Australian Open

[superjohn]

Amazing he's doing this just a couple months shy of his 38 birthday. Djokovic has now won 4 of his last 5 matches against Alcaraz. This is high level stuff from the best ever. Hope he gets his 25th but it's going to be tough.

 

[gsmooth]

Amazing he's doing this just a couple months shy of his 38 birthday. Djokovic has now won 4 of his last 5 matches against Alcaraz. This is high level stuff from the best ever. Hope he gets his 25th but it's going to be tough.

Jannik Sinner will be his toughest challenge.

 

[BEFAN]

Guys like Djokovic, LeBron, Brady, Messi....they are redefining how long athletes can continue to compete at the highest levels of their sports. Amazing stuff.

 

[John]

Guys like Djokovic, LeBron, Brady, Messi....they are redefining how long athletes can continue to compete at the highest levels of their sports. Amazing stuff.

Gordie Howe says hi.

 

[huskyfever34]

Jannik Sinner will be his toughest challenge.

The other problem is the Zverev match will likely be long and grueling, and that's just to get to play Sinner.

 

[gsmooth]

The other problem is the Zverev match will likely be long and grueling, and that's just to get to play Sinner.

Zverev can "take the racket out of Djokovic's hand" when he is getting most of his first serves in.

 

[That Guy]

Guys like Djokovic, LeBron, Brady, Messi....they are redefining how long athletes can continue to compete at the highest levels of their sports. Amazing stuff.

Add Lewandowski in there as well. 36 years old while leading La Liga+UCL in scoring.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

The other problem is the Zverev match will likely be long and grueling, and that's just to get to play Sinner.

I don’t think he can beat Zverev. Their match record is 8-4 in favor of Djokovic but that’s going back several years. He’s facing a much younger guy who now has one of the best backhands and serves in the game. All that being said, it could go 5 sets depending on how ready Djokovic is at game time. If it does go 5 sets I’ll bet a months salary that Djoker is granted one or two 10 minute “bathroom breaks”. It’s all a moot point since the winner will almost certainly lose to Sinner. Sinner is as untouchable now as Federer was in his heyday. As to who was the greatest, I will remind you that until Federer began slowing down in his later years. Up to 2010 Federer led in head to head wins 13-6. The vast majority of Djokers wins vs Federer were after Federer began his slow decline and was already in his 30’s. The competition that Federer faced in his prime was also much much tougher than what Djokovic has faced. Nadal, Andy Roddick, Pete Sampras, were all on the tour. Djokovic vs Nadal head to head is 31-29, while Federer vs Nadal is 24-16.

 

[Sleepy]

Up to 2010 Federer led in head to head wins 13-6.

Through the end of the 2010 season, when Roger was 29 and Novak was 23, that's towards the tail end of Roger's peak, and when Novak just started entering his prime. Because of the 6 year age difference, there's always going to be a discrepancy between their prime years not quite matching up.

The vast majority of Djokers wins vs Federer were after Federer began his slow decline and was already in his 30’s.

That's misleading-though the end of the 2010 season, Federer is 13-6, which is a solid lead, but hardly overwhelming considering he was in his prime, and Novak was still establishing himself. In 2011, (aged 23-24) Novak had his breakout year, going 4-1 against Roger, and only 1 win was after Roger turned 30 in August, at the US Open. So Roger can say he was 14-9 against Novak before he hit 30, and 9-18 afterwards; double the amount of losses, but again, it's not comparing apples and oranges since they had different peaks.

The competition that Federer faced in his prime was also much much tougher than what Djokovic has faced. Nadal, Andy Roddick, Pete Sampras, were all on the tour. Djokovic vs Nadal head to head is 31-29, while Federer vs Nadal is 24-16.

Again, you're being incredibly misleading. Pete Sampras was well in his decline before Roger Federer started dominating, playing his last match before Federer even won his first major. Roddick was only 1 year apart from Federer in age, but was only really a hard-court (and grass) challenger, and retired much earlier. In fact, one of the biggest historical criticisms of Roger Federer before he started being challenged by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, even Andy Murray, was that he dominated from about 2004-2009 without any real challengers, a "weak era". And Nadal-Federer is 24-16 in Nadal's favor, not in Roger's favor like you seemed to show. I like all the Big Four (or Big Three these days), but the need to deify Roger Federer is annoying, just as annoying as Djokovic's habit of abusing timeout rules.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Through the end of the 2010 season, when Roger was 29 and Novak was 23, that's towards the tail end of Roger's peak, and when Novak just started entering his prime. Because of the 6 year age difference, there's always going to be a discrepancy between their prime years not quite matching up.


That's misleading-though the end of the 2010 season, Federer is 13-6, which is a solid lead, but hardly overwhelming considering he was in his prime, and Novak was still establishing himself. In 2011, (aged 23-24) Novak had his breakout year, going 4-1 against Roger, and only 1 win was after Roger turned 30 in August, at the US Open. So Roger can say he was 14-9 against Novak before he hit 30, and 9-18 afterwards; double the amount of losses, but again, it's not comparing apples and oranges since they had different peaks.

Again, you're being incredibly misleading. Pete Sampras was well in his decline before Roger Federer started dominating, playing his last match before Federer even won his first major. Roddick was only 1 year apart from Federer in age, but was only really a hard-court (and grass) challenger, and retired much earlier. In fact, one of the biggest historical criticisms of Roger Federer before he started being challenged by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, even Andy Murray, was that he dominated from about 2004-2009 without any real challengers, a "weak era". And Nadal-Federer is 24-16 in Nadal's favor, not in Roger's favor like you seemed to show. I like all the Big Four (or Big Three these days), but the need to deify Roger Federer is annoying, just as annoying as Djokovic's habit of abusing timeout rules.

John McEnroe disagrees with you. The following is a quote from McEnroe during an interview with the BBC……

“I think Roger at his peak would have beaten Djokovic more often than not”

 

[HuskyDevil]

"...as annoying as Djokovic's habit of abusing timeout rules."

He is not alone in doing this, but certainly one of the bigger offenders.