Shapo plays a decent level then he should win I think , his unforced error count may give Murray a look in though.h
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Iām really looking forward to Felix vs Nick in Round 3, could be a really entertaining game to watch.
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Looks like Iāve missed a great day at Wimbledon.
Karen Beats Korda in 5 with a wild final set.
Fuccy upsets Rublev in 5.
My boy Felix takes out Zverev in 5.
Federer eliminated in straight sets. Demolished.
Has to be the end of the great man. Granted he hasnāt had enough court time recently, I think he has to call it a day at the end of this season. Hopefully a nice run at the US Open to cap off his career but heās done.
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Thatās a fairly significant loss. Wimbledon was to him, what Roland Garros was to Rafa crica 2007. Father time is here.
Heāll come back next year, I donāt see a reason to retire this year unless his body is truly done.
He had poor prep since the French but yeah heās a fading force,.he doesnāt have a great deal of time left. Credit to Hurkacz as it was a great performance.
Out of all these dudes itās looking like Djokovic will be the one left holding it down in terms of all the slams, the younger guys are nearly ready.
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Is he going the Olympics this year?
I caught most of the second set and you could almost tell the point at which he just wasnāt able for it. That slip in the tie break was the final straw. A decent effort all the same to still be making Grand Slam QFs at his age.
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I just hope his collapse in the third set was more his lack of hard match practice following his surgery. heād looked increasingly impressive up until today but maybe he just ran out of steam.
Maybe heās got one last big tournament in him after he turns 40 although incredible heās still around the top 10 at the age of 39 as it is.
Out of the big 4 from a few years back it looks like Djokovic is increasingly like the last man standing and that will take him on to be the GOAT on major trophy count by a good margin.
Never thought Federers total could be caught a few years back but I was very wrong. Still think Fed is the most graceful mover of them all - like a big cat around the court. Lovely to watch.
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Djokovic 2 wins away from winning the first 3 slams of the season.
As a relative outsider to the sport of tennis, whose opinion is worth very very little, Federer will always be my 
Something magical and joyous about him, his style.of play and his innate talent that I just donāt get from Nadal or Djokovic. I see him as an artist, like Ronaldinho is in football. Djoko might end up with the more Cristiano like record but my is my
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It doesnāt matter, Djokovic will have the record but Federer will always have the fans and the true glory. He is magician, even now to be doing what he is doing at 39 and he (almost) always won with the most style and class anyone has ever seen.
A shame for the stats and records to be broken but timing has helped Novak on that. I do think heās a great player (Djokovic) but thereās just something unloveable about him and the way he plays, itās very robotic and I feel he wins by war of attrition similar to Murray. Heās improved in recent years in that regard but heāll have to do a lot more to take the GOAT status in my book.
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Actually Iād say Federer is the lucky one with the timing, he rattled off around 11 slams before Djokovic turned 21. Novak has had to compete against Fed, Nadal and Murray etc his whole career.
Sadly for most people Nole is the , it isnāt a popularity contest.
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When Federer had a slams record thst seemed like itād hold up it was about slams, now it seems that it wonāt itās about style 
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Basically itāll end like thisā¦
Djokovic most slams 
Djokovic most weeks at no 1
Djokovic most masters 1000s
Djokovic most season end no 1s
Djokovic end of season titles
Djokovic better head to records vs Federer and Nadal
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Maybe the golden slam too with an Olympic gold 
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I used to think Federer was the best and certainly most graceful to watch but I think Novak is the better player for the reasons you mention.
His quality is unbelievable fitness, speed and stamina, consistency of shot and mental ability/will to win.
If he wins Wimbledon you wouldnāt bet against him doing the Olympics and US open but some of these new guys look like they could give him a match. Berretini, Shitalov and Hurvacs all look very strong in grass this year so weāll see. Will be fascinating to watch the next few days and a very good precursor to Sunday evening versus Italy.
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Aesthetically Federer has been the best to watch.
Agree with everything you said @Kroenkeoutplease
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You say that and yet Novak won most of his titles when those two were aging and facing injuries (I wonāt even include Murray as heās trash imo). He has just got another free pass for Wimbledon and his peak has been when Federer was dropping off.
Everyone has their own view and at the end of the day there is no fully fair comparison, but as I said, despite being a very good player for me Novak will always be third best behind Roger and Rafa. Both brought much more excitement to the game and class in Federerās case.
Good for Novak that he will have the records 
Nah.
Djokovic dominated when tennis was at its most competitive, really isnāt even an argument.
Do you realise who heās had to beat to win the majority of his slams? And Nadal and him are a year apart, itās not like Nadal is an OAP in comparison.
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