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The Championships Wimbledon, 2016 |OT| Brexit at Wimbledon
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These two have nowhere near the popularity of a Nadal/Federer/Djokovic.
In other words no one cares about this final. Other than Brits and Canadians, while Federer/Nadal/Djokovic transcend their nationalities. That's hardly surprising.
I wonder what'll happen with Tennis in terms of ratings and stuff when the big ol' three retire. Nadal's already on his way out and Federer probably doesn't have much time left. Djoko will be left all alone for a few years. Not a single other player, young or old, approaches their popularity.
Feel the same.
Are you joking? He's the number one tennis player in the world. The guy oozes star quality.
Cmon Andy!!
You're a little delusional if you think he has anywhere near the popularity or Federer/Nadal even after winning everything under the sun for the last 18 months.
Freewheelin'
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He doesn't have anywhere near the popularity of Federer and Nadal.
Easy pickings for someone like Murray.
Their star power was fuelled by Nike promotion not anything to do with their quality or ability as tennis players.
See Maria Sharapova.
They're just infinitely more marketable, you can't create popularity out of nothing.
Federer's popularity (apart from his results) comes from his persona of being seen as "classy" and "elegant and by the fact that he plays a style of game that appeals to purists.
Nadal is seen as the "ultimate fighter" and plays gladiatorial tennis which appeals to the casuals. At his peak he had an intensity that we've never seen before.
Djokovic just comes across as try hard and arrogant. There's a lack of sincerity to his antics. Not to mention his numerous injury shenanigans early on put a lot of people off. His game is also rather bland to most people - incredible defense isn't exactly appreciated by casual fans compared to Federer's attack and Nadal's ridiculous on the run winners.
Bullshit. Their star power was fueled by eachother, and the fact that for a couple of years, every slam final was Federer vs Nadal.
Go watch this, and then tell me a Djokovic or Murray game excites you the same: https://youtu.be/-1yfWb0-jqQ
lazybones18
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Andy pls
killer_clank
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What a missed chance that was.
If you think Nadal is more popular than Djokovic then your the delusional one. What has Nadal achieved in the last 3 years, nothing. Djokovic is by far the most popular tennis star after Federer.
RaySpencer
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Im loving watching Raonic run to the net so often. You just dont see enough of that anymore.
He is OK when he gets to the net but he doesn't really know how to approach very well vs Murray. It is nice to see though.
As the great J P McEnroe would say "You cannot be serious man?"
RaySpencer
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Yeah, not saying hes the best at it, but hes doing a decent job with it.
I just love seeing a good ole serve and volley. It's a big change from someone like Nadal who ends up playing 10m behind the line all the time, haha.
Gotdatmoney
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Murray's returns are just insane.
lazybones18
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*yawn*
Yeah, I love it too. Nothing like a baseline vs good serve and volley. All the recent Djokovic / Murray finals have been snoozefests IMO lol.
killer_clank
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What a breaker that was from Murray. Incredible.
RaySpencer
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lazybones18
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hurry this shit up Andy so I can go back to bed
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