How much of a freaking knucklehead do you freaking have to be to ‘attack’ the line judge when she had freaking NOTHING to do with Djokovic’s humiliating expulsion?
Insert Djokovic’s past behavior - on and off the court - and he is lucky he wasn’t banned from the sport altogether - 10 years ago.
And you have the freaking gall bladder to question the decision?
I mean, it’s not like this is happening to Laver, Sampras or Edberg - meaning this was some colossal aberration and therefore warrants a far more benign ‘look’.
You have brazenly and outlandishly exhibited questionable behavior in the past, to make this a Slam dunk freaking decision with ‘deserved it’ stamped all over it. Heard of OJ Simpson?
Djokovic was on top of the world, he won so many slams, beating arch rivals Federer and Rafa. Ascending quickly to GOAT status, he didn't think he would lose. On his way to absolute glory, he slips, for the first time? The loss of reminds Federer's loss to Delpo, a little bit.
Posted by: O | 09/16/2020 at 05:43 PM
Comparing with Federer and Djokovic, Mowigli has never slipped once yet?
Posted by: O | 09/16/2020 at 05:54 PM
One man's "slipped" definition may not be any other man's "slipped" definition.
But...
What we can all agree on, I fervently hope, is that --- IN HIS OWN ERA:
AO: distant third (tie) [ 8-5-1 ]
FO: mind-boggling first [ 12-1-1 ]
WB: distant third [ 8-5-2 ]
US: close second [ 5-4-3 ]
WTF: distant third [ 6-5-0 ]
WA#1: distant third [ 310-286-209 ]
Hmmm...I'm seeing the words "distant third" an awful lot here for a serious GOAT candidate.
Posted by: Gary Lee Moser | 09/16/2020 at 06:47 PM
"On his way to absolute glory, he slips, for the first time?"
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For me, his first time was being straight-setted by Murray in the 2013 Wimbledon Final.
Posted by: Gary Lee Moser | 09/16/2020 at 06:52 PM
I think he is below Djokovic and Federer too, but he may be still in the slam race. When I say slip, I think about losing a very winnable slam title, and then almost never win again. When Federer lost to Delpo, I thought Federer never won another UO again.
Posted by: O | 09/16/2020 at 07:12 PM
"When I say slip, I think about losing a very winnable slam title, and then almost never win again."
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OK.
Nadal wins the AO in 2009. Would have a much-coveted Double-Career-Slam by now if not for the following.
2012: up a break in the 5th set before losing
2014: beaten in 4 by non-GOAT-candidate Wawrinka
2017: up a break in the 5th set before losing
2019: waxed in 3 sets
[ Hmmm...what's that smell? Can it be --- slippage? ]
Posted by: Gary Lee Moser | 09/16/2020 at 07:38 PM
AO, 8-5-1? Federer won it in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2018, so it should be 8-6-1.
Posted by: Bento | 09/17/2020 at 07:39 AM
Good catch...thanks.
Posted by: Gary Lee Moser | 09/17/2020 at 07:44 AM
Fed did not win 2018 .
Posted by: nick | 09/17/2020 at 06:26 PM
Over Cilic in a 5-set Final, with Novak having bombed out to Chung in R4.
Posted by: Gary Lee Moser | 09/17/2020 at 07:24 PM
Ah my apologies to Bento. My memory is weakening ever since the loss at 2019.
Posted by: nick | 09/17/2020 at 08:11 PM