Happy for Roger and my old folks taught me if you cant say something nice about someone (Mary C) for me than just stay quiet.
I dunno, no denying Fed’s gifts but that is such a subjective list, if he was the greatest all court player should have had more than a single French Open…yea I know Rafa is the GOAT on clay but we are talking greatest all around game….much as it pains me Novak IMO…
The "what if" case would have been even stronger if Fed left after the 2010 AO, his 16th slam (at age 28), after winning 4 of the previous 6 slams (one each: 2008 US Open, 2009 FO, 2009 Wimbledon, and 2010 AO). That was his true apex. After winning the 2010 AO, Fed waited 2.5 years to win 2012 Wimbledon, and never won again at the US Open or FO.Unfortunately, it's Roger's style pts. that keep elevating him unfairly above Djokovic! What's so sad is, it's continuing well past his retirement! He's in the HOF FGS! It would've been more credible if Fed had left after his 2012 Wimbledon win! The Tennis Intelligentsia could legitimately muse or hypothesize a "what if" scenerio even if & when Nadovic overtook his 17 Majors! IMO his ego wouldn't allow it! He went 5 1/2 yrs. to add those last 3 Majors, but he was run down for the overall lead anyway by Nadal & Djokovic! Sampras sat on his laurels for almost a decade before Roger took over w/ 15 Majors in 2009! IMO, Roger went at least 2 yrs. past his expiration date of 2019! His last real harrah outside The Laver Cup was dropping yet another Major final to Djokovic while holding MP's in 2019 Wimbledon event! I have to add Djokovic is about to achieve something no other player comes close to in owning 100 singles wins at each Major! That should have told people the most when deciding who's the overall GOAT on all surfaces!
The difference in number of French Opens between Djokovic and Federer is mainly due to the fact of who was forced to face prime Nadal (on clay) for most of his succesfull years. Djokovic could well end up with zero French Opens if he were one year older than Nadal. And, there is the ethernal "homogenization of surfaces" discussion. But it is true that lot of people say that Federer is the better all around player based on the *assumption* he would fare better across surfaces in a different era (what I think is completely true, to be honest).
Mad bastard? Mother Bucker? Man Bun 2 - The sequel (after Zverev) ?
Yeah I saw about Kyrgios but cocaine isn't performance enhancing at all for tennis so the likely punishment he'll get for this will be ridiculous cos they don't like him which is unjust. Haven't had much time for posting at all lately. Personally I think he's decent enough as a commentator so hopefully that goes in his favour as regards their decision cos it's hardly on par with actual cheats.
I think that the networks may shy away from him especially the mouse Disney ESPN .. It was obvious that he was on something.. Who knows Nick may out others..
It’s funny, I always thought Nadal would have ended up faring much better if he hadn’t been sandwiched between Federer & Djokovic.
