Novak Djokovic

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Djokovic warming up for his match

Current ranking: 1

Last result: Banja Luka quarterfinals (lost to Dusan Lajovic)

Next tournament: Rome Masters

31 Comments on Novak Djokovic

  1. I never even HEARD of the ITF World Champion until today so I looked it up.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITF_World_Champions

    This mismatch had happened a total of five times since 1978…

    “The International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) choices for men’s singles have been generally approved by tennis fans and the tennis media except in 1990 when the designation of Ivan Lendl was strongly criticized by those who claimed that the ITF was punishing Stefan Edberg for criticizing the Grand Slam Cup.[2] That year, the Association of Tennis Professionals named Edberg its “Player of The Year”, in accordance with its computer ranking system, and Tennis Magazine (France) ranked Edberg first, Andre Agassi second, and Lendl third. Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings, usually with less controversy, are 1978 (Jimmy Connors), 1982 (John McEnroe), 1989 (Lendl) and 2013 (Rafael Nadal).

    #WhoCares
    #MuchAdo

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  2. I used to be a petrol-head i.e. an avid Formual 1 fan and my fandom coincided with Michael Schumi’s dominance in the sport. The powers that be decided that Schumi’s dominance was turning fans off and so they came up with an idea to hamstring him: they altered the scoring system so that it rewarded consistency rather than outright wins. I turned my back on Formula 1.

    The irony is that, Formula I’s shenanigans made the situation worse as witnessed by Vettel’s current domination and the declining viewership numbers.

    I am not suggesting this is the case with the ITF and its criteria. My point is that rewarding consistency over outright wins is a travesty and only exposes the sport, and the governing bodies, to ridicule. Coming second is not being a champion, it’s being second.

    After coming short 3 times in Slams in 2013, Novak is on record as saying he was disappointed with his Slam performances but lo and behold, the ITF says no, you did mighty fine, Nole! So, Novak should be very, very pleased with his 2013. He only needs to repeat it to be crowned World Champion!

    #Piffle

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  3. This from a poster named @evan2K on tennis.com:

    “This is equivalent of naming a champion team in soccer the team that played the most tournaments instead of the team that won the most games. It’s unfair for Nadal”

    Ting.

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  4. As for consistency in 2013, Djoko is far behind Rafa!
    Rafa:
    ¤ titles – 10
    ¤ runner-up – 4
    ¤ SF – 2
    ¤ lost in the opening round – 1

    Djoko:
    ¤ titles – 7
    ¤ runner-up – 2
    ¤ SF – 3
    ¤ QF – 2
    ¤ R4 – 1
    ¤ lost in the opening round – 1

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  7. I don’t think Becker is going to help Djoker the way that Lendl helped Murray. I only know Becker these days as a tennis commentator and he’s not good at all. They sometimes have him on the tennis channel and he never says anything particularly insightful during a match. In fact, he hardly has much to say at all.

    I am playing catch up with all of the news and comments here. I don’t understand the ITF picking Djoker as its World Champion.

    I really wish there were some of the real Djoker fans from TT who were here posting. I would love to know their thoughts on Djoker picking Becker as his new coach.

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  8. Kanye Says:

    Yo Novak, ITF say you had the best year an’ all an’ Imma let you finish but, Rafa had one of the best seasons of all time!!!!

    Vamos and Feliz Navidad!!!

    #GOAT

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  9. This year’s ITF award is the most embarrassing award of all the time. It’s the ITF Loser of the Year award. 🙂 Djoko didn’t win the title at 4 of 5 ITF events he entered!
    The ITF events are: 4 GS tournaments and Davis Cup. At GS tournaments, Djoko lost twice to Rafa and once – to A.Murray. In the Davis Cup final, Czech defeated Serbia.

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  10. Here’s what an honest, un-abashed Nole fan thinks of the ITF decision:

    RT @juanjosetennis: “Also, the ITF’s decision to pick Djokovic over Nadal as their “World Champion” is unjustifiable buffoonery.”

    My worry is these are the folks in charge of Davis Cup. No wonder Davis Cup continues to wallow in the periphery……..

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  11. That really is an embarrassment on the part of the ITF. They should be ashamed because according to what augusta posted Djoker didn’t even win most of their tournaments!

    Just absolutely outrageous in light of the year Rafa had.

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  12. No one has ever heard of this award and it never shows on a player’s career statistics, resume, legacy or what ever you want to call it.

    TBH, I couldn’t care less but even if I don’t agree with it, there is an argument for Nole.

    If they are prioritizing ITF results (which they are), then if the only criteria is number of major titles won, it is cut and dry for Rafa but, not unlike the ATP No. 1, it’s not just about titles.

    Rafa came very close and could have easily finished ATP No. 2 even with his two majors and leading Masters titles so it can happen at the ATP level too.

    It’s also not the first time it has happened even if it hasn’t happened since 1990 when Ivan Lentils won it at No. 3 in the world.

    Rafa played a single match in DC and Nole played the whole year going undefeated. Just like Rafa accumulated the most points to finish ATP No. 1 in the world, Nole accumulated the most points in ITF events.

    It’s a small forgettable award that Nole would trade in a heartbeat for any of Nadal’s many titles and awards this year.

    Simply not worth it.

    Congrats Nole.

    #MovinOn

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    • So what is your point? That Djoker deserved it, but in the end it really doesn’t matter? I don’t get it. It’s like trying to have it both ways.

      I didn’t bring it up, but I certainly think it’s fair to take issue with it. That’s the point of having a discussion.

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    • Ehmm………..too much information, Djoker. You announced the engagement and the normal thing is to assume that will be followed by nuptials. So, just do it already………….quietly, I dare you!

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      • ^^^^^Tee Hee.
        My bet it will be staged on the scale of a Royal Wedding – probably with a public holiday too boot. I still want to know why he ducked out of playing Davis Cup………….was he frightened to face Wawrinka do you think?

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      • ed251137, I honestly think he calculated that, without Troicki and Tipsy, he would have had to play three rubbers to have any chance of winning the tie, even before Fed’s last minute decision to play. Berdy can do that for the Czechs because he doesn’t reach the finals of each and every tourny as regularly as Rafa, Nole, Muzza do. Just too much to do especially in a year he has set his sights on re-claiming the #1 ranking, not to mention chasing the RG holy grail……again.

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