Yeah but when people who are new to tennis gloat about goats, they don’t seem to know that the -at in ‘goat’ stands for ‘all time’ and not just the last five minutes…But as usual, that all means nothing b/c the courts were homogenised! So Roger's record isn't set in stone! He's still the best for the moment!
Yeah Pete was still shellshocked after the recent death of his coach. That USO run was one of the most gutsy and heroic achievements in modern tennis..Too bad in '96! Krajicek was one player that could just blast him off the courit w/ his serve & FH; grass or HC! Pete might have had 8 in a row!
Ha…
If you hung around longer than to occasionally gloat like an buffoon, and say nothing sensible beyond that, you’d see that we’ve discussed Borg on grass. We’ve even discussed Agassi. And Novak. You’d find out that faster grass doesn’t imply that today’s grass is like 80’s clay. You’d find out that after Sampras-Goran serve fests Wimbledon gradually changed the grass to encourage longer rallies. If it was still as fast as it was in 1984 or 1994, we’d see more players serve and volley. Rallying from the baseline is the least efficient and economic way to win on old fast grass, especially against an expert serve-volleyer…
Let's not forget that Pete got lucky and caught a break in 1999 with the Mark Philippoussis injury. I feel bad for Mark because he was really dominating Pete that day before he got injured.Too bad in '96! Krajicek was one player that could just blast Pete off the court w/ his serve & FH; grass or HC! Pete might have had 8 in a row!
The score when they stopped was that Mark won the first set 6-4, and Pete was up 2-1 in the second. That’s hardly somebody “really dominating…”
MikeOne was making the rounds on tennis forums before you even knew tennis forums existed.. these debates about grass through the decades i’ve had to the point where getting back into can only serve to educate those who lack knowledge of the game, especially those talking big and belittling others, like yourself. A sign of insecurity, i can see why. You are like a self professed doctor who googles medical topics and then boasts about being knowledgeable. Your knowledge of tennis is about as good as my 10 year old nephew’s, who is a junior player and just now reading up on history and asking questions.
Yeah, but Roger looked like the better player in 2 of those finals (2014 and 2019). I'm still in disbelief that he didn't win either one. A few bounces the other way, and Roger has 10 Wimbledon finals with a 2-1 record against Novak in Wimbledon finals.
They don't like to talk about it; esp. 2019 Final w/ a couple MP's! His fans say he was "past it" by then & Novak can't take credit for defeating an old man! It doesn't matter that Fed beat Nadal 2 years B4 that! You won't get rational discussions w/ Fedal fans! The frustration runs too deep!
...and making a lot of the same arguments. Only now really rarely. Small blessings.
