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Originally Posted by Giroudgeous
UpHill - if you're going to make claims like that you're probably going to want some numbers or something to back it up. You're also probably not going to want to say something like 'the numbers don't even back this up' and then just make up your own numbers
i never made up any numbers, nor would i.
my point is that the numbers don't show how clutch stan was at key points in the match. you can see how he played more forcefully in sets 2-4 vs. set 1 pretty easily. he forced way way more unforced errors from djokovic in those sets than in set 1 and he had far fewer unforced errors himself (a net >1 ratio in sets 2-4 vs. a <1 ratio in set 1).
further, he basically dominated on serve in sets 2-3 (not as much as fed did in that murray match but here he either won 19/21 first serve points or he won 89% of his second serve points in those two sets).
the reason i say the numbers don't show the true performance is that you don't get to see how he frustrated djokovic in set 4 in those numbers. the service stats are ok, but not phenomenal. but he absolutely destroyed djokovic that set AFTER he lapsed in one service game to drop 3-0 in the fourth. from that point on it was an epic display.
it's an astonishing performance b/c djok arguably played as well or better than he did vs. nadal and murray, both of whom played well (though that wasn't peak nadal as has been pointed out), and stan STILL beat him despite being down a break in multiple sets.
i couldn't find the avg forehand and backhand speed, but those had to have been off the charts. his serve was stronger than novak's that day, but not by much.
the most impressive thing to me and the reason why i keep saying it's the best performance i've ever seen is how he dominated the best player that year on the baseline. djok was not used to seeing balls that heavy (with speed vs. spin) coming at him like that. he overcame nadal's heavy (spin) forehands, but couldn't come up with an answer to stan's weighty groundstrokes coming at him regularly at 90+mph
http://2015.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/s...20/1701ms.html