Are these post match interviews ever not boring?

Well thats a bit salty. Spoke in french to please the hosts and clearly wasnt easy for him. Can forget stuff when you are doing that, at least I have. But people seem to think he sucks so could be that as well lol.

Didn't even acknowledge him at the net either. Could have said something encouraging to him. Have no idea how people root for him (especially over Nadal or Federer).

that roof is the nut low, at least don't have gaps in it so the shade on court is solid

That was an amazing comeback, I gave Novak little chance when 0-2 down.

Djokovic has now done something Federer and Nadal have not: win the first two slams of the year. However, Federer and Nadal have done something that Djokovic has not, win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year? Can the GOAT tick that off and get to 20 slams?

Grand Slam titles after turning 30:
7 - Djokovic
6 - Nadal
4 - Federer

Winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in the same year:
1933 - Jack Crawford
1938 - Don Budge
1956 - Lew Hoad
1962 - Rod Laver
1969 - Rod Laver

Winning the first three grand slam titles of the year:
1938 - Don Budge
1955 - Tony Trabert
1962 - Rod Laver
1969 - Rod Laver

NB: the Australian Open only became the first grand slam title of the calendar year in 1987.

What? Really?

Tsit was only 68% to win at 2-0. Dropped to around 58% when down a break in that third.

So what match meant more, the win over Nadal or winning the final down 2 sets? I have to go with the final win as it validated the triumph over Nadal, and winning the last 3 sets the way he did.

Djokovic also accomplishes the GS double, incredible.

“Djokovic has now done something Federer and Nadal have not: win the first two slams of the year. “

He done that in 2016. Murray went onto win Wimbledon and Stan the US

A feat that had only been achieved by anyone 4 or 5 times in the Open Era, and yeah, I had Tsitsipas as a massive favorite to win the 3rd or 4th set. Once it got to a final set though, I felt the balance had sufficiently swung to Djokovic.

In terms of grand slam totals, if Djokovic lost to Nadal, Nadal wins final and the net difference is -1 for Novak.
Beat Nadal but lose final, net result is no change
Beat Nadal and win final, net result is +1 for Novak.

Given that Nadal is a dog to win any slam other than RG, winning there is critical for him. Djokovic is a threat at every grand slam, so in this respect, stopping Nadal was more important for Djokovic than winning the final.

My excuse is sometimes using my phone to post here which makes it harder to get things right, switching between wikipedia and a browser. This current post is from my computer where I'm less likely to make mistakes.

Felix Auger-Aliassime has now played 8 finals and not only is he yet to win one, he still has not won a set in a final. He did for the second time take a set to a tiebreak though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A..._career_finals

Damn.

El Shapo and FAA both seem to be in a long pattern of underwhelming results.

Whatever happened to Raonic? Was he hurt for a while or something?

Went on a heater, Johnny Mac was his coach.

Serving bots just aren’t good enough in the modern game.

Fed played in Halle today. Won 7-6, 7-5. Opponent was world number 90, someone named Ivashka.

Not an impressive score, but it's a straight set win.

Sinner got beat in straight sets by the world 309, Jack Draper.

...so thread kid really making a mark on the tennis world so far this year.

World number 2 and former thread cursed player Medvedev lost to #45 Jan-Lennard Struff in Halle today, also in straight sets.

He's the only guy under 20 in the top 50 and only guy under 20 with 2 ATP titles, so yes I agree.

Yeah, those two 250 level titles are setting the tennis world on fire.

He's a great player and likely has a huge future ahead of him, but he's THIS year's thread king and he hasn't really done anything of note in 2021. At least not yet.

I thought he was going to win that M1000 which he made the final of, which would have been huge, but alas, ''twas not to be. Which sucked because it was another of my many losing bets on favored players.

Fed lost on grass today to FAA. Raja took the first set, but gave up the next two.

Not ideal for the old fella.

Nadal announced he's not playing Wimbledon. Or the Olympics, but who cares about them.

Will Nadal ever play Wimbledon again? Will this be a one-off?

I wonder if he could drop out of the top 4 before the US Open.

Taking that strapping off the other day must have been a bigger issue than we originally though.

Could probably see him doing something like roger and skipping chunks of the season.

End is nearing.

And Osaka isn’t playing either.

I think he knows he has very little chance of winning Wimbledon so probably a smart move. I think he's resigned himself to the fact that Novak is going to end up with more major wins and that he doesn't really have to worry about Federer anymore. I don't like it but it's probably the best decision for him.

Probably but it’s interesting that the pair of them have said they need to listen to their bodies recently. Murray said the other day he’s delighted with seeing Fed play at 39.

He’s not causing any issues continuing but I think it’d going to be a real struggle for him, he’s been out for so long now as well.

Rafa has destroyed his knees throughout his career, I thought he was finished on grass as well but the last one he played got to the SF.

Hopefully a few months out for him can get him back and fighting fit for the US season.

He plays alright when it's all dirt the last few matches.