Carol35 said:
Riotbeard said:
I actually agree with pretty much everything Kieran has said. I don't buy the Novak is a one-eyed king bs. You can't blame the king because his subjects are weak. That being said Novak has run the table through a combination of great tennis and weak competition. That is why 2011 will always be the superior year, even if he got six masters and the WTF this year (a real possibility), Nole hasn't played as well consistently, but for the most part the tour hasn't forced him to. There is no reason I can see for Novak to raise his game. He is dominant as is, without mentally straining. This year will never look as impressive, because there was no Rafa there pushing him to new heights. I believe the F.O. final was all about Stan. Could Novak have played a little better? Maybe, but I am not really convinced. He should have been more aggressive throughout the match, but that's a combination of poor tactics and easier said than done. I think Stan played a jaw-dropping match, and to say anything else is foolish.
That being said, if you want to take anything away from Novak, because his competition is subpar (Kieran has not done this, Carol a little bit IMO), it's pretty unfair and silly.
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Not, I don't, I just say that Federer is not playing his best anymore, Murray and Berdych a lime and
sand, Tsonga worse than years before and Nadal......no comments though he is improving but still not close of his best. It's not unfair and silly, it's a real fact . Of course Novak is playing his best, no doubts about it and also Wawrinka
Again, Carol, your analysis is inconsistent and hypocritical. Federer is playing better than he has since 2012---did you watch the US OPEN final (as I've asked 3x today)? Andy lost to Novak in Australia, but
took him to 5 sets at the French and beat him at Montreal. Roger beat Novak in Cincinnati. Stan has played great at times too (including of course the French). The only past contender who is NOT playing well is Nadal---and we are WELL past the injury excuses. Because Nadal isn't playing well, does that mean that the field is weak? Nope. It does mean that there is less competition than if Nadal WERE playing well, but that could be said about other players as well, or if some of the "young guns" had already stepped up, etc. You also didn't answer my question about Nadal in 2010 and 2013---was he only beating very strong players in every tournament? Nope. Players can only beat their opponents as presented, not some hypothetical opponents. In summary: 1)Novak is playing great tennis and dominating the tour by-in-large; 2) Rafa is playing poorly this year, especially based on historical
standards; 3)Roger has re-tooled his game to be more aggressive, has gotten to two slam finals (which no one else has done in 2015 except Novak) and challenges Novak regularly; 4)Andy is getting more aggressive and has come back nicely from his surgery, but still loses to Novak regularly because, well, Novak is generally better than he. 5)Stan has played superb tennis at times and sometimes not, and can also challenge Novak. 6)The younger generation (18-20 year olds) have not come of age, and the Raonic/Nishi etc. generation have underperformed by-in-large. Plenty of competition out there on the tour--some times stronger than others. Again, just because RAFA is not playing well doesn't mean that the tour presents no competition.
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