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Originally posted by pinktennisfreak

If Djokovic remains in consistent form, he can easily reach Roger's number of slams in the next 2-3 years.

In all honesty, he really doesn't have big competition anymore.

!!!

Rafa is not the force he was (I think it's a confidence thing tbh) and Roger can have a flawless GS and still not have enough to beat Novaksus in the final. Andy and Novak were rivals growing up but there is a huge gap in terms of their play IMO. Next Roland Garros will be very interesting, and I don't think Boris as coach is going anywhere.

RatedG²

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Originally posted by stevyy

Margaret Court and Steffi Graf won the calender year GS.. so they do matter.. and it seems like it is the hardest ever thing to achieve in tennis.

Novak/Fed reached the finals (winning 3) in their best years respectively. so they were very close too. I think everything must align for it to happen.. and in Serena's case one thing let her down and cost her the GS.. and that thing was/is her TEAM. When Steffi was in this position nobody in her team acknowledged the fact.. her family never ever talked about this, her coach didn't care and with that the pressure of it fell off. In Serena's case.. everyone in her team took every opportunity to talk about it.

I agree that it may, in fact, be the hardest thing to achieve in tennis (not counting superfluous things like golden sets and stuff). However while it is extremely important, it doesn't really determine the winner of the GOAT debate at the end of the day. Slams, #1 ranking weeks, YE#1 years, titles >>> CYGS.

For example Federer was annoited as the GOAT on the men's side and he never came close to a CYGS (not even a gold medal in his case). Martina Navratilova has a strong case for GOAT as well but never achieved the CYGS (but got 6 in a row instead which imo is better but isn't as respected). So while the CYGS can't enhance Serena's resume anymore, it won't necessarily hurt her in the debates. It's just another thing Steffi has over her (and why at this moment to me she is still the greatest). If Serena ever catches 22 slams then we have a good, actually great argument (counting doubles as well) for her. 23 seals the deal.

I also agree with the pressure. But the problem wasn't Serena's team. Yes they talked about it a lot, yes it probably amounted to so much pressure she couldn't hit the way she should but it was all her fault. If she truly didn't care like she said in multiple interviews then she would have indeed played better and won. But it's history now, she actually has a chance of doing the golden CYGS next year. I personally wouldn't bet on it but if she was this close playing non-spectacular tennis think about her 2013 level playing 2015 type competition. She'd win easily

pinktennisfreak

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Originally posted by Reader

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Rafa is not the force he was (I think it's a confidence thing tbh) and Roger can have a flawless GS and still not have enough to beat Novaksus in the final. Andy and Novak were rivals growing up but there is a huge gap in terms of their play IMO. Next Roland Garros will be very interesting, and I don't think Boris as coach is going anywhere.

True. From time to time, there will be also some surprises like Wawrinka, Cilic, Nishikori etc, but they're not consistent enough imo.

OnlyManInTheWorld

If Novak remains healthy, I don't see much competition for him.

simmnfierzig

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Originally posted by RatedG²

For example Federer was annoited as the GOAT on the men's side and he never came close to a CYGS (not even a gold medal in his case).

Well if a certain Spaniard would have been born 2 years later, he would have gotten the CYGS in 2006...
He was very dominant on clay too in his prime, he just happened to run into the greatest clay court player of all time.

Marla Singer

At least 2 slams per year for the next 3 or 4 years is very doable for Djokovic, he'll probably have another 3 slam year too.

He'll eventually start declining as he reaches 30, especially since his game is quite physical like Nadal's, but he'll still be good enough against the next generation of players, none of whom aren't even able to challenge the top players at Masters tournaments, let alone Grand Slams.

All the Federer fans who used to root for Djokovic just for the sake of stopping Nadal catching up to 17 are going to lose their **** if Djokovic ends up doing it himself.

simmnfierzig

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Originally posted by Marla Singer

All the Federer fans who used to root for Djokovic just for the sake of stopping Nadal catching up to 17 are going to lose their **** if Djokovic ends up doing it himself.

There were people doing that

Ewwwwwwwwwww

Chris-Lo

Novak is the first tennis player in history to reach over 16 000 points

He is the first player in history to be 6 000 + points above #2, too

When will your faves?

Sle

RatedG²

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Originally posted by Chris-Lo

Novak is the first tennis player in history to reach over 16 000 points

He is the first player in history to be 6 000 + points above #2, too

When will your faves?

Sle

Well Serena was (before the start of the USO) over 6K points more than Halep and the WTA doesn't award as many points as the ATP does for smaller events

. But if you meant ATP only then no one

simmnfierzig

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Originally posted by Chris-Lo

Novak is the first tennis player in history to reach over 16 000 points

He is the first player in history to be 6 000 + points above #2, too

When will your faves?

Sle

ATP doubled the points in 2009. Roger still had better season before that

dayydreaam

As usual no one here during non grand slam tournaments

I hope yall are back for the wta finals

ABEL-o-matic

Third page.

I'll see you all in Melbourne

By the way, are you guys interested on having a Tennis WhatsApp group chat?

dayydreaam

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Originally posted by ABEL-o-matic

Third page.

I'll see you all in Melbourne

By the way, are you guys interested on having a Tennis WhatsApp group chat?

Cool idea

ABEL-o-matic

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Originally posted by dayydreaam

Cool idea

All right, if you're interested just jot down your name on the list:

Tennis WhatsApp Group Chat (members)

1. ABEL-o-matic
2. dayydreaam

dayydreaam

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Originally posted by ABEL-o-matic

All right, if you're interested just jot down your name on the list:

Tennis WhatsApp Group Chat (members)

1. ABEL-o-matic
2. dayydreaam

Too bad everyone is gone until January

Kworb

Stacey is gone, I wonder if we'll get someone even worse

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The awful MTF upgrade is coming to TF as well.

Alejandrawrrr

The tumbleweed in here

Serena ruined my love of tennis, I probably won't even care about the AO. Can't say I thot $tacey was particularly good as the head of WTA, so

@michael

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Originally posted by Kworb

Stacey is gone, I wonder if we'll get someone even worse

The awful MTF upgrade is coming to TF as well.

LOL @ TF going down when Stacey announces her resignation. Such weird timing. TF would have had a field day with this.

@michael

http://www.tennisforum.com/

They look like model versions of Safina & Cirstea

Kworb

Ughh old TF, I will miss you.