I'm not ready to send him to the pine with Andy just yet.Originally Posted by Kiddin Like Jason
I fell asleep sometime in that third set; that's how confident I was that Fed was getting straight-setted.
He's washed up!
Oh, and the replay comes on at 3 EST.
agreed...but what did his parents do?
I could be typing forever listing all the stuff they've done through the years. During matches, don't let anyone cheer against Djokovic in the match. Everytime someone around them cheers for Djokovic's opponent they'll yell at the fans and stare them down. It's like they expect everyone to be cheering for Novak. It happens every single match, not just certain ones. Also during matches his parents will stare down Novak's opponents when they are on the same side of the court where their box is located.
Two years ago at match against Federer, Roger called out Djokovic on his use of injury timeouts whenever he was losing. It wasn't a one time incident with Novak, he was doing this all the time and players were getting annoyed so Roger decided to call him out on it. Once it happened, Djokovic's parents went to the media and said Roger was scared of Novak since Novak was better than him. Then after Roger beat Djokovic at the US Open final the first thing his parents did was go to the media and tell them Novak is better than Roger.
I remember that so vividly. In 2006, during the USO,he'd be calling injury timeouts, looking like he may retire the match, then he'd get up and start blasting his opponents like he got a B-12 shot. Hedid it so much in the early round on the outer courts. Matches would be extended by about 30 minutes because of all the stoppages in play. He won a couple ofthose matches, and from that point I never really liked him. He was basically using the rules of the game to compensate for his lack of training during theoffseason. Not a good look.
And make no mistake, Nadal and Federer hate Djokovic. They're just too nice to say anything, but you can tell the tension is there. I just hope Federer canactually be driven by that. With all the glory in Federer's game, his biggest weakness is his mental toughness. The only reason he's been so great thepast couple years is that he's so good on the court, that no one really can challenge him or push him to the point where the mental aspect of the gamecomes into play. Now, he's been pushed and he needs to learn to step up. IMO, he will never be like the great athletes in others sports because he wiltsunder the mental pressure. It's happened so many times at Roland Garros. Hopefully he can overcome that, even if that means he starts to become, dare Isay, "a mean guy."
