gary69
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Alcaraz won last year already.
2023 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles - Wikipedia
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Indeed he did, and so he was already last year.
Alcaraz won last year already.
2023 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles - Wikipedia
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If you didn't watch Steffi Graf vs Natalia Zvereva in the French Open final in 1988, you haven't seen real domination.One of the most dominant performances I've ever seen in a final.
Serena wasn't really consistent/dominating during the last 4—5 years before her retirement, though.In recent times that hasn't ever been the case with the women's side where since Serena retired there hasn't been much consistency among even the top female players where they emerge to become dominate and go on a win a string of grandslams.
I think Swiatek has looked like a fairly safe bet at Roland Garros and possibly for many years to come. Not quite on a Nadal level, but anyway. Everywhere else, it's wide open.on the women's side where every slam you're likely to get a new winner.
Nonsense. Top 3, at worst. I think he might even be top 2 when he's not injured or terribly out of form.Yeah wasn't close at all in the end. Djokovic's days as a top player are numbered.
Agree with the top sentence; disagree with the bottom one.Nonsense. Top 3, at worst. I think he might even be top 2 when he's not injured or terribly out of form.
Still easily good enough to win another few slams.
For me, this match today stands at #2 at Wimbledon behind McEnroe's utter destruction of Connors in 1984, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. Carlos is a wonder to watch play.One of the most dominant performances I've ever seen in a final.
You could obviously be right.McEnroe's beatdown of Connors at Wimbledon in 1984 wast
Agree with the top sentence; disagree with the bottom one.
He might have one more GS in him, possibly Australia, but the road is only going to get harder for him as time progresses.
That's the moment that made it clear that Connors was finished as a top guy. Same will happen with Djokovic from now on.For me, this match today stands at #2 at Wimbledon behind McEnroe's utter destruction of Connors in 1984, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. Carlos is a wonder to watch play.
Incredible Champion resolve from Alcaraz not that I expected any different from him. He truly is a worthy successor to The Big 3. One can only hope that some challengers pop up because he's head and shoulders above everybody at this point. Sinner needs to improve his conditioning.
Agree with the top sentence; disagree with the bottom one.
He might have one more GS in him, possibly Australia, but the road is only going to get harder for him as time progresses.
Absolutely. And Novak played really great tennis in the 3rd set. Alcaraz shotmaking is just unreal. I remember being in awe sometimes of balls Djokovic and Nadal were able to get to. Carlos gets to great, difficult shots and with crazy power. He just sprays his forehand from anywhere on the court, any position. Wild talent. For years we wondered who will take the mantle past The Big 3, and it really looks like it will be Alcaraz.It's interesting that after decades of watching the battle of the styles, power vs. agility vs. finesse, we're now seeing a player at the top who combines it all.
Alcaraz has a bit of Federer's elegance, a bit of Djokovic's athleticism, and a bit of Nadal's raw power. He'll be tough to beat for anyone when he plays like today.
Serena's last grandslam win was in 2017 when she was 35 and then the next two years she went back to back making it to Wimbledon and US Open finals consecutively although she lost all 4 of those finals. So even nearing the end of her career and battling some injuries she was still able to be decently competitive after being so good for 16+ years.Serena wasn't really consistent/dominating during the last 4—5 years before her retirement, though.
Swiatek so far has only been good at the French and strangely not as good in every other slam where outside of her one US Open win, she's had a series of early round exits. Lets hope she gets better and can go further in other slams in the future.I think Swiatek has looked like a fairly safe bet at Roland Garros and possibly for many years to come. Not quite on a Nadal level, but anyway. Everywhere else, it's wide open.
Although I'm too young to have seen it, that match has come up in discussions like this before. The context matters as well. Federer smoked Cilic in 2017, but that was a far weaker opponent who wasn't moving well. That's why I'd imagine the Connors/McEnroe match-up is a more apt comparable as a one-sided match that was also a seminal moment in a way.For me, this match today stands at #2 at Wimbledon behind McEnroe's utter destruction of Connors in 1984, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. Carlos is a wonder to watch play.
Interestingly, though, John McEnroe never won another GS title either after his big year in 1984.That's the moment that made it clear that Connors was finished as a top guy. Same will happen with Djokovic from now on.
Really good point. Nobody back then would have guessed that would happen, certainly not me. One of those inexplicable things in sport.Interestingly, though, John McEnroe never won another GS title either after his big year in 1984.
I'd say the competition got tougher in the mid/late-1980s than it had been during those few years after Björn Borg* retired. There was the emergence of great serve-and-volley kind of players like Becker and Edberg* who made it really tough to win especially at Wimbledon, plus you had e.g. Lendl (not much younger though) and Wilander*, who were really versatile. Maybe McEnroe declined at the same time too, but I don't really know; he was only 24—25 in 1984.Really good point. Nobody back then would have guessed that would happen, certainly not me. One of those inexplicable things in sport.
I remember in the mid-80s at some point when Sweden had five players in the Top Ten: Edberg, Wilander, Jarryd, Lundquist, and Nystrom. Heady stuff.* Remember a time when Sweden was a true tennis super power (on the men's side)? I do, and as a Finn I was jealous as hell. What happened?