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Did Djokovic make Roddick look good in thumping Nadal @ Wimbledon 2011 and prior
Roddick won just two matches against Federer. H2H: 20-2 Federer. Roddick could have been at least a five plus Slam winner if not for Federer. Roddick owns just one. Is that bad? Or being stopped cold in your tracks when you were on the cusp of rewriting history? Wouldn't you choose the latter as the far stingier jab? Nadal-Djokovic? 16-12 Nadal.
One apparel at a time, Djokovic has completely undressed Nadal in full public view. Nadal stands totally nude. That's the hard part of being in public eye. When you fall, it hurts that much harder. And what were these pieces of clothing shielding Nadal's dignity? Two straight wins on hard courts took care of the shirt, two clay courts wins right after took care of the trousers, 'give me that' No. 1 rank clinch took care of the vest and the five set format win @ Wimbledon on the third surface took care of the drawers. Can it any worse? Well, you can't leave the openings unplugged, can you?
Nadal's near impressive run up to all these five finals brings an authentic closure to the argument on how thoroughly Nadal has been had. Besides, Roddick at least didn't have the luxury of owning a home like Nadal did on red, making the dagger even harder to stomach and the domination that much more comprehensive and humiliating.
This BS that Nadal is now going to come back with new strategy and find a way to beat Nadal like he had done in the past against other opponents is just that: BS. We are way way way way past that post. Nadal was lucky, pure lucky, that he was not bageled for the last two sets of the tournament. If not for drop in Djokovic's form and focus, there was going to be no fourth set with two bagels in the last two. That drop in form had NOTHING to do with Nadal.
Nadal's only hope of winning anything is based on Djokovic faltering - big freaking time - consistently.
What could be even worse? How about Federer beating Djokovic - routinely? OK, that may be a stretch but even if it's intermittent and Nadal continues to get annihilated, wouldn't Federer have earned some pay back from so many quarters while pushing Nadal to 'Borg' territory with respect to both 'R' and suicide? Heck, it's even plausible to assume that had Federer not lost to Tsonga, Nadal could have won his 11th Slam - easily - either because he would have faced Federer or a really really tired Djokovic. Or even a tired, dying, on hospital bed with crutches Djokovic still a winner over Nadal now?
In all this shifting of the Platonic plates, the worst sufferer has to be ..........wait for it............Murray, don't you think? Both Federer and Nadal have had reasonable amount of food to not feel so agonized watching this new train cause havoc at least when compared to Murray who is not only NOT on the board he is in minus territory on that plain. If Djokovic is the real thing for the long haul and Murray has been had by Nadal repeatedly and convincingly, what do think his chances of going into another sulking session is?
With Delpo making steady progress in his quest to get his game together for the big stage, Murray have be shut out even before he gets started.
But the real winner in all this is Federer. Duh!!!! His No. 16 appears safe leaving the H2H against Nadal and other BS from pulling him down from the perch without much power. Could Djokovic get there? Who freaking knows and with so much distance AND time filling the gap the number of variables are beyond mind boggling.
FROM: tennisplanet.me
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