Grand Slam Australia Open - Day 14 - Tsitsipas v Djokovic

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Pretty good thanks. Just enjoying the tennis. Sad it is over now. How about you?

Yeah the tennis was binge watching for me. I’m going well thanks. Don’t log on much now…just here and there…

 

[Drummond]

Ask him some proper questions, my goodness.

 

[FreoRicci]

Rename it when he's won 64 Grand Slam titles. I'll wait.

He may have 10 Aussie singles title to his name but she still has 11. Again, I'll wait..

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

 

[BobbyMorri]

Wimbledon imo

Purely because very few know how to ply on grass (and there are very few grass events every year)

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

 

[samFFC]

Best he’s done in Australia is a 4th round. It’s not a US hard court

Day v night is different

 

[FreoRicci]

Would consider the AO the easiest of the slams to win if you were a top player?

Potentially. It depends on the fitness, coaching and physio team. Players are cooked by November. Alcaraz learned that the hard way

 

[SAweagle]

Ask him some proper questions, my goodness.

yeah like why didnt you take the jab?

 

[YeoShuey]

I hope the injury doesn’t hinder Alcaraz much. When healthy, he competes well with the best of them

 

[FreoRicci]

For me it was Kyrgios not getting surgery in October/November and preparing for this tournament. Idiot. Perfect run for him to win.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Day v night is different

Maybe though it would have made no difference this year

 

[LukeParkerno1]

For me it was Kyrgios not getting surgery in October/November and preparing for this tournament. Idiot. Perfect run for him to win.

Win? Come off it the bloke ain’t winning 7 matches to win a slam.

 

[Xtreme]

Maybe though it would have made no difference this year

Novak would have been hiding under the towel and crying. Novak and heat is a lot like Kark Stefanovic and Michael Clarkes relationship!

 

[FreoRicci]

Win? Come off it the bloke ain’t winning 7 matches to win a slam.

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.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Novak would have been hiding under the towel and crying. Novak and heat is a lot like Kark Stefanovic and Michael Clarkes relationship!

Few years ago maybe hasn’t been that bad lately

 

[LukeParkerno1]

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.

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

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I hope the injury doesn’t hinder Alcaraz much. When healthy, he competes well with the best of them

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

 

[Xtreme]

Few years ago maybe hasn’t been that bad lately

Just like Batman, he only plays at night.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Just like Batman, he only plays at night.

The GOAT plays in prime time.

 

[Xtreme]

The GOAT plays in prime time.

Oh please if you want to be the GOAT you need to play in all time slots

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

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

 

[YeoShuey]

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.

 

[mcgarnacle]

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

Back in the olden days, the Australian and US open were also played on grass

 

[mcgarnacle]

Novak would have been hiding under the towel and crying. Novak and heat is a lot like Kark Stefanovic and Michael Clarkes relationship!

Hypothetical much?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Oh please if you want to be the GOAT you need to play in all time slots

Fed rarely played during the day either

 

[LukeParkerno1]

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.

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