Moxie
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Oh, it's impressive, but I think you've lost sight of what is more important. You've spent so much time trying to convince certain posters that the Olympics means nothing that you've tipped over into the ridiculous. The MS is only 30 years old. They Olympics go back to ancient Greece. Everyone grows up dreaming of an Olympic medal. I will give you that tennis hasn't always been in the Olympics, (just off and on,) and it's not the biggest prize in tennis, as it is in other sports, but to dismiss it is patently ridiculous. Even the ATP lists it on the "Big Titles" race. No, no one in tennis would choose an Olympic medal over a Major, but did Djokovic state as his goal early in 2012 as "RG and Cincy?" No, he declared his two goals, after he'd won the AO as "RG and the Olympic Gold medal." Would he trade his Cincy titles for OG gold? I'm betting he would. When he lost first round in Rio to del Potro, he walked off the court in tears, and declared he was out of Cincy before he'd even finished blowing his nose, though Cincy was two weeks off, and he'd had yet to win it at that point. Does anyone think that, if it were so important to him that he'd have begged off so quickly before deciding if he were really fit enough to compete for it? If he even was hurt, he wasn't so hurt that he didn't make the final of the USO a few weeks later. It's not just a shiny bauble. It's a freaking Olympic Gold medal.Hands down the set of all masters is a FAR more impressive record. It's beyond silly to claim otherwise. Djokovic has won all the masters twice, no other player has even done that ONCE!
"He is the only male player to have won all nine of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, not only once but twice (no other male player has won all nine ATP 1000 events even once)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novak_Djokovic_career_statistics
Re the 2012 Olympics, maybe this might refresh people's memory around here:
"Federer clinched the first singles medal of his career Friday, rallying past Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 3-6, 7-6 (5), 19-17. At 4 hours, 26 minutes, it was the longest three-set men's match of the Open era" <---- Longest 3 set match of the open era and you don't think that affected the outcome. Please. It doesn't bother me one bit that Federer lost that match, he has plenty of far more important records, I merely replied to yet another dense post by Nadalfan2013 that the Olympics are apparently more important the the Tennis Masters Cup/WTF.
Also, the WTF/Tennis masters cup have been referred to as the 5th slam along with Indian Wells. Federer holds the record with 6 there, Djokovic 5. If Federer happened to win another 1 to make that 7 then that record may last a long time time. While he may prefer a gold medal, I can undoubtedly say winning another WTF against the top 8 players on tour would be a FAR better career title/achievement. Nadalfan2013 made yet another silly comment that apparently the players compared to the Olympics to a slam. Which would be better for Federer or Djokovic to win I wonder....another slam or the freakin' Olympics, LOL. That settles that then
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_Finals
And yes, I remember that that SF in 2012 was the longest 3-setter ever. But if Federer, at just shy of 31 couldn't make a match of it on grass due to being worn out, I'm not sure how he won 2 5-setters to win the AO in 2017, at 35, and don't give me that he had a day of rest in between. You can lay some of it down to fatigue, but he also got outplayed.