Did Del Potro Play The Greatest Tennis We Ever Saw?

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Maybe Tsonga was a one off wizard. Like Rios in Indian Wells and Miami in 98. Like Wawrinka for his three majors. Like Puig at the Olympics. Like Petr Korda. Goran at Wimbledon. Very possible.

 

[Andy22]

Djokovic winning all four slams at in a row 2015/16 most likely one of highest level of tennis ever seen.

 

[Busted]

Scoop Malinowski writes:

Busted, Delpo is not better but he can play a higher level of tennis only infrequently though. Delpo rarely hits his seventh gear but when he does he has shown he can blast Rafa, Fed, Djokovic off the court. That is what I'm saying. Kyrgios has that capacity too. When Kyrgios is at his best he can manhandle Fed, Rafa and Djokovic. When Kyrgios is not at his best, which is most of the time, he's closer to ordinary than extraordinary. That's the point I'm making.

Please point out to me the match where DelPo "blasted" Federer off the court. Kyrgios, too for that matter. "Blasted off the court" implies that he's outplayed to the point where the matches weren't close and had 6-1, 6-2 scorelines. Roger has never lost a match to DelPo where he didn't win at least 1 set. Has DelPo won some 6-2 and 6-3 sets? Yes. But "blasted" Roger off the court? NEVER. Not like...say...the 6,-3, 6-0, 6-0 beat down Roger put on DelPo at the 2009 AO. And we all know the 2 official times Roger's played Kyrgios each set was decided in a tie-breaker. 6 tie-break sets does NOT equal "blasting."

Similarly I checked the scores for Djokovic and he hasn't been "blasted" off the court either. He's only lost to DelPo 4 times in 18 matches - and one of those was a match he retired in. So this is just more "OTT hyperbole" where Federer and Djokovic are concerned. Nadal he has had a few easy matches against so I'll give you that one...but even then he's got a losing record of 5 to 9.

We all know DelPo can "blast" people off the court with his forehand but overall - he hasn't "blasted" Federer or Djokovic off the court for an entire match. I think I've seen all the Fed/DelPo matches and I certainly don't remember one where, start to finish, he took Roger to the woodshed.

 

[Busted]

Nadal won 3 Slams in a row in the some season, Federer, djokovic best seasons did not ever do that.

In Federer's best season he was 95-5 and won 2 titles and 3 Slams (was in all 4 finals). In Djokovic's best season he was 82-6, won 11 titles and 3 Slams (was in all 4 finals). In the year Nadal won 3 slams in a row he was 71-10, won 7 titles, 3 Slams (lost in the QF in the 4th)..Three Slams in a row? Great...but his overall season wasn't as good as the other two because they also won 3 slams. When you add them up - 3 is still 3 regardless of the order they came in. Everybody can spin numbers if they try hard enough.

 

[I.Haychew]

"Blasted off the court" implies that he's outplayed to the point where the matches weren't close and had 6-1, 6-2 scorelines.

No it doesn't. Federer let del Potro hang around in the 2009 US Open final and then del Potro "blasted" him off the court. Federer was overpowered, just as he was overpowered when he lost to Soderling at the 2010 French Open. Neither match was a blowout, but Federer was eventually overpowered/blasted off the court in both of them.

 

[Andy22]

No it doesn't. Federer let del Potro hang around in the 2009 US Open final and then del Potro "blasted" him off the court. Federer was overpowered, just as he was overpowered when he lost to Soderling at the 2010 French Open. Neither match was a blowout, but Federer was eventually overpowered/blasted off the court in both of them.

Please point out to me the match where DelPo "blasted" Federer off the court. Kyrgios, too for that matter. "Blasted off the court" implies that he's outplayed to the point where the matches weren't close and had 6-1, 6-2 scorelines. Roger has never lost a match to DelPo where he didn't win at least 1 set. Has DelPo won some 6-2 and 6-3 sets? Yes. But "blasted" Roger off the court? NEVER. Not like...say...the 6,-3, 6-0, 6-0 beat down Roger put on DelPo at the 2009 AO. And we all know the 2 official times Roger's played Kyrgios each set was decided in a tie-breaker. 6 tie-break sets does NOT equal "blasting."

Similarly I checked the scores for Djokovic and he hasn't been "blasted" off the court either. He's only lost to DelPo 4 times in 18 matches - and one of those was a match he retired in. So this is just more "OTT hyperbole" where Federer and Djokovic are concerned. Nadal he has had a few easy matches against so I'll give you that one...but even then he's got a losing record of 5 to 9.

We all know DelPo can "blast" people off the court with his forehand but overall - he hasn't "blasted" Federer or Djokovic off the court for an entire match. I think I've seen all the Fed/DelPo matches and I certainly don't remember one where, start to finish, he took Roger to the woodshed.

I agree but del potro has had some great against federer Even just last year.

 

[Andy22]

I think Rafael nadal RG last could be one of the most dominating event wins in history just lost 35 games for the whole event.