5 Sets of 5* tennis just like the French Open final.
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I'm going for the foxy Italian over the dark haired spaniard
Wimbledon will always refer to both events as "Gentlemans", It's usually media outlets that say "mens".
threespires
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Today's £200-300 already provided better value than yesterday's. This is going to be utterly brutal for them both but great for the crowd.
Gaz76
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Is it just me or is the net dipping a lot in the middle?
Gaz76
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Not just me then, William just said it as well
jimharri
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First set to Alcaraz, after being the first to be broken.
Really! On hard I would rate Draper's chances above the other 3 mentioned, this year he has won two ATP 1000's on the surface and propelled himself to world no.4 as a result.
Looks normal to me (3 foot in the middle and 3.5 foot at the posts).
Far to early to say, for one thing he would have to play into his 30's and we have no idea if he can or wants to.
BigJoe#1
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Outstanding tennis today.....
I really don't want either player to lose.
I really don't want either player to lose.
City_Sean
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Such an enjoyable final this. That forehand from Sinner to win the set was incredible.
Gonna depend on what opposition is hanging around.
In the Djokovic era , outside of Federer and Nadal, there were the likes of Andy Murray winning 3 grand slams and Stan Wawrinka who won the US, Australian and French.
Not sure if the level of those five are around to challenge Sinner and Alcaraz over the next decade.
I doubt it. I think he might get near to Federer’s record of 20, though.
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I think he could, it really depends on how many young players are coming up behind him. If it turns out there's nobody in his league coming through in the next few years, then it might just be these two picking up pretty much all the grand slams. They'll soon add up.
If that happens and he wins more than Novak, I'm still not sure it'd be as impressive as Novak who had to come along in the Federer and Nadal era and make it a 3 man era and eventually surpassing them. Incredible really.
If Alcaraz beats him in grand slams won, i think it's because he gets more of a free run at it, for want of a better term. He's certainly not coming along in the middle of an era that was being dominated by Federer and Nadal. He's come along as Novak is tailing off and the only major competition he has is sinner.
But it's sport. Like Novak came along and made it a 3 man era, I'm sure in a few years there'll be someome who can match Alcaraz and Sinner and be right there with them.
I think it's a stretch to say it was a 3 man era. Djokovic slams were won between 2008 and 2023, during that time 8 other men won grand slams with Murray winning 3 and Wawrinka 2. Dominated by certainly but more than the 4 of them were successful.
manimanc
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Really enjoying this. Sinner is something else.
jimharri
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The momentum seems to be with Sinner at the moment. 2-1 up, and a break up in the 4th set.