New Posts For Thread: What was wrong with Novak ?https://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novakis it just pure exhaustion after the last year catching up with him? or something else....Calendar Grand Slams are the only Grand SlamsDjokovic is not a Grand Slam winnerhttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549231737#549231737Calendar Grand Slams are the only Grand SlamsDjokovic is not a Grand Slam winnerSun, 03 Jul 2016 11:26:48 -05004 in a row is 4 in a row, holding all four slams is holding all four slams, it's only the media that give titles to events like calendar slams. It's even more difficult to win/hold all 4 over 2 seasons as the winter break breaks up momentum, allows ohttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549231703#5492317034 in a row is 4 in a row, holding all four slams is holding all four slams, it's only the media that give titles to events like calendar slams. It's even more difficult to win/hold all 4 over 2 seasons as the winter break breaks up momentum, allows oSun, 03 Jul 2016 11:21:58 -0500i guess it's just the Kudos of going winning them all in the same year/season.i'm not saying it's right or wrong it's just the way it is.if a football team wins the cup in 2016 then the league in the 16/17 season they don't claim to have won the doubhttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549231195#549231195i guess it's just the Kudos of going winning them all in the same year/season.i'm not saying it's right or wrong it's just the way it is.if a football team wins the cup in 2016 then the league in the 16/17 season they don't claim to have won the doubSun, 03 Jul 2016 10:26:41 -0500If you were one of the players who has won the slam of Aus, French, Wimb, US in that exact order (a 1 in 4 chance of luck), you'd probably say it was better than any of the other 3 ways of doing it, wouldn't you ?https://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549230619#549230619If you were one of the players who has won the slam of Aus, French, Wimb, US in that exact order (a 1 in 4 chance of luck), you'd probably say it was better than any of the other 3 ways of doing it, wouldn't you ?Sun, 03 Jul 2016 09:32:28 -0500i agree that there is not a huge difference, other than the off season falling between the US & Ozbut it's not just the media that see it that way the players do too.https://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549230503#549230503i agree that there is not a huge difference, other than the off season falling between the US & Ozbut it's not just the media that see it that way the players do too.Sun, 03 Jul 2016 09:23:21 -0500Its NOTits only the cretinous media that hype it up to be any different.It's like saying if you win the champions league in a leap year, its worth more than winning it in any other year #loadofboll0ckshttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549229785#549229785Its NOTits only the cretinous media that hype it up to be any different.It's like saying if you win the champions league in a leap year, its worth more than winning it in any other year #loadofboll0cksSun, 03 Jul 2016 08:28:54 -0500why is a calendar slam more valuable than holding all 4 slams at the same time, it's exactly the same thinghttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549229243#549229243why is a calendar slam more valuable than holding all 4 slams at the same time, it's exactly the same thingSun, 03 Jul 2016 07:30:41 -0500No matter how you view it the calendar slam is the tennis holy grail for players & we've seen how tough it is to achieve.holding all 4 at once is pretty damn impressive tho.https://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549229105#549229105No matter how you view it the calendar slam is the tennis holy grail for players & we've seen how tough it is to achieve.holding all 4 at once is pretty damn impressive tho.Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:10:49 -0500My guess is that he'd lost a bit of motivation having completed the grand slam in Paris. Mentally it must be almost impossible not to take your foot off the gas after that.I just don't buy any of this golden slam b0ll0ks. There are 4 different ways yhttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549228581#549228581My guess is that he'd lost a bit of motivation having completed the grand slam in Paris. Mentally it must be almost impossible not to take your foot off the gas after that.I just don't buy any of this golden slam b0ll0ks. There are 4 different ways ySun, 03 Jul 2016 05:41:10 -0500just like in 2011, winning a ridiculous amount of tournaments and playing too much tennis when there's a bigger picture will catch up with you eventually. maybe his shoulder or that could be a smokescreen for something else. has the testing changed thttps://community.betfair.com/tennis/go/thread/view/94186/30710233/what-was-wrong-with-novak?post_id=549228339#549228339just like in 2011, winning a ridiculous amount of tournaments and playing too much tennis when there's a bigger picture will catch up with you eventually. maybe his shoulder or that could be a smokescreen for something else. has the testing changed tSun, 03 Jul 2016 04:37:14 -0500