol.
Roger has 2 more in him? Nadal 3? Djoker 5? I just don't see any of those.
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