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8 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

The run is over for Novak. He should just retire. Go out as one of the greatest. Don't keep abusing his body.

 

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Got dusty realizing that. However, he made the top 4 in the last 4 majors. Most elite players would kill for that. We're calling for him to retire cuz it's embarrassing.

That is to say, if he goes through the us, or ausie without breaking down, he could win it. The last two times he's played alcaraz he won.

Crazy to step back and realize he has dominated tennis and the majors for a decade. 

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11 minutes ago, Welshy said:

Got dusty realizing that. However, he made the top 4 in the last 4 majors. Most elite players would kill for that. We're calling for him to retire cuz it's embarrassing.

That is to say, if he goes through the us, or ausie without breaking down, he could win it. The last two times he's played alcaraz he won.

Crazy to step back and realize he has dominated tennis and the majors for a decade. 

Yeah, I can't believe we're saying retire because he lost to the current #1 in the semi finals.  He's going to stick around another year and probably win another major and retire even moreso as the greatest player of all time.

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Alcaraz is the reason I started watching tennis again 3 and a half years ago so I’ll take him to beat Sinner. I hope he beats Sinner every single time they play in a major. To be 22 and going for a 3rd Wimbledon in-a-row is impressive. 

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9 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Yeah, I can't believe we're saying retire because he lost to the current #1 in the semi finals.  He's going to stick around another year and probably win another major and retire even moreso as the greatest player of all time.

He will not win another major. Barring any major injuries one of these two of Sinner and Alcaraz will win more majors in my opinion. Quite the lofty goal, but the men’s field has no one on their level right now.

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1 hour ago, dcbc said:

Yeah, I can't believe we're saying retire because he lost to the current #1 in the semi finals.  He's going to stick around another year and probably win another major and retire even moreso as the greatest player of all time.

He's not winning another major.  He can't hold up over 5 sets for two weeks.  Honestly, I have very mixed feelings about him.  He's been a tremendous individual competitor but his vaccines shit really made me question his mentality.  Regardless he's in the top 2 or 3 of all time; even if Roger or Rafa is more beloved, his results are hard to argue with.  Just a really gifted tennis player and all around athlete.

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Novak didn’t look done to me today. Sinner played top level tennis and was lucky as hell to be there. With no dominant men outside of Sinner and Alcaraz it wouldn’t take a whole lot for Novak to wake up and find himself in a major final again. 

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She's pouty, and her body language is terrible.  Chris Evert is right, she doesn't want to stay in the points and grind it out.  She thought she was going to big hit her way through this and win points after 1 or 2 big hits.

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Wiki with the quick update

Steffi Graf won 6–0, 6–0, against Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final. The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes.  It was the first of two "double bagel" Grand Slam singles finals of the Open Era (the other one being Iga Swiatek beating Amanda Anisimova at Wimbledon 2025), and only the third time in the history of tennis (the other being at 1911 Wimbledon.

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15 hours ago, Welshy said:

Got dusty realizing that. However, he made the top 4 in the last 4 majors. Most elite players would kill for that. We're calling for him to retire cuz it's embarrassing.

That is to say, if he goes through the us, or ausie without breaking down, he could win it. The last two times he's played alcaraz he won.

Crazy to step back and realize he has dominated tennis and the majors for a decade. 

 

15 hours ago, dcbc said:

Yeah, I can't believe we're saying retire because he lost to the current #1 in the semi finals.  He's going to stick around another year and probably win another major and retire even moreso as the greatest player of all time.

 

15 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

He will not win another major. Barring any major injuries one of these two of Sinner and Alcaraz will win more majors in my opinion. Quite the lofty goal, but the men’s field has no one on their level right now.

 

14 hours ago, Hefeweizen said:

He's not winning another major.  He can't hold up over 5 sets for two weeks.  Honestly, I have very mixed feelings about him.  He's been a tremendous individual competitor but his vaccines shit really made me question his mentality.  Regardless he's in the top 2 or 3 of all time; even if Roger or Rafa is more beloved, his results are hard to argue with.  Just a really gifted tennis player and all around athlete.

 

12 hours ago, MrX said:

Novak didn’t look done to me today. Sinner played top level tennis and was lucky as hell to be there. With no dominant men outside of Sinner and Alcaraz it wouldn’t take a whole lot for Novak to wake up and find himself in a major final again. 

I like Novak. Out of the Big-3 I probably like him the most. That said, it's been 22 months now since he won the U.S. Open in 2023. I just don't see him winning another major. I would not be upset if I were completely wrong but, he is 38-years old. I think time to exit stage left.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/11/reality-is-im-getting-too-old-to-win-grand-slams-admits-beaten-djokovic

Sinner dismantles ailing Djokovic to set up Wimbledon final against Alcaraz

Novak Djokovic said he must accept the reality that his ageing body continues to make it extremely difficult for him to win another grand slam title after struggling physically in his emphatic defeat by the world No 1, Jannik Sinner, in the semi-finals of Wimbledon on Friday.

A month after suffering a straight sets defeat by Sinner in the semi-finals of the French Open, Djokovic was subjected to an even more one-sided 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 defeat by an imperious Sinner. The 38-year-old moved sluggishly throughout and he took a medical timeout after losing the second set.

“I don’t think it’s bad fortune,” said Djokovic. “It’s just age, the wear and tear of the body. As much as I’m taking care of it, the reality hits me right now, last year and a half, like never before, to be honest.

Novak Djokovic, who suffered a nasty fall in his quarter-final win, took a medical timeout after losing the second set against Jannik Sinner. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

It’s tough for me to accept that because I feel like when I’m fresh, when I’m fit, I can still play really good tennis. I’ve proven that this year. But playing best of five, particularly this year, has been a real struggle for me physically. The longer the tournament goes, the worse the condition gets. I reached the semis of every slam this year, but I have to play Sinner or [Carlos] Alcaraz. These guys are fit, young, sharp. I feel like I’m going into the match with the tank half empty. It’s just not possible to win a match like that.

It is what it is, you know? It’s one of these things I accept and embrace in some way, deal with the reality the way it is, and try to make the most out of it, I guess.

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