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*Official* Tennis Thread
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Burgey
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Let's hope not. Suppose we have to wait a while. Maybe losing at Wimbledon has had a bigger mental effect on him than expected.Fed loses to Karlovic.
Fairly big result, is this slump terminal?
ohtani's jacket
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Nadal is the No.1 player in the world, but I never thought Federer would roll over so meekly.
headhunter
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Nadal breakes Hass to go 6-5 up in the second. Serving to become world no.1
Simon
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Doesn't Rafa have to win the tournament?
headhunter
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I may be wrong (and probably am) but I though I read some where that if he makes the quarters here he would become no.1
Hass breaks back though.
Hass breaks back though.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Yeah, to lead after this week. However, he will be world no 1 in two weeks regardless.
ohtani's jacket
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Faster capitulation of a champion player ever?
i am sure there are other instances, it's just that he reached such dizzying heights that the fall(no:1 to no:2 is considered as a fall for him!) that this decline just seems harder than others...
grecian
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Well, tennis is a fairly transient sport and hard to predict. Nadal may get to the top and lose motivation, it's happened before. yet your right in theory we could be in for a slightly grim few years, if Fed has gone and no-one else steps up.
The fact is with Fed though, he won three slams last year and he MAY never win one again, which would make ohtani's jacket comment relevant.
At the time I didn't think Wimbledon was that terrible for Roger, he ran Rafa close, and Nadal's hard court form as always been vastly inferior. Yet that was logical thinking which doesn't often have much to do with sport. The psychological effect on both players, so far, seems fairly conclusive.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Hmm, Fed is obviously a delight to watch, but tennis will only be significantly poorer if no talents step up (which is unfortunately likely to be the case).
Otherwise we could have unpredictability back into men's tennis, and whilst Fed's champion/dominant ways would be missed, a genuine pool of 5-6 players who could win a Grand Slam at any time would be awesome. Right now we only have 3.
nadal is a huge talent, so is djokovic....i mean feds has a grace and artistry about him that makes him "a delight to watch"...don't see that in any of the other top players....nadal's game is the very antithesis of grace and artistry and that's what i and a lot of fans will miss if/when someone else starts to dominate...
dontcloseyoureyes
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Yeah I agree with Anil here. I am enjoying seeing someone else win but no one in the modern era won as gracefully and as beautifully as Federer.