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Seriously, try to think of a more painful loss. Off the top of my head, the Coria-Gaudio french open final is the only thing that seems in the same ballpark.
Is 40-15 the most heartbreaking tennis match of all-time?
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Well it inspired forum usernames so maybe
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Coria’s was worse cause that was his best chance at a slam and he was leading by so much whereas Federer already has 20 slams and he has had a lot of heartbreak losses like that anyway.
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Probably.
Coria was 2 sets up, and then totally crumbled. But he still had years to make it up for, and he wasn't playing for historical GOAT.
If Fed won that, he enters history with the most insane records at a time where Rafa and Novak are on his wheels.
It was a most unfortunate choke at the most unfortunate place and time.
The mother of all chokes, perhaps.
Never to be redeemed, unfortunately again, because he will be almost 39 by the next W final.
Coria was 2 sets up, and then totally crumbled. But he still had years to make it up for, and he wasn't playing for historical GOAT.
If Fed won that, he enters history with the most insane records at a time where Rafa and Novak are on his wheels.
It was a most unfortunate choke at the most unfortunate place and time.
The mother of all chokes, perhaps.
Never to be redeemed, unfortunately again, because he will be almost 39 by the next W final.
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In reviewing the Coria match, he also had 2 match points on his own serve. Although, Coria serving on clay vs. Fed serving on grass is two different animals.
He may still have a shot at 2020W...
every year ppl say "Fed will be too old for another slam run next year"...and then Fed keeps making Wimbledon proving those speculations wrong.
But yeh the outcome of 40-15 is still a two-slam swing.
Could've been 21-19-15,
now it's 20-19-16, with Nadal surpassing Fed almost a lock
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Not even close - just pure recency bias. He has 20 slams and many wins over Djokovic. Even Nishikori's loss to Nadal at Madrid was worse since Kei has not had a chance at an M1000 title since then. Or Roddick's to Federer himself at Wimby 2009, since he never ended up winning against him at a slam.
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I doubt he's winning another slam, if not AO 2020.
As i wrote, he will be almost 39 by the time the W final comes. And he will know he can't afford any mistake, because he's not winning at 40 any slam.
You're not returning any better the older you get in the power age of tennis: he will have to stay longer on the court and battle it out, with the after-thought in the back of his head he doesn't belong anymore.
Too much pressure to erase 40-15: young guys will enter knowing they have a chance as long as they push him hard: they will be fed up with him standing in their way of success. All it takes is a 5-setter in rd3 and he will be cooked in rd4.
My guess is his time was this year, and he let it slip away. Too much efforts left on the court. Not enough time left.
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Yep. That backfired badly. On the other hand being too modest is not a good idea either.
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Hasn't worked too bad for Rafa, no ?..
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I think his 'modesty' is fake. There's a swindler behind that mask. It's obvious when you check how he reacts when losing to much lower ranked players like Kyrgios or Rosol.
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Tommy Haas failing to close out a two set lead in the 09' French was the big one.
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He wasn't beating Nadal in the final.
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It's up there for sure.
But against the greatest returner you are never safe.
But against the greatest returner you are never safe.
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Heh, that's a great song. Thanks for reminding me of it.
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