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#1081

Thst may be true but look at who Djokovic has had to beat to win his slams.

Federer dominated a far weaker era when he won most of his.

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#1082

Thatā€™s fine, wouldnt argue with you, my point was nothing beyond pointing out that proportionally Djokovic has actually lost more. Iā€™m not claiming this puts Fed ahead of Djok in the all time stakes because of this.

#1083

Federer lost to Nadal when he was at his peak too. I remember a time when Wimbledon was basically considered Federerā€™s clay.

Stats below were correct when they were posted. Obviously both Djokovic and Nadal have added two more Grand Slams since thenā€¦

  • Federer won 20 out of 78
  • Djokovic won 16 out of 59
  • Rafa won 18 out of 57 (likely 19 out of 58)

Federer has been surpassed and will eventually be left behind in the numbers stakes.

#1084

On sheer numbers and domination itā€™s hard to look past Djokovic or Nadal, yet Iā€™d rather sit down and watch a Federer game.

Aesthetically he is the most gracious player to play the game, he just makes it look so effortless. Iā€™ve never enjoyed watching the other two as much, despite their unreal talent.

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#1085

Rafa through.

The absolute GOAT

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#1086

Impressive battling at the finish by Djokovic just then. Held his serve all night too.

Think heā€™ll struggle to beat Rafa on clay but you never know. Heā€™s a supreme battler. Very admirable quality.

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#1087

If Novak beats Nadal in this semi, and then goes on to win the tournamentā€¦

Can see it being a 5 setter. Got big hopes about this match.

#1088

Happy to see we get a Nadal vs Djokovic matchup

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#1089

What time (in England, before @Aussiegooner answers :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:) is the semi final on tomorrow?

I knock off from work at 4pm

#1090

Google saying itā€™s 4.30pm UK time.

Nadal has to have an off day at some point, surely?

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#1091

Not tomorrow.

ā€œYeah, deepeh,
Djokā€™s out, Djokā€™s out
Fuck itā€

*will make no sense if you havenā€™t seen that video from about 2 years ago

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#1092

Think the 1st Semi between Tsitsipas and Zverev is 2pm UK time or so, then youā€™ll have Djokovic and Nadal to follow.

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#1093

Tsitsipas gets through in 5 sets.

Heā€™s doing a pretty emotional interview right now. Comes across as a likeable bloke.

Love his one-handed backhand. Such an elegant stroke, too many folks with the two hander these days.

#1094

The big one about to start. Iā€™ve got a feeling Novak is going to do it (hope Iā€™m wrong though as Rafa is :heart_eyes:)

First game is still going on, almost ten minutes gone. Finally Nadal holds.

Bloody hell could be a classic.

#1095

Nadaaaaaaaal

#1096

Interesting first set, difficult to see this one being anything but a five setter!

#1097

I donā€™t think itā€™ll be five Djokovic playing too loose.

If he didnā€™t give up a double break perhaps he could take that set, he needs to lay off the drop shots. They are terrible shot selection the times he played them.

#1098

The drop shot is killing him here.

Just a stupid play

#1099

Is it really necessary to bounce the ball 400 times before every serve?

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#1100

Itā€™s really not haha.