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05-24-2013, 11:25 AM
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If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Arguably the toughest draw in the modern era:
R1: Goffin - speaks for himself, a natural on clay
R2: Dodig - the only man to take a set off Peakovic at the 2011 AO
R3: Dimitrov - is firmly in Novak's head after Madrid
R4: Tomic - the future GOAT
QF: Tipsarevic/Haas - both have Novak's number, especially on clay and Haas has even started beating him on hard now
SF: Nadal - the King of Clay
F: Gulbis - the other future GOAT
As a fan of the Serb, I'm worried about every single match.
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Last edited by Abel : 05-24-2013 at 11:28 AM.
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05-24-2013, 11:27 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
I think it's unlikely the draw will work out exactly as you have predicted so we can't say now. The draw you have isn't easy, but you do only have 1 top 10 player in there that he is beating.
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05-24-2013, 11:27 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Actually, apart from SF, its one of the easiest draws he had. Dimitrov and Haas can't last in BO5 format.
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05-24-2013, 11:27 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Unseeded players have got through far tougher draws than that: Wilander in 1982 & Kuerten in 1997, for example.
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05-24-2013, 11:28 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Get out 
Do you actually want a serious reply or not?
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05-24-2013, 11:28 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
If you replace Dodig with Gulbis in R2, also QF potential opponents are meh... Still a very tough draw. Bring on the SF with Rafa. Whoever wins go on to humiliate Roger and shut up those French!
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05-24-2013, 11:29 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Lets see the four guys below had tougher draws, all unseeded so no.
Wilander 82 RG
Guga 97 RG
Goran 2001 Wimbledon
Gaudio 04 RG
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I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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05-24-2013, 11:29 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
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Get out
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I thought what I said about Tipsy would indicate it's not the most serious of threads Shame I can't fit Troicki in there...
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05-24-2013, 11:30 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
 at this thread. |
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05-24-2013, 11:31 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Quality trolling.
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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05-24-2013, 11:33 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
I expected better content in your post after looking at your avatar, OP.
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05-24-2013, 11:34 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
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I thought what I said about Tipsy would indicate it's not the most serious of threads Shame I can't fit Troicki in there... |
THe thought of Tomic reaching R4 was a decent one as well. You could've selected Viktor in the final, right?
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05-24-2013, 11:35 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
Losing to Lu on clay is a better achievement.
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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05-24-2013, 11:36 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
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I expected better content in your post after looking at your avatar, OP.
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I can only hope to aspire to the level you post at. You are the Tomic of MTF 
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THe thought of Tomic reaching R4 was a decent one as well. You could've selected Viktor in the final, right?
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True but it was hard to leave out GOATbis.
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- Carlos Berlocq
- Fabio Fognini
- Bernard Tomic
- Ernests Gulbis
- Jerzy Janowicz
- Benoit Paire
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05-24-2013, 11:36 AM
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Re: If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
implying dull will even get past rosol  |
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If Djokovic wins RG - would it be the greatest accomplishment in tennis history?
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