Tennis US Open 2018

[heywoodu 15,135]

Nobody is gonna fall for Djokovic's "I'm not feeling well" act anymore

 

[Wanderer 1,726]

Firs GS quarterfinal for Osaka  The match was so good at some point!

[Майкл 561]

Aryna

[Wanderer 1,726]

2 minutes ago, Майкл said:

Aryna

 

Her days will come, no doubt about that  

 

Let's hope Vondroušova wins her match now 

[rybak 3,217]

Bye bye Sousa  

[Wanderer 1,726]

Most Grand Slam Quarter-finals of Open Era
1 @RogerFederer 53
2 @DjokerNole 42
3 @JimmyConnors 41
T4 @RafaelNadal 36
T4 @AndreAgassi 36

[heywoodu 15,135]

11 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

Most Grand Slam Quarter-finals of Open Era
1 @RogerFederer 53
2 @DjokerNole 42
3 @JimmyConnors 41
T4 @RafaelNadal 36
T4 @AndreAgassi 36

Yet again something that makes you wonder: are the big 3 of the past 15 years so good or is the rest of the past 15 years so bad? Everyone seems inclined to go for the first option, personally I find it rather unrealistic to have three of the 4-5 best ever players all in the same time period

[ChandlerMne 1,037]

24 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yet again something that makes you wonder: are the big 3 of the past 15 years so good or is the rest of the past 15 years so bad? Everyone seems inclined to go for the first option, personally I find it rather unrealistic to have three of the 4-5 best ever players all in the same time period

Good point. Overall quality of tennis these days is rather bad. Every major talent proved that...wasnt that talented at all. Dimitrov,Goffin,Monfils,Zverev... Maybe Tsitsipas can do something more but who knows...wouldnt be first one to fail.

Cant even speak about women.

Those 3 are just monsters. We could be somehow proud to be able to watch all of them in their prime.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

Good point. Overall quality of tennis these days is rather bad. Every major talent proved that...wasnt that talented at all. Dimitrov,Goffin,Monfils,Zverev... Maybe Tsitsipas can do something more but who knows...wouldnt be first one to fail.

Cant even speak about women.

Those 3 are just monsters. We could be somehow proud to be able to watch all of them in their prime.

Sure, I'm not doubting those three are amazing players. It's just that, in almost every sport the current great is always considered to be 'the best ever' or at least 'one of the best ever'  (Federer/Nadal/Djokovic, Schumacher/Vettel/Hamilton, M Fourcade, M Hirscher, C Ronaldo/Messi etc) and it always seems like everyone forgets the possibility that maybe their competition is just, relatively speaking, not really strong leading to them winning so much as they do  

[ChandlerMne 1,037]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Sure, I'm not doubting those three are amazing players. It's just that, in almost every sport the current great is always considered to be 'the best ever' or at least 'one of the best ever'  (Federer/Nadal/Djokovic, Schumacher/Vettel/Hamilton, M Fourcade, M Hirscher, C Ronaldo/Messi etc) and it always seems like everyone forgets the possibility that maybe their competition is just, relatively speaking, not really strong leading to them winning so much as they do  

Media tends to promote just few of them,it was always like that. NBA,F1,Football, it was always like Messi and Ronaldo,Jordan and Bird,Domracheva and Kuzmina...Actually,you are right,in 90% someone is GOAT just because competion isnt that good. Serena is great but just because opponents are teribble. Fourcade is great for the same reason... And so on.