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Originally Posted by kingweed
Basically he means Novak doesn't get support from tennis fans around the world, see yesterday - crowd rooting for the dog. Where as Rafa is liked all over the world and Roger is unique and is loved all over the world.
There is a reason Roger gets twice as much sponsorship money as to what Novak gets. Despite sponsors looking at Novak as going to be on the TV in all slam finals (well, not all) and holding the trophy up these past few years.
Roger has been there dominating significantly longer than Novak. Djokovic was the new guy on the block in 2011 when he first started trashing the Big Four. It's only natural that tennis fans will stick to their established favourite and root against the guy destroying him. It isn't because Roger is a classy gent and Novak is a neanderthal.
Crowd always want to see underdogs succeed and make matches interesting and get their money's worth. They cheered for Marcus vs Fed.
I could also go into Fed and Novak's characters and personalities and explain why Novak is better even though Fed fans will never accept it but I don't want to bring more negativity to this thread.