Nitto ATP Finals 2022, Turin, Italy

[MargaretMcAleer]

I had to laugh out loud today listening to the Young Greek's presser after his loss to Rublev,
He said he thought he was the better player, he has more variety, though Rublev prevailed with the few tools he had???
Gee it reminds me of players that have lost and thought they were the better player, not naming names though

 

[Fiero425]

Sort of random stat that I can't quote: before the end of the match today, I heard the commie say that if Rublev came back to win the match, which he did, he'd be tied for the most wins on the year coming back from a set down. I don't even know how to google that.

But as to his 12 titles, as I mentioned to you on another thread, David Nalbandian only ever won 11 titles, and he's considered one of the great also-rans. (Great under-achiever, too, but you get the point.) And Rublev just turned 25.

Nalbandian was quite dangerous and surprisingly effective in defeating some of the best players in the world! He made a Wimbledon final in 2002 & beat Federer in the YEC final in 5 sets! Roger was supposedly hurt, but he was up 2 sets to love when David charged and stole the title in 2005! He was good enough and crazy enough to be DQ'd at 2012 Queens final after injuring an official by kicking his chair! That gave the champ. to Cilic who was totally out of the match! Nalbandian was a good and versatile player!

 

[Moxie]

Nalbandian was quite dangerous and surprisingly effective in defeating some of the best players in the world! He made a Wimbledon final in 2002 & beat Federer in the YEC final in 5 sets! Roger was supposedly hurt, but he was up 2 sets to love when David charged and stole the title in 2005! He was good enough and crazy enough to be DQ'd at 2012 Queens final after injuring an official by kicking his chair! That gave the champ. to Cilic who was totally out of the match! Nalbandian was a good and versatile player!

Everyone here, I think, knows what a (potentially) great player Nalbandian was. But his highlights fit on a postage stamp. Weak head. Distracted by the trappings of fame, such as fast cars.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Everyone here, I think, knows what a (potentially) great player Nalbandian was. But his highlights fit on a postage stamp. Weak head. Distracted by the trappings of fame, such as fast cars.

Also loved his food too much Moxie

 

[Moxie]

I had to laugh out loud today listening to the Young Greek's presser after his loss to Rublev,
He said he thought he was the better player, he has more variety, though Rublev prevailed with the few tools he had???
Gee it reminds me of players that have lost and thought they were the better player, not naming names though

Let's face it: at least Tsitsipas WAS in control of the first set +. But to flat out say you were the better player, on a day you lost? OMG, if I hadn't already started hating on Stefanos, I am well over him now. Quote: "He prevailed with the few tools that he has." Speaking of "tools." What a jerk!

And I'm not beyond naming names, anyway. But it seems most of the clips have been taken down of Novak saying he was "in control" of his 2006 match v. Nadal at RG, until he retired 2 sets and a break down. So I can't give you a short one. This clip includes highlights of the match, which has a lot of fun stuff in there, (worth watching...you can see early Djokovic pandering to the French crowd before the match, literally, in the pre-match interview. You can also see for yourself who was in control of that match.) But just go to minute 18'20", for the pressers. Hilarious.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Let's face it: at least Tsitsipas WAS in control of the first set +. But to flat out say you were the better player, on a day you lost? OMG, if I hadn't already started hating on Stefanos, I am well over him now. Quote: "He prevailed with the few tools that he has." Speaking of "tools." What a jerk!

And I'm not beyond naming names, anyway. But it seems most of the clips have been taken down of Novak saying he was "in control" of his 2006 match v. Nadal at RG, until he retired 2 sets and a break down. So I can't give you a short one. This clip includes highlights of the match, which has a lot of fun stuff in there, (worth watching...you can see early Djokovic pandering to the French crowd before the match, literally, in the pre-match interview. You can also see for yourself who was in control of that match.) But just go to minute 18'20", for the pressers. Hilarious.

The Young Greek is ' A Complete Tool".....yes I remember that match thanks for the memories

 

[Moxie]

Also loved his food too much Moxie

OMG, I forgot about that. I told a colleague of mine when I was working in Argentina, where he was known as King David, that we referred to him as Fat Dave. She laughed really hard at that, bless her.

 

[Moxie]

Djokovic said he felt ill in his match v. Medvedev, but confirms that he was in it to win it for the head space over one of his "biggest rivals:"

Novak Djokovic overcomes shaking and struggles to down Daniil Medvedev in epic ATP Finals clash - Eurosport

Novak Djokovic somehow overcome visible struggles in a gruelling encounter with Daniil Medvedev as he preserved his unbeaten record at the 2022 ATP Finals.

www.eurosport.com

 

[don_fabio]

Let's face it: at least Tsitsipas WAS in control of the first set +. But to flat out say you were the better player, on a day you lost? OMG, if I hadn't already started hating on Stefanos, I am well over him now. Quote: "He prevailed with the few tools that he has." Speaking of "tools." What a jerk!

And I'm not beyond naming names, anyway. But it seems most of the clips have been taken down of Novak saying he was "in control" of his 2006 match v. Nadal at RG, until he retired 2 sets and a break down. So I can't give you a short one. This clip includes highlights of the match, which has a lot of fun stuff in there, (worth watching...you can see early Djokovic pandering to the French crowd before the match, literally, in the pre-match interview. You can also see for yourself who was in control of that match.) But just go to minute 18'20", for the pressers. Hilarious.

This is funny, thanks for posting. Novak probably felt he was competitive enough and then wrongly gauged what he had to tell to the press later. We can forgive him as he was only 19. One can say he also felt entitled for something in that stage of his career, but he realised he had to improve a lot to achieve his goals.

Unfortunately for the Stephanos, he is not that young anymore to be saying stupid things and time and time again he doesn't admit that his game is weak and that the problem is in him.

 

[Kieran]

I had to laugh out loud today listening to the Young Greek's presser after his loss to Rublev,
He said he thought he was the better player, he has more variety, though Rublev prevailed with the few tools he had???
Gee it reminds me of players that have lost and thought they were the better player, not naming names though

He’s always a crybaby. He really needs help in all areas of his game. He’s too scared to stand up to daddy and tell him to go, so he belts tennis balls at him. When his opponent wins, he says some BS. I think he said someone similar about another player who beat him.

Reminds me of when Roger called Rafa “one dimensional.” It was almost a cry for help….

 

[Jelenafan]

He’s always a crybaby. He really needs help in all areas of his game. He’s too scared to stand up to daddy and tell him to go, so he belts tennis balls at him. When his opponent wins, he says some BS. I think he said someone similar about another player who beat him.

Reminds me of when Roger called Rafa “one dimensional.” It was almost a cry for help….

At Indian Wells when the Crown Prince lost to Jenson Brooksby he shaded the Sacramento boy something fierce. OK, I’ll grant you if you’ve seen Brooksby play it’s a weird unorthodox game he has. However Tsitsipas doubled down after saying he did not see any remarkable skills Brooksby had, almost with disdain saying Brooksby was consistent ; when prompted if there was anything about his game that surprised him, the response was:

“The amount of net cords he hit, was able to bring into the other side of the court, that's for sure.”

What can one say but that’s Stefano…

 

[Kieran]

At Indian Wells when the Crown Prince lost to Jenson Brooksby he shaded the Sacramento boy something fierce. OK, I’ll grant you if you’ve seen Brooksby play it’s a weird unorthodox game he has. However Tsitsipas doubled down after saying he did not see any remarkable skills Brooksby had, almost with disdain saying Brooksby was consistent ; when prompted if there was anything about his game that surprised him, the response was:

“The amount of net cords he hit, was able to bring into the other side of the court, that's for sure.”

What can one say but that’s Stefano…

Yeah he really is the most smackable baby, very irritating. I thought when he first arrived on the scene he might be my favourite after Rafa goes, but I find him impossible to watch now…

 

[kskate2]

Almost bizarre to see Djoke not serving first. He almost always wins the toss.

 

[kskate2]

At Indian Wells when the Crown Prince lost to Jenson Brooksby he shaded the Sacramento boy something fierce. OK, I’ll grant you if you’ve seen Brooksby play it’s a weird unorthodox game he has. However Tsitsipas doubled down after saying he did not see any remarkable skills Brooksby had, almost with disdain saying Brooksby was consistent ; when prompted if there was anything about his game that surprised him, the response was:

“The amount of net cords he hit, was able to bring into the other side of the court, that's for sure.”

What can one say but that’s Stefano…

There is absolutely no reason for him to be that arrogant. He's good, but he ain't great. He's not the 2nd coming of RF no matter how much he believes it.

 

[Tennis_Steve]

Taylor! That is 'not' the way

Attack attack attack

 

[kskate2]

Taylor! That is 'not' the way

Attack attack attack

It's hard to attack when you're still on your knees in worship. It's what I say about Matteo.

 

[Kieran]

He almost always wins the toss.

Because he dopes!

 

[kskate2]

I wish Brett Haber would shut up. His mouth runs a mile a minute w/ mindless chatter.

 

[Front242]

I give Fritz a tiny snowball's chance in Hell because of his 5-setter v. Novak at the AO in 2021, and Novak's having left a lot on the court today.

Btw, Novak did totally cop to the fact that he went for it because of the history between them.

In the 2nd, I'd say the surface doesn't suit Ruud, and Rublev should be riding a wave of confidence.

I think Ruud has already well and truly put that surface doesn't suit him notion to rest and see him beating Rublev.

 

[Tennis_Steve]

Seeing probably the best player in the world, seemingly not able to solve on court strategy himself, being reliant on coaches and petulant when it's not working is quite frankly ridiculous.

Coaches should be banned from courtside totally and all top 50 player matches should have Hawkeye live.

It always amuses me to see the Asian lady line judging so often.
She's a perennial line judge at these events.
She was the one who was threatened by Serena ("I'll ram this ball down your throat"), scurried of to the umpire to report. Serena denied it, the crowd behind the position all chorusing telling the umpire "yes she did"
That match was against Woz if I'm not mistaken.