Other than another rescheduled , I think for Theim the stars seemed to be aligned this year. Should be at his physical peak, at last broke through to win a Major last year, been a finalist at Roland Garos twice. Personally I think he’s surpassed Novak on red clay .
Let's face it, it's everyone's goal in men's tennis. Beyond the Calendar Year Grand Slam, beating Nadal at RG has become the Holy Grail. Good luck to Thiem. Some day it will happen, unless Rafa retires first, but I don't see it happening this spring, if they do, in fact play the FO in 5 months.
Theim has only ever taken one set off Rafa at RG in a final....I can't see how that makes him a special to defeat Rafa at RG in 2021
The women's USO was a better tournament all-around, too. Thiem was never convincing in that fortnight. As one commentator put it, it only took for Roger to be out with injury, Rafa not defending due to pandemic and Novak to be DF'd out for Thiem to win a Major. Sorry, but that's true. He still has something to prove.
For me the mark of any player is not only to win a GS title it is if they can defend that title.....lets see if Theim can do that at this year's USO?
Please re read my statement. It should be his stated goal, and things are lined up so that’s the logical progress, as he’s not past his physical peak. Theim should be improving and the next step on red clay Is to best Nadal on red clay. Many may have that as a goal, but realistically it comes down to Theim, for now.
Better tournament how? Unless you meant the women are better players. The better players make better tournaments, anything else is bla bla bla. Thiem proved he can win a major because he did, if the big 3 ain’t there it’s on them.
Dont take me out on context.I never said women are better players than men to start with.I am not the only one that thought the quality of the mens final was not a 'high quality match' a lot of commentators happen to agree with me that the women's final was a better contested match.Let's see if Theim can defend his title at the USO this year
There is nothing more predictable than @Ricardo showing up if anyone dares to say that the women's game was more interesting than the men's. It's like saying Beetlejuice 3 times. I knew that would call him forth as we typed it.
I have no problem with that goal, either, and, as a Nadal fan, I will say it's a nod to the man's exceptionalism that he has a target on his back, since 2005. Tsitsipas has also come out as saying that he'd like to beat Rafa on clay...and he actually has, in Madrid. And he didn't even cite RG. @Jelenafan, I'm not arguing the point: they should all have that goal, and they do. Some have more of a chance than others, and Thiem seems to have the best, especially after Djokovic's performance in the recent final. Before that, everyone said Novak was the best chance to dethrone him. 100-2. Just sayin'....
A friend texted me and said he has been in a hotel room for most of the two weeks and has bad blistering on his hand? LOL! what the hell has he been doing.............
