The thread of joy and enjoyment!

[no country for old wainds]

djokovic totally fell apart physically, doesn't bode well for the future. he's approaching that age now when it'll get harder.

wawrinka's now just a wimbledon title away from the career grand slam (something sampras, borg, mcenroe, connors, lendl, wilander, becker, edberg etc never achieved). i know it's easier to do these days but still, pretty nuts

 

[Phylactery]

wawrinka's now just a wimbledon title away from the career grand slam (something sampras, borg, mcenroe, connors, lendl, wilander, becker, edberg etc never achieved). i know it's easier to do these days but still, pretty nuts

I wish people would stop saying this. We're in an era with 3 all time greats still playing, one widely regarded as the greatest player ever. You could argue they all hit their peaks at different points I guess. Look at Sampras' grand slam final wins, quite a few of those aren't against particularly notable opponents. It's also a lot more physically demanding these days than ever before.

 

[The Ozzman]

Sampras still won though which isn't easy

 

[no country for old wainds]

I wish people would stop saying this. We're in an era with 3 all time greats still playing, one widely regarded as the greatest player ever. You could argue they all hit their peaks at different points I guess. Look at Sampras' grand slam final wins, quite a few of those aren't against particularly notable opponents. It's also a lot more physically demanding these days than ever before.

what i said was nothing to do with the strength of the era tbf (this has clearly been one of the strongest ever if not the strongest), i meant that the surfaces are all way more similar. winning on grass used to be a totally different proposition to winning on hard courts etc, it isn't anymore. winning the career slam used to mean more because it required more facets/diversity to your game.

 

[Phylactery]

Oh, I apologise then. I guess I'm just too use to reading trolls talk about how Feds, Nadal and Djok have had an easy time which is why they have so many grand slams.

I tend to agree with what that then. Although I do think that clay is still different enough that some players still struggle with it. It's also the only surface that you really hear players being called "specialists" at anymore.

Some players also didn't bother with the Australian back then as well. I think Borg only went there once?

 

[EspaDa]

meanwhile, manchester is blue!

 

[Dak]

Getting chills from older songs you thought couldn't still do it to you.

 

[Sirjack]

well, l'm not around here much but l check in most days and I've only just discovered this thread.
l have a 16 year old who might well make team GB and Tokyo in 2020
a 13 year old who doesn't want to do much but it doesn't matter - he's a fucking champion
and a 6 and a half month old that's just...ohh...man he's bliss.
and my misses and l are rock solid
and l turned 44 today
hey...lm very happy!

 

[The Butt]

Apparently the black-sabbath.com forums got shut down because the owner got sick of people "creating problems" lmfao

Place was cancer anyways

 

[Bloopy]

Good to know you're finding joy and enjoyment in something! It's more like benign tumours here as there's not enough activity to grow them. That reminds me of something I get joy from: using the British English spelling of words that Americans spell wrong.

 

[The Butt]

I don't really feel "enjoyment" in things per say, its moreso just I find some things in life more bearable than others.

As a general rule, life blows.

 

[no country for old wainds]

spoken like a true level 50 pokemon go player

 

[The Butt]

spoken like a true level 50 pokemon go player

You don't get to level 50 by enjoying things :V