[Banoffee]

Del Potro returned after being sidelined for a whole season and he is beating solid players (even Fognini is solid to some extent). Sure, Delpo is not winning Sydney, let alone bigger events. But he is playing well below his normal level, I would say at 40%.

There are a number of players who heavily benefited from his absence: Gulbis (made Rotterdam final after beating an injured Delpo). Cilic, who, as impressive as it was, benefited from the absence of Nadal and Del Potro. Wawrinka, whose only great victory was over Djokovic in his slam run. Dimitrov, who made semis at Wimbledon in a weak field. All in all, a bunch of players had significantly better results as a result of the absence of Delpo (who has always owned Cilic). And the list goes on...

 

[R0B1S]

Del Potro returned after being sidelined for a whole season and he is beating solid players (even Fognini is solid to some extent). Sure, Delpo is not winning Sydney, let alone bigger events. But he is playing well below his normal level, I would say at 40%.

There are a number of players who heavily benefited from his absence: Gulbis (made Rotterdam final after beating an injured Delpo). Cilic, who, as impressive as it was, benefited from the absence of Nadal and Del Potro. Wawrinka, whose only great victory was over Djokovic in his slam run. Dimitrov, who made semis at Wimbledon in a weak field. All in all, a bunch of players had significantly better results as a result of the absence of Delpo (who has always owned Cilic). And the list goes on...

Gulbis didn't make the final, he lost in semi-final :lol: So in your opinion making a SF of ATP-500 instead of QF is "heavily benefiting"? Right... And the rest of your "examples" are just as usless as in none of the cases it would be certain that those players would be directly affected by Del Potro playing in those tournaments - it's just more what if's and shoulds and coulds. Great thread.

 

[Banoffee]

Gulbis didn't make the final, he lost in semi-final :lol: So in your opinion making a SF of ATP-500 instead of QF is "heavily benefiting"? Right... And the rest of your "examples" are just as usless as in none of the cases it would be certain that those players would be directly affected by Del Potro playing in those tournaments - it's just more what if's and shoulds and coulds. Great thread.

They would have been affected, especially at Wimbledon and the US Open.

Gulbis :lol:

 

[Edda]

I agree. Delpo is a much better player than Gulbis, Cilic or Wawrinka. Wawrinka had the additional benefit of Nadal's injury in the final. Stan has been pretty flat since. His best performance was against Djokovic. Cilic has always been pretty flat and Gulbis is a headcase.

 

[zjtennis]

The thing with the AO 2014 argument doesn't make sense as Del Po didn't have an effect on it because it was RBA who won against him. Del Po was a Top 8 player still at that time, and while he might be carrying injury at that time already he didn't have a direct effect on the draw (he still had to go through Dimitrov and Nadal if he won against RBA). Maybe you could say that with RG-USO as he didn't participate there but it is not like he would be a sure contender there. What if scenarios could be tricky especially if it affected multiple scenarios.

 

[Slade]

Dull certainly benefited as Del Potro is one of those mythical beings who actually has a good match-up on him. In RG, Del Potro could beat a declined Dull.

 

[danieln1]

I dont see Cilic winning anything close to a slam
ever again...

 

[BankaiKenpachi]

Dull certainly benefited as Del Potro is one of those mythical beings who actually has a good match-up on him. In RG, Del Potro could beat a declined Dull.

Entertaining as usual. :lol:

 

[SheepleBuster]

Let's face it. Del Po benefited from Roger brainfarting at US Open final. Roger should have won that in 4. I like the guy a lot. He is fragile though. Life is not fair and Del Po's body is not made to handle top level tennis for too long. It's sad. I feel bad for him. Such a nice, tall, handsome guy with dreamy eyes and fine figure. Quite attractive for a man to be honest. If I had a sister and del Po asked for my blessing, I might give

 

[BankaiKenpachi]

Let's face it. Del Po benefited from Roger brainfarting at US Open final. Roger should have won that in 4. I like the guy a lot. He is fragile though. Life is not fair and Del Po's body is not made to handle top level tennis for too long. It's sad. I feel bad for him. Such a nice, tall, handsome guy with dreamy eyes and fine figure. Quite attractive for a man to be honest. If I had a sister and del Po asked for my blessing, I might give

Every time Federer loses, it's always up to his racket, and it doesn't matter how well his opponent played. It's FED who choked, not his opponent played better than him, yeah right. Federer was at his absolute best at the moment and Del Po simply out-played him both physically and mentally. Stop making excuses, it gets old.

 

[SheepleBuster]

Every time Federer loses, it's always up to his racket, and it doesn't matter how well his opponent played. It's FED who choked, not his opponent played better than him, yeah right. Federer was at his absolute best at the moment and Del Po simply out-played him both physically and mentally. Stop making excuses, it gets old.

You probably said that with an Spanish accent. Seriously though... I did not say that. Roger has lost plenty of times, many times completely outplayed. Like that Cilic match at the US Open or Rafa at the French. Roger had chances to close it out in 4 sets and made some very dumb decisions. He did lose the fifth set fair and square. No doubt.

 

[Haasounet]

stop bullshitting wawrinka, he is a great slam champion and a fantastic former 3rd player in the world

 

[total_gamer1989]

Dull certainly benefited as Del Potro is one of those mythical beings who actually has a good match-up on him. In RG, Del Potro could beat a declined Dull.

Del Potro along with Djokovic are 2 of the few players who can handle Nadal's power. Delpo and Nadal matches are a celebrating of strength and machismo in tennis. The two most powerful, consistent and consistently powerful forehands on the tour.

 

[Banoffee]

stop bullshitting wawrinka, he is a great slam champion and a fantastic former 3rd player in the world

:lol:

 

[Tiebreak100]

Del Potro returned after being sidelined for a whole season and he is beating solid players (even Fognini is solid to some extent). Sure, Delpo is not winning Sydney, let alone bigger events. But he is playing well below his normal level, I would say at 40%.

There are a number of players who heavily benefited from his absence: Gulbis (made Rotterdam final after beating an injured Delpo). Cilic, who, as impressive as it was, benefited from the absence of Nadal and Del Potro. Wawrinka, whose only great victory was over Djokovic in his slam run. Dimitrov, who made semis at Wimbledon in a weak field. All in all, a bunch of players had significantly better results as a result of the absence of Delpo (who has always owned Cilic). And the list goes on...

You certainly rate Delpo higher than most.

No idea why.