Couldn't resist lol. Actually the commentators on ESPN chatted quite a bit about the rest of the slams, and Darren Cahill in particular thinks Novak is going to win 3 this year, similar to his 2011. Federer can still bring it (Wimbledon 2014) and Nadal's recovery is still a question mark, Murray can't really trouble him in 5 sets, and the young guns are almost but not yet quite ready for prime time. So a good window for Novak !
What Does Novak's AO Victory Imply for the Rest of his 2015?
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Billie said:Since you wondered 3 or so months ago, can we safely say that being a father agrees with Nole the tennis player?
Wow Billie great memory! You are 100% correct, and clearly marriage/fatherhood agrees with him. He even mentioned that both together give him a whole new meaning and happiness in life, and winning has a whole new meaning. Translation: Look out world lol!
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If hold off on that and hopefully for his sake he won't relax either. Everyone figured 2012 and 2013 would be great based off the Australian Open wins. I think he gets a 2nd one this year at least and am hoping its RG.
Ha lacatch. I remember a lot when it comes to Nole.
We'll see, my main concern is that he remains healthy and plans his schedule carefully and targets majors specifically. He is playing DC again this year, so that will be added strain on him. But he should not lack motivation!
We'll see, my main concern is that he remains healthy and plans his schedule carefully and targets majors specifically. He is playing DC again this year, so that will be added strain on him. But he should not lack motivation!
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The French Open this year, another GS down the road to bring to double digits, and multiple WTF titles and Masters as well as a Davis Cup. Yeah, then he'd be one of the greatest ever.
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FO (Rafa) has a way of bringing people back down to earth, shattering confidences and questioning themselves. Maybe it will change this year but I would rather wait till after FO.
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1972Murat said:
I will just take it one week at a time with him, plenty of tennis to be played till even RG, let's not go overboard.
Although in the large scheme of things his next event does not matter much, I still would like him to get a revenge on Roger in Dubai.
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I'm confident he'll win at least another slam this year. Right now, it definitely looks likely until we see what's in store for Nadal and Federer. Murray will bring it in the second half of the season, as he almost always does (except for last year), but the real question is about the other two. And let's be perfectly transparent here: For all the talk about the death of the big 4, which might be true, and the promising up and comers, which isn't, grand slams are still decided by Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray.
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The field are lame. Still. Which means the Big Boys can play their way in. Rafa returns after more or less seven months off and reaches the quarters in Oz. These lads can go deep and play their way in before anyone stops and asks for ID.
Nole was always the guy who could post 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for the first three rounds, then look like Prince Hamlet staring at a dagger against one of his fellow greats. In oz, he was invincible for the early rounds, then he was glad it was only Stan and Andy in the last two rounds, because he he suddenly became vincible. Is vincible a word? If it isn't, it is now because you know what I mean.
Nole the Vincible. Long has it been. Nobody can make positive declarations about a man who's merely Vincible...
Nole was always the guy who could post 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 for the first three rounds, then look like Prince Hamlet staring at a dagger against one of his fellow greats. In oz, he was invincible for the early rounds, then he was glad it was only Stan and Andy in the last two rounds, because he he suddenly became vincible. Is vincible a word? If it isn't, it is now because you know what I mean.
Nole the Vincible. Long has it been. Nobody can make positive declarations about a man who's merely Vincible...
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It will be interesting if he does manage to win Roland Garros, because you know the talk will start about the calendar Slam.
That said, I'm not convinced that Rafa is as questionable as people are saying and that he's simply going to roll over at Roland Garros or even the US Open. We've seen him come back tons of times before. He's getting older but he's not ancient. At this point he's still the favorite for Roland Garros and when he's focused and healthy he's at least Novak's equal.
That said, I'm not convinced that Rafa is as questionable as people are saying and that he's simply going to roll over at Roland Garros or even the US Open. We've seen him come back tons of times before. He's getting older but he's not ancient. At this point he's still the favorite for Roland Garros and when he's focused and healthy he's at least Novak's equal.
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There is too much tennis to be played between now and RG, let alone the rest of 2015. Too many variables that can insert themselves into the plot. One thing this victory revealed is that Novak can win a slam playing "vincible" tennis. That should be a confidence boost to him heading into the next couple of hard court tournaments.
When clay season arrives, he will be climbing the same mountain (R.N. at R.G.). I don't know that Oz tells us much about it or any of the other slams.
When clay season arrives, he will be climbing the same mountain (R.N. at R.G.). I don't know that Oz tells us much about it or any of the other slams.
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nehmeth said:
Agreed. Tons of tennis to be played and lots of things can happen. And despite the wide belief that the big boys ALWAYS can play themselves into form, well, just look at how Roger after Brisbane played himself OUT of form:eyepop
The only thing Nole assured for himself following the AO is a sizeable lead over the field and that he will accumulate on that ranked # 1 top list a couple of more dozen weeks.
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Roger's problem was too much tennis and not a lot of off time. I am sure that Roger knows this best, but even with that knowledge he still played too much and he was paying for it at AO. As much as they need physical rest, even more important is that mental freshness that will get them over the hill when the going gets tough.
Anyway, Nole or like Adidas says NOV8K has secured his #1 ranking till April 20th (this is in case he doesn't even lift a racquet) and that will take him to 142 weeks as Numero Uno
