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Grand Slam Australia Open - Day 14 - Tsitsipas v Djokovic
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Ha. Please. Novak just distracted everyone from Margaret Court this year.
Just wait for her to come up with another viewpoint that’ll shock the masses
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I reckon it depends on the surface and era.
Back in the olden days, Wimbledon and the French would have been the hardest. The big serve and volley guys and the clay specialists made them very hard. And the Australian was irrelevant.
Wimbledon now is a lot easier for the older players, as they just don't play much grass nowadays. Nadal has changed clayed forever(by killing everyone's chance at a GS) and there are a lot of hardcourts now on the court.
I feel the Australian Open is the easiest one to win if you prepare for it. Agassi won most of his titles here, despite not playing here until the mid-1990s. The reason, he prepared massively in the heat and trained in the off-season to peak at the AO. Who could forget Verdasco and Dimitrov peaking at the Aus Open and almost beating Rafa in the semis based on a great off-season. The US is sometimes the title of who got the fresher legs at the end of the season. It is why we see so many upsets there. For a great player, that hurts your chances. Thats my theory
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Potentially. It depends on the fitness, coaching and physio team. Players are cooked by November. Alcaraz learned that the hard way
yeah like why didnt you take the jab?
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I hope the injury doesn’t hinder Alcaraz much. When healthy, he competes well with the best of them
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Maybe though it would have made no difference this year
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Win? Come off it the bloke ain’t winning 7 matches to win a slam.
Novak would have been hiding under the towel and crying. Novak and heat is a lot like Kark Stefanovic and Michael Clarkes relationship!
The run was probably about as favourable as it come. Can you really say he wouldn’t have been able to knock off the players Novak or Stefanos did? Tsitsipas had Khach, Lechecka, Sinner before Novak.
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Few years ago maybe hasn’t been that bad lately
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Nick was on Novak’s side and had Rune in the 3rd round. Even if he got through that and that’s an IF he wouldn’t have beaten Novak. That’s if he didn’t flop first or second round
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Agree the last I’ve heard he is aiming to be back for the US tournament in a month. I haven’t checked in the last couple of weeks
Just like Batman, he only plays at night.
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The GOAT plays in prime time.
Oh please if you want to be the GOAT you need to play in all time slots
Rafa dosen't seem to mind reckon Fed too
Novak will end up in being the goat but i would always hold Rafa and Fed higher in how they carry them selves
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I wouldn’t discount Djokovic winning the French Open either if he decides to play. Alcaraz probably the favourite for it especially if Nadal is inconsistent like in the AO.
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Back in the olden days, the Australian and US open were also played on grass
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Hypothetical much?
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Fed rarely played during the day either
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Tsispas would be favourite in that case very good clay courter, you have Ruud too. Not sure Alcatraz is as good outside the US courts yet he’ll get there but he’s so young
