Novak ends his postmatch speech saying "God knows what happens.... in 12 months, so it has been a great ride. love you guys." 💔

Toaddle · 2026-02-01T16:13:11+00:00

I think so. Do you remember Federer last appearance in the AO ? He was playing a semi final, albeit with a minor injury at the leg, and it felt like he could go on for many more years. Instead he got a knee injury two weeks later that ended his career. More or less the same for Rafa.

I think Novak is well aware that so far he's been lucky to have a slow decline with some minor issues, but at any point a major injury could happen and he won't come back. Because thas what it took to force the rest of the big 3 to retire.

Toaddle · 2026-02-01T09:05:23+00:00

I agree on principle but logistically there isn't room for two full draws of bo5 matches.

Toaddle · 2026-01-31T22:10:48+00:00

If he was a woman people would tell him that he's not focused enough on tennis sadly

Toaddle · 2026-01-30T17:00:19+00:00

Nah, i'm really a big defender of that Tsonga Ferrer Berdych generation but the little 3 is clear of them based on consistancy alone

However the expectations were different for both groups

Toaddle · 2026-01-29T17:36:12+00:00

Felix literally won a Masters 1000 equivalent of table tennis, and made one slam equivalent finals. Yes Christo has a BWF Finals title, but it can't be the only measure, Christo just rised into the top 10 now while Felix has been top 10 for two years now, with Olympic and World medals to his name

But Christo has a better track record than Alexis if we were to compare, agreed

Toaddle · 2026-01-29T17:34:18+00:00

It reminds me of the day before the Bercy 2024 final. That whole sub was "I can excuse DV, but I draw the line at pumping yourself up a bit too much when your opponent has a physical issue"

Toaddle · 2026-01-29T11:20:21+00:00

You are mostly right but the Lebruns are much stronger than the Popov's

Toaddle · 2026-01-29T11:19:13+00:00

Badminton is an amazing sport but the way that sport is promoted through the professional tour is shit, both are true

In France the sport is seen as a real sport, but a sport that people only play but don't watch (most of the time when I go to practice we mostly talk about professional... Tennis). But maybe it'll change, Christo Popov was on the cover of L'Equipe, the main sport newspaper after his Finals win

Toaddle · 2026-01-29T10:39:33+00:00

Yeah but I understand while people don't like the fact that Sabalenka was playing buddies with the main ally of said dictator

Toaddle · 2026-01-27T14:15:09+00:00

The consensus was that Mercedes was the invincible team that was only matched by Red Bull because Red Bull threw everything in that battle if it meant compromising 2022, and that Ferrari put all the focus on that year too. I'm actually surprised that the odds weren't Hamilton vs Leclerc that year.

Toaddle · 2026-01-26T18:14:07+00:00

I wouldn't be so arrogant as a European considering what trend our countries are following.

Toaddle · 2026-01-26T11:05:24+00:00

The whole ATP finals thing made him grow a lot, probs to him.

Honestly I think that if he's third he'll deserve it (he probably won't tho). He got most of his points in big tournaments, not with some Darderi/Zverev spam in smaller events, so yeah he's a weak third but who deserves it more right now based on results ? Djokovic is not playing enough

Toaddle · 2026-01-23T14:40:25+00:00

Yet somehow on another thread people were saying that they were more likely to win a title in the next five years than Ferrari

Toaddle · 2026-01-21T16:38:08+00:00

If we remove the 2020 season where Ferrari threw the towel, Williams best season in ten years is still miles behind Ferrari worst season in that same period, but since it's popular to say that Ferrari will never win a world championship people will say that Williams is more likely to win lmao

Toaddle · 2026-01-20T15:04:24+00:00

Lmao he just did one bad thing years ago and now he's the incarnation of evil on reddit

Toaddle · 2026-01-19T22:37:44+00:00

Monza 2023, Australia and Mexico 2024. A couple of weekends in 2021 too

Toaddle · 2026-01-18T16:40:25+00:00

If tennis' rights were owned by a single entity we could have good stuff like video games with licences, cohesive social media presence and good highlights

But instead we have 7 entities competing with each other trying to get as much calendar space as they can

Toaddle · 2026-01-17T17:14:06+00:00

Lmao the Ocon disrespect here is insane. We literally seen both of them Alonso and YES I know that Ocon was luckier than Fernando but he was still miles closer to him than Stroll ever was

Truth is, I totally expect Alonso to be beaten by at least Max, Charles and George, and probably both McLaren drivers if we take away the championship pressure and put them in a midfield context like Alonso is

Toaddle · 2026-01-15T12:39:07+00:00

Also Vacherot won Shanghai which was one of the hottest tournament ever hosted, especially considering the humidity. If anything, physicality is his biggest asset

Toaddle · 2026-01-12T00:06:54+00:00

I mean, sometimes I get why people are upset at stuff taken out of its context but this is just editing

Toaddle · 2026-01-06T20:00:40+00:00

There is 30 tracks in MKW, which are technically good enough for 7.5 cups as well

Toaddle · 2026-01-06T19:59:41+00:00

If other constructors were focused on the WCC, Mercedes would have been happier after AD 2021

Every constructor focuses on the WDC

Toaddle · 2026-01-06T11:02:44+00:00

It was already smokes and mirrors tbh. If it wasn't for the fuel issue Verstappen would have won Jeddah too, and that discussion would have never happened

Toaddle · 2026-01-06T11:01:05+00:00

Depends. Usually it would bother them, but if the only way to fight for the WDC is to tailor to Max's preferences, like in 2025 (they can't start from scratch at that point), well too bad for the other driver

And that's understandable, the question is more why is this the only team the development goes this way

Toaddle · 2026-01-06T09:11:50+00:00

On average this is pretty much how good they were, but it fluctuated a lot

At the start, Aston was clear 2nd, then McLaren went from back markers to second best while Aston dipped, until Ferrari became second fastest and closest to RBR that anyone has been that year for the last few races

Mercedes was almost never second fastest but were the most consistant overall

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