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NNY, at the USO last year, Rafa had to grind from match to match – against Bashi, against Khachanov and then against Thiem- hence his knees gave way. At Acapulco this year, he had to grind against Kyrgios of all […]

Rafa didn’t play poorly but he also didn’t play well! He played well for a set at best, so it’s improvement over Barcelona because he didn’t lose in straight sets. Furthermore, Madrid played like it’s a hard cour […]

You forget, in Rome Fed has to grind more as it is slow clay. At Madrid, the court there plays like a hard court. Unless Fed could play like Tsitsipas did in that Madrid SF, but I doubt he could, because he’s m […]

My feelings exactly about playing at Acapulco, esp when he had some minor wrist issue and couldn’t train for five days before the tournament started. We don’t know whether playing at Acapulco really affected his […]

Er… I forget Berdych did it in 2010 Wimbledon, beating Fed in the QF and Djoko in the SF, but fell to Rafa in the final.

Stan did beat Djoko and Rafa at AO2014, though in QF and then in final, not exactly […]

Of course, but Tsitsipas made it even easier for him to play flawless tennis, offering not much resistance; made to run from left to right, and right to left!

As mentioned, it’s really hard to beat the ATG o […]

Roddick isn’t and wasn’t an ATG! You want to compare beating him to beating Djoko, when Djoko is a 15 times slam champion?

So what if Djoko wasn’t at his best in 2012? Rafa wasn’t at his best either in 2012, or even second half of 2011. It’s not like Djoko was playing so badly that he lost to anyone! He’s still winning his matches […]

Monfils has already gone out in R1.

Are you serious? Thiem may be tired by now, playing singles and doubles in Madrid, getting to SF in singles and final in doubles, after winning at Barcelona. Rafa is getting better and better whilst Thiem not so […]

True. What Rafa needs is match play and he’s improving tournament after tournament. All he needs now is to get back the consistency so that he’ll play more like that second set against Tsitsipas, consistently thr […]

I’m interested to see whether Djoko could make it B2B finals. It’s unlike in 2011, now that he’s eight years older. Perhaps, he may want to avoid meeting Rafa or whoever here and conserves his energy for the F […]

Interesting what Tsitsipas said about facing the three ATGs. He said beating Rafa in the SF probably made him a bit tired for the final, and Djoko’s incredible BH which made Tsitsipas ran all over the place was t […]

So, having to beat two ATGs back to back is too much to ask for, esp when you’re still a youngster. Thiem beat Fed but couldn’t beat Djoko next; Tsitsipas beat Rafa but couldn’t beat Djoko next.

It’s a tough […]

If anything, it’s those people in charged at Wimbledon or the AELTC who are the culprit for helping Djoko revive his career! Well, they’re always in favour of Fed, but by their stupid biased arrangements, ins […]

vmk1, don’t see why it’s best that Rafa only wins at RG while Djoko get to win at both Wimbledon and USO. If Rafa is fit and playing his best tennis, to me it’ll be best that Rafa wins all of them! He came close […]

Not comparing who’s more superior on clay between Fed and Djoko, but based on their results at the FO; also Fed had the misfortune of meeting a Rafa ( in his heydays on clay) so often at the FO. Fed almost u […]

But Djoko still lost some of his matches! It’s the aggressive play that Djoko feared most, he’s not going to lose to grinders when he can grind better than any one else.

I don’t think Djoko is more deserving to win the FO title than say Fed. Fed made five FO finals, losing four to Rafa, that means he’s stopped by Rafa only, in the final. Djoko reached four finals and had lost to […]

But he’s losing to non top ten players like Khachanov, Agut, Kohl and Medvedev this year! He’s just less consistent compared to his heydays.