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Horatio

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36 isn't that old if you're healhy

Look at Garp in one piece (Djokovic) old yes but barely any physical decline

Whereas Whitebeard (Nadal) isn't healthy and it's taken a toll rather than it just being old age.

Being fully fit and injury free is much more important than what your age is.
Wow. You started One Piece.
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
:ROFLMAO: The only thing I don't like about Djokovic at the moment is the man is just piling on the slams in this weak era.

The slam count was reasonable up until 2018-2019 or so when Fed and Rafa (outside of RG) were still elite.

Since then, he has like 8-10 or so slams :lol:
 

Temptation

Well-known member
Why are you laughing so much?

Federer has a good amount of slams before the other 2 started shining.


Nadal has most of his slams on one surface.


That's what the game is.

It helps though when you're chasing a record down and know how many you need....
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
Why are you laughing so much?

Federer has a good amount of slams before the other 2 started shining.


Nadal has most of his slams on one surface.


That's what the game is.

It helps though when you're chasing a record down and know how many you need....

Nadal played both prime Federer and prime Djokovic for all of his career though, so that compensates for the 63% slams being clay. Actually, Djokovic is 59% HC slams and Federer is 55% HC slams.

Federer got a good amount before Nadal hit his prime, but it was like 6-7 (till 2006), not like full on running rough shot on weak players. He also had the misfortune of dealing with prime Djokovic after dealing with prime Nadal.

Djoko seems to have gotten the easy end of the stick between the 3 TBH (a large part due to his own longevity and mental fortitude). All I'm saying is that it's disgustingly easy these days for him.
 

Temptation

Well-known member
Nadal played both prime Federer and prime Djokovic for all of his career though, so that compensates for the 63% slams being clay. Actually, Djokovic is 59% HC slams and Federer is 55% HC slams.

Federer got a good amount before Nadal hit his prime, but it was like 6-7 (till 2006), not like full on running rough shot on weak players. He also had the misfortune of dealing with prime Djokovic after dealing with prime Nadal.

Djoko seems to have gotten the easy end of the stick between the 3 TBH (a large part due to his own longevity and mental fortitude). All I'm saying is that it's disgustingly easy these days for him.
There are 2 HC slams compared to 1 CC slam so you have to factor that into your calculations and inferences. Having 50 percent HC slams is a good division because that's 2 out of the 4 slams.


Djokovic and Federer have a nice spread of different slams. Ofcourse Nadal is miles better than anyone on clay and just wouldn't let others win there.
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
Djokovic looked like a bottler early on. The irrational hatred from the crowds really changed him completely.
He looked like a bottler early on because he was facing prime Nadal and Federer. Of course, he raised his game immensely but it's a little bit harder to stroll slams against 2 of the other Big 3 than these wastemen like Ruud.

And he'll reach at least 28-30 slams. I genuinely don't see anyone stopping him at AO, FO, Wimbledon until 2025. US Open is 3 way between him, Medvedev, and Alcaraz.
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
Federer - for near unstoppable, alien attacking tennis and raising the bar/setting the gauntlet. No one knew such levels were possible before him (outside of Sampras on grass).

Nadal - for showing the world Federer can be beaten and there can be another player on that level (this also helped Djokovic), in a time when Federer was absolutely demolishing the tour. Also best fighting spirit IMO having to win majority/ all of his slams during Federer and Djokovic's prime

Djokovic - inevitable and relentless. Greatest mental monster in the history of the sport. Would pick him to play a game for your life. Also most complete game (offense + defense) overall.
 

ThwiX

Best midfielder around
Ruud is just fucking embarrassing, man. I mean, I said he had no chance and would be crushed, but he still managed to embarrass himself. Still didn’t win a set against Djoko in his career.
 

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