Andy Roddick says to argue against Novak Djokovic’s numbers is willfully ignorant, ‘Math doesn’t care about your feelings’
“What’s making this GOAT thing so weird is that we never really get anything that’s like final. The Jordan/LeBron debate is like ‘Ok LeBron has less, but he played this..’ there are other factors involved where it’s like.. this conversation is largely like math doesn’t care about your feelings. It doesn’t care about your vaccination status.”
“You line up 3 résumés, if you choose any of them except for this one [Novak], you are an insane human. Very simply, that’s the way it is. Everything else is about preference of what you like to watch. You like the ballet/artistry.. you like the blunt force trauma of Rafa. I’ve always said what Novak does so well doesn’t immediately jump off the screen to an untrained tennis eye. What Roger does very well is very obvious. It’s amazing if you know tennis as well as I do and it’s amazing if it’s the first tennis match you’ve ever watched. Rafa, the physicality with which he can play, the RPMs, his speed, the drama of when he’s running something down, even the drama of his grunts, it all makes sense where you know he’s this gladiatorial figure. Whereas Novak, he’s a surgeon. He’s literally picking you apart. You have to make these huge risk trade offs to make an impact on him. He knows it and you know it that you probably won’t be able to do it over the course of 3 or 4 hours.”
“Most of us, large scale debates, aren’t great at nuance. We like the simple headline. And Novak’s game frankly doesn’t provide that simple headline often enough. But if you can make an argument against his numbers, you’re being willfully ignorant at this point.”
(via @Served_Podcast)
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Truth-bomb alert🚨
Roddick admits the hatred of Djokovic by Fedal fans was due him being a foreigner who beat their faves on court.
And they kept telling us its about "class" "sportsmanship" & "bathroom breaks"..🤭😂😂🤦♀️
Oop
Novak Djokovic is the only player who was ranked in the ATP top 50 in 2011 to still be ranked in the ATP top 50 in 2024.
13 years later, Djokovic remains #1 while everyone else has retired or dropped off entirely.
One of the most amazing displays of longevity in sports history.
Either you hate him or love him but you can't deny it that Scott McTominay is very crucial for us this season !
Credit where credit due ❤️
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