The Official Tennis Thread

[mson]

Still got a whole match left. I got work in the morning.

 

[malbaker86]

Novak doesn’t care. He’s completed what he wanted to compete.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Popyrin played him tough In Australia and Wimbledon. Gotta believe the familiarity helped him tonight.

I think that gold medal is the last big title Novak wins. If he doesn't take the 2025 AO, I think his run will finally be over.

Also helps that he just won a 1000 tournament earlier in the month. He's been on a roll. He's beaten 5 top 10 players this year...

 

[malbaker86]

I’m 38, this was in the 10th-11th grade

 

[Mazino]

Novak doesn’t care. He’s completed what he wanted to compete.

It does seem like he didn't have the quite enough motivation but credit to Popyrin who played probably the match of his life, if he can bottle this kind of level he can win more big titles.

Was impressed with his all round game tonight.

 

[puggle]

The gold medal against Carlos might be to Djokovic what Brady’s SB win was against Mahomes, his final big stage win.

 

[Regular_P]

If Tiafoe or Fritz doesn't make the Final this year, it might be another 20 years until another American man gets there.

 

[WTFisWallace?]

Novak cranking up the excuse machine again.

Even tho it's not needed

 

[DraymondT]

Wow.......... When the last year Novak won 0 GS? End of an era. He could still pull one out his ass maybe but I dont think he gon be looked at as one of the top favorites goin forward.

 

[DraymondT]

We might gotta put Zverev in the biggest choker ever in any sport convos if he cant win this whole thing now. Its insane he still got 0 GS NO ONE would believe you back then if you said hed have 0 slams by 2024. His bracket was already nice for em then Novak just got upset. Med and Sinner on the other side....

 

[Jean toomer]

First time since 02 that none of the Big 3 won a major

I really think since he got the gold he might call it quits

Nothing left to prove…

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

If there was ever a year for Tiafoe to show me something, it’s now

I fully expect some unexplainable bozo shyt from him though

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Wow.......... When the last year Novak won 0 GS? End of an era. He could still pull one out his ass maybe but I dont think he gon be looked at as one of the top favorites goin forward.

He still took the olympic, that was his biggest goal this year and he achieved it, job done

 

[BucciMane]

Just a bad, bad loss.

Crazy that both Djokovic and Alcaraz are out this early.

Wild.

 

[Formerly known as...]

He still took the olympic, that was his biggest goal this year and he achieved it, job done

This. He was mentally fully in on Olympics this year, that's all he wanted more than anything else. He has won everything else. I think we judge where he's truly at come next season when he's rested and ready to go at the AO.