Post by bobOn Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:44:08 -0500 (EST), PeteWasLucky
else it's curtains. That's why IMO having a strategist isn't likely to change the pattern. Maybe the money is better spent on a top sports psychologist.granted we've had a big 3 for 15 yrs. but IMO we're on the cusp of just a big 1, and 3 new "little 3s" aboutto catch him, eventually.bob
I don't see anything has changed. Let's see, the last slams
Federer played, he was in the FO sf, AO sf, a point away to win
Wimbledon.
Nadal also has been Nadal.
the tsitsipas defeat is a signal to me that nadal's teetering on that
place where he may win FO, but nothing else. hope i'm wrong, but
that's how i see it.
Yeah that Tsitsipas loss was puzzling. Rafa won 1st 2 sets easily 63 62
& only lost 1 point on serve in 6 service games in 3rd set. He did
everything but win in straights. 2 missed overheads in t/b sealed the
deal (he pretty much never misses an overhead), & then Tsi started to
play much better and got stronger while Rafa slowed down a lot.
Post by bobdjok struggled some in AO until crunch time.
Djoker is simply a mental beast. You have to admire a guy who stares it
in the face like that & somehow wills himself to play his A grade stuff
when required, muscle tear or no. Just legendary stuff & we have to bow
to it. many lesser players just look for an excuse to pull out. That
Wimbledon 2019 win over Fed has made Djoker feel like he can win from
any position. He believes it, so it happens.
Post by bobroger's what, 40, and hasn't played in anything meaningful in a long
time plus surgery.
i think that time is very very near, if not already happening.
bob
Roger is getting very old & is short of matchplay. How far can talent &
a good draw take him? He can still pull off 1 more Wimbledon, but will
take a minor miracle.
If you looked closely at Rafa in the 3rd set TB, his face was flush red and he was sweating profusely. He did not look good. If I looked like that I'd be taking a timeout.