Whisper <
whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r
On 12/09/2023 2:33 am, Pelle Svanslös wrote:> On 11.9.2023 18.15, Whisper wrote:>> On 12/09/2023 1:05 am, *skriptis wrote:>>> Whisper <whisper@ozemail.com.au> Wrote in message:r>>>> I know Carlos has very few points to defend as he was mostly off >>>>
with injury after USO last yr. I think Novak is maybe 3,000 points >>>> ahead after this USO, so who's most likely to end the yr no.1? >>>> Carlos would love 2 in a row, and Novak is shooting for 8.>>>>>>>>>>>> Djokovic is already ITF world champion (3
titles and a final) I guess >>> so for all time purposes, it's going to be a shared year even if he >>> doesn't get the ATP #1.>>>>>> In ATP, he has a lead cca 700 or 800 pts for this year.>>>>>> But he's skipping Asian swing and Alcaraz is playing both
ATP500 >>> (Tokyo or Beijing) and ATP1000 Shanghai (returns after 4 years).>>>>>> So when the tour comes back to Europe Alcaraz could be 700 or 800 pts >>> ahead.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Novak is the real No.1 for this year it's not even close, > > It's amazing.
One swing volley away from a CYGS.> I don't look at it that way. I think he'd find it harder to win this USO final if calendar slam was again on the line, given how tough Med was playing again. That's just too big a prize to be able to block out. I
also think Novak wins 2021 USO final if calendar slam wasn't on the line.
Yeah it's a shame he didn't have me as a counsellor. I would have put him in the right state of mind.
I would have told him just how big of a prize it was. Once a person knows the exact value of something, the myth is gone and you can swing freely.
Clearly it's huge, and if Laver is goat, and if it's based on 2 CYGS, the second greatest ever would need to be Budge? But that's not the case. So it's not that huge.
All the careers of Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Borg etc have surpassed Budge.
If one CYGS can be surpassed, then 2 can be as well. You just need to win a lot, a lot.
CYGS is a shortcut, that's all.
It's like playing 4 grand slam finals at once.
That's how you must frame it. If you can deal the pressure of 1 major, you take it all 4 at once.
The mistake was to think of it as a once in a life time opportunity and crap like that. That can paralyze you. In the same vein lots of stuff can paralyze you. Going for 6th straight Wimbledon for Borg or Federer could have been paralyzing as well, as
that is once in a lifetime opportunity too.
If that streak is snapped, it's unlikely they'd get another chance at winning 6 consecutive Wimbledons.
But Borg and Federer lost to McEnroe and Nadal on a given day in tough matches. But were they thinking about streaks?
Just as Djokovic lost to Alcaraz. He lost a chance to win 5 consecutive Wimbledons, but I doubt that was which paralyzed him.
The streak is always on the line and thinking you're probably never going to get a chance at 6th consecutive Wimbledon or 5th one is not what players do. Or should do. You think about one Wimbledon that's at stake. You fight for that.
Likewise, going after CYGS is USO title at stake, and then doubling the values of all 4 titles in the season. So yeah, kinda 5 slams at once. And that's quite tangible and shouldn't paralyze you.
CYGS serve the purpose of propelling you ahead of someone who has slam record unless the gap is really huge.
If the gap is say 6 slams, even CYGS is not enough.
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