Has Djokovic’s Aura Of Invincibility Ended?

(which has to be a huge asterisk on future GOAT-ness)
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Cory wrote:

I think Djokovic ends up with 27. Just a hunch. He has no fitness issues, no injury issues. I can see him winning a few more as he’s 37, 38.

I think the biggest question is: How many more will he be allowed to win. 🧐

Emma won’t have the lifestyle much longer if she prioritises pix in scummy tabloids with getting out there and working as hard as she can on her game.

I’m not blaming her at all for enjoying life – just recalling the names of players, mostly female, who waved goodbye to their promise long before their time was up.

Tursunov said Emma was ‘obsessed’ with tennis. Let’s see how that plays out when Mr Millionaire thinks differently.

I found this amusing and instructive from IMG’s Max Eisenbud:

‘Eisenbud described his first meeting with Li Na. He said he was nervous, and had worked hard on his pitch. But before he gave it, Li Na said that he had made Sharapova rich and she would sign with him. He could hardly believe his ears. He also said that he thought Emma Raducanu and her father would continue to change coaches often because that was the way they had always worked.’

The comment re Emma’s coaching was made by a couple of people in the know just after she won the USO but was ignored by fans and assorted experts who thought they knew better. Max obviously observed and listened.

Still remember before Wimbledon Paul McNamee said they were going to try to stop Novak from winning Wimbledon “at all costs.” He was right.

Yes, I think he was, Scoop. Well, at least they nearly failed.

So . . . what tricks do you have think they have up their sleeve leading up to the U.S. Open? 🪄

Scoop Malinowski- Carlos Sainz is a Spanish F1 motor racing driver and it definitely looked like he didn’t like being called Carlitos!
It’s a good thing that Djokovic is not playing in Canada specially after last year when they could have let him and they didn’t. Yes hopefully no underhand agendas against Djokovic at the USOpen, so let’s see, apart from watching the umpires now.

Sam, Tough draw, day matches in the extreme heat, negative media articles, umpire tricks.

Scoop, isn’t the U.S. Open the place where the draw is “revealed,” not performed? Yeah, no reason to ever be suspicious about THAT kind of draw. 😹

Scoop -nóne óf the chat abóut Raducanu, Osaka etc is going to matter much shortly.

Mirra Andreeva will be World No 1.

Not getting into politics Scoop. Sponsors and investors can be found on both sides.

However, expect to see Andreeva transformed into a Kazakh or somesuch and IMG and PM will race to the finish line.

‘Equality’ in a competive activity is meaningless. Imagine if everyone was at the same level.

Anyway Andreeva lost her last match so she’d better go back to school.

Well Scoop, it’s not very secret if it’s coming out of Tyson Fury’s mouth, neither is it likely to make much sense.

BTW – I’ve just seen a new young girl playing for Germany who might be getting some good results soon. She’s Nigerian.

The African/German girl is Noha Akugue. Like you I was impressed by the highlights I saw. I imagine DTB officials are crossing their fingers. There are now around half a dozen promising girls active at the moment and it’ll be interesting to see how they develop over the next few years.

Re Tyson Fury – for details, there’s a lot on Wikipedia, mostly accurate as far as personal info etc. I think he divides fans and the general public. He’s of Irish Traveller (Gypsy) heritage which places him as an outsider when ‘Britishness’ is concerned. As you probably know he’s had myriad mental and physical problems. He’s the sort who veers betwen being a ‘lovable rogue’ and uncontrollably nuts. But has a lot of loyal and faithful followers. Fair amount of insults involved sometimes (when he loses) because of the English attitude to Gypsy/Traveller culture.

But overall Fury’s given sports journalists a lot to write about, and not just the boxing press.

He lives in Lancashire and supports Man Utd (who else).