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The Tennis Thread (Part 31)
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owen10
12-09-2016
Who was the last player to win the US Open in their thirties
anyonefortennis
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Makson:
“We have 31 and 28 year old champions this year....pity Serena lost or it would have been 31 and 34”

Stan is the oldest USO winner since Ken Rosewall in 1970.
Lisa.B
12-09-2016
Dead at this.
Richard_Cranium
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by missfrankiecat:
“Oh God, they actually hand the cheques out in public - so vulgar!”

Come on it's all about the green with Americans
seansnotmyname@
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by anyonefortennis:
“Stan is the oldest USO winner since Ken Rosewall in 1970.”

OOOH you are falling into dangerous John Inverdale territory there, better hope Andy doesn't read this
Mike Teevee
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by anyonefortennis:
“The Stan Slam is still on except there's a 2 year gap now. ”

How so, he just has to win Wimby in 10 months.
owen10
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by anyonefortennis:
“Stan is the oldest USO winner since Ken Rosewall in 1970.”

Novak has still got another three years in him

He could still reach Rogers total, but he will have to have another great season next year
Fudd
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Lushness:
“Sorry any tennis player out there would LOVE to win two grand slams in their lifetime, never mind one year. The dude is only human, he's going to be off sometimes and lose matches. It would be odd if he didn't...”

True - it's just he's been off for three tournaments in a row. This isn't a one off tournament where he's made silly mistakes and basic errors; they've been prevalent since the French. Yes he made the final here but... who knows what might have happened had he been forced to play for a result in the previous rounds.
owen10
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“How so, he just has to win Wimby in 10 months.”

He wont win Wimbledon

Grass is his worst surface
seansnotmyname@
12-09-2016
Just think Novak needs a break, think he should take the rest of the year off, or at least until the year-end thing. Then there'll be a decent break before the Oz Open.
Mike Teevee
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by owen10:
“He wont win Wimbledon

Grass is his worst surface”

I wouldn't put it past Stan to do it. Who knows what could have happened this year if he hadn't ran into Delpo?
anyonefortennis
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“How so, he just has to win Wimby in 10 months.”

He was supposed to win Wimbledon this year to win the Stan Slam. So it will be a bit back to front next year.
Lushness
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Fudd:
“True - it's just he's been off for three tournaments in a row. This isn't a one off tournament where he's made silly mistakes and basic errors; they've been prevalent since the French. Yes he made the final here but... who knows what might have happened had he been forced to play for a result in the previous rounds.”

What including the French that he won? If anything that shows signs of a true champion imo.

I think it's a bit early to be predicting any sort of decline. I'm not saying that the gap hasn't closed between Novak and the rest of the field but I'll see how he performs next year.
missfrankiecat
12-09-2016
Here's to Glasgow - Murray v Delpo. Can't wait!
Fudd
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Lushness:
“What including the French that he won? If anything that shows signs of a true champion imo.

I think it's a bit early to be predicting any sort of decline. I'm not saying that the gap hasn't closed between Novak and the rest of the field but I'll see how he performs next year.”

Thinking of Wimbledon, the Olympics and the US as the three. Know saying the latter was 'poor' is harsh but he got a relatively free ride to the final then was very much second best tonight.
Lushness
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by seansnotmyname@:
“Just think Novak needs a break, think he should take the rest of the year off, or at least until the year-end thing. Then there'll be a decent break before the Oz Open.”

Yep I think he'll be right as rain come his most successful slam.
Thomas007
12-09-2016
YAY STAN!!!!

Didn't think he could do it (hence why I went onto the next conversation of Novak potentially dominating 2017 a little prematurely.)

Nonetheless I loved being proved wrong tonight.

Although as somebody mentioned earlier he's very capable of winning all 4 next year still, so watch out.

Mens tennis is so much better when we have different winners. This 'Big 4' conversation I think is going to have to widen its tent at some point I think.

How much longer can we talk about a 'Big 4' and not talk about Stan in the same breath?
owen10
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Thomas007:
“YAY STAN!!!!

Didn't think he could do it (hence why I went onto the next conversation of Novak potentially dominating 2017 a little prematurely.)

Nonetheless I loved being proved wrong tonight.

Although as somebody mentioned earlier he's very capable of winning all 4 next year still, so watch out.

Mens tennis is so much better when we have multiple winners.”

No

Tennis is much better when Novak goes past Rogers total of most Grand Slams titles
SpiderMan 83
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by seansnotmyname@:
“Just think Novak needs a break, think he should take the rest of the year off, or at least until the year-end thing. Then there'll be a decent break before the Oz Open.”

Yup needs to get his self together and comeback stronger. Should never have done the Olympics tbh.
Mike Teevee
12-09-2016
Er who did Stan beat?
Thomas007
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by SpiderMan 83:
“Yup needs to get his self together and comeback stronger. Should never have done the Olympics tbh.”

Oh come on now the Olympics is once every 4 years, its an excellent chance for him to get one over Federer in the never ending GOAT argument. So I certainly wouldn't begrudge him going for it. He'll be 33 at the next one also so perhaps this was his best chance.
Thomas007
12-09-2016
Following Novaks defeat (and thus losing ranking points based on last year) is the race for number 1 back on for Murray?
Mike Teevee
12-09-2016
Originally Posted by Thomas007:
“Following Novaks defeat (and thus losing ranking points based on last year) is the race for number 1 back on for Murray?”

Code:
#	CH	Player Name	Age	Ctry	Pts	+/-	Current Tournament	Previous Tournaments 	Next Pts	Max Pts
	
 1 	   CH    	
	Novak Djokovic	29.3	SRB1	14040	-	-800	-	Lost in US Open F	-	-
 2 	   CH    	
	Andy Murray	29.3	GBR1	9485	-	+180	-	Lost in US Open QF	-	-
 3 	   CH    	
	Stan Wawrinka	31.4	SUI1	6260	-	+1280	-	US Open W	-	-
 4 	   1    	
	Rafael Nadal	30.2	ESP1	4940	+1	+90	-	Lost in US Open R16	-	-
 5 	   4    	
	Kei Nishikori	26.7	JPN1	4875	+2	+710	-	Lost in US Open SF	-	-
 6 	   4    	
	Milos Raonic	25.7	CAN1	4760	-	-45	-	Lost in US Open R64	-	-
 7 	   1    	
	Roger Federer	35	SUI2	3745	-3	-1200	-	-	-	-
 8 	   7    	
	Gael Monfils	30	FRA1	3545	+4	+710	-	Lost in US Open SF	-	-
 9 	   4    	
	Tomas Berdych	30.9	CZE1	3390	-1	-180	-	-	-	-
 10 	   7    	
	Dominic Thiem	23	AUT1	3295	-	+90	-	Lost in US Open R16	-	-
Doesn't look that close using entry list. I think year to date race is closer.
sparkie70
12-09-2016
Seems ages Dan Evans nearly knocked Stan out of the US Open. Well done to him & roll on the Davis cup.
planets
12-09-2016
Very glad to see Stanslam is on course.
Of course i predicted it days ago

Originally Posted by planets:
“*crosses fingers*

yes Stan into the final!!!

#stanslam ”

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