Talk About Tennis 2.0

SST and Bucsa just showed that doubles is a different game than singles. Beat a Czech pair who are both much better singles players .

Djokovic and Alcaraz played a 95-minute first set, with Djokovic saving eight break points and Alcaraz five before Djokovic ran off the last four points of the tiebreak.

Djokovic is the best tie-break player ever, it seems, Federer is #2, Nadal is #10.. statistically speaking..
Tiebreaks are mostly about mental strength,not game- after all, they happen only when both players are equally matched .

Gill Gross thinks that all "Big 3" records will be broken relatively soon. He has some logical things to say about why he thinks this. But at the moment it is hard to believe. Novak really won everything there is to win. And both Federer and Nadal are not far behind him. Nonetheless he is clearly and indisputably the Greatest Of All Times.

That is a pretty outrageous statement. To begin with, all "Big 3" records really means Novak's records. Sure, Nadal has the record at RG, Roger has it at W, but everything else is Novak's.
And to believe that relatively soon somebody will get to 25 slams (assuming Novak is done winning, and that is a big assumption) or somebody will be #1 for 429 weeks, is a big stretch.
About Novak being the GOAT. The case was close a while back. This is just a reminder. Enjoy this (to his fans).

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2024 8:45 pm

Although I am no Errani fan be any measure, she is a fine doubles player. I'm glad that the Italians got the gold.

When discussing Steffi/Serena, nobody mentions Diede de Groot and nobody adds extra clarifications that Serena or Steffi is the best female player "with two functioning legs". On the other hand, when discissing Novak... you saw what is happening (every cr*ppy woke commentator is quick to point out that he is the best MALE player).
I don't think it is fair at all. Put any top 200 male player in WTA and we all know what will happen. But put regular WTA player in a wheelchair and make her compete in this league - I'm not so sure...

mick1303 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 7:54 am When discussing Steffi/Serena, nobody mentions Diede de Groot and nobody adds extra clarifications that Serena or Steffi is the best female player "with two functioning legs". On the other hand, when discissing Novak... you saw what is happening (every cr*ppy woke commentator is quick to point out that he is the best MALE player).
I don't think it is fair at all. Put any top 200 male player in WTA and we all know what will happen. But put regular WTA player in a wheelchair and make her compete in this league - I'm not so sure...

It is not because it is Novak. Every time somebody mentions that Andy Roddick is the last US player to win a slam, even when clearly discussing the ATP, somebody has to mention that he is the last MAN to do so, in the ATP circuit. Same for Hewitt.

Fair assessment.
He is #1, but he is not currently the best. I would say.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2024 3:15 pm Fair assessment.
He is #1, but he is not currently the best. I would say.

He and Carlos were neck and neck going into the French, then Carlos and Novak overshadowed him over the summer. Sinner has been a little quiet since early May with injury or illness forcing him out of Rome and the Olympics, and it's easy to forget that he's 42-4 for the season, with those losses coming to Alcaraz (three sets at IW, five at RG), Medvedev (QF Wimbledon), and Tsitsipas (Monte Carlo). Sinner has titles on hard court, clay and grass this season.

He'll be a hot story line in Canada and Cincy. Maybe gearing down for a few weeks helped him refresh.

Perfect analysis. But Alcaraz right now is a bit better. Let's see how the hard courts help Jannick.