The fall is usually weird I find on the ATP Tour where a lot of players come from nowhere to do well. I usually find it is where underachievers or up and comers can shine after a year of nothing. It will be interesting to see how they play when slams come back into play.
So now it's our turn to gloat so take it like a man and stop being a crybaby. What goes around comes around. Karma is real. 
You really take the cake, Nadalfan2013: Nadal Fanboy Numero Uno, both in terms of fanaticism and irrationality.That's because Federer fans disappeared after he got surpassed and Djokovic fans continued been nasty towards Nadal but we got the upper hand this year after the AO/RG combo. Clearly you forgot all those years where Fedovic fans were discussing the GOAT debate by completely taking out "clay specialist Dull" out of the equation and trashing him as a 2nd rate champion (even outside the Top 5 all-time).
Of course he did. By the way, if a BBC man said the same about Rafa you’d report it as proof. Fact is, the BBC man is right, Federer did add stamina to his bag of tricks in 2017…So 1 BBC guy on the whole planet is the be all and end all ?
It IS the internet, after all. Expect trolls. There's an ignore function for a reason.
Good one! I think this match is a little bit in the category of time marches on. I don't know if you saw the match, but Novak played an impeccable first set, and Rune had some nerves (DFs that cost him his serve and the set.) But then Djokovic dipped a bit in the 2nd, something he is more inclined to do than he used to be, including against Tsitsipas yesterday. But for Stefanos not sealing the deal, he wouldn't have even been in this final. In the game where Rune was serving for the match, which went over 10 minutes, Rune was very lucky to get let off the hook at least a couple of times by Novak. It took Rune that long to settle his nerves and close it out. I don't think it takes a tennis genius to say that, had Novak gotten it to a tie-break, there may well have been a different outcome. I think these are the small chinks that come with age. Not to take anything away from Rune...fantastic win for him. But there is a lot of painting Novak as the ageless one, and he's just not. It's little wobbles here and there. Dips in form. Nerves, because the stakes are high. The Top 3 are not going to go out with a bang, but by increments.Interesting stat today that I read on tennis.com - Novak had never lost a MS final where he won the first set. He was 30-0 on that record until today.
Now he’s 30-15
Interesting stat today that I read on tennis.com - Novak had never lost a MS final where he won the first set. He was 30-0 on that record until today.
Now he’s 30-15
Although Rune had trouble sticking the dismount, he didn't fall completely off like his colleagues: Jannik, Crown Princes, Meddie, Tay who had the Big 2 on the ropes and couldn't close. The kid could give lessons to the others in moxie and belief.
I can certainly see them giving Djokovic and Nadal fits in best of 3, but right now Nadal and Djokovic remain the masters at best of 5.
It took him a 10 minute+ game to get the win, but he gets a lot of credit for, as you artfully say, "sticking the dismount." He needed the help, in the game, to calm his nerves, and get a few tries, but he learned on the job and came good.
It appears I have miss a pretty good match yesterday. Great job by Rune!
That’s it, he’s adapting to everything so fast. It seems like yesterday he was a spoilt infant during his loss to Ruud in Paris in June, but back again in Paris in November we see him able to handle any player with the same ferocious will that he showed in the final game yesterday. He’s a work in progress, as they say, but he’s also proof that players don’t get what they want if they wait long enough - he’s busting down the door and barging his even slightly older peers outta the way. I’d say he’s a fast learner, and along with FAA, Sinner, and young Charlie at the top, it’s going to be very interesting season next year, let alone how the future looks…Really enjoyable tournament and the final did not disappoint.
The final game was 16 minutes of thrills.
If Rune stays healthy and continues to improve (it's been a breathtaking speed improvement this year), he's going to be a force to be reckoned with.
He was suffering a lot when first on the main tour (very recently) with cramping and drop in physicality generally in tougher matches.
He's worked on that and it certainly hasn't been an issue in Paris.
He's very enthusiastic too
