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Roland Garros 2017 |OT| - The Worst Slam
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Wawrinka has waked up a little bit, but I think it's too late already. Nadal is also playing lights out tennis, making it a lot harder for Stan to get into rhythm. He would need to play at the level at which he beat Djokovic in 2015 to stand a chance. Still a very disappointing performance so far though.
Wawa is done.
Pack it up.
Diprosalic
Banned
a set would've been nice.
A scrub lmfao
You call Wawrinka a scrub?
rockman zx
Member
Boring final, come on Nadal finish this quickly.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
jesusfed made a timely appearance in australia since these scrubs can't be counted on.
SplitYourInfinities
Member
It could have been worse. It could have been Murray.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i think he would have done better than this.
Diprosalic
Banned
thank god.
Twenty7KVN
Member
So what's Rafa ranking after this?
Sax Russel
Banned
Pretty much this. Happy for Nadal to do so well after a coming back, that's always great to see.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
2, i think.
Twenty7KVN
Member
Wow I honestly never thought I would see Rafa ranking that high again.
PedroPanache
Member
Not had much chance to watch Roland Garros this year, but congrats to Rafa. My boy wins that 10th title to confirm his 'pretty good' status on the red dirt. Final was crap, but Stan would have needed the combined powers of every great champion in the history of the game to give him a match today. Nobody was stopping Rafa from winning to no. 10.
Onto Wimbledon, it should be more fun with the Fed in the mix and that beautiful green lawn.
Onto Wimbledon, it should be more fun with the Fed in the mix and that beautiful green lawn.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
the myth of slamrinka is dead and gone.
PedroPanache
Member
Stan has a ways to go before equalling Murray's record in slams. They say the first one is always the hardest.
killer_clank
Member
Utter domination from Nadal. Literally unbeatable in that kind of form.
veryslowhand
Banned
So happy for Rafa.
Freewheelin'
Member
Won the whole thing without dropping a set. Good shit.
Green Yoshi
Member
Congratulations, Nadal. Well deserved victory. But in Wimbledon it will be Federer's turn.
In the month Nadal first won the French Open Microsoft announced the Xbox 360. And now it's the Scorpio. What a crazy career.
In the month Nadal first won the French Open Microsoft announced the Xbox 360. And now it's the Scorpio. What a crazy career.
Amazing, also it is the fewest games he has dropped on the way to the title.
What do we think is the most likely slam counts once Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have all retired?
My guess:
Who knows!
My guess:
- Federer: 19
- Nadal: 18
- Djokovic: 17
Who knows!
I think Djoker getting to 17 is optimistic. He is 30 years old. Fed has only won 2 slams after 30. Nadal has now won 1 slam after 30. For Djoker to get to 17 he would have to win 5 slams after 30 which is very unlikely.
It's hard to predict any future victory at this point, be it for Rafa, Roger, Djokovic, even Murray or Wawrinka. They are at ages where every champion in history slowly stopped winning. So every victory they get could be the last. They are all battling against time, which makes it all the more interesting.
Incredible season so far, it's crazy to get Federer and Nadal as the two first slam winners in 2017, nobody would have predicted that.
What's a little bit frightening is that all these guys are gonna retire in a close time window, it will be hard for tennis to move on without new champions rising very soon.
Incredible season so far, it's crazy to get Federer and Nadal as the two first slam winners in 2017, nobody would have predicted that.
What's a little bit frightening is that all these guys are gonna retire in a close time window, it will be hard for tennis to move on without new champions rising very soon.